Blog of Shame

July Wrap Up

Court is out for two weeks and resumes August 1.

Based on some of the highlights from the previous weeks I’ve created the Blog of Shame. Anyone who lies on the stand will be added to the Blog of Shame.

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Alejandra and Lorena Lara Do It Again
It was bad enough when Lorena Lara, at a hearing in 2007, picked out “the third guy” at the table as her attacker and that “third guy” being one of Mark’s attorney, Cary Lackey. But now at the current trial both Lorena and Alejandra Lara pick out the guy in the “green jacket.” Mark was wearing a tan suit. I guess prosecutor Suzanne Cohen is color blind since she coached these two on the wrong color.

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Dic Mike and Heather Polombo
The last place dics dorks Mike and Heather Polombo wanted to be was on the stand. They reluctantly answered questions under cross examination about the 2nd search (1st search with a warrant) and the warrant directive to seize all and every men’s shoes. Both Polombo’s had integral parts of this search.

The reason this is important is that two searches and one month later is when they supposedly “found” a victim’s ring in one of Mark’s shoes, out in the open on a small 2 level shoe against a wall. If Polombos where to seize all and every shoe, how would they have missed it? Because it wasn’t there. The ring wasn’t there until Alex Femenia and Mike Mieshlish put it there on the last and 4th search.

You can read more about the two knucklehead Polombos at http://badphoenixcops.blogspot.com/. BadPhoenixCops.com is not affiliated with this blog but is a site where good cops can blog anonymously about bad cops. Just do a keyword search for Polombo.

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Iselda Hernandez is Not Honest on the Stand
Iselda, a victim from the Ponchos robbery, on the stand, under oath, changes her original statement to the police about not being able to ID the suspect from the robbery. The following is from the police report dated 9/6/06.

ON 9-6-06 AT 2335 HOURS, DETECTIVE ROE AND I ASKED ISELDA IF SHE COULD IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT IN THIS CASE. ISELDA SAID SHE COULD NOT COMPLETELY IDENTIFY HIM BECAUSE SHE HAS NOT SEEN HIM FOR SOME TIME.

Iselda did point to Mark’s picture in a photo lineup after saying most of the others in the lineup were too old (Mark was 42 so how old were the other guys in the photos?) But she said she was not positive and that she really couldn’t remember.

Yet she testified at the trial a couple of weeks ago that she positively ID’d Mark as the suspect. When she’s questioned under cross, Iselda finally confesses she can’t remember. Funny how people’s memories lapse once they’re reminded what they told police originally.

From the police report:
I ASKED ISELDA WHAT MAKES NUMBER FOUR STAND OUT TO HER. SHE SAID THE MUSTACHE AND THE LITTLE GOATEE. . . . . ISELDA SAID SHE WAS NOT SURE IT WAS THE SUSPECT OR NOT. . . . ISELDA COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. THE INTERVIEW ENDED AT 233 9 HOURS.

Not a single victim has identified Mark as their attacker. Victim’s descriptions are typically of a much smaller (5’5”-5’8”; 140-180 lbs) younger, man (17-30). Mark is 6 ft and well over 200 lbs and is in his forties.