BCN GOT EQUITY? Ask about cashing out today! Point Loma Branch 4980 North Harbor Drive, Suite 202 San Diego, CA 92106 San Diego Community Newspaper Group THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2018 DANA STUDENTS TAKE THE PLUNGE Students and parents of the Dana Middle School’s Surfrider Club run down the berm in Ocean Beach into the 55-degree surf on New Year’s Day for their annual Polar Bear Plunge. THOMAS MELVILLE / PENINSULA BEACON ‘Some of these heroes Temporary shelter for homeless veterans opens in Midway who find themselves In another step toward addressing and connect unsheltered veterans to Located in the Midway District on “San Diego has a long and proud in desperate situations, homelessness in San Diego, Mayor permanent housing. the 2800 block of Sports Arena history of supporting our active Kevin L. Faulconer was joined by City Operated by Veterans Village of Boulevard, the Veterans Village of duty military and our veterans now have another Councilmember Lorie Zapf in late San Diego, this temporary bridge San Diego temporary bridge shelter alike,” Faulconer said. “Some of place they can turn.’ December to open the second of three shelter will provide supportive ser- will provide a variety of supportive these heroes who find themselves in temporary bridge shelters intended to vices for up to 200 homeless veter- services that are found in the other KEVIN FAULCONER provide people relief from the streets ans per day. two shelters. SEE SHELTER, Page 2 SAN DIEGO MAYOR SEE XXXX, Page X THURSDAY · JANUARY 4, 2018 2 THE PENINSULA BEACON NEWS Navy man gets 10 years for trying SHELTER ans in San Diego. “For over 35 years, Veterans Vil- CONTINUED FROMPage 1 lage of San Diego has answered the desperate situations, now have call to step in and provide services to entice minor for sex in Point Loma another place they can turn. to our San Diegan Veterans, espe- “Under this roof, hundreds of cially the homeless veterans,” said BY NEAL PUTNAM | THE BEACON men and women will find relief Kim Mitchell, president and CEO, ‘Protecting children from predators from the elements, and the dignity Veterans Village of San Diego. A 38-year-old man was sen- is a top priority for this office.’ they deserve, while trained hous- “We are honored to be asked to tenced Dec. 18 to 10 years in feder- ing navigators work to connect partner with the City of San Diego, al prison following his arrest at a ADAM BRAVERMAN them with a permanent home. We San Diego Housing Commission, Point Loma hotel in a sting opera- U.S. ATTORNEY are changing how the city tackles and the other partner service orga- tion in which he thought he was this homeless crisis so that people nizations to be a part of the solu- meeting with a 13-year-old girl he Maples has been in custody since as the girl wrote that she was a vir- have a safe, clean place to stay right tion to get our homeless veterans had chatted with online about sex. his July 21 arrest in the lobby of a gin and Maples responded that she now as an alternative to spending off the streets of San Diego, pro- The 13-year-old girl turned out Point Loma hotel where he had would lose her virginity to him in another night on the streets,” vide them some much-needed ser- to be an agent from Homeland rented a room and was awaiting the hotel encounter, according to Faulconer said. vices, and transition them into a Security Investigations who had arrival of what he believed was a conversations listed in court Many U.S. veterans experience permanent housing solution answered his online personal ad for 13-year-old girl, according to court records. conditions that place them at quickly and safely,” Mitchell said. "daddy looking for daughter" in records. "Protecting children from preda- increased risk for homelessness. The first temporary bridge shel- which he sought a sexual relation- Maples is a Lieutenant Comman- tors is a top priority for this office," Veterans have higher rates of post- ter, which opened Dec. 1, is located ship. der in the Navy and has received said U.S. Attorney Adam Braver- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), at 16th Street and Newton Avenue Matthew Perry Maples, of San many medals in his 20-year career, man in a press release after the sen- traumatic brain injury (TBI), sexu- downtown. It serves single adults Diego, pleaded guilty in U.S. District according to court documents filed tencing. al assault, and substance abuse and is operated by Alpha Project. Court to attempt to entice a minor by his attorney. He has served Maples told the fake girl that he than the general population. The final shelter – operated by into a sexual relationship that aboard the USS Dallas and the USS was thwarted from renting a room According to the Regional Task Father Joe’s Villages in the East Vil- involved lurid conversations on an Theodore Roosevelt. He is estranged at one Point Loma hotel so he found Force on the Homeless annual lage – will serve homeless families online website. The jurisdiction is from his wife since his arrest and another one in Point Loma and gave Point-in-Time Count, there are and was scheduled to open by Sun- federal because it involved interstate has no prior conviction, his attor- her the address. more than 1,000 homeless veter- day, Dec. 31. commerce. ney wrote. Burns signed a criminal forfeiture Maples received the law's manda- Maples attorney wrote that order that allows the government tory minimum sentence of 10 years Maples' alcoholism contributed to to keep Maples' laptop computer. from Judge Larry Burns, who the crime. Maples will have to regis- Contributing to the investigation ordered him to pay a $5,000 spe- ter as a sex offender after his release, was the San Diego Internet Crimes cial assessment for the Justice for according to court documents. Against Children Task Force that Victims of Trafficking Act. That Over the course of two weeks, works to combat sexual exploitation 2015 legislation allows for judges Maples wrote to the fake girl saying of children through the Internet. to order such assessments which he would teach her "how to kiss and Homeland Security is a member of would be deposited into funds for make out," and sent her a nude the Task Force. victims of human trafficking. image of himself. The agent posing SOLD OPEN SUN 2-4 Mark Winkler & Associates 2850 Womble Rd., Ste 102 • San Diego, CA 92106 3043 Carleton #B • 2BR/2BA • $565,000 503 Birchwood Lane • 4BR/2.5BA • $480,500 New on Market! 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