The "N" Word

Benny Pina was another Phoenix Police dic that worked on the Baseline task force. Another reminder from someone who “was part of PLEA” (Phoenix Law Enforcement Association) reminds us again of Lt Pina and Sgt Mike Polombo calling my husband the “n” word.   

The following is from the www.badphoenixcops.com blog.

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"I was part of PLEA years ago when specific allegations were made against Pina and Polombo using the "n" word in a derogatory way toward K. Robinson and Mark Goudeau, along with using derogatory terms about Klima and his religion. Both denied the allegations and the case was closed. Seems Pina has not changed one bit. Lets hope he finally gets held accountable this time. Everyone knows Pina is a piece of shit since he became a LT and CMDR. He was actually decent when he was a Sgt. Polombo is just a bottom feeder and we all will be there karma catches up with him one day. BPC, I know of at least one actual photo of his whore wife Heather giving a BJ to an officer in uniform and it is rumored there is about 3 others. What a prize it would be to get your hands on one of those photos!"

What prosecutors Susanne Cohen, Patty Stevens, William Clayton and their cohorts Lorrain Heath and Judge Andrew Klein did to Mark is biblical . . . .

...I did them no wrong, but they laid a trap for me.

I did them no wrong, but they dug a pit to catch me.

…Malicious witnesses testify against me.

They accuse me of crimes I know nothing about.

...But they are glad now that I am in trouble; they gleefully join together against me.

...I am attacked by people I don't even know; they slander me constantly. They mock me and call me names; they snarl at me.

...They don't talk of peace; they plot against innocent people who mind their own business.

They shout, "Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we saw him do it!"

..."Look, we got what we wanted! Now we will eat him alive!"

From Psalm 35, David (before he was king), possibly written when he was being hunted by King Saul (1 Samuel 24)

Written Decision on Andrew Thomas

Unfortunately, the investigation into Andrew Thomas's corruption and abuse of power did not include the cover ups and misconduct by him in the investigation of Mark. However, I still watched and read with glee as this dangerous and arrogant man was stripped of harming anyone else from a position of power. Because  of his unwillingness to admit his wrongdoing, he will probably never meet the ethical standards to reinstate his license to practice law. Thank goodness.

Popularity may make a person admired, but it does not make one honorable. Power may give a person influence, but it does not make one trustworthy. Authority may give a person control, but it does not make one dependable.

. . .  is how the Andrew Thomas is depicted in this scathing written decision.  This prosecution of Andrew Thomas was unprecedented in history.

Here, from the written decision, are only some of the other descriptions of Thomas and his completely bankrupt code of ethics.

He was equaled to ousted and criminally prosecuted Carolina District Attorney Michael Nifong:

. . . North Carolina District Attorney Michael Nifong, resulting in his disbarment for his conduct regarding the Duke University lacrosse case is not ancient history.

. . . growing, profound arrogance or a supreme confidence that his (Thomas) power had no boundaries. Perhaps because of his might he believed he was right. Clearly the startling absence of any evidence in these prosecutions did not hinder the flex of that power.

Unshackled, a treacherous power to “get” people, regardless of the fact that they were innocent, was set loose.  The result is unmistakable from the hundreds of exhibits and the mountains of transcripts within this case.

There was an intentional abandonment of even a semblance of true investigative techniques.

Motivated by such declared revelation they compounded their corruption by embracing duplicity, deceitfulness and deception. . . . They ignored the law and rules to achieve their objective.

They ignored the law and rules to achieve their objective.

A gaping void was opened in the life of the people of Maricopa County where any citizen’s rights could be burned as part of the maintenance of this fake conspiracy.

This case is regrettable proof that the absence of ethical behavior fuels uncontrollable actions.

He was willing to shear away the Constitution from citizens of this country to accomplish his goals

They never looked for evidence, because they always knew there was none.

Respondents Thomas and Aubuchon joined hands to inflict an economic blizzard on that public and multiple individuals which is paled only by the intentional infliction of emotional devastation their icy calculated storm left in its wake. That harm is irrefutable, yet still finds Respondents without a shred of remorse.

Mr. Thomas discerned he had in Ms. Aubuchon someone all too willing to do whatever was necessary to hammer his opponents, real or imagined, into submission.

You can read the decision in its entirety here.

The Lara's

From the police reports regarding the sexual assaults of Lorena and Alejandra Lara.

On the night of Mark’s arrest 9/6/06, reporting Officer Sandra Rodriguez writes. And I quote:

On 9/6/06 at 1705 hours, I was contacted by Sergeant Michael Polombo #4696 of the homicide unit and asked to respond to the main police station. I was advised my assistance was needed in showing photographic lineups to the victims in this case.

After responding to the main police station, I stood by until a search warrant had been obtained and a photographic lineup was created of suspect, Mark Goudeau.

At 2345 hours, I contact Alejandra and Lorena Lara in their home. I advised them I wanted to show them a photographic lineup, but needed to do it individually.

I began with Alejandra Lara at 2347 hours, while her mother and sister waited outside. I read Alejandra the photographic lineup advisement. She responded “yes” to understanding it.  I then showed her lineup #41527, which included Mark Goudeau in the number 4 position.

Alejandra examined the lineup for approximately 3 minutes before advising “no” to recognizing anyone.

At 2353 hours I contacted Lorena Lara, while Alejandra took her place outside with their mother. I read Lorena the photographic lineup advisement and she responded “okay.”  .  I then showed her lineup #41527, which included Mark Goudeau in the number 4 position.

Lorena examined the lineup for approximately two minutes, before advising “No. I can’t remember.”

Neither Lorena nor Alejandra ever identified Mark as their attacker. Not once.  They told this to several officers, not just Sandra Rodriguez.  However, when prosecutor Susanne Cohen dangled cash at the tune of $1,100 a month for a solid year, Alejandra and Lorena changed their tune and decided, well yes, after all, we will point our retched fingers at Mark.

A lot of money for anyone here illegally, working fast food at a mall.  Hard to turn down, especially for people of this caliber. 

Lorena was the first to testify in 2007 and even though she tried her best, she picked out the “third guy” at the defense table.  Problem with that was that Mark was sitting in between his two attorneys.  Lorena Lara picked out defense attorney, Cary Lacky.

Judge Klein allowed this paid testimony in court.

It's Hard to Plant a Gun

It was easy for Alex Femenia to obtain crack and plant it, and it was just as easy to obtain a copy of a ring and plant that. (Remember the ring that is completely void of any DNA.)  Not so easy to do with a gun given ballistics, although not a perfect science. State’s ballistics expert admitted on the stand that ballistics testing, without the actual gun that was used to fire the bullets, would be inconclusive. But planting a gun was too risky since the chances of the ballistics even being remotely related was too remote.  Even dumb ass Alex Femenia knew that.

Lunch Wagon Homicide and Red Truck

Prosecutors Cohen and Stevens argued that a red pickup was seen near the lunch wagon the day of the homicides. PPD went to great pains to retain tire marks so the tire treads could be tracked back to the killer. Of course, that never happened. This testimony went on for a bit - I’ll spare you the useless details.

The double homicides were committed February 20, 2006, early in the day. Never mind the description of the truck seen is that of a newer, bigger model, than what Mark owned, that it was also seen later in the day - waaaaaay after the two bodies were discovered, not prior to the murders. If it’s not already bad enough, what’s really interesting here, and I’m using the word “interesting” loosely, is that, yes indeed, Mark did own a small red pickup, unlike the one described by a passerby. But Mark did not own the truck at the time of the murders. It was nearly a month after the homicides that Mark purchased a truck.

So was Mark driving the truck he didn’t own or have access to at the time of this crime??? I know that’s a crazy thing to ask, but how ridiculous and insane is it for prosecutors Cohen and Stevens to completely ignore the fact that Mark didn’t even own a red truck at that time? A simple title check is all it took. Not only can the state not prove that Mark owned a truck, Mark’s attorney’s proved he did not! It was not a hard thing to do.

Let me say it again. Prosecutors spent good time at trial going over tire mark forensics and testimony that a red truck was seen at the scene knowing full well that Mark did not own a truck at the time. 

I seriously think Cohen and Stevens are mentally insane. How else can this illogic be explained?? Scary, unstable people whose perception is based on what they think they can just utter in court despite complete lack of evidence, reality, and actual facts. These are dangerous people who will say and do anything to try to secure a conviction, regardless of how wrong and contrary the evidence.

Pings

When your cell phone is turned on and as you move about the city, your cell phone “pings” on the nearest tower. This GPS information is recorded and saved by cell phone carriers for a period of time and will release this information to law enforcement when subpoenaed. Cell phone location records are obtained immediately by law enforcement so that they can place suspects at crime scenes. It’s basic cop 101. 

At will, Baseline detectives Alex Femenia, Mike Meislish, Mike Polombo and others wrote up subpoenas for dozens of people during this investigation. Other suspects, people who talked with Mark on their cell phones, absolutely everybody and anybody they could think of . . . . Except for Mark. 

Well you have to ask, why would they not have Mark’s cell tower pings? The very thing that could place him at the crime scenes? They said they tried, but couldn’t get them. Yeah, right. These dics, who would get cell tower ping records at will, are relying on the general public to be gullible.

Here’s the truth: Somehow, some way, maybe through PPDs good ‘ole buddy networking system or their own forensic software, I can assure you they did in fact acquire Mark’s cell tower pings. They had them and discovered that Mark’s pings did not resonate at a single crime scene. So the records were disposed of, and Femenia and the likes lie and say “we couldn’t get them.” These goons are comfortable hiding exonerating evidence. Look how many years they covered up the Ofc Rusty Stuart’s Terry Wayne Smith investigative report.

Mark was put under surveillance July 14, 2006. Surely at that time, as they did with so many other suspects, would have subpoenaed his cell tower records. Why would they do it in every other situation like this, but not Mark’s? 

It defies logic that they obtained dozens of people’s cell tower records with ease, but were unable to get Mark’s.

Trial Update 9.9.11

The trial update is there really is no update.  Court was held Wed and 1/2 day Thursday.   Victims and witnesses who can’t ID their attacker. A slew of State DNA  analyst who had excluded Mark’s DNA. 

Yoshi double homicide, the previous week, was done in two days.  Two days! Things move quickly when there isn't a single piece of evidence.

It's as if the State thinks the absence of evidence, is evidence. We’re still wondering how this has come this far. 

Ofc Rusty Stuart's Letter on Evidence Hidden in Baseline Investigation

Officer Rusty Stuart, now under protection of an attorney because of retaliation from PPD, has new Terry Wayne Smith evidence and composes a letter to interim County Attorney, Richard Romley.  Rusty goes into detail on how he is told to go away when he brings forward evidence that exonerates Mark and then finally told to put the nearly 200 page report into a format making it virtually irretrievable.  You can read Rusty’s letter here.

Members of Task Team Call Mark a N-R!

Lead investigators in Baseline task team (Alex Femenia et al) call Mark a N-R  when exonerating evidence is provided. See memo from the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association.

Unreasonable Doubt Article, by Shanna Hogan

Shanna was awarded the coveted Arizona Journalism award as a result of her investigative work behind this story on the cover up by Baseline case agent Alex Femenia, and other other law enforcement officials, of suspect TerryWayne Smith.  The judges appreciated that Shanna didn't just print what Phoenix police was telling local media.  Get the facts, not the hype - Unreasonable Doubt 

(http://www.timespublications.com/jun09-feature1.asp)

You can also read a 2010 letter by Officer Rusty Stuart and the retaliation he has endured as a result of his report on Smith and his efforts to have Smith investigated further by the Baseline task team.  You can read it here. (http://bitsy.me/tx)