State v. Mr. B (DMC No. 16274) – Felony Sexual Abuse (Dangerous Crimes Against Children) – Not Charged –Coolidge Police Department Investigated (DR No. 20XX-XXXXXXX2) & Pinal County Attorney’s Office “Turned Down Charges”.
Mr. B was a 30-year old man accused of touching the breast of a 12-year old who was the daughter of an acquaintance of his. The allegations came after a weekend when Mr. B and his girlfriend were watching the acquaintance’s three children while they were in Las Vegas on vacation. The alleged victim claimed that Mr. B, while watching a movie with the children at the house, put his hand down her shirt and grabbed her breast. A week or two after the alleged incident, Mr. B received a call from the father of the little girl trying to get Mr. B to admit to touching his daughter’s breast. Mr. B denied the allegations and soon after received a business card from a Police Officer. He again denied the allegations however, immediately thereafter retained our services given the severity of the allegations.
After being retained, the Pre-Charge Team, began taking steps on Mr. B’s behalf. We contacted the Detective who indicated to us that he was finalizing his report to submit to the Pinal County Attorney’s Office. We sent the Detective a notarized and signed Invocation of Constitutional Rights and immediately got our client in for a Polygraph examination. After having an in-depth discussion with our client regarding the allegations, the child in question, and the circumstances surrounding he and his girlfriend watching the children, we drafted a detailed Trebus Bashir Letter which we provided to the Pinal County Attorney’s Office for review prior to making a charging decision. This letter delineated 29 points of exculpatory information documenting the time that Mr. B was with the children and specifically the time that he was with the one making the allegation. It also clearly indicated that he denied any wrongdoing.
In following up with the Pinal County Attorney’s Office, specifically with the Attorney reviewing the case for charging, after receiving our Trebus Bashir Letter and reviewing the evidence at hand, the charges were “turned down” by the Pinal County Attorney’s Office.