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Saturday, September 27, 2008

Ooooh! Nasty! - UPDATED

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◼ Former Blue Lake Police Chief David Gundersen has been cleared of all major charges first filed against him in 2008. - Arcata Eye MARCH 2012

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In addition to the 28 charges Gundersen faced in the trial that ended Wednesday, the former police chief was also held to stand trial on charges of forcibly raping a second victim at gunpoint and acting unlawfully with department records.

Friday, Clanton asked that the District Attorney's Office make a decision at the earliest possible time as to how to proceed with those charges.

”You can pester all you want councilor,” said Deputy District Attorney Arnie Klein, who appeared on behalf of the people. “We'll make (the decision) at the appropriate time.”

Funny, Mr. Klein, this case has sped along at the speed of light. From all reports this upcoming case has no evidence in sight. A decision ought to be easy. The decision ought to have been made when the charges were filed. No?

Also in the article: ☛ TS Protective order revoked in Gundersen case
Friday, Seal appeared in court on Gundersen's behalf and requested that Watson lift the protective order.
Gundersen, who appeared in court with his hands shackled in front of him and clad in a red jump suit, was also scheduled to have a bail hearing Friday, but that matter was continued to Monday, when District Attorney Paul Gallegos would be available to appear for the people.

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◼ Former Blue Lake Police Chief David Gundersen has been cleared of all major charges first filed against him in 2008. - Arcata Eye MARCH 2012

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10 comments:

red9/27/2008 11:56 AM
If PVG really thinks that DG committed a forcible rape then why is he dithering? Why does the acquittal in the first case have any effect on whether PVG will proceed with this case? Clanton, by the way, can pull time and force the issue, take it to trial in 60 days or dismiss it.
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Fred Mangels9/27/2008 12:15 PM
Gee. Since they keep piling on charges, even after being convicted on all the other charges, they definitely seem determined to keep Gundy in jail and not just cut their losses. I don't know about the rape or records charges, but maybe they should also charge him with the murder of Curtis Huntzinger- the Blue Lake kid who has never been found? No statute of limitations on murder.

I was wondering: Since the judge revoked that order that Gundy not contact Seals, maybe the judge should drop the conviction for violating a court order, or whatever it was? That protection order is what he is accused of violating, right?
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Anonymous9/27/2008 4:01 PM
Arnie Klien talking tough to Clanton, now that would be a sight to see.

Is PVG on vacation? Or affraid, ashamed, to show his face in court?

Seems like a reasonable bail would be in order after this disaster. Gunderson is almost certainly financially devastated after being OVERCHARGED by PVG and bled for every penny by PVG's former associate Clanton.

Set the trial in 60 days if that is possible. Let PVG show us his stuff again.

Lost another one to Ditech and one to the Army reserve for a year. Makes you wonder how the good citizens (and the bad ones) will there "justice".
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Anonymous9/27/2008 5:11 PM
Not to pick nits but, Councilor?
USAGE NOTE Council, counsel, and consul are never interchangeable, though their meanings are related. Council and councilor refer principally to a deliberative assembly (such as a city council or student council), its work, and its membership. Counsel and counselor pertain chiefly to advice and guidance in general and to a person (such as a lawyer or camp counselor) who provides it. Consul denotes an officer in the foreign service of a country.
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Rose9/27/2008 9:11 PM
The oddest rumors come out of things like this case.

Does anybody know what cases Gundersen was working on in Blue Lake? Or whose toes he might have stepped on?
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GALLEGOES10/10/2008 7:33 PM
Gundersen stepped on my toes when he signed on to the RECALL band wagon.

Woops...I spelled my name wrong.
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Anonymous10/15/2008 10:01 AM
Recall the Jerk? YES and disbar him
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Anonymous10/15/2008 10:11 AM
Gunderson had a open investigation about official that lied to try to get someone arrested I heard, and the best part about it, there was undisputable facts about the statements the official made that proved the official was lieing. Thats why they wanted control of all the BLPD records so they could distroy the evedence. What they did not know was copys were made of the evedence and sent to laywers out of the area. they are waiting for the dust to settle on the current cases, then several Federal cases will be filed I hear.
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Anonymous10/15/2008 10:16 AM
Did Paul take a little trip with Joan and Margret? Seems they were spotted some place together
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Anonymous10/15/2008 10:18 AM
was it on a beach? did margret have her arms spread out waving a dead chicken around? she was a scareshark...
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Paul Gallegos

The Humboldt County Grand Jury found that "Weak leadership and poor managerial practices" have undermined the office... Implicit in all evidence gathered by the Grand Jury - including interviews with the D.A. (Paul Gallegos) - is the unfortunate truth that the D.A. (Paul Gallegos) exhibits a limited understanding of how things are done in the department" Gallegos "lacks the global perspective needed to keep the department operating efficiently," and quotes an unnamed staff member as saying, "The D.A. (Paul Gallegos) does not fully understand the functionality of many of the things we do here" - Years later, in his own words: "I’m not an administrator, they didn’t elect me to be an administrator, they elected me to make sure this office runs..."

Douglas & Zanotti

CASE TOSSED The district attorney misrepresented the law and failed to provide evidence of former Eureka Police Chief David Douglas' and Lt. Tony Zanotti's innocence during a criminal grand jury inquiry into the 2006 shooting death of Cheri Lyn Moore, defense attorneys argued in court documents filed Thursday... ”Our judicial system stands as a real and necessary check on the grand jury indictment process,” one of the documents states. “This court has the authority and the means by which to halt this prosecution, which is justified neither by the undisputed facts, nor by the law.”

Gallegos has taken what was "arguably the state's best small DA's office, with a cutting edge CAST program that "trained the trainers"... into a bunch of time serving bureaucratic wannabee brown nosers, lightly sprinkled with a couple of earnest learners who are sure to split as soon as possible.

One weeps for Max Cardoza who won Angellel, and for Maggie Fleming who won so many impossible victories. Mired in Humboldt for personal reasons, they have to suffer the ignominy of working for Paul, with Yougo, yes, yougo who has freed more people as a prosecutor than he did as a defense attorney. As has Paul. Anonymous comment

Gallegos has answers for everything. I’ve never met anyone whose answers came so quickly, with such polish - except about his law school(s). He likely sounded the same way when promising to get prosecutors off their anachronistic “at will” status and onto civil service status. It never happened. Indeed, he told them, “Disloyalty will not be tolerated” – a real morale builder.

He sounds great. What progressive doesn’t want to believe in him? But it’s a myth. He’s an intellectual lightweight and self-aggrandizer who tries to please everybody with glib answers. Jim Fahey for The Arcata Eye

The Humboldt County DA's office is one of the most exciting prosecutorial
offices in California.

Its District Attorney, Paul Gallegos, is willing to charge anyone who commits
wrongdoing--no matter how wealthy, sacrosanct, or ruthless. He believes in total equality before the law. He also plans to be innovative in promoting programs of prevention and treatment. He wants to make it the best prosecutorial office of its size in the nation.... Gallegos' Help Wanted ad

Gallegos' OWN Quotes

★ ...District Attorney Paul Gallegos said he believes the statute of limitations clock, even on misdemeanors, doesn't start running until law enforcement knows or reasonably should have known of the offense. In this case, Gallegos said, that means the statute of limitations would not run out at least until Feb. 8, 2009, or one year after Gundersen's arrest and the discovery of the photographs in question...

★ "...some people actually molest out of different feelings, some times out of feelings of love....” DA Gallegos explaining why Child Abuse prosecutions were down

★ “I never said that the information was not available under the Freedom of Information Act. Quite the contrary, I informed you that our use of force policy is not a public record.” Paul Gallegos to the Times Standard 5/25/07

★ ...“One is that I do everything to make people happy which means I don’t stand for anything except for just something,” he said. “The other is I stand for something and I try to be a leader and take some people, a group of people, a community someplace and I say guess what folks, this is who I am. I stand for your beliefs. We share these beliefs or we don’t. You get the option to judge that. This is who I am and I am committed to leading us this place, wherever it is...." Eureka Reporter Gallegos defends record, looks ahead 7/3/2005

★ Note the difference between what he SAID, and what he DOES..."...So what are these issues? Top on Gallegos' list is the proliferation of "garbage cases," small-time crimes and overcharged cases that he said are clogging up the court system.

Garbage cases, said Gallegos, come in two forms: Cases that would lose if actually brought to trial and cases that are overcharged for the crimes committed. The idea behind filing both kinds of garbage, he said, is to get the defendant to plead guilty, netting a conviction without having to go into court.

Again, the IRONY is astounding! Look at what he SAYS, and then think about what he DOES! "Probably 95 percent of the cases that are filed plead guilty. In fact, there are a lot of cases that are filed on the assumption they will plead guilty, because of the time and expense involved in defending them. But these cases shouldn't even be filed in the first place, because if they were challenged, they would lose," Gallegos said. Better yet: If they weren't filed at all, it would save the county time and money...." North Coast Journal 2/21/02 Too bad he didn't take his own advice.

★ “Tim’s a stud,” he said. “He really is; anyone would be stoked to have him.” Gallegos on his second in command right hand man Assistant District Attorney Tim Stoen. (Former second in command right hand man to Jim Jones/People's Temple.)

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Ooooh! Nasty! - UPDATED

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