watchpaul: Randy and Suzanne Cook sued by victimRandy Cook pled guilty to child endangerment (UPDATED & BUMPED)

It matters. Chiv's blog is the only one to cover this case, for months. Months, and months, and months...

May 2015:
◼ Even after having his real estate license revoked, Randall Cook continues with this realty business? Guess the rules just don't apply to him? - John Chiv/Words Worth May 6, 2015
◼ "Suzanne Cook knew of her husband's deviant sexual propensities, previous molestation and still allowed him near his grandaughter alleges lawsuit" - John Chiv/Words Worth May 1, 2015

The title of the post includes words from the lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that defendant had actual knowledge of her husband Randall Cook's deviant sexual propensities, the defendant knew that her husband had previously molested children, and yet the defendant allowed Randall Cook access to a minor, her own grandaughter.

◼ Randall Miles and Suzanne Cook sued by their grandaughter; Cook's former victim; Cook plead down original charges and was convicted in a criminal case - John Chiv/Words Worth May 1, 2015

Randall Cook was originally charged with more serious charges in the case involving his own grandaughter, plead to child endangerment in a plea deal under Paul Gallegos' administration. The victim was his own granddaughter. His real estate license has been revoked. Randall Cook spent time in jail even after the plea deal.... Now his grandaughter (through her guardian ad litem Veronica Cook, who is also the victim's mother and Randall Cook's former daughter-in-law) has filed a civil lawsuit alleging personal injury and other damages.

April 2015:
◼ Local realtor Randall Miles Cook real estate and licensing rights have been revoked by the Bureau of Real Estate, partly due to his child endangerment conviction in which the victim was his own grandaughter. - John Chiv/Words Worth April 20, 2015

December 2013:
◼ Randy Cook, local realtor plead guilty to a felony - Dec 18, 2013

Randall Miles Cook, of Cookhouse Realty, who is also a member of Humboldt Association of Realtors plead guilty to a felony on 12/17. The charge is child endangerment. PC 273 (a). This was a change in plea. Two charges of PC 288 (a) were dismissed.

February 2014:
◼ Sentencing for Randy Cook will be on March 20 - Feb 4, 2014
◼ Personal perspectives on the Cook case - Feb 12, 2014

March 2014:
◼ Local realtor Randy Cook to be sentenced today - Mar 20, 2014
◼ Local realtor Randy Cook sentenced to 270 days in County jail and led away in cuffs - March 20, 2014
◼ What is the value of a human life? It is not just Paul that irks me - March 21, 2014

May 2014:
◼ On March 20, he gets 270 days; Randall Miles Cook out on SWAP already, with no victim notification - May 6, 2014
◼ Next court date for Randall Miles Cook on June 19 - May 6, 2014 11:56AM

Review hearing on June 19. He is doing SWAP so not in custody anymore. He was sentenced to 270 days in jail. Now he is doing SWAP.

◼ 2 answers in the affirmative; only jail confirmation pending - May 12, 2014
◼ Randy Cook SWAP revoked? Hopefully yes. - May 12, 2014
◼ Randy Cook told to turn himself in to custody; does not meet SWAP criteria - May 13, 2014
◼ You, the public, deserve the credit, thanks to all who called and followed up on the Cook case - May 13, 2014
◼ Randy Cook booked back in custody - May 15, 2014

June 2014:
◼ Randall Miles Cook expected to be released 1st week of August; victim restitution addressed - Jun 19, 2014

October 2014:
◼ More allegations of child molestation forthcoming against Randy Cook - Oct 29, 2014

April 2015:
◼ Local realtor Randall Miles Cook real estate and licensing rights have been revoked by the Bureau of Real Estate, partly due to his child endangerment conviction in which the victim was his own grandaughter. - John Chiv/Words Worth April 20, 2015

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' 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.)

NOTE:

"Helping Crush Progressivism" - ie: exposing the predatory litigious orgs and those who seek power for power's sake.... The original purpose of watchpaul is to post important documents relating to Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos and his handlers who seek to gain power through the acquisition of political offices. This includes, but is not limited to, the manipulations of "Humboldt Watershed Council," "EPIC," "Baykeeper," and other activist groups - the unregulated orgs. It also includes the master manipulators, such as Richard Salzman and Ken Miller.

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Wednesday, May 06, 2015

Randy and Suzanne Cook sued by victim
Randy Cook pled guilty to child endangerment
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