Tuesday, May 3, 2011

NU CREATIONS OUTREACH IS A FRAUD! ARLESA DANIEL AKA ARLESA HENRY AKA NASTY GURL, PROSTITUTE AND CO OWNER OF NU CREATIONS OUTREACH

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- It happens even more during the holidays, requests for donations to charities. Some givers say they check over any organization they don't know. Others give, but still have questions about new groups that pop up.

Collection boxes for an organization called Nu Creations Outreach are showing up at a number of Bakersfield markets and big box stores. The sign on the group's table outside the Wal-Mart on Rosedale Highway on Friday morning said they're raising funds for homeless shelters.

Emmy Barrett dropped some money in the box, though she wasn't sure what the group does. 

"I just feel like they need the help, a helping hand," she said. Barrett said she worries about homeless people, but she had never heard of this charity before.

Ruth Loza and her daughter also put in money. She does care whether an organization is legitimate, but she was willing to take a chance on this group.

"I'm still going to give. If it doesn't go where it's supposed to, at least I gave to something," she said.

The woman manning the table said Nu Creations Outreach is raising funds for Christmas baskets and homeless shelters for women and children, but said there was no shelter in Bakersfield.

"We're trying to establish one at this point," Christina Folsom said. "There's not one here in Bakersfield. The corporate office is out of Oakland."

When asked, Folsom produced paperwork in a white binder. She had papers with letterhead from the California Attorney General's Office, and a handwritten "EIN" number at the top. It was 80-0359374.

She also had what appeared to be a city of Bakersfield business tax certificate. No city offices were open Friday to check on the papers.

Folsom said the group has a local manager, named Danielle, and provided a phone number. However, a man answered that number and said he had no knowledge of the group.

Folsom said the local group has about 25 workers, and the manager drops them off at different stores where they collect donations. She said the manager picks up the workers at the end of the day, counts and collects the funds.

A check of Web sites found the closest match for her description of the organization is a gospel singing ministry out of Oakland called Nu Creations. It provided no phone numbers.

A flier the worker had in her binder shows a list of calendar events for Nu Creations and things like a talent show and a Drug Free Army.

At the Wal-Mart on Panama Lane, shopper Connie Burns said she tries to check into charities before donating funds. 

"Some of them I do look at them on line and just check," she said. "The way things are now, you never know which ones are legitimate."

The Better Business Bureau has general advice for charitable giving in some materials called "BBB Wise Giving Alliance."

"Do not give cash," they say. "Make your contributions by check payable to the charity, not to the individual collecting the donation."

The BBB also recommends checking into charities through the state attorney general's office.

And they have another piece of advice: "Don't be fooled by names that look impressive or that closely resemble the name of a well-known organization."

Some givers said they simply stick to groups they know, and know about. Davina Reams said she almost always gives only to the Salvation Army. 

"I know where it's going and how it's going to end up," Reams said. She said if she gives money, that's important to her.

Charity soliciting at store raises questions.....ARLESA DANIEL AKA ARLESA HENRY.....DAMONE DANIEL AKA ROBERT JONES AKA ANGEL AKA DOLLAR BILL

As charities gear up, especially for the holiday season, questions are raised about where donations can be collected. One group is asking for funds next to a sign that bans solicitation.
A worker for the group Nu Creations Outreach set up a folding table and bright orange collection box in front of the Target store in northeast Bakersfield at least one day last week.
The worker was next to the large red sign that says "no solicitation." Several shoppers stopped and dropped in money.

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Workers who helped collect donations for a charity group say they were not paid adequately and question where the funds are going. The organization, "Nu Creations," has been in the Bakersfield area for a couple months, and its representatives say they are helping the homeless.

Kimberly Baumgardner said her family is very close to being homeless, and so she really needed the job. But the Nu Creations supervisor had her work in front of the 99 Cent store in northeast Bakersfield all day, and she was paid very little.

"They opened up the (collection) box and counted it," Baumgardner said. "They split it with me, and I got $62 out of it. After 14 hours, I was standing on my feet,"

Baumgardner and her husband, Oly, are both out of work and struggling to take care of their three young boys. Oly Baumgardner said he had a job in Portland with United Van Lines and was offered a transfer to the southern California area. A couple weeks later, he was laid off.

They ended up in Bakersfield because they have friends here. 

"But you can only stay with friends so long," Kimberly said. They stayed at a homeless shelter for a while, then took the jobs with Nu Creations when friends told them about it.

Oly Baumgardner said he worked outside a FoodsCo store for a couple hours, but he was "being hassled" by a store worker. That's when he called supervisor Danyell Daniel to pick him up, and pay him.

"She made me stand by the door (of the store), she went to her car, counted, and came back and handed me 20 dollars," Oly said. He's convinced he should have been paid more.

Kimberly says if she was got $62 dollars for 14 hours work, that was far less than minimum wage. Both admit they didn't ask how much they would get paid. They said other workers told them the pay would be 50 percent of what they collected in the locked boxes.

Phillip Roghair has worked for Nu Creations for about a month, and he's satisfied with the group and how they treat him.

"I've had nothing but good with this organization," he said Wednesday afternoon outside a Union Avenue motel. It's the same place where the Baumgardners are living. And, that's where two spokespeople for Nu Creations showed up.

Danyell Daniel, the supervisor, said the workers are paid adequately. She disputed the number of hours the solicitors are at the locations. Daniel said workers may be picked up at 7:30 a.m., but they don't start work until 9:00 a.m. She says the work day ends at 7:00 p.m., and workers get a half-hour lunch and two 15-minute breaks.

Daniel said workers are paid a portion of the donations that are in the collection box, and it is at least the minimum wage. She said the group doesn't continue to hire any people who don't bring in enough funds. She insisted some workers just don't turn out to be "people people." 

Roghair told Eyewitness News he is paid half of what he collects, and he thinks that works out to be at least minimum wage.

Daniel said the group is based in Oakland, they are trying to set up a shelter for homeless women and children in Bakersfield. She said the group gave out local assistance baskets at Thanksgiving -- 30 to low-income families, and ten to veterans. Daniel said they plan to hand out more baskets just before Christmas.

A man with Daniel identified himself as the "public relations" spokesman for the group. Damone Daniel also insisted the group has the right to collect donations in front of stores, even if they have a no-solicitation policy. Eyewitness News investigated that issue after seeing a Nu Creations worker at the Target in northeast Bakersfield.

Damone Daniel said the area in front of a store is "public," and the group has the right to freedom of speech there. 

But, the Baumgardners are upset with their experience with the organization.

"When I left that night, I just felt very uneasy," Kimberly Baumgardner said. "I had to find a way to make money to be OK that night,"

Both parents said that's why they hoped the jobs would work out. They needed the pay, and they felt good about helping others. But, both said they do not believe in this organization.

"People might say this is just a vendetta, or they're mad," Oly Baumgardner said. "It's not that."

"We have a family, three children," Kimberly Baumgardner said. "We're in that position, it's (the funds) not going where it needs to go. It's not right what they're doing."

Shoppers, businesses frustrated with fund-raising group, ARLESA DANIEL, ARLESA HENRY, NU CREATIONS OUTREACH

Shoppers, businesses frustrated with fund-raising group


BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Shoppers are raising new concerns about a group soliciting for donations in front of some Bakersfield stores, and some businesses are taking action.

But, Nu Creations maintains they have a right to ask for funds, and they say they are helping the needy.

Eyewitness News has learned Target Corp. has a preliminary injunction against Nu Creations in Santa Clara County. It was granted on Dec. 15, and at least one local Target store is now at times posting an employee near the solicitors.

Meanwhile, at the Albertson's grocery store on Rosedale Highway, customers said they have been very concerned about the group asking for money near the entrance.

"If you don't have the money to hand to them, they'll cuss at you or disrespect you as you're walking into the store," Chanesse Jones told Eyewitness News. 

"I think I felt kind of uncomfortable about it," customer Richard Janes said of his encounter with a solicitor. "He was real pushy, he was like -- feel sorry for me, can you help the homeless?"

Albertson's managers put up a number of signs on the walls and doors near the solicitor's small, folding table. 

"Petitioning activities on the premises do not necessarily reflect the views of Albertson's," read the signs. "You are not obligated to talk with these people or accept any printed material. If you feel you have been delayed or harassed, please inform store management immediately."

Albertson's communications director Stephanie Martin sent Eyewitness News a statement about the company response to the situation.

"We did receive many complaints of harassment from customers, so our Rosedale store director took the following actions: asking the petitioner to leave, issuing the petitioner a trespass warning, calling law enforcement (and) posting signage to alert our customers that we do not support this petitioner of funds."

Target spokeswoman Jessica Carlson said its stores are also trying to deal with this group. Target has a company-wide no solicitation policy. They do not allow solicitation by any group.

Several Target spokesmen met with Bakersfield City Attorney Ginny Gennaro last week. They went over the injunction in Santa Clara County, but Gennaro told Eyewitness News it could not be enforced here, though Target could try to get similar legal action in Kern County.

As for the company's current approach, Carlson said putting a Target employee near the solicitors is "another step" that stores could use. Carlson said Target has specifically told the Nu Creations solicitors to leave every time they show up at a store.

"Target team members continue to work in close partnership with local law enforcement and the Bakersfield city attorney to find a solution to this issue," Carlson added in an e-mail statement.

Eyewitness News looked into the group and its activities in November. In December, local workers with Nu Creations handed out food baskets to the needy just before Christmas.

In the last couple weeks, Eyewitness News made several calls to the local spokeswoman for Nu Creations and left messages. On Monday, the spokeswoman answered her phone, and said she was no longer with the group.

By Monday afternoon, a Nu Creations spokesman from the Bay Area called back. Robert Jones said he would fax information about their position on soliciting in front of stores and documents about the group's nonprofit status.

Later Monday, an attorney called who said he represented the group. Early Hawkins said the injunction in Santa Clara County refers to soliciting in front of of Target stores on Target-owned property. It's the group's position they have a right to solicit in front of stores that are in shopping centers. 

Eyewitness News asked for a statement outlining specifics on the group's position and asked for documents on their nonprofit status.

That issue is a concern to the Bakersfield Homeless Center. Director Louis Gill said he gets calls about Nu Creations because solicitors say the funds are being collected to help the homeless and needy.

"They are not doing anything that I can find in the community for homeless individuals," Gill told Eyewitness News. "And that's unfortunate."

Gill said he could not find the group listed on the Guidestar Web site that lists information about charities. Gill said he had reached the local spokeswoman by phone a couple months ago.

"That conversation didn't go well," Gill said. He then tried to call a phone number for Nu Creations in the Bay Area, left a message, but never heard back. Gill said he's left with a lot of questions.

"What I'd want to see, if they're a 501(c)3, I'd want to see their books," Gill said.

Customers who encounter the group said they have those questions, too.

"If it's for the homeless, I like to help the homeless out. But if it's not -- you never know," shopper Greg Franklin said outside the Albertson's on Rosedale Highway.

"I'm not sure if it's a scam," Richard Janes said. 

Others said they are just simply uncomfortable with the group.

"I think it's just a little annoying," Robin Evans said. "When you walk into the store, and you're on a mission to go get milk or cereal or something, and you're constantly being stopped by people asking for money."

Target wins solicitation lawsuit against Nu Creations,,,ARLESA HENRY AKA ARLESA DANIEL

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- It's a sight that was pretty common during the holiday season last year -- people sitting or standing in front of stores with brightly colored boxes asking for donations for a charity called Nu Creations.

Eyewitness News spoke with shoppers outside the Stockdale Target on Saturday who said the solicitors could sometimes get aggressive.

"You come out here and they're like, 'Give me your money!'" recalled Brittani Thompson. "We just want to get what we needed and go home. We don't want to be harassed."

Fellow Bakersfield resident Doug Haley felt the same about solicitors.

"It's annoying, just very annoying," he said. "Uncomfortable feeling to be asked those questions."
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Eyewitness News has investigated Nu Creations in the past. The group claimed they were collecting money for the homeless, but customers were skeptical.

Then it turned out the solicitors got to keep half of what they collected.

There was also question about whether or not they could ask for money in front of Target, because the company had a no solicitation policy clearly posted.

During the holiday season, Nu Creation's supervisor Danyell Daniel said they had a right to be there, because the sidewalk was public property.

But Target recently won a lawsuit against Nu Creations, which bans the group from soliciting in front of their stores.

Customers were glad to hear the news.

"When we walked out I said, 'There's no people trying to harass us'," said Thompson. "That's pretty cool."

Bakersfield resident Sandro Soltero was also relieved. "A little bit more comfortable," she said. "I don't have to worry (or feel bad) that I didn't give that person money for charity."

"Great news," Haley said about the lawsuit decision. "Makes it easier to go in and out of the store. Glad they're gone."

Eyewitness News tried to contact both Target and Danyell Daniel for reaction to the "No Solicitation" decision but were unable to get a comment.


Temecula woman, along with four others, arrested in sex sting at Perris hotel
Posted By Bill Gould, Publisher On November 11, 2007 @ 4:01 pm In News | No Comments
Perris, California - At approximately 5:00 P.M., deputies from the Special Enforcement Team conducted an “Out Call / Escort Sting” program


at the Perris Day’s Inn. The program was designed to apprehend female suspects who solicited male undercover officers for sex. Undercover officers contacted females who were advertising as “escorts” in the Perris area.
The females used the CraigsList.org to advertise that they would provide sexual fulfillment for money. Many of the suspects exchanged the word ‘roses’ as the term for money in the ad they placed online. Once the escort arrived to the hotel and made a solicitation of sex for money, they were arrested. During the course of the operation, five females were arrested for solicitation of prostitution.
Arrested and booked at the Southwest Detention Center for solicitation of prostitution was Rexann Stalnacker (21 yrs.) from Pittsburg, Ca, Arlesa Henry (26 yrs.) from Mojave, Ca, Brynn Christopher (23 yrs.) from Perris Ca, Victoria Cook (22 yrs.) form Torrance, Ca, and Brianna Wilson (22 yrs.) from Temecula, Ca.ADER JOES, ARLESA HENRY, ARLESA D

All about Arlesa Henry AKA Arlesa Daniel, Married to Damone Daniel AKA Dollar Bill AKA Angel AKA Robert Johnson

Temecula woman, along with four others, arrested in sex sting at Perris hotel
Perris, California - At approximately 5:00 P.M., deputies from the Special Enforcement Team conducted an “Out Call / Escort Sting” program at the Perris Day’s Inn. The program was designed to apprehend female suspects who solicited male undercover officers for sex. Undercover officers contacted females who were advertising as “escorts” in the Perris area.
The females used the CraigsList.org to advertise that they would provide sexual fulfillment for money. Many of the suspects exchanged the word ‘roses’ as the term for money in the ad they placed online. Once the escort arrived to the hotel and made a solicitation of sex for money, they were arrested. During the course of the operation, five females were arrested for solicitation of prostitution.
Arrested and booked at the Southwest Detention Center for solicitation of prostitution was Rexann Stalnacker (21 yrs.) from Pittsburg, Ca, Arlesa Henry (26 yrs.) from Mojave, Ca, Brynn Christopher (23 yrs.) from Perris Ca, Victoria Cook (22 yrs.) form Torrance, Ca, and Brianna Wilson (22 yrs.) from Temecula, Ca.