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“Subsequently the alleged victims and the known witnesses have become uncooperative and their credibility is inalterably tarnished,” Assistant State’s Attorney Paul Valcore said in a statement.
This allegation is unrelated to the accused payoff that happened earlier in the case involving Dunbar’s first lawyer. Michael Grieco withdrew after a search warrant cited video footage, private social media messages and witness information that he bribed witnesses to change their stories. He denied the allegations.
DCI said that Kenosha Police Officers Rusten Sheskey, Vincent Arenas, and Brittany Meronek responded to the home in the 2800-block of 40th Street and attempted to take Blake into custody.
Matthews said Blake resisted arrest and officers went “hands-on” with the wanted man, the Kenosha News reported.
The union attorney said Blake “forcefully fought” with officers, including putting one of them in a headlock.
Wiedenfeld also said Blake had fought police in 2015 when he was caught drunk with a gun he had been accused of pulling out in a bar, the Kenosha News reported.
“He actively resisted officers taking him into custody,” Wiedenfeld said. “An officer was injured during that scuffle with him as well.”
originally posted by: SleeperHasAwakened
Y'understand how this @#$% works yet? Do you?
Former NFL player Deandre Baker, who had previously been released by a team for perpetrating a quote-unquote alleged armed robbery in Florida, has had all charges in the case dropped.
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Subsequently, within a short period of time, he was scoo ped up ironically, by Missouri's NFL franchise the Kansas City Chiefs. Yes, the same state where the McCloskey family is presently under indictment for brandishing weapons outside their St. Louis home in June 2020.
The Baker case has been well-publicized, both due to the bizarre notion of a multi-millionaire being stupid enough to put himself in such a precarious situation, as well as the rampant documented fraud committed by attorneys representing the defendants (Baker and another NFL player Quinton Dunbar) ~and~ the men who were robbed. The linchpin in the reversal of Baker's case is the arrest of the attorney representing the men robbed by Baker. This attorney had been engaging Baker's legal team over hush money, such that the men being robbed would recant their testimony and decline to press charges in exchange for a hefty sum of money (around $1 million).
Baker has now had all charges dropped, as the witnesses in the case (SHOCKED FACE!) have become uncooperative, and the victims of the robbery have had their credibility annihilated.
“Subsequently the alleged victims and the known witnesses have become uncooperative and their credibility is inalterably tarnished,” Assistant State’s Attorney Paul Valcore said in a statement.
What's that joke about a thousand lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?
None of this changes the fact that the legal team for Baker's co-conspirator in the robbery, Quinton Dunbar (also an NFL player with the Seattle Seahawks) was caught initiating the idea of paying hush money to victims and witnesses to keep their mouths shut and avoid speaking to authorities over the incident.
This allegation is unrelated to the accused payoff that happened earlier in the case involving Dunbar’s first lawyer. Michael Grieco withdrew after a search warrant cited video footage, private social media messages and witness information that he bribed witnesses to change their stories. He denied the allegations.
If you had been following this case, the idea that this was fabricated is just one more dubious turn in a whacked out event.
Baker and Dunbar, two very wealthy (at least based on contractual commitments from their teams) and fairly well known (in the sports world) young men, were attending a back-yard BBQ at a private residence over Memorial Day weekend 2020 near Miramar Florida. The men were engaged in high-stakes gambling, with thousands of $$$ being exchanged. Apparently Baker had been registering a string of bad beats while gambling at various similar private parties over the weekend, and had become enraged. Witnesses described the suspicious manner in which Baker and Dunbar had parked their vehicle upon entering the party, as if they were planning to leave in haste. After Baker began incurring losses again, he flipped over a card table, pulled out a weapon, and began relieving guests of their cash, jewelry and valuables, after which time Baker, Dunbar and a third accomplice fled the scene.
The entire case has been marred by atrocious legal representation by both defendants and victims, but the sum total of the description of witnesses, positioning the "getaway cars", the type of firearm displayed, the precise dollar amounts of the valuables taken, do not paint a narrative a slapdash story that someone threw together to frame Dunbar and Baker.
Add on to that the disgusting, documented contact that the pair's attorneys were caught making with attendees of the party, witness tampering, payouts. Additionally, Baker's accomplice, Quinton Dunbar, had already been cleared earlier in the case due to "insufficient evidence", but .... has been eerily quiet on the matter. Where is his outcry and pleading on behalf of his friend Baker, that the incident was fabricated, that this is all made-up? Baker understandably would be quiet in the midst of legal proceedings, but Dunbar is already free and clear? Why isn't he shouting that he and Baker are innocent?
These two men reek of guilt, but due to unfortunate lack of honest lawyers, the classic "uncooperative witness" (don't snitch) stance, this case is dying on the vine.
As for the McCloskey's? This story has been beaten to death on ATS; no need to review the case's details. They were documented brandishing weapons outside their home over the summer, in the midst of the wave of riots and looting that had broken out over the George Floyd case, after a mob had assembled within the boundaries of their HOA community in preparation for "protesting" the private residence (?!?) of a politician that also lived in the HOA community.
So if you're keeping score at home....
* Brandishing weapons to commit armed robbery and settle gambling problems at a BBQ among a collection of former felons and gangsters
[X] OK!
* Brandishing weapons to ward off rioters and looters congregating outside your home
[X] NOT OK
I'm not sure if the McCloskey's are back working again or are still embroiled full time in their legal proceedings. Deandre Baker, meanwhile, is back on the job in the NFL, although we're unsure at this point if the National Felon League will step in and mete out any suspensions.
Just another sidebar story from upside down clown world 2020.
originally posted by: lakenheath24
I'm going strictly off your OP...otherwise we could be discussing case law for years. Missouri law aint Florida law unless its a felony.
Your OP is why we have jury's and such, otherwise you would have us all in prison.
a reply to: SleeperHasAwakened