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Citizen Opinion and Editorial!

10/20/2007

Ernie,

I was speaking with my cousin couple days ago and she was telling me that she had a 1942 Farmall, shredder taken from her house and has tried for 5 months to get RR Cnty S.O. to find it. There has not been anyone out to talk to her nor will they talk to her by phone or person. She has a witness that told her he saw them carrying it thru the back side of her property on a lowboy trailer. The vehicle was a black S-10. Now, how hard would that be to find. Mind you this is the same lady that had her jewelry stolen just days after her husband was killed. Again the good ole boys didn't do anything about that theft either. Getting back to this tractor, it has been in our family for years. My great aunt bought this tractor new in 1942 and was still in operating condition, but after 5 months who could find it??

I feel if we are paying these people their pay checks so why can't they get up from the computer to search for these items?

Only one other question, what are we paying them for, and what is done to earn the pay?

Thank you for listening, just wanted our citizens to know another trick of the trade. They aren't doing their jobs!!!!!!!!

Margaret Wilcox (don't care anymore)

Editorial Comment:

Marty,

Do you really believe that these crooks are going to get up off their lazy criminal asses and do something for any citizen in Red River County? You ask the question "What are we Paying them For?", and you already know the answer. If they were to do their job just one time, then citizens would get the idea that they really care, and then everyone would expect something from them. (They damn sure don't want that image.)

The so-called justice system is here for one thing Marty. It is here for them to make money, steal from the victims, and use the county credit cards to buy personal items for themselves, and to get rulings in court that benefit their friends, family etc. You should know by now from living here most all of your life that they don't care anything about enforcing the law, or for that matter abiding by it themselves. You must have lost your mind girl, thinking they are even close to being a pimple on a law enforcement officers ass, much less being able to track an angry skunk!

I haven't cared for a long time,

Ernest

The Case of Monty Murphy

as told by his Sister Janice Patterson

Return to 1/3/2008 Comment

August 12, 2007

On April 12, 2001, Monty Murphy and Dwayne Blanton went to Rickey Joe Dotson's house in Bagwell, Texas. After drinking for a while, a fight began. Monty was arrested by Red River County Sheriff's Department for Public intoxication. Our mother, Paula Murphy went to get him out of jail. Upon arrival at the Red River County Sheriff's office she was told "something else was pending." Later that evening an Arson charge and Burglary of a Habitation charge was put on him. (The Original paperwork had been changed to show that he was arrested on those charges.) Two days later on April 15, 2001, a retaliation charge was added. I argued with the County Attorney's office because I did not understand how he could retaliate for the Dotson's filing the arson charge, because he was in jail before he ever knew about the Arson Charge. They alleged that Monty fought Rickey for filing the arson charge. The fight happened on April 12, 2001 and the charges were filed on April 13, 2001.

My parents Mike and Paula Murphy hired George Preston to represent Monty. Mr. Preston kept assuring Monty that it was "No Big Deal". Monty was not in town when the arson occurred, and two juveniles were in the area when the arson occurred. Dwayne Blanton was to give testimony that there was no forcible entry, (the day the fight occurred) and that in fact they were invited into the house and later went outside to talk. They were seen by witnesses leaning against the bed of a truck at the end of the driveway, talking. That is when the fight began.

Monty went to trial on the Burglary of a Habitation on March 19, 2002. Dwayne Blanton did not show up to testify. The County Attorney Val Varley lied during the trial on numerous occasions. Monty's attorney George Preston cross-examined the witnesses very little. Monty received twenty years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a $10,000 fine (the maximum). Right after the trial I called Dwayne, and found that he was not even aware of the trial. The arson and retaliation charges were dropped! In my opinion, they put the charges on Monty and used them in trial, only to drop them afterwards because those charges were bogus. I consider this malicious prosecution.

In November 2001, Monty was arrested on Aggravated Sexual Assault. The charge was later reduced to Sexual Assault, but his bond of $75,000.00 was never reduced. This I believe, was an act of oppression. During the following months Monty was mistreated in jail, his original file was lost, and the original investigator, Jim Grisham was released from duty at the Red River County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's department blamed Investigator Grisham for losing the file.

My family called Investigator Grisham and he said that he had not lost the file, and that the charges were at the time he left going to be dismissed, as the rape kit came back negative. Click here to read the Laboratory reports from the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Lab on the Rape Kit. The victim's name has been removed to provide anonymity.

I hired Larry Cunningham, a lawyer from Arlington, Texas to represent Monty in the hearing for a new trial on the Burglary of a Habitation, and he also agreed to represent Monty in the Sexual Assault case. During the hearing on the Burglary of a Habitation, Attorney Cunningham cited twelve reasons why Monty deserved a new trial, and they were quickly dismissed by the court.

I spoke to Judge Miller about the change of lawyers for the sexual assault trial. He said that would be no problem. The very next day, Monty's trial date was moved up two weeks!! That made it impossible for Mr. Cunningham (his new lawyer) to prepare for trial. That also stuck Monty with a court-appointed attorney, Dan Meehan. Monty knew then that he would not get a fair trial, so he accepted a plea-bargain on the Sexual Assault to go along with his 20 year sentence.

Monty received 7 years on the Sexual Assault charge, and is required to register as a Sexual Offender. His lawyer Dan Meehan advised him that he could get the Sexual Offender status removed by going to two psychiatrist for evaluations. We now know that this statement was untrue, because once you are convicted as a Sexual Offender it remains with you for life.

Monty had a co-defendant, Robin Dixon. We have letters from her where she tells of being threatened by Red River County officials and she was given a leniency deal to testify against my brother Monty.

Respectfully,

Janice Patterson

Editorial Response:

I have reviewed the paperwork that Janice Patterson talks about (she has hundreds of pages of it) and in my opinion she is telling the truth. The things she has stated happened, and are present in the paperwork she possesses, and more often than not these tactics are used in the application of Red River County Just-Us. Val Varley aka. "VV Express" the County Attorney in Rail Road County is infamously known for piling charges on a defendant, and the changes in court dates to reek havoc to the defendant receiving adequate counsel, during which plea bargains are offered and prosecutorial pressure is applied (using the bogus charges and inadequate appointed counsel) to force a defendant to accept pleas not in the interest of justice, but to satisfy Val's own personal vendettas. Folks, this is not JUSTICE this is a TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE! This makes Val Varley a criminal, and there's no doubt about it.

Our Justice System is based on the fact that a person is "innocent" until "proven guilty" beyond a reasonable doubt. County Attorney's, or Prosecutor's depending on what you want to call them are supposed to work to give adequate justice to citizens and victims of their respective counties, and to attempt to prove a person "innocent" rather than prove them guilty during their investigations. If after thorough investigation, the preponderance of evidence shows guilt, and the Prosecutor fully believes that the defendant is guilty of the charges, then and only then should the Prosecutor move forward with indictment and prosecution. This is not how it happens in Rail Road County.

These two cases clearly present questions of doubt as to the defendant's guilt in either of the two charges, and the fact that the tests by the Texas Department of Public Safety's laboratory in the "Sexual Assault" charge came back negative, should have made County Attorney Val Varley stop before proceeding with a plea bargain on the Sexual Assault charge. Val Varley stated that "Not everyone is a secretor." to Janice Patterson, when he was confronted with the findings of the State Lab. My question to Rail Road County Attorney Val Varley aka. "VV Express" is "Did you ever investigate to see whether he was or wasn't a secretor?" The answer to that question fellow citizens is that he did not!! It would not have made a difference anyway because the State clearly had no case, because it had no evidence of a crime being committed! This statement by Val Varley proves that the "VV Express" is more interested in persecution and prosecution rather than the furtherance of Fair and Equal Justice for the Citizens of Red River County!!!

My question to you fellow citizens is "How many citizens of Red River County has the "VV Express" railroaded into prison with plea bargains, prosecutorial persecution, and inadequate representation of counsel with no clear evidence of a crime ever being committed?"

Ernest Henslee

P.S. This is Another Travesty of Justice Perpetrated by the "VV Express and our Rail Road Just-Us Court System". If we convict a man, convict him for what he has done and have the proof of it, not what he hasn't done by hiding what shall exonerate him!

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Policy Manuals for the Red River County Sheriff's Department

Click on the Links Below to Read the Manuals.

These manuals are interesting reading, as it gives an insight into how a Sheriff's Department is supposed to be operated and maintained, and the policies and procedures to accomplish the tasks!

The Policy manual list procedures for search warrants and seizure of property during a search, also search of persons. The policy manual is a detailed operations manual for the Red River County Sheriff's department, and is an effective manual describing in detail, all procedures of the Department, and the situations that arise in the execution of departmental employees duties. It lists the rights of the citizens, and the necessary procedures to be followed by law enforcement to protect the rights of the citizens.

These manuals are very difficult to obtain (nearly impossible). These two manuals are old, but from what I hear they don't update them that much from one administration to the next because they don't follow them anyway. If you have ever been curious about what the Sheriff's Department and Jail were supposed to be doing according to their own publications, now you have the opportunity to check it out! I have been informed that some of the employees have never seen these, so it might be something that they can review for procedural purposes, since they have a hard time getting copies for themselves. You may print these if you desire!

If you have worked there, or been confined there, are working there now or confined there now, there is such a thing as manual warfare. Now you can use their own policy manuals against them, and even if the manuals are old, should still be viable for the purpose. If the Department would care to furnish the site with current manuals (if they have changed), please don't hesitate to send them to me, and I won't hesitate to post them.

Red River County Sheriff Department Policy Manual

Red River County Jail Procedures Manual

After you read these manuals, you are going to see that the Red River County Sheriff's Department as run by Sheriff Terry Reed, and Chief Deputy Larry Spangler is a JOKE, because they do not even attempt to follow their own Policy and Procedures. If they did Sheriff Terry Reed and Chief Deputy Larry Spangler would not be there any more! These two individuals discredit honest law enforcement, the uniform they wear, and the citizens they serve in Red River County! Of Course, what elected official in the judicial system of Red River County is a credit to the system?