South Bay prostitution guru misses the court bus
Prostitution maven-turned-fugitive David Elms didn't make his Torrance Superior Court hearing Friday because he missed the bus from the downtown jail.
It's not uncommon for defendants in custody to get delayed at the jail. The Torrance and Hawthorne resident is expected to appear Monday.
Elms, 38, was arrested Thursday as he crossed the border from Mexico after being on the lam for more than two months. He failed to appear in an Arizona courtroom for charges that he allegedly tried to have a prostitute killed and a man injured.
The man behind the popular prostitution rating service TheEroticReview.com was on probation for a 2006 drug and weapons conviction stemming from a run-in with a prostitute in Manhattan Beach.
He is to appear first on a possible probation violation, which could send him to prison for up to four years, before being extradited to Arizona.
Previously: South Bay prostitution guru back behind bars
More: Man wanted in Phoenix arrested at Calif.-Mexico border (Arizona Republic)
Police: Sex Trade Power Broker Caught (KPHO.com)
And this, from a reader, which is not verified for accuracy - but being posted as an interesting hypothesis:
"He flew to Canada, Dubai, then Armenia to wait for his Iranian visa to clear. David Elms returned to the United States because Iranian authorities was told that he's a United States spy and a wanted fugitive. He wasn't trying to enter the U.S. under the radar but knew he could not be on the run anymore. He'd much rather serve time in a U.S. prison than in Iran."
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Missed the bus in jail?? That is funny. Lock this loser up for a min of 10 years! Hopefully, he won't miss the bus to state prison.
Big Mo
Eastside Torrance