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I am writing this letter to make a
major complaint on the Northwest Metro Drug Task force here in Minnesota. I
have carbon copied this letter/complaint locally and nationally to several
agencies hoping that it is forwarded to the proper authorities, therefore I
humbly ask that if you are not the person or agency that have interest in this
type of complaint please submit this to the proper person/agency.
I was falsely arrested by the
Northwest Metro Drug Task Force September 10, 2010 in the city of Plymouth
Minnesota at the behest and direction of Jonathon Hunt the supervisor of the
team and also he is a Sergeant at the Plymouth Minnesota Police Department.
Sergeant Hunt violated several of my constitutional rights in arresting me as
well as violated the guidelines set forth in the Multijurisdictional Task Force
Operating Procedures and Guidelines Manual.(MTFOPGM herein after) We have proof that Sergeant Hunt has
perjured himself tampered with the evidence and also severely exaggerated
probable cause to execute a search warrant, and exaggerated probable cause to
arrest me. He used racial Profiling to conduct an investigation which is prohibited
by .(MTFOPGM).
False Arrest
Although my name wasn’t on the search
warrant to be searched or ceased, nor was my name on the lease of the place
where the search warrant was being executed I was arrested by Joe Gebhart and
Officer Buske, who both testified that Sergeant Hunt directed them to arrest
me.
False Report
During an interview
Officer Hunt Continued to question me regarding the Keys to the premises where
the search warrant was executed, thus I told him “I didn’t have the keys nor
was I coming from the target apartment” Hunt wrote in his report and in a second affidavit
that I had the “Keys to the Security door of 6120 Quinwood Lane and the keys to
the Apartment 2310 on my person” We
believe he intentionally falsified that statement knowing that the apartment
door locks from the outside with a Key only, thus if someone was to lock the
door they would have to have a key. Hunt took no Key into custody, no keys are
on any property sheet nor on the inventory sheet. Two officers testified that
they searched me and didn’t find keys to the apartment on my person and know
one wrote a report of finding keys. Officer Buske testified that he had custody
of me from the time I was pulled over until taken me to the station but he
found no keys. Hunts false statement contributed to My DNA being taken as well
as my being arrested and charged.
Hunt further stated in
his report that there was a Comcast bill with the name of Jermaine Alexander
that was taken into custody. However there is no Comcast bill with my name
rather the Comcast bill has the name of the lease holder, however that false
statement of a utility bill implies residency which could imply joint
possession, constructive possession and dominion over an apartment, as the same
false statement regarding the keys.
Hunt also wrote in his
complaint and in his incident report that “it should be noted that the mail in
Alexander’s name was located on top of the refrigerator next to where the crack
cocaine was located” Nonetheless the drug task force submitted pictures to us
that was allegedly taken right before the raid, and clear shots on top of the fridge
but there was no mail on top of the refrigerator from looking at several
pictures that they provided to the defense
Perjury
Hunt has testified on
the stand (also in affidavit for the search of the premises) that
prior to drafting a search warrant that he went to management of the
apartment complex and that management Confirmed short term traffic and
confirmed that I Jermaine Alexander Lived in the apartment. Although he
testified that he doesn’t remember who he talked and, that he never wrote any investigative
report took no notes, we do have statements from the management clearly saying
that after the raid is when Hunt told management that I was the one who told
Hunt I live in the apartment. Hunt testified that prior to the search warrant
he didn’t know whose name was on the lease of the apartment, yet when Hunt
interviewed me he says that he had already checked on the people whose name was
on the lease, and that my name is the only one not on the lease. That perjury
can be found in the transcripts of Rasmussen hearing, and compared to the
Doctored up scales CD. This perjury has contributed to the judge finding
probable cause to charge with 2nd degree possession of controlled
substance crime, and 1st degree sales of controlled substance.
Evidence Tampering
After I was arrested I agreed to talk to officer
Hunt, thus the interview was recorded pursuant to Minnesota v. Scales. In that interview Hunt continued to question
me about the keys to the apartment and where were they, and I continued to
explain to him that I have several friends in that building and that I was
coming from that friends house, I gave him the name and apartment number of the
friend so that he might go verify what I was saying. I also showed him a six
hundred dollar money order with rent on it addressed to the same address listed
on my state issued ID. We talked about that money order and he took that into custody
too, alone with the receipt of the money order. However that money order or
receipt have never surfaced, it wasn’t on any evidence/property sheet inventory sheet
etc….Moreover, We have sent the copy of the recording of the scales interview
to an audio forensic lab who
are submitting an affidavit and video transcript swearing that the recording
has been redacted, edited from its original form, and that based on the floor
sounds, splices and cuts in the recording that there is no way in his opinion
that the interview lasted a mere 12 minutes as the copy that was sent to us
reflects. Furthermore, the forensic expert’s affidavit further states that
based on his professional opinion and listing to the floor sounds, examining
and again the splices in the recording that Sergeant Hunt had to go into the
recording and insert the interview’s ending time as the ending-time he did
enter is not consistent with splicing of the recording and that the
presentation he will offer will specifically demonstrate the inserted ending
time of the interview.
Hunt also testified that he don’t know which
drugs he tested, what date he tested the drugs, and stated that he never wrote
a report of testing drugs but he do remember either testing the drugs that was
found on the 10th or the 17th . His inability and failure
to document something as serious as testing the drugs, thus inventorying the
drugs, has compromised the evidence and has hindered me from having a fair
trial. The chain of custody is gone. .MTFOPGM 3-14.1 “ The investigator
shall maintain proper documentation, chain of custody storage and safe
keeping……”
Conclusion
The above stated taskforce have violated several
rules of my constitutional rights and the rules pursuant to .MTFOPGM
as there are no reports from the task force except that of Sergeant Hunt. MTFOPGM 3-04 states in a pertinent
part, “ Establish a documented record of the entire warrant execution process”.
Thus members of the Task force will have to recollect from a three year old
incident. We have requested the briefings of the day of the raid, pursuant to
policy number 3-05 and all reports of the raid, and all other logs. They have
told us and the courts that the task force has no reports or logs. The failure
of the task force to write reports, keep notes or logs, has destroyed the timeline,
thereby stripping me of my constitutional right to confront my accuser. The
absent reports allow officers to make up things as they testify. MTFOPGM
3-04.7 reads “the case investigator shall develop a prioritized search
strategy to ensure evidence is not overlooked and ensure timelines.”It is
believed that Bob Topp of the K-9 unit has falsified doing a dog sniff of the
building which ultimately led to obtaining a search warrant as at this point it
can’t be verified that he conducted a k-9 sniff except which is suspect, for
his report as we have asked for the AVL(automotive vehicle locator, Cad
printout (Computer automotive dispatch), any captains logs sergeant logs and
or any other verification of the dog sniff which none have been submitted to
us. Rather what we do have is emails stating that the day of the Dog sniff
Robert Topp was in training all day. The report that was provided to us from
Topp was giving to us almost two years after the incident. I ask all who have
the ability to check the meta data for that report and it will show that his
report was dictated during the time he provided it to us. MTFOPGM 3-07.6 Please view the attached exhibits. Moreover
Topp’s failure to communicate to his chain of command is against the rules
policies of the RISSafe Officer Safety Event Deconfliciction System.
· Affidavit from Creative
forensics
· Topps CAD from day of
Dog sniff
· Affidavit for search
warrant
· Affidavit for search
warrant for DNA
· Scales CD provided to us
by Plymouth police department (tampered with)
· Hunts incident report
from the day of the raid
· Paul Johnson’s
report (chain of custody and evidence
inventory)
· Officer Sigfrinues’s
report
· Pages from transcript of cross exam of
Sergeant Hunt.
What happend during the trial?
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