King County Prosecutor’s cover up as “risk management”

For those of you that haven’t been reading the Gold Bar Reporter’s reports on King County’s racketeering scheme, using animal abuse cases to trump up criminal charges on honest hard working citizens, you should read the following links:

https://goldbarreporter.org/2016/06/13/dont-open-the-barn-door/

In 2012, Jason Markley, made one major mistake, he trusted his lawyer, Kevin Tarvin. In a past article, the Gold Bar Reporter wrote extensively on how Washington State attorney Kevin Tarvin threw his client under the bus, presumably as a political favor to lead Prosecutor Gretchen Holmgren. Ms. Holmgren is the daughter of former Superbowl Seahawks coach, Mike Holmgren.

https://goldbarreporter.org/category/king-county-animal-abuse-scam-biling-taxpayers/

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King County animal control officer Jenee Westberg’s fixation on Jason  Markley grew through 2014.  Worst part is King County Prosecutor’s Office knew Jenee Westberg was a convicted criminal and drug addict, but King County Prosecutor’s Office withheld that information because she was the lead witness in the majority of their 23 phony animal abuse cases.

Imagine, King County hires a career criminal, uses her in at least 23 phony animal abuse cases, and then, in violation of Brady v. Maryland, King County Prosecutor’s Office intentionally withholds material evidence.  Isn’t that criminal on its face?  By the very people who are supposed to prosecute the criminals.

Material evidence withheld includes, but is not limited to, these facts: Westberg is a convicted criminal for illegal possession of a controlled substance (police reports indicate that she was trafficking horse tranquilizers as well) caught trying to bribe a police officer after she was caught shop lifting at K-Mart, caught with counterfeit money, and had four extensive disciplinary proceedings (called “Loudermill” hearings) while employed at King County.

In 2001, early in Westberg’s career, she was the named prime suspect in her supervisor’s report to law enforcement of stealing gas on King County’s gas credit card.  Westberg worked for King County Parks at the time.  Westberg was let go.

Then King County hired her back a year and a half later.  (No doubt her mother helped that along.  Ann Westberg had both Jenee and Desiree (2009) on King County payrolls at times).

Illegal credit card theft seems to come up significantly in her police events.  And in fact it is part of the embezzlement we have uncovered but we’ll save that for another story.

After Jason Markley was thrown under the bus by attorney Kevin Tarvin, Markley was stalked at his home by whom he has ample reason to believe  was Jenee Westberg.

Markley had dead rats bludgeoned to death on the kitchen floor and their bloody bodies left in the toilet inside his home – on that breach – all the keys were missing as well as all their spoons – a drug addict crime to be sure.  The place reeked of cigarette smoke (Westberg smokes).

Super-glue was poured in the door locks, then the gate lock and repeated – straight from the Animal Liberation Rights (ALF – domestic terrorists) handbook.

Markley’s car had been tampered with multiple times, the lug nuts on the wheels of his car had been loosened causing one of the wheels to come flying off while driving.  The oil had been drained numerous times from his vehicles where the last time he was on HWY 18 with his children in the car and the engine seized.  This was a near miss with two semi trucks.

Auburn Police would claim the cars were not well cared for though they had the vehicle report in hand.  Mechanical examination confirmed no oil leak and no burning of oil with both computer readouts and visual examination.  No leak or burning since either.

Property at Markley’s home had been destroyed, four new lawn mowers – one at a time – stopped working after the first use.  There were spontaneous flat tires with roofer nails.

Markley’s property, at 105 feet from the gun discharge was just 25 feet from the bullet.   Markley’s 4 children were quietly studying in their home at the time.  The shot came from an Elk gun designed to take down an elk at up to three miles –  a 7mm Browning scoped rifle.   It was in the direction, 2,500 feet from two public schools.  APD Officer Adamski not only failed to put the schools on lock down, but he failed to arrest the gunman and confiscate any of the arms.

Did the Auburn Police Department act to prosecute?  No.

Markley diligently reported all these events as they occurred to the Auburn Police. They did not act to investigate for all his trouble except to profile his children.

After around ten times, Markley escalated his complaints.  He filed a criminal complaint of serial vandalism and attempted manslaughter.  At this point, the Auburn Police had to at least ACT like they were doing something even though they ended up protecting Westberg in the end right along with King County.

Jason Markley had no doubt that Jenee Westberg was responsible, because by this time, he started to piece Jenee Westberg’s criminal history together by gaining access to pubic records from local police departments directly.  Yes it is clear, Ms. Westberg has quite the criminal career going on, over 45 police events.  It appears she was afforded professional courtesy extensively.

Jenee Westberg also learned around the same time that Markley had teamed up with an investigative journalist who was also researching the phony prosecutions. From here, Jenee Westberg’s criminal conduct while inside King County’s Animal Control Office became nakedly exposed via public records requests ( RCW 42.56) of over 30,000 documents and two rather extensive Public Records Act litigations.  It is still pending – largely for King County’s bad faith in withholding public records – and keeping their victims crippled with false prosecutions – see Joshua Frost case and 9th District court scathing response naming Dan Satterberg and Kelli Williams.

King County continued to suppress Westberg’s nefarious criminal activities but at the last – her public persona was exposing too much King County – it appeared they were intent on quietly giving her the boot… without telling anyone… including all the wrongfully prosecuted innocent people she had set up for complete ruin.  Even Westberg was surprised.  After all, she was doing what they all taught her.

In fact, one of Westberg’s co-conspirator buddies, King County Sheriff Major Crimes Deputy Robin Cleary, was being investigated and going out the back door at the same time.  She was just as shocked as Westberg.

Cleary helped Westberg fabricate evidence against their innocent victims often.  In Markley’s case – she was only 4 hours away that day terrorizing the Lindsey’s with ACO Dave Morris and Jenee Westberg before Jenee would make her first contact on April 8th, 2011 at Markley’s.

No one at King County disclosed either of these women were terminated, for turpitude cause or that they were even being investigated while two victims were attempting to gain some traction at the Court of Appeals Div I.

Both Westberg and Cleary made KCDPA Chief Dan Clark’s “Brady Officer” lists.  However, they were placed on two different years (one month apart) so as not to draw too much attention.

The last time I checked, a prosecutor concealing “exculpatory” evidence (evidence that tends to support the defendant’s innocence) is a crime and criminal.  In fact, I believe they call that “RICO” or racketeering.

Case in point –  and the whole point of the above discussion is below.  It is how King County responsed to a criminal complaint filed against Jenee Westberg by Jason Markley in Auburn Washington.

After reading the email chain, our hope is that our readers say ” what the Hell is King County doing advising a King County employee on fighting off a criminal charge or even assisting her with a restraining order against a citizen who is simply filing a criminal complaint for property damages?”

Sadly, Jenee Westberg’s racketeering has led to phony felony convictions in at least fifteen animal abuse cases.  And she had help – lots of it.  As of today, we know of 23 cases, but there could be more.

“The Honorable Justice Alex Kozinski, you were right, King County is intentionally withholding evidence to ensure convictions, just as in the Joshua Frost case.”
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This is the final conclusion of 10 days worth of drama that Jenee Westberg, her mother, Ann Westberg, and King County Deputy Prosecutor Nancy Balin conspired together in order to protect Jenee Westberg from Jason Markley’s  legitimate criminal complaint of serial vandalism that named Jenee Westberg as the primary suspect.

 These are alleged criminal activities Ms. Westberg would have implemented while she was off duty.  (Certainly not the first time.  We have found at least 45.)

This email string was received via a public records request to King County. The emails show King County Deputy Prosecutor Nancy Balin helping  Jenee Westberg discredit Jason Markley’s criminal complaint.

At the time of the alleged criminal complaints, Jenee Westberg was off duty. It exposes Jenee Westberg’s mother, Ann Westberg assisting Jenee and Balin.

Ann Westberg is the executive Level V assistant to King County Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Dan Clark, Criminal Division, RJC in Kent. (Clark also chairs the “Brady Committee” that designats officer’s credibility for a witness under oath.  A “Brady Officer” is not trustworthy).

Washington State’s Constitution prohibits use of public resources for personal reasons.   But Jenee Westberg seems to be the exception, even though at the time of this email, she had been disciplined for falsifying time sheets with King County (third Loudermill).  And she was beginning the investigation (fourth Loudermill) of what she would be ultimately terminated for a year later.   (Falsifying her animal control reports and theft of county time).

The email thread starts at the end  and works back to the beginning of the event.

READ ON:
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From: Hagen, Brittany
Sent: Monday,  November 25, 2013 4:50 PM
To: Drangsholt, Tim Cc: Anderson, Tim; Mueller, Gene; Watson, Seth; Pedersen, Megan; Kalina, Lynne
Subject: RE: Westberg, J

Good Afternoon,

I spoke with Officer E. Wickman The Auburn Police Department.  He stated he “saw no plausible threat to her, nor did he indicate a threat to her.”  He “doesn’t think that there is a credible threat to her at this time.”  He believes “he is not really the type of person who would be a credible threat” (meaning Markley). Wickman only wanted to notify Ms. Westberg “that she was propagated to be subject, and that he didn’t find anything.”  Nancy is helping Janee in working on a no contact order.  We will work to get the MOU to order and fit vests as soon as possible.

Let me know if there are questions or concerns.

Thanks,

Brittany Hagen Crosser, PHR
Senior Human Resource Analyst
Department of Executive Services
Ph: 206-296-5172
Fax: 206-296-3904
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Westberg never did get a bullet proof vest.

From: Hagen, Brittany
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 1:59 PM
To: Drangsholt, Tim Cc: Anderson, Tim; Mueller, Gene; Watson, Seth; Pedersen, Megan
Subject: Westberg, J

Hi Tim,

I wanted to follow-up on our conversation regarding Ms. Westberg declining placement in the shelter until a bullet proof vest could be purchased and fit to her.  I left a message for the officer who completed the police report we were provided to determine if he agreed with our threat assessment and or if he had further information we would need.  The operator who answered the non-emergency number was unsure of how long it might take for E. Wickman to return my call.  I will let you know when I hear from him.

Thanks,

Brittany Hagen Crosser, PHR
Senior Human Resource Analyst
Department of Executive Services
Ph: 206-296-5172
Fax: 206-296-3904

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Even Shelby Miklethun, who has participated in the suppression of public records like and with Kelli Williams, is suspicious.  She produced the emails.

Miklethun, Shelby
From: Wyss, Pamela
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 3:52 PM
To: Hagen Crosser, Brittany
Subject: RE: urgent please read immediately

That’s kind of interesting. Perhaps she is not.

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Brittany Hagen Crosser, Westberg’s investigator on the third and fourth Loudermills, is also suspicious.

Based on review of Westberg’s GPS activity, it appears Jenee cannot afford to give up her extra-curricular distribution route (which employs her taxpayer paid RASKC truck) in lieu of a desk job.

From: Hagen, Brittany
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 3:51 PM
To: Wyss, Pamela
Subject: RE: urgent please read immediately

Not really, but we offered her shelter rather than field work and she denied the transfer, so I’m assuming she’s not that afraid?

Brittany Hagen Crosser, PHR
Senior Human Resource Analyst
Department of Executive Services
Ph: 206-296-5172
Fax: 206-296-3904

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Here it is clear Pamela Wyss continues to be suspicious.

From: Wyss, Pamela
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 3:50 PM
To: Hagen, Brittany
Subject: RE: urgent please read immediately

Okay Brittany, thanks. Was she doing any better?

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On 11/21/2013 at 10:43 AM, while Westberg is being internally investigated by Brittany Hagen Crosser for Westberg’s third “Loudermill” (and starting Westberg’s fourth Loudermill) on completely unrelated turpitude issues, Hagen interviews Westberg about the unrelated Auburn serial vandalism case.  That interview is below with corrections based on public records.

Westberg had to spontaneously mention that Markley had alleged she threatened him with a gun she doesn’t carry.   (Westberg was accused of using this kind of “muscle” in two other cases – both of which got dismissed).  Westberg describes how she knows Markley as someone whom in the course of her employment she cited for animal abuse.

At the end of the interview, Westberg expresses some concern that Markley may find the interview through public records. (He did).

Then she suddenly volunteers that:

 “Her sister just purchased the house across the street from Markley in April. She has probably been to her sister’s home about 10 times.”

Westberg’s sister does NOT own – nor did she ever “purchase” any “house across the street from Markley in April (2013).”

However, Jenee had just bought a house herself about 5 miles away from Markley in April 2013.

There also is NO street. The assess is the third leg of an easement that is an undeveloped dirt road. It is also a dead end so there is no driving by Markley’s.

Westberg then admits that “she has probably been… (by Markley’s property)….about 10 times = about the same amount of times Markley alleges he was vandalized – the last – draining the oil (no leak = documented) from the family van, resulting in the engine seizing at 60 mph nearly causing what would surely would have been a fatal accident.

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Gene Mueller (Director of Regional Animal Services of King County) grants permission for government attorney Nancy Balin to represent Westberg, an authority he cannot give, IE, he does not have the authority to break State law under RCW 36.27.060

From: Westberg, Jenee
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 9:00 AM
To: Mueller, Gene
Cc: Balin, Nancy
Subject: RE: question

Thank you Gene
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From: Mueller, Gene
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 4:59 PM
To: Westberg, Jenee Cc: Anderson, Tim; Russell, Shelby; Balin, Nancy; Hagen, Brittany
Subject: RE: question

Yes, Nancy can assist you.

Gene E. Mueller, DVM

Sent from mobile phone

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Below Westberg is admitting she already met with Balin and that Nancy Balin has done nothing to disclose to anyone that she is barred by law as a government attorney to represent Westberg privately on King County’s dime.  (This is a topic Balin is very familiar with because she has had a WA State Bar Assoc. complaint for the same violation filed against her a year earlier).

——– Original message ——–
From: “Westberg, Jenee” <Jenee.Westberg@kingcounty.gov>
Date: 11/21/2013 15:16 (GMT-08:00)
To: “Mueller, Gene” <Gene.Mueller@kingcounty.gov>
Cc: “Anderson, Tim” <Tim.Anderson@kingcounty.gov>,”Russell, Shelby” <Shelby.Russell@kingcounty.gov>
Subject: question

Gene,

Hello. While I was downtown today for BOA I had an opportunity to meet with Nancy Balin. Nancy stated that she would b e happy to represent me and assist me in obtaining an anti harassment order but she would need your approval to do so. Nancy agrees that it is a good idea to move forward with such actions a.s.a.p. and she is available to help out on that right away again she just needs the go ahead from you.

Thank you,

Jenee Westberg
Animal Control Officer #47
Regional Animal Services of King County
21615 64th ave s
Kent, Wa. 98032
Cell (206) 214-8388
Fax (206) 205-8043
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Even after a “third review” Pamela Wyss is never quite convinced of Westberg’s claims though she is the one who is in charge of PTSD with King County employees.

From: Wyss, Pamela
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 6:55 AM
To: Teply, Stephen; Drangsholt, Tim
Cc: Hagen, Brittany; Watson, Seth; Kalina, Lynne
Subject: RE: urgent please read immediately

After a third review of all this documentation I still do not see where Mr. Markley is making any direct or implied threats against ACO Jenee Westberg. It is understandable that she would be concerned about his allegations of plotting to murder him but there is no evidence that he is threatening to do anything to her (other than “investigate” her). While I am willing to meet with her to talk about this (though she may not agree with my perspective) at this time I do not have any additional recommendations to make beyond those made by Stephen.

Pam
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Westberg is documented getting counsel from Balin (and her agreeing) first thing after Auburn Police Department Det. Wickman has contacted her.

From: Balin, Nancy
To: Westberg, Jenee
Subject: RE: GOOD MORNING
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 9:09:54 AM

Send it on over. I’m at Harborview until 11 and have some noon meetings but am clearer this afternoon.

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Westberg admits she has already “talked” to Balin, no doubt Balin concocted the email blast Westberg sent on November 20, 2011 at 2:49PM.  Balin states she is available later on that day. This was a day before Gene Mueller gave his misguided “permission” for Nancy Balin to represent Westberg.

From: Westberg, Jenee
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 8:19 AM
To: Balin, Nancy
Subject: GOOD MORNING

Hello Nancy,

I need to talk with you again. I received the police report from Auburn and there is a lot of concerning information in it which really has me in fear and other allegations regarding the prosecutor’s office altering documentation etc. I would like for you to either allow me to read it or send it over to you so you can review yourself to help me in figuring out what to do next.

Thank you in advance for your time,

Jenee Westberg
Animal Control Officer #47
Regional Animal Services of King County
21615 64th ave s
Kent, Wa. 98032
Cell (206) 214-8388
Fax (206) 205-8043

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Pamela Wyss is not convinced.

From: Wyss, Pamela
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 5:32 PM
To: Drangsholt, Tim; Teply, Stephen
Cc: Hagen, Brittany; Watson, Seth
Subject: RE: urgent please read immediately

I’ll re-read all of this tomorrow but after a first run-through (including the police report) I do not see where Mr. Markley is making any threats, direct or implied. Am I missing something?

Not saying we should not invest in the bullet-proof vest or take other precautions but as of this point I don’t see a viable threat per se.

Pam

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Here is the review of the crescendo of Westberg’s bait’n switched “truth.” No doubt authored by Nancy Balin for Jenee Westberg.

 This is the outline:

 1) Wednesday, November 20, 2013 – five days after the Auburn Police Dept. “professional courtesy” call – Jenee pens an account – an account that confesses that she is capitalizing on her mother (and her position in the prosecutor’s office), Ann Westberg, who works for the King County Deputy Chief Prosecutor Dan Clark, chair of the “Brady Committee” that did not make Jenee a Brady officer in 2008, when she plead guilty and was convicted for a 19-county VUSCA arrest.

 2) Westberg claims that APD Det. Wickman told her to “watch her back” words that Wickmen would later deny.

 3) Westberg denies the allegations made while she fails to tell Det. Wickman that she is under investigation for her third Loudermill where she currently was awaiting sanctions and beginning the fourth “Loudermill” that ultimately results in her termination a year later for falsifying her animal control reports and theft of county time.

 4) “He has contacted 3 other individuals – 2 of which also have animal cruelty convictions 1st and 2nd degree.  The 3rd person was Laurie Hart whose case was “still pending” and had not been convicted at this time (largely because other victims exposed Westberg’s criminal career.  Hart’s case was dismissed two years later due to massive exposed “Brady” violations by Gretchen Holmgren).

Those “3 other individuals” would likely be Markley, Lindsey, and Diemond.   It was Diemond who contacted Markley and Thomas – not the other way around.  She had been on the scent the moment Westberg and her co-conspirators showed up.

Laurie Hart was discovered through court records. Because of Markley and Diemond’s investigations, her case would result in a dismissal two years later.

 5) “I went to the court house yesterday and got the paperwork for an anti harassment order, I would rather have a protection order but since Markley hasn’t directly contacted me I’m not eligible. The harassment order is $93.00 which I don’t feel that I should have to pay out of my own personal pocket. I have sent the police report to Nancy Balin for her to review and I would like to request that she represent me and assist me in the filing of this paperwork. I would also like to request that the county purchase me a bullet proof vest immediately.

 a) Westberg may have gotten paperwork but she admits she could NOT have gotten an anti harassment order as there were NO grounds.  Westberg was never eligible for either an anti harassment order nor a protection order because Markley never threatened her. He just simply named her a person on interest in the vandalism on his property.

b)  The cost of $93 is not an issue because she has no grounds.  It is just fluff to her inflated claim.

c)  On November 20, 2013 Westberg states she sent the APD Police Report to Nancy Balin = Westberg has confessed that she has communicated with Balin at that moment in time prior to Gene Mueller’s misguided permission.

d) Westberg requests that Balin represent her = a violation of RCW 36. 27.060 Private practice prohibited in certain counties – Deputy Prosecutors, IE Government attorneys cannot engage in the private practice of law outside the government.

e) On 11/20/13, it is clear Westberg has already engaged Nancy Balin in the private practice of Westberg’s defense in violation of RCW 36.27.060.

f)  Westberg has had 5 days communicating with her mother (admitted) and Nancy Balin (admitted).

 ——– Original message ——–

From: “Westberg, Jenee” <Jenee.Westberg@kingcounty.gov>
Date: 11/20/2013 14:49 (GMT-08:00)
To: “Mueller, Gene” <Gene.Mueller@kingcounty.gov>,”Frederiksen, Glynis”
<Glynis.Frederiksen@kingcounty.gov>,”Pedersen, Megan”
<Megan.Pedersen@kingcounty.gov>,”Alberg, Norm”
<Norm.Alberg@kingcounty.gov>,”Hagen, Brittany” <Brittany.Hagen@kingcounty.gov>
Cc: “Russell, Shelby” <Shelby.Russell@kingcounty.gov>,”Anderson, Tim”
<Tim.Anderson@kingcounty.gov>
Subject: urgent please read immediately

Good afternoon,

I have been recently faced with a serious and possibly life threatening situation that is a direct result from me performing my duties as a ACO for RASKC. I received a disturbing phone call last Friday from a detective with Auburn pd. The detective informed me that Jason Markley (who was convicted of animal cruelty 1st degree, the case was from 2011) has accused me of attempting to murder his family and vandalizing his property. The detective told me that the allegations were completely unfounded but he had a concern for my safety. The exact words from detective Wickman were “You need to watch your back, this guy is a real nut case and he has a lot of your personal information.”

While picking up the police file from Auburn pd, Officer T. Harris spoke to a different officer who had initially been in contact with Markley and his comment was “he is a functional whack job!” The report is available for any of you to review upon request I will be happy to send it to you.

After reviewing the file report I can completely understand why the police officers placed such labels on Mr. Markley. The statements which Markley provided to the police are rather disturbing, completely untrue, but extremely frightening that such thoughts even exist in his mind.

I do not know what this person is capable of or what his next plan is but detective Wickman said that Markley won’t be happy with the results of his investigation and he can almost guarantee that Markley won’t stop there.

I feel that my life is in great danger!

This has made myself and my family extremely afraid for our safety, this person has my DOB, social security number, current address as well as every previous address that I have ever had, my father and step mothers address, my personal phone number, and my vehicle license plate #’s. He has contacted 3 other individuals 2 of which also have animal cruelty convictions 1st and 2nd degree and the 3rd person is Laurie Hart who has not been convicted at this time the case is still pending.

I went to the court house yesterday and got the paperwork for an anti harassment order, I would rather have a protection order but since Markley hasn’t directly contacted me I’m not eligible. The harassment order is $93.00 which I don’t feel that I should have to pay out of my own personal pocket. I have sent the police report to Nancy Balin for her to review and I would like to request that she represent me and assist me in the filing of this paperwork. I would also like to request that the county purchase me a bullet proof vest immediately.

I’m also open to ANY suggestions of other ways to protect myself which I haven’t thought about so please do not hesitate to send them my way. I have disabled all of my social media pages. There is no point in changing my name because it is all public records, aside from leaving the state or country I’m fresh out of ideas. I hope you all view this matter as serious because it is and as I said you are welcome to view the report from Auburn if you think I’m over reacting and I guarantee it will completely change the way you view the situation and you to will fear for my life.

Thank you for your immediate attention to this matter in advance,

Jenee Westberg
Animal Control Officer #47
Regional Animal Services of King County
21615 64th ave s
Kent, Wa. 98032
Cell (206) 214 8388
Fax (206) 205 8043

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First known contact by Auburn Police => Friday, November 15, 2013

“Professional courtesy “ call from APD Det. Wickman to Jenee Westberg… NOT to her RASKC supervisor , Director Gene Mueller.

From: Russell, Shelby
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 2:25 PM
To: Mueller, Gene; Anderson, Tim; Wheatley, Aaron; Harris, Tom; Kranig, Gary; Yoshizumi, David; McLaren, Pam; Nickelson, Steve; Norberg, Marc; Cronin, Michael
Subject: Beware Jason Markley

An FYI for all field staff. Jenee just advised me she’s been contacted by Auburn PD regarding a complaint filed by a “citizen” convicted of 1^st degree cruelty claiming Jenee is stalking him. The police officer advised Jenee to watch her back because this guy, Jason Markley (P038305) is a “nut case”. We are working on getting a photo of his to include in his person screen.

Shelby Russell
Animal Control Field Sergeant
206-296-3958
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THE DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS or SO THEY SAY…..

Below is the interview that Brittney Hagen Crosser conducted on the serial vandalism charges after learning about it from Westberg.  (See above)  It was done about mid stream of the above drama.

In this interview by Brittney Hagen Crosser.  They are typically done under oath.

Westberg admits she was stalking Markley. It was done six days after the Auburn Police Department Det. Wickman called Westberg regarding her being named as a person of interest in the Markley serial vandalism case that nearly cost Markley’s family their lives.

 Note the misspellings of “Janee” for “Jenee.”  Misspellings are a device to thwart word searches by public information officers doing public records searches.

 Jenee Westberg’s misrepresentations are corrected in red through cross referencing public records to her interview.   Westberg’s fabrications here are a form of perjury and criminal.
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Janee (Jenee) Westberg
 11/21/13. 10:43am 

Shelby Russell-AGOC Representative (present in room for Westberg)

2011 maybe April 4^th, (it was April 8^th) she (Westberg) went to his (Markley) location after receiving a complaint about a skinny horse house.

The call came from the call center, there were two calls actually (one of which was fictitious and both of which were suppressed and concealed at trial by KCDPA Gretchen Holmgren). Afternoon, towards the end of the day.

It wasn’t as late as he (Markley) said. It was before Reeber (Reber – mispelling = protecting Reber Ranch) closed, they close at five (Reber closes at six. Time is important because Westberg’s whole testimony was based on concealing that she switched her GPS enabled computer with ACO Aaron Wheatley to make it appear as though she was home when she was still at the Markley property terrorizing the family the evening of April 8^th.   Westberg’s GPS data definitely contradicts Westberg’s story.  This is where Westberg’s GPS places her exactly:
After terrorizing Darryl and Gina Lindsey in Enumclaw earlier that day,  Westberg is with ACO Dave Morris (who illegally wrote the probable cause on both cases).  Westberg leaves Lindsey’s property where she spends several hours doing something other than animal control.
She goes 750 feet off road for about 3 minutes then spends most of the afternoon on Roberts-Black Diamond Road, stopping and starting for 4 – 6 minutes at a  time, on her way back towards Markley’s property located in Auburn.
She files one phony animal control report while driving on Roberts-Black Diamond Road close to that address prior to arriving.
It appears to be a rigged call in IE, an “Activity Report” as she is never is within visual sight of the reported address though she hangs around for about 20 minutes at a King County DOT parking lot most of that 20 minutes.
When she is in Auburn heading towards’ Markley’s property, she files a second phony “Activity Report”   at 4:56PM on Markley and Thomas prior to reaching their property – while driving.  She then “arrives” at Markley and Thomas’s property 3 minutes later at 4:59PM (almost 5PM) after traveling approx. 400 feet.
Westberg leaves Markley’s property at 5:54pm (almost 6PM) and goes to Reber Ranch (in separate vehicles meeting Thomas to buy moldy hay).  Westberg arrives at Reber Ranch at 5:57PM..  It appears while Thomas is buying moldy hay, Westberg trades her GPS enabled computer with her co-conspirator colleague ACO Aaron Wheatley who lied under oath (perjury) at Markley and Thomas’s trial to corroborate Westberg’s version of her story.  Westberg’s GPS enabled computer is turned off at 6:02PM at Reber Ranch.
Westberg’s GPS computer then miraculously turns itself back on at 8:25PM, 2 hours and 23 minutes later located at Westberg’s home in Renton while she is clearly still busy terrorizing Markley, Thomas and children still located on their property in Auburn until around 9:30PM.
She doesn’t know if it’s a modular, bright blue, surrounded by a solid cedar fence with a gate across the driveway (not accurate, good portion of fencing is wire) They came and met her at the gate. He and his wife, Cherrish (Cherish – protecting her too as it appears now Cherish Thomas aka Cherish Carita was in on the deal unbeknownst to her husband  Jason Markley – something commonly found in these cases).  She introduced herself and why she was there. They were looking at the horse in the driveway and then they started talking to her about the horse. Horse was brown (the color is “sorrel” the color of a bright copper penny.  Anyone  knowledgeable about horses would know the proper color identification of a horse.  “Brown” is not an identifiable DNA color. “Brown” was employed because the horse “Alex” was going to be “bait ‘n switched with another horse of a different color, IE,“Mr. Pibb” who was a liver chestnut) and it looked like a skeleton. (Old elderly animals get bony just like old elderly people) It was the skinniest horse she has ever seen. (lie-perjury)
They talked for a while and the horse came over and put it’s head over the fence. She asked if she could touch the horse. They invited her into the property. (Testimony from the family of six claim JW patted her gun in order to gain access to the property then she seemed to have a drug fit in their driveway. Other cases claim that Westberg used a gun/”muscle” to gain access illegally in attempt to collect manipulated “evidence.”) Nobody was ever angry. (No, the entire family was terrified).  She was there to help them and to help the horse. She felt that was how they viewed her at that time.  (Westberg certainly got that wrong).  They never left the very front of the yard. (Six people claim Westberg refused to look at the plethora of feed and hay on premises). Their horse was under a leanto (covered driveway), it smelled of oil and grease (house has propane heat but this was not an accurate description – no odor.). He went back through a gate and brought her a sample of the hay to the front yard. There was no shelter besides that. (Horses do not need any shelter. They were made to be outside).
They didn’t know what they were getting into. He invited her in, (family interviews claim she patted her gun to gain access) his horse was a skeleton (23 (perjury). They talked about how he got the horses (Craiglists 3 months prior) JW said it would be to his advantage to give her an address of where they came from. (Extortion)  They told her immediately that they got the horses off Craigslist (deception) (Whose deception?). Looked at a black horse (the fat one “Hebo” JW rarely mentions) and got the other in a package deal. She felt they were lead (led) to believe that the horse looked like that because it was old. (family photos demonstrate clearly that the horse is actually very “old” – teeth placement in face shows this).  She didn’t have to ask hardly any questions. She asked them so you got them off craigslist, who, they couldn’t remember, she asked can you remember whereabouts and they said somewhere in Yelm. She suggested that they might try and get back there. She had to write up the findings and the horse was in bad shape. Nobody was ever mad.  (No just terrified). At that point they tried to call the vet and there wasn’t one available. They called 3-4, the earliest was the next day (Heather Stewart who supported the lack of shelter script and ended up embezzling from the county along with SAFE and Hannah Mueller Evergreen).   They got the horses because they thought it would be fun, but the pony bucked the kid, so the only horse they could do anything with. They were compassionate about the fact that it was sick (because JW told them it was sick and at the time they believed her credibility). Once they realized. First they talked to the vet and the vet suggested to get the better hay for overnight. (In court testimony Stewart claims she did not look at any of the feed or four types of hay on premises). They didn’t have a vehicle to haul hay. She showed how to mix the hay so the horse didn’t get sick. They followed JW to Reeber (Reber) ranch and purchased Hay (Westberg insisted on going to Reber Ranch while GPS shows that Wheatley likely exchanged his GPS enable computer with hers at Reber while Cherish was distracted in the store and Westberg secured moldy hay from the back). She helped them transport the hay back to the house. There was a vet appoint for the next day. They seemed like a nice couple. She then left.
 The next time was the next day. He (Markley) called her after the vet had been out. He asked if there was any way for us to assist him in placing the horses. They weren’t able to sustain the cost of the recovery (that was being manufactured for them needlessly) and didn’t realize what bad shape the horses were in. (Because Heather Stewart was gouging and had already collected $250 for the farm call – did not perform any procedures to justify that amount – while failing to note that “Alex” was very old – Stewart is either dishonest or incompetent).  She had to figure out and didn’t have an answer right away. She called him back and let him know she could take them in.  Aaron Wheatley and JW went out to his house.  (2 only one in bad shape (Hebo)). They did not enter the property.  She corrects this, she did have to go into the property and get the other horse on a halter (fat Hebo who was located in the remaining 5 acres of the pasture that Westberg claimed was eaten down to nothing – a “script” Westberg uses in virtually all her cases – true or fiction). The other horse was out there already. They walked the horses from there to Reeber (Reber) Ranch after he signed the owner surrender. (There is NO evidence that the horses were ever at Reber Ranch. No invoices, no GPS, no photos of “Barn D.” However invoices indicate the horses were actually transported to Ben and Gera Dobbins ranch about five miles away) Then they went back to get the truck, (That she had parked in such a way to block the gate so that no one could drive out of the road to watch them) she did not see him at this time. The kids were sad. The female (Cherish – keeping her name out) wasn’t there. She felt like they were just doing what they needed to do.

 For three of four days she went to care for them (deception) (this is an interesting observation given it appears that neither Chelsea Eykel nor Jenee Westberg went to Reber to feed Alex and Hebo – because they were never located there.  Invoices show both horses were located at Ben and Gera Dobbins for nearly three years while Markley and Thomas were prosecuted for another horse that Jamie Taft/Bonnie Hammond of Save a Forgotten Equine (SAFE) and King County’s favorite “expert” veterinarian Hannah Mueller Evergreen were billing King County for all at the same time). Chelsea also went out there and did some stuff regarding nurturing them back to health. CE (Chelsea Eykel) arranged for the horse to be sent to Dr. Hanah (Hannah) Mueller and then to safe haven (AKA Save a Forgotten Equine to create another revenue stream for the kickbacks on taxpayer dollars). No actually that was the old horse, (admission Alex is old) the other went to foster care.

 She did see the horse one other time because he was at a foster home in Auburn (Ben and Gera Dobbins whose invoices for that year were concealed and suppressed in Gretchen Holmgren’s storage file box until July of 2016) and she saw the healthy horse. She has seen pictures of the older horse. Who is now called Mr. Pibb (The bait n switched horse for Markley’s old horse, “Alex.”  Westberg is now admitting her participation in the switch). She remarks all they (Mueller or SAFE take your pick) did was feed him (Because Hannah Mueller Evergreen and Jamie Taft/Bonnie Hammond of SAFE had queued (starved) Mr. Pibb up to be emaciated for the photo opts at Hannah’s locale in Monroe for the press). She saw him on TV after the court case, Safe Rescue (Save a Forgotten Equine-SAFE – protecting SAFE with yet another alias) was on one of the news channels (KOMO TV Denise Whitaker did two “hit” pieces on Markley – Whitaker has since gone on to become the Seahawks main party gal reporter). This is all second hand information, her other half googled “Jason markley” last weekend. She didn’t actually hear Markley. She told him to not do anything like that ever again. She doesn’t want anyone to think she was stalking that person (because she was – and here she was caught red-handed). She thinks he did this because she told him what was going on. She doesn’t think he actually did the google himself, he had told his family.

 Then when they went to trial, she had to testify and she saw him (before she testified) several times during the trial in the courthouse, they never spoke. She felt like he was glaring at her during her testimony “staring at me the whole time.” At one point his wife (again protecting Cherish), she smiled at her during the trial and said “hi.”  JW responded back “hi” and smile. She thinks maybe she got on the stand twice. She sat in the hallway a lot. She isn’t sure if it was before or after she testified the second time.

They had a hearing about whether or not she (Westberg) had trespassed on the property (while KCDPA Gretchen Holmgren was concealing the legal decision in the Lindsey case that suppressed the evidence that Westberg “unlawfully” too k resulting in a dismissal.  Prosecutorial misconduct – withholding exculpatory evidence ). He glared at her every time she saw her.

If you read the police report, he said (Markley and four of the family members) she patted her gun and trespassed and then held them hostage. She doesn’t carry a gun (Westberg patting her gun and/or using “muscle” to gain access got two other cases dismissed). That came up earlier and they took a photo of her duty belt. She had a radio and a badge. She doesn’t own a gun.

He was charged with animal cruelty (Due to Westberg’s fabrications and falsifying her reports). She thinks he views this as her fault.

She felt bad that they were charged because they got the horse in poor condition. But they never came up with someone else to charge. It wasn’t her fault.

She has not dealt with him at all except what she just told me.

On November 15^th a police officer, a detective (no name but is was APD  Det. Wickman)  from auburn, (called Westberg – left this out to conceal who called who.  They must not have thought their emails would be asked for in a public record request) to say he had been investigating her and wanted to let her know. He said they hadn’t found anything. He asked her if she knew Markley, she said yes there was a cruelty case and the APD said he had been investigating her and threat everything was unfounded, but he wanted to let her know that the guy was a nutcase (something APD Det Wickman would deny several days later). He didn’t feel that Markley was going to be happy that the APD did not find anything with Janee (Jenee) and that he would likely do something. He apologized as a fellow colleague to be investigating her (professional courtesy). She said Markley had accused JW as trying to kill his whole family. She states “you have read the report so.”

 JW came back to the shelter and told GM (RASKC director Gene Mueller) and SR (ACO Shelby Russell). She told them what she told me (Brittany Hagen). The PD (Det. Wickman) had contacted her and he (Markley) was on her radar, at this point she hasn’t gotten all the details. The PD didn’t say anything about murder; she read that in the report. The PD said she had cut his brake lines, but that’s not what was in the report.

 She carried on with her day (doing everything in her power to discredit Markley). That night she told her stepmother (Ann Westberg who works for Dan Clark, chair of the Brady Committee. This is the committee that failed to name Jenee Westberg as a Brady office in 2008.) She told her she should take this seriously, sTM (stepmother) works for prosecuting attorney. JW then emailed Nancy Balin (who is barred as a government attorney to represent as defense for Jenee Westberg in a private criminal case). NB left her an email and then they spoke on Saturday. NB relayed that she has been through similar stuff and she should alert the neighbors, NB told her to not park her truck in her house. NB told her to have the county come and check her house to see if it was secure enough. (Nancy Balin orchestrated a drama to disguise any perception that Jenee was guilty).

 On Monday Tom Harris got her the police report. She didn’t get it until Tuesday. She had spoke with TH on either Friday or Monday. She told him exactly what she told everyone else. Markley has filed complaint against her and it was unfounded. (Not so much as it would turn out in just a few more disclosures below).

She wouldn’t have thought that her life was in danger if she hadn’t been contacted by the police. She was now concerned about the fact that she was a subject of the report (because she IS guilty).

Then she went to the PAO and got a anti-harassment (no she didn’t), she went to several offices and got the paperwork and began filing that out. When her shift ended she asked her mom (who is now using her position in the prosecutor’s office to protect her daughter) to look over the police report and harassment order. (There was never an anti harassment order filed because there were no grounds) She told her at that time she should let the higher-ups know (That would be Dan Clark, Mark Larson and Dan Satterberg). She also said she should contact NB and ask if she could get representation for the anti -harassment order (While Nancy Balin violated state law representing Jenee while being paid by King County). JW gave a copy of the request to her stepmother (Ann Westberg) to take to her bosses (Dan Clark, Mark Larson and Dan Satterberg). She now voices concerns that the information she is giving me during this interview maybe subject in public disclosure and then could be requested by Markley. (It was requested by the investigative reporter who gave it to Markley)

 TH got a picture for her yesterday.

 Volunteer Efforts

 No volunteer efforts.

 No fosters.

 No donations.

 Private Facebook, but she has 300 friends.

 She got rid of the Facebook page altogether (because the defense in Markley and Thomas’s trials were using her abusive radical animal rights comments to impeach her – Westberg commented that all animal abusers should be beaten to death).

 No other contact with regard to animals.

 Her sister just purchased a house across the street from Markley in April. (Westberg’s sister does not live across the street from Markley. Sister did not purchase a house in April Jenee did.  Jenee’s house is 5 miles away from Markley. There is no “street.” It is an undeveloped dirt road easement dead end.) She doesn’t know Markley She has probably been to her sister’s home about 10 times. (Westberg just admitted to being at Markley’s property 10 times about the same amount of times Markley claims his property was vandalized.) She is sure doesn’t know Markey (apparently Westberg does know Markley – very well – through her stalking and trespassing).

Sooooo…..Mr. Satterberg and Mark Larson – Just how long are  you going to carry this stage show on?  The evidence is crystal clear.  By not addressing restitution for what the criminals did to innocent people on your watch, you are exponentially more guilty.  There is more.

The more you wait – the worse it will become… for everyone.

By the way?  We have evidence and we know where the kickbacks are… that will be coming up soon. 

You people should be ashamed letting your people rape and pillage your own constituents and then stealing from the taxpayer coffers of King County on top of it.

Shame on the you, shame.

 

Association of Washington Cities threatens City of Gold Bar, since 2009

Association of Washington Cities  ( AWC) threatens Gold Bar ” if the City releases the emails, we will cancel the City’s insurance policy.” Based on the totality of the evidence as of today, we believe AWC is guilty of racketeering.  

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Under the law, the meaning of racketeering activity is set out at 18 U.S.C. § 1961, such predicate acts include but are not limited to obstruction of justice is the crime of obstruction of justice, in United States jurisdictions, refers to the crime of obstructing prosecutors or other (usually government) officials.

Common law jurisdictions other than the United States tend to use the wider offense of perverting the course of justice. Washington State claims to be a common law state.

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In September 2009, Gold Bar’s City Council Meets, Agrees Not to Report Tampering of Gold Bar’s Water System, perverting the course of justice  ( First Predicate Act)  

42 U.S. Code § 300i–1 – Tampering with public water systems carries a 20 year sentence.

(a) Tampering

Any person who tampers with a public water system shall be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or fined in accordance with title 18, or both.

(b) Attempt or threat

Any person who attempts to tamper, or makes a threat to tamper, with a public drinking water system be imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or fined in accordance with title 18, or both.

(c) Civil penalty 

 The Administrator may bring a civil action in the appropriate United States district court (as determined under the provisions of title 28) against any person who tampers, attempts to tamper, or makes a threat to tamper with a public water system. The court may impose on such person a civil penalty of not more than $1,000,000 for such tampering or not more than $100,000 for such attempt or threat.

(d) “Tamper” defined

For purposes of this section, the term “tamper” means—

(1) to introduce a contaminant into a public water system with the intention of harming persons; or

(2) to otherwise interfere with the operation of a public water system with the intention of harming persons. 

Source  https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/300i-1

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Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers one time said ” if you do the right thing, things tend to work out.”  I believe he is right, but this also means that when you do the wrong thing, like obstructing justice, things will not work out.

And that’s exactly what’s going on in Gold Bar Washington; hiding crimes with taxpayer monies equating to racketeering.

It’s been over eight years, with no end in sight, since the City of Gold Bar collectively decided not to report a federal crime, perverting justice, to cover up the fact that Gold Bar’s former Mayor Crystal Hill Pennington was stealing from the City to feather her own nest.

Truth is the new hate speech, certainly speech that Gold Bar’s insurance company, Association of Washington Cities has misappropriated public funds totaling over $1,350,000.00 attempting to SLAPP down my anti-corruption message.

Sadly, they have failed, and failures seldom admit wrong doing; and criminals never do, until someone blows the whistle.

Two weeks ago,  Crystal Hill and John Pennington knowingly forged a court record and knowingly filed it with Pierce County District Court. Charges were filed.

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Gold Bar’s 2009 Governing Body Perverts Justice, equating to Racketeering

In July 2008, Gold Bar’s then water employee Karl Marjerle (Marjerle) opened up Well # 4 tossed a bucket of gravel into the well, and intentionally shut down Gold Bar’s water supply.

 Marjerle did this after Gold Bar’s finance committee caught him illegally using the City’s gas card for his own personal use, canceling continuing education classes the Cty paid for and then receiving a “reimbursement” check from the class originator.

The only problem for Gold Bar was it’s Mayor Crystal Hill and its clerk treasurer Laura Kelly were engaged in the same criminal racket. Mayor Crystal Hill, an Everett Community College drop out, would sign up for continuing legal education classes using Gold Bar monies, then cancel them, and have Gold Bar’s clerk treasurer Laura Kelly cash the refund checks and give Crystal Hill Pennington cash.

In late 2013, Washington State Auditor’s Office issued findings against the City stating ” there’s $200,000.00 missing from the city’s funds and not one employee can explain where is went.”

Unfortunately for Marjerle, he got caught committing crimes against my city. As a result, Mayor Crystal Hill was forced to place him on administrative leave in June 2008. In July 2008, Marjerle returned to the City of Gold Bar for a Loudermill Hearing. He was fired after his Loudermill Hearing.

The term stems from Loudermill v. Cleveland Board of Education, in which the United States Supreme Court held that non-probationary civil servants had a property right to continued employment and such employment could not be denied to employees unless they were given an opportunity to hear and respond to the charges against them prior to being deprived of continued employment.

The underlying principle in Loudermill is that because dismissals often involve factual disputes, a hearing provides the employee an opportunity to explain and refute any conclusions the employer reached which caused the employee’s discharge.^[1]

According to Gold Bar’s internal reports, on July 8, 2008,  Marjerle left his Loudermill Hearing pissed off, angry, and went straight to the City’s water supply, Wells # 3 and 4, and sabotaged the City’s water system.  The city withheld these public reports, partially, documenting that Gold Bar council member Richard Norris help get the City’s wells operating again, but was mainly unsuccessful. So the City hired another company to get the Wells up and running. This company filed a detailed report documenting Marjerle’s sabotaging of the City’s wells.

In September 2008, Gold Bar’s council members Dorothy Croshaw, Lonn Turner, Richard Norris, Joe Beavers, and Jay Prueher and Mayor Crystal Hill meet at a secret place ( firehouse instead of City Hall), on a not previously scheduled council meeting date, and voted “secretly’ to pay Karl Majerle off to remain silent.

Silent about what he knew about Crystal Hill also stealing from the City. Gold Bar’s Governing Body, with the exception of Jay Prueher, voted to approve Crystal Hill’s extortion, wire, fraud scandal, and misappropriate public monies to hide Karl Majerle’s sabotaging the City’s water supply.

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Perverting Justice, Gold Bar Washington Style

In November 2008, the Gold Bar Reporter requested access to public records after Dorothy Croshaw called a Gold Bar Reporter stating ” we voted in a secret meeting to pay off Karl Majerle to remain silent about Crystal Hill.”  Croshaw sounded panicked and disgusted that she allowed Crystal Hill to dupe her into agreeing to pay off an employee to remain silent after he stole from our City and sabotaged the City’s wells.

In 2009 Gold Bar’s Mayor Joe Beavers ( Beavers) screamed three times in a council meeting ” Crystal Hill is a whore.”   Beavers also told the council ” Association of Washington Cities threatened the City that we release these records, our insurance policy will be canceled. At this time, no other insurance company will write the City a policy.”  Simply a lie; insurance companies are only liable for the actions occurred while the policy was in effect.  This means AWC is on the hook.

 

Gold Bar council member Jay Prueher also told a friend that ” Lonn Turner put something stupid in his emails that if the City releases these records, we will be sued again.”  Prueher also said ” Crystal Hill was stealing from the City too.”

For years our background checks on Crystal Hill showed negative results, at least until she started applying for state and federal contracts and employment.  When a person submits a job application for state and federal contracts, the government runs pretty good background checks.  So once Crystal Hill applied for state and federal jobs, the government caught Crystal Hill’s  criminal history records,  yielding two results, one bank fraud conviction in Snohomish County, which the late Ken Berger represented her on, and one in 2000 for the same.  In both cases, Crystal Hill used aliases, Crystal Berg and Chris Hill.

According to a federal attorney, Crystal Hill Pennington’s bank fraud makes her ineligible for federal and state employment and contracts. As of today, Crystal Hill Pennington has frauded the federal government out of $95,000.00, claiming that she is qualified to teach Fema emergency Managemnt classes, claiming falsely that she has a degree and falsely affirming on her federal contractor application that she never plead guilty to fraud.

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Crystal Hill’s Immorally Bankrupt Behavior Cost Gold Bar

In 2007, Gold Bar’s then Mayor Crystal Hill was engaged in four extra marital affairs at the same time.  For this argument, only the public officials will be named.

Email communication from the City, as well as Gold Bar’s Mayor said  ” the police chief from Gold Bar was constantly at Crystal’s home.”  From email communication we received, it’s clear that our Mayor is correct, Crystal Hill was engaged in an extra-marital affair with Gold Bar’s then police chief, 2008.

One local resident said ” When my husband was threatened with bodily harm by Gold Bar council Lonn Turner that if he didn’t shut up, stop questioning the City, he would punch him in the head.  The chief basically said I didn’t see anything.”  Why is simple: Mayor Crystal Hill, his mistress at the time, is a good friend to Lonn Turner.

For those of my readers who are new to the Gold Bar corruption scandal, Lonn Turner is a former Gold Bar council member and Department of Corrections employee ( Monroe), and a very close and personal friend to Crystal Hill.  Lonn Turner is a racist and bigot.

Public emails from Gold Bar also confirm that Crystal Hill was also engaged in an extra-marital affair with a political appointee from Snohomish County, John E. Pennington, since July 2007.

Sadly for Gold Bar residents, John Pennington’s involvement in the racketeering scandal is why the City of Gold Bar is going broke hiding public records.

Emails and records that contain medical files, illegal background checks, IRS records, HIPPA violations, illegally disseminated by Gold Bar’s Mayor Crystal Hill to many people using electronic email communication.

In 2009, John E Pennington had Homeland Security Clearance, and along with the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Officers Kevin Prentiss, Matt Trafford, and Rodney Rochan, he gained access into a spider of personal information and then disseminated to the City of Gold Bar.

A source claims Homeland Security suspended John Pennington’s security clearance after he illegally gained accessed into his soon to be ex-wife’s boyfriend’s sealed criminally history record, faxed it to a King County court ordered doctor, using Snohomish County fax machines.

In July 2012, Snohomish County’s Public Records Officer Diana Rose admitted under oath at a deposition that she removed a CD of personal health records and delivered a copy to Gold Bar’s Mayor Beavers.

Two weeks ago the Gold Bar Reporter deposed Gold Bar’s former Mayor Beavers who admitted under oath the City is hiding records at the law office of Kenyon Disend’s, 11 Front St S, Issaquah, Washington.

Under oath, Mayor Beavers also admitted that he violated my civil rights, edited Washington State Bar complaints, and is authoring and publishing articles on the Sky Valley Chronicle.

Mayor Beavers also admitted he was a state actor at the time, assisting the City of Gold Bar with answering public records requests.  This link made Beavers and Sky Valley Chronicle’s registered owner/agent, Ron Fejfar, a state actor under current 9th Circuit case law.

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Piecing John E Pennington’s Racketeering Crimes Together, RCW 42.56, proves essential

In November 2016, the Gold Bar Reporter posted an article documenting  John E. Pennington’s countless fraud and forgery discovered in court files.

However, today, we learned from Redmond District Court that in May 2009, the clerk failed to upload one court record, which according to the clerk documents that John Pennington plead to mental defect defense.    

In 2009, when John E. Pennington filed a template motion dismissing his criminal assault of a 3rd trimester pregnant woman, we felt that to do so, he would have had the assistance of a Redmond District Court Prosecutor , clerk inside Redmond District Court and the Law Firm of Kenyon Disend.

Based on the fact that we have a copy of John Pennington’s false filing closing out his case in Redmond District Court, and the fact that two weeks ago the Gold Bar Reporter caught John Pennington filing a forged document in Pierce County  (which now faces charges for), we have reason to believe that he also filed a false instrument in his criminal case.

Today Redmond District Court stated John Pennington’s case was dismissed because of a mental defect, May 2009.

Redmond clerk said John Pennington claimed he was mentally unfit, thus was confined. Court records do not support that Pennington ever entered treatment, but Redmond Court records document that a template motion to dismiss was filed in Redmond closing out his criminal case.

Imagine, a Director in charge of human safety and health is violently beating a pregnant woman and claims that he is mentally unfit to stand trial, and he keeps his job and causes 43 people in the Oso mudslides to suffocate to death.  Instead of terminating John Pennington for conduct unbecoming of any public officer ( beating pregnant woman), he keeps his job.  Then he causes 43 people to suffocate to death because instead of doing his job, he was criminally harassing people on a website he ran  ‘ The Sky Valley Chronicle.”

This is also during a time, where King County Deputy Prosecutor Maggie Nave ( “The Fixer”) was the Chair of District Court Criminal Unit for King County District system. Ms. Nave was reprimanded in 2011, by King County Deputy Prosecutor, Mark Larsen, Chief of the Criminal Unit,  who seized 117 case files backing back as far as 1999 from her office. Mr. Larsen stated Ms. Nave’s was guilty of legal malpractice- an understatement for those maliciously prosecuted as a result. Once the Gold Bar Reporter started reporting on Ms. Nave, she resigned.

This story just keeps getting bigger and bigger . . .worse part of this whole story is, Snohomish County Executive John Lovick signed John Pennington’s concealed weapons permit.   A man with a mental defect has possession of a concealed weapon.

There’s only one problem for John Lovick’s fraud, concealed weapons permits are only allowed to be issued in the county where the applicant resides. John Pennington resides in King County.

RCW 9.41.075 – Concealed pistol license—Revocation.

(b) Conviction of the licensee, or the licensee being found not guilty by reason of insanity, of an offense, or commitment of the licensee for mental health treatment, that makes a person ineligible under RCW 9.41.040 to possess a firearm.

 

Besides John and Crystal Hill Pennington and Gold Bar’s Mayor Joe Beavers authoring and publishers on the Sky Valley Chronicle, they all share one common element, mental defect.  Hence why each has been so desperate to SLAPP down out message with countless frivolous motions.

In the case of John and Crystal Hill Pennington, both knowingly filed a false instrument with Pierce County Court, and did knowingly forge a court record attempting to halt our investigation of his crimes against women and children.

We have a very big surprise for our readers, so stay tuned, the Gold Bar Reporter’s life is getting much better with each record.

 

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Adding more to this story soon . . . including some new RICO players. By the time I finish this entry, I may be 70, but ” I have only life to give and I can think of no better legacy to leave behind than exposing corrupt government officials like John and Crystal Hill Pennington and Joe Beavers. ”

 

City of Gold Bar’s governing body stealing water monies to hide crimes inside public records

Update: The City of Gold Bar’s Mayor Lee Hodo urged the Gold Bar council to misappropriate public monies to pay two more attorneys, making the grand total number of attorneys representing the City of Gold Bar to five (5).

According to Gold Bar’s Mayor Lee Hodo, Shannon Ragonesi and Amanda Butler are  “trial” attorneys. Public records confirm that the two lawyers are being paid $585 per hour ( two lawyers) and the City’s current law firm Kenyon Disend gets paid $750 per hour.

In total, the City of Gold Bar is paying $1235.00 per hour, making September 2016 ‘ s warrant pay out at $125,000.00. The total annual budget for the City of Gold Bar is only $550,000.00.

Council member Ken Ware asked why isn’t Kenyon Disend representing the City, and Mayor Lee Hodo lied stating ” Kenyon Disend are too busy.” Ken Ware then suggested that the City hire a new law firm.

What Mayor Hodo didn’t disclose to the public is: the City is hiding public records at the Kenyon Disend’s office in Issaquah Washington. A felony in Washington State to hide conceal or remove public records from the City.  Hence why the City cannot be represented by Kenyon Disend.  Instead Mayor Lee Hodo lied to residents claiming that Kenyon Disend was too busy.

Earlier this year, the City Council voted to increase Gold Bar’s water rates by 271 % because former Mayors Joe Beavers, Crystal Hill Pennington (convicted of bank fraud in 2005, 2000 using two aliases, Berg and Chris Hill) and Linda Loen were stealing from the City’s water fund to fund legal litigation.  A felony in Washington State, amounting to racketeering.

Joe Beavers is being sued for racketeering and gross 1983 violations with trial to start in late 2017.

In August 2012, the City of Gold Bar claimed it was bankrupt and needed residents to pass a new tax levy to fund litigation.  The voters rejected the City’s tax hike, leaving the City to either turn over public records its been hiding or steal from the City’s water fund.

Mayor Lee Hodo, and council members Ken Ware, J Dawson, Davi Martin ( who is also being sued for racketeering after public records confirm she was writing on John and Crystal Hill Pennington’s Sky Valley Chronicle website; a site they set up to criminally harass their opponents), and Brian Diaz chose to continue the stealing Gold Bar residents water funds to hide racketeering crimes.

Joe Beavers said  ” if these records are released the City is gone. I was also threatened by Association of Washington Cities (AWC) that if I turned over the records, AWC would cancel the City’s insurance policy.”

According to the Washington State Auditor, “there’s $200,000.00 missing and not one person can explain where it went.”

In attempt to cover up Mayor Hodo’s misappropriation of public monies,  the City hired disgraced former Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon’s attorneys below.

Not one single Gold Bar council member asked ” why does the city need a trial attorney? Did we commit crimes? Is there someone going to trial, prison, and for what? ”

Mayor Lee Hodo admitted that AWC has rejected the City’s cost in all public records matters, leaving the City to pay $1235.00 per hour to hide criminal racketeering crimes Beavers, Hill, Pennington, Kelly, and Lonn Turner  ( former council member, 2009) disseminated inside email communication.

With more lawsuits expected to be filed by others, Mayor Hodo should hope that the federal government doesn’t find out that the City is stealing public water funds, otherwise the USDA may call in its water tower loan.

With more lawsuits on the way by others, perhaps the City will double the number lawyers in 2017

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UPDATE:  Seattle attorney Shannon Ragonesi sends threatening emails to Gold Bar Reporter after we report that Shannon Ragonesi filed a false instrument with King County Superior Court ORDERING the Gold Bar Reporters not to contact our public officials. Not only does is Ms. Ragonesi committing fraud on the taxpayers of Gold Bar, she is also trying to unilaterally rewrite the First Amendment.

  

Washington State attorneys Amanda Butler ( left) and Shannon Ragonesi

Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S ( Seattle Washington)

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I generally sway away from writing articles on lawyers ( probably because I feel most are just doing their job), until I have concrete evidence of fraud or gross misconduct. Such is the case with Amanda Butler and Shannon Ragonesi.

Amanda Butler, and Shannon Ragonesi are two lawyers who are not only guilty of fraud and gross legal misconduct, but who are also guilty of fleecing the taxpayers of Gold Bar Washington out of thousands of taxpayer dollars.  Both are employees with Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S ( Seattle Washington).

Amanda Butler and Shannon Ragonesi aren’t stealing from the taxpayers with the assistance of the Washington State Bar. My dedicated readers may remember that the Washington State Bar Association publically voted this summer to drop the word “Association” from its name.

Why, because the Washington State Bar Association has been hijacked by criminals like Everett attorney Geoffrey Gibbs ( convicted of fraud in the 1990s, having his lobbying license permanently revoked for stealing client’s money and is now a high ranking member of the Washington State Bar Association)  in attempt to shift millions of dollars of racketeering liability off on the Washington State taxpayers. This after at least six lawsuits for Sherman Anti-Trust and RICO violations were filed in U.S. Federal District Court against the Bar.

With no surprise, Shannon Ragonesi is a former government official who gets enormous financial contracts with Snohomish County as a result ( totaling over $1 Million dollars last year alone), and Ms. Butler well she claims to be a ” senior” attorney who appears to have failed Ethics or simply believes that since her partner Shannon Ragonesi is a personal and dear friend Snohomish County Prosecutor Seth Fine and a former member of the Washington State Bar Association’s Rules Committee thus not accountable to we the people.

In December 2014, the US Supreme Court held in North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners Case that the Bar Boards can be held personally liable for Sherman Anti-Trust violations. One reason why the Washington State Bar dropped the word Association, her firm, Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S ( Seattle Washington) reaps the benefits of those “free market participants associations.”

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Gold Bar Washington has been cited for four years for misappropriation of public funds. In the 2013 Special Audit Washington State Auditor wrote ” there’s $200,000.00 missing and not one city employee can state where it went.”

The Gold Bar Reporters know where it went; into the pockets of unethical lawyers like Amanda Butler, Shannon Ragonesi, Michael Kenyon, Margaret King and Ann Marie Soto.  Why, to hide terminated and disgraced Snohomish County’s political appointee John Pennington, and former Gold Bar Mayors Joe Beavers, Crystal Hill Pennington (bank fraud, once in Snohomish County 2005, and once in North Carolina using an alias of Chris Hill in 2000) criminal racketeering and HIPPA crimes they disseminated into email communication.

Those of my readers should note that Snohomish County Washington hired Shannon Ragonesi on behalf of disgraced former Executive Aaron Reardon after our investigation lead to Aaron Reardon’s early retirement on tribal land in Southern California. A house Aaron Reardon paid 1/5 of the fair market price for, and an issue the federal government should have an interest in.  Aaron Reardon is being sued for racketeering in US Federal District Court.

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A side note to the FBI. Perhaps a subpoena for former Snohomish County employee Christopher Schwartzen’s emails as it relates to transfer of public land in Marysville Washington from March to May 2011 should be sought ( within a month, Aaron Reardon has a piece of property in Indigo California)?  YES, tit for tat.

If Snohomish County claims it doesn’t exist, please email the Gold Bar Reporter and will do our best to get that to the FBI as soon as possible.

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In late December 2015, Gold Bar Reporter filed a racketeering,  and several civil rights complaints in US Federal Court, Seattle. Instead of recusing himself, Judge Ricardo Martinez as mandated the 9th Circuit, He  did what any unethical and corrupt judge would do, he kept himself on the case because several of his friends at the Washington State Bar Association are defendants. Block v WSBA, et al.

Washington State attorneys Amanda Butler and Shannon Ragonesi from the law firm of Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S entered a notice of appearance on behalf of the City of Gold Bar and its former Mayors Linda Loen, Crystal Hill Pennington, and Joe Beavers. 

Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S also entered a notice of appearance for Snohomish County’s public officials, Jon Rudicil and Aaron Reardon after both were caught committing racketeering offenses as outlined by Snohomish County reporters Scott North and Noah Haglund.

 

Washington State Professional Responsibility. As members of a profession and officers of the court, lawyers are obligated to act in a professional manner, obey the law, avoid conflicts of interest, and to put the interests of clients ahead of their own interests. 

So my readers can assume that since Amanda Butler and Shannon Ragonesi entered notices of appearances on behalf of the City of Gold Bar. As a result, the Gold Bar Reporter requested a copy of any contract with the City of Gold Bar, and the City claims that there is none.

In Washington State Bar Association v. Bradley Marshall, the Washington State Supreme Court held that all agreements must be in writing, clearing stating to the clients all potential and actual conflicts of interests that are foreseeable.

So my readers can imagine that one a Washington State lawyer enters a Notice of Appearance, a contract for legal services must exist. But apparently, attorneys Amanda Butler and Shannon Ragonesi seem to be the exception or simply lack common sense.

This gross unethical breach resulted in a public records request sent to the City of Gold Bar for all records sent or received by any employee from Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S and Crystal Hill Pennington, Linda Loen, Joe Beavers and any Gold Bar contractor or employee over the last year.

Because there was no contract that exist, the so called “senior” counsel from Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S records are now public records subject Washington State’s Public Records Act with more lawsuits expected to be filed in King County ( where the records are actually being concealed, a felony in Washington State) without redaction or exemptions.

Stupid is as stupid does.  One thing is clear, our readers can assume that University of Washington is not teaching common sense and Ethics is not a core requirement. Unless both lawyers failed ethics and somehow managed to escape law school requirement of at least a Grade Point Average of at least a 3.0 in every class to obtain a Juris Doctorate.

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I’d like for our readers to know that Shannon Ragonesi’s bio on the website of Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S states the following:

Shareholder

Shannon is a shareholder and member of the Board of Directors of KBM. Her law practice encompasses civil rights litigation, employment litigation, labor law, school law, public records act litigation, and wrongful death and personal injury defense. She represents governmental agencies, schools, fire districts, police agencies, and their employees; as well as private corporations and citizens. Shannon has represented her clients in over 60 jury and bench trials in federal and state courts and labor arbitrations. She has also expertly represented her clients before the Washington state Court of Appeals and Supreme Court as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. As a further, integral part of her law practice, Shannon investigates potential claims and provides guidance to her clients on litigation avoidance strategies.

Prior to joining Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S., Shannon was a Captain in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corp where she served for over five years as a Senior Prosecuting Attorney, a Senior Torts Attorney, Chief of Military Justice, and a Military Magistrate.

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Ms. Amanda Buter’s bio states from Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S website states:

Amanda is a Senior Associate with Keating Bucklin & McCormack, Inc. P.S. Her practice involves all aspects of municipal and school defense litigation, including employment and labor law, law enforcement/civil rights, premises liability, personal injury, and land use.  She is also an expert in litigation avoidance strategies in order to best serve her clients.

Amanda successfully represents her clients in Washington State Superior Courts, the United States District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Washington, the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

Prior to joining Keating Bucklin & McCormack, Amanda served as a law clerk for the Complex Litigation Division of the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. She graduated cum laude from Seattle University School of Law and obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Washington.

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After the Gold Bar Reporter requested a copy of any contract with the City of Gold Bar from Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S and/or its attorneys Amanda Butler and Shannon Ragonesi, the City of Gold Bar did what its be doing for years, covering up its criminal racketeering conduct by trying to get council approval at the next Gold Bar council meeting.

For the City of Gold Bar taxpayers, this gets even worse since Amanda Butler and Shannon Ragonesi claim to have expended over $100,000.00 without a single contract, and they’ve already filed legal papers falsely certifying to several courts. This conduct amounts to fraud upon the courts.

But wait, the City of Gold Bar claimed in Block v WSBA et al that its had thousands of dollars of legal fees with Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S and Amanda Butler and Shannon Ragonesi. Can legal fees be accessed without a fee agreement or contract?

Sadly, Amanda Butler and Shannon Ragonesi already filed notices in two cases claiming to the attorneys for Gold Bar, and even managed to get fees, falsely certifying that they had a fee agreement, thus a contract.

The Washington State Auditor’s said ” the city cannot engage a law firm without a contact and must place bid notices beforehand.”

A lawsuit against Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S and Amanda Butler and Shannon Ragonesi will be filed for fraud, Consumer Protection  etc.

Perhaps the University of Washington and Seattle University  Law Schools should have a special legal education class for lawyers titled ” Common Sense, 101″ because at least two of its “senior” lawyers failed or missed common sense and ethics classes.

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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can

change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

Pierce College, Tacoma, instructor, caught forging court record

John E. Pennington, terminated from FEMA and Snohomish County for conduct unbecoming of a public officer, now caught forging documents with Pierce County District Court

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John E. Pennington, an instructor with Pierce College,  caught forging a court record last week in Tacoma, Washington.

It all started when the Gold Bar Reporter did what we’re supposed to do as a journalist, contacted him for comment about an upcoming article involving his false academic credentials.  Credentials John Pennington placed into public records at Pierce College, fraudulently obtaining a teaching position, a crime in Washington State.

RCW 9A.60.070

False academic credentials—Unlawful issuance or use—Definitions—Penalties.

(1) A person is guilty of issuing a false academic credential if the person knowingly

(a) Grants or awards a false academic credential or offers to grant or award a false academic credential in violation of this section;

(b) Represents that a credit earned or granted by the person in violation of this section can be applied toward a credential offered by another person;

(c) Grants or offers to grant a credit for which a representation as described in (b) of this subsection is made; or

(d) Solicits another person to seek a credential or to earn a credit the person knows is offered in violation of this section.

(2) A person is guilty of knowingly using a false academic credential if the person knowingly uses a false academic credential or falsely claims to have a credential issued by an institution of higher education that is accredited by an accrediting association recognized as such by rule of the student achievement council:

(a) In a written or oral advertisement or other promotion of a business; or

(b) With the intent to:

(i) Obtain employment;

(ii) Obtain a license or certificate to practice a trade, profession, or occupation;

(iii) Obtain a promotion, compensation or other benefit, or an increase in compensation or other benefit, in employment or in the practice of a trade, profession, or occupation;

(iv) Obtain admission to an educational program in this state; or

(v) Gain a position in government with authority over another person, regardless of whether the person receives compensation for the position.

(3) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section and RCW 28B.85.220.

(5) Knowingly using a false academic credential is a gross misdemeanor. 

According to Pierce College, Tacoma,  John E. Pennington did fraudulently use false Academic credentials to obtain a position at the College by falsely submitting that he has accredited college degrees.

John E. Pennington did knowingly falsify his academic credentials to Pierce College to obtain a employment, and is guilty of this crime as well.  

 

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In 2005, the Seattle Times published a story about John Pennington’s academic school of choice correctly stating the IRS held that California Coastal College ( John E. Pennington’s online school of choice) sold degrees at a flat rate.”

See http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/local-fema-chief-had-little-disaster-experience/

False fraudulent academic diplomas managed to slip by former Executive Aaron Reardon ( who the Gold Bar Reporter proudly got rid of as the criminal harasser he is as evidenced by the Snohomish County Herald’s Feb 13, 2013 article http://201-dhwebvarnish.newscyclecloud.com/article/20130214/NEWS01/702149999 ) inside Snohomish County’s Emergency Management too.

This  contributed to the deaths (Black’s law dictionary, negligent homicide equates to killing) of 43 people in the Oso mudslides disaster. Had Snohomish County had an educated person at the helm of Emergency Management, 43 people would more than likely be alive today.

King County’s Major Crimes Unit public records document that Aaron Reardon’s executive officers had so much time on their hands to post defamatory articles on a website the trio set up titled ” The Sky Valley Chronicle” – a website to control the political message in the Sky Valley ( Monroe to Index).

John E. Pennington’s wife Crystal Hill Pennington was anonymously cyber-stalking anyone who dared question Aaron Reardon’s gang of thieves. Gold Bar’s Mayor Joe Beavers admitted under oath a deposition two weeks ago that he too was cyber-stalking people on the Sky Valley Chronicle.

Crystal Hill Pennington’s deposition is scheduled for December 6, 2016, and an update will follow.

Now this, Pierce College Trustees hired a man with fake credentials who killed 43 people, beats on women and abuses our kids?  What the hell  is going on inside Washington State that a man who has harmed so many people is allowed to fraud our future leaders?

Our kids deserve much more, as such, the Gold Bar Reporter filed a complaint against Pierce College, Tacoma, with the U.S. Department of Education as this is fraud.

In 2013, John E. Pennington, a resident of Duvall, Washington, applied for a position on the Duvall Washington Library Board. Pennington’s application was rejected, the basis according to the Board Chair  ” he had no respect for the First Amendment.”

So its no surprise that once we started investigating John E. Pennington false credentials by requesting access to public records at Pierce College ( RCW 42.56), John E. Pennington committed more fraud, but this time on Pierce College’s dime.

On October 24, 2016, a forged Snohomish County Process of Service paper was filed by Penningtons whiting it out ( forgery)  knowingly falsely filing an instrument with a public office.

On October 27, 2016, John E. Pennington appeared in front of Pierce County District Court ( where he nor his wife resides), sworn in captured on video camera, falsely certifying under oath that he served the Gold Bar Reporter with his petition for restraining order  ( prior restraint on free speech prohibited in the U.S.), attempting to SLAPP down the Gold Bar Reporter’s message.

A First Amendment lawyer stated ” Prior Restraints on free speech in America are considered a violation of my civil rights.”

According to the Snohomish County Sherriff’s Office, John E. Pennington forged the original document, and the unforged document delivered to John Pennington is this one:

After John E.Pennington forged the document:

SLAPP suits carry a $10, 0000.00per offense penalty.  An issue we suspect John E. Pennington could care less about as public records document that he cant pay his mortgage, so what’s a judgment for $50K?

Congrads to Pierce College, Tacoma, Washington, not only did the Board of Trustees hire a child/wife abuser, they also hired a man now guilty of perjury and forgery.

The Gold Bar Reporter filed a new complaint in King County seeking damages, and a Writ and Injunction ordering Pierce County off this case as not one person John Pennington fraudulently obtained a restraining order against lives in Pierce County.

The Gold Bar Reporter is seeking an additional $50,000.00 from the marital community of the Crystal Hill and John E. Pennington’s for severe emotional distress.

Late yesterday, we learned that Pierce County District  ” vacated” the restraining order and there is a criminal felony investigation under way against John E. Pennington and Crystal Hill Pennington (convicted of bank fraud,2005, 2000) and the case will be transferred to King County ( where according to the documents below, John E. Pennington has had countless criminal harassment complaints against him in King County).

John E. Pennington is the same political appointee who the Seattle Times quoted as saying Washington State’s largest slide area was “Considered very safe.”

As the Seattle Times reporter Mike Cater ( also the reporter who reported on Pennington fake academic credentials) wrote “It was considered very safe,” Pennington said. “This was a completely unforeseen slide. This came out of nowhere.”

John Pennington’s statements about the Oso mudslides were in complete contrast Daniel Miller, a geomorph­ologist, who wrote about Oso landslide conditions in his 1997 report for the Washington Department of Ecology and the Tulalip Tribes. Miller used reports and memos from the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s, to support his 1997 report that the Oso area was unstable and should be evacuated.

Miller also stated that he was stunned and troubled to return to the area in 2006, to see new homes being built instead of  seeing homes being vacated.

Miller said “Frankly, I was shocked that the county permitted any building across from the river. . . It’s not unknown that this hazard exists.”

Miller contracted with the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Forest Service in 1997.

Immediately following the Oso mudslide disaster, the Gold Bar Reporter contacted Miller asking him ” if John E. Pennington’s email showed that he ( Pennington) approved building on the Oso mudslide area, do you think he should be charged with negligent homicide?   He said ” if you have that kind of email, then Jay Inslee should order an outside agency to investigate John Pennington’s background.”  We said ” we already did… and Snohomish County was aware that John Pennington had falsified his academic  credentials and had countless abuse charges filed against him for criminal harassment and beating women. ” Miller’s voice crackled, and he sounded scared or tearful and hung up.

Obviously, Pierce College ( Tacoma) is a public agency subject to RCW 42.56, the Public Records Act.  Too bad, John Pennington’s conduct is subject to public scrutiny.

Perhaps Pennington’s next job will actually require working, preferably in private industry, so several investigative reporters and I can sleep at night.  Our children are  worthy of our efforts to protect their future to be educated by people who have real college degrees.

Once the Department of Education issues its findings in this matter, it will be posted.  Fraud like this harms all of us, and dummies down the U.S. educational system and will not go unchecked by the Gold Bar Reporter.

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For those of my readers who haven’t read my last articles on John Pennington’s criminal history, please see below.  The Gold Bar Reporter has NEVER been sued but welcome a suit. 

 

John Pennington, terminated for Snohomish County

 

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From FEMA to Snohomish County Washington and now to Pierce College ( Tacoma Washington diploma mill), dark  secrets unearthed. Gold Bar Reporters were the first to report on John E. Pennington’s criminal conduct, a small portion of our report is outlined below

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MEET JOHN ‘ THEODORE TED BUNDY” PENNINGTON

John Pennington was a troubled youth who, according to one source “had a major drug problem by the age of 16.”  So it’s no surprise that in the late 1980’s, after being kicked out of Vanderbilt College in Tennessee after raping a female college student, John Pennington moved to a small suburban city just outside of San Diego California.

While in the San Diego area,  John Pennington meets his new victim, who believe he legally married, so are calling her ex-wife # 1, Carla M.

Two years later, John Pennington fled from Southern California, again heading home to Nashville, only after two small boys made allegations of sexual abuse against him while on a church camping trip.

While in Tennessee, John Pennington made an unsuccessful run for an open State Rep. seat.  After a landslide loss for Pennington, he again headed west. This time to Oregon where Pennington meets his next victim.

Mr. Pennington plead guilty to criminal assault 1 and harassment  ( His ex filed suit for damages Washington County Case # D911027SC) after he hospitalized his fiancé in Oregon and stole items from the community.

As a result, John Pennington fled from Oregon to Vancouver Washington. While in Vancouver Washington, John Pennington meets his next victim. Sadly, they soon married.

While working in a coffee delivery business, John Pennington stole coffee grinding equipment from his previous employer and used this equipment to start-up a coffee shop in Kelso. Purpose was to make it look like he was an entrepreneur ( but he is really a sociopath) as to grab an uncontested Republican seat in Cowlitz County.

It worked, the uneducated college dropout John Pennington managed to get elected to an uncontested WA House of Representatives seat. Unfortunately for residents in New Orleans and Oso Washington, he met a powerful Washington State Republican leader, Jennifer Dunn.

In 1992, a 5-year-old girl was kidnapped, raped, and then tossed along a Cowlitz County road like a piece of trash.  We sent our private investigators to Cowlitz County to talk with the lead Detective who confirmed the following facts:

John Pennington became one of two prime suspects for the following reasons:

(1) Pennington operated a coffee delivery route within six blocks of where the child was dumped after being raped; (2) he drove the same car; (3) he was in the area at the time of the child rape and could not explain his whereabouts; (4)  his picture from 1992 is a complete match to the child and witness sketch drawing of the pedophile; (5) he relentlessly convinced his ex-wife to call the police attempting to divert attention away from himself and onto another man; and ( 6) He has continuous and countless charges of child and spousal abuse, a man who cannot keep his hands to himself.

Below is the press release as it relates to John E. Pennington’s rape of a 5 year old girl from Cowlitz County Washington

 

Unfortunately for the 5 year child, John Pennington meets a Kelso Washington city attorney named Michael Kenyon.

According to John Pennington’s divorce files he is also an abuser of prescription pills, and was detained at the US Mexico  for having narcotics ( non-prescription pain pills) on his person while coming back into the US. Pennington has never denied this allegation.

In 1995, John Pennington was also a member of the Washington State Militia, a group dedicated to over throwing the United States government. ” John sat around for years obsessed about getting even with the Longview Washington news reporter for reporting that John was a member of the State militia.”

From 1992 to 2005, John Pennington’s violence grew with his ex-wife. # 2, Valerie. From pushing her down a flight of stairs as well as constant physical harassment,  John Pennington never learned to keep his hands to himself.

But the case that raised our eyebrows is Mr. Pennington’s abuse on his ex-wife # 2 ( who is really ex-wife # 3) Anne Laughlin. Ms. Laughlin was a City of Duvall city council member at the time of Pennington’s assault of Anne. Anne was three weeks away from giving birth to her daughter when Pennington violently assaulted, kicked and punched Anne in the stomach and uterus. A real salt of the earth kind of man.

Since Ms. Laughlin was a Duvall city council member at the time, the City of Duvall sought a Special Prosecutor. The prosecutor assigned to prosecute wife beater John Pennington came from the law firm where Pennington’s buddy Michael Kenyon was employed.

In 2009 when Pennington assaulted Laughlin, this was his third domestic violence charge. This should have amounted to jail time for Pennington.

A close review of John Pennington’s Snohomish County travel records warrant a closer look into missing children in Washington, Alaska, Maryland.  Public monies allowed us to review his credit card receipts, telephone records, etc. information that another blogger turned over to authorities.

Any grown man that takes a shower with a six year old little girl is a pedophile.

In 2011, Kenyon Disend’s junior attorney, Ann Marie Soto, received an email from John Pennington via Snohomish County computers demanding that Kenyon Disend redact police reports involving John Pennington criminal harassment and assault that we requested under RCW 42.56.   There’s only one problem, at the time Pennington was communicating with Kenyon Disend’s attorney, he was not a City of Duvall employee thus no attorney client relationship existed.

We sought the advice of an expert in records issues who is of the opinion that Kenyon Disend’s redaction of police reports was not permissible under the Public Records Act.

Then a source close to ex # 2 ( or # 3 depending on what public records you believe as it relates to Pennington’s aliases) provided us with thousands of records relating to John Pennington, and those records included Pennington’s email communication with Duvall’s Mayor about how to get Pennington’s soon to be ex-wife Anne Laughlin off the City Council.

In 2009, Pennington then used Aaron Reardon’s connection to the Seattle Times reporter ( who then became Reardon’s aide) to post a story about Anne Laughlin, pretty much the same way he did to Gold Bar Reporters in February 2012. Former Seattle Times reporter Emily Heffner was contacted for comment but all she would say is ” you need to move because they are coming after you.” She never did state who “they” were, but as we stated to Ms. Heffner before, “We have only one live to give and it shall be for the betterment of our society as a whole.”

As of today, Attorney Michael Kenyon and Ann Marie Soto have bilked the taxpayers of Gold Bar over $1,350,000.00 hidng former Mayor Crystal Hill’s public records ( emails) documenting that she was practicing law without a license, and had lied on her F 1 form stating that she had never pled guilty to fraud when in fact she had plead guilty twice, one in 2000 in North Carolina and a second time in Snohomish County Washington; and John Pennington making racist comments about President Obama and running illegal ACCESS background checks in violation of RCW 10.97.

Both Penningtons are being sued for gross 1983 and RICO charges with depositions expected to start early next year.

The bigger question that Michael Kenyon refused to answer was what he gained for quashing John Pennington’s criminal charges for beating up his pregnant wife Anne, hiding John Pennington’s racist comments and his illegal background checks.

According to former Mayor Joe Beavers, John Pennington and Aaron Reardon “fixed” cases in Snohomish County Superior Court.

As a result of our six-year investigation, we are confident to report that attorney Michael Kenyon assisted John Pennington is committing felonies. Attorney Michael Kenyon and John Pennington will be sharing a prison cell together and we intend to make that happen even it takes me another 30 years, and I will continue to request access to public records and file suits against any agency that renders assistance to a pedophile and wife beater.

Our request for access to public records regarding this issue has already started.  The public, especially Pierce College students, have a legal right to know why Pierce College Board of Trustees would hire a child rapist and wife beater.

 

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What John Pennington was trying to hide for so many years, his prior conviction for criminal harassment ( assault of an ex-fiancé in Oregon) as noted in the following public records as “ prior conviction”

In 2000, John Pennington was George Bush Jr’s campaign manager here in Washington State.  Soon after George Bush Jr. was elected ( or stole the election with his brother’s assistance depending what you believe), George Jr. appointed John E Pennington and Michael Browne to positions inside FEMA. Sadly for America, not one FEMA Director was qualified for such positions.

As a result of Michael Browne and John Pennington’s inability to read, write and think effectively caused thousands of minority deaths in Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricane Katrina was an eye opener for those of us who actually earned accredited degrees and whose parents taught us to think critically. George W Bush Jr.’s decision to appoint friends instead of educated and skilled people resulted in massive human loss of life In New Orleans.

Had this story ended in New Orleans, we wouldn’t be exposing John E.Pennington today. But it didn’t, why is simple, because Washington State Senator Jennifer Dunn decided to use her political clout to appoint an uneducated bum to FEMA Region 10 ( Pacific Northwest).

What is even crazier is that George W Bush made an executive appointment without ever running a single background check on John Pennington prior to appointing him.

All that changed when America started calling for Michael Brownie’s head for causing  so many deaths in New Orleans. Perhaps Michael Browne might have survived press scrutiny had he not put in his email that was heading to Nordstroms to purchase new clothes for the cameras, while at the same time thousands of African Americans were floating down the street or in lock down inside an unsafe convention center.

African Americans were drowning in the streets of New Orleans, because FEMA Directors lacked basic college skills to handle such a disaster. In the case of Michael Browne, an unaccredited undergraduate degree as well as unaccredited law school diploma. In the case of John Pennington, an online diploma mill degree from an online school the U.S. Dept of Education said sold online diplomas at a flat rate, California Coastal College.

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Hurricane Katrina, good bye Brownie, Hello Penny

After Michael Browne and Bernard Kerik made a laughing stock out of the George W and America, George Jr was quoted as saying ‘ Penny will make a great director of FEMA.”This was November 2005. But this time, the feds actually ran an extensive background on John Pennington, and discovered what we learned through years of sifting through public records. John Pennington is a dangerous sociopath with real anger management issues; anger he often takes out on women and children.

I never really thought much of George W Bush Jr. other than he’s a spolied little rich kid who never worked for a living. For the same reason, I couldn’t vote for Al Gore in 2000. Thus, I became one of Ralph Nader’s Raiders in 2000.

Fact is that I probably ran into John Pennington at the Republican National Convention that year in Philadelphia. I, and 1,000,000. Americans blocked the entrance to the Republican National Convention Center preventing many of George Jr’s delegates from accessing the convention center that year.

I was a proud member of Massachusettes ACT UP from UMASS, and had traveled all over the U.S. protesting what I believed to be unequal treatment of economically disadvantaged Americans in favor of corporations. I’m a strong believer that America should place “ people over profits.”

Strangely, I always had respect for George Bush Sr. Why is simple: George Sr is a well educated savey free thinker who listens to his opponents. Unlike his son, George Jr. , who was given a little too much growing up without working for it.  Hard work goes along way in molding one’s self esteem.

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In 2005, Michael Browne was blamed for the deaths of thousands, because he was appointed to a position that he wasn’t qualified for.  So when George Jr. had to make a new appointment to FEMA Director, he looked to a devil wrapping himself with pages of the Bible, while at the same time molesting children and violently assaulting a pregnant woman in her third trimester, John E. Pennington.

For those reporting the news in Washington D.C just after George Bush Jr’s FEMA Directors caused so much misery to so many residents and their survivors in New Orleans, Bush Jr. was quoted as saying ” Penny would make a great Director.”

Because the feds didn’t want George Jr. to go through yet another scathing news story like he did when he chose Kerik to head Homeland Security (who ended up being prime suspect in a murder case and had direct ties to organized crime) and Michael Browne and his fake degrees with extensive skills in horse breeding debacles, any appointment would go through extensive background checks prior to Congressional Hearings.

As a result of the feds extensive background check on John Pennington, he was forced to resign from FEMA or be exposed in a very public way. John Pennington lied about his termination from FEMA stating that he and Tamara Doherty were caught misusing the FEMA credit cards.

This was simply a smoke screen to cover up what we just learned from a federal source over Labor Day Weekend.

John Pennington was terminated from FEMA because the feds learned what we reported on over the last seven years; pedophilia deviant uneducated child abuser who has sick fetish for kids, John Pennington. A sociopath who reminds me of Ted Bundy.

Unfortunately for Oso Washington residents,  George W Bush Jr.’s  administration thought it was ok to set him loose on Snohomish County residents just so George Jr didn’t have to suffer public press embarassment again.

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On March 24, 2014, John Pennington caused 43 residents in Oso Washington to suffocate to death in Washington State’s most preventable loss of life natural disaster. Instead of mitigating loss to human life, John Pennington worked on his fraudulent online diploma, operated his personal business on the County’s dime and while using county resources and staff, violently assaulted children and women, and criminally harassed me right from Snohomish County Offices operating an online blog ” The Sky Valley Chronicle.  “  An online blog owned by Aaron Reardon but operated by Gold Bar’s Mayor Crystal Hill ( nee Berg who plead guilty to bank fraud in 2005), John Pennington,  and Gold Bar’s former Mayor Joe Beavers.

I believe John Pennington should be charged with negligent homicide for the 43 people he killed in the Oso mudslides.

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Since John E. Pennington killed 43 Oso residents in the mudslides, we have searched his travel records and beleive he is responsible for missing children in four different states, and have ample evidence to state John Pennington is the man responsbile for the rape of that five year old child from Colwitz County Washington.

Sadly, John Pennington remains on the loose up here in Snohomis County. So long as John Pennington remains on the loose, I will continue to investigate and report on his criminal sexual deviant conduct.

Protecting Our children from a sociopath like John Pennington is worth every sacrifice we’ve made as a result  of shinning much needed sunshine on cockroaches who harm molest and abuse our kids.

Our Children’s mental well being has no price tag.  I agree with Hillary Clinton “ it takes a village to raise children.”

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John Pennington’s trial in the Oso mudslide debacle will be live streamed by the Gold Bar Reporters starting during the fall of 2016.

As for Pierce College hiring a pedophile and wife beater, one can only say that each and everyone of the persons involved in hiring a known pedophile will now be investigated as a result.  Stay tuned, because the way I see it, the only ones who protect pedophiles and wife beaters are ones’ themselves.

 

Perhaps Pierce College needed to hire someone to teach “ How to get away with molesting and raping our kids, fraud, murder, setting up fake online newspapers to criminally harass citizens, not pay Department of Revenue taxes, failing to pay property taxes, raping college students, and beating one’s spouse” also known as Emergency Management 101 at Pierce College it appears.

 

Or perhaps it was John Pennington from an online fraudulent program Senator Tom Harkin called fraudulent on PBS’s “ Education, Inc.”  or California Coastal School that the IRS said sold online diplomas at a flat rate http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/local-fema-chief-had-little-disaster-experience/

BEWARE students especially female students as John E. Pennington was kicked out real colleges for raping a student.

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In September 2015, Snohomish County Prosecutor Mark Roe confirmed that John Pennington is the man responsible for the rape of a five year old girl in Cowlitz County., Washington.  An insider who we have labeled as ” fed up” told the Gold Bar Reporter that Mark Roe was convinced by Snohomish County Prosecutors Sean Reay and Sara DI Vittorio ( being sued for racketeering) to hide Pennington’s criminal history to avoid liability.

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