Jan 29 2009

The Dumbest Defendant Ever

Author: me

Gotta love this one. I got this new case on a guy who beat his girlfriend silly and then held her against her will. He was charged with kidnapping and domestic violence and stopped going to court when he realized the best he was going to get was 8 months in county jail. I started working the case by looking for his mother and his “friend”, both of whom had bailed him out. Neither address was good so I started doing drive by’s on his address. He lived in a not so very nice neighborhood near Highway 101 and Oakland Road in San Jose. His 50’s era house was surrounded by commercial and industrial buildings on a very narrow, seedy street.

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Jan 22 2009

John Doe – 1960-2008

Author: me

I made a promise when I started this blog that I would never disclose the name’s of my defendants, coworkers or the company that I work for. So, as much as I would like to tell you who John Doe is I have to stick to my guns and respect everyone’s privacy. I had been looking for John since September. He was wanted for failing to appear in court on drug related charges and was originally arrested in Sunnyvale. John and had been living out of his van and I learned through friends that he was a pretty decent guy who was doing what he could to makes ends meet.

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