PERJURY and FALSE SWEARING NOT CHARGED – State v. Mr. B (DMC No. 9560) (Mesa Police Department Investigated): Mr. B was a retired Mesa Police Detective who conducted fraud investigations regarding “securities” for the state of Arizona. During one of his cases, he testified to a Grand Jury regarding certain elements of his investigation into a Church Securities Fraud. It appears that he had inadvertently testified that a finance committee did not exist for the church, when it was later determined that it did. We were able to sit down with current Detectives in the Mesa Police Department and do a “free talk” with them and Mr. B. Based on this free talk, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office declined to file charges for Perjury under Arizona Revised Statute ARS 13-2702, nor did they file charges for False Swearing under Arizona Revised Statute ARS 13-2703.
