State v. Mr. J (DMC No. 17646) – Felony Conspiracy (3 Counts), Felony Money Laundering ($1,000,000+), (2 Counts) Felony Illegal Control of an Enterprise, Felony Participating in a Criminal Syndicate, Felony Theft, Felony Use of a Wire Communication to Facilitate a Felony, Felony Facilitation, Felony Solicitation, Felony Compounding, and Felony Attempt – Not Charged/ “Turned Down” (by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office) – Phoenix Police Department and Arizona Attorney General’s Office Investigated (SW No. 20XX-XXXXX4)
Mr. J was a Phoenix Police Department Officer for 19 years, and he had befriended an individual while working out at the gym. Over the course of four years they became very good friends, and often traveled with their spouses oversees. Mr. J never really knew what his friend did, but his friend always had a lot of money and nice cars. At one point, the friend was going around the gym telling people that he “did home invasions and busted drug houses” with Mr. J, and they would keep the money and the property.
Although Mr. J was on the Interdiction Squad, they would often have run-ins with the Wiretap Squad. At some point, a Search Warrant was issued against Mr. J’s friend, and they confiscated six figures in cash, three cars, three trailers, and 80 vials of steroids from his home. Some of these cars were registered to Mr. J. In addition, they confiscated the friend’s phone and did a Forensic Download in order to Search it.
During the process of Searching the phone, various text messages were implicating Mr. J in criminal activity. In addition, there was a photo of Mr. J holding a large amount of cash, with the caption that the money was just taken from a stash house. Once Investigators showed up to question Mr. J, that’s when he secured the services of DM Cantor.
Once we got involved, we did a complete Forensic Accounting tracking of all of Mr. J’s assets in order to show that they were all from legal sources. In addition, we also challenged the origination of all the so-called text messages involving Mr. J. Lastly, we pulled a Complete Criminal History of Mr. J’s friend, and we were able to show that he was a previous Felon who had been Convicted for truth and voracity crimes. In other words, he could not be trusted.
Once we put together all of this information, we also included a Report of a Polygraph in which Mr. J “passed”. Ultimately, we met with the Prosecutors involved, and they agreed to “Turn Down” charges. Mr. J was allowed to retire from the Police force, and keep his complete pension. In addition, he had all of his property and vehicles returned to him. Had Mr. J been originally Charged and Convicted, he could have spent the Rest of his Life in Prison.
