Dixon mayor incident won't get prosecutor probe
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The Solano County District Attorney’s Office will not move forward with an investigation against the mayor of Dixon over alleged police interference.
The allegation was made in early September by a city council member who claimed Dixon mayor Thomas Bogue interjected in a police call involving a large baby shower that was hosted by a sub-renter of an Airbnb property owned by a friend.
The baby shower was supposed to involve around a dozen guests, but it quickly ballooned in size, with “hundreds” of people attending the party. The property owner contacted Bogue to see if he could help facilitate a call to police.
Instead, Bogue traveled to the property himself — even after around a half-dozen officers had arrived — and requested the opportunity to broker an agreement between the property owner and the Airbnb guest, according to the city council member, who painted Bogue’s actions as police interference and criticized the decision by an Airbnb guest to host a large party in the middle of a health pandemic.
Council member Rick Fuller’s allegations were later matched through comments made by Dixon vice mayor Steven Bird and retired law enforcement officer Paul McIntyre, according to the Vacaville Reporter. Bird accused Bogue of brokering a financial settlement between the property owner and the Airbnb guest. Bogue denied the allegation.
The allegation was serious enough to prompt the Dixon Police Department to request an investigation by the Solano County District Attorney’s Office. In a Facebook post, the agency said their request was in the interest of “maximum transparency,” though the social media bulletin didn’t name any of the parties involved nor did it contain specific details about the allegations.
On Tuesday, the police department said investigators with the district attorney’s office had declined to pursue the matter further.
“I’m just glad that it all came to light prior to the election,” Bogue said in a statement to the Reporter.
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