AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. You think this didn't break my heart?" He demanded $10 million from his brothers to compensate him for violating the purported secret Bay 101 deal. At the time, Jeff was in the midst of negotiating an arrangement to be bought out of the family businesses. But Jeff says that privately he and his brothers had an oral agreement--which Tim Bumb now corroborates--that would one day let him repurchase his shares and become a partner in Bay 101 again. They recorded the conversation. The guy doesn't get a slap on the hand." Of the four brothers, Tim and George had faced the least resistance from state gaming officials. It's like we had no life except for the family." "My issue with [George Bumb Sr.]," Jeff Bumb complains about his father, "was his control of where you lived, what kind of house you bought, where your children went to school, who your friends are, whether your children went to college, who they would marry, what kind of wedding they would have." R&J Jewelry and Loan - San Jose, CA - Yelp You think this didn't break my heart?" Police reports would suggest she had, "for about a year," been giving "blow jobs" to 19-year-old Matthew Bumb, son of George Bumb Jr. Privacy hasn't been so easy to come by for the Bumbs in the '90s, since they got involved in Bay 101. Hamilton, where Latin mass is conducted on a regular basis. Eight days after the molestation incident was reported to police--and one day after Jeff Bumb formally refused his father's $6.9 million buyout offer--George Bumb Sr. sent Jeff a curt typewritten memo informing Jeff that he was terminated effective immediately and had to clean out his desk before 5pm. Well, guess what? But he didn't cash out. Well, guess what? Initially, police filed felony charges against Matthew Bumb for having oral sex with a minor and penetrating her with his fingers. He was also the kind of guy, police records reveal, who told his mother about the incidents "because he felt guilty." The teenagers had been drinking booze earlier in the night. This 2,749 square foot home is the last known address for John. He and his brothers had a plan, he says. About 20 percent of the 130 students there are Bumb relatives.) "My issue with [George Bumb Sr.]," Jeff Bumb complains about his father, "was his control of where you lived, what kind of house you bought, where your children went to school, who your friends are, whether your children went to college, who they would marry, what kind of wedding they would have." Bumb, 61, of Gilroy, was one of the eight. She told police about at least seven other sexual encounters she had with her cousin after that. And it was very explicit in there that no Bumbs could have anything to do with the club. Originally he was scheduled for questioning on March 10, 1997, but the old man's lawyers explained that their client was extremely ill, suffering from "severe life-threatening conditions," practically on his death bed. ON AUG. 11, 1995, Jeff sat in his Flea Market office scribbling on a piece of paper, plotting his grand return to his peach palace. Unlike other partners, neither Jeff nor Brian had buyback provisions in their written agreements, an intentional omission meant to appease state gaming officials who wanted them out of the picture. VENZON WAS well known to the Bumbs. Before the end of the month, the Flea Market laid off Jeff's daughters Anne and Rebecca. Before the end of the month, the Flea Market laid off Jeff's daughters Anne and Rebecca. And then, just when it seemed as though family relations couldn't get any worse, they did. I'm on the hook for $15 million. Well, George, whether you want to believe it or not I do love you and you are like a father to me." That promised to be a hard sell to the San Jose City Council, which would have to authorize both the new site and the expansion. Within weeks, Jeff says, his six-month-old dog was dead, his cat was dead and the tires of a family car were slashed. He demanded $10 million from his brothers to compensate him for violating the purported secret Bay 101 deal. "Hell, no," George Bumb replied. Life of Brian: Initially denied a gaming license by the state, Brian Bumb has since received a provisional license and become a partner in Bay 101 with his brothers, Tim and George. His crimes included taking valuables from the bereaved family members of dead crime victims while pretending to console them. The court saga evolved into a battle of wills between a father--a man who wouldn't even let the Vatican tell him what to do--and his oldest son, determined to break free from the old man's grasp. Most of George Bumb Sr.'s five dozen grandchildren have grown up in the 95127 ZIP code and have attended the family-run K-12 Catholic school, St. Thomas More, located on Flea Market grounds since 1978. EIGHT MONTHS AFTER its approval by the City Council, the peach-colored Bay 101 held its "grand opening." The court saga evolved into a battle of wills between a father--a man who wouldn't even let the Vatican tell him what to do--and his oldest son, determined to break free from the old man's grasp. Originally he was scheduled for questioning on March 10, 1997, but the old man's lawyers explained that their client was extremely ill, suffering from "severe life-threatening conditions," practically on his death bed. AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. And as with any divorce, embarrassing private details about the family and its businesses made their way into the public record. And for nearly a month, they did. In response to Jeff's legal attacks, George Bumb Sr. and Bumb & Associates filed two separate suits of their own to collect nearly $1 million in loans and interest they claimed Jeff never paid. But Jeff says the loan dispute screwed up their moving plans. Jeff entertained offers to buy the club, the highest bid, he recalls, coming in at $40 million. In fact, Tim and George had to agree not to collaborate with other Bumbs on any new business venture. Matthew is the kind of guy a relative described to police as "polite," the guy parents wanted their daughters to date. Privacy hasn't been so easy to come by for the Bumbs in the '90s, since they got involved in Bay 101. "The thing they probably value most is their privacy," Bryant explains. His crimes included taking valuables from the bereaved family members of dead crime victims while pretending to console them. He babysat the construction site every day for almost five months. A nurse was present to monitor his condition. VENZON WAS well known to the Bumbs. The investigation was given a shot in the arm after the arrest of Johnny Venzon in 1997, a cop who made headlines for burglarizing homes while on duty to pay for his mounting gambling debts. According to Jeff, there was tremendous pressure from his father and others in the family to keep the incest a secret. It's like we had no life except for the family." Tim and George, under pressure from then Police Chief Lou Cobarruviaz, had already signed an agreement a year earlier that prohibited Brian, Jeff and their father from having anything to do with the card room. He also pulled off an armed robbery of the Aloha Roller Palace. "They had to find Snow White and Cinderella," Tim Bumb says, "and that was George and I." And then, just when it seemed as though family relations couldn't get any worse, they did. And Brian, the handsome and gregarious youngest brother, was in charge of day-to-day operations at the Flea Market. In a statement to police, Jeff's daughter recounted how the first incident had happened the year before on the Fourth of July at a family beach house near Santa Cruz when the older boy allegedly started fondling her while she was asleep on the living room couch. They recorded the conversation. "My wife broke the code," he says, "and I supported her." Bumb family attorney Ron Werner suggested that Jeff and his family had a hidden motive for waiting nearly a month to report the incident to police. Jeff tells the story differently: "Matthew was my godson. But there was no gambling done that night. Almost four months later, on July 21, 1998, George Bumb Sr. appeared in the downtown offices of Berliner Cohen to have his deposition taken. The couple even had a purchase contract for a $850,000 house on Golf Links Road. Dealers stood at the tables, ready to deal the cards. San Jose, CA Household Income, Population & Demographics | Point2 attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. It pitted Bumb against Bumb. Unlike other partners, neither Jeff nor Brian had buyback provisions in their written agreements, an intentional omission meant to appease state gaming officials who wanted them out of the picture. And then there's the stuff that never made it into headlines, like the alleged murder-for-hire plot out at the Flea Market. Almost four months later, on July 21, 1998, George Bumb Sr. appeared in the downtown offices of Berliner Cohen to have his deposition taken. Jeff entertained offers to buy the club, the highest bid, he recalls, coming in at $40 million. Today, Bumb family enterprises include the local Premium Pet Stores chain, Air One Helicopters and, of course, Bay 101. Bryant, who acts as emissary for the family and its patriarch, thinks the Bumbs are a misunderstood bunch. OK--we didn't get out--OK? "My issue with [George Bumb Sr.]," Jeff Bumb complains about his father, "was his control of where you lived, what kind of house you bought, where your children went to school, who your friends are, whether your children went to college, who they would marry, what kind of wedding they would have." Behind the scenes, the Bumbs suspected their potential gambling competitors and a disgruntled former Flea Market employee of giving investigators unsubstantiated material to use against them. Tim and George, under pressure from then Police Chief Lou Cobarruviaz, had already signed an agreement a year earlier that prohibited Brian, Jeff and their father from having anything to do with the card room. He started telling people around the office that he wanted out of the family business. ALL TOGETHER, the intrafamily litigation has spanned nearly three years. He started telling people around the office that he wanted out of the family business. She recalled that she was dressed in shorts and a T-shirt covered by a blanket. According to Jeff, there was tremendous pressure from his father and others in the family to keep the incest a secret. Meanwhile, Jeff and his lawyers spent 15 months trying get his father to appear at a deposition. He started telling people around the office that he wanted out of the family business. After learning of the incident, Jeff and wife Elizabeth did not report the matter to police immediately. One of George Bumb Sr.'s granddaughters explained to police that her family was very old-fashioned: "The woman gets the short end of the deal; she is a whore. George Bumb Sr.'s loan-repayment demands came in July 1996, just as his oldest son and his wife were about to move to Los Gatos and break away from the family and its eastside enclave. VENZON WAS well known to the Bumbs. A FEW DAYS AFTER returning from his son's Oct. 13, 1995, military graduation in San Diego, Jeff and his wife, Elizabeth, got some appalling news: Their 14-year-old daughter had been involved in a sexual relationship with an older male cousin. You think this didn't break my heart?" When Werner broke the news that Jeff's brothers wouldn't write a letter on his behalf, he says Jeff became furious. Jeff Bumb says he believes that state and local investigators at the time of Bay 101's limbo were investigating a rumor that Jeff had tried to get someone killed, a charge Jeff denies. Matthew is the kind of guy a relative described to police as "polite," the guy parents wanted their daughters to date. Tim Bumb says writing a letter on Jeff's behalf would have violated the agreement with the police chief and put the club in jeopardy. She recalled that she was dressed in shorts and a T-shirt covered by a blanket. Whenever trouble arose at the Flea Market with city code or building inspectors, the Bumbs sent Jeff to settle things. He followed that with suits alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and misrepresentation. He also runs day-to-day operations at the family-owned Flea Market. Well, guess what? One wag refers to them as "the Beverly Hillbillies of San Jose." attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. "It's a very strong family. In fact, on the day he was arrested, records show that Venzon pawned a 14-karat-gold diamond cluster ring and a ladies' gold tennis bracelet for a total of $298 at American Precious Metals, a jewelry store at the Flea Market run by Joseph Bumb. During the Venzon investigation, San Jose police dug up an old file from November 1990 in which Venzon, a sheriff's deputy, had reported his department-issued Smith & Wesson 9 mm automatic stolen. He also disputes that such a letter was even necessary for Jeff to get licensed. And as with any divorce, embarrassing private details about the family and its businesses made their way into the public record. She recalled that she was dressed in shorts and a T-shirt covered by a blanket. attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. He demanded $10 million from his brothers to compensate him for violating the purported secret Bay 101 deal. Dealers stood at the tables, ready to deal the cards. Near the end Venzon writes, "They want to bring up the 'murder-for-hire' investigation again. Finally, in July 1994, the state cleared Tim and George and gave them a conditional OK to let the games begin. Behind the scenes, the Bumbs suspected their potential gambling competitors and a disgruntled former Flea Market employee of giving investigators unsubstantiated material to use against them. Eight days after the molestation incident was reported to police--and one day after Jeff Bumb formally refused his father's $6.9 million buyout offer--George Bumb Sr. sent Jeff a curt typewritten memo informing Jeff that he was terminated effective immediately and had to clean out his desk before 5pm. The guy doesn't get a slap on the hand." FROM THE START, Jeff's three brothers and father didn't share his enthusiasm for opening a lavish gaming house. The ensuing delay forced Jeff Bumb to lay off 600 workers he had hired. Unlike other partners, neither Jeff nor Brian had buyback provisions in their written agreements, an intentional omission meant to appease state gaming officials who wanted them out of the picture. "He worked for me." As legend has it, the Bumbs still send a monthly check to the widow of a former head of security who died of a brain tumor 20 years ago. Initially, police filed felony charges against Matthew Bumb for having oral sex with a minor and penetrating her with his fingers. She recalled that she was dressed in shorts and a T-shirt covered by a blanket. Ultimately, the charges against the older Bumb were reduced to a misdemeanor. The court saga evolved into a battle of wills between a father--a man who wouldn't even let the Vatican tell him what to do--and his oldest son, determined to break free from the old man's grasp. Christopher Gardner Tim now runs Bay 101, which he says is no easy task. Ultimately, the charges against the older Bumb were reduced to a misdemeanor. he asked. At the time, Jeff was in the midst of negotiating an arrangement to be bought out of the family businesses. attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. Eight months later, the frame of the weapon was found in a Salinas pond near Venzon's home with the barrel and slide missing. At the time, Jeff was in the midst of negotiating an arrangement to be bought out of the family businesses. "And when I visited you at your home I told you that other than God you are the only person I've gotten down on my knees for," Venzon says on page 7. When Werner broke the news that Jeff's brothers wouldn't write a letter on his behalf, he says Jeff became furious. "He worked for me." Finally, in July 1994, the state cleared Tim and George and gave them a conditional OK to let the games begin. I'm on the hook for $15 million. But Jeff and his family started hearing that instead of showing concern and support for his daughter, George Bumb Sr. and others in the family were blaming his freshman daughter for the incident and not her adult-age cousin. Toward the end of the call, things got heated. Jeff entertained offers to buy the club, the highest bid, he recalls, coming in at $40 million. Behind the scenes, the Bumbs suspected their potential gambling competitors and a disgruntled former Flea Market employee of giving investigators unsubstantiated material to use against them. On March 17, 1993, the City Council gave Bumb and his partners the green light to open a 40-table card room on a 10-acre plot of land off U.S 101. "They didn't teach anything about this. According to Jeff, there was tremendous pressure from his father and others in the family to keep the incest a secret. He followed that with suits alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and misrepresentation. "And I told you that I loved you and you are like a father to me. Earlier this year, a month before Venzon was sentenced to 14 years in prison, district attorney investigator Michael Schembri closed out the Venzon case, noting in a court filing, "No new information has been uncovered relating to the murder for hire case [at the Flea Market] which our department investigated several years ago." One wag refers to them as "the Beverly Hillbillies of San Jose." attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. Originally he was scheduled for questioning on March 10, 1997, but the old man's lawyers explained that their client was extremely ill, suffering from "severe life-threatening conditions," practically on his death bed. A nurse was present to monitor his condition. In fact, Tim and George had to agree not to collaborate with other Bumbs on any new business venture. "I mean," Jeff later said at a deposition, "it was a time of hurt and heartache for us--and not my father, not my mother, not my brother George, not my brother Tim, not Brian could care less." In a statement to police, Jeff's daughter recounted how the first incident had happened the year before on the Fourth of July at a family beach house near Santa Cruz when the older boy allegedly started fondling her while she was asleep on the living room couch. He asked longtime family attorney Ron Werner if his brothers could write a recommendation letter for him, something state officials had told him he would need to be considered eligible for a gaming license. He also disputes that such a letter was even necessary for Jeff to get licensed. Other allegations were more dubious: Investigators chased after a tip that the Bumbs were skimming cash from the Flea Market parking lot, an accusation that was never proven. In February 1994, nearly one year after the San Jose City Council gave Bay 101 its blessing, the state denied the Bumbs and their partners' gaming license application. Eight months later, the frame of the weapon was found in a Salinas pond near Venzon's home with the barrel and slide missing. In response to Jeff's legal attacks, George Bumb Sr. and Bumb & Associates filed two separate suits of their own to collect nearly $1 million in loans and interest they claimed Jeff never paid. As a compromise of sorts, he was debating whether he should apply for a license as a gaming-club manager instead of as an owner. In response to Jeff's legal attacks, George Bumb Sr. and Bumb & Associates filed two separate suits of their own to collect nearly $1 million in loans and interest they claimed Jeff never paid. On Nov. 8, 1995, attorney Albin Danell, Elizabeth's brother-in-law, contacted the police, apparently after consulting with Elizabeth. First, Jeff tried to have the Bumb & Associates partnership dissolved after accusing his family of trying to force him out without paying him a fair price. He also disputes that such a letter was even necessary for Jeff to get licensed. "The thing they probably value most is their privacy," Bryant explains. (In one case, George Bumb Sr. loaned Jeff $31,250 in 1992 for his son to invest in Bay 101.) In a statement to police, Jeff's daughter recounted how the first incident had happened the year before on the Fourth of July at a family beach house near Santa Cruz when the older boy allegedly started fondling her while she was asleep on the living room couch. Whenever trouble arose at the Flea Market with city code or building inspectors, the Bumbs sent Jeff to settle things. Within weeks, Jeff says, his six-month-old dog was dead, his cat was dead and the tires of a family car were slashed. Jeff was also getting word from his nieces and nephews that his father said at a family poker game: "If it was up to him, all the grandchildren would marry each other." attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. He was also the kind of guy, police records reveal, who told his mother about the incidents "because he felt guilty." Over the past year alone, Bumb & Associates and Bay 101 have given $56,000 to now-Attorney General Bill Lockyer, the man in charge of card-room regulation. Tim, the second youngest of George Bumb's four boys, was already running the family toy business, Fact Games, and Premium Pet Stores. When he was jailed, the desperate cop wrote a 15-page handwritten letter in pencil to George Bumb in May 1997 asking the Flea Market owner to bail him out. When family patriarch and Flea Market mastermind George Bumb Sr. was invited to attend a party with President Clinton in San Francisco a couple of years ago, he refused to go and sent his community relations specialist, Betsy Bryant, instead. But Jeff says the loan dispute screwed up their moving plans. But Jeff says that privately he and his brothers had an oral agreement--which Tim Bumb now corroborates--that would one day let him repurchase his shares and become a partner in Bay 101 again. "Hell, no," George Bumb replied. Just so everyone got the point, Jeff Bumb announced to the press that he and Brian were divesting from Bay 101, and records show he eventually sold his shares for $1.4 million. During his long tenure at the Flea Market, Venzon apparently developed a close relationship with George Bumb Sr. Along the way, Jeff raised the ante, hiring Frank Ubhaus, a lawyer who represented Garden City card club, Bay 101's crosstown rival. Finally, in July 1994, the state cleared Tim and George and gave them a conditional OK to let the games begin. But Jeff Bumb would greatly prefer not to talk about this. And as with any divorce, embarrassing private details about the family and its businesses made their way into the public record. Well, George, whether you want to believe it or not I do love you and you are like a father to me." Even though all the lights were out, she told police that she knew it was Matthew "because the moonlight shined into the room through the large windows that faced the ocean." "I mean," Jeff later said at a deposition, "it was a time of hurt and heartache for us--and not my father, not my mother, not my brother George, not my brother Tim, not Brian could care less." Originally he was scheduled for questioning on March 10, 1997, but the old man's lawyers explained that their client was extremely ill, suffering from "severe life-threatening conditions," practically on his death bed. Soon after his confession, the word started spreading in the family about what happened. Today, Bumb family enterprises include the local Premium Pet Stores chain, Air One Helicopters and, of course, Bay 101. And it was very explicit in there that no Bumbs could have anything to do with the club. Soon after his confession, the word started spreading in the family about what happened. Bumb family attorney Ron Werner suggested that Jeff and his family had a hidden motive for waiting nearly a month to report the incident to police. Almost four months later, on July 21, 1998, George Bumb Sr. appeared in the downtown offices of Berliner Cohen to have his deposition taken. "My wife broke the code," he says, "and I supported her." He wanted to relocate and expand Sutter's Place in Alviso from a five-table card room to a 40-table one, matching the size of Northern California's largest card room, Garden City in San Jose. At one point in the investigation, sheriff's detectives had Jeff's daughter call Matthew while he was working at the Flea Market to confirm the sexual activities. Now that their gaming license had been denied, a decision needed to be made--quickly. In fact, on the day he was arrested, records show that Venzon pawned a 14-karat-gold diamond cluster ring and a ladies' gold tennis bracelet for a total of $298 at American Precious Metals, a jewelry store at the Flea Market run by Joseph Bumb. San Jose City Council unanimously approves plans involving the San Jose Jeff tells the story differently: "Matthew was my godson. Christopher Gardner Eight days after the molestation incident was reported to police--and one day after Jeff Bumb formally refused his father's $6.9 million buyout offer--George Bumb Sr. sent Jeff a curt typewritten memo informing Jeff that he was terminated effective immediately and had to clean out his desk before 5pm. At one point in the investigation, sheriff's detectives had Jeff's daughter call Matthew while he was working at the Flea Market to confirm the sexual activities. Jeff was also getting word from his nieces and nephews that his father said at a family poker game: "If it was up to him, all the grandchildren would marry each other." Of the four brothers, Tim and George had faced the least resistance from state gaming officials. Just so everyone got the point, Jeff Bumb announced to the press that he and Brian were divesting from Bay 101, and records show he eventually sold his shares for $1.4 million. "My issue with [George Bumb Sr.]," Jeff Bumb complains about his father, "was his control of where you lived, what kind of house you bought, where your children went to school, who your friends are, whether your children went to college, who they would marry, what kind of wedding they would have." Matthew is the kind of guy a relative described to police as "polite," the guy parents wanted their daughters to date. One month later, the state attorney general's office made a devastating announcement: Authorities had come across issues of "such magnitude" and "concern" that they would need at least another month to decide if gambling should be allowed at Bay 101. ON AUG. 11, 1995, Jeff sat in his Flea Market office scribbling on a piece of paper, plotting his grand return to his peach palace. He started telling people around the office that he wanted out of the family business. Tim and George Jr. would appeal and reapply, the hope being that the club would open as soon as possible. George Bumb Sr.'s loan-repayment demands came in July 1996, just as his oldest son and his wife were about to move to Los Gatos and break away from the family and its eastside enclave. The court saga evolved into a battle of wills between a father--a man who wouldn't even let the Vatican tell him what to do--and his oldest son, determined to break free from the old man's grasp. In a statement to police, Jeff's daughter recounted how the first incident had happened the year before on the Fourth of July at a family beach house near Santa Cruz when the older boy allegedly started fondling her while she was asleep on the living room couch. Christopher Gardner Matthew is the kind of guy a relative described to police as "polite," the guy parents wanted their daughters to date.
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