Public Defense

A Guide To Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs

Posted on November 19, 2009
Okay, like I promised in my previous post, I have scanned the law enforcement guide (Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs: A Guide) that was written in the late 70?s early 80?s and found its way into my reference library.Anyone interested in perusing it (below is a sample page), please feel free to click here...

Sons Of Anarchy & A Guide To Motorcycle Clubs

Posted on November 18, 2009
Ahh, I can't sleep.I just finished watching the latest episode of Sons Of Anarchy on my DVR and I'm reminded why I started watching the show to begin with....great writing.  If you have never seen it, you should give it shot.  You can read more about the show here...

Tragedy Strikes Fellow Investigator & Her Family

Posted on November 09, 2009
Breaking news from the St. Petersburg Times:By Letitia Stein and Dong-Phuong Nguyen, Times Staff Writers TAMPA ? A 32-year-old investigator, a rising star in the federal public defender's office, was accidentally shot and killed Saturday by her father while they were cleaning guns together?My prayers go out to Melissa?s family, friends and co-workers...

The Decline Of The Blawg

Posted on September 28, 2009
I'm clearly not an attorney, but being an investigator in a Public Defender office, I've considered my blog a blawg (or a semi-legal blog) since I first heard the term.At the end of July this year, one of the first legal blawgers I ever started reading, hung up his keyboard...

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Focused...Like A Shotgun

Posted on September 08, 2009
Posting has been slow going for me lately...Not because I haven't had anything worth writing about,  but quite honestly I've been getting my ass handed to me so much lately that I'm just a tad on the discouraged and beaten down side.I could use a nice vacation...

Shot In The Arm and You're Too Late....

Posted on August 18, 2009
CARRIE GLEAVES Yes, regurgitating news YET again, but it's an important story (from The Tennessean):Intern with Nashville public defender's office is shot By Kate HowardTHE TENNESSEAN An intern working in the Metro Public Defender's Office was shot Monday while working on a case in the University Court public housing development...

Not Exactly Our Best Foot Forward

Posted on August 17, 2009
Sometime I?m amazed at the shit that can come out of an attorney?s piehole. In this case the piehole belongs to Bob Slameka, a Public Defender in Michigan for over 40 years. I wanted to feel sorry for this PD in the beginning and by the end of the story, I was just horrified...

Trouble In The Big Easy

Posted on July 14, 2009
It's tough being a PD Investigator on molest cases sometimes. Even when you are successful, you can still lose...big time. This story out of New Orleans, LA is a good example of a Public Defender Office under fire with some serious allegations:Orleans Parish public defenders violated criminal procedure when they repeatedly tried to interview the 12-year-old girl at the center of an aggravated rape and kidnapping case against the wishes of the child's mother, prosecutors alleged Monday...

Patience

Posted on June 23, 2009
Sometimes, when I?m attempting to locate a clean1 witness for service of a subpoena, the first tool I pull out of my arsenal of investigative techniques is?the white pages.I know, sounds too simple but the listings in the online white pages (my personal preference) or the ones found in those old fashioned yellow/white books with thousands of pages that people still use?for some strange reason, have come through for me more times than I can count?...

Un-Redacting Documents

Posted on June 12, 2009
This came to my inbox today. It's not my response and I haven't tried this but it looks kind of interesting.Question: Does anyone have a technique for uncovering the identifying information on these documents? The D.A.s office simply uses a black marker to black out the names and home addresses...

We Are F*cked.

Posted on May 20, 2009
Unfortunately...the voters have spoken. Good luck to all the PD offices in California...we're in for a shit storm of a magnitude I've never seen before.California voters on Tuesday soundly rejected a package of ballot measures that would have reduced the state's projected budget deficit of $21...

PDI Blawg Recommendation

Posted on May 11, 2009
I don't recommend too many sites here, but I recently (a few hours ago) came across a new blawg run by another member of the brotherhood from a county in Southern California. Recruitment seems to be an inside view of the inner workings of the Riverside County Public Defenders Office...

What Price Justice

Posted on May 03, 2009
I had an attempted murder case last year where our material witness was in Placer County Jail on an unrelated charge and we needed her for our case. I found out that she had two outstanding felony warrants in our home jurisdiction - nothing reallys serious (receiving stolen property) but enough I believed to "warrant" extradition...

Defending The Defender

Posted on April 08, 2009
I've gone out of my way on this blawg to publicize Public Defender Investigators across the nation and in my sweet home state who manage to do some good in the course of their work and even their lives. Unfortunately, I?ve also gone out of my way to publicize when investigators are accused of wrong doing?which brings me to the arrest of Supervising Public Defender Investigator Karen Cabrera out of San Diego County...

2009 NDIA National Conference

Posted on April 03, 2009
Anyone at the NDIA Conference care to give an update on how its going? I'd be happy to post photos and the update if you email it to me. Sanchovilla at gmail.com Someone? Anyone?

She Gave Me Crabs

Posted on April 01, 2009
I was interviewing a witness the other day...today actually (I'm writing this on March 31 even though its publishing on April 1st), I'd been speaking with him for about 30 minutes when he finally decided to share something interesting. First let me explain that this guy was the complaining witness or victim (as they are referred to on television...

Daytona 2009

Posted on March 24, 2009
Here is the agenda for the the2009 NDIA NATIONAL CONFERENCE April 2-3, 2009for more information go to www.ndia.net :THURSDAY, APRIL 28:30-9:00 am OPENING REMARKSNDIA Welcome & Robert Wesly, Public Defenderfor Orange & Osceola Counties, Ninth Judicial Circuit9:00-10:30 am PLENARY SESSION, Investigative Lessonsfrom the Duke Lacrosse Case, Jim Cooney10:45-12:15 pm BREAKOUTSMortgage Fraud, Kevin Tate & Margaret HixSexual Abuse Investigation, Mark MurnanThe Future is Now: Native File E-Discovery, Pam BishopInternet Research, Terry Walling12:15-1:30 pm LUNCH ON OWN1:30-3:00 pm BREAKOUTSComputer Forensics - Beginning, Bruce Johnson & Troy SchnackCellular Forensics (Triangulation), K...

DefenderWiki

Posted on March 21, 2009
Quick update folks.Anyone has a link to DefenderWiki and finds that it isn't working...A tech issue has popped up which is easy to fix. DO NOT USE WWW in front of the web address!To those with access, the site should read: http://defenderwiki.comGracias!

I?m on the lookout for any training/informational

Posted on March 17, 2009
I?m on the lookout for any training/informational materials on tracing weapons  (I?m assuming handguns/rifles) back to their owners.  This would include any contacts someone might be willing to share with a friend of the blawg (Federal Defender Investigator) and member of DefenderWiki...

AOL Derails Defense Invesigation

Posted on March 14, 2009
As promised here is the story of my last subpoena to AOL.I had a case a few months ago where I wanted to find out who was the registered account holder for an America Online email address. I sent a subpoena out to their address for service of process down in Virginia (just as I?ve done in dozens of earlier cases) and put the investigation on hold while I waited for a response...

Intro. and Info

Posted on March 07, 2009
First of all, I want to thank Sancho for the warm welcome. I'm pleased to be here and will post as often as I can. Sometimes I think I suffer from graphomania.Anyway about me:I'm an investigator at a public defender office; on the job for over a decade...

Fighting To Survive

Posted on March 04, 2009

Safety Tips - Not so much for Defense Investigators but useful just the same

Posted on March 01, 2009

Welcome To DefenderWiki!

Posted on February 27, 2009

DefenderWiki

Posted on February 23, 2009
Hi everyone, I've received emails from all three of my regular readers with questions about DefenderWiki. What is it and why does it not seem to allow me to request access? I don't know how many of you remember a post I did last year on Intellipedia, but in the words of the official Wiki on their Wiki: Intellipedia is an online system for collaborative data sharing used by the United States intelligence community (IC)...

Making It Harder For Witnesses To Hide

Posted on February 19, 2009
Let?s say you?re a witness, and you think you?re being crafty by constantly hiding from me. I?ve left countless business cards with my cellular telephone number on your front door and numerous messages with family members?but you continue to hide. One day, you decide to call me at 3am from a blocked number, knowing that your message will probably go straight to voice mail (it does) and you won?t have to talk to me...

Crime Labs In A Funk

Posted on February 18, 2009
A new report just released from The National Academy of Sciences that puts our nations crime labs in a seriously negative light:For decades, forensic scientists have made sweeping claims in court about fingerprints, ballistics, handwriting, bite marks, shoe prints and blood splatters that lack empirical grounding and have never been verified by science...

Little Projects

Posted on February 18, 2009
Okay, so I have been busy! A couple of trials I've been focusing on for the last few months have resolved unsuccessfully, and my life is mine again! Lets see, some stuff I've been working on? Trying to figure out how to get out my information on advanced Social Networking Investigation Techniques that I've held back on posting here due to security concerns...

Finally!

Posted on January 20, 2009
You know what sucks? I've been waiting 8 years for this day to come and I have to work with not a television or internet connection in sight...damn you advanced planners and thank you to TiVo.

Mr. September

Posted on January 16, 2009
I know this is going to sound crazy, but a recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle mentioned the San Francisco Public Defender publishing a Calendar featuring their attorney's and clients. Well, that's different: A lot of unusual news releases and publications cross our desks every day, but this is a first: a 2009 calendar featuring lawyers and clients with the Public Defender's Office...

Asians Don't Drink, They Love Jesus, And They're Creeped Out By Everything

Posted on January 13, 2009
It's happened yet again. Words from a Public Defender (in this case a PD Intern) posted in a blog on Myspace.Com started a shit storm. Since I don't have permission to reprint the entire story on Law.Com and I don't have $1500.00 floating around freely in my bank accounts to reprint the story, I'll post just a snippet of the story and link here:A MySpace blog entry written by a former intern in the San Francisco public defender's office has prompted the superior court and Public Defender Jeff Adachi to look into whether a lawyer in Adachi's office was once told to keep Asians off a jury...

You're Not A Freak

Posted on January 10, 2009
After a much needed trip to the gym on Saturday morning, I walked over to a local coffeehouse with another Public Defender employee friend of mine for a quick cup.We had been talking about some attorneys in our offices who happened to have well known (connected) or famous criminal defense fathers that seem to exude a certain sense of entitlement and expect respect just for carrying their fathers last names...

Blown Dreams And An Office Full Of Assholes

Posted on January 07, 2009
My office, like many Public Defender offices, has law clerks that spend lots of time slaving away for free in the hopes of getting as much working experience as possible, writing motions, doing research, and making appearances in court. Most of these law clerks stick around, doing shit work and kissing lots of horrendous supervisor nalgas in the hopes that when bar results come out...

Death Smells Like A Nice Pesto Sauce

Posted on December 23, 2008
I let her die.I blame myself.I brought her into my yard during the summer and nurtured her, let the sun shine on her, and then...I made a mistake. I forgot about her. I didn't cover her up one night when it got a little too cold and three days later she was dead...

Quirky Justice

Posted on December 05, 2008
Our favorite Blonde Blawger is in the running for an award!  Blonde Justice has been nominated for the Best Quirky Blawger award at the American Bar Association Journal website! If you enjoy her blawg, go to the ABA Journal website and vote for Blonde Justice...

How NOT To Get Off A Jury

Posted on December 03, 2008
Jurors.They are the people our clients entrust with their lives and futures. In theory, they are our client's peers, but for the most part? They can be a real bunch of tools and are mostly out of touch with the lives many of our clients live. As investigators, sometimes we have an attorney's ear AND the time and resources to sit through what is commonly called Voir Dire which is legalspeak for what regular people like you and me call Jury Selection...

Life Is Good

Posted on November 05, 2008
I don't think the feeling I have right now, in my heart and in my mind...will ever be matched again in my lifetime. We are on a new path...change is here, and its never felt better!I do want to add that California voter really screwed the pooch on most of the propositions...

A Blast From The Past

Posted on October 27, 2008
You may remember these guys from a commerical about 8 years ago...they are back again and this time, they aren't pitching beer. The original version plays and then its followed by the new version which is a bit darker than the original but might leave you with a nice lump in your throat:Yeah, I know I said I was going to be doing more investigation related posts but I HAD to post this!

I Almost Crapped My Pants Laughing

Posted on October 22, 2008
Totally unrelated to public defense, but instead of being the A**hole that forwards this to all his friends, I decide to just post this clip here for your amusement on this crazy, crazy Hump Day:Politics in No Time @ Yahoo! Video

I am not sure if anyone will be listening, but I'm gonna be talking.

Posted on October 13, 2008
On occasion I like to re-read some of the crap that has been produced from my fingertips in past blawg entries.  My first ever post was on February 10, 2005.  I thought I was breaking some crazy, wild ground in the world of criminal defense investigators?becoming the first blogging PDI!I'm starting this blog because quite honestly, we PD Investigator's deserve to get a little attention and/or recognition once in a while...

Jeezus

Posted on October 03, 2008
I went to my friends house to watch the VP Debate and eat dinner...unfortunately my friends Tivo was on the fritz and all we got to watch was the talking heads after the debate...I got a little irritated but knew I had the debate recorded at my own house, so no big deal...

Raising The Bar

Posted on September 22, 2008
I have been enjoying the first season of Raising The Bar so far, although for reasons I can?t really explain, I should say that I?ve already watched the first few episodes on DVD and this week will finally be a new episode for me. There was a story on David Feige (Indefensible) in Bloomberg...

Defense Investigator Charged With Rape

Posted on September 10, 2008
In a sad story out of Riverside County in Southern California, an ex-Public Defender Investigator with the Riverside Public Defender's office is on trial...accused of rape.10:00 PM PDT on Tuesday, September 9, 2008By TAMMY J. McCOY The Press-Enterprise A former investigator for the Riverside County public defender's office is on trial, charged with raping a woman at his Temecula apartment in 2007...

Obama/Biden

Posted on August 23, 2008
How cool is this! F*cking text message scared the crap out of me at blasting in my bedroom at 1:08 in the morning!from: 679382@txt.att.netto: sanchovilla@REMOVETHISFIRST!gmail.comdate: Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 1:08 AM1:08 AM (16 minutes ago)Barack has chosen Senator Joe Biden to be our VP nominee...

A Question From A Juror...

Posted on August 13, 2008
I received the following letter last night, and although its waaaay past my bedtime, I decided to try tackling it with an honest answer. I'm sure I f*cked it all up and confused this juror more than I helped in answering his/her question but I will only blame my need for sleep and my need to have a new post on my blawg today...

Raising The Bar

Posted on August 07, 2008
Its good to see the much rumored television series (Raising the Bar on TNT) based on a group of young Deputy Public Defenders, Deputy DA's and their battles in and out of the courtroom has made it off the ground and is scheduled to make it to our local television screens on September 1st!The best part of this is that one of our very own, David Feige (blawger at Indefensible and author of Indefensible) is credited alongside Stephen Bochco as one of the creator's! This is so cool! Also, as you can see in the image above that Mark-Paul Gosselaar is in the show (playing one of the good guys!)...

2007 Investigator Of The Year...Here Is A Fist In Your Eyesocket

Posted on August 06, 2008
I've never known positive things to happen when a friend tries to help another friend out in a bar scuffle. Lets send some positive thoughts out to a fellow Public Defender Investigator from Iowa who is recovering from a beating he took in a bar fight: An investigator with the Dubuque Public Defender's Office was assaulted while trying to break up a fight at a local bar Friday, according to a criminal complaint...

Myspace Investigation News

Posted on July 22, 2008
I found an interesting post on the Facebook page of an old blogger friend, a recent story on the impact of Social Networking websites on defendants in court:PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ? Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner...

Where There Is Smoke...

Posted on July 17, 2008
....there is really disgusting air quality.So, I toyed with the idea of disappearing again but I decided against it. There is something about this blawg I just don't want to give up. Maybe its because I've had a few scares in the last year and a half which involved the possibility of being outed as the author of TOAPDI...

A Tale Of Two Smiles

Posted on June 09, 2008
Okay, so politics aside...after looking at the photograph below on Politico.Com I decided that I needed to finally say what needs to be said. Unlike the natural smile of Obama, McCain needs to embrace being a curmudgeon and just STOP SMILING. Its creepy and painful looking...

Non-Lethal Taser Is Lethal...Again

Posted on May 29, 2008
One of my daily Google Alerts alerted me to yet ANOTHER death potentially as a result of police officer's use of a taser. I think at some point, we need to figure out what other non-violent methods of restraint can be used for out of control individuals...

Ummm...Another Reason We Should Have Formal County Public Defender Offices?

Posted on May 21, 2008
I read this story out of Warren County, NY and I thought to myself...Self, this shit must go on alllll the time!Christopher T. Adams has been indicted on 35 counts of making false statements and theft for allegedly ripping off the county of over $40,000 by submitting false invoices for work that he allegedly did not perform...

One Of The Reasons I Love California...

Posted on May 16, 2008
Is that on occassion....NOT ALWAYS....but on occassion, our California Supreme Court actually gets things right.I was at work yesterday when I heard the news:SAN FRANCISCO - California's Supreme Court declared gay couples in the nation's biggest state can marry ? a monumental but perhaps short-lived victory for the gay rights movement Thursday that was greeted with tears, hugs, kisses and at least one instant proposal of matrimony...

Defense Investigator In Need

Posted on May 07, 2008
I don't know how many of you who read this (that also happen to be defense investigators) are members of the National Defense Investigator Association (NDIA) but in case you're not and you never visit their website, I wanted to make you aware of an NDIA member in need:Mr...

This Carrot For President

Posted on May 06, 2008
If you don't understand why this carrot should be President. Read on and play the Bush-McCain Challenge! I promise its fast! I just took The Bush-McCain Challenge -- an online quiz to see if you can tell the difference between George W. Bush and John McCain...

Really Quick

Posted on April 20, 2008
I will be commenting a bit more on the recent report on Defense Services in California completed by the California Commission On The Fair Administration Of Justice. I didn't want y'all to think that my last post was going to be the end of it!Note: What do you folks think of this Courier font? Better than the Arial I normally like to use or is it too boring? You don't care, do you?

Defending Ourselves

Posted on April 20, 2008
Its very difficult for many people to understand.Our local and federal governments actually PAY people money to defend people accused of crimes. Sometimes they get paid A LOT of money. Sometimes.I work for a county office, so my check comes directly from the county...

Desperate Times

Posted on April 15, 2008
Serving the public and being employed by a State/Local government has some great benefits but the downside is...Budget cuts.No job is 100% guaranteed but it still sucks to hear that other Public Defender offices are going to suffer budget cutbacks...which is a not so nice way of saying, Layoffs...

Defense Investigator Training

Posted on April 11, 2008
I'm day dreaming.I wish I was in Las Vegas right now. Not gambling, but attending the last day of the National Defense Investigator Association (NDIA) National Conference in the town I LOOOOOVE to visit...but not for more than 3 days at a time.For those interested in reading the Conference Agenda, you can read it by clicking here...

Public Defender Investigator Turned Politician?

Posted on April 07, 2008
I wish I could say this was me but out of Florida, comes this little nugget of golden news about a Public Defender Investigator (Chief) running for state office!:Jake Ross, chief investigator for the Public Defender's Office, has announced hiscandidacy for the District 27 seat in the state House of Representatives...

Fallen Brother

Posted on April 04, 2008
You may have already read about the death of Robert Hooker in a blog or two or even three. Maybe you even read about him in the newspaper. It's a tragic story, deaths in vehicles alway are I suppose, but it really hits home when it happens to one of our own...

2 New Potential Databases

Posted on March 13, 2008
I forgot to mention two new databases of interest in my last post!Unless you haven't picked up a newspaper in the last week, you should have heard about a new website that lets your comment on police officers nationwide called RateMyCop.Com. Of course the police unions are saying that the site puts the lives of law enforcement in danger and as always, its being totally blow out of proportion...

A Sad Realization

Posted on March 13, 2008
I've come to terms with certain facts in my life and realized I have to live and accept the following four truths:1. I will be dead before someone finally gets around to inventing a Lightsaber.2. I will never be able to hold Penelope Cruz in my arms and sing her a love song...

I Hate Politicians...Except For Obama.

Posted on March 10, 2008
Don't lawmakers have better things to do with their time than worry about Anonymous people on the internet? It kills me sometimes. Just kill me.

Inspiration Found

Posted on February 17, 2008
Today, I found a little bit of inspiration from a very unlikely person...Private Investigator Jack Palladino.Palladino is a famous investigator from San Francisco (Google him for more info) who is well known for his involvement in high profile civil and criminal cases, apparently a client was (still is?) President Bill Clinton (apparently he can neither confirm or deny it)...

Super Tuesday!

Posted on February 05, 2008
Whoever you're voting for, today is the big day for many of us!GET OUT AND VOTE!!! Change is in the air...and it smells good!

Our Streets Are Safe Once Again!

Posted on January 30, 2008
I'll never understand it completely. I get taser stories through Google Alerts in my inbox everyday but occassionally, one catches your eye.Like this one.Bicyclist tased when he runs for minor infractionBy E-R StaffArticle Launched: 01/29/2008 12:00:00 AMPSTHAMILTON CITY -- A man riding a bicycle with improper lighting equipment was shot with a Taser stun gun Wednesday night as he ran from a deputy who tried to stop him for the infraction...

New PD Investigator Blog

Posted on January 29, 2008
Hey, I haven't found very many blawgs or websites dedicated to Public Defender Investigators but I received a comment on a post I did a few weeks ago from another brother in the field:I have always been a fan of your blog, so much so that i created my own myspace page just to have an outlet to let people know there are more of us out there...

Training Video For Public Defenders

Posted on January 28, 2008
This video might be the end all be all for Public Defenders. Forget everything you learned from your mentor, co-workers and even law school...THIS is the way to go.I vote for having at least ONE Opposite Day a week.

Not So Advanced Social Networking Investigation Techniques

Posted on January 28, 2008
Alright, if you haven't already read about the following website in the most recent issue of Newsweek, you've been missing out. Basically, its another great tool for your investigative toolbox. Before I give you the link to the site, I just want to explain what it does...

Filthy Rich Indigent Clients

Posted on January 25, 2008
Yes, I'm usually the last one to catch up on the good news...especially when that good news is involves Public Defense in Texas! I'm guessing Gideon has covered it but here is a short snippet from the article I read:The state's first public defender office for capital murder cases is now open in Lubbock...

Mobile Mapping Programs

Posted on January 18, 2008
This post is semi-investigation related but is perfectly applicable to anyone with a mobile phone. Really, this post was spurred by the great mapping programs available to almost any user with a cellular phone...for FREE! I'm all about things that are free...

Muddying Up Cases

Posted on January 14, 2008
I wonder sometimes if keeping up with this whole anonymity thing is worth it. It becomes such a pain in the ass sometimes.I mean, would it be too obvious if I closed down this blog and started another Public Defender Investigator blog a week later? I really do think it would make things easier on me sometimes...

I Need To Earn It...

Posted on January 07, 2008
The Rodney.I don't think I deserved it and if I hadn't been the ONLY Public Defender Investigator in my category, I wouldn't have received my Rodney...my sweet, sweet, disgustingly awesome RODNEY, VICTORY IS MINE!!! I think receiving a single vote in your own category is overrated anyway...

Why Do I Have To Be The One To Help Give Cancer The Big F*CK You!

Posted on December 05, 2007
***NON-INVESTIGATION RELATED...IF YOU GIVE A RATS ASS***My first post in over a month and I'm going to start it by sounding like a big, moronic ass.Well, at least selfish but believe me, I have my reasons.I think this time of the year really brings it out in me...

Follow-Up: The Tasing Of A Fellow Bro

Posted on October 30, 2007
Some of you might have read my post on Andrew Meyer, the kid that was tased at a John Kerry speech. Well, it turns out that he WILL NOT be facing any criminal charges for the incident. You can also read the story in the New York Times:A University of Florida student who was shocked with a Taser after persistently questioning Sen...

Married Cops

Posted on October 16, 2007
I read this story in the San Francisco Chronicle this morning about a married couple that work together as partners in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. I have no idea what kind of cops they are, but the short article is great and they seem to work well together...

Dillonthekiller4

Posted on October 12, 2007
DILLONTHEKILLER4I don't know if any of you have read about 14 year-old Dillon Casey a kid in Pennyslvania that was arrested for planning a Columbine style attack at his high school but you can read a little bit about him here (Yahoo News Story and AP Photo):NORRISTOWN, Pa...

Not So Anonymous From The San Joaquin Superior Court

Posted on October 10, 2007
Generally, I don't do a lot of snooping on the people that come to my simple and boring blawg UNLESS they start posting nasty, hateful shit. You want an example?Today at 3:28pm, I received a comment on my recent post about Shelwanda Riley:Anonymous said...

Taser Technology

Posted on October 10, 2007
I've never a fan of the Taser Technology. Well, let me clarify that. I've never been a fan of the Taser because of its ease of abuse by law enforcement. Never to let go of a perceived new thing, companies out there have developed...Wireless Taser's.Fan-Fuckin-Tasic.

Bad Cops

Posted on October 08, 2007
Well, I don't think I need to tell you all how I feel about the incident involving the Fort Pierce Police Department Officer that punched and pepper sprayed a 15 year-old girl for violating curfew. My reasoning is very simple. You have a 6' 3", 255 lb police officer working on the force for a while who should know better...

Don't Break Curfew...OR ELSE!

Posted on October 05, 2007
This is an EXTREMELY disturbing video of a 15 year-old Florida girl (Shelwanda Riley) being handcuffed for A CURFEW VIOLATION by Fort Pierce Police Officer Dan Gilroy (Here is his Myspace Page). Riley was acting like a 15 year-old kid when she started bawling and screaming and then...

Ahem...Attention All Gambling Blawgers!

Posted on October 03, 2007
Woohoo! It's that time of the year again! I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers.Registration code: 4663196I was blown out last year by some EXTREMELY stupid plays but this year...

Public Defender Investigator Interns

Posted on October 02, 2007
I looooove using the Google Alerts feature on Google. Its a great way to get news stories delivered to you daily that match search terms that you set-up on your own. It's like having your own personal researcher that works 24 hours a day and delivers a report to you every morning...

Ahhh...It's Only Thursday But It Feels Like...Sunday.

Posted on September 27, 2007
Ignore the title of this post...It's more like a Tuesday.Work has been tough lately. Not because I'm all "crazy busy," but because lately, everything just fucking grates on my nerves! Let me bitch for a few paragraphs and please forgive me in advance for being confusing...

The Tazing of a Fellow Bro

Posted on September 18, 2007
***NEW UPDATED LINK: THE ANDREW MEYER Website*** Don't Taze Me Bro!Yup, this is the monster news story that pulled me out my long hiatus from posting semi-regularly. For all of you that have been asleep or at least away from the computer, please click on the following link to read the story and look (and listen) to the video...

I Have Friend...

Posted on August 16, 2007
I have a friend I went to high school with. I was able to track him down through his brother and he sent me the following email:Dear Sancho:How the hell are you?! I got your message from my brother. Thanks for writing. I am in Iowa, unfortunately, and facing some problems here, but such is life...

Harry Potter Dies...

Posted on July 19, 2007
Thats what I'm sooooo freaked out about reading or hearing this last week. Why can't Saturday and my weekend delivery from Amazon of the last installment of the Harry Potter series come any quicker? Why!Now, I had a close shave with being slapped upside the head with a spoiler that was emailed from a friend of mine (for now)...

Billy Zane Look-Alike = Guilty On All Counts

Posted on July 19, 2007
News from the Sacramento Bee:On Wednesday morning, after deliberating for a little more than a day, jurors in Sacramento Superior Court convicted James Allen Schanrock, 26, of first-degree murder and burglary in a crime shocking for both its violence and its randomness...

Public Defender Investigator Gets Bitch Slapped On The River

Posted on July 16, 2007
We welcome you to Cocke County Tennessee where your natural adventure is waiting! Nestled in the shadows of the majestic mountains, Cocke County is full of hidden treasures - all waiting to be discovered!I'm not 100% sure about the pronunciation, but just the name alone is enough to get my two year-old mind giggling for a minute...

46lb Update

Posted on July 11, 2007
Wow. 7 Hours really flies when you're having fun. I finished downloading all of Deborah Jeane Palfrey's telephone records when I got home and have worked on converting all the files to OCR. What a pain in the ass.I'm starting with the newest telephone records and working my way back, only stopping and spending extra time on the interesting sequential cellular and landline telephone numbers (more chances that they are related to a business or government organization) that pop up...

46 lbs

Posted on July 10, 2007
I have a new project that I'm working on. It involves sex, politicians, and 46lbs of telephone records.Meet Deborah Jeane Palfrey:You can read about Ms. Palfrey at her own website (here) or you can click on a few recent news stories (here and here). Basically, she was arrested late last year and charged with essentially running a prostitution ring in Washington D...

Successful Technicality And Billy Zane

Posted on July 03, 2007
First off, I just want to say that after re-reading my last post I was struck by a really freaky thing. The crazy resemblance between accused killer James Schanrock and actor Billy Zane:Right?! Right?! Anyone else with me on this one?!?!Now, getting a bit more serious...

How We Sleep At Night

Posted on June 29, 2007
A friend of mine e-mailed this story about a big murder case that has gone to trial in Sacramento, California. I'm hoping you can read it, although I've saved it a copy in text format that I can email to you if it becomes unavailable.The defendant: James SchanrockThe Charges: Murder & BurglaryThe Story (From the Sacramento Bee):The trial of James Allen Schanrock, a 25-year-old convicted burglar accused of murder and burglary, started on Wednesday...

If I Was A Newb In This Biz...

Posted on June 21, 2007
THIS WOULD BE THE MOST AWESOME OPPORTUNITY!NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC DEFENDER INVESTIGATOR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM SUMMER 2007Oh, to be young again, with no responsibilities with the ability to go where the wind takes me. Damn it.

Popped Collars, Truck Nutz, And The Defense Investigator

Posted on June 18, 2007
***UNACCEPTABLE LANGUAGE AND IMAGES WARNING***I've seen some real amazing and fucked up shit in my short time on this earth.I've seen dead people. Yup, dead people. Not walking around or anything, but you know...laying on the ground all fucked up with holes, pools of blood, all that stuff...

Future Hamburger

Posted on June 12, 2007
I'm going to get steamrolled.Well, maybe thats a bit dramatic.It feels like I'm about to get steamrolled. It feels like I have a boatload of pressures and demands that are always just two steps (seconds) away from running my ass over. I guess I like to think that I have absolutely no control over any of it, but I think any stresses in my life are mostly all my own doing...