PROOFS THAT RON LUCAS WAS NOT AT THE SCENE OF THE ALLEGED ASSAULT AND INTENTIONALLY FRAMED THE HOMEOWNER BY LYING TO THE COURTS
STATE V. BASILIS STEPHANATOS
Dear Judge De la Carrera/Mr. Feinstein:
I am an investigative reporter with Metro Forensics and I have been working on one of our Innocence Projects regarding "State v. Basilis Stephanatos". You are listed as the presiding judge and Mr. Feistein is the Defense Attorney.
We have discovered that significant amount of contradicting and/or exculpatory evidence was not presented to the grand jurors and to the Superior Court. Recently, we discovered that Robert Del Vecchio filed patently false statements with the Passaic County Sheriff to be able to steal the Stephanatos' real estate property at 687 Indian Road, Wayne, New Jersey. These patently false statements were used to portray Mr. Stephanatos as a violent person during the grand jury proceedings and in briefings before the Superior Court. Please see my earlier correspondence with the Sheriff, providing him with a tip on where to find and authenticate this info.
The biggest bombshell is the discovery of the Ron Lucas false testimony and the conspiracy formed by the Passaic County Sheriff officers to frame Basilis Stephanatos. I discovered that Ron Lucas was not even at the scene of the alleged assault. As you realize, this is a bombshell of gigantic proportions and that is why you are trying to revoke Mr. Basilis Stephanatos’ bail (guaranteed by the state constitution), essentially silencing him. This assault on Mr. Stephanatos' First Amendment Rights is heinous, to say the least, fully characteristic of corrupt prosecutors and sheriff officers.
25 CLUES THAT LUCAS WAS NOT AT THE SCENE OF THE ALLEGED ASSAULT
We have collected at least 25 clues to refute the allegations that Lucas was at the scene of an alleged assault on June 28, 2011 at a property located at 687 Indian Road, Wayne, New Jersey and at 8:50 am EST.
Our first clue is reported below (see our forwarded letter to the Passaic County Sheriff).
LUCAS' SHOULDER - HE WAS A LINEBACKER, HITTING HIS OPPONENTS WITH HIS SHOULDER
As part of an investigation I have been performing for the last few months, I discovered that Ronald A. Lucas, a former Passaic County sheriff officer with the Civil Division lied about his on-the-job shoulder injury. He claimed that he fell on the job on June 28, 2011 at 687 Indian Road, Wayne, NJ. He then filed a disability claim with the New Jersey Division of Pensions and Benefits (Police and Firemen Retirement System). He was granted disability for one year with subsequent review. After he retired with claimed disability, he obtained a job as part-time security guard at the Pequannock High School.
We discovered that Mr. Lucas suffered shoulder injuries while playing football and lifting weights over his lifetime. He was a linebacker with the Pompton Lakes Cardinals. Everybody knows that linebackers tackle their opponents using their shoulders. He even made the All County Team in 1980.
He also trained his two sons (Dean Lucas and Ronnie Lucas) into playing TE and DE positions also with the Cardinals football team. In fact, linebackers suffer at least 13.5 percent of all football injuries and at least 65 percent of the linebackers end up undergoing surgery.
We discovered that Mr. Lucas has been complaining about his shoulder for several years prior to the June 28, 2011 incident. Several Passaic County Sheriff employees and several of his neighbors can attest to that.
We also discovered that based on what he said regarding the subject incident, he must have fallen (if true) onto his right shoulder. However, the shoulder that Mr. Lucas claimed he injured was his left shoulder. We have obtained photos where he wears a shoulder support in his left shoulder.
We have obtained photos showing Mr. Lucas lifting weights, after his alleged job-ending disability.
It is obvious to a reasonable and objective person that Lucas (in his mid-50s) took this incident on June 28, 2011 to claim on the job injury and to retire and then blame Basilis Stephanatos for his injuries. After he retired, he started the double dipping. The finest of New Jersey at "work".
I apologize for taking the Court's time. However, this is extraordinary evidence/information that I believe will help this Court in performing its fact-finding mission.
Very Truly Yours,
Barbara Williams
Investigative Reporter
Metro Forensics
barbarawilliams33@aol.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Williams <barbarawilliams33@aol.com>
To: bmaer <bmaer@pcsheriff.org>; ggiardina <ggiardina@pcsheriff.org>; rberdnik <rberdnik@pcsheriff.org>
Cc: proby <proby@passaiccountynj.org>; cvaldes <cvaldes@passaiccountynj.org>; wdewey <wdewey@passaiccountynj.org>
Sent: Tue, Mar 15, 2016 6:45 am
Subject: PROOFS THAT RON LUCAS WAS NOT AT THE SCENE OF THE ALLEGED ASSAULT AND INTENTIONALLY FRAMED THE HOMEOWNER BY LYING TO THE COURTS
Office of the Passaic County Sheriff
William Maer
Media Information & OPRA Processing Unit
11 Sheriff's Plaza
Paterson, NJ 07502
bmaer@pcsheriff.org
973-389-5900
Gary F. Giardina
Business Administrator
Passaic County Sheriff’s Office
435 Hamburg Turnpike
Wayne, NJ 07470
973-389-5900 x2321
ggiardina@pcsheriff.org
PROOFS THAT RON LUCAS WAS NOT AT THE SCENE OF THE ALLEGED ASSAULT AND INTENTIONALLY FRAMED THE HOMEOWNER
Dear Sheriff Berdnik/Mr. Maer/Mr. Giardina:
I am an investigative reporter with Metro Forensics and I have been working on one of our Innocence Projects regarding "State v. Basilis Stephanatos".
I am writing regarding the report published in the media regarding crimes committed by the Passaic County Sheriff Department in framing and concealing evidence from an incident that occurred on June 28, 2011. Here is the link to that report:
IS PASSAIC COUNTY SHERIFF RICHARD BERDNIK GOING TO RESIGN FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF THE LUCAS/D'AGOSTINO CONSPIRACY AND THE CHANCERY JUDGE MARGARET MCVEIGH BOMBSHELL?
http://metroforensics.blogspot.com/2016/03/is-passaic-county-sheriff-richard_14.html
We have discovered that significant amount of contradicting and/or exculpatory evidence was not presented to the grand jurors and to the Superior Court. Recently, we discovered that Robert Del Vecchio filed false statements with the Passaic County Sheriff. These false statements were used to portray Mr. Stephanatos as a violent person during the grand jury proceedings and in briefings before the Superior Court. Please see my earlier correspondence with the Sheriff, providing you with a tip on where to find and authenticate this info.
The biggest bombshell is the discovery of the Ron Lucas false testimony and the conspiracy formed by the Passaic County Sheriff officers to frame Basilis Stephanatos. I discovered that Ron Lucas was not even at the scene of the alleged assault. As you realize, this is a bombshell of gigantic proportions and that is why you are trying to revoke Mr. Basilis Stephanatos’ bail (guaranteed by the state constitution), essentially silencing him.
25 CLUES THAT LUCAS WAS NOT AT THE SCENE OF THE ALLEGED ASSAULT
We have collected at least 25 clues to refute the allegations that Lucas was at the scene of an alleged assault on June 28, 2011 at a property located at 687 Indian Road, Wayne, New Jersey and at 8:50 am EST.
Here is our first clue.
Clue #1
I am attaching the original charge filed by Ron Lucas on 6/28/2011 under Section NJS 2C:17-2C. As you see, he wrote the reason for the charge is “placing sliver[sic] metal container on his front steps causing the evacuation of neighbors”.
As you know by now, this was a black plastic safety container for the environmental instruments used in Basilis Stephanatos’ business. It was placed there to be picked up by the vendor, Pines Environmental. This has already been confirmed by the prosecutor, Peter Roby, way back in 2011 before Judge Filko.
Note that Lucas writes: “sliver [sic] metal” (he meant silver). However, this was a black plastic instrument case. The date of this warrant-complaint is 6/28/2011, i.e., the date of the incident. So, Lucas must have had very vivid memory of that instrument for which he wrote a complaint about. However, he fails to even correctly identify it in his own report. This is another clue telling us that Lucas was not there at the scene to eye-witness the instrument.
Sheriff, I know you are a busy person. Please let me know if you do not want to receive any more reporting from our Innocence Project on the case of “State v. Stephanatos”.
Any comments?
Sincerely,
Barbara Williams
Investigative Reporter
barbarawilliams33@aol.com
CC:
Passaic County Administration Building
401 Grand Street
Paterson, New Jersey 07505
Main Number: 973-881-4800
Fax: 973-225-0155
Valdes, Roby, Dewey
NOTE: As of March 15, 2016, the Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik has not responded to the above allegations.
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STATE V. BASILIS STEPHANATOS
Dear Judge De la Carrera/Mr. Feinstein:
I am an investigative reporter with Metro Forensics and I have been working on one of our Innocence Projects regarding "State v. Basilis Stephanatos". You are listed as the presiding judge and Mr. Feistein is the Defense Attorney.
We have discovered that significant amount of contradicting and/or exculpatory evidence was not presented to the grand jurors and to the Superior Court. Recently, we discovered that Robert Del Vecchio filed patently false statements with the Passaic County Sheriff to be able to steal the Stephanatos' real estate property at 687 Indian Road, Wayne, New Jersey. These patently false statements were used to portray Mr. Stephanatos as a violent person during the grand jury proceedings and in briefings before the Superior Court. Please see my earlier correspondence with the Sheriff, providing him with a tip on where to find and authenticate this info.
The biggest bombshell is the discovery of the Ron Lucas false testimony and the conspiracy formed by the Passaic County Sheriff officers to frame Basilis Stephanatos. I discovered that Ron Lucas was not even at the scene of the alleged assault. As you realize, this is a bombshell of gigantic proportions and that is why you are trying to revoke Mr. Basilis Stephanatos’ bail (guaranteed by the state constitution), essentially silencing him. This assault on Mr. Stephanatos' First Amendment Rights is heinous, to say the least, fully characteristic of corrupt prosecutors and sheriff officers.
25 CLUES THAT LUCAS WAS NOT AT THE SCENE OF THE ALLEGED ASSAULT
We have collected at least 25 clues to refute the allegations that Lucas was at the scene of an alleged assault on June 28, 2011 at a property located at 687 Indian Road, Wayne, New Jersey and at 8:50 am EST.
Our first clue is reported below (see our forwarded letter to the Passaic County Sheriff).
LUCAS' SHOULDER - HE WAS A LINEBACKER, HITTING HIS OPPONENTS WITH HIS SHOULDER
As part of an investigation I have been performing for the last few months, I discovered that Ronald A. Lucas, a former Passaic County sheriff officer with the Civil Division lied about his on-the-job shoulder injury. He claimed that he fell on the job on June 28, 2011 at 687 Indian Road, Wayne, NJ. He then filed a disability claim with the New Jersey Division of Pensions and Benefits (Police and Firemen Retirement System). He was granted disability for one year with subsequent review. After he retired with claimed disability, he obtained a job as part-time security guard at the Pequannock High School.
We discovered that Mr. Lucas suffered shoulder injuries while playing football and lifting weights over his lifetime. He was a linebacker with the Pompton Lakes Cardinals. Everybody knows that linebackers tackle their opponents using their shoulders. He even made the All County Team in 1980.
He also trained his two sons (Dean Lucas and Ronnie Lucas) into playing TE and DE positions also with the Cardinals football team. In fact, linebackers suffer at least 13.5 percent of all football injuries and at least 65 percent of the linebackers end up undergoing surgery.
We discovered that Mr. Lucas has been complaining about his shoulder for several years prior to the June 28, 2011 incident. Several Passaic County Sheriff employees and several of his neighbors can attest to that.
We also discovered that based on what he said regarding the subject incident, he must have fallen (if true) onto his right shoulder. However, the shoulder that Mr. Lucas claimed he injured was his left shoulder. We have obtained photos where he wears a shoulder support in his left shoulder.
We have obtained photos showing Mr. Lucas lifting weights, after his alleged job-ending disability.
It is obvious to a reasonable and objective person that Lucas (in his mid-50s) took this incident on June 28, 2011 to claim on the job injury and to retire and then blame Basilis Stephanatos for his injuries. After he retired, he started the double dipping. The finest of New Jersey at "work".
I apologize for taking the Court's time. However, this is extraordinary evidence/information that I believe will help this Court in performing its fact-finding mission.
Very Truly Yours,
Barbara Williams
Investigative Reporter
Metro Forensics
barbarawilliams33@aol.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Williams <barbarawilliams33@aol.com>
To: bmaer <bmaer@pcsheriff.org>; ggiardina <ggiardina@pcsheriff.org>; rberdnik <rberdnik@pcsheriff.org>
Cc: proby <proby@passaiccountynj.org>; cvaldes <cvaldes@passaiccountynj.org>; wdewey <wdewey@passaiccountynj.org>
Sent: Tue, Mar 15, 2016 6:45 am
Subject: PROOFS THAT RON LUCAS WAS NOT AT THE SCENE OF THE ALLEGED ASSAULT AND INTENTIONALLY FRAMED THE HOMEOWNER BY LYING TO THE COURTS
Office of the Passaic County Sheriff
William Maer
Media Information & OPRA Processing Unit
11 Sheriff's Plaza
Paterson, NJ 07502
bmaer@pcsheriff.org
973-389-5900
Gary F. Giardina
Business Administrator
Passaic County Sheriff’s Office
435 Hamburg Turnpike
Wayne, NJ 07470
973-389-5900 x2321
ggiardina@pcsheriff.org
PROOFS THAT RON LUCAS WAS NOT AT THE SCENE OF THE ALLEGED ASSAULT AND INTENTIONALLY FRAMED THE HOMEOWNER
Dear Sheriff Berdnik/Mr. Maer/Mr. Giardina:
I am an investigative reporter with Metro Forensics and I have been working on one of our Innocence Projects regarding "State v. Basilis Stephanatos".
I am writing regarding the report published in the media regarding crimes committed by the Passaic County Sheriff Department in framing and concealing evidence from an incident that occurred on June 28, 2011. Here is the link to that report:
IS PASSAIC COUNTY SHERIFF RICHARD BERDNIK GOING TO RESIGN FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF THE LUCAS/D'AGOSTINO CONSPIRACY AND THE CHANCERY JUDGE MARGARET MCVEIGH BOMBSHELL?
http://metroforensics.blogspot.com/2016/03/is-passaic-county-sheriff-richard_14.html
We have discovered that significant amount of contradicting and/or exculpatory evidence was not presented to the grand jurors and to the Superior Court. Recently, we discovered that Robert Del Vecchio filed false statements with the Passaic County Sheriff. These false statements were used to portray Mr. Stephanatos as a violent person during the grand jury proceedings and in briefings before the Superior Court. Please see my earlier correspondence with the Sheriff, providing you with a tip on where to find and authenticate this info.
The biggest bombshell is the discovery of the Ron Lucas false testimony and the conspiracy formed by the Passaic County Sheriff officers to frame Basilis Stephanatos. I discovered that Ron Lucas was not even at the scene of the alleged assault. As you realize, this is a bombshell of gigantic proportions and that is why you are trying to revoke Mr. Basilis Stephanatos’ bail (guaranteed by the state constitution), essentially silencing him.
25 CLUES THAT LUCAS WAS NOT AT THE SCENE OF THE ALLEGED ASSAULT
We have collected at least 25 clues to refute the allegations that Lucas was at the scene of an alleged assault on June 28, 2011 at a property located at 687 Indian Road, Wayne, New Jersey and at 8:50 am EST.
Here is our first clue.
Clue #1
I am attaching the original charge filed by Ron Lucas on 6/28/2011 under Section NJS 2C:17-2C. As you see, he wrote the reason for the charge is “placing sliver[sic] metal container on his front steps causing the evacuation of neighbors”.
As you know by now, this was a black plastic safety container for the environmental instruments used in Basilis Stephanatos’ business. It was placed there to be picked up by the vendor, Pines Environmental. This has already been confirmed by the prosecutor, Peter Roby, way back in 2011 before Judge Filko.
Note that Lucas writes: “sliver [sic] metal” (he meant silver). However, this was a black plastic instrument case. The date of this warrant-complaint is 6/28/2011, i.e., the date of the incident. So, Lucas must have had very vivid memory of that instrument for which he wrote a complaint about. However, he fails to even correctly identify it in his own report. This is another clue telling us that Lucas was not there at the scene to eye-witness the instrument.
Sheriff, I know you are a busy person. Please let me know if you do not want to receive any more reporting from our Innocence Project on the case of “State v. Stephanatos”.
Any comments?
Sincerely,
Barbara Williams
Investigative Reporter
barbarawilliams33@aol.com
CC:
Passaic County Administration Building
401 Grand Street
Paterson, New Jersey 07505
Main Number: 973-881-4800
Fax: 973-225-0155
Valdes, Roby, Dewey
-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Williams <barbarawilliams33@aol.com>
To: bmaer <bmaer@pcsheriff.org>; ggiardina <ggiardina@pcsheriff.org>; rberdnik <rberdnik@pcsheriff.org>
Cc: proby <proby@passaiccountynj.org>; cvaldes <cvaldes@passaiccountynj.org>; wdewey <wdewey@passaiccountynj.org>
Sent: Tue, Mar 15, 2016 6:45 am
Subject: PROOFS THAT RON LUCAS WAS NOT AT THE SCENE OF THE ALLEGED ASSAULT AND INTENTIONALLY FRAMED THE HOMEOWNER BY LYING TO THE COURTS
From: Barbara Williams <barbarawilliams33@aol.com>
To: bmaer <bmaer@pcsheriff.org>; ggiardina <ggiardina@pcsheriff.org>; rberdnik <rberdnik@pcsheriff.org>
Cc: proby <proby@passaiccountynj.org>; cvaldes <cvaldes@passaiccountynj.org>; wdewey <wdewey@passaiccountynj.org>
Sent: Tue, Mar 15, 2016 6:45 am
Subject: PROOFS THAT RON LUCAS WAS NOT AT THE SCENE OF THE ALLEGED ASSAULT AND INTENTIONALLY FRAMED THE HOMEOWNER BY LYING TO THE COURTS
Office of the Passaic County
Sheriff
William Maer
Media Information & OPRA Processing Unit
11 Sheriff's Plaza
Paterson, NJ 07502
bmaer@pcsheriff.org
973-389-5900
William Maer
Media Information & OPRA Processing Unit
11 Sheriff's Plaza
Paterson, NJ 07502
bmaer@pcsheriff.org
973-389-5900
Gary F.
Giardina
Business
Administrator
Passaic
County Sheriff’s Office
435
Hamburg Turnpike
Wayne,
NJ 07470
973-389-5900
x2321
PROOFS
THAT RON LUCAS WAS NOT AT THE SCENE OF THE ALLEGED ASSAULT AND INTENTIONALLY
FRAMED THE HOMEOWNER
Dear
Sheriff Berdnik/Mr. Maer/Mr. Giardina:
I am an investigative reporter with Metro
Forensics and I have been working on one of our Innocence Projects regarding
"State v. Basilis Stephanatos".
I am writing regarding the report
published in the media regarding crimes committed by the Passaic County Sheriff
Department in framing and concealing evidence from an incident that occurred on
June 28, 2011. Here is the link to that
report:
We have discovered that significant amount
of contradicting and/or exculpatory evidence was not presented to the grand
jurors and to the Superior Court. Recently, we discovered that Robert Del
Vecchio filed false statements with the Passaic County Sheriff. These
false statements were used to portray Mr. Stephanatos as a violent person
during the grand jury proceedings and in briefings before the Superior
Court. Please see my earlier correspondence with the Sheriff, providing
you with a tip on where to find and authenticate this info.
The biggest bombshell is the discovery of
the Ron Lucas false testimony and the conspiracy formed by the Passaic County
Sheriff officers to frame Basilis Stephanatos. I discovered that Ron
Lucas was not even at the scene of the alleged assault. As you realize,
this is a bombshell of gigantic proportions and that is why you are trying to revoke
Mr. Basilis Stephanatos’ bail (guaranteed by the state constitution),
essentially silencing him.
25 CLUES THAT LUCAS WAS NOT AT THE SCENE
OF THE ALLEGED ASSAULT
We have collected at least 25 clues to
refute the allegations that Lucas was at the scene of an alleged assault on
June 28, 2011 at a property located at 687 Indian Road, Wayne, New Jersey and
at 8:50 am EST.
Here is our first clue.
Clue #1
I am attaching the original charge filed
by Ron Lucas on 6/28/2011 under Section NJS 2C:17-2C. As you see, he wrote the reason for the
charge is “placing sliver[sic] metal
container on his front steps causing the evacuation of neighbors”.
As you know by now, this was a black
plastic safety container for the environmental instruments used in Basilis
Stephanatos’ business. It was placed
there to be picked up by the vendor, Pines Environmental. This has already been confirmed by the
prosecutor, Peter Roby, way back in 2011 before Judge Filko.
Note that Lucas writes: “sliver
[sic] metal” (he meant silver).
However, this was a black plastic instrument case. The date of this warrant-complaint is
6/28/2011, i.e., the date of the incident.
So, Lucas must have had very vivid memory of that instrument for which
he wrote a complaint about. However, he
fails to even correctly identify it in his own report. This is another clue telling us that Lucas
was not there at the scene to eye-witness the instrument.
Sheriff, I know you are a busy person. Please let me know if you do not want to
receive any more reporting from our Innocence Project on the case of “State v.
Stephanatos”.
Any comments?
Sincerely,
Barbara
Williams
Investigative Reporter
barbarawilliams33@aol.com
Investigative Reporter
barbarawilliams33@aol.com
CC:
Passaic County Administration Building
401 Grand Street
Paterson, New Jersey 07505
Main Number: 973-881-4800
Fax: 973-225-0155
401 Grand Street
Paterson, New Jersey 07505
Main Number: 973-881-4800
Fax: 973-225-0155
Valdes,
Roby, Dewey
NOTE: As of March 15, 2016, the Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik has not responded to the above allegations.
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Dear Judge De la Carrera/Mr. Feinstein:
I am an investigative reporter with Metro Forensics and I have been working on one of our Innocence Projects regarding "State v. Basilis Stephanatos". You are listed as the presiding judge and Mr. Feistein is the Defense Attorney.
We have discovered that significant amount of exculpatory evidence was not presented to the grand jurors and to this court. Recently, we discovered that Robert Del Vecchio filed false statements with the Passaic County Sheriff. These false statements were used to portray Mr. Stephanatos as a violent person during the grand jury proceedings and in briefings before this Court. Please see my correspondence below with the Sheriff.
I can assure the Court that I have fully investigated these statements and are completely false. I also gave information to the Sheriff to be able to retrieve that information from his records, as he seized Mr. Stephanatos' computers.
The biggest bobmshell is the discovery of the Ron Lucas false testimony. I discovered that he was not even at the scene of the alleged assault. As the Court can realize, this is a bombshell of gigantic proportions. I have advised Mr. Stephanatos that he should be afraid of his life, as these revelations show some very deep corruption within the Sheriff Department and the Passaic County Prosecutor's office and these are armed people and have already shot and killed many innocent people under suspicious circumstances.
Please read the information provided below carefully. I fully stand behind my reporting.
Very Truly Yours,
I am an investigative reporter with Metro Forensics and I have been working on one of our Innocence Projects regarding "State v. Basilis Stephanatos". You are listed as the presiding judge and Mr. Feistein is the Defense Attorney.
We have discovered that significant amount of exculpatory evidence was not presented to the grand jurors and to this court. Recently, we discovered that Robert Del Vecchio filed false statements with the Passaic County Sheriff. These false statements were used to portray Mr. Stephanatos as a violent person during the grand jury proceedings and in briefings before this Court. Please see my correspondence below with the Sheriff.
I can assure the Court that I have fully investigated these statements and are completely false. I also gave information to the Sheriff to be able to retrieve that information from his records, as he seized Mr. Stephanatos' computers.
The biggest bobmshell is the discovery of the Ron Lucas false testimony. I discovered that he was not even at the scene of the alleged assault. As the Court can realize, this is a bombshell of gigantic proportions. I have advised Mr. Stephanatos that he should be afraid of his life, as these revelations show some very deep corruption within the Sheriff Department and the Passaic County Prosecutor's office and these are armed people and have already shot and killed many innocent people under suspicious circumstances.
Please read the information provided below carefully. I fully stand behind my reporting.
Very Truly Yours,
Barbara Williams
Investigative Reporter
Metro Forensics
barbarawilliams33@aol.com
Investigative Reporter
Metro Forensics
barbarawilliams33@aol.com
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Office
of the Passaic County Sheriff
William Maer
Media Information & OPRA Processing Unit
11 Sheriff's Plaza
Paterson, NJ 07502
bmaer@pcsheriff.org
973-389-5900
William Maer
Media Information & OPRA Processing Unit
11 Sheriff's Plaza
Paterson, NJ 07502
bmaer@pcsheriff.org
973-389-5900
Dear Sheriff Berdnik/Mr.
Maer:
I have just
finished reading the following news report.
I provide the link where the information was found:
Here is an excerpt from that report.
Re: FALSE POLICE REPORT LEADS TO
INCARCERATION OF INNOCENT HOMEOWNER IN PASSAIC COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
"Mary Johnson"
<johnsonmary456@yandex.com>:
Recipient: rberdnik@pcsheriff.org
Dear Passaic County Sheriff Richard
Berdnik:
This is an informant tip. Before
I start, I must tell you that this information is 100% correct and I give you
the right to arrest me if you find that I have misled you or lied to you in any
way.
I have obtained the following
information directly from the sources.
Apparently, in May or June 2011, a
person named Robert Del Vecchio, Jr of Passaic County, New Jersey (he is a
lawyer) lied to the Passaic County Sheriff about threats made to him by a
person named Basilis (or Basil) Stephanatos of Wayne, New Jersey (also in
Passaic County). Apparently, Del Vecchio said to sheriff's officer Ronald
A. Lucas that Basilis Stephanatos had threatened him with violence few days
prior to a scheduled eviction on June 28, 2011. As a result, Del Vecchio
asked that several sheriff officers (including Lucas who was a Sworn Law
Enforcement Officer) dispatch to the location of the Stephanatos' residence
located at 687 Indian Road, Wayne, New Jersey 07670.
Specifically, Del Vecchio told Lucas
that Basilis Stephanatos had told him that he "will beg to be instead
fucked in the ass by a 5-ft long rhinoceros dick" if you try to evict him
from his residence.
These accusations of threats of
violence that Del Vecchio made were false. According to information I
obtained, Basilis Stephanatos never threatened Robert Del Vecchio with physical
violence because he never had any contact or communication with him during that
time.
Here is what happened:
In 2008, Robert Del Vecchio put a lien
onto Basilis Stephanatos' residential property for unpaid taxes that
Stephanatos was disputing due to alleged over assessment of his residence (in
fact, after the seizure of the Stephanatos' propety, Del Vecchio sold it for
$330,000 which is the fair market value of the property. However, the property
was assessed by Wayne Township at $475,000. This is about 40 percent
greater over-assessment and thus no taxes were legally owed by Basilis
Stephanatos- tragic, tragic, tragic situation).
In any event, around December 2008,
Robert Del Vecchio, Jr. (he was a lawyer for American Tax Funding, Inc.) sent a
letter to Basilis Stephanatos , notifying him that a lien has been placed onto
his property. Then on December 26, 2008, Basilis Stephanatos sent a
letter to Robert Del Vecchio demanding that the lien be removed. Basilis
Stephanatos wrote that he is filing a criminal complaint and other reporting to
the media. He basically threatened Robert Del Vecchio with legal action
and not physical violent threats.
This is what Basilis Stephanatos wrote
to Robert Del Vecchio in the December 28, 2008 letter:
"This
is not a threat – it is real. After you see what we have in store for
your client, you will beg to be instead fucked in the ass by a 5-ft long
rhinoceros dick for the rest of your life.
Mary Christmas
and Happy the New Year."
So, Stephanatos never threatened Del Vecchio with
violence (he only wrote about legal action) and certainly this was 2.5 years
prior to the June 28, 2011 incident.
Lucas then testified during the Grand Jury that Stephanatos
was a violent person and that he had threatened Del Vecchio few days prior to
the June 28, 2011 incident.
I was told that you should have the Stephanatos' letter
in your possession, should you want to confirm its authenticity.
Apparently you seized all his computers in 2011, so you should have a copy of
it.
I hope I have been helpful.
Thank you for your great service to our county.
Very Truly Yours,
Mary Johnson
As you know, filing false police
reports is a criminal offense in New Jersey (and in most states).
Here is the criminal statute.
Here is the criminal statute.
N.J.S.A. 2C:28-4. False Reports to Law
Enforcement Authorities
- Falsely incriminating another. A person who knowingly gives or causes to be given false information to any law enforcement officer with purpose to implicate another commits a crime of the fourth degree.
Do you have any comments to make to
these reports? Are you going to file
criminal charges against this Robert Del Vecchio, Jr.?
What about the Ron Lucas alleged
conspiracy to frame this homeowner? The
news report above provides some very significant details regarding what Lucas
did to frame him and then testify during the Grand Jury that Basilis
Stephanatos had threatened Robert Del Vecchio with violence – which turns out
to be false.
I am also reading that these
prosecutors, Walter Dewey and Peter Roby (I copy them on this comment request)
have been using the false statements of Lucas and Del Vecchio to support
charges against Basilis Stephanatos and to depict him as violent person. Which accusations appear to be false, from
what I can see. So, the Grand Jurors
were presented with intentionally false statements and lies from Del Vecchio
and Ron Lucas (who was not even at the scene) and they end up indicting
Stephanatos. Good Lord!
Sheriff, you seem to have some major
issues on-hand.
Are you going to present these
findings to a judge/jury
or are you going to suppress them and hide them from the courts as you did with
Stephanatos’ emails/phone records? Based
on this report, you never even gave a chance to this guy (Stephanatos) to defend
himself!!! Nice going!!
Any comments? This is bad publicity
for the Passaic County Sheriff. You need
to make it right. Or perhaps, you can hide this info
and attack the victim instead (Basilis Stephanatos).
Barbara Williams
Investigative Reporter
barbarawilliams33@aol.com
Investigative Reporter
barbarawilliams33@aol.com
CC:
Passaic
County Administration Building
401 Grand Street
Paterson, New Jersey 07505
Main Number: 973-881-4800
Fax: 973-225-0155
Paterson, New Jersey 07505
Main Number: 973-881-4800
Fax: 973-225-0155
Valdes, Roby, Dewey
NOTE: As of March 15, 2016, the Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik has not responded to the above allegations.
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Re: FALSE POLICE REPORT LEADS TO
INCARCERATION OF INNOCENT HOMEOWNER IN PASSAIC COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
"Mary Johnson"
<johnsonmary456@yandex.com>:
Recipient:
Dear Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik:
This is an informant tip.
Before I start, I must tell you that this information is 100% correct and I
give you the right to arrest me if you find that I have misled you or lied to
you in any way.
I have obtained the following
information directly from the sources.
Apparently, in May or June 2011, a
person named Robert Del Vecchio, Jr of Passaic County, New Jersey (he is a
lawyer) lied to the Passaic County Sheriff about threats made to him by a
person named Basilis (or Basil) Stephanatos of Wayne, New Jersey (also in
Passaic County). Apparently, Del Vecchio said to sheriff's officer Ronald
A. Lucas that Basilis Stephanatos had threatened him with violence few days
prior to a scheduled eviction on June 28, 2011. As a result, Del Vecchio
asked that several sheriff officers (including Lucas who was a Sworn Law
Enforcement Officer) dispatch to the location of the Stephanatos' residence
located at 687 Indian Road, Wayne, New Jersey 07670.
Specifically, Del Vecchio told Lucas
that Basilis Stephanatos had told him that he "will beg to be instead
fucked in the ass by a 5-ft long rhinoceros dick" if you try to evict him
from his residence.
These accusations of threats of
violence that Del Vecchio made were false. According to information I
obtained, Basilis Stephanatos never threatened Robert Del Vecchio with physical
violence because he never had any contact or communication with him during that
time.
Here is what happened:
In 2008, Robert Del Vecchio put a
lien onto Basilis Stephanatos' residential property for unpaid taxes that
Stephanatos was disputing due to alleged over assessment of his residence (in
fact, after the seizure of the Stephanatos' propety, Del Vecchio sold it for
$330,000 which is the fair market value of the property. However, the
property was assessed by Wayne Township at $475,000. This is about 40 percent
greater over-assessment and thus no taxes were legally owed by Basilis
Stephanatos- tragic, tragic, tragic situation).
In any event, around December 2008,
Robert Del Vecchio, Jr. (he was a lawyer for American Tax Funding, Inc.) sent a
letter to Basilis Stephanatos , notifying him that a lien has been placed onto
his property. Then on December 26, 2008, Basilis Stephanatos sent a letter
to Robert Del Vecchio demanding that the lien be removed. Basilis
Stephanatos wrote that he is filing a criminal complaint and other reporting to
the media. He basically threatened Robert Del Vecchio with legal action
and not physical violent threats.
This is what Basilis Stephanatos
wrote to Robert Del Vecchio in the December 28, 2008 letter:
"This
is not a threat – it is real. After you see what we have in store for
your client, you will beg to be instead fucked in the ass by a 5-ft long rhinoceros
dick for the rest of your life.
Mary
Christmas and Happy the New Year."
So, Stephanatos
never threatened Del Vecchio with violence and certainly this was 2.5 years
prior to the June 28, 2011 incident.
I was told that
you should have the Stephanatos' letter in your possession, should you want to
confirm its authenticity. Apparently you seized all his computers in
2011, so you should have a copy of it.
I hope I have
been helpful.
Thank you for
your great service to our county.
Very Truly Yours,
Mary Johnson
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