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02-28-2014, 04:19 PM #1
Congratulations to Villarreal
I would like to congradulate Officer Villarreal on his successful arbitration results. Once again the PBA slams the City of Homestead. Special recognoition to Attorney Fuste on his involvement in this delicate matter. The PBA is our voice and we will not deviate from utilizing the PBA as our strong union. I hope the City of Homestead has plenty of spending money for future payouts to come. Thank you AA, MK and AR on your poor performance.
Sincerely,
Homestead50
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02-28-2014, 04:50 PM #2
Re: Congratulations to Villarreal
Stand by, the train has began to derail and soon will all be back to normal, I only wonder if the city council and the Mayor have began to see the problem at HPD yet? They can't possibly be that blind I'm guessing..........
Ps: welcome back SK welcome back JV ..........
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02-28-2014, 09:14 PM #3
Re: Congratulations to Villarreal
Now Lets bring back Randy as Chief and this will be the PD it once was ,and not the opalocka South many think we are.
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03-01-2014, 02:15 PM #4
Re: Congratulations to Villarreal
Chief Rolle thinks he's the Homestead Black Jesus
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03-04-2014, 09:50 PM #5
Re: Congratulations to Villarreal
Only HPD could unwittingly hire an illegal alien as an officer. Can you say failure to properly and critically screen prospective employees.
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03-09-2014, 07:38 PM #6
Re: Congratulations to Villarreal
Does your leader dodge the truth and avoid the tough decisions by asking questions – superficially seeking the opinions of followers. Too many “What do you think?” questions are nothing more than avoidance.
Does your leader if he attends roll call answer questions by beginning their response with, “That’s a good question.” This gives spineless leaders time to choreograph a political response that either fails to answer the question or does so in vague terms.
Spineless leaders are accidental leaders, not intentional ones. And everyone knows it. The obvious question is “how do these cowards become the boss in the first place?” While one can attribute their rise to political shrewdness, the frightening answer is that someone bought into their “smoke and mirrors” and promoted them into a leadership position.
Spineless leaders hire spineless leaders and create a slithering chain of command that is difficult to break. Sadly, in the case “close to home,” that person remains at the top of the heap.
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03-11-2014, 03:24 PM #7
Re: Congratulations to Villarreal
Well its been almost two weeks since I sent out this letter and still no response from AA. Based upon what has been said here about him, I am not surprised.
Dear Detective Aquino,
It was extremely informative meeting with you on Friday afternoon 2/7/2014 in
Chief Rolle’s office.
I have considered your comments about the “Police Officer Bill of Rights”. You
are absolutely correct with respect in regards to there being a 180 day limitation to an
investigation of a complaint for the police department to make an adverse employment
decision against an offending officer. I give all my thanks and praise to God almighty for
our rights and due process (Acts 16:37), and that we live in a free nation, not a police
state (Hill v. Houston).
However, it is respectfully submitted that your understanding of the “Police
Officer Bill of Rights” as enshrined in Florida Statute 112.532, as you explained it to
me, appears to be incomplete and critically flawed at best. It cannot be positively
ascertained at this time if this critical omission is through corruption or incompetence.
The outcome to me is the same, as it results in me being denied my due process rights
and my right to petition for redress of grievances as enshrined in the 1st
amendments of the U.S. Constitution; and Article I, sections 4, 5 and 9, of the Florida
Constitution. Furthermore, it would appear to be an additional deprivation of my rights
under color of law (title 18 U.S.C. 242). It is noted that while an officer may retain
qualified immunity for a mistake of fact, they are not generally offered qualified immunity
for a mistake of law, irrespective of ones intentions, if a willful violation of a well-established right
is deemed to have occurred.
Direct your attention to Florida Statute 112.532(6)(a)(2), which specifically
states, “The running of the limitations period is tolled during the time that ANY criminal
investigation or prosecution is pending in connection with the act, omission, or other
allegation of misconduct”.
Your attention is also pointed towards Attorney General Opinion 2006-25, which
dealt specifically with somewhat similar matters.
As an important established timeline, it is offered here that I first called you on 1/
24/2013, so this should be the earliest time that the complaint could have been initiated.
Officer Murguido initiated his criminal complaint against me on 2/15/2013, which was a
criminal prosecution in connection with the allegation of misconduct. The time would
be paused beginning on this date. The criminal charges were dismissed against me
on 1/9/2014, the date when the limitation period should recommence. Therefore, from
1/24/2013-2/15/2013 is 22 days, and from 1/9/2014-2/26/2014 is 48 days for a total of
70 days, well below the 180 day limitation you have alleged is barring you from taking
action. Therefore, contrary to your alleged understanding, the statute is clear and
specific that Officer Murguido will not/should not be protected from discipline because
he had initiated a false criminal investigation/prosecution against me (LeChance v.
Erickson).
The Fraternal Order of Police, one of the biggest proponents of the “Police
Officer Bill of Rights”, states as their public opinion, “The bill does not protect the jobs
of ‘bad cops’ or officers unfit for duty. Nor does it apply to allegations of minor violations
of internal departmental rules or regulations or employment-related performance
of officers, thus preserving the discretion of the individual agency in disciplining its
employees. This measure does not afford police officers any greater rights than those
possessed by other citizens; it simply reaffirms the existence of those rights in the
unique context of the law enforcement community.”
Based on the above it can clearly be seen by a reasonable man of ordinary
understanding, that any deliberate and calculated attempt to shield an officer using such
procedural due process limitations is a blatant misconstruction of not only the letter,
but also the spirit of the law, and should be rightly viewed as official misconduct (FS.
838.022). Also as Officer Murguido swore under oath on 2/28/2013 that I had contacted
IA and that he was advised to file an order for protection against me, combined with
the fact that my 1/24/2013 call to you was not returned until 3/19/2013, additional
misconduct/retaliation could be plausibly inferred by a reasonable and prudent man
from this established and documented timeline/pattern of facts.
If you do not concur with this analysis, it is requested that you immediately close
the open file as it would be “stale”, so that I may access it and complete my records.
On the other hand if you do agree with this analysis then the case should remain open
and be properly, thoroughly, completely and impartially investigated.
You are hereby placed under due and proper notice, that I believe you
have also committed violations against me, possibly up to and including conspiracy
against rights (title 18 U.S.C. 241). I have evidence you have made false statements to
me, even though your intention in making said false statements is not known at this
time. As such, it would be a major and severe conflict of interest for you to remain
active in this investigation. It is hereby requested that you cease and desist with any
and all work on/with my file(s) and have them placed in the possession of Chief Rolle
until such time as he can find an impartial investigator to properly proceed with such
matters. A reasonable and prudent man would recommend an outside prosecutor such
as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). It is actually assumed that this
will be required as this should properly be a multijurisdictional investigation. In view of
the general stipulation in public service that any situation that could even present the
possibility of an appearance of a conflict of interest should be avoided, any modicum of
ethics would dictate that you personally recuse yourself at this time. This should also
cause the time limitation to be paused again (FS. 112.532(6)(a)(3 and 4)).
Someone within the Homestead Police Department would have necessarily had
to have alerted Officer Murguido of my intention to file a complaint against him, unless
his sworn statement from 2/28/2013 is a further act of perjury. You emphatically and
specifically denied that this statement of his was an act of perjury. The only possible
candidate(s) that fit the fact pattern and evidence for improperly informing Officer
Murguido are Lt. Johnson, Sgt. Sherman and/or IA personnel (SOP, Std. No. 073,
(III)(D)(1)(b)). This is contrary to your attempted assertion that I had informed Officer
Murguido of such. It is also noted that I have not had any contact with Officer Murguido
since 10/29/2012, nor do I want to have any contact with him in the future.
It is here requested that all calls from 10/29/2012 forward should be securely
stored as evidence, as well as all logs, notes, radio calls, dispatches, emails, and any/
all other materials of any nature related to Officer Murguido and me. This includes all of
the calls and dispatches from 10/29/2012. A reasonable man could assume these calls/
records are already part of the IA file, as they rightfully should be.
You may contact me by email with the decision you feel you should make, with
respect to whether the case should be closed or remain open for investigation and/or
action. However, after such contact it is requested that you do not contact me other
than through your legal representative(s). Any delay in such decision on your part will
be duly noted and considered to be a further violation of my rights and an attempt to
deny me my right to petition for redress of grievances. I expect that you can reasonably
make this decision within one week of receipt of this letter. For your convenience, to
minimize the possibility of conflict of interest and ex parte communication, you may
have Chief Rolle contact me with the decision. At this time, I prefer all correspondence
via email to be sent to the following address phd2b05@gmail.com.
You have made the following public statements “Those who are sworn to enforce
the law must uphold it, the law, when we find these violations we address them swiftly
correctly and fairly,” and “Our officers here in Homestead are some of the finest.” You
have also publically stated when discussing restoring the faith of the public in relation to
the police “We restore it by showing them we’re addressing it and any complaints that
come in we address them and go through them and deal fairly with everyone involved,”.
I must note that your actions in this case fall greatly short of the standard you have
established with your own words.
It should be noted that your statements to me in Chief Rolle’s office -“What do we
need; What are we here for; our attention; that we are not dealing with it; for information;
or we have another complaint”- were not well received by me, and I feel this and
other comments you made further demonstrate the adversarial nature of your position
towards me, and your utter lack of impartiality and professionalism.
Further, it is stated plainly again here for the record that Officer Murguido has a
well-documented past history of repeatedly making false statements and issuing tickets
with malicious intent. This has now been clearly and concisely brought to the attention
of the Homestead Police Department. This is further compounded by the allegations I
have made and the evidence I have presented. This leads me to believe it could not be
in good faith to fail to inform the State Attorney’s Office and/or all defendants in cases
in which Officer Murguido is a witness. Failure to do such would appear to be a Brady
evidence violation (see Brady v. Maryland), as it would deny any defendant in said
case(s) their due process rights to properly attempt to impeach the credibility of Officer
Murguido as a witness. It will verified at a later time, that such notice has been made,
as failure to act would appear to be a constitutional right violation and may establish a
pattern and practice (title 42 U.S.C. 14141).
Lastly, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your help in reigniting
a passion in me and helping to cement my decision to attend law school to study civil
rights/constitutional law.
Sincerely,
/James Eric McDonough/
Dr. James E. McDonough
CC(Anticipated list).
Alexander Rolle-Chief of Homestead Police; Jeff Porter-Mayor of Homestead; George Gretsas-Homestead City Manager; J.D. Patterson-Director MDPD; Adrianne Byrd-Major South District MDPD; LaTishia King-MDPD Resource Officer; FDLE-officer misconduct; Janeen Jones-SAO; DOJ/OPR; Dennis Moss-County Commissioner; Lynda Bell-County Commissioner; Erin Muir-
Aid to Holly Raschein; Lourdes Ruiz-Aide to Ileana Ros-Lehtinen; Marco Rubio-U.S. Senator; Bill Nelson-U.S. Senator; Alan Greenstein-Attorney at Law; Craig Weissberg-Attorney at Law; Nima Fiuzat-Attorney at Law; Neil Jetter-Attorney at Law; Amy Spadaro; Steve Adt-LEO; Wayne Cox-LEO;
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03-12-2014, 01:38 AM #8
Re: Congratulations to Villarreal
Thank god almighty for public records request. Even though HPD has been nonresponsive to most of my request by either not giving me the info I asked for rgiving me the wrong dates or incomplete data. However, I have received enough evidence through said request to show that AA was not truthfull when he stated that the officer drove past my house gunning his engine and chirping his siren because he was chasing an off road vehicle and the radio logs and dispatch would prove it. Seems my time stamped photo of officer AM at 12:02 pm does not jive with the dispatch logs showing he was not dispatched untill 12:15pm to a hit and run several miles away from my house. Well I guess you got called out on this one.
Another intersting public record request shows that officer AM was working from 9am till 7pm on the day he filed a false injunction against me. I guess this shoots down AA's assertion that he did such as a private citizen and off the clock so they have no controll over such actions. This is interesting in several ways first whether he was off duty or not is not relevant to if HPD has controll over his actions as he is required to comport himself in a manner befitting his position. Im not sure who would argue that a police officer committing perjury is not conduct unbecoming. Well i guess AA would. Further, even if it could be said to have occurred during lunch break, how do you drive from homestead to the court house and back while taking care of business in less than an hour, impossible. Further even if AM was superman and didnt have a time issue, what vehicle did he use? It is against HPD policy to use a police vehicle for personal business outside of the city. AA is a liar and possibly a criminal who should be investigated.
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03-13-2014, 08:20 PM #9
Re: Congratulations to Villarreal
Bovine excrement? Or whatever you call your self! Are you really that stupid? Villarreal was cleared it was all made up allegations and it had no juice" you can't possibly be that upset? He was a very good officer when he worked at HPD and if he comes back I'm sure he will be great, he has always been a man of integrity and has done nothing but his job as a police officer. You should really keep your stupid comments to your self and stop annoying people may you have a better day.
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03-14-2014, 01:56 AM #10
Re: Congratulations to Villarreal
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