Prosecutor: Charges against tow truck operator dismissed after alleged threat by police union head

Charges dismissed after alleged threat by police union head

THE JACKSON COUNPROSECUTOR'S OFFICEANNOUNCED ITSDISMISSING 31 FELONYCHARGES AGAINST ABUSINESS OWNER....BECAUSE A KANSAS CITYPOLICE SERGEANT ISACCUSED OFIMPROPRERLY USING HIINFLUENCE.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER ARIELROTHFIELD BREAKS DOWNTHE PHONE CALL -- THATLED TO THIS DISMISSAL.HE IS A K-C-P-D SARGENTAND THE PRESIDENT OFTHE KANSAS CITYFRATERNAL ORDER OFPOLICENOW, BRAD LEMONUNDER INVESTIGATIONFOR USING HIS INFLUENCEINAPPROPRIATELAFTER THE JACKSONCOUNTY PROSECUTORDROPPED A CRIMINALCASEAND RELEASED THISRECORDED PHONE CALHey this is Brad Lemon out ofthe Kansas City PoliceDepartmentTHE CONVERSATION ISBETWEEN LEMON ANDALLEN BLOODWORTH,WHO OWNS PRIVATEPARTY IMPOUNDPROSECUTORS HAD BEENINVESTIGATINGBLOODWORTH SINCE 20-17FOR ALLEGEDLY TOWINGVEHICLES ILLEGALLYIN 20-19 THEY CHARGEDHIM WITH 31 FELONYCOUNTS OF FORGERYDISCOVERING THIS 20-19RECORDING DURING THEIRPRE-TRIALINVESTIGATIONService.: Hey this is Brad Lemon outof Kansas City PoliceDepartment.

I'm, uhhpresident of the police union.

Igot a phone call from myniece that says you guystowed our family's car fromTwo Light and now you'rerequiring us to go get a: We're requiring you tocomply with the law to get thecar back, correct.

The ownerof the vehicle is someone'sgrandmother or something?: Yeah she's two hundredmiles awayDefendant: Ok.

The KansasCity Missouri Tow Lot wouldn'trelease him the car the wathe circumstance are now, soI don't know why we would.Umm, you have to be thregistered owner of the car.: She's 91 dude.

There's noway we can do that.Ok.

I sent whoever calledearlier a notarized powerattorney that will allow them tohave her sign and notarize it,and then a third-party can pickup the car.

1 A copy of theaudio file is attached to thisdocument as Ex.

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Thatexhibit will be filed with theCourt.

3: So, didn't we investigate youat property crimes a couplyears ago for felonies fordoing stuff like this?: You mean I was exoneratedbecause you guys have arogue cop that likes to jackwith people, and O: It's game on.

Defendant:OCC or whatever, what doyou mean it's game on?: We'll start the same routinewith you then.What do you mean you'll startthe same routine with me: I guarantee I'm going to talkto, this is going to be the lastyou tow themDan Ross/ Criminal Attorney forAllenBloodworYou want an independent,professional investigationthere is no room for personalbias or interestDAN ROSS REPRESENTSALLEN BLOODWORTHHE GAVE PROSECUTORSTHE AUDIO RECORDINGWELL AS A SUBSEQUENTEMAIL HE RECEIVED INDISCOVERYTHE EMAIL WAS BETWEENLEMON AND ANOTHERKCPD OFFICERDan Ross/ Criminal Attorney forAlleBloodworthI think the key componenwas this email that appears tohave been from this Mr.Lemon, who is not aninvestigating officer in thiscase but he was in emailcommunication with theinvestigator officers forclient which makes no senseNOW, THOSE FELONYCHARGES ARE BEINGDISMISSED.THE JACKSON COUNTYPROSECUTOR SAID THEEMAIL IMPLIED THATLEMON CONTACTED THOFFICER IN ANUNDOCUMENTED MANNERBASED ON AN INTEREST INTHE DEFENDANTWRITING"MR. LEMON'S WORDSCOMBINED WITH HISDOCUMENTED RECEIPT OINFORMATION REGARDINGDEFENDANT, UNDERMINESTHE INTEGRITY OF THEINVESTIGATION, EXPOSESALL OFFICERS IN THISCASE TO ACCUSATIONS OFSUBSTANTIAL PARTIALITYAND NEGATIVELY IMPACTSTHE CREDIBILITY OF TSTATE'S EVIDENCE ANDTHE TESTIMONY OF ITSPRIMARY WITNESSES"Dan Ross/ Criminal Attorney forAllenBloodworthI think they recognized givenan email they locatedindependently of ourinvestigation and given thecontent of the tape recordingwe provided them, there wasonly one course of action andthat was to dismiss.

And that'swhat they didA SPOKESPERSON FORLEMON AND THEFRATERNAL ORDER OFPOLICE TOLD 41 ACTIONEWS NO COMMENTA K-C-P-D SPOKESPERSONSAID THIS MATTER WILL BEINVESTIGATED INCOMPLIANCE WITH THEDEPARTMENT'S CURRENTPOLICIES ANDPROCEDURESREPORTING IN KANSASCITY.

ARIEL ROTHFIELD.

41ACTION NEWSTHE RECORDING OF THEPHONE CALL WE SHOWEDIS ONLY A PORTION OF THECONVERSATION.THIS IS THE