◼ Beyond Vilica, Hedlund and Schectman's relationship is murky. In a letter to the federal probation office, Schectman said he took Hedlund under his wing as a paralegal and a clerk, and even tried to help him gain a State Bar apprenticeship.
However, after pleading guilty, Hedlund told the government that he had moved his office into Schectman's "to protect [my] documents from seizure by federal authorities," according to a DEA affidavit.
Hedlund entered his plea on Feb. 4, 2008, after preparing his holdings for forfeiture. On Feb. 3, Schectman resigned as Vilica's president. Hedlund's sentencing is scheduled for the end of this month; the government is seeking 63 months in prison.
That was Pubdate: Fri, 13 Feb 2009
Showing posts with label Larsen/Potvin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Larsen/Potvin. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Plea deal in foiled murder-for-hire plot
☛ TS Dennis Larsen free on probation
Though the son drew his father into the plot... it seems the Dad was not going along with the plot...
☛ TS Chad Larsen jury trial reset 11/25/08
A jury trial for Chad Larsen, scheduled to take place Dec. 1, will be postponed again, a Humboldt County Superior Court judge ruled Monday.
Dennis Larsen, a Fortuna man charged for allegedly, and perhaps unwittingly, aiding his son in a foiled murder-for-hire plot, accepted a plea agreement and pleaded no contest before a Humboldt County Superior Court judge on Monday.
In addition to pleading no contest to the charge of soliciting murder, 63-year-old Larsen pleaded no contest to charges he acted as an accessory to a felony.
According to his attorney William Bragg, as part of the agreement, Larsen will receive three years probation, and no additional jail time. Each count carries a sentence of three years felony probation, which will run concurrently for a three-year total probation sentence.
Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Timothy Cissna accepted the plea and ordered Larsen's release from the Humboldt County jail, where he has been held since June.
His sentencing is scheduled to take place in early January.
The agreement stipulates none of the statements Larsen made during the agreement may be used by the prosecution against his son, Chad Larsen. It also stipulates Dennis Larsen is not to contact his son until the completion of his trial....
Though the son drew his father into the plot... it seems the Dad was not going along with the plot...
...Following the third recorded conversation, (DA Chief Investigator Mike) Hislop testified that Dennis Larsen and Ray Potvin, a close friend of Chad Larsen's, drove to the Ferndale police station and reported their situation to authorities.
While Dennis Larsen and Potvin sat at the police station, a fourth call was made by (Parole officer Gregory) Allen (posing as a man named Carl Wallace) to the men. In the recording, Potvin answers the phone and tells Allen the deal is off.
The District Attorney's Office is not offering a plea bargain to Chad Larsen at this time. Chad Larsen is being held without bail, and has pleaded not guilty to his charges.
His trial is expected to begin Dec. 1.
☛ TS Chad Larsen jury trial reset 11/25/08
A jury trial for Chad Larsen, scheduled to take place Dec. 1, will be postponed again, a Humboldt County Superior Court judge ruled Monday.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Judge says Larsens may be tried separately
☛ TS Judge says Larsens may be tried separately 11/13/08
A Humboldt County Superior Court judge continued a motion to separate the cases of Dennis Eugene Larsen and his son Chad Larsen -- a father and son implicated in a failed murder-for-hire plot.
In October, Chad Larsen's attorney, M.C. Bruce, requested the codefendants be severed and tried by separate juries.
A judge allowed several weeks for Bruce and Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos to make their cases.
However, when the attorneys returned to court Wednesday, Superior Court Judge Timothy Cissna told them he found the “pleadings on both sides woefully inadequate to address the serious issue in this serious case.”
Cissna gave the attorneys until Nov. 17 to return to court with more detailed arguments.
Cissna said his tentative plan is to order the codefendants severed, but that judgment is pending the Nov. 17 hearing.
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☛ TS Preliminary hearing for murder-for-hire plot delayed
☛ Judge to rule on privacy issues in alleged murder conspiracy 11/06/08
☛ Motion to dismiss upcoming in murder-for-hire case 9/11/08
Recordings show murder-for-hire suspects' confusion 8/28/08
Recordings of phone conversations made between an undercover agent posing as a hit man and two of the three Fortuna men accused of participating in a failed murder-for-hire plot were played at the men's preliminary hearing Wednesday.
The calls of Dennis Larsen, 63, and Ray Lone-Wolf Potvin, 29, were introduced on the third day of the hearing. The men, along with Dennis Larsen's 28-year-old son Chad Larsen, are accused of plotting to murder a 16-year-old girl, who planned to testify against Chad Larsen in his statutory rape case.
Chad Larsen allegedly solicited four fellow inmates to kill the girl while he was in the Humboldt County jail, offering to pay at least $1,500. According to investigators, when Potvin and Dennis Larsen paid a visit to the jail June 12, Chad Larsen held up a note to the glass instructing his father to accept a call from a man named Carl Wallace, pay him $500 and help him as needed.
☛ TS Hearing continues for alleged murder-for-hire trio 8/27/08
☛ Men arrested in alleged murder-for-hire plot 6/18/08
Then there was this one: (another murder plot)
☛ TS Alleged murder plot against a prominent local family thwarted Robert Primeau
☛ TS Man accused of plotting murder of prominent couple takes plea bargain
☛ TS Primeau sentenced to four years, four months
His trial is expected to begin Dec. 1.
☛ TS Chad Larsen jury trial reset 11/25/08
A jury trial for Chad Larsen, scheduled to take place Dec. 1, will be postponed again, a Humboldt County Superior Court judge ruled Monday.
A Humboldt County Superior Court judge continued a motion to separate the cases of Dennis Eugene Larsen and his son Chad Larsen -- a father and son implicated in a failed murder-for-hire plot.
In October, Chad Larsen's attorney, M.C. Bruce, requested the codefendants be severed and tried by separate juries.
A judge allowed several weeks for Bruce and Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos to make their cases.
However, when the attorneys returned to court Wednesday, Superior Court Judge Timothy Cissna told them he found the “pleadings on both sides woefully inadequate to address the serious issue in this serious case.”
Cissna gave the attorneys until Nov. 17 to return to court with more detailed arguments.
Cissna said his tentative plan is to order the codefendants severed, but that judgment is pending the Nov. 17 hearing.
Prev:
☛ TS Preliminary hearing for murder-for-hire plot delayed
☛ Judge to rule on privacy issues in alleged murder conspiracy 11/06/08
☛ Motion to dismiss upcoming in murder-for-hire case 9/11/08
Recordings show murder-for-hire suspects' confusion 8/28/08
Recordings of phone conversations made between an undercover agent posing as a hit man and two of the three Fortuna men accused of participating in a failed murder-for-hire plot were played at the men's preliminary hearing Wednesday.
The calls of Dennis Larsen, 63, and Ray Lone-Wolf Potvin, 29, were introduced on the third day of the hearing. The men, along with Dennis Larsen's 28-year-old son Chad Larsen, are accused of plotting to murder a 16-year-old girl, who planned to testify against Chad Larsen in his statutory rape case.
Chad Larsen allegedly solicited four fellow inmates to kill the girl while he was in the Humboldt County jail, offering to pay at least $1,500. According to investigators, when Potvin and Dennis Larsen paid a visit to the jail June 12, Chad Larsen held up a note to the glass instructing his father to accept a call from a man named Carl Wallace, pay him $500 and help him as needed.
☛ TS Hearing continues for alleged murder-for-hire trio 8/27/08
☛ Men arrested in alleged murder-for-hire plot 6/18/08
Then there was this one: (another murder plot)
☛ TS Alleged murder plot against a prominent local family thwarted Robert Primeau
☛ TS Man accused of plotting murder of prominent couple takes plea bargain
☛ TS Primeau sentenced to four years, four months
His trial is expected to begin Dec. 1.
☛ TS Chad Larsen jury trial reset 11/25/08
A jury trial for Chad Larsen, scheduled to take place Dec. 1, will be postponed again, a Humboldt County Superior Court judge ruled Monday.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Judge to rule on privacy issues in alleged murder conspiracy
☛ TS Judge to rule on privacy issues in alleged murder conspiracy
Several motions to disclose private medical records for a witness in the case of Dennis and Chad Larsen -- a father and son implicated in a failed murder-for-hire conspiracy -- were heard by a Humboldt County Superior Court judge Wednesday.
The court did not produce a final decision on the records -- which range from probation reports to mental health evaluations -- but dates were set for hearings on each of them.
The records were subpoenaed by Dennis Larsen's attorney, William Bragg, and two officials with County Counsel's Office were sent to quash the request, citing laws that protect medical records.
The records are for Scott Schwartz, an inmate who the prosecution intends to use as a witness in the case.
Judge Timothy Cissna said after he reviews the records he could “tentatively” find “due process for Mr. Larsen may outweigh those privacy issues.”
The District Attorney's Office has offered a plea agreement to the two men, which Dennis Larsen reportedly declined.
According to charging information, Chad Larsen, 28, is charged with allegedly soliciting the murder of a 16-year-old girl, from jail. The girl was set to testify against him in a statutory rape trial. Chad Larsen's 63-year-old father, Dennis Larsen, was arrested for allegedly helping his son carry out the planned hit.
Several motions to disclose private medical records for a witness in the case of Dennis and Chad Larsen -- a father and son implicated in a failed murder-for-hire conspiracy -- were heard by a Humboldt County Superior Court judge Wednesday.
The court did not produce a final decision on the records -- which range from probation reports to mental health evaluations -- but dates were set for hearings on each of them.
The records were subpoenaed by Dennis Larsen's attorney, William Bragg, and two officials with County Counsel's Office were sent to quash the request, citing laws that protect medical records.
The records are for Scott Schwartz, an inmate who the prosecution intends to use as a witness in the case.
Judge Timothy Cissna said after he reviews the records he could “tentatively” find “due process for Mr. Larsen may outweigh those privacy issues.”
The District Attorney's Office has offered a plea agreement to the two men, which Dennis Larsen reportedly declined.
According to charging information, Chad Larsen, 28, is charged with allegedly soliciting the murder of a 16-year-old girl, from jail. The girl was set to testify against him in a statutory rape trial. Chad Larsen's 63-year-old father, Dennis Larsen, was arrested for allegedly helping his son carry out the planned hit.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Two arrested for alleged murder conspiracy
On Saturday, investigators from the Humboldt County District Attorney's office served search warrants at residences on Rohnerville Road, Fortuna and on Port Kenyon Road, Ferndale, where two men were arrested on suspicion conspiracy to commit murder.
Dennis Eugene Larsen, age 63, and Ray Lone-Wolf Potvin, age 29, were arrested. Both reside at the Rohnerville Road address.
The investigation grew out of information that Dennis Larsen's son, Chad Larsen, was soliciting the murder of the alleged victim of the sexual assault which has him incarcerated in the Humboldt County Jail.
DA investigators conducted an undercover sting operation in which, arrest warrant affidavits allege, they received a $500 down payment for the killing and shovels with which to bury the intended victim (the 16-year-old alleged sexual assault victim).... Read the rest: Two arrested for alleged murder conspiracy
Good goin'
update: Third man's arraignment postponed
16-year-old alleged sexual assault
Two of the three Fortuna men suspected in an alleged plot to murder a teenage girl set to testify against one of them in an ongoing statutory rape trial pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a Humboldt County courtroom.
Chad Larsen, 28, was joined in court by his father Dennis Larsen, 63, and friend, Ray Lone-Wolf Potvin, 29. Potvin and Chad Larsen entered pleas of not guilty to conspiracy to commit murder. Dennis Larsen did not enter a plea, as a motion to postpone his arraignment was granted by Judge Timothy Cissna.
Dennis Eugene Larsen, age 63, and Ray Lone-Wolf Potvin, age 29, were arrested. Both reside at the Rohnerville Road address.
The investigation grew out of information that Dennis Larsen's son, Chad Larsen, was soliciting the murder of the alleged victim of the sexual assault which has him incarcerated in the Humboldt County Jail.
DA investigators conducted an undercover sting operation in which, arrest warrant affidavits allege, they received a $500 down payment for the killing and shovels with which to bury the intended victim (the 16-year-old alleged sexual assault victim).... Read the rest: Two arrested for alleged murder conspiracy
Good goin'
update: Third man's arraignment postponed
16-year-old alleged sexual assault
Two of the three Fortuna men suspected in an alleged plot to murder a teenage girl set to testify against one of them in an ongoing statutory rape trial pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a Humboldt County courtroom.
Chad Larsen, 28, was joined in court by his father Dennis Larsen, 63, and friend, Ray Lone-Wolf Potvin, 29. Potvin and Chad Larsen entered pleas of not guilty to conspiracy to commit murder. Dennis Larsen did not enter a plea, as a motion to postpone his arraignment was granted by Judge Timothy Cissna.
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