https://examplepro.me/2017/12/22/update-regarding-the-arrest-of-deplorable-terrorist-michael-scott-maclay/

I was informed by the Pend Oreille County Public Records Officer today that she was placing 95 documents responsive to my PRR regarding the arrest of Scott Maclay by Sheriff Knezovich on September 23, 2017 in the mail today. Those records could prove to be quite interesting. Once I received the call from the Public Records Officer I did contact the Pend Oreille County Prosecutors Office to attempt to learn whether a decision had been made to charge Scott Maclay and was told that the case was still “under review” and a decision to charge Maclay was “pending”. Unfortunately, for me at least, another PRR will be required once a decision is finally made.

The original arrest report of Maclay was 38 pages, however my PRR to Pend Oreille County was a request for any and all responsive documents which includes emails, text, and voice messages, etcetera and not just the arrest report. When I make requests like these 95 pages of documents is not out of the ordinary, and in many cases considerably less. I will review the documents I receive in the next couple of days and report on what I find.

 

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!

 

https://examplepro.me/2017/12/29/story-update-so-far-no-report-of-a-year-long-death-threat-investigation/

Despite what people might think of Scott Maclay, whether it be Gadfly, Provocateur, Terrorist, Liar, Delusional… or whatever, no Citizen is deserving of being falsely accused and arrested if the motivation is based on “radicalized hatred” and not the truth. It could happen to anyone, and we must guard against it happening. To be clear, I am not saying Sheriff Knezovich’s arrest of Maclay was without cause, that is a judgement for someone else to make, and in this case the decision has been left with Pend Oreille County Prosecutor Dolly Hunt, because of the conflict of interest between the Spokane County Prosecutors Office, and the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office. I should have a return on my PRR to Pend Oreille County later this month, which hopefully will include Prosecutor Hunt’s decision whether to prosecute Maclay or not.

After reading Sheriff Knezovich’s sworn report of his arrest of Maclay, which he made on September 26, 2017, two things jumped out at me based upon my having read and reviewed thousands of official law enforcement reports. First was the Sheriff’s sworn statement that Maclay assaulted his wife at an event in October of 2014, because it was quite clear from the reports that his Deputies who were involved with him in his arrest of Maclay took Knezovich’s information to heart, as any cop would, that Maclay assaulted Paula Knezovich and included that information in their official reports. Second in Sheriff Knezovich’s sworn report he also stated that that there was a yearlong investigation into “death threats” Maclay had made against him. The Deputies involved in the arrest documented what they were told by Knezovich in their reports. Without reveling information, I have received from sources, let me just say that I’m quite sure at this point that the Deputies involved are glad they made it clear that the arrest was Knezovich’s and they were ordered to arrest Maclay by Knezovich, since the arrest of Maclay could very well end up in a civil litigation against Spokane County.

***GOOD JOB GUYS!!!

The original Maclay arrest report is linked below, however I am aware that the Pend Oreille Prosecutor in their review of the arrest did require the re-interview of some witnesses, so it will be interesting to see the results of my PRR to them.

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/ae14a0b7-4a51-4a93-b37d-eb48b72eea2b

So, let us get into some non-delusional, non-conspiracy theory facts!

Based upon my background and experience I submitted a PRR requesting responsive documents regarding the Sheriff’s sworn statement on September 26, 2017 that a yearlong investigation into death threats Maclay had made against him had taken place. As is the case when government folks don’t want you to know things I had to jump through hoops, including an appeal to get the documents we all have a right to. I was at first denied access to any responsive documents based upon what was purported to be an ongoing investigation.

Although I have considerable documentation as to what transpired I think just three images will give you a good idea, take note of the name Detective McClary who will come up later in this story.

 

The only thing I received in response to my PRR was a Crime Check Harassment complaint made by Ozzie’s friend Barb Howard, which is linked below, and is a far cry from the yearlong investigation Knezovich swore under oath on September 26, 2017 had taken place. If you think this PRR stuff is a cakewalk you gotta another think coming! 😊

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/662ffb08-13b2-494c-8c20-0b03110c0181

 

 

At this point, it is clear that there was no official police report regarding a yearlong death threat investigation entered into the City/County Records Management System.

If you have been doing investigations as long as I have you learn to anticipate how individuals will attempt to justify their statements, especially those made under oath, and of course I fully anticipated exactly what moves Ozzie would make.

Because I anticipated Ozzie’s move I included records of Federal Agencies as you can see below, I even submitted an FBI FOIA. I also suggested to my co-conspirator Scott Maclay that he do the same since he was the target of any investigation, Maclay did just that.

When I was tipped that last week Ozzie had a meeting with the US Attorney and skipped the taping of his infamous radio show what transpired today was inevitable.

At 10:05 AM today I received a call from my co-conspirator Scott Maclay which lasted 1 minute and 9 seconds. Maclay advised me that the FBI had showed up at his house and wanted to interview him regarding the alleged death threats and bounty on the Sheriff’s life. Maclay even put the conversation on speaker phone, as any co-conspirator would so the LEOs could hear what I was saying. Aside from a little joking around about an old FBI story I have, I did suggest to Maclay, as I would anyone in most cases to lawyer-up before he talks, which I think he did. The Agents were Special Agent Jennings from the FBI, and Detective McClary from the SCSO both of whom are currently assigned to the local Joint Terrorism Task Force. Maclay did provide them with my phone number as it appeared they wanted to interview this co-conspirator as well. According to Maclay this is the first time anyone has attempted to interview him regarding the Sheriff’s allegations.

At 11:15 AM I received a call from Jennings and McClary which lasted 4 minutes and 13 seconds. The purpose of the call was to set up an interview with me but it lasted a little longer than necessary because of some joking around we did.

At approximately 12:10 PM both Jennings and McClary arrived at my house for the interview. My wife had made a fresh pot of coffee for them but neither was interested. The interview was somewhat disappointing to me because, as I explained to Jennings and McClary, I was hoping the interview would last long enough to get me out of some “honey dos” my wife was demanding of me, unfortunately it didn’t last long enough…oh well. This of course wasn’t the first time I’ve been interviewed by the FBI or other Federal Agents, and I did tell them some old stories about those interviews which evoked some laughter. I won’t get into the details of the interview, I’m sure their reports will accurately reflect what transpired, likely without the joking around. I don’t know whether or not Jennings and McClary came to the conclusion I am delusional, a conspiracy theorist, or in cahoots with Maclay, but if they did it will likely be in their report.

One interesting thing I did learn from the interview is that the investigation regarding these allegations didn’t start until around March of 2017…you can draw your own conclusions as far as that is concerned.

Well heck… false, delusional, fake news, designed to undermine the efficiency of the Sheriff’s Office and the Sheriff’s ability to serve the people of Spokane County, or just someone willing to get the truth out regardless of intimidation and defamation? That is for my readers to decide… as for me, and to quote Shakespeare “The lady doth protest too much, methinks”. 😊

 

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!

 

 

As you can see from the images above Ozzie in full uniform and representing Spokane County, apparently with the blessing of the Board of County Commissioners, with the Public Radio Show hyped as;

“The Sheriff’s Report is your own personal radio call from Spokane County Sheriff, Ozzie Knezovich. In his weekly radio conversation, our sheriff sits down with local and visiting leaders in the public safety arena to find out what is working to make our communities safer.”

As a staunch supporter of good and honest law enforcement and public safety I certainly don’t have a problem with a radio show that informs our community on how to “make our communities safer”, I do however object to a Spokane County sanctioned radio program used to vitriolically publicly attack and intimidate citizens, preaches religion, and more often than not deals more with politics rather than actual public safety issues. If you listen to or read the transcripts of the radio show you may draw the same conclusion. Without question public employees have a right to free speech, although it is somewhat more restricted than that of John/Jane Q.

My guess is that if a private citizen did bring a slander action against Spokane County and Sheriff Knezovich the Board of County Commissioners would try hard to disassociate the County from Ozzie’s radio show citing case law regarding a public employee’s right to free speech, including the SCOTUS decision in Pickering v. Board of Education which basically would require the County to show that the statements made were subjects of “public concern”, something that has to be decided on a case by case basis. The problem for us taxpayers as I see it is that the Board of County Commissioners, at least that I can find, has never made a public pronouncement disassociating the County from Ozzie’s radio show so proving the County didn’t condone Ozzie’s radio show might end up being difficult to prove.

Recently, aside from myself, some of the victims of Ozzie’s radio show intimidation and vitriol include such celebrities as Matt Shea, Rob Chase, John Christina, and Scott Maclay four individuals whose political ideology, as a Curmudgeonist, I don’t necessarily share. Members of the Curmudgeonist Party could care less about political ideology, a raw deal whether it be a Republican, Democrat, or Curmudgeonist is none the less… a raw deal, and my job as an Investigative Journalist is to bring raw deals to the public’s attention.

One of the things I have learned in well over 40 years of doing investigations, as a Police Detective, Defense Investigator, and now an Investigative Journalist is that the closer to the truth you get efforts to intimidate, and defame you intensify and escalate. For the most part, leaving other Deplorables out of the equation, I have decided to give you an example of just how in my case the intensity has escalated.

For folks that aren’t aware I reached Celebrity Status as a Deplorable back on February 8^th, 2017 when Ozzie mentioned me by name on his radio show “Sheriff’s Report” after the Ozzie/Buff Episodes. He also included the proverbial “Call to Arms “or “BOLO” if you are into Law Enforcement terms, when he made this very public statement.

This is a transcript of Ozzie’s public statements:

“You have a group of individuals in the Spokane area that just want to tear law enforcement down, they want to tear down any aspect of it almost, City Police, Sheriff’s Office, you know there is an individual by the name of Brian Breen that is working his best to… to try and do that type of effort and the problem is 90% of what he puts out is not factual or true… um I had a meeting with the man and pointed that out to him, it was actually an amazing meeting but it saddens me that you have these type of people that want to tear down good hard working individuals that do a great job for their community and folks maybe it’s time for you to step up and say enough we’re done with this quit trying to smear the people that are out there trying to do a good job. That’s a little bit of editorializing on the last piece, I hope you found the discussion on hiring an interesting one, but I do ask you it’s time for you to stand up and say it is unacceptable.”

http://spokanetalksonline.com/sheriffs-report-law-enforcement-hiring/

If you are wondering how you and your spouse deal with a “BOLO” such as the one above, the only thing you can do is to go unarmed in public, obey the law, do the speed limit, and if you are stopped by a LEO do everything you are ordered to do, including keeping your hands in sight. Also take heed of the warnings you receive from others regarding someone’s instability, including any record of accusations of assaultive behavior at public events.

Ozzie’s efforts to intimidate me began back in 2016 with this email exchange after my Ryan Holyk story when I pointed out the obvious facts… I wonder exactly who he got back to? 😊

https://examplepro.me/2016/07/01/the-ryan-holyk-casewhy-cant-they-learn/

To be clear I always offer Ozzie a chance to comment on my stories as he requested. Despite that fact and in an obvious effort to intimidate me, “under the color of law” I might add, Ozzie sends me this email.

When a LEO makes an absurd and false allegation, including injecting himself by questioning the veracity of a critical witness in a high profile murder case, the options are limited, so like John Christina, a guy has to lawyer up at his own expense.

 

So far, no criminal charges against me, I haven’t been interviewed, or arrested, and no official reports alleging Harassment that I’m aware of, but I suppose Ozzie could always make one, better late than never, as they say.

I gotta wonder how many times Ozzie goes into Larry Haskell’s office in an effort to have criminal charges brought against people he perceives are his enemies? One rather infamous effort on Ozzie’s part to have criminal charges brought, was his failed attempt to have Ron Wright and Dave Wiyrick charged with a crime, that of course went nowhere.

Ozzie does answer some of my requests for comment, but they are usually the god ole “Fake News” something along these lines;

 

 

BTW, I do agree with the “Arrogant”!

The way I was trained, and trained when I did training, is that a LEO is required to make official reports to protect themselves and the agency, and yes of course even when it comes to suspected crimes, and even civil issues. Although Ozzie disagrees with the well-known and long-standing requirement, the requirement must just pertain to his Deputies and NOT him.

 

Like I mentioned you can always tell when you are getting closer to the truth, people try to start digging up dirt on you, and pass it around to anyone they can find here is but one example;

Even more telling is when someone shows they are running scared;

 

I know this story was somewhat long, but look at it this way, I only included a small portion of the documentation I always provide with my stories.

 

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jan/19/ethics-commission-revives-complaint-against-mayor-/

“The city also paid $50,000 to a former Spokane Police detective who filed a lawsuit over the delayed release of records in the case.”

The City never paid me a penny! One of my demands in the settlement was that all monies go directly to the Center for Justice to be used for oversight, and the City cut the check to them not me as part of the settlement. My other demands, all of which were met, were a public acknowledgement of fault, and an addition to the City Municipal Code making it an ethics violation to withhold Public Records. You can find the entire settlement agreement in this story.

Although Mayor Condon promised to increase funding for the Clerk’s Office continued extensions on Public Records Requests because of a lack of funding remain a serious problem with the City of Spokane, and it isn’t the fault of the people who do the work.

https://examplepro.me/2016/11/16/the-evolution-of-spokanes-new-ethics-ordinance-regarding-public-records-violations/

Both the Spokesman Review and myself received information from sources about the Cotton/Straub Affair around the same time. At that time there was quite a bit of talk about the SR sitting on the story because of the owner’s relationship with Condon. After receiving considerable information, I submitted a comprehensive Public Records Request which resulted in me having to study Computer Disc after Disc of documents. The information in those public records IMO support Karen Stratton’s affidavit. Karen Stratton is one of the few Politicians that has never obfuscated or lied to me, so unless proven otherwise I tend to believe her statements made under oath, something I am not willing to do for other Politicians and I am currently investigating that issue concerning another Politician despite having to suffer through efforts to intimidate me. The Seabold Investigation came about as a direct result of my interaction with Council President Stuckart, all of which is very well documented. Originally Stuckart told me that the CC had no interest in having the Cotton/Straub Affair investigated, but as more information became public the CC changed their position.

I must assume that Mr. Shogan will call new Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer and former Fire Chief Bobby Williams as witnesses, since the Public Records are quite clear that Mayor Condon first tried to move Cotton to the Fire Department which IMO supports Stratton’s affidavit.

 

 

 

 

Whether it is an Investigative Reporter, Cop, or other Investigative Agency (PDC) anonymous information should always be followed up on, as often the information is completely accurate.

 

 

 

“I’ve moved on, but that doesn’t mean that’s for everybody,” Stuckart added.

Moving on is exactly what gets Politicians in trouble not answering three emails with one very easy question will always peek the interest of an Investigative Reporter.

***A LITTLE BACKGROUND BUT IF YOU WANT TO MINE MY SITE THERE IS MUCH MORE:

https://examplepro.me/2017/10/27/will-the-seabold-investigation-of-the-cottonstraub-case-prevent-further-independent-investigations/

https://examplepro.me/2016/02/10/as-promissed-prr-update-cottonstraub/

https://examplepro.me/2016/01/13/cottonstraub-prr-update-2/

https://examplepro.me/2016/01/31/you-knew-this-was-coming-and-so-did-the-sr/

I spent several years investigating Organized Crime in Spokane and received a lot of training in that regard. My experience and my training taught that an ineffective press leads to corruption. Something one of the lead trainers in OC Investigation at the time, Ralph Salerno, stressed in every class, so here I am.

 

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!