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Obama’s Friend and Golfing Bud, Robert Titcomb, Arrested for Soliciting Prostitute

Apr. 6, 2011 10:20pm Emily Esfahani Smith

HONOLULU (AP) — One of President Barack Obama’s close friends has been arrested in Honolulu on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute.

Robert “Bobby” Titcomb was one of four men arrested in an undercover sting operation late Monday and later released on $500 bail, according to Honolulu police.

Titcomb, 49, attended Punahou School in Honolulu with Obama in the 1970s. The president graduated in 1979, a year before Titcomb. The two often golf, play basketball, go to the beach and dine together when the president returns home to Hawaii for vacation.

Obama’s family has also attended barbeques at Titcomb’s beachside home in Waialua, located on Oahu’s North Shore about an hour outside of downtown Honolulu.

Titcomb and Obama last spent time together in Hawaii during Obama’s most recent vacation over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.

The White House had no comment. Titcomb has not publicly responded to the charges, and he wasn’t immediately available for comment.

Police said Titcomb was arrested at 9:40 p.m. Monday near downtown at the intersection of South and Pohukaina streets, which is next to the Circuit Court building and a large parking lot. He posted bail about two hours later.

Titcomb has worked as a commercial fisherman and an airline employee, according to the spring 2007 edition of the “Punahou Bulletin,” the school’s alumni magazine.

In 1987, he was arrested on drunken driving charges, which led to the 90-day suspension of his license and a $150 fine, according to state criminal records.

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jordy2010
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:51pm
I wonder if Titcomb was bullied for his name in school????

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- yippyio
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:55pm
  He has got my sympathy.
  
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- yippyio
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 6:33pm
  The News account omitted Titcomb solicited a gay prostitute.
  
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riseandshine
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:48pm
who cares

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firemanfrank
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:46pm
Why would anyone be suprised he is already friends with murderers,terrorists and communists out of all his friends he is the only one that hasnt done anything too bad. …Unless two years from now he is nicknamed Beezlebub ” The Man that Destroyed The United States of America” Now that would top all of his buddies, but that would never happen because he loves this Country..Right?

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BONETRAUMA
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:46pm
she offer, yum yum and boom boom. titboy only customer make ****** happy. haha! haha!

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Bravo
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:45pm
OMG! Someone was actually friends with Obama in the 1970s? Maybe this guy is being set up, he might have some dirt on The Won that he can’t keep in the closet anymore.

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spirited
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:44pm
The Police acted stupidly

>No?

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SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:43pm
Dem’s and sin. Kinda go together like milk and cookies.

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- Hungry_i
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 11:05pm
  Meh, I hardly think Republicans can take the high ground. I think it’s a politician thing.
  
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- Showtime
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 7:25pm
  Don’t do that to milk and cookies. How about “sh!! and shoes” when you step in it?
  
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Hungry_i
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:42pm
That pic is so ghey.

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TheRealElvis
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:40pm
Undercover sting is the key word. We could all get stung by an undercover sting. Jaywalking, speeding, cutting down a tree without permission, reporting a charity giving of 10% but not giving 10% on your income tax, not reporting tangible property for taxes, quietly saying the pledge of allegiance before school starts, praying at lunch before a meal, putting on your application that you are a minority so you can get a better job, applying for unemployment when you didn’t even work, claiming not for profit when you are for profit and lots of it especially from the government.
So the question is: What’s the big deal, there are bigger things like jay walkers who need to be put in jail. Besides a solicitor is the same as a lawyer isn’t it?

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truthwinz
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:37pm
bwahhhahahahahahahahah OMG This is too fine !
Thanks – after hearing about Beck, I needed a laugh. This did it!

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- NancyBee
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 9:36am
  Me too
  
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chips1
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:36pm
“Hey! Titcomb! Look! I got a hole in one”!!!!!

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- BONETRAUMA
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:47pm
  obama fell off the ball washer
  
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Junter
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:36pm
Friend of Obama? I see these charges magically disappearing. The news story will read “All a big misunderstanding. Mr. Titcomb wasn’t soliciting a prostitute for sex, he was giving her a donation.”

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- RedHarley
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 6:44am
  I can’t believe the blatant sexism on this site…
  
  Why are you assuming the prostitute was a female ?
  
  After all it WAS a friend of Obama.
  
  Just Sayin………………
  
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Nigel2
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:32pm
Slimy birds of a feather flock together!

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111gecko
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:32pm
Obama will hide this guy’s conviction in the same spot he hides his birth certificate………….

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saneasylum
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:30pm
You’re judged by the company you keep…..

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angelcat
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:27pm
Wonder what the spin will be on this. Is it a surprise that Obama is not a very good judge of characte5r 0 Wright, Jones, etc? the alternative is that he knows exactly what these people are all about and just lies about it, which is much scarier.

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LadyIzShy
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:27pm
LOL LOL LOL you guys are funny.. but I bet Michelle my belle is pissed off.. she wont get to take a seperate vacation f his buddy doesnt keep him busy,,

ya know i looked around at my friends.. NOT a single communits socialist marxist felon in the group.. what does that say about me? im not friends with BHO..LOL

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sawbino
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:27pm
Oh well.

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miles from nowhere
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:27pm
I would like to know more about all of Obamas friends, we already know that most are maxist, communist, MOA supporters.

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- Showtime
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:51pm
  and a whore!
  
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parlayer
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:26pm
That dosen’t mean he can’t play golf!!!

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- banjarmon
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:30pm
  needed some one to wash his balls………………
  
  golf balls
  
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parlayer
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:26pm
Was it on No. Palm Cyn. in P.S. CA. if not this time ?? Next time!!

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speedbrake
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:25pm
Well he has the qualifications now to be a O’dumbo cabinet member.

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- PeachyinGA
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:43pm
  I’m sure the White House lawyers are busy ‘taking care’ of this annoyance.
  
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- theunkown
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 3:40am
  You mean to say he has what it takes to be on the O’ Team! All his friends are in the sandbox playing with each other how great, they spend all their time out playing golf instead of running the country always know him to be jackass.
  
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DEConservative
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:24pm
lol….titcomb…ironic

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cheezwhiz
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:24pm
Titcomb ??
Really ? Its THAT hairy ??

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- UlyssesP
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:31pm
  LOL!!! Crass and Classic!
  
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- Showtime
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:37pm
  I believe I’d change my name!
  
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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 11:51pm
  hmm, funny.
  
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82dAirborne
Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:22pm
What did Glenn’s mother tell him?? Something like “Show me your friends and I’ll show you how your life will turn out.”

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- caleamerica
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:33pm
  He has a list of pretty solid friends
  
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- Showtime
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:34pm
  Exactly what he said!
  
  Is it just me, or do Obama’s legs like like a school girl’s legs, with the saddle oxfords, too?!
  
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- cheezwhiz
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:35pm
  “Show me your friends and I’ll show you how your life will turn out.”
  ——-
  So if Obama’s friend is a titcomb, does that make Obama a boob ?
  
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- godlovinmom
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:35pm
  too bad his “friend” wasn’t with him!
  
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- hersey10
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:36pm
  Very close , “show me your friends and I’ll show you your future” .
  
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- leftcoastslut
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:38pm
  love to hear that pillow talk, …scolding, ..lines drawn in the sand.
  
  hey Lucy, youve got some splainin to do……
  
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- 82dAirborne
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:39pm
  @ hersey10
  
  Even better. (and more eloquent) Could that mean that there are handcuffs in our fearless leaders future?
  
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- cheezwhiz
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:45pm
  82dAirborne
  Even better. (and more eloquent) Could that mean that there are handcuffs in our fearless leaders future?
  ————
  Or past ? Lets ask Larry Sinclair..or maybe Kumar ….
  
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- SlimnRanger
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:49pm
  Well what do you expect with a name like Titcomb?
  
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- restorehope
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:56pm
  I would be more concerned with Obama’s OTHER friends. You know, the socialists and radicals that he has surrounded himself with in the White House.
  
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- Cemoto78
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 11:00pm
  This was just a misunderstanding of the term “Stimulus funds”.
  
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- Anti_Spock
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 11:03pm
  Time for a “prostitution” summit at the White House. Maybe Obama, the undercover cop and this moron can resolve the issue of police entrapment to friends of Obama.
  
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- CatB
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 11:08pm
  Only 2 arrests? This may be his most “upstanding” friend … not to mention we finally found someone who he went to school with! Yes, you are known by the company you keep.
  
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- GODSAMERICA
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 11:08pm
  Well he will think it was worth it since he was probably making arrangements for obama at his request anyways.
  
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- 82dAirborne
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 11:20pm
  @dabbo
  
  I’m not sure what you mean by that.
  
  The real question is this: Do you know how stupid & childish you sound?????
  
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- Czar Casm
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 11:28pm
  A friend arrested for soliciting a prostitute? That’s nothing, he’s got a friend that used to set off bombs as a domestic terroist.
  
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- Dale
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 11:32pm
  And the white house is QUIET! Odumbo didn’t say he didn’t have ALL the facts… oh wait – perhaps this time he does.
  
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- home_of_the_brave
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 11:58pm
  Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future!
  
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- RepubliCorp
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 12:55am
  Did the police act stupidly ?
  
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- thepatriotdave
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 1:14am
  C’mon, with a name like Titcomb what did you expect.
  
  I sure hope he coughs up some juicy photos of Obama doing something that Michele won’t like. Hehehehe….
  
  Hey, serious question… How come nobody talked about Obama’s Mothers nude photos while he was running for prez?
  
  What is it? (photo)
  http://www.americasteapartynews.com/freedomjamboree.php
  
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- Jayk Signal
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 1:18am
  There is some good news for Obama in this.
  
  It proves Donald Trump was wrong when he said “Obama had no childhood friends or playmates that remember him.”
  
  Apparently Titcomb remembers him.
  
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- AzDebi
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 1:21am
  @Showtime:
  “Exactly what he said!
  
  Is it just me, or do Obama‘s legs like like a school girl’s legs, with the saddle oxfords, too?!”
  _____________________
  Hey Show, I was thinking the very same thing…a little too “feminine” if you ask me…
  
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- AzDebi
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 1:23am
  Hum…they didn’t say whether or not he was married, did they? Wonder what “gender” he was “trolling” for? Just askin’…
  
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- Jaycen
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 1:25am
  Glenn’s mother always told him, “Show me your friends, and I’ll show you your future.”
  
  My dad always said, “You are what you associate with.”
  
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- Showtime
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 1:26am
  @SlimnRanger
  Posted on April 6, 2011 at 10:49pm
  Well what do you expect with a name like Titcomb?
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  An “Obama.”
  
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- walkwithme1966
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 3:27am
  So, let me guess – if this wasn’t a friend of the President would you have written this article? I think not! But wait…isn’t Donald Trump going around on the talk shows and saying that no one can find any friends of the President that he went to school with – well, there you go – here is one!! http://maboulette.wordpress.com
  
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- dr_funk
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 3:49am
  Birds of a feather…
  
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- Devil Dog 7175
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 5:30am
  Yet William Aires runs free…
  
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- RedHarley
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 6:46am
  I had always heard that Obama’s friends have “convictions”………….
  
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- cmsmik
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 7:25am
  Glenn said “Show me your friends, and I’ll show you your future.”
  
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- proudpatriot77
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 7:51am
  I didnt read whether or not the prostitute solicited was a male or female. With Obama’s friends, you can never be sure.
  
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- grandmaof5
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 8:13am
  Yep, the apple didn’t fall far from the tree on this one or were the police were just being stupid. If the walls and the SS could talk.
  
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- tacamojo
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 8:16am
  When you hang out with trashy people you should be prepared for bad things to happen. He needs to find a better group of friends. Hopefully Titcomb has learned his lesson.
  
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- CultureWarriors
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 8:19am
  Well, we wont see this on the evening news. MSM, where are you?
  
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- Miguelito
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 9:03am
  No surprise. Obama is surrounded by shady people!
  
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- Leadthemtothelight
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 9:08am
  When you lie with dogs you pick up fleas.
  
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- HUGGINGMYBABIES
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 10:33am
  Tick tock….I’m counting the days until Obama’s intern scandal!
  
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- waggie
  Posted on April 7, 2011 at 8:08pm
  The guy’s last name is Titcomb, are you kiddin me? Really? How apropos!
  
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- hud
  Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:16am
  Where’s the gravitas? Is this duf really president?
  
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