SAN DIEGO DA - PORAC $1.4 MILLION SERIAL SEX PREDITOR DDA PAYOFF, TO KEEP DOZENS OF DDA PROSECUTORS & INVESTIGATORS OUT OF PRISON

APRIL 2016

 

CRIMES BY ATTORNEYS

COMMITTED FOR OTHER ATTORNEYS

COVERED UP BY STILL MORE ATTORNEYS

INCLUDING THE STATE BAR & PORAC

 

 

MAYOR SEX PREDATOR COVER UP

POLICE SEX PREATOR COVE UP

 

THE SAN DIEGO DA'S OFFICE (SDDA) WAS FORCED TO PAY AN ESTIMATED $1.4 MILLION DOLLARS, TO PROTECT THE DA'S OFFICE FROM A DDA "SERIAL SEX PREDITOR", THAT HAD HUGE CRIMINAL, AND CIVIL LIABILITIES, FOR THE DA'S OFFICE & THE PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA (PORAC)

THE $1.4 MILLION PAYOFF WAS TO AVOID A TRIAL, AND SUBPOENAS, THAT WOULD PUBLICLY LINK THE DA'S OFFICE, THE PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA (PORAC), AND LARGE NUMBER OF DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY ASSOCIATION (DDAA) PROSECUTORS, AND THEIR INVESTIGATORS, TO A CONSPIRACY TO PROTECT A SEX PREDITOR PROSECUTOR. A SEX PREDITOR PROSECUTOR WITH $50M TO $100M MILLION DOLLARS IN LIABILITY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

A DA - PORAC CONSPIRACY THAT COULD ULTIMATELY PUT DA BONNIE DUMANIS, DOZENS OF DDA PROSECUTORS, AND THEIR INVESTIGATORS, IN PRISON, AND FINANCIALLY DESTROY PORAC. A MILLION DOLLAR PAYOFF DRIVEN BY A THREE PAGE DOCUMENT, FROM THE PEACE OFFICER RESEARCH ASSOC. OF CALIFORNIA (PORAC). A DOCUMENT (PMDCM) THAT LINKED THE DA SEX PREDATOR CORRUPTION, TO A CRIMINAL COVER UP IN THE PORAC LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, WITH DIRECT LINKS TO CORRUPTION IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE BAR, AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. ALL OF WHICH WERE CONTROLLED BY ATTORNEYS, WITH FINANCIAL MOTIVES, TO COVER UP PUBLIC CORRUPTION.

The PMDCM document provides a rare look at how Law Enforcement Public Corruption, and it's cover up, is coordinated between Public and Private Law Enforcement Organizations, that have a mutual financial interest.

 

In January 2015 the San Diego District Attorneys Office (SDDA) paid an estimated $1.4 Million Tax Payer Dollars, to quickly settle a lawsuit with Tamara McAnally. McAnally was one of at least three dozen, DA confirmed witnesses/victims, of a DDA Serial Sex Predator Prosecutor, named Ernest Marugg. A senior DDA Prosecutor that used his Prosecutor position, reportedly for a decade, to coerce sexual relations with defendant victims, that he had prosecuted for Fraud. McAnally was later declared innocent due to the extensive corruption in the DA's Insurance Fraud Division, where Marugg stalked McAnally and other female prey.

The California State Bar, it's Trustee members, and the LA Public Defenders Office was scrambling to cover up the corruption when GTI News began reporting. The State Bar was destroying Attorney Complaints by the hundreds, including the Marugg complaints, to avoid disbarring large numbers of San Diego Prosecutors.

For almost five (5) years the DA's Office, and large number of DDA's, had used all of the SDDA Legal and Financial resources, to suppress all corruption investigations of DDA's, that could adversely impact the SDDA's public image, or it's efforts to get the McAnally, and other Civil Lawsuit thrown out. The failure of the DA obstruction conspiracy, forced the $1.4 Million Dollar Payoff, TO AVOID ANSWERING SUBPOENAS from McAnally's Attorney, Donnie Cox of Oceanside, CA.

Subpoenas for DA supporting documents. to a PORAC conspiracy document, discovered two years after the 2010 DA, PORACH conspiracy was activated. PORAC, and the DA's Officer were also concerned about subpoenas for depositions of Prosecutors and Investigators, that were linked to that three page PORAC conspiracy MEMO, or who were involved in the corrupted suppressed criminal investigation of Marugg, that was detailed in that same document.

A three page document, now know as the PORAC MARUGG DA CONSPIRACY MEMO (PMDCM), that could put dozens of Senior DDA Prosecutors, and their Investigators in Prison for years, and adversely impact the finances of the SDDA, PORAC, The State Bar, and other Law Enforcement Agencies for decades.

A PORAC written criminal conspiracy document, that is also directly involved in a California State Bar conspiracy to destroy complaints of Attorney Corruption, that involved The San Diego DA's Office, and other Law Enforcement Agencies, at the local, State, and Federal levels. Another Attorney conspiracy, to protect the finances of the State Bar, and it's Attorney employees, according to the sworn testimony of the Executive Director of the State Bar Joseph Dunn.

 

 

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The DDA Marugg conspiracy, was not just another run of the mill SDDA Public Corruption, like so many before it. There was one major difference. Unlike many prior victims of DA corruption, Tamara McAnally had been able to force a DA criminal investigation of Marugg in early 2010. An investigation that produced the evidence of Marugg's crimes, that would be hidden by the DA's Office, until the discovery of the PMDCM document.

A DA investigation that confirmed at least thirty six (36) witnesses and victims, according to the PMDCM document, and the McAnally Court Complaint. A corrupted, suppressed, DA investigation, that involved large numbers of DDA's, their investigators, and senior DA Administration Officials.

No one in the DA's Office wants to talk about who ordered the shut down of the Marugg criminal investigation, and promised DA protection of Marugg, from future complaints and investigations. All contacts are being referred, as usual, to DA Media contact Steve Walker. Walker replaced another journalist named Paul Levakow, who also regularly placed protection of DA public corruption, ahead of public interest.

In five (5) years of DA Public Corruption investigation contacts, and request for comment from senior DA Staff, Mr. Walker has never followed up. Walker was also contacted multiple times regarding the DA's use of quiet resignations in the DDA's Rodrigueze and Gunn cases, to cover up public corruption. Contacts with request for information, and interviews on their Public Corruption, that were always ignored.

The PMDCM document was hidden for more than two years, until late 2012, under a premeditated false claim, of Attorney Client Privileged. A tactic that this reporter has observed being used regularly, by Public Agency Attorneys, to hide evidence of Law Enforcement Public Corruption (LEPC) crimes.

 

THE PEACE OFFICER RESEARCH ASSOC. CONSPIRACY

The DA early 2010 criminal investigation of Marugg activated a DDA Association (DDAA) defense benefit for DDA Marugg. A DDAA insurance policy for legal defense cost, with the Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC). PORAC is a major provider of Law Enforcement services through out the State of California. PORAC runs a low cost, fee base Legal Defense Fund (LDF), that sells Insurance Policies to Law Enforcement organizations through their Professional Associations, like the San Diego DDAA. An Insurance Policy that covers legal defense cost if the member is sued, arrested, or criminally investigated, like DDA Marugg.

The PORAC defense activities started in early 2010 when the Marugg criminal complaint was filed by Tamara McAnally. PORAC contracted a San Diego DDAA trouble shooter Attorney, named Richard Castle, who is know to PORAC by his association with the SD DDA Association. An association that no one in the DA's Office wants to talk about with this reporter. The DDAA members labor rights package, contains a 14 page document. On page 1, the document states:

"If you are ever drawn into a meeting in which you suspect a potential disciplinary issue may be raised.......contact a DDAA Board member or Richard Castle immediately".

It was more than 6 months into the 2010 DA's investigation, before the DA's Office, and the PORAC, through Richard Castle, had the initial witness/victim information, that was included in the hidden PORAC MDCM document.

A PORAC DOCUMENT DETAILING A WRITTEN CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY BETWEEN THE DA'S OFFICE AND RICHARD CASTLE, THAT SHOULD HAVE TRIGGERED AN IMMEDIATE PORAC WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE, AND THE CALIFORNIA STATE BAR, REPORTING DOCUMENTED ATTORNEY CRIMINAL CONDUCT.

A reporting process that is mandatory for Attorneys, and DA Prosecutors, who are Officers of the Court, and the PORAC LEGAL DEFENSE FUND is operated by Attorneys, who hire other attorneys, to defend other attorneys. A practice that is a primary obligation of an insurance organization like PORAC, that specialize in POLICE & PROSECUTOR DEFENSE insurance policies.

There is no evidence that PORAC notified the California Attorney Generals Office, or the State Bar, after receiving the conspiracy document, and PORAC is not returning calls to this reporter, regarding interview request. Phone Call interview request that clearly stated, this reporter has question about the PMDCM document, and a verbal offer to send copies of the document to PORAC Staff, or to Legal Administrator Richard Fishman, and Assistant Legal Administrator Rebecca Mann.

Copies of the PMDCM document have also been e-mailed to Fishman, Mann and each of the five Board of Trustee Members, with request for comment. All of the Board of Trustee members are listed as law enforcement professionals. There has been no response as of the date of this publication.

A PORAC document with information, that would have definitely started a financial cost analysis in the DA's Office, and the PORAC. Both groups would have been looking at the cost of defense, the cost of prosecution, and potential civil and criminal liability, associated with more than three dozen witnesses/victims, in the Trial of a DDA Sex Predator Prosecutor.

A Trial that would produce huge amounts of Public evidence that could be used against Marugg, the DA's Office personnel, and PORAC staff, Attorneys, and Trustees, some of which PORAC would be obligated to defend. The disclosure of the PMDCM document could even make PORAC a defendant in civil litigations.

The DA's Office had tens of millions, in potential civil liability in the Marugg corruption, not to mention the public relations nightmare. PORAC was obligated to defend Marugg, in both criminal and civil issues, which could cost Millions of dollars, for years to come, with more than 36 witnesses/victims.

The DA's Office and PORAC also knew, there was no way of predicting how much additional DDA corruption would be exposed in years of document subpoenas, and deposition subpoenas, from multiple victims. A series of litigations that would surely occur, following the production of more evidence, as a result of any of McAnally subpoenas.

On 10-1-10, when the PMDCM DOCUMENT was written, the terms of the DA, DDAA, PORAC, MARUGG, criminal conspiracy were finalized, and then summarized in the PMDCM document. The PMDCM document was written by Attorney Richard Castle, under contract to PORAC. The document was sent to PORAC LEGAL DEFENSE FUND COORDINATOR JENNIFER ALLEN. Allen reportedly no longer works for PORAC.

The document clearly states, it is from the lead Attorney of the Marugg Defense, with extensive details on the terms of settlement, and a notice to close the case. Terms of settlement that clearly describe a criminal conspiracy, between the PORAC retained defense council Richard Castle, and senior Attorneys in the DA's Office. A conspiracy to shut down an active criminal investigation, with large numbers of victims and witnesses, in exchange for a quiet resignation, that is highly financially beneficial to PORAC and the DA's Office.

A Criminal Defense Resolution document that would be reviewed in detail, by PORAC LEGAL, AND FINANCIAL SUPERVISORS, to finalize the case files, the cash dispersement to Attorney Castle, and to plan for mitigating any future potential adverse impacts for PORAC, related to a SEX PREDATOR DDA PROSECUTOR, with more than 36 known witnesses/victims.

The PMDCM conspiracy document also references phone conversations between PORAC LDF Attorney Richard Castle, and the DA's Human Resources Attorney, finalizing elements of the conspiracy, to hide the attorney corruption from the State Bar.

"During a number of telephone calls with the Human Resources Council, who I do know professionally, the department was also concerned about the potential for a State Bar investigation. This concern was and is shared by Ernie and myself. The Bar apparently made an inquiry 6 months ago or so but no contact has been made since. The complainants', a former female defendant and her husband, had initiated a written complaint to the DA's office and numerous other agencies, including the State Bar."

The Chief Council for the DA's Human Resources "DEPARTMENT" is Cheryl L. Ruffier, State Bar #72472. A Senior DA Attorney that was contacted, by this reporter, multiple times in April 2010 with details, public record documents, and questions, about two other quiet resignations of DDA's involved in documented Public Corruption. Both of which were caught, hiding evidence of innocence, in cases involving Murder, Rape, Kidnap, and Assault With A Deadly Weapon. Both DDA'S intentionally participated in the prosecution of innocent citizens, while hiding the evidence of innocence. Just like the Tamara McAnally case, referenced above in the Richard Castle memo.

Public record court documents that verified felony criminal conduct by DDA Daniel Rodriguez, and DDA Laura Gunn, that involved civil rights violations, with very high civil liability exposure for the DA's Office. Ruffier was openly obstructive to hearing about DDA Public Corruption, and eventually stated, "I am not going to listen to this, DDA's Rodriguez and Gunn are no longer employed by this office", and Ruffier hung up the phone.

It is not known at this time if PORAC, or Attorney Richard Castle were involved in negotiating the quiet resignations of DDA's Rodriguez and Gunn. Both were protected from all investigations following their resignations, just like Marugg.

Ruffier aggressively resisted hearing anything about DDA criminal corruption, and did not want to receive copies of the public record documents. Discussions with this reporter, that occurred while the Marugg conspiracy negotiations, and phone conversations, were on going, according to Richard Castle's statements in the PMDCM document.

The PMDCM document continues with notifications to the PROAC LDF that:

"The Department, according to my understanding, will not be sending anything to the Bar and if the Bar contacts the department, they will be advised Ernie retired and is not longer employed by the office."

Statements made six months apart, reportedly by the same person, that are almost identical. The complainant referenced by Castle is Tamara McAnally. The DA Human Resources Council should be protecting the victims legal and civil rights, not conspiring with the suspects Attorney, to cover up the crimes, and hide DISBARMENT LEVEL MISCONDUCT, from the State Bar.

The repeative evasive statements, that a corrupt Prosecutor or investigator, NO LONGER WORKS FOR, OR IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED BY THE DA'S OFFICES, to avoid answering questions on public corruption, has also been regularly used by DA Media Contacts Paul Levakow, and Steve Walker for many years. A statement that has become a DA red flag for, we don't want to talk about DA Public Corruption.

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THE SDDA / PORAC FINANCIAL MOTIVES

The recent 2015 McAnally settlement of a reported $1.4+ Million, was to silence one victim of DDA Marugg. A settlement that makes CRIMINAL MOTIVE financial estimates of the SDDA and PORAC very clear. The $1.4 million is a cheap, compared to a jury trial with a Serial Sex Predator Prosecutor, protected from exposure for years, by other DDA's. The 36 witness/victims exposed by the MDCM document is a minimum number, that could expand significantly with a fully completed SDDA investigation and a trial.

A victim list that would grow even larger with subpoenas, from large numbers of other victims Attorneys. One thing about Attorney is constant. They can quickly calculate financial damages, and they can smell deep pocket public corruption money, like a Shark smells blood in the water.

Civil damages that could easily exceed $50,000,000.00. Not to mention the exposure of years of Public Corruption in the SDDA Insurance Fraud Division, where Marugg selected his prey. Exposures with even more civil liability, than the Marugg corruption, as it involved DDA conspiring with more Insurance Companies, to defraud citizens of Billions in insurance benefits, for CASH PAYMENTS.

The public image impacts on the DA's office would last for decades, and it would focus News Investigations on other, obvious, related on going DA Public Corruption operations. There would also be additional Millions lost annually, if the SDDA Insurance Fraud Division practices, under Marugg, and the "Special Funding Grant Slush Fund" payments to the SDDA, were fully exposed in a Court of Law.

The conspiracy also provide huge windfall savings for the PORAC LDF. The LDF was obligated to defend Marugg in both criminal and civil issues. The Marugg criminal trial cost, with 36 female witnesses, or more could easily exceed $250,000.00. If just 10 of Marugg's victims filed suit, the legal trial cost alone could easily exceed a million dollar, even if the SDDA covered all judgments with public money. A Legal Defense Operation like PORAC, clearly understood that the suppression of the Marugg criminal investigation, with his quiet resignation would save millions in PORAC money.

As always the cover up, can be a lot more expensive if it is exposed, which is why the Conspiracy Memo Report to the PORAC was hastily labeled as "Attorney Client Privileged" to bury the evidence of criminal conspiracy. PORAC never planned for the unexpected exposure of the PMDCM document, by a subpoena, in a civil litigation.

The original Marugg conspiracy was all about avoiding huge civil liability, as clearly indicated in the PORAC document. A document that has multiple violations of the Attorney Client Privilege. The Attorney Client Privileged was never there to begin with. PORAC Attorney Castle was actively conspiring with the Human Resources Council, to shut down a criminal investigation, and to hide the corruption from the State Bar. Castle was also actively conspiring with the senior administration of the DA's Office to get an active Criminal Investigation of Marugg shut down, and then protected from new complaints, or investigations. Only the most senior DA's can do that. The criminal conspiracy among multiple Attorney, was also financed, designed, and operated to obstruct the Civil Rights of dozens of witnesses/victims, to protect financial resources.

The PORAC document was delivered to the SDDA, and the State Bar in 2012, by the victim Tamara McAnally, as part of a Civil Lawsuit against the DA's Office. When this reporter discovered the document in late 2012, it was hand delivered, shipped by registered couriers, and e-mailed to multiple senior DA prosecutors, the DA Special Operation Division, the California Attorney Generals Office, and the FBI.

There has been no observable evidence of any criminal investigations, of Castle, the DA's Office, or PORAC Staff and Officials, through out the course of the McAnally Lawsuit, which settled in January 2015.

 

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THE DDA ASSOCIATION INVOLVEMENT

 

DDA Marugg's PORAC LDF benefits were accessed through the San Diego Deputy District Attorney's Association membership. There are 11 DDAA members that serve as a Board Of Directors, all of which were co-workers of Marugg for years. Many of which aided and abetted the Sex Predator, by looking the other way, or obstructing complaints, and investigations, simply because Marugg, and other corrupt DDA's, were fellow Prosecutors.

DDAA Prosecutors that are definitely concerned about being disciplined, or prosecuted. The first paragraph, on the first page of the DDAA Employee Labor Rights document states:

 

"If you are ever drawn into a meeting in which you suspect a potential disciplinary issue may be raised.......contact a DDAA Board member or Richard Castle immediately".

Richard Castle is obviously an integral part of the DDAA protections. Referrals to the PORAC LDF are controlled by the Board and Richard Castle makes his living based on those referrals. The DDA Board of Director bylaws require a majority vote, among the 11 members to approve almost anything. All financial expenditures must be approve by the Board, or it's Officers, and all checks issued by the Treasurer, must be approved by Officers of the Board. The DDA Board even has a Salary Committee, that is required to monitor any conditions that could impact DDAA future Pay and Benefits, or their contract negotiations. Like the extreme civil liability, and public condemnation issues associated with a Serial Sex Predator DDA, with at least 36 witnesses and victims, like DDA Ernest Marugg.

 

The DDAA is a Public Union Attorney Employee Association with it's own Web site. a Web site that has a index primary page with very moving, and emotional legal positions that are advertised in bold letters, like:

"THE PROTECTION OF THE INNOCENT"

"SEEKING JUSTICE FOR ALL", and

"THE PURSUIT OF TRUTH".

Statements, that all evidence indicates are far from the truth, when the choice comes down to protecting DDAA pay and benefits, verses the citizens.

The facts are that all DDAA Attorneys contacted by this reporter, in 8 years of corruption investigations, involving the SDDA and it's DDA's, were meet with active obstruction, misrepresentations, out right lies, and threats. All while while DDAA members suppressed all public record evidence, that detailed felony crimes involving DDAA members, and other Law Enforcement Agencies. This reporter provided the PMDCM document to multiple DDA's, on multiple occasions, in 2012 and 2013, with no response.

The facts are, more than a dozen DDAA members conspired to cover up the Sex Predator, and Public Corruption Crimes of other DDAA members like Marugg, Daniel Rodriguez, Laura Gunn, Anna Winn, Damon Mosler, DA Bonnie Dumanis, and many others. Many of which, quietly resigned, like Marugg, while other DDAA members, and the SDDA Offices actively covered up their crimes. All of which had severe civil liability exposure, that could adversely impact the DDAA, and it's future pay and benefits. The DDAA and its DDA members had no problem dumping thirty six (36) or more innocent witness/victims of DDA Marugg, into a legal cesspool, to avoid civil liabilities, and public embarrassment.

In 2010, the DDAA President was Robert Hickey, who is now retired after nineteen (19) years with the SDDA. Hickey is currently running for the Office of SD City Attorney. An Office that is deeply involved in Law Enforcement corruption cover up, and election fraud, involving the SDDA, and DA Dumanis, in her run for Mayor in 2012, and for re-election as SDDA in 2014. Public Corruption that City Attorney Goldstein's Office has know about for more than a year, and remained silent.

Through out his campaign Hickey has repeatedly stated, "In my career in both public and private practice, I am most proud of taking criminals off the streets, and bringing closure to the families of victims....".

The DDA Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice in the Marugg Sex Predator cover up, was planned, financed, and executed by DDAA members, under Association President Robert Hickey's watch. Criminal conspiracies that actively obstructed all closure, for dozens of victims, witnesses, and their families. All evidence clearly shows that large numbers of DDAA members, have actively conspired to bury the civil and legal protections, of every victim and citizen in sight, in multiple cases, for more than a decade.

All request for interviews to Hickey and Campaign Manage Sara Kamaib have not been answered.

 

The current 2016 DDAA President is DDA Steven Walter. Walter is the Chief of the Narcotics Division, and was also the VP of the DDAA, under Robert Hickey in 2010, when the PMDCM document was written. On 4-20-16 Walter contacted this reporter and confirmed he had received this reporters e-mail with the PMDCM document attached. Walter was provided extensive details on the Marugg, Rodriquez, Dunn, Dumanis corruption investigations, and the obstructions by all DDA members contacted.

Walter stated the DDAA was a professional organization, and was not responsible for the conduct of any of it's members. Walter's only comments about the PMDCM conspiracy memo was it could not be used as evidence for anything as it was labeled "Attorney Client Privileged", and Walter did not care if the document had been produced by a subpoena, from the victim, to the DA's Office, or not.

A very self serving answer, considering the document included evidence that Attorney Castle was actively conspiring, with multiple high level DA prosecutors, that are suppose to be representing the victim, for the purpose of covering up the crimes of the suspect, his client DDA Marugg. Not to mention the conspiracy to hide all Attorney corruption from the State Bar, which is ground for disbarment. A conspiracy that directly involved violating the Constitutional Civil Rights of dozens of victims. Any of which conditions, destroy any claim that the document is Privileged, even if it had not been produced under subpoena.

Walter's made it clear through out the interview, that he did not want the Deputy District Attorney Association linked in any way to the crimes of DDA Marugg, or any other corrupt DDA's.

A very interesting position for a senior DDA, in light of a written PMDCM documents that has linked, between the DDAA, the SDDA hierarchy, Marugg's Attorney Castle, and the PORAC Legal Defense Fund, between 15 and 20 senior Prosecuting Attorneys, and their investigators to a criminal conspiracy to obstruct justice in the Marugg Sex Predator cover up. A written conspiracy where all of the elements, and objectives of the criminal agreement, have been completed, with verified involvement of DDA's.

 

I am sure the DA's Office felt that the $1.4 Million payment to McAnally was a financial win. After all it's only Tax Dollars.

 

 

 

By Woodrow L. Higdon

 

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