DISTRICT CuuiVi OF IOWA

SAC COUNTY
FILED
IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR SAC C O U N T Y ^ JUL - 9 AH 8= 08
(Magistrate Division)
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION
FOR A SEARCH WARRANT FOR THE
RESIDENCE AT 4221 1 5 5
T H
STREET,
URBANDALE, IOWA 50323
SEARCH WARRANT APPLICATION
COMES NOW, the State of Iowa, through Sac County Attorney (SCA) Ben Smith, and being
duly sworn on oath, states the following:
That at 4221 155 STREET, URBANDALE, IOWA 50323, the residence of ANNA
RICHTER, at which there are computers and other electronic storage devices that contain
information / documents (digital media) all of which are identified in Attachments A and B to
this Search Warrant Application and / or were used to facilitate / commit the crimes listed in
the Affidavit.
That said property / information is relevant and material as evidence in a criminal prosecu-
tion. That the facts establishing the foregoing ground(s) for issuance of a search warrant are
as set forth in the affidavit and attachments, which, by this reference, are made by part of
this Search Warrant Application.
WHEREFORE, the undersigned asks that a Se; t-be issued.
EN SMITH
SAC COUNTY ATTORNEY
Subscribed and sworn to before me July
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IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR SAC COUNTY
(Magistrate Division)
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION
FOR A SEARCH WARRANT FOR THE SEARCH WARRANT APPLICATION:
RESIDENCE AT 4221 1 5 5
T H
STREET, AFFIDAVIT
URBANDALE, IOWA 50323
CO MES NOW, Sac County Attorney (SCA) Ben Smith, and being duly sworn on oath,
states the following:
Your applicant has been the elected prosecutor in Sac County, Iowa, for close to four years.
The Iowa Supreme Court has found that the County Attorney can apply for a search
warrant. State v. Jensen, 189 N.W.2d 919 (1971) Three years prior, your applicant worked
for the Iowa Attorney General' s Office as an Assistant Attorney General (AAG) assigned to
represent the State of Iowa's Child Support Recovery Unit. In the last three years, your
applicant has drafted numerous search warrants, and has conducted numerous county
attorney investigations per Rule 2.5(6), including, two "cold case" homicide / murder
investigations, both of which resulted in arrests being made. The investigation into these
matters began in April 2012, when your affiant was first contacted by Laguna Beach,
California, resident DARREN MI TCHELL MEADE (DOB: January 3, 1967).
During this investigation, your applicant listened to hundreds of hours of recorded phone
conversations between TRACEY RI CHTER and her friends and family, which made from
either the Sac County Jail in Sac City, Iowa, or the Iowa Women' s Prison in Mitchellville,
Iowa, as well as audio recordings of conversations between TRACEY RI CHTER and her
family and friends during their prison visits. Additionally, your applicant has issued over 100
Rule 2.5(6) County Attorney Investigatory Subpoenas Duces Tecum in furtherance of this
investigation and has obtained and reviewed thousands of documents, and has spoken with
numerous witnesses. In total, your applicant has spent well over 1,500 hours investigating /
working on this case.
The facts alleged and information contained in this affidavit come from your affiants
personal observations, training, experience, and research, as well as the same from other
law enforcement officials / investigators and licensed private investigators. The facts alleged
and information contained herein are made and set forth to the best of my ability with the
information available to me at the time. Your applicant has given his best efforts to ensure
the information contained in this application is accurate and reliable, however, considering
the incredible complexities and the general subject matter ofthe case, it is possible for there
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to be inadvertent, factual inaccuracies. Lastly, this affidavit is intended to show merely that
there is sufficient probable cause for the requested warrant and DOES NOT set forth all of
my knowledge about this matter.
Your applicant is actively investigating the following crimes: Ongoing Criminal Conduct, a
Cl ass "B" Felony (IOWA C O D E 706A.2); Conspiracy, a Cl ass "D" Felony (I OWA C O D E
706.1); Solicitation, a Cl ass "D" Felony; Extortion (IOWA C O D E 705.1), a Cl ass "D" Felony
(IOWA C O D E 711.4); and Witness Tampering, an Aggravated Misdemeanor (I OWA C O D E
720.4), Facilitation of A Criminal Network By Attempting To Induce A Witness" commits a
Cl ass "B" Felony. IOWA C O D E 706A.2 (2013)
I make this affidavit in support of an application for a search warrant for the items and
information set forth in Attachments A and B to this Search Warrant Application.
I MPORTANT NOTE AB OUT THE CHRO N O L O GY OF EVEN TS AS OUTLI NED IN THIS
AFFI DAVI T: Where possible, the events described herein are laid out in strict chronological
order. However, due to the complexity of the case, and the number of different timeline
arcs, in some instances, a series of related events that extend over long periods of time are
nested together so as to improve comprehension and readability; thereafter, the normal
timeline will resume. Consequently, the last incident described in a nested event may be for
a date that comes after the next incident described in the general timeline.
Unl ess specifically stated otherwise, all conversations referenced herein, to which TRACEY
RI CHTER is a party, were initiated by T RACE Y RI CHTER from a prison phone at the Iowa
women' s prison in Mitchellville, Iowa.
TRACEY RI CHTER and Dr. John Pitman were married on or around August 14, 1988. On
February 1, 1990, T RACE Y RI CHTER (then Tracey Pitman) gave birth to Dr. John Pitman's
son, B ERT PI TMAN. On or around June 1992 not long after Dr. John Pitman believed
T RACE Y RI CHTER tried to kill him for the second time, the two separated. Shortly after
their separation, TRACEY RI CHTER filed for divorce from Dr. John Pitman. Not long into
their divorce proceedings, TRACEY RI CHTER, accused Dr. John Pitman of molesting their
son, B ERT PI TMAN. Soon after TRACEY RI CHTER made this accusation, flyers were
placed on most of the cars at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the hospital Dr. John Pitman
was working for at the time, which stated that Dr. John Pitman had been found to be a child
molester. TRACEY RI CHTER later said she did not place the flyers on the car, but the
person who did was someone with whom she was close.
T RACE Y RI CHTER and Dr. John Pitman's divorce proceedings lasted close to six years.
During the proceedings, Dr. John Pitman was able to prove, among many other things, that
a signature purporting to be his that was affixed to an insurance policy taken out on his life
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was forged. Later in these proceedings it was proven that TRACEY RI CHTER had falsely
accused Dr. John Pitman of molesting B ERT PI TMAN. Despite the foregoing, when the
divorce / custody matters were finalized, the two stipulated that they would split joint legal
custody, that TRACEY RI CHTER would be the primary physical caretaker, and that Dr.
John Pitman would get liberal visitation rights.
TRACEY RI CHTER and Michael Roberts were married in Australia in 1996. Michael
Roberts, an Australian, moved to the United States (Chicago, Illinois) after he married
TRACEY RI CHTER. Two children, N.R. and M.R., were born to their marriage. N.R. and
M.R. are dual citizens ofthe United States and Australia.
In 1998, TRACEY RI CHTER, Michael Roberts, B ERT PI TMAN, and N.R. moved from
Chi cago, Illinois, to Early, Iowa (Sac County).
In 2000, TRACEY RI CHTER again accused Dr. John Pitman of molesting B ERT PI TMAN.
Dr. John Pitman responded by asking the courts for full custody of B ERT PI TMAN.
Following a thorough investigation, it was determined that TRACEY RI CHTER' s new sex
abuse allegation against Dr. John Pitman was unfounded, possibly fabricated.
On December 13, 2001, days before the custody modification proceedings were set to
begin, TRACEY RI CHTER shot and killed 20-year-old Dustin Wehde after she was
allegedly attacked in her home by Dustin Wehde and an unknown second intruder who
escaped (although, when law enforcement first arrived at the scene, TRACEY RI CHTER
told them there had been three intruders).
The evidence recovered at the scene indicated TRACEY RI CHTER, using two different
pistols, fired eleven shots at Dustin Wehde, nine of which struck him. The autopsy of Dustin
Wehde' s body revealed three of these nine shots entered through the back of his head in a
tightly grouped pattern. A blood spatter expert would later testify the last ofthe three shots
fired into the back of Dustin Wehde' s head was fired fifteen minutes after the first two while
his head was resting on the ground. Hours after this incident, law enforcement found a pink
spiral notebook in Dustin Wehde' s car. The notebook contained what appeared to be a
journal or diary in Dustin Wehde' s handwriting, in which Dustin Wehde had written that he
was hired by Dr. John Pitman and Dr. John Pitman's divorce / custody attorney, Stephen
Komie, to stalk, harass, and ultimately murder TRACEY RI CHTER, B ERT PI TMAN, as well
as other bits of information that suggested Dr. John Pitman was ultimately responsible for
this (alleged) home invasion / attempt on TRACEY RI CHTER' s life. Additionally, notebook
contained a series of numbers.
The few law enforcement officials who knew of the notebook's existence, decided not to
disclose its existence to anyone, including TRACEY RI CHTER.
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About two months after she shot and killed Dustin Wehde, T RACE Y RI CHTER told her
then-friend, Mary Higgins, that law enforcement had told her ( TRACEY RI CHTER) it found a
notebook in Dustin Wehde' s car that proved Dr. John Pitman was behind the attack, and
that Dr. John Pitman was going to be arrested soon.
Dr. John Pitman was never arrested, and law enforcement did not publicly disclose the
notebook's existence until after TRACEY RI CHTER was arrested for murdering Dustin
Wehde. However, as discussed below, in the ten years between Dustin Wehde' s murder
and TRACEY RI CHTER' s arrest for his murder, TRACEY RI CHTER would openly discuss
the notebook and its contents.
On February 13, 2002, T RACE Y RI CHTER sent a letter to Lieutenant Dennis Cessford, the
Sac County Sheri ffs Deputy ("LT Cessford") assigned to investigate Dustin Wehde' s death.
In this letter, TRACEY RI CHTER asked the Deputy whether law enforcement had
interviewed Dr. John Pitman, and provided a list of reasons why TRACEY RI CHTER
believed Dr. John Pitman and his attorney, Stephen Komie, could be responsible for the
alleged home invasion. TRACEY RI CHTER also told the Deputy that she would be able to
identify the alleged second intruder if shown his picture.
On February 15, 2002, TRACEY RI CHTER wrote the following in an e-mail to LT Cessford:
[Dr. John Pitman] may be required to come in for a deposition [in their custody proceedings]
in the near future. If we can get him in, we will let you know. If you want to speak in
confidence to my attorney, and give her some questions to ask [Dr. John Pitman], we will. I
doubt he will agree to an interview. [Dr. John Pitman] has not contacted [BERT PITMAN
since the alleged home invasion], which is strange.
On February 21, 2002, T RACE Y RI CHTER RE F U SE D to assist investigators in developing
a composite sketch of the second individual she alleged had invaded her home with Dustin
Wehde on December 13, 2011, and attacked her.
On March 20, 2002, TRACEY RI CHTER asked LT Cessford where law enforcement had
any information that connected Dr. John Pitman to Dustin Wehde.
On June 9, 2002, TRACEY RI CHTER wrote the following in a letter to LT Cessford: "Are
you in a position to reveal to us the nature of the link between Steven Komie and the
Wehde household?
On November 28, 2002, Dustin Wehde' s father, Brett Wehde, committed suicide near his
son' s (Dustin Wehde) In a note he left behind, Brett Wehde wrote that his "heart was
broken" on [December 13, 2001], the day T RACE Y RI CHTER shot and killed Dustin
Wehde, and that [he cried] every day since [December 13, 2001].
On December 30, 2002, TRACEY RI CHTER wrote a letter to Mona Wehde (Dustin
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Wehde' s mother and Brett Wehde' s wife) wherein TRACEY RI CHTER accused Mona
Wehde of conspiring with Dr. John Pitman to have Dustin Wehde attack her, and chastised
Mona Wehde for being a horrible wife to her late husband,
On October 13, 2003, Dustin Wehde' s Estate filed a wrongful death lawsuit against
TRACEY RI CHTER. Wehde Estate v. Tracey [Richterl, Sac County District Court, Case No.
LACV018486.
On April 23, 2004, Michael Roberts filed for divorce from TRACEY RI CHTER. Michael
Roberts v. Tracey [Roberts], Buena Vista County District Court, Case No. CDCD002755.
TRACEY RI CHTER was given temporary custody of their children, N.R. and M.R. Much like
TRACEY RI CHTER' s divorce with Dr. John Pitman, the custody / divorce proceedings that
followed Michael Roberts and TRACEY RI CHTER' s separation were contentious and
protracted.
On May 18, 2004, TRACEY RI CHTER came into the Sac County Sheriffs Office, and asked
to speak with Sac County Sheriff Ken McClure. The following is Sheriff Ken McClure' s
report regarding this incident:
Tracey [Richter] told me she had some information that she felt I needed to know. Tracey
[Richter] told me that her husband, Michael Roberts, talks in his sleep, and while he talks in
his sleep, Tracey is able to ask him questions. TRACEY RICHTER told me that on numerous
occasions, Michael would talk about a journal and how this journal would "cover his ass."
TRACEY RICHTER also said that Michael Roberts told her [in his sleep] that the contents of
this journal concerned Tracey [Richter's] ex-husband John Pittman. When talking about the
Journal, Tracey [Richter] would cry and talk about for short time, and then she would start
talking about something else. Tracey [Richter] said that she asked Michael about where this
journal was because she had never seen it. Tracey [Richter] told me that [Michael Roberts]
told her while he was sleeping that last time he saw the Journal, Dustin had it. On another
occasion, Tracey [Richter] said that [Michael Roberts] was talking in his sleep about how in
case they got caught, [the journal] would cover him. Tracey [Richter] told me that when she
asked who these people were, Michael became coherent and woke up. Tracey [Richter] said
that she had even on one occasion awakened her son BERT [PITMAN], and had him come
into the bedroom and listen to Michael Roberts talking in his sleep about this journal.. Tracey
[Richter] said she had never seen this journal.
On May 19, 2004, TRACEY RI CHTER left the following in a voicemail to one of Michael
Roberts's co-workers:
I mean if [Michael Roberts] wants to be with someone else just say he wants to be with
someone else, but don't try to turn me (TRACEY RICHTER) into a monster by saying that
I'm trying to kill him and all of this horrible ridiculous stuff. I am now convinced that he did
have something to do with the attack and I am convinced based on his behavior...that he
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absolutely refuses to pay any child support...he refuses to pay the maintenance that he
agreed to pay me...the fact that he is making up these horrendous, horrible stories about me
trying to kill him...the fact that he is, you know, doing sneaky stuff with [their business] to
protect his assets... I don't know who he is and I do now believe, I just met with the sheriff urn
last week, I do believe now with all of my heart that he had something to do with the attack
on me, because he has become a complete stranger to me, you know, if he doesn't want to
be with me just say that he's in love with someone else, he wants to start a new life...but
don't make up these ridiculous stories about me... and I am now convinced and that is the
tool that I will be using against him because I will use his own actions against him, I don't
have to make stuff up about him, I will make sure that because of everything that he has
done... that he pays for his crimes... he pays for the attack on me and that he ultimately will
go to jail and that the rest of his life will be spent in jail as the result of trying to have me
killed... he has proved himself to be mentally unstable person, he has proved himself to be a
stranger, and I am now convinced that he did have something to do with it and I will make
sure if there is anything in my power that's honest and truthful, you know, to make sure, I'm
not going to lie or anything like that, but to make sure that he does pay for his sins and that
he suffers the consequences of his actions...you know, unless he were all of a sudden to
have a change of heart and apologize and say that all of this stuff that he has been doing
that he's been behaving and doesn't know what it is...he's a stranger to me, and that he's a
monster and that... he's a danger and a menace to society to have him out there... that also
means letting everyone in (inaudible) know that he was involved in the attack.
On March 2, 2005, because Dustin Wehde' s Estate ran out of money to take the case to
trial, and because TRACEY RI CHTER was judgment proof, the Dustin Wehde' s Estate
moved to dismiss its wrongful death case against TRACEY RI CHTER.
On March 2, 2005, the same day the civil wrongful death lawsuit against her had been
di smi ssed, TRACEY RI CHTER wrote the following in an e-mail to Sac County Sheriff Ken
McCl ure:
I heard from one of our experts that a notebook of Dustin's was found that contained notes
about me. Is there any chance of my attorney getting a copy. It may be relevant to our
divorce case. If you are worried that confidential information might get released, we can
agree to have the Judge review the item in chambers and decide if it is related.
On March 3, 2005, TRACEY RI CHTER wrote the following in an e-mail to Sac County
Sheriff Ken McCl ure: "I just got of the phone with [my civil attorney] who told me that Dustin
Wehde' s notebook contained details about the Dentist in Chi cago. I never told anyone
about that."
On March 10, 2005, TRACEY RI CHTER wrote the following in an e-mail to Sac County
Sheriff Ken McClure:
My lawyer in Des Moines told me that one of the DCI reports reported a daily log of
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Dustin's on an inventory list. When he inquired about it, he was told that it contained
"disturbing personal information about me" he also was told it included "gibberish?" I was
particularity upset that I had not been told about this previously. Was Dustin being paid to
watch me and track my activities? If so, by, whom? Or was Dustin obsessed with me and
watching me tor personal reasons? Forgive m for being upset, but finding out that you
were being stalked and that you were not told about it is kind of weird. Considering the
events of [December 13, 2011], I kind of think that might be related.
On March 11, 2005, TRACEY RI CHTER wrote the following in an e-mail to Sheriff Ken
McClure:
I met with Mary Higgins today. She spoke with Robin from Crossroads, who told her that
the notebook was found by [Mona Wehde] in their house NOT in the car as my attorney
stated. She also stated that [Mona Wehde] showed it to Robin and [Michael Roberts] before
turning it in. Supposedly it contained numbers in addition to information relating to my son
[BERT PITMAN] and myself. Is there any evidence to suggest the conspired together and
used Dustin? They would have known Mike would be a suspect, so Dustin would
eventually have to take the fall so Mike would be off the hook. I wouldn't put it past
[Michael Roberts] using both of them so he would be off the hook.
On March 13, 2005, TRACEY RI CHTER sent the following in a facsimile to Sheriff Ken
McClure:
I reviewed the report and it clearly states the daily log of Dustin's was found in the car and
taken to DCI. If this is true, how did [Mona Wehde] and Robyn spend days going through
Dustin's notebook that was found in his home??? Are there 2? Did [Mona Wehde] ever turn
hers [in to] the DCI or did she bury it because it incriminated Dustin Wehde?
On March 15, 2005, TRACEY RI CHTER wrote the following in an e-mail to Sheriff Ken
McClure: "The second notebook that Mona found contained a bunch of numbers
according to Robin at Crossroads. Could those numbers be bank account numbers?
Passwords? Routing numbers? PI N' s?"
On July 18, 2005, TRACEY RI CHTER wrote the following in facsimile to Sheriff Ken
McClure and then-Sac County Attorney Earl Hardisty: "I sincerely hope you really don't
believe there wasn't a second man because then you won't look for him and if you won't
look for him you can't find him. You have to find him, he has all the answers."
In 2008, the Court awarded TRACEY RI CHTER full custody of N.R. and M.R., and Michael
Roberts was given liberal visitation rights. Immediately following TRACEY RI CHTER and
Michael Roberts' separation in 2004, TRACEY RI CHTER, her family, and her friends began
a coordinated effort to publicly accuse Michael Roberts of planning the (alleged) home
invasion / being criminally responsible for Dustin Wehde' s death, in effort to give TRACEY
RI CHTER an advantage over Michael Roberts in the couple's pending divorce / custody
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proceedings.
On December 4, 2007, TRACEY RI CHTER and Michael Roberts received an interlocutory
divorce. In 2008, Michael Roberts married Dr. Heidi Johanna Forsbacka (aka Heidi
Roberts).
Michael Roberts has alleged that T RACE Y RI CHTER attempted to kill him three times in
the four years that followed their separation. In fact, the State of Iowa's victim's
compensation program reimbursed Michael Roberts for damages he sustained as a result
of one of these three alleged attempts.
On or around October 22, 2007, during one of their numerous hearings in Buena Vista
County District Court Case No. CDCD002755, T RACE Y RI CHTER entered a letter into
evidence which she testified was sent to her by the Consulate General of Finland in Los
Angel es. The letter said that the Consulate General of Finland had forwarded documents
sent to it by TRACEY RI CHTER concerning the legality of Michael Roberts' marriage to Dr.
Heidi Forsbacka (citizen of Finland). The letter further stated that "falsifying documents and
committing fraud to obtain a Finnish visa or commit bigamy is a serious criminal offense for
both Mr. Roberts and Dr. Forsbacka." TRACEY RI CHTER testified at this hearing that this
letter was genuine and that she received it in the mail or by fax.
On November 8, 2007, the real Consulate General of Finland provided a letter stating that
the above-mentioned letter purporting to be from the Consulate General of Finland, which
T RACE Y RI CHTER entered into evidence, was fraudulent.
On January 31, 2008, the Court entered its final order in Michael Roberts and TRACEY
RI CHTER' s custody / child support case (a year or two prior, the Court entered an order
legally divorcing the two). Although the Court awarded T RACE Y RI CHTER primary custody
of N.R. and M.R., the Court stated the following in its findings:
Tracey is very deviceful; She usually has a plan or scheme to effect a purpose. The following
incidents establish crafty schemes by Tracey: (a) One week after Michael filed the petition for
dissolution of marriage, Tracey filed a petition for relief from domestic abuse. As a result of
the filing of this petition, a temporary protective order was entered. No evidentiary hearing
was ever held to establish that Michael committed domestic abuse assault, as asserted by
Tracey. The timing of the petition for relief from domestic abuse, filed by Tracey, and her
failure to proceed to final hearing on her petition, leads the Court to believe that Tracey used
this process in an attempt to gain advantage over Michael on the custodial issue; (b) Tracey
has made attempts to establish that Michael has committed child abuse. Michael admits that
he had in the past hit Noah on the buttocks with a light stick. He admits that this was
inappropriate. This was reported to DHS and resulted in an unfounded report. At the trial on
the custodial matter, Tracey did not contend that this activity constituted child abuse. In fact,
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she conceded that it was not child abuse. Later, Tracey made vigorous attempts to obtain a
founded report as a result of this incident; (c) All three children were attending St. Mary's
School. Noah had a bruise on his back. Bert went to Noah's teacher and told her about the
bruise on Noah's back. The teacher is a mandatory reporter, and a report was made to the
Department of Human Services. An investigation was conducted. Noah informed both the
teacher and the caseworker for the Department of Human Services that the mark on his back
was the result of a bicycle accident. This resulted in an unfounded report. Tracey, instead of
making a report of child abuse on Noah, as a result of the bruise on his back, involves her
son Bert and has him bring this to the attention of Noah's teacher. Tracey knew this would
result in an investigation being conducted. It is quite apparent Tracey knew all along the
source of Noah's injury; (d) When Tracey was made aware that Michael had a favorable
report regarding custody from Bethany Christian Services, she made complaints to Bethany
personnel to attempt to change the report. The involvement with Bethany was made by
Michael to determine his capabilities of being a custodial parent. It was not his intent that
Tracey be involved in the preparation of the report, but by complaining she convinced other
personnel of Bethany that she should be interviewed as well as her supporters.
On or around July 17, 2008, TRACEY RI CHTER alleged there was a website that contained
a nude image of TRACEY RI CHTER and that Michael Roberts and or his wife, Dr. Heidi
Forsbacka was responsible. The image was of a nude female with TRACEY RI CHTER' s
face photo shopped on top of the picture of the nude female. It was later determined that
TRACEY RI CHTER used Michael Roberts' checking account to create the website on which
this photo shopped image was published. Although no criminal charges (identity theft) were
filed against TRACEY RI CHTER, following a forensic examination of her computer that law
enforcement seized from her apartment in May 2009, pursuant to a search warrant, law
enforcement found the original digital image was used to create the nude photo shopped
image of TRACEY RI CHTER that was published on the website she
In the middle of 2008, TRACEY RI CHTER and her and Michael Roberts' children, N.R. and
M.R. moved to Omaha, Nebraska. Shortly thereafter, Michael Roberts moved to nearby
Papillion, Nebraska, to be close to his children.
On December 29, 2008, TRACEY RI CHTER wrote the following in an e-mail to Iowa
Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Special Agent (SA) Trent Vileta (SA Vileta):
"[Michael Roberts] told me about a premonition from God that would solve all our problems.
He said that Mona would find proof that John Pitman tried to kill me and this would allow
both Mona and Mike to sue John Pitman."
On January 27, 2009, Michael Roberts received a temporary restraining order against
TRACEY RI CHTER from the Sarpy County District Court. On January 29, 2009, Michael
Roberts was actively participating in the State of Nebraska's Victims of Domestic
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Abuse Address Confidentiality Program, which, among other things, provided him with a
State Government mailing address, which allowed him to keep his residential address a
secret.
On February 6, 2009, TRACEY RI CHTER wrote the following in an e-mail to DCI SA Vileta:
Once when [Michael Roberts] was working with [Dustin Wehde] and supposedly
"encouraging" him to write, he had him write about being a hitman. Oh, great! That's a really
good idea. We now know that [Michael Roberts] knew [Dustin Wehde] was violent. [Michael
Roberts's admits it. Let's encourage him to fantasize about killing for hire. Yes, let's
glamourize unthinkable behavior.
On April 19, 2010, TRACEY RI CHTER was convicted of felony fraud in the Douglas County
District Court, Omaha Nebraska. State v. Richter, Douglas County (Omaha, Nebraska)
District Court Case No. CR 09 13186.
On or around July 27, 2010, T RACE Y RI CHTER was convicted of felony perjury in the Cl ay
County District Court in Iowa. State v. Richter, Clay County District Court Case No.
FECR014399
Sometime in 2010, TRACEY RI CHTER reported to the FBI that Michael Roberts had once
been a close personal friend and associate of alleged international super cyber criminal
JULI AN ASSAN GE , the founder ofWi ki l eaks.org, and that the two had engaged in all sorts
of nefarious conduct.
On June 7, 2011, the FBI interviewed TRACEY RI CHTER about her allegations concerning
Michael Roberts' supposed relationship with JULI AN ASSAN GE . During the interview,
T RACE Y RI CHTER began discussing the December 13, 2011, (alleged) home invasion and
shooting death of Dustin Wehde. Specifically, T RACE Y RI CHTER told the FBI SA that she
had a friend in Early, Iowa, named Mary Higgins. TRACEY RI CHTER said that Mary
Higgins and TRACEY RI CHTER had a conversation about Dustin Wehde' s attack on
T RACE Y RI CHTER some time after the attack. TRACEY RI CHTER said that Mary Higgins
told her somebody involved in the investigation told her (Mary Higgins) that the police found
a "diary or journal" during their investigation, which contained personal information
regarding TRACEY RI CHTER. T RACE Y RI CHTER said Mary Higgins did not say who it
was involved in the investigation who told her (Mary Higgins) this information.
On July 14, 2011, TRACEY RI CHTER again told an FBI SA that Mary Higgins was told by
somebody associated with the aforementioned investigation that the police found a journal,
and that the journal contained personal information about TRACEY RI CHTER.
On July 27, 2011, TRACEY RI CHTER was arrested for the December 13, 2001, murder of
20-year-old Dustin Wehde. State v. Richter, Sac County District Court Case No.
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FECR011900.
The Sac County Sheri ffs criminal complaint and arrest warrant alleged TRACEY RI CHTER
had knowledge of a piece of evidence that was found in Dustin Wehde' s car following the
murder / alleged home invasion, the existence of which was never publicly disclosed by law
enforcement. The complaint further alleged the following:
[TRACEY RICHTER's] communications with law enforcement and other individuals since the
murder strongly indicates [TRACEY RICHTER] not only had knowledge this piece of
evidence existed, but that she manufactured and planted the same in Wehde's vehicle after
the murder to make it appear as if Wehde was a home invader. Specifically, and most
recently, [TRACEY RICHTER] discussed this piece of evidence in detail with the FBI.
Additionally, a witness has recently come forward and has [said that TRACEY RICHTER]
described this piece of evidence to the witness in early 2002.
The day TRACEY RI CHTER was arrested, TRACEY RI CHTER' s mother, ANNA RI CHTER,
said the following in a message she left on the Sac County Attorney's Office answering
machine: "You have destroyed a family," and "I have nothing left to lose."
In the days that followed TRACEY RI CHTER' s arrest for Dustin Wehde' s murder on July 27,
2011, while in the Douglas County Jail, TRACEY RI CHTER directed her fiance, RU SSEL L
SCHERTZ , and mother, ANNA RI CHTER, to contact State's witness Mary Higgins.
TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER and RU SSEL L SCHERTZ that Mary Higgins had
once told her about a journal implicating her first husband, Dr. John Pitman, in the alleged
December 13, 2001, home invasion. ANNA RI CHTER repeatedly tried to contact Mary
Higgins in the weeks that followed TRACEY RI CHTER' s arrest.
On July 28, 2011, while in the Douglas County (Omaha, Nebraska) Jail, TRACEY RI CHTER
and ANNA RI CHTER had the following conversation:
TRACEY RICHTER: Yeah. I think - but I do think it's important that you call Mary Higgins
because - see, and then it says about- that I discussed the evidence in detail with the FBI.
And I didn't I don't think I discussed anything in detail with the FBI -
ANNA RICHTER: It's just really weird. It's just - I tried calling [Mary Higgins] and nobody
answered. And she has - she doesn't have an answering service. So I'll try calling tonight.
TRACEY RICHTER: Because the only - the only evidence that - like - the only evidence
that I learned about afterwards from - Mary Higgins told me that someone she knew close to
the case, urn, told her that they found something that Dustin had like - I don't know - notes
or a diary or something with information in it about me. That was it.
Then, TRACEY RI CHTER' s fiance, RU SSEL L SCHERTZ , got on the phone, and TRACEY
RI CHTER told him the following:
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But when I read [the criminal complaint], I'm like trying to rack my brain to think what it could
be, like what - the only thing I can talk about - I mean think about that the FBI guy asked
me about specifically was he asked me about something my girlfriend Mary Higgins told me
about, which was that someone told her close to the case that they had found something,
and but - and I remember being - sitting at my mom's when she called me about that. But I
don't remember if it was like - because after the attack, I spent some time at my mom's
(ANNA RICHTER). But I don't remember if it was then or if it was much later, like sometime
after [Michael Roberts] and I separated and we were like visiting my mom.
Towards the end of the conversation, TRACEY RI CHTER again told RU SSEL L SCHERTZ
to have her mother, ANNA RI CHTER, contact State's witness Mary Higgins:
Yeah. And make sure - make sure my mom calls Mary Higgins and finds out who told her,
urn, about what she had told me about; okay? - Yeah. And tell my mom to tell her it's not a
question of someone getting in trouble. This is - this is a big deal now, you know.
RU SSE L L SCHERTZ asked TRACEY RI CHTER, "and you want me to ask [Mary Higgins]
what?" And TRACEY RI CHTER gave the following answer:
[Mary Higgins needed to tell RUSSELL SCHERTZ and ANNA RICHTER] who told [Mary
Higgins] about what she told [TRACEY RICHTER] about. - And that [ANNA RICHTER]
needs to stress [to Mary Higgins] that it's important, because like if they're going to say I
knew about something that I shouldn't have known about and so then that by default means
that I was involved, I mean Mary needs to come forward and say who said it to her.
In one of the phone calls she made from the Douglas County Jail (Omaha) while awaiting
extradition to Iowa, T RACE Y RI CHTER tried to get her mother, ANNA RI CHTER, to agree
that ANNA RI CHTER was present when Mary Higgins told T RACE Y RI CHTER about the
notebook. Later, during TRACEY RI CHTER' s murder trial, ANNA RI CHTER attempted to
testify to this.
In the week that followed this conversation, ANNA RI CHTER called the Higgins' residence
numerous times, but no one answered or returned AN N A RI CHTER' s calls.
Si nce this arrest, TRACEY RI CHTER has been continuously incarcerated in either the
Douglas County Jail, Sac County Jai l , or an Iowa prison.
On August 5, 2011, Sac County Attorney (SCA) Ben Smith filed the Trial Information
against TRACEY RI CHTER. State v. Richter, Sac County District Court Case No.
FECR011900. SCA prosecuted and Assistant Attorney General (AAG) from the Iowa
Attorney General' s Office, prosecuted the case.
On August 6, 2011, B ERT PI TMAN said the following to Donna Bistrican in a Facebook
message: I am in Chi cago right now. I would love to see you. Is [your home] on the way to
Omaha? In response, Donna Bistrican told B ERT PI TMAN not to Omaha until TRACEY
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RI CHTER' s lawyers [told B ERT PI TMAN it was okay to do so]." Donna Bistrican then told
B ERT PI TMAN to call her.
Immediately following TRACEY RI CHTER' s arrest, Michael Roberts took custody of their
children, N.R. and M.R., and moved to California where he was enrolled in the State of
California's victim protection program. Save for a few monitored calls Michael Roberts
allowed TRACEY RI CHTER to have with their children, Michael Roberts did not allow
TRACEY RI CHTER and her family to have any contact / communication with his children,
mostly because TRACEY RI CHTER and her family continued to blame Michael Roberts for
TRACEY RI CHTER' s plights. In the few instances where he did allow TRACEY RI CHTER
to speak to the children over the phone, he had to abruptly end the calls because TRACEY
RI CHTER, rather than engage her children in a meaningful, motherly conversation, instead
probed them for information and details as to their current whereabouts.
On November 7, 2011, a Webster County, Iowa, jury convicted TRACEY RI CHTER for the
first degree murder of Dustin Wehde. The following non-exhaustive list of persons either
were listed as witnesses in the State's Trial Information and / or testified against TRACEY
RI CHTER at her murder trial: Dr. John Pitman, Mary Higgins, Mona Wehde, Ashley Wehde,
Raymond Friedman, Marie Friedman, Michael Roberts, and Jeremy Collins (collectively
"State's witnesses").
As mentioned earlier, during the trial, ANNA RI CHTER tried to testify that Mary Higgins was
the one who told TRACEY RI CHTER about the existence of the pink spiral notebook (not
the other way around as Mary Higgins had testified). ANNA RI CHTER was not able finish
her story because the State made a hearsay objection to the question / her answer, which
the Court sustained.
On December 3, 2011, just days before she was to be sentenced, TRACEY RI CHTER and
her mother, ANNA RI CHTER, were caught trying to solicit fraudulent testimony from this
convicted child molester in effort to get TRACEY RI CHTER a new murder trial. Specifically,
TRACEY RI CHTER wrote the following in letters to the convicted child molester:
"I pray for a miracle and [interviewed with] [Dateline NBC] hoping it would cause someone to
come forward with helpful information"; "You need to understand that I am guarded. I used
to...trust people until they gave me a reason not to trust them. That has changed. Now my
trust must be earned over time and actions speak louder than words"; "I'm not sure whether
your friend was following the [murder case] out of sheer curiosity or he knows something. If
he does [tell him] the statute of limitations has run out on assault and burglary so he has
nothing to lose if something feels bad and wants to come forward [and] wants to do the right
thing"; "there is the possibility there was a 'lookout' person [in addition to the three others
TRACEY RICHTER alleged were responsible for Dustin Wehde's murder], too. My lawyer
has the contact details [for Dateline NBC] if your friend knows anything he wants to share.
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I'm sure God would bless anyone brave enough to come forward."
On December 5, 2011, TRACEY RI CHTER was sentenced to life in prison without the
possibility of parole.
As demonstrated below, beginning December 2011 / January 2012, through as recently as
June 23, 2014, DARREN MEADE, T RACE Y RI CHTER, ED MAGE DSO N , ANNA RI CHTER,
and others have been publishing defamatory and harassing stories about the State's
witnesses on literally millions of webpages. These defamatory stories and comments
accuse the State's witnesses of theft, perjury, fraud, computer hacking, child molestation,
murder, and terrorism.
DARREN ME ADE
DARRE N MEADE is a forty-seven-year old resident of Laguna Beach, California. DARREN
MEADE held the position of CEO of Progenex Dairy Bioactives, a Delaware company, from
July 2010 through February 2011. During this period of time, he willfully and
enthusiastically participated in a criminal conspiracy to embezzle in excess of one million
dollars ofthe company' s funds in pursuit of an exclusive license agreement allowing access
to and the use of an illegal structure query language (SQL) injection script capable of
removing online consumer complaint reports from existing "gripe" websites such as
RipOffReport.com, Blogspot.com and others.
On or around November 7, 2007, ADAM Z U CKE RMAN was convicted for his role as the
principal organizer in a fraudulent 20-plus million dollar bank leasing scheme, which the US
Department of Justice (USDOJ) named "Operation Lease Fleece." Following his conviction,
while awaiting sentencing for his role as the principal organizer in the aforementioned
leasing scheme, ADAM Z U CKE RMAN was on supervised released with U.S. Pretrial
Servi ces. http://www.justice.gov/usao/cac/Pressroom/pr2007/141.html
In November 2009, Dr. Scott Connelly, unaware of ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s past, entered
into an investment agreement with ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s company, VenturePharma, in
order to raise investment capital to fuel a medical research and development venture that
Dr. Scott Connelly's company, Progenex, had developed.
Throughout Dr. Connelly's contact with ADAM Z U CKE RMAN , which was between 2009 and
2010, ADAM Z U CKERMAN dropped his surname and used the alias "ADAM STUART" in a
deliberate effort to conceal his status as a convicted felon awaiting sentencing for his role
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as the principal organizer in the 20-plus million dollar fraudulent leasing scheme. When
ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s true identity and status as a convicted felon awaiting sentencing
was revealed to Dr. Scott Connelly, which was in April 2010, Dr. Scott Connelly resigned as
CE O of Progenex, moved to rescind the investment deal, and initiated a series of
disclosures concerning ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s fraud to the Santa Ana, California branch
offices ofthe United States Attorney's Office Attorney and the FBI.
In an attempt to prevent his fraudulent actions from becoming known to federal authorities,
ADAM Z U CKERMAN launched a preemptive, vexatious civil action against Dr. Scott
Connelly to deflect his personal culpability in the creation ofthe investment fraud. When his
expected result of a quick settlement and exhaustive non-disclosure agreement did not
materialize, ADAM Z U CKERMAN instigated a systematic online defamation campaign
against Dr. Scott Connelly in the hopes that the publication of these libelous and untruthful
allegations would coerce Dr. Connelly's acquiescence to ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s desired
cover up. ADAM Z U CKERMAN and his felonious cohorts hired DARREN MI TCHELL
MEADE as Progenex's CEO to front their group's efforts to harass and intimidate Dr. Scott
Connelly. DARREN MEADE would later admit in a two-day deposition that he was hired by
ADAM Z U CKERMAN solely for the purpose of harassing and intimidating Dr. Scott Connelly
into settling his case civil case with ADAM Z U CKERMAN and ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s
criminal organization ("the criminal organization" or "criminal accomplices"). ADAM
Z U CKERMAN and his criminal organization paid DARREN MEADE a salary and agreed to
pay him a $200,000.00 bonus if he was able to coerce and intimidate Dr. Scott Connelly into
settling his civil case against ADAM Z U CKERMAN and his criminal organization.
Throughout his tenure as Progenex CEO , DARREN MEADE was fully aware that ADAM
Z U CKERMAN had recently been convicted of a multi-million dollar bank leasing scheme
and would eventually be incarcerated in a federal prison.
In effort to suppress negative content appearing about them online, which began appearing
after Dr. Scott Connelly exposed them, ADAM Z U CKERMAN and DARREN MEADE, using
company / Progenex funds, hired Michael Roberts' company, Rexxfield, to help fix / bolster
their respective online reputations.
In February 2011, ADAM Z U CKERMAN , DARREN MEADE, and their criminal accomplices
worked to seize control and ownership of Michael Roberts' company, Rexxfield, for the
purpose of usurping the rights to an existing contract Rexxfield had with MATTHEW
CO O KE for the use of an illegal SQL technology, which, when deployed, could effectively
remove webpages from the internet.
ADAM Z U CKERMAN and DARREN MEADE sought to monetize this technology by creating
an online reputation management company that would market this illicit technology / SQL
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injection hack as an online "reputation management" service that offered to "repair" an
unsuspecting customer's online reputation by removing whatever webpage(s) the customer
believed was damaging the customer's reputation (or the customer's competitors webpage
for that matter), using the above-mentioned SQL hack. ADAM Z U CKE RMAN and DARREN
MEADE charged up to $5,000.00 per removal.
Progenex funds were used to negotiate and execute a partnership agreement between
ADAM Z U CKE RMAN and Rexxfield, and in Feb 2011, Progenex funds were embezzled to
cure an existing default of t he Rexxfield-Cooke agreement. Unbeknownst to Rexxfield, this
partnership agreement granted ADAM Z U CKE RMAN , DARREN MEADE, and their
accomplices, a sixty-percent (60%) controlling interest in Rexxfield and transferred the
rights to this illicit technology from Rexxfield to an entity wholly owned by ADAM
Z U CKE RMAN and his accomplices. Acquiring Michael Roberts' business and deploying an
illegal hacking technology on a mass scale for profit, in addition to being well outside the
scope of Progenex' s charter, was patently illegal.
In the latter half of January 2011, DARREN MEADE e-mailed Rexxfield employee Paul
Portelli for the purpose of trying to go behind Michael Roberts' back to discover the contact
information for MATTHEW CO O KE (purported inventor and proprietor of this illicit SQL
technology) to solicit / court MATTHEW CO O KE and his hacking technology away from
Michael Roberts / Rexxfield and into the folds of DARREN MEADE and ADAM
Z U CKERMAN ' s ongoing criminal enterprise (i.e., cutting out the middle man, Michael
Roberts)
On February 19, 2011, DARREN MEADE asked ADAM Z U CKE RMAN for the address of
Paul Portelli (Michael Roberts' / Rexxfield employee) so that DARREN MEADE could go
over to Paul Portelli's home and intimidate him with a 9mm pistol.
On February 20, 2011, DARREN MEADE suggested that he and ADAM Z U CKERMAN
should begin publicly accusing Michael Roberts of child molestation to pressure Michael
Roberts' into giving DARREN MEADE and ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s criminal organization the
exclusive rights to MATTHEW COOKE' s illicit SQL technology.
On February 20, 2011, in an e-mail to ADAM Z U CKE RMAN with the subject heading
"Conspiracy Theory Gone Wild, " DARREN MEADE suggested that he and ADAM
Z U CKE RMAN begin publicly accusing Michael Roberts of hiring Dustin Wehde to kill
T RACE Y RI CHTER (i.e., accuse Michael Roberts of being criminally responsible for Dustin
Wehde' s murder) to pressure and leverage Michael Roberts into giving DARREN MEADE
and ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s criminal organization the exclusive rights to MATTHEW
CO O KE ' s illicit SQL technology. DARREN MEADE suggested that he and ADAM
Z U CKE RMAN have lunch the following day and "devise how to play this card" against
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Michael Roberts.
On February 23, 2011, DARREN MEADE told Paul Portelli that DARREN MEADE was
aware of ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s criminal history and, despite this, continued to work for
ADAM Z U CKERMAN and their criminal organization because they were his "partners" and
he ( DARREN MEADE) wanted to make "millions" removing RI POFF REPORT complaints
from the internet using MATTHEW COOKE' s illicit SQL hack. This is absolute proof
DARREN MEADE was aware of ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s criminal behavior, and was quite
content to assist in covering up the same.
DARREN MEADE continued to actively engage in this conspiracy until February 24, 2011,
when he learned that ADAM Z U CKERMAN and his other criminal co-conspirators had
usurped the SQL partnership opportunity for themselves and effectively disenfranchised
DARREN MEADE from their ongoing criminal endeavors, including their planned
development of a reputation management business with MATTHEW COOKE (and his illegal
hacking code), which meant DARREN MEADE would no longer receive his weekly CEO
"paycheck" from Progenex, and was no longer eligible for the bonus that was contingent on
his successfully harassing and defaming witness / litigant Dr. Scott Connelly into
submission.
On February 24, 2011, DARREN MEADE reached out to Paul Portelli, the Rexxfield
DARREN MEADE sought intimidate with a 9mm pistol just five days prior (February 19,
2011), and Michael Roberts, and told them that he ( DARREN MEADE) had resigned from
Progenex to protect Rexxfield and their interests in the deal with MATTHEW COOKE. Also
during this conversation, DARREN MEADE told Michael Roberts and Paul Portelli that he
( DARREN MEADE) and ADAM Z U CKERMAN had sold over $50,000 of "RI POFF REPORT
removals" in just one week. DARREN MEADE told Michael Roberts and Paul Portelli the
following about his experience in removing RI POFF REP ORT complaints from the internet
for mass profit:
Because when you, you know - I cold-called people to see what would happen is you
(inaudible) and we just went on and made phone calls. And you essentially get cussed out
initially because they have been hit up by everybody, and some of the people have paid
money and nothing happened for them. But then they are all willing to go ahead and move
forward and try it out. So if you had it on a larger scale and say you were doing (inaudible)
$500, they could still sell it for 15 to 3,000, you have a lot of revenue. If you did a thousand a
month with one wholesaler, that's $500,000 coming in. What's your overhead on that? A
couple months of beating bushes to pull the wholesalers together, and in the interim, you
could sit and [could continue to make money removing RIPOFF REPORT complaints
yourself].
DARREN MEADE also told the two that the only reason he did not resign sooner was
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because he needed Progenex' s resources to help repair his online reputation (i.e., money to
pay professionals to remove derogatory content about him from the internet), which had
been badly damaged after his role in the group's ongoing criminal enterprise had been
exposed by its victims. To support this, DARREN MEADE told Michael Roberts and Paul
Portelli the following:
I mean, you have to -- you asked me last night why - why I was still in Progenex, and I said,
did you see what happened to my [online] reputation? So if you Google [my name, DARREN
MEADE] and Progenex and you start clicking on all the links...and some different websites
they have [up about DARREN MEADE' s and ADAM ZUCKERMAN' s ongoing criminal
activities]...they are complete character assassinations. So, for me to be hired as a
consultant to work for somebody right now, I would never pass a due diligence.
Al so during this conversation, DARREN MEADE told Michael Roberts and Paul Portelli that
he ( DARREN MEADE) and ADAM Z U CKE RMAN planned to "just [remove] RI POFF
RE P O RT [complaints]...and make a lot of money from it." DARREN MEADE told Michael
Roberts and Paul Portelli that he ( DARREN MEADE) had a contractual right to MATTHEW
COOKE' s illicit hacking technology, and that he had "noticed [ADAM Z U CKERMAN ] " that he
planned to exercise this right. Incredibly, DARREN MEADE told Michael Roberts and Paul
Portelli that he was aware ADAM Z U CKE RMAN had been using the alias "ADAM STUART"
to conceal his true identity from Progenex' s shareholders / investors, because said
individuals would probably not have been so willing to "invest" in ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s
new company or Progenex if they knew it was being ran by a convicted felon on pretrial
release and was awaiting sentencing for his principal role in a multi-million fraudulent bank
leasing scheme. DARREN MEADE also told Paul Portelli and Michael Roberts that ADAM
Z U CKE RMAN had instructed DARREN MEADE to create "wholesalers that can sell a
couple thousand RI POFF REP O RT [removals] per month," and that "they" would sell these
wholesalers a one-time "franchise [fee] (for access to the illicit SQL hack) for...$25, 000." At
the end of this conversation, DARREN MEADE invited Michael Roberts and Paul Portelli
over to his Laguna Beach to continue their discussion.
On February 27, 2011, in what was clearly an effort to intimidate ADAM Z U CKERMAN and
DARRE N MEADE' s other (former) criminal co-conspirators from shying away from the deal
with MATTHEW CO O KE for the illicit hacking technology, DARREN MEADE, in an
announcement on the free press release distribution service www. PRLOG. com, announced
his resignation as CE O of Progenex, and in doing so, named ADAM Z U CKERMAN as the
company' s "major beneficial stakeholder, not "ADAM STUART, " the alias DARREN MEADE
and the criminal enterprise had been using to conceal ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s true identity.
In this press release, which DARREN MEADE wrote in the third person, DARREN MEADE
sai d, among other things, that "I cannot in good conscience continue due in part to the
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irreconcilable philosophical differences I have with the major beneficial stakeholder ADAM
Z U CKERMAN who for the most part controls the company and related entities."
The evidence shows, however, that the only irreconcilable philosophical difference
DARREN MEADE had with his former criminal co-conspirators was that DARREN MEADE
believed he was unfairly ousted from the criminal enterprise and that he ( DARREN MEADE)
alone should have MATTHEW COOKE' s illicit hacking technology.
. On February 28, 2011, in an e-mail, DARREN MEADE informed MATTHEW COOKE, the
inventor / owner of this illicit hacking technology, that he ( DARREN MEADE) had a
"unilateral non-circumvention agreement" that gave DARREN MEADE a priority claim to
MATTHEW COOKE' s illicit SQL hack over that of ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s criminal
organization. DARREN MEADE also informed MATTHEW CO O KE that " ALEX ANDER
BORJI A" (another ADAM Z U CKERMAN alias) was really convicted felon ADAM
Z U CKERMAN , and that any further dealings related to the illicit SQL hack between
MATTHEW CO O KE and ADAM Z U CKERMAN violated DARREN MEADE' s contractual
rights to the illicit SQL hack.
Later that same day, MATTHEW CO O KE, a man with whom DARREN MEADE had
extensively communicated in the previous two or three months, responded to DARREN
MEADE' s above-email as follows: "Dear Mr. Meade, I do know you, nor have I ever been a
party to any agreement with you, and I do not appreciate the continuous calls and emails. I
expect that this communication is the last of our dealings as we have nothing further to
discuss." Shortly after sending this response to DARREN MEADE, MATTHEW COOKE
sent an e-mail to Michael Roberts wherein MATTHEW CO O KE admitted that DARREN
MEADE (not "a man named DARREN MEADE" or "a DARREN MEADE") had just sent him
a "confusing" e-mail message and referred to DARREN MEADE by his first name, "Darren."
Following this failed, frenetic attempt to cajole and coerce MATTHEW COOKE and ADAM
Z U CKERMAN into letting him back into the criminal enterprise's SQL licensing / RI POFF
REPORT removal scheme, DARREN MEADE, forced to confront the realities bearing down
on him (unemployment and being a named defendant in a complex civil fraud proceeding,
neither of which could be mitigated if the truth about his actions while acting as the CEO of
Progenex were revealed) instigated an ever escalating feigned "whistle-blower" campaign to
notify / inform law enforcement and the media of ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s (formerly ADAM
Z U CKERMAN and DARREN MEADE' s) organization's ongoing criminal activities, all in
effort to obfuscate his responsibility and involvement for the same crimes, which he had
committed alongside them as Progenex's CEO . However, as the foregoing demonstrates,
the ONLY thing responsible for DARREN MEADE' s twenty-four hour transformation from
degenerate criminal to whistleblowing white knight, was that he learned ADAM
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Z U CKERMAN and his other former co-conspirators had kicked him out of the "deal" and he
would no longer have access to MATTHEW CO O KE' s hacking code to make "millions"
removing RI POFF REP O RT complaints.
On March 4, 2011, DARREN MEADE told Michael Roberts that "at the end of t he day, [Dr.
Scott Connelly] is a [ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s victim] just like you, [Michael Roberts].
On November 21, 2011, DARREN MEADE made a sworn declaration to the Federal Court
in which he had stated he intimate knowledge that his former accomplices and co-
conspirators, ADAM Z U CKE RMAN , KIRK MCMAHAN , and others, had effectively
reconstituted their fraudulent B RI CKB ANC ("Operation Lease Fleece") operations under the
name X B AN KER while ADAM Z U CKE RMAN and KIRK MCMAHAN were on pretrial
release with the federal government. Below is an excerpt from DARREN MEADE' s sworn
declaration:
In late 2010, I was present during a meeting where [ADAM ZUCKERMAN] and KIRK
MCMAHAN became very concerned that if the true nature of the activities taking place at
XBANKER were revealed they would have a negative impact on their pending sentencing in
the BRICKBANC case. As a result they decided to do two things. First, ADAM
ZUCKERMAN' s mother, MIRIAM ZUCKERMAN, would be prohibited from entering the
building and communicating with any XBANKER customers out of a fear that the customers
would make a connection between MIRIAM ZUCKERMAN and ADAM ZUCKERMAN and
thus reveal his background. Second, XBANKER' s operations would have to be shut down by
January 2011.
Bank records and other information obtained by law enforcement and other information
demonstrates that ADAM Z U CKE RMAN , KIRK MCMAHAN , while on pretrial release and
awaiting sentencing, along with DARREN MEADE and a handful of others, essentially
reconstituted the operations of B RI CKB ANC ("Operation Lease Fleece") under the name
X B AN KER.
In the weeks and months that followed his reluctant departure from ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s
organization, DARREN MEADE, on multiple occasi ons, told Michael Roberts, Dr. Scott
Connelly, the United States Department of Justice, including numerous FBI Speci al Agents
and Assistant United States Attorneys, and others, that he ( DARREN MEADE) was duped
by ADAM Z U CKE RMAN (aka ADAM STUART, aka AL EX AN DER BORJI A) and his other
former co-conspirators and that Michael Roberts and Dr. Scott Connelly were also victims of
ADAM Z U CKE RMAN and his organization (which, from June 2010 through February 24,
2011, included DARREN MEADE).
On June 21, 2011, and September 26, 2011, DARRE N MEADE was deposed in Connelly v.
Does, Superior Court Of The State Of California, County Of Orange, Case No. 30-2011-
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00453171. In this deposition, DARREN MEADE testified to the following:
He (DARREN MEADE) was hired by ADAM ZUCKERMAN to use the internet to defame
and harass Dr. Scott Connelly to pressure Dr. Connelly into settling his civil case with
ADAM ZUCKERMAN at al. and ending Dr. Scott Connelly's efforts to have law
enforcement revoke ADAM ZUCKERMAN' s and KIRK MCMAHAN's pretrial release (i.e.,
harass and defame a witness to obtain some form of advantage over the witness in
pending litigation).
He (DARREN MEADE) was offered premium incentives, both in cash ($200,000.00) and
equity in Progenex, provided his defamation campaign proved successful in securing a
settlement from Dr. Scott Connelly.
Michael Roberts was ADAM ZUCKERMAN' s victim, not his co-conspirator, that it was
ADAM ZUCKERMAN who threatened his life (not Michael Roberts as DARREN MEADE
would later allege).
He and the above-mentioned convicted felons conspired to use stolen Progenex funds to
procure an illicit hacking technology for the purpose of creating a reputation management
service that would charge its customers, victims / subjects of online defamation,
$5,000.00 to remove a RIPOFF REPORT complaint or other defamatory content on the
internet, and would accomplish this by injecting illicit source code (hacking) into RIPOFF
REPORT'S servers.
He (DARREN MEADE) and ADAM ZUCKERMAN sold $50,000 worth of [RIPOFF
REPORT removals] in less than a week, maybe spending a total of only three hours on
the phone. DARREN MEADE further testified that he and ADAM ZUCKERMAN did not
need to advertise their services, because all they did was read the RIPOFF REPORT
website and wait for somebody to publish something derogatory about a business and
you would just turn around and call the business an say, "I see that you have this
problem. We can make it go away for $3,000." DARREN MEADE further testified that
"THEIR largest client's were attorneys."
DARREN MEADE further testified that "Ripoff Report never deletes anything written
about somebody. So it's the perfect place to defame somebody because it will always
stay up, and for some reason it winds up ranking on the first page of Google. So if you
want to destroy somebody's reputation, that's a great place to do it."
Michael Roberts was not aware that deploying the SQL code was illegal at the time
Michael Roberts was attempting to purchase it.
A review of both DARREN MEADE' s e-mail communications, disclosures he made to
federal law enforcement officials from April 2011 through Nov 2011, as well as admissions
he made in his above-mentioned deposition, leaves no doubt that as of the date he
assumed the role as Progenex CEO, which was in June 2010, as well as throughout his
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entire tenure there, DARREN MEADE knew ADAM Z U CKE RMAN was using a number of
aliases to conceal his criminal past. This proves DARREN MEADE was fully aware of the
criminal scheme to steal Progenex funds and defraud its shareholders. In fact, in a
November 15, 2011, e-mail, DARREN MEADE wrote that he "was the CE O of Progenex
[and] knew what was being committed financially."
On August 29, 2011, at KIRK MCMAHAN' s sentencing hearing, while sitting alongside a
victim of ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s most recent fraudulent operation, X B AN KER, DARREN
MEADE told a sitting Federal District Court Judge that ADAM Z U CKE RMAN and KI RK
MCMAHAN threatened to explode DARREN MEADE' s brain with a .50 caliber bullet if
DARREN MEADE ever threatened to expose them.
On October 24, 2011, TRACEY RI CHTER' s murder trial started.
On October 25, 2011, in an email to Michael Roberts, DARREN MEADE thanked Michael
Roberts for providing him updates on TRACEY RI CHTER' s murder trial and told Michael
Roberts that he was praying for him.
On October 28, 2011, DARREN MEADE began making extortive demands of State's
witness Michael Roberts for financial payments, which Michael Roberts refused. As a result
of Michael Roberts' refusal to give DARREN MEADE money, DARREN MEADE' s demands
and threats towards Michael Roberts escalated.
In November 2011, flat broke and bereft of any employment, with his history of fraud having
been exposed online, DARREN MEADE, desperate for a source of income, saw an
opportunity to forge a relationship with ED MAGEDSO N , the owner, operator, and "EDitor"
of Ripoffreport.com, by providing ED MAGEDSO N with information about the ongoing report
removal attacks that he ( DARREN MEADE) , ADAM Z U CKE RMAN , MATTHEW CO O KE,
and his other co-conspirators had been executing with the SQL technology. However,
DARREN MEADE (assumedly) failed to tell ED MAGE DSO N / RI POFF REPORT and the
FBI that he actively and enthusiastically participated in this same scheme before he got
booted out of the deal. In fact, DARREN MEADE would later admit that he ( DARREN
MEADE) removed derogatory RI POFF REP O RT complaints about himself ( DARREN
MEADE) by injecting this illegal source code into RI POFF REPORT' S servers. Furthermore,
during his conversation with Paul Portelli on 23 Feb 2011, DARREN MEADE stated that the
reason for his voluntary continued involvement with convicted felon ADAM Z U CKERMAN
was to "make money off the [RI POFF REP ORT removals]."
On November 5, 2011, two days before T RACE Y RI CHTER was to be sentenced,
DARRE N MEADE launched his first reprisal against Michael Roberts when, in the comment
section below an online news story about T RACE Y RI CHTER' s case, he accused Michael
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Roberts of being criminally responsible for Dustin Wehde' s murder.
The next day, on November 6, 2011, the jury in TRACEY RI CHTER' s murder trial handed
down their guilty verdict.
On November 10, 2011, TRACEY RI CHTER' s good friend DONNA BI STRI CAN and
DARREN MEADE had a phone conversation that lasted over one hour.
On November 22, 2011, ANNA RI CHTER called DARREN MEADE (one minute).
On November 23, 2011, TRACEY RI CHTER wrote the following in a letter to Jim Landa, a
convicted child molester incarcerated in Wisconsin: "Recently a man came forward with
claims my [second] husband, [Michael Roberts] threatened to kill him and befriended a
mentally unstable man and got that man [sic] to break into his [sic] present home."
On November 27, DARREN MEADE called ANNA RI CHTER and the two spoke for seven
minutes.
On November 28, 2011, ANNA RI CHTER and DARREN MEADE had a phone conversation
that lasted over eighty-three (83) minutes.
On November 29, 2011, ANNA RI CHTER and DARREN MEADE had a phone conversation
that lasted about fifty (50) minutes.
On December 1, 2011, DARREN MEADE and RU SSEL L SCHERTZ , TRACEY RI CHTER' s
fiance, spoke on the phone for eighty-seven (87) minutes.
Between December 12 and 15, 2011, DARREN MEADE visited Arizona and stayed in a
hotel on the same road on which RI POFF REPORT' S attorneys are located.
In December 2012, DARREN MEADE began publishing harassing and defamatory stories
on the internet about the State's witnesses, most of which he and others published as
"complaints" on the purported consumer advocacy website www.ripoffreport.com (RI POFF
REPORT) . Among many other things, these "complaints" accuse the State's witnesses of
murder, child molestation, terrorism, perjury, and a myriad of financial crimes, including
fraud.
RI POF F REPORT
RI POFF REP ORT (www.RipOffReport.com) is incorporated in the State of Delaware as
X CENTRI C VEN TU RES, LLC ("RIPOFF REPORT) . ED MAGEDSON is the owner,
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operator, and "EDitor" of RI POFF REPORT. RI POFF REP O RT earns money through
advertisements on its website. RI POFF RE P O RT is an Arizona based company, but is
incorporated in the State of Delaware. RI POFF REP ORT derives financial benefit and
income by selling advertisement space on its website and through its "Corporate Advocacy
Program" and its RI POFF REP O RT Verified program (collectively "CAP") , both of which
are expensive services provided solely by RI POFF REPORT, which mitigate, and in some
instances, remove negative, defamatory RI POFF RE P O RT complaint for a hefty fee.
The RI POFF RE P O RT enterprise markets the CAP programs to the subjects of Reports,
typically after strongly urging them to file rebuttals. By joining CAP or otherwise making
financial arrangements with the RI POFF REP O RT enterprise, a subject can buy the
privilege of essentially writing (or approving) his or her own Google search result. The CAP
member writes or approves between 250 and 350 additional words of positive content that
will be inserted into the body of a Report and also in a known strategic location in the HTML
for the Report. 250 words is just the right amount of text to push the surrounding negative
content so far down in the HTML as to be irrelevant to search engines. Thus, negative
content virtually disappears from the Google search results for CAP members, replaced by
the words approved by the CAP member. Because Googl e' s search algorithms are
generally influenced to select text that "matches, " between both a web page and the
corresponding HTML (that is, identical text that is present in both), putting the positive
content in the strategic location in the HTML, along with a matching block of text in the
Report effectively negates the harmful effect ofthe Report with the Googl e search engine.
According to RI POFF REP ORT employee / agent SI AMACK YAGHOB I (aka SAM
Y OU B AN KS) , RI POFF REPORT / X CENTRI C VE N TU RE S is worth more than 35 million
dollars.
On December 10, 2011, DARREN MEADE wrote the following Facebook message to a
friend: "I leave for Arizona on Monday to meet with the FBI and then for a job interview
afterwards...looks like I might do an interview on Dateline NB C in 2-3 weeks to get the story
out on all of this. The job interview is in [Arizona], but I would still work from Laguna."
Between December 12 and 15, 2011, DARREN MEADE visited Arizona and stayed in a
hotel on the same road on which RI POFF REPORT' S attorneys are located.
On December 21, 2011, DARREN MEADE sent an e-mail, which contained the job proposal
he pitched to ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT.
In early January 2012, ED MAGEDSO N and RI POFF REP ORT possessed and had
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knowledge of DARREN MEADE' s aforementioned deposition.
On or around January 1, 2012, DARREN MEADE told Dr. Scott Connelly he was hired by
TRACEY RI CHTER' s mother, ANNA RI CHTER, and brother to help TRACEY RI CHTER get
a new trial.
On January 1, 2012, TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER to have B ERT PI TMAN see
if he could get "[DR. JOHN PITMAN' S former girlfriend, Allisan Tucker] to turn on Dr. John
Pitman." TRACEY RI CHTER added that [Allisan Tucker] is looking to further her career and
if she [had] something on [Dr. John Pitman] that could be helpful, know what I mean?"
TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER that "it would be heaven" and would "serve [Dr.
John Pitman] right" if he was betrayed by someone he put before his son (BERT PITMAN).
On January 3, 2012, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that DARREN MEADE was
"going after" Michael Roberts.
On January 20, 2012, TRACEY RI CHTER told B ERT PI TMAN he "[needed] to work magic."
TRACEY RI CHTER told B ERT PITMAN to talk to Dr. John Pitman's nurses to see if any of
them had information that would prove Dr. John Pitman lied when he testified against
TRACEY RI CHTER. B ERT PI TMAN said he had talked to one of Dr. John Pitman's nurses
and could get more information from that nurse. T RACE Y RI CHTER told BERT PITMAN to
tell this nurse that the nurse would have the potential to save someone' s life ( TRACEY
RI CHTER' s life). B ERT PI TMAN said this nurse wanted to talk, and another one of Dr. John
Pitman's employees was tired of Dr. John Pitman. B ERT PI TMAN stated he would talk to
people who work for Dr. John Pitman. B ERT PI TMAN told TRACEY RI CHTER he did not
know the situation with Dr. John Pitman's former girlfriend, Allisan Tucker, and whether she
would tell B ERT PI TMAN anything. TRACEY RI CHTER said she thought "[Allisan Tucker]
would "f**k Dr. John Pitman over in a heartbeat." B ERT PI TMAN said the last time he went
out on a limb for TRACEY RI CHTER, his father, Dr. John Pitman, cut him off, so he (BERT
PITMAN) needed to be careful, and should hire a lawyer before he talked to Allisan Tucker,
because it could backfire on him (BERT PITMAN). TRACEY RI CHTER directed B ERT
PI TMAN to get Allisan Tucker's contact information and give it to ANNA RI CHTER, and
ANNA RI CHTER would contact Allisan Tucker so that B ERT PITMAN' S participation in the
matter would not be known to Dr. John Pitman.
On January 26, 2012, Journalist Glenn Puit, published RI POFF REPORT complaint No.
article 829020, which is more or less a damning account of the criminal activities of
convicted felons ADAM Z U CKERMAN and KIRK MCMAHAN described earlier herein.
On January 28 and 30, 2012, DARREN MEADE wrote the following to Dr. Scott Connelly
and Dr. Scott Connelly's attorney: "It seems my deposition was sent to a third-party the
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General Counsel for Ripoff Report. Do you have any idea how this happened?"; "I have not
authorized ANY dissemination of the depositions"; "I need to ask for you to keep [your]
promise....[that you] will not disseminate [ DARREN MEADE' s deposition to third parties
without clearing it with [me, DARREN MEADE] "; and "going behind my back [and giving my
deposition to] [RI POFF REPORT] is bad faith; "I explained to you the FBI investigation [into
the RI POFF REP O RT hacking to remove complaints for profit, of which DARREN MEADE
was part] is in it's fragile state. That the boiler room information should funnel through me,
instead you had [your attorney] reach out directly and he offers up my deposition [to
RI POFF REPORT] ?"
On February 3, 2012, TRACEY RI CHTER asked AN N A RI CHTER whether there was
anything else on RI POFF REP O RT and / or whether RI POFF REP ORT was going after
Michael Roberts, "big time." ANNA RI CHTER said RI POFF REP ORT was going after
Michael Roberts, "big time." ANNA RI CHTER said DARRE N told her RI POFF REP O RT had
Michael Roberts on the run and that Michael Roberts had to be going crazy. ANNA
RI CHTER said RI POFF REP O RT had not yet published her "complaint" on RI POFF
REPORT, even though she had submitted it to RI POFF RE P O RT a number of days prior.
T RACE Y RI CHTER directed her mother to check RI POF F RE P O RT every single day.
On February 14, 2012, DARREN MEADE authored / published RI POFF REP ORT complaint
No. 839253, the first version of "Google-Cide Exposed By The Man Who Knew Too Much,
DARREN MEADE threatened and life in danger - SE O (Search Engine Optimization)
Reputation Management dark side, " which is an oft updated RI POFF REP O RT complaint
deliberately crafted to deflect and obfuscate DARRE N MEADE' s knowledge of and
enthusiastic participation in the criminal scheme leading to the executed SQL hack licensing
agreement between ADAM Z U CKE RMAN and MATTHEW CO O KE. In this original report
(and subsequent updates by DARREN MEADE himself) DARREN MEADE admitted his eye
witness status but purposely omitted critical facts regarding the true nature of his volitional
participation with ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s plan from November 2010, continuously up to
February 24, 2011, at which time DARREN MEADE became aware that ADAM
Z U CKE RMAN had usurped the SQL licensing opportunity for himself and was proceeding
without DARREN MEADE. To further camouflage his culpability he even included facts
concerning the involvement of Reputation.com in the bidding process for exclusive access
to the license rights to MATTHEW COOKE' s SQL code:
I was recruited as the CEO of another [ADAM ZUCKERMANJ-controlled entity, Progenex,
from which he embezzled the funds to acquire both a controlling interest in Rexxfield and the
rights to the SQL injection code. In completely unrelated news, the hacker who wrote it
MATTHEW COOKE was the brain behind RemoveYourName.com. That is, until he sold the
domain (is that all?) to the well-meaning folks at Reputation.com. Draw your own
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conclusions.
The underlined hyperlink (see below) included in the original (and subsequent updates)
provided evidence of the statement by MATTHEW CO O KE referring to an offer of
$60,000.00 put forth by Reputation Defender (name changed to Reputation.com in January
2011) for exclusive use rights to the criminal SQL code.
http://www.ripoffreport.com/features/audio/Matthew-Cooke-Call-With-Michael-Roberts.mp3
Bank records recovered in the course of the Progenex embezzlement investigation
confirmed that MATTHEW COOKE' s online property RemoveYourName.com was acquired
as an "asset purchase" by Reputation Defender (now Reputation.com) in December of 2010
less than 30 days after the execution of the Rexxfield-Cooke SQL license agreement (aka
Trade Secret Purchase agreement") was executed. Financial transactions and other
records also indicate that during that same time frame (Oct-Dec 2010) MATTHEW CO O KE
was operating an "affiliate partner" network in which dozens of existing online reputation
management companies were paying MATTHEW CO O KE to remove clients' online
complaint reports by using his SQL code on a fee-for-service basis. The evidence shows
that by late 2010 MATTHEW CO O KE had also created an online business model of
"reputation racketeering" in which his online property RipOffRant.com, a website, which
operated the same as RI POFF REPORT, was used to create defamatory reports about
individuals and businesses alike. Victims of online defamation would then be solicited via
one of MATTHEW COOKE' s (or one of his affiliate partner's) reputation management
companies, proffering removal services.
This business model is identical to the organization disclosed by the investigation and
prosecution by California State Attorney Kamala Harris of RE VE N GE P ORN website
operator KEVI N CHRI STOPHER B OLLAERT. Evidence disclosed to the public indicates
KEVI N B OLLAERT was earning tens of thousands of dollars per month by simultaneously
operating dual websites. One website posted nude pictures of female victims while the
other (ChangeMyReputation.com) would solicit these same victims for the removal of the
offending pictures. Many of the offending images were obtained by hacking the victims
email accounts and cell phones.
http://www.omaha.com/news/nation/alleged-revenge-porn-site-operator-heads-to-
trial/article_0d36d51 c-eb6d-5bb0-884d-2b69beaab109.html
DARREN MEADE also said the following in this RI POFF REPORT complaint (No. 839253):
When I told [ADAM ZUCKERMAN] I would not be involved, I was offered a six-figure bribe
and an equity stake in the venture. I chose option B, tendering my resignation. Shortly
thereafter, I received an audio recording wherein [ADAM ZUCKERMAN] and Rexxfield
operatives describe in great detail the effects a .50 caliber bullet will have on my
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brain should I ever go public with this information. I suppose it's mildly amusing audio if you
can ignore the fact that it's coming from someone with a history of criminal violence THIS IS
A CALL FOR HELP. I am literally putting my life on the line to expose not just another
Internet scam, but a threat against the very fabric of our society: The right to speak the truth
and be heard. I only hope someone hears me before it's too late.
On February 21, 2012, ANNA RI CHTER told T RACE Y RI CHTER that DARREN MEADE
told her that Michael Roberts and his children left the United States using fraudulent
passports. ANNA RI CHTER stated T RACE Y RI CHTER and Michael Roberts' son, N.R., is
still in the United States because Michael Roberts' wife, Dr. Heidi Roberts (aka Heidi
Forsbacka) hated N.R. ANNA RI CHTER stated she was going to give TRACEY RI CHTER' s
fiance, RU SSEL L SCHERTZ , information about Michael Roberts and T RACE Y RI CHTER
and Michael Roberts' children, N.R. and M.R.
On February 21, 2012, TRACEY RI CHTER directed her mother to get orders from the U.S.
State Department and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to get a "printout" of
all Michael Roberts' wife's and children's flight activities and then get their credit information
to track their spending to locate Michael Roberts. The two discussed filing kidnaping
charges against Michael Roberts and his wife, Dr. Heidi Roberts. T RACE Y RI CHTER said
they needed to obtain a court order to give to the Australian Consulate in Chi cago, Illinois,
and any other information that would allow them to find N.R., M.R., and Michael Roberts.
T RACE Y RI CHTER said she believed Michael Roberts was fraudulently receiving welfare-
type benefits for himself and their children from the Australian government and that they
could get the Australian government to "go after" Michael Roberts. ANNA RI CHTER said
that JOHN RI CHTER told her that he believed the same about Michael Roberts receiving
welfare benefits. TRACEY RI CHTER gave ANNA RI CHTER a list of information they
needed to obtain on / about N.R. and M.R. T RACE Y RI CHTER said they needed to get
Michael Roberts' wife's travel records from ICE because Michael Roberts may have
changed his name, but that Heidi Forsbacka (aka Dr. Heidi Roberts) may not have. ANNA
RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE also asked her to get information about Michael Roberts'
wife, Dr. Heidi Forsbacka (aka Dr. Heidi Roberts). TRACEY RI CHTER stated that ICE
would not give this information without a court order. TRACEY RI CHTER said they needed
to obtain a court order directing Michael Roberts to return to the U.S. with the children within
forty-eight hours, and if he had them in Australia, it would be impossible for him to comply
with the Court's order, which would allow them to have an amber alert issued and have
Mi chael Roberts held in contempt of court. ANNA RI CHTER stated that Michael Roberts is
scared because he knows he is going to be arrested and that Michael Roberts probably
gave the children to his wife, Dr. Heidi Forsbacka (aka Dr. Heidi Roberts), believing he was
going to be arrested. ANNA RI CHTER said she recently sent an e-mail to TRACEY
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RI CHTER' s fiance, RU SSEL L SCHERTZ , concerning the foregoing. TRACEY RI CHTER
said she make an affidavit that she did not give Michael Roberts permission to take the kids
out of the country and, "if [she had] to," she would swear that Michael Roberts once
threatened to take the children to Thailand. TRACEY RI CHTER said they needed to put up
a website about Michael Roberts's wife, Dr. Heidi Forsbacka (Dr. Heidi Roberts), M.R., and
N.R., to help find the children. ANNA RI CHTER said she would get DONNA BI STRI CAN to
help her create this website.
On February 23, 2012, TRACEY RI CHTER gave her passwords to her two computers to
ANNA RI CHTER. TRACEY RI CHTER indicated one of her computers was at her fiance,
RU SSEL L SCHERTZ ' s home, and the other was in ANNA RI CHTER' s possession.
TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER to search the computer for files labeled
"Passport" and "Michael Ross Roberts." TRACEY RI CHTER indicated that the latter
contained all of Michael Roberts' personal information ANNA RI CHTER said she told
RU SSEL L SCHERTZ she would get him this information. TRACEY RI CHTER said
RU SSEL L SCHERTZ had checked to see if her and Michael Roberts' children, N.R. and
M.R, had passports by using their social security numbers and birthdates. ANNA RI CHTER
said JOHN RI CHTER told her that Michael Roberts obtained fraudulent passports for their
children TRACEY RI CHTER said RU SSEL L SCHERTZ and / or John Richter was / were in
the process of getting more information from the U.S. State Department and that she
wanted them to get the "guy from the State Department" on the phone. ANNA RI CHTER
said she believed a warrant for Michael Roberts' arrest should be issued immediately for
"falsifying legal paperwork." TRACEY RI CHTER said the guy at the U.S. State Department
is ready to issue an arrest warrant for Michael Roberts. TRACEY RI CHTER said RU SSEL L
SCHERTZ gave photographs of N.R. and M.R. to the "guy" at the U.S. State Department for
comparison. TRACEY RI CHTER said Michael Roberts could have changed their
appearances.
On February 26, 2012, ANNA RI CHTER asked TRACEY RI CHTER whether RU SSEL L
S C H E R T Z tal ked to T R A C E Y RI CHT E R about her chi l dren. A N N A RI CHT E R sai d J O HN
RI CHTER told her (ANNA RI CHTER) that "people" who knew Michael Roberts believed he
was still in the U.S., but that DARREN MEADE believed TRACEY RI CHTER and Michael
Roberts' daughter, M.R., was no longer in the U.S. ANNA RI CHTER said JOHN RI CHTER
was going to obtain information concerning Michael Roberts' travels with his children, N.R.
and M.R. ANNA RI CHTER said someone authorized to access this information was going
to give it to JOHN RI CHTER. TRACEY RI CHTER said it was clear Michael Roberts did not
have his car registered in his name otherwise they would have found it. TRACEY
RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER to have DARREN MEADE include in his affidavit that he
heard through "the grapevine" that M.R. was not in the U.S. ANNA RI CHTER said they
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should soon learn whether M.R. was still in the U.S. because JOHN RI CHTER was going to
use his source to find out whether the kids had traveled. ANNA RI CHTER said JOHN
RI CHTER can lawfully access certain government databases to see whether passports
have issued for N.R. and M.R., and whether the children had left the U.S. ANNA RI CHTER
said JOHN RI CHTER could lose his job if he did certain searches, but that the searches he
would be conducting were legal. ANNA RI CHTER stated that they have done these
searches before on "someone" to see if that person has traveled out of the country.
On March 2, 2012, pursuant to a subpoena, SCA Smith provided an affidavit in Michael
Roberts and TRACEY RI CHTER' s custody modification proceedings, which supported
Michael Roberts. Later that day, John Richter sent an affidavit to RU SSEL L SCHERTZ ' s
place of business, ConAgra Foods in Omaha, Nebraska, and RU SSEL L SCHERTZ
forwarded the same to TRACEY RI CHTER' s attorney. In this his affidavit, JOHN RI CHTER
referenced a criminal complaint that alleged Michael Roberts had called him on October 29,
2011, and threatened to shoot and kill John Richter with a sniper rifle. Al so in his affidavit,
John Richter accused your applicant, SCA Smith, of committing a number of crimes,
including obstructing his police department's investigation into the alleged death made by
Michael Roberts.
Your applicant believes JOHN RI CHTER fabricated this complaint against Michael Roberts
to access information that would not otherwise be available to JOHN RI CHTER absent a
bona fide criminal investigation.
LOCATI NG MI CHAEL ROB ERTS, N.R., AND M.R.
As discussed earlier, immediately following T RACE Y RI CHTER' s arrest, Michael Roberts
took custody of their children, N.R. and M.R., and moved to California where he was
enrolled in the State of California's victim protection program. Save for a few monitored calls
he allowed TRACEY RI CHTER to have with their children, Michael Roberts did not allow
her and her family to have any contact with his children, or know their current whereabouts.
On August 6, 2011, T RACE Y RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER, that TRACEY RI CHTER' s
son, N.R., who was three years old when TRACEY RI CHTER murdered Dustin Wehde,
"[remembered] some things about the attack" and, therefore, needed to be added as
witness in her criminal case. TRACEY RI CHTER told her mother that her criminal defense
attorney was attempting to find a lawyer to get an order prohibiting Michael Roberts from
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leaving the United States with N.R. and M.R.
On August 9, 2011, after TRACEY RI CHTER' s bond review hearing, TRACEY RI CHTER' s
criminal defense attorney asked SCA Smith for Michael Roberts' address because they
were trying to find TRACEY RI CHTER' s children. This attorney also told SCA Smith that
they warned the U.S. State Department that Michael Roberts may be attempting to get U.S.
passports for N.R. and M.R. so he could take them out ofthe United States.
On August 20, 2011, TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER that they checked an
address that they believed was Michael Roberts' primary residence. TRACEY RI CHTER
stated that her brother, John Richter, a police detective in another state, had talked on the
phone with TRACEY RI CHTER' s criminal defense attorney(s) for three hours.
On August 25, 2011, TRACEY RI CHTER' s fiance, RU SSEL L SCHERTZ , told TRACEY
RI CHTER that he was thinking about filing kidnapping charges against Michael Roberts.
On August 26, 2011, RU SSEL L SCHERTZ read TRACEY RI CHTER the contents of an
online article concerning Michael Roberts and DARREN MEADE. TRACEY RI CHTER told
RU SSEL L SCHERTZ to contact the author of the article, who was / is believed to be
DARREN MEADE, using a "disposable e-mail." RU SSEL L SCHERTZ and TRACEY
RI CHTER discussed a list RU SSEL L SCHERTZ had of past physical addresses for Michael
Roberts, which TRACEY RI CHTER had compiled over the years.
On August 28, 2011, TRACEY RI CHTER told RU SSEL L SCHERTZ he needed to find a
way to have N.R. be made a witness in her murder case so that Michael Roberts would
have to bring him back to the area.
On September 4, 2011, TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER, that "this DARREN
MEADE "[knew something about Michael Roberts]."
On September 7, 2011, TRACEY RI CHTER' s defense attorney's notified your applicant that
they intended to call TRACEY RI CHTER' s son, N.R., as a witness in TRACEY RI CHTER' s
murder trial.
On September 9, 2011, RU SSEL L SCHERTZ told TRACEY RI CHTER that they are trying
to find Michael Roberts' IP addresses and other information in effort to locate him and his
children. Later in this conversation, RU SSEL L SCHERTZ and TRACEY RI CHTER
conspired to sneak a television producer into TRACEY RI CHTER' s criminal depositions as
TRACEY RI CHTER' s "third attorney."
On October 4, 2011, one of TRACEY RI CHTER' s criminal defense attorney's asked SCA
Smith for Michael Roberts' address so they could serve him with a subpoena to testify in
TRACEY RI CHTER' s criminal case. SCA Smith told this criminal defense attorney that
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"[p]ersonal service of any out-of-state subpoena for Michael Roberts can be made by
serving [his Iowa attorney]...at the below address."
On September 16, 2011, TRACEY RI CHTER received a document sent to her by ANNA
RI CHTER, which concerned Michael Roberts and DARREN MEADE' s business
association. ANNA RI CHTER told T RACE Y RI CHTER she found the document on the
internet. The document was a letter DARREN MEADE sent to the US DOJ on or around
July 22, 2011, wherein DARREN MEADE told the US DOJ that Michael Roberts was ADAM
Z U CKERMAN ' s victim.
On September 19, 2011, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that her son, JOHN
RI CHTER, had given her documents concerning Michael Roberts. ANNA RI CHTER said
she planned to have JOHN RI CHTER, a police detective in another state, look up personal
information about Michael Roberts and his associates.
On October 24, 2011, TRACEY RI CHTER' s murder trial began.
On October 28, 2011, about a week before the jury convicted T RACE Y RI CHTER of first
degree murder, JOHN RI CHTER sent the following Facebook message to his nephew,
T RACE Y RI CHTER and Michael Roberts' son, N.R.:
Me, [TRACEY RICHTER], [TRACEY RICHTER's sister], [ANNA RICHTER] and [RUSSELL
SCHERTZ] luve [sic] you guys very much, you should be home soon. Tell [M.R.] I luve [sic]
her to [sic]." JOHN RICHTER went on to ask N.R. "where [sic] you guys living now?
On October 29, 2011, five days into TRACEY RI CHTER' s murder trial, JOHN RI CHTER
alleged Michael Roberts called him at his police precinct that day and threatened his life.
The following is an excerpt from JOHN RI CHTER' s report concerning this alleged incident:
SAID VICTIM (DET. [JOHN RICHTER], #20768) WENT TO THE 002ND DIST. DESK TO
REPORT A TELEPHONE THREAT WITH SAID OFFENDER (ROBERTS, MICHAEL).
VICTIM RELATED THAT SAID OFFENDER CALLED HIS PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT ["*]
AND STATED "YOU BETTER SHUT YOUR MOUTH ABOUT ME" WHEN THE VICTIM
ASKED THE OFFENDER TO REPEAT HIMSELF, THE OFFENDER STATED "KEEP IT UP,
AND KEEP IN MIND THAT I HAVE A VERY GOOD RIFLE SHOT." VICTIM THEN ASKED
OFFENDER IF HE WAS THREATENING HIM AND OFFENDER THEN STARTED
SCREAMING RELIGIOUS REFERENCE ABOUT REVENGE. THE PHONE CALL WAS
THEN DISCONNECTED AFTER MID SENTENCE. VICTIM RELATED THAT HE HAS
TAKEN SAID OFFENDER' S STATEMENT AS A DIRECT THREAT TO KILL HIM. THE
VICTIM IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED HIS [SUPERVISING SGT] [OF THE INCIDENT AND
FURTHER INFORMED SGT. [SUPERVISING SGT] THAT SAID OFFENDER HAS A
PREVIOUS DOM. BATTERY CONVICTION AND IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO BE IN
POSSESSI ON OF ANY FIREARMS. [SUPERVISING SGT INFORMED] VICTIM TO
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REPORT INCIDENT TO THE 002ND DIST. DESK. VICTIM GIVEN REPORT FOR
INCIDENT AND ADVISED ON [WRITj/ORDER OF PROTECTION PROCEDURES.
On November 7, 2011, TRACEY RI CHTER was convicted of murder. TRACEY RI CHTER' s
criminal defense attorneys neither subpoenaed Michael Roberts or called N.R. as witness.
To believe John Richter here, you have to believe that Michael Roberts, on the precipice of
getting full custody of his children and finally being vindicated for any involvement in Dustin
Wehde' s murder, after not speaking to JOHN RI CHTER in more than a decade, while in
hiding, called JOHN RI CHTER at his police precinct while JOHN RI CHTER was on duty,
made the same death threat (sniper rifle) he allegedly made to DARREN MEADE in 2010,
(according to DARREN MEADE' s second or third version of this supposed incident).
On.April 24, 2012, DARREN MEADE, in an e-mail to SCA Smith, knowingly provided false
information to SCA Smith to help TRACEY RI CHTER get a new criminal trial and aid her in
her upcoming custody hearing. DARREN MEADE used the following e-mail address to
communicate with SCA Smith: dmeade@kairos-meade.com.
DARREN MEADE also told SCA Smith the following:
He ( DARREN MEADE) had information that TRACEY RI CHTER' s second ex-
husband, Michael Roberts, was responsible for Dustin Wehde' s murder and that
he provided this information to law enforcement in Iowa in December 2010 and
January 2011.
Michael Roberts, not DARREN MEADE, partnered with ADAM Z U CKERMAN
and his criminal organization. In support of this, DARREN MEADE provided links
to his RI POFF REPORT complaints about Michael Roberts.
Michael Roberts had threatened to kill DARREN MEADE: "[Michael Roberts] let
me know that he owns a sniper rifle [sic] that he uses .50 caliber bullets 'and that
he is a very good shot.'"
He ( DARREN MEADE) was aware SCA Smith already provided testimony
favorable to Michael Roberts in Michael Roberts and TRACEY RI CHTER' s
custody proceedings in Buena Vista County, and, at the upcoming custody
hearing, SCA Smith needed to change his testimony and support TRACEY
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RI CHTER' S bid to have custody of N.R. and M.R. transferred to TRACEY
' RI CHTER' s mother, ANNA RI CHTER.
In the above-mentioned e-mail, DARREN MEADE provided SCA Smith with a link to
DARREN MEADE' s Dropbox account, which account was linked to dmeade@kairos-
meade.com]. [kairos-meade is business entity solely owned and operated by DARREN
MEADE. The web domain for kairos-meade.com is serviced by GoDaddy]
DARREN MEADE sent blind copies of his e-mails to SCA Smith to ANNA RI CHTER
(anria_richter2003@yahoo.com) and TRACEY RI CHTER' s fiance, RU SSEL L SCHERTZ
(rschertz@cox.net). Al so on or around this same day (April 24, 2012), DARREN MEADE
sent a barrage of like-e-mails to more than ten news media outlets, including the Des
Moi nes Register.
DARRE N MEADE' s phone records, which were obtained by SCA Smith shortly after
DARRE N MEADE contacted SCA Smith on April 24, 2012, revealed extensive
communications between DARREN MEADE and T RACE Y RI CHTER' s friends and family.
On April 25, 2012, in a letter to Sac County Sheriff Ken McClure, RUSSELL SCHERTZ
wrote, "a man from California called [Sheriff McClure's Office] at least three (3) times in
early 2011 [sic] and left messages saying that he had information about [Michael Roberts]
being involved in a murder plot..." but [Sheriff McClure] failed to follow up with this "man
from California." Of course the "man from California" to whom RUSSELL SCHERTZ is
referring is DARREN MEADE. Also in this letter, RUSSELL SCHERTZ alleged the law
enforcement entities that investigated and prosecuted his fiance, TRACEY RICHTER, were
corrupt and / or incompetent, including the Douglas County Sheriffs Office (Omaha,
Nebraska). Many ofthe same allegations and conspiracies alleged by RUSSELL SCHERTZ
in this letter appeared later in DARREN MEADE's RIPOFF REPORT complaints concerning
TRACEY RICHTER and the State's witnesses. RUSSELL SCHERTZ sent copies of this
letter to over fifty people, including local and national media correspondents and U.S.
Senators. What is most troubling about the allegations RUSSELL SCHERTZ made in this
letter is that before his fiance was convicted for murder, RUSSELL SCHERTZ and TRACEY
RICHTER were using Michael Roberts' then-amicable relationship with DARREN MEADE
against him (Michael Roberts) in their custody proceedings. Additionally, on August 6, 2011,
RUSSELL SCHERTZ called DARREN MEADE "CRAZY." On August 29, 2011, RUSSELL
SCHERTZ told TRACEY RICHTER that DARREN MEADE was an "UNSTABLE
CHARACTER."
On April 26, 2012, ANNA RI CHTER sent an e-mail from her account
[anna_richter2003@yahoo.com] to a local newspaper journalist, which asked the reporter to
look at the RI POFF REP ORT story published by DARRE N MEADE and added "[fjhere is no
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doubt in my mind that some of the [members of the jury who convicted her daughter,
TRACEY RI CHTER, of murder] read the paper and internet that weekend and [ TRACEY
RI CHTER' s second ex-husband] made sure they were filled with his lies."
On May 16, 2012, pursuant to a subpoena, SCA Smith gave testimony favorable to Michael
Roberts in TRACEY RI CHTER and Michael Roberts' custody proceedings. Prior to the
hearing, TRACEY RI CHTER asked the Court to transfer custody of their children to their
maternal grandmother, ANNA RI CHTER. Among other things, SCA Smith testified he
beiieved ANNA RI CHTER and TRACEY RI CHTER conspired and attempted to solicit
fraudulent testimony from convicted child molester Jim Landa to get TRACEY RI CHTER a
new murder trial and that TRACEY RI CHTER had sent Jim Landa a picture of children
knowing he was a convicted child molester.
SCA Smith testified about the e-mails DARREN MEADE had sent him on April 24, 2012.
SCA Smith testified DARREN MEADE' s phone records proved he and ANNA RI CHTER
had been communicating and that other evidence obtained by law enforcement proved that
Michael Roberts and DARREN MEADE had an amicable relationship up until around
October 24, 2011, when Michael Roberts refused to give DARREN MEADE money. SCA
Smith testified that he believed that TRACEY RI CHTER and / or ANNA RI CHTER had
DARREN MEADE manufacture false evidence against Michael Roberts to use against him
in the custody proceedings and to get TRACEY RI CHTER a new murder trial, much the
same way the two tried to with convicted child molester Jim Landa.
On May 17, 2012, DARREN MEADE sent the following in an e-mail to SCA Smith:
Being that I have no legal background, nor the ability to retain legal counsel, the testimony
requested would be for the grand jury and the only way you would be willing to investigate
the witness intimidation and alleged jury tampering [by Michael Roberts]? In regards to my
' outreach and phone calls to the tipline for the Dustin Wehde, I did not keep the telephone
number. I left a voice mail and another time I believe I spoke to someone, it was a female. I
did share my concerns about Michael Roberts. This would be to the best of my recollection
December 2010 to January/February 2011. Mr. Smith, I am now terrified that it seems you
have discussed my e-mails with Michael Roberts the person who has conspired to have me
killed, attempted extortion and threatened me with arrest if I stepped forward with what I
know. The appearance of the e-mails seems to indicate you spoke with Michael Roberts
before even responding to myself. Forgive the accusation but it sincerely causes me
hesitancy going forward for both an honest investigation and that my life may now be truly in-
danger.
On May 17, 2012, at 12:00 p.m. CST, SCA Smith told the following in an e-mail to DARREN
MEADE: I can have a court reporter lined up for depositions anytime in the afternoon next
week. Pl ease tell me when you will be available (via Skype) to provide regarding the
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matters issues you have raised in your previous emails to me.
On May 17, 2012, at 4:27 p.m., SCA Smith replied to DARREN MEADE:
Yes, this matter was discussed with Michael Roberts. Let's be clear, I do not care about
Michael Roberts, his ability to hack or whatever matters or dealings you guys have that do
not relate to the investigation of crimes occurring in Sac County or over which Sac County
would otherwise have jurisdiction. I do not care about Rexxfield or whatever business
matters or dealings you and Michael Roberts shared. My question regarding the document I
attached in the previous email required a simple yes or no; they either are yours or they are
not. So, I would appreciate an answer to that question.
Another matter that troubles me is your willingness to provide me, via email, all sorts of
information and make very serious accusations about Michael Roberts; but yet you are
unwilling to swear to the same under penalty of perjury. This causes me concern.
There are some issues that concern me greatly regarding statements you have made, the
following just being a few: neither the Sac County Sheriff nor the Sac City Police Department
have a "tipline." Further, there is no record of anyone calling either one of the two
aforementioned law enforcement entities (at their regular phone lines) from 2008 forward
with information even remotely similar to that which you stated you previously provided. The
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) has also told me they have no record of the
same. Can you see how this is troubling?
I know you have been in contact / had communication (via phone) with ANNA RICHTER. I
also have a statement provided to me by a former associate of yours that indicates you told
said associate that ANNA RICHTER had told you she (ANNA RICHTER) was working to get
a new trial for her daughter, TRACEY RICHTER. Can you see how this is troubling? Even
more troubling is the timing of your communications with me and your reference to the
pending custodial matters in Buena Vista County. I also know that before you called my
ioffice on April 12, 2012, you called a television news organization out of Sioux City. Again,
this concerns me. You stated you believe your life to be in danger, so I am assuming you
have made law enforcement in your area aware of such. Please provide me with the names
of all such law enforcement entities to which you have made aware of said danger and your
point(s) of contact for the same [to which you have reported these threats]. If you have not
yet made such a complaint, then I suggest you [hang up the phone], dial 911, and
[immediately report this threat to law enforcement].
You have leveled some very serious charges. As you can see from the above, we do take
these matters seriously and will continue to investigate them accordingly. Please provide me
with answers to all the above questions and please provide me with a yes or no as to
whether you are going to make yourself available for a grand jury investigation.
On May 17, 2012, 5:35 p.m. CDT, in response to SCA Smith's above-mentioned request,
DARRE N MEADE wrote SCA Smith the following: "In regards to your request I am
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resubmitting my previous emails under the penalty of perjury. I trust this will do until we can
get another agency to Investigate matters since you refuse too [sic] and seem very hostile
from your other email." Interestingly, your applicant is not the first law enforcement official
who DARREN MEADE accused of being hostile after calling DARREN MEADE out on his
lies. In his aforementioned declaration, which was filed in a federal court on November 21,
2011, DARREN MEADE stated that during a phone call he had with an FBI SA on
September 8, 2011, "During the call [the FBI SA] was hostile and accusatory towards me.
He called me a liar on facts that he clearly had wrong."
The e-mail referenced immediately above was the last communication SCA Smith has had
with DARREN MEADE.
On June 2, 2012, B ERT PI TMAN told TRACEY RI CHTER he planned to give the Virginia
Gazette information about Dr. John Pitman and his association with strippers. TRACEY
RI CHTER told B ERT PI TMAN to reach out to Dr. John Pitman's ex-girlfriend, Allisan
Tucker. TRACEY RI CHTER told B ERT PI TMAN to talk to a former co-worker of Dr. John
Pitman to get dirt on [Dr. John Pitman]. TRACEY RI CHTER said Dr. John Pitman
associates with strippers and hookers. B ERT PI TMAN said the person who told B ERT
PI TMAN personal, confidential information about one of Dr. John Pitman's patients, which
information could be used against Dr. John Pitman, no longer worked for Dr. John Pitman.
TRACEY RI CHTER instructed B ERT PITMAN to "reach out" to this person. B ERT PI TMAN
said he planned to do this.
On July 10, 2012, after learning Dr. Scott Connelly had produced DARREN MEADE' s
deposition pursuant to SCA Smith's investigatory subpoena, DARREN MEADE, in a series
of e-mails, begged Dr. Scott Connelly to "pull back" the lawfully subpoenaed deposition from
SCA Smith and advise SCA Smith that the deposition transcripts contained numerous
inaccuracies. DARREN MEADE asked Dr. Scott Connelly why Dr. Scott Connelly again
released DARREN MEADE' s deposition with DARREN MEADE' s prior approval or
knowledge. Following his refusal to contact SCA Smith and "pull back" DARREN MEADE' s
deposition, Dr. Scott Connelly was defamed on RI POFF REPORT by an anonymous
author.
On June 17, 2012, TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER they had the ability to get the
IP addresses of the people who published "complaints" on RI POFF REPORT. ANNA
RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that she was certain the person who put the information
on RI POFF REPORT about Michael Roberts was one of TRACEY RI CHTER' s friends.
TRACEY RI CHTER said one of the persons responsible for publishing the RI POFF
REP ORT "complaints" about Michael Roberts was the owner of RI POFF REPORT.
TRACEY RI CHTER then told her mother to stop talking about this matter over the phone.
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On June 29, 2012, DARREN MEADE called MATTHEW CO O KE and the two spoke for
close to ten minutes. This is the same MATTHEW CO O KE who DARREN MEADE and
ADAM Z U CKE RMAN partnered with to monetize the aforementioned illicit SQL code by
using it to remove RI POFF REP ORT complaints for profit ($5,000 per complaint removed).
This is the same MATTHEW CO O KE who DARREN MEADE told ED MAGE DSO N and the
FBI was responsible for deploying the illicit SQL hack into RI POFF REPORT' S servers.
On August 18, 2012, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that DARRE N MEADE
wanted information about Michael Roberts' business. AN N A RI CHTER said DARREN
asked her a number of questions. T RACE Y RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER that DARREN
MEADE needed to look up certain information about Michael Roberts. ANNA RI CHTER
asked TRACEY RI CHTER a number of questions about Michael Roberts' business. ANNA
RI CHTER said these questions had come directly from DARREN MEADE. TRACEY
RI CHTER had ANNA RI CHTER write some things down on a piece of paper to give to
DARREN MEADE. ANNA RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE told her that State's witness
Raymond Friedman disgusted him. ANNA RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE wanted to
know where he could get a copy of the picture of Michael Roberts that T RACE Y RI CHTER
published on the website deadbeatdad.org. ANNA RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE said
Michael Roberts looked crazy in that picture and DARREN MEADE planned to publish the
picture in one of his upcoming RI POFF REP O RT complaints about State's witness Michael
Roberts. ANNA RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE had some really bad pictures of State's
witness Mary Higgins that he also planned to publish on RI POFF REPORT. ANNA
RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE told her that his publishing uncomplimentary pictures of
the witnesses on RI POFF REP ORT was "childish and immature, but he [was] doing it
anyway." ANNA RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE said there was an unbelievable amount
of lying and corruption involved in T RACE Y RI CHTER' s criminal trial. T RACE Y RI CHTER
directed ANNA RI CHTER to have DARREN MEADE somehow obtain Michael Roberts' tax
returns. ANNA RI CHTER said she had already given DARREN MEADE a great deal of
information about Michael Roberts. ANNA RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE told her State's
witnesses Michael Roberts and Raymond Friedman engaged in shady / crooked business
practices around the time TRACEY RI CHTER murdered Dustin Wehde.
On August 20, 2012, TRACEY RI CHTER asked ANNA RI CHTER whether RU SSEL L
SCHE RT Z was able to find computer files related to Michael Roberts' business. TRACEY
RI CHTER asked which of her computers ANNA RI CHTER had in her possessi on. ANNA
RI CHTER said she had the silver computer. ANNA RI CHTER said she just spoke with
DARRE N MEADE over the phone for one and a half hours. ANNA RI CHTER said DARREN
MEADE was getting more information and had asked ANNA RI CHTER some questions.
AN N A RI CHTER said she had to get answers to these questions from T RACE Y RI CHTER' s
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fiance, RU SSEL L SCHERTZ . ANNA RI CHTER said she did not want to discuss these
questions over the phone. TRACEY RI CHTER asked ANNA RI CHTER if she found the
"master file" on TRACEY RI CHTER' s computer. ANNA RI CHTER said RU SSEL L
SCHERTZ took those (computers or files) to his residence in Omaha, Nebraska, because
RU SSEL L SCHERTZ knew better than ANNA RI CHTER about such things. ANNA
RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE wanted information / documents proving TRACEY
RI CHTER had her name legally changed from TRACEY RI CHTER to SOPHI A CORRI NA
THERESA BARONI N VON RI CHTERHAUSEN EDWARDS. ANNA RI CHTER said she told
DARREN MEADE that TRACEY RI CHTER' s name change was real because ANNA
RI CHTER helped TRACEY RI CHTER get copies of the document used to obtain her legal
name change.
S O P H I E C O R R I N A T E R E S E B A R O N I N V O N R I C H T E R H A U S E N E D WA R D S
On March 11, 2009, Deputies of the Douglas County Sheri ffs Office (DCSO) (Omaha,
Nebraska) were dispatched to TRACEY RI CHTER' s apartment / residence in Omaha,
Nebraska, to meet TRACEY RI CHTER. When the DCSO Deputies arrived, TRACEY
RI CHTER identified herself as TRACEY RI CHTER. TRACEY RI CHTER reported that she
believed her second ex-husband, Michael Roberts, had accessed the interior of her car and
planted photographs of Dustin Wehde' s dead body in effort to harass her. The DCSO later
concluded Michael Roberts did not break into her car, and that TRACEY RI CHTER made
this false report in hopes to use it against Michael Roberts in some upcoming civil custody /
child support proceeding.
On April 4, 2009, furious at the DCSO Detective who refused to believe her, TRACEY
RI CHTER sent the following message to Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI)
Special Agent (SA) Trent Vileta:
One day [Michael Roberts] is going to hurt someone. When he does, I will have the joy of
sitting back and saying 'I told you so.' At this point, even if it is me, it will be worth having his
true character exposed. I just pray he never hurts our children. Wouldn't it be lovely if
[Michael Roberts] hurt that asshole's (Douglas County Detective) kids? Fantasizing about
that kind of stuff is about the only thing that gets me through moments like these.
Later that same day, TRACEY RI CHTER sent another e-mail to DCI SA Vileta, which stated
that this Douglas County Detective "had just made the list."
Fearing TRACEY RI CHTER was planning to hurt this detective's children and frame
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Michael Roberts for it, law enforcement began looking into TRACEY RI CHTER' s
background.
On or around April 22, 2009, law enforcement learned that on February 19, 2008, T RACE Y
RI CHTER went to the Iowa Drivers License Station in Spencer, Clay County, Iowa, for a
name change on her Iowa Drivers License. The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT)
agent said TRACEY RI CHTER signed an Iowa DOT form for a name change to SOPHI E
CORRI NA T E RE S E BARONI N VON RI CHTERHAU SEN EDWARDS, and that T RACE Y
RI CHTER provided the Iowa DOT with a copy of a court document filed in Buena Vi st a
County District Court Case No. CDCD002755, a passport, and social security in the name
"SOPHI E C. EDWARDS" as justification for the name change on her Iowa Drivers Li cense.
Law enforcement next learned that on January 17, 2009, the U.S. State Department i ssued
U.S. Passport No. #####0483 to SOPHI E EDWARDS. Law enforcement learned that
TRACEY RI CHTER provided a social security number for SOPHI E EDWARDS as well as
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an affidavit signed and notarized by her ex-sister-in-law, "LI SA Roberts (Michael Roberts' s
sister)" in regards to T RACE Y RI CHTER' s name change on her U.S. Passport to SOPHI E
EDWARDS. The U.S. State Department advised that SOPHI E EDWARDS' last entry of
travel was February 2009, U.S. Passport #####0483, and that her destination of travel was
Los Cabos, Mexico.
On ApnT 17, 2009, law enforcement telephoned LEI SA Devine (NOT LISA as the name was
spelled on T RACE Y RI CHTER' s / Sophie Edwards' U.S. Passport change of name form)
(formerly Leisa Roberts) to determine whether or not she filed an affidavit in regards to
TRACEY RI CHTER changing the name of her U.S. Passport to SOPHI E EDWARDS.
Previously, Michael RO B ERTS informed law enforcement he had one sister, Lei sa, who
would be TRACEY RI CHTER' s ex-sister-in-law. Michael Roberts stated that Leisa Devine
last visited the United States around 1999. Law enforcement learned that the U.S. Passport
Affidavit Regarding Change of Name, purportedly signed by "LI SA Roberts, " was executed
at Boys Town, Omaha, Nebraska, was reviewed and signed by a State of Nebraska Notary
on January 17, 2009. The address provided by "Lisa Roberts" was 1851 N. 115
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Pl aza No.
3108, which was identified by law enforcement as being TRACEY RI CHTER' s residence at
the time. Leisa Devine told law enforcement she last traveled to the United States in
September 2000, for a three-week visit. Leisa Devine told law enforcement that she never
signed and swore to an official document or affidavit on behalf of TRACEY RI CHTER
regarding a name change or for any reason. Therefore, she said that she never signed off
on an affidavit regarding a name change of TRACEY RI CHTER to SOPHI E EDWARDS.
Lei sa Devine told law enforcement she did not get along well with TRACEY RI CHTER.
Lei sa Devine said that around 2003, T RACE Y RI CHTER and T RACE Y RI CHTER' s mother,
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ANNA RI CHTER, attempted to reach Leisa Devine at her place of employment via e-mail.
Since TRACEY RI CHTER and her mother, ANNA RI CHTER, were not speaking fondly of
her brother, Michael Roberts, she said that she requested her place of employment to block
all future incoming e-mails from TRACEY RI CHTER and TRACEY RI CHTER' s mother,
ANNA RI CHTER.
On April 21, 2009, in a custody proceeding in Buena Vista County, Iowa, District Court Case
No. CDCD002755, when cross-examined by her ex-husband, Michael Roberts, TRACEY
RI CHTER testified she had legally changed her name to SOPHI E EDWARDS, but she did
not know whether or not her "legal" name change included a middle name. TRACEY
RI CHTER further testified she only used her new name, SOPHI E EDWARDS, for
employment purposes, and that her vehicle was still registered in the name TRACEY
RI CHTER. When RI CHTER was questioned as to whether or not she obtained a passport in
her new name (SOPHI E EDWARDS) , she responded, "No. I think my passport is still in my
old name." When she was asked if she planned on getting a passport in her new name,
RI CHTER testified, "No." TRACEY RI CHTER testified that her name change to SOPHI E
EDWARDS was completed by filing an affidavit of name change, then providing the affidavit
to the Iowa Department of Motor Vehicles to obtain a drivers license in her new name,
SOPHI E EDWARDS. TRACEY RI CHTER testified she did not file a petition for change of
name in the State of Iowa with the Clerk of Court. She also admitted to the court in this
proceeding that she did not have a Nebraska license, although she currently resided in
Nebraska; instead, she admitted she currently had a valid Iowa driver's license utilizing the
name SOPHI E EDWARDS.
On May 7, 2009, law enforcement was told by the Social Security Administration (SSA) that
on December 3, 2009, TRACEY RI CHTER requested a name change of her social security
card to the new name, SOPHI E C. EDWARDS, and that TRACEY RI CHTER submitted a
divorce decree filed in Buena Vista County District Court Case No. CDCD002755 and Iowa
Drivers License No. #####3673 in the name of SOPHI E EDWARDS in order to obtain /
justify a name change on her social security card.
On' May 9, 2009, law enforcement learned that on or around November 21, 2008, for the
purpose of obtaining financing for an automobile under the name SOPHI E EDWARDS,
TRACEY RI CHTER gave Lexus of Omaha a copy of what TRACEY RI CHTER told Lexus of
Omaha was a court order filed December 4, 2007, in Buena Vista County District Court
Case No. CDCD002755, which, among other things, gave her the choice to RESU ME using
her MAI DEN N AME, SOPHI E CORRI NA T E RE SE BARONI N VON RI CHTERHAUSEN
EDWARDS. The following is the decretal language contained in the court order TRACEY
RI CHTER provided Lexus of Omaha:
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i t IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED as follows: (1) No further
conciliation procedures shall be required in this action. (2) The marriage of Michael Ross
Roberts and TRACEY RICHTER Roberts is hereby, dissolved, and the parties are restored
to the same rights and privileges as unmarried persons. (3) The Respondent, TRACEY
RICHTER Roberts (15 May 1966) may resume use of her maiden name SOPHIE CORRINA
TERESE BARONIN VON RICHTERHAUSEN EDWARDS. (4) The Respondent is granted
authority to obtain U.S. Passports for the minor children, [full name of minor child boy] (26
May 1998) and [full name of minor child girl] (13 FEB 2000) without the permission of the
non-U.S. Citizen Petitioner who resides at an undisclosed address. (5) The Court retains
jurisdiction to enter Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decree pertaining to all other
issues in this case.
On May 9, 2009, the Buena Vista County Clerk of District Court faxed law enforcement a
certified copy of the only order entered in Case No. CDCD002755 on December 4, 2007.
Sai d order was identical in all respects to the court order TRACEY RI CHTER gave Lexus of
Omaha, except the certified copy contained only the first, second, and fifth numbered
paragraphs, numbered (1) (2), and (3), respectively, that were present in the copy of t he
decree T RACE Y RI CHTER gave Lexus of Omaha. The following is the how the decretal
language contained in the certified copy ofthe Order appears:
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED as follows: (1) No further
conciliation procedures shall be required in this action. (2) The marriage of Michael Ross
Roberts and TRACEY RICHTER Roberts is hereby, dissolved, and the parties are restored
to the same rights and privileges as unmarried persons. (3) The Court retains jurisdiction to
enter Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decree pertaining to all other issues in this
case.
On May 13, 2009, the Douglas County (Omaha, Nebraska) Sheri ffs Office executed a
search warrant at T RACE Y RI CHTER' s apartment in Omaha, Nebraska. During the course
of their search, inside a padlocked closet in T RACE Y RI CHTER' s apartment, law
enforcement found, among other things, the following items: a copy of the December 4,
2007, court order that was identical to the certified copy of the same sent to law
enforcement by the Clerk of Court; a copy of the December 4, 2007, court order which was
identical to that provided by Lexus of Omaha, which as noted above, contained two
additional numbered paragraphs, which allowed T RACE Y RI CHTER to obtain passports for
her children without their father's permission and resume using her maiden name, SOPHI E
CORRI NA T E RE S E BARONI N VON RI CHTERHAU SEN EDWARDS; and a hybrid copy of
the original order and a piece of paper containing the two additional paragraphs, cut,
copied, and held together with Scotch Tape.
Al so found in T RACE Y RI CHTER' s apartment was an unfiled, unsigned, yet completed
Petition for Name change in the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, which, if filed
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with, and approved by the Court, would have legally changed TRACEY RI CHTER' s name to
Heidi Joanna Forsbacka, which was / is the name of Michael Roberts' wife.
TRACEY RI CHTER, her mother, ANNA RI CHTER, and her fiance, RU SSEL L SCHERTZ ,
have accused law enforcement of planting the forged court decree, its scotched-taped
precursor, and the certified copy of the original in the P ADL O CKE D closet in TRACEY
RI CHTER' s Omaha apartment when they executed the search warrant. However, this does
not explain why on July 27, 2010, in her felony perjury trial in Clay County, Iowa (Case No.
FECR014399), TRACEY RI CHTER stipulated on the record that these very same
documents were found by law enforcement during its search of her apartment pursuant to
the search warrant issued / executed on or about April 29, 2009. Furthermore, no one in
TRACEY RI CHTER' s camp can provide a reasonable explanation as to why SOPHI E
EDWARDS listed TRACEY RI CHTER as a reference in a job application she submitted to a
prospective employer on January 20, 2009.
On May 18, 2009, TRACEY RI CHTER wrote the following in another e-mail to DCI SA
Vileta:
Yes, they charged me with felony criminal impersonation. In their complaint they state that I
bought the used Lexus under an assumed name, when in fact all the financing was in [the
i name TRACEY RICHTER]. I think this is all about the complaints I made against [the
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Douglas County Sheriff's Office Detectives]. They talked about me forging a [document] to
take the kids out ofthe country which is BS. I have [been] resisting them getting passports as
late as this year. [Michael Roberts] took them to get passport photos whereas I filed passport
alerts with both the Australian consulate and the US State Department. My philosophy was:
no passport, no overseas travel in regard to our kids. Supposedly they found something in
\ my house to support this passport claim. I would not put it past them trying to set me up. It
should be easy enough to disprove.
On May 27, 2009, TRACEY RI CHTER was charged in Clay County, Iowa, with felony
perjury for falsifying the DOT form. On July 27, 2010, she was convicted by a jury for the
same crime. State v. Richter, Clay County District Court Case No. FECR014399
On June 9, 2009, TRACEY RI CHTER was charged in Douglas County with criminal
impersonation. On April 19, 2010, she pleaded no contest to felony welfare fraud. State v.
Richter, Douglas County (Omaha, Nebraska) District Court Case No. CR 09 1318.
After learning that law enforcement obtained the transcript of her testimony from April 21,
2009, TRACEY RI CHTER, made form of threat to the court reporter who reported the
proceedings, alleging the court reporter incorrectly reported the proceedings (assumedly,
the part of her testimony where she lied about her SOPHI E EDWARDS passport). This
threat caused the authorities in Buena Vista County to post flyers containing TRACEY
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RI CHTER' s Drivers License photograph and the following warning at the Courthouse' s
entrances:
This photo is of [TRACEY RICHTER]. She has been arrested and released from Omaha,
[Nebraska]. Due to the criminal charges that were filed against her in [Nebraska], she is
extremely angry and upset not only with the authorities [in Nebraska] but also here in Buena
Vista County. [TRACEY RICHTER] has made threats to an employee in the Clerk's Office as
well as [the presiding Judge's] court reporter (who reported the proceedings, and generated
a transcript of the same). All offices in the courthouse have been advised to watch for her,
and if she enters the courthouse, they are to call immediately for law enforcement. [TRACEY
RICHTER] is not banned from entering the courthouse at this time, however, law
enforcement presence will be required anytime she is in the courthouse.
On October 22, 2009, in her Response to Petitioner's Motion for Rule to Show Cause filed
in Buena Vista County District Court No. CDCD002755, TRACEY RI CHTER stated her
name change was "done in an EU country where 'middle names' are not utilized" and that
she did not select a middle name. TRACEY RI CHTER further told the Court she did not
have a passport issued under the name of SOPHI E EDWARDS and that her new Soci al
Security number was issued to T RACE Y RI CHTER, not SOPHI E EDWARDS. TRACEY
RI CHTER also told the Court that she did not travel in February 2009.
In June 2010, ANNA RI CHTER wrote the following in a letter to then-Sac County Attorney
Earl-Hardisty:
After all of these crimes the only person being prosecuted is Tracey and she is the only one
who has done nothing illegal. I am not going away until people are held accountable for their
actions and that is including [the Douglas County Detective who investigated TRACEY
RICHTER].
They tried to bring charges against her for using a fake name until it was proven she had a
LEGAL name change. They supposedly found an altered court document in the search of
Tracey's home. This document had her name change on it and permission to get the children
passports. Needless to say [the Douglas County Detective who investigated TRACEY
RICHTER] is the one who found it after another officer looked through that SAME FOLDER
and didn't find it. First, why would she change a court document regarding her name when it
was already changed legally?
This is just one of many letter's I am sending out. I will not stop until Tracey's name is
cleared and ALL charges are dropped and [Michael Roberts] and [the Douglas County
Detective who investigated TRACEY RICHTER] are held responsible for their actions. I know
first hand how corrupt the Douglas County Sheriff s Dept. is by what they have done to me.
On July 28, 2010, ANNA RI CHTER wrote the following in a letter to then-Sac County
Attorney Earl Hardisty:
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il was with her when she went for her new Driver's license and I know for a fact it was not
used. Also how could Tracey have committed perjury when the supervisor filled out the part
of the form that Tracey left blank, after Tracey signed it????? You can tell it is a different
,handwriting and also they should have had Tracey initial it if there were changes made to
it. Don't you agree? This whole thing is fishy to me and you would have to be awful naive
or stupid not see what is going on. I also find it interesting that all of your so called witnesses
[in the Dustin Wehde murder, then-suspicious death case] are proven to be nut cases.
Following her arrest for murder, law enforcement seized, among many, many other things,
two different name change documents TRACEY RI CHTER had in a bag in her vehicle.
The first document is titled: "Deed of Change of Name, " which purports to be executed on
the "4
t h
day of July 2006 ("July" and the number "4" are handwritten), and reads as follows:
By SOPHIE CORRINA TERESE BARONIN VON RICHTERHAUSEN EDWARDS of 56,
Gloucester Road, London in the County of Greater London now or lately known as Tracey
Anne RICHTER a Commonwealth Citizen under section 37(1) of the British Nationality Act
1981, witnesses and it is hereby declared as follows: I absolutely and entirely renounce,
relinquish and abandon the use of my said former name Tracey Anne Richter and assume,
adopt and determine to take and use from the date hereof the name of SOPHIE CORRINA
TERESE BARONIN VON RICHTERHAUSEN EDWARDS in substitution for my former name
of Tracey Anne Richter.
TRACEY RI CHTER' s (and SOPHI E EDWARDS' ) signatures on the purported "Deed of
Change of Name" document mentioned above, is witnessed by TRACEY RI CHTER' s son,
B ERT PI TMAN. The content ofthe second document is identical to the first, except its titled
"UK Deed Poll Service, Deed of Change of Name (Deed Poll)" and purports to be executed
"this 2
n d
day of February in the year 2008 " 2
n d
" ("February" and "2008" are handwritten.
TRACEY RI CHTER' s (and SOPHI E EDWARDS' ) signatures on this document were also
witnessed by B ERT PI TMAN.
Sometime after she was arrested for murder, Scotland Yard (Metropolitan Police
Headquarters in London, England) confirmed with law enforcement officials in Iowa that
neither TRACEY RI CHTER nor SOPHI E CORRI NA T E RE SE BARONI N VON
RI CHTERHAUSEN EDWARDS were British / UK citizens.
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August 15, 2011, in her response to the State's resistance to Defendant's Motion to
Reduce Bond, TRACEY RI CHTER (aka SOPHI E CORRI NA T E RE SE BARONI N VON
RI CHTERHAUSEN EDWARDS) admitted she did receive a new passport under the name
of SOPHI E EDWARDS and did travel internationally using the same.
On September 12, 2011, less than one month after she was arrested for first degree
murder, and a little over a year after she had been convicted of felony fraud in Nebraska
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and felony perjury in Iowa, the U.S. Department of State filed a criminal complaint against
TRACEY RI CHTER for felony passport fraud (18 U. S. C. 1542). Case No. 8:11MJ195
United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. This complaint was dismissed
following her murder conviction and subsequent life sentence.
As mentioned above, on or around September 9, 2012, DARREN MEADE published
TRACEY RI CHTER' s second change of name document mentioned above, on RI POFF
REPORT; however, he conveniently cropped out the top quarter of the document where
one usually finds some official government stamp, seal , or other marking that verifies a
government form / legal document's authenticity.
ANNA RI CHTER has been vouching for the legality of TRACEY RI CHTER' s name change
and has alleged to have witnessed T RACE Y RI CHTER NOT using / producing certain
documents to facilitate this name change. As mentioned above, ANNA RI CHTER was with
TRACEY RI CHTER when she went to the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) and
witnessed her NOT produce the forged decree. ANNA RI CHTER also was with TRACEY
RI CHTER when she went to buy the Lexus under the name SOPHI E EDWARDS and
ANNA RI CHTER witnessed her NOT produce the forged decree to the dealership to obtain
credit in under the name SOPHI E EDWARDS.
On August 25, 2012, T RACE Y RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER that RU SSEL L SCHERTZ
was late getting to the prison to visit her because he had been giving documents to
DARREN MEADE. T RACE Y RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER that RU SSEL L SCHERTZ
had previously stated he planned to send documents to DARREN MEADE.
On August 29, 2012, ANNA RI CHTER told T RACE Y RI CHTER she had been on the
internet looking at information RU SSEL L SCHERTZ sent her. TRACEY RI CHTER asked
whether RU SSEL L SCHE RT Z had found or sent "anything of any value. ANNA RI CHTER
said RU SSEL L SCHE RT Z had sent the information to "you know who," and "you know who"
would be going through this information. ANNA RI CHTER said there are other things that
should be "coming out" shortly. ANNA RI CHTER said "what's his name" wanted to know if
Michael Roberts was ever deposed or interviewed. TRACEY RI CHTER said RU SSEL L
SCHERTZ had a copy of Michael Roberts's interview on a disk.
On September 5, 2012, DARREN MEADE (dmeade@kairos-meade.com) wrote the
following to his friend SI AMACK YAGHOBI (siamack.yaghobi@gmail.com):
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The Tracey Story' is the article I have written, read the narrative and when it gets to the links
'of the Dateline episode, watch them in sequence. I have documents and reports which will
also be embedded in the article. The flow charts I asked if you can help me with, will be apart
of the article. In the ["players"] document, you will see one section that [is] the Michael &
Tracey outline, that is what needs to be detailed and also a flow chart on the jury tampering
itself. We can work at my house, but it would be a few hours [until] we can, I had some early
meetings, and need to sleep more [than] pray. What is your schedule like later today? Let me
know as well if you [are able to] follow the article.
Included in this e-mail, DARREN MEADE attached two MS Word documents. One of these
documents is DARREN MEADE' s RI POFF REPORT complaint No. 938843 (as it appears
on RI POFF REPORT, but in MS Word format) mentioned and discussed at great lengths
throughout the remainder of this affidavit) The other attached MS Word document contained
DARREN MEADE' s notes on all the State's witnesses and law enforcement officials titled
"The Players."
On September 6, 2012, in his response to DARREN MEADE' s e-mail above, SI AMACK
YAGHOBI gave DARREN MEADE suggested additions to what ultimately would become
DARREN MEADE' s RI POFF REP ORT complaint No. 938843. Most damning in SI AMACK
YAGHOBI ' s response, however, is SI AMACK YAGHOBI told DARREN MEADE that he
(SI AMACK YAGHOBI ) planned to "FI LE A REB U TTAL " on the article that would attack
Michael Roberts. The significance of SI AMACK YAGHOBI ' s statement to DARREN MEADE
here cannot be understated, as it and other information discussed in this affidavit
demonstrates that ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT and DARREN MEADE know the
anonymous authors publishing add-on complaints and rebuttals to DARREN MEADE' s
RI POFF REPORT complaints, including RI POFF REP ORT complaint No. 938843.
On September 7, 2012, TRACEY RI CHTER asked ANNA RI CHTER whether she got the
information she needed from RU SSEL L SCHERTZ . TRACEY RI CHTER asked whether
RU SSEL L SCHERTZ put a copy of this information on ANNA RI CHTER' s computer. ANNA
RI CHTER said, "supposedly tomorrow or Saturday, all the other stuff is going to be taken
care of." [In context, this was an obvious reference to DARREN MEADE' s forthcoming
RI POFF REPORT complaint No. 938843) about the State's witnesses]
On September 9, 2012, DARREN MEADE published RI POFF REPORT complaint No.
938843, which purports to be the results of his investigation into the corruption surrounding
TRACEY RI CHTER' s criminal prosecution and conviction, but which is nothing more than
DARREN MEADE' s and ED MAGEDSON' s / RI POFF REPORT' S efforts to harass and
defame the State's witnesses in retaliation for their testimony against TRACEY RI CHTER.
Although DARREN MEADE published the complaint on September 9, 2012 (Sunday), it did
not appear on RI POFF REPORT until September 11, 2012 (Tuesday). RI POFF REPORT
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complaint No. 938843 and its progeny (e.g., add-on complaints, rebuttals, and hyperlinks to
other derogatory RI POFF REP ORT complaints about the State's witnesses), among many
other things, falsely accuses the State's witnesses and their family members of committing
murder, theft, perjury, child molestation, and having sexually transmitted di seases. RI POFF
REP O RT / ED MAGEDSO N and DARREN MEADE published RI POFF REP ORT complaint
No. 938843 as a "featured" RI POFF REP O RT complaint, which is advertised conspicuously
on each of RI POFF REPORT' S approximate 1.8 million complaint pages. By ED
MAGEDSON ' s and DARREN MEADE' s own admissions that www.ripoffreport.com is
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viewed "a couple million times a day," since complaint No. 938843 was published and
featured (September 9, 2012), it is has been viewed over 1.2 BILLION times.
On September 11, 2012, DARREN MEADE sent the following e-mail to ANNA RI CHTER, ,
DONNA BI STRI CAN, RU SSEL L SCHERTZ , and JOHN RI CHTER:
Anna and Russ, Thank you for being patient and [sic] during my investigation, [sic] I know it
took longer than expected. If you can promote the article and ask people to offer their
honest opinion, not to compliment me, but to share their own stories of Ben Smith,
Mary Higgins, Michael Roberts, Vileta, etc. http://www.ripoffreport.com/ben-smith-michael-
roberts-rexxfield/prosecutorial-misconduct/sac-city-sac-county-iowa-B1 A77.htm
On September 11, 2012, DARREN MEADE (dmeade@kairos-meade.com) wrote the
following in an e-mail to a SI AMACK YAGHOB I (siamack.yaghobi@gmail.com): "Here is the
link to the article it posted tonight. This will give you an idea of layout for RI POFF
REPORT. " http://www.ripoffreport.com/ben-smith-michael-roberts-rexxfield/prosecutorial-
misconduct/sac-city-sac-county-iowa-B1 A77.htm
On September 12, 2012, DARREN MEADE told private investigator Tina Church, who has
assisted with this investigation, that ED MAGEDSO N was the one who suggested to
DARREN MEADE that DARREN MEADE should research / investigate TRACEY
RI CHTER' s case. DARREN MEADE told private investigator Tina Church that ED
MAGEDSON said he (ED MAGEDSON ) would "promote" DARREN MEADE' s work on the
case and "get a couple million visitors per day on the site." In discussing his efforts to help
TRACEY RI CHTER obtain a new trial, DARRE N MEADE told the investigator the following:
The three main witnesses in her trial gave completely different testimony than any of their
depositions, including one month before the trial where they say what they are going to
testify to and to let Ben Smith know if they are going to testify to anything different, and they
all completely testified the opposite of what they said they were going to do.
On September 13, 2012, ANNA RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE found more information
and jplanned to publish it on RI POFF RE P O RT at a later date.
On September 13, 2012, DARREN MEADE told private investigator Tina Church that he
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might be able to get Michael Roberts to leave the U.S. if Michael Roberts believed he was
about to be arrested.
On September 14, 2012, in a three-way phone conversation between ED MAGEDSON ,
DARREN MEADE, and private investigator Tina Church, ED MAGEDSON said the
following:
I do not have people writing for me "per se," but if [the investigator] wanted to publish
articles / complaints on RIPOFF REPORT and wanted to make them searchable...AND IF
YOU WANT TO GO TO THE TOP OF THE SEARCH ENGINE, all you need to do is name
the city, put the name ofthe attorney, you know, where you want it to be found by the clerk of
the court, whatever you put up [on RIPOFF REPORT] within 20 minutes to an hour or so it
would be at the top of Google.
ED MAGEDSO N then told private investigator Tina Church to "search Ben Smith, Sac
County Prosecutor (the title to DARREN MEADE' s RI POFF REPORT complaint No.
938843), see what you get." DARREN MEADE told private investigator Tina Church that ED
MAGEDSON and ED MAGEDSON' s attorneys had discussed that SCA Smith was not
acting in the capacity of his official duties, but was acting more like Michael Roberts'
personal attorney. Then, ED MAGEDSON interjected stating "that would be a good title,
Prosecutor - you know, Ben Smith, Sac County Prosecutor...acts as [Michael Roberts]
personal attorney." DARREN MEADE then told the investigator "the thing about [ED
MAGEDSON] is if you ever need a title [for a RI POFF REPORT complaint], he is the one to
ask." Towards the end of the conversation, ED MAGEDSON told DARREN MEADE to link
one of DARREN MEADE' s other RI POFF REPORT "complaints" about Michael Roberts to
DARREN MEADE' s September 9, 2012, RI POFF REP ORT complaint (complaint No.
938843)
On September 14, 2012, ANNA RI CHTER told private investigator Tina Church the
following:
[DARREN MEADE] got ahold of [DONNA BISTRICAN] and put something on the Internet.
That's a friend of my daughter's. And had put something on the Internet, and I guess
[DARREN MEADE] read it and he contacted her and then asked if he could talk to me, so
she said, well, I don't want to give you her phone number, let me call her first and see if it's
okay. That's when [DARREN MEADE] contacted me and said he believed in her innocence
because too many things just were not adding up. And that he was going to help me to prove
her innocence, and I was flabbergasted, because here is this man, doesn't know us at all
and is there wanting to help us.
On September 15, 2012, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER about DARREN
MEADE' s September 11, 2012, RI POFF REPORT complaint No. 938843; specifically,
ANNA RI CHTER said there was new information on RI POFF REPORT about State's
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witnesses Raymond Friedman, Mary Higgins, and Mona Wehde. ANNA RI CHTER also sai d
DARREN MEADE planned to publish more information on RI POFF RE P O RT concerning
the State's witnesses at a later date. ANNA RI CHTER further said the "big connection was
money, and that State's witnesses Raymond Friedman and Michael Roberts were each
other's alibi." ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that the pictures of State's witness
Mary Higgins published on RI POFF REP ORT by DARREN MEADE were hysterical. AN N A
RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE discovered evidence of Michael Roberts having a sexual
relationship with Dustin Wehde, TRACEY RI CHTER' s murder victim. T RACE Y RI CHTER
said she was glad someone was putting the truth out there. TRACEY RI CHTER said
DONNA BI STRI CAN would help ANNA RI CHTER create a Facebook page. T RACE Y
RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER to have B ERT PI TMAN send State's witness (murder
victim's sister) Ashley Wehde a Facebook message with a link to DARREN MEADE' s
RI POFF REP O RT complaint No. 938843. ANNA RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE
published a short story about State's witness (and murder victim's mother) Mona Wehde in
this RI POFF REPORT. The RI POFF RE P O RT complaint or story to which ANNA RI CHTER
is referring alleges that Mona Wehde was also criminally responsible for her son' s (Dustin
Wehde) death.
On September 16, 2012, DARREN MEADE told private investigator Tina Church that he
was publishing an update on RI POFF REP O RT about State's witness Raymond Friedman.
DARREN MEADE also told private investigator Tina Church the following:
So what this really is the - you have - besides [State's witness Mary Higgins's] testimony,
you have two other people's testimony who tied in the prosecution's time line on why
[TRACEY RICHTER] murdered [Dustin Wehde], and those two people are [State's witnesses
Marie Friedman and Ray Friedman]. Now, [State's witness Raymond Friedman and Marie
Friedman] were interviewed the day after the shooting, and their interviews are the exact
opposite of what they testified to in court. But what happened in between that [time] is
[State's witness Raymond Friedman] was paid $25,000 [by State's witness Michael Roberts]
When private investigator Tina Church asked DARREN MEADE about DARREN MEADE' s
aforementioned deposition, which apparently had been published somewhere on the
internet, possibly on RI POFF REPORT, DARREN MEADE said the following:
[Michael Roberts]...published these fake transcripts from a deposition I gave. And I have
never defended those, but I haven't defended them because I want them all over the Internet
where they can't go and take that stuff down. I want them baked into their position.
When private investigator Tina Church asked DARREN MEADE whether the depositions
were fake, DARREN MEADE said the following:
Not totally fake. What it is...they changed portions of my answers in there. They also don't
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lhave the corrects to the deposition that I gave. So they are miss - they are altered
transcripts. They also don't contain the corrections that are supposed to be in there.
Later in their conversation, DARREN MEADE told private investigator Tina Church the
following:
The [September 9, 2012, RIPOFF REPORT complaint about the State's witnesses (No.
938843)], I LAID THAT ALL OUT. NOW, I DID BECAUSE [ED MAGEDSON] OFFERED IT
TO ME, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE [RIPOFF REPORT] GO IN AND DROP SOME COLOR
PHOTOS IN THERE, BUT I DID ALL OF THAT ON MYSELF. [ED MAGEDSON] HAS
JUST OFFERED THE PLATFORM, YOU KNOW, ofthe site because he is passionate about
ending the death penalty. I wrote the article on Tracey just because I am sitting here going
"what the hell is going on," and I was able to get some information and I have some
information I'm still going to bring out.
On September 18, 2012, an extremely upset / distraught TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA
RI CHTER she was angry with SCA Smith, because she believed SCA Smith's testimony in
her custody hearing was the reason she lost the custody case with Michael Roberts. ANNA
RI CHTER said she would contact DARREN MEADE because he planned to put something
else out there (assumedly about SCA Smith). ANNA RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE
wanted something from ANNA RI CHTER and wanted to publish this something on RI POFF
REP ORT that very day. TRACEY RI CHTER, still sobbing hysterically, told ANNA RI CHTER
she did not know what to do now that she lost custody of her kids, which she again blamed
on SCA Smith. ANNA RI CHTER said that is why WE are trying to "get [SCA Smith]" and
that there was something else going on that she cold not discuss with TRACEY RI CHTER
over the phone. TRACEY RI CHTER said RU SSEL L SCHERTZ told TRACEY RI CHTER
about a conversation DARREN MEADE had with "someone." ANNA RI CHTER said
"someone" is going to be investigating Michael Roberts. TRACEY RI CHTER directed ANNA
RI CHTER to activate TRACEY RI CHTER' s Facebook page. ANNA RI CHTER said her
dream is to get SCA Smith disbarred. TRACEY RI CHTER said the reason she did not get
custody of her kids was because of SCA Smith's testimony at her custody hearing about her
aforementioned correspondence with convicted child molester Jim Landa [Although, I am
fairly certain TRACEY RI CHTER' s murder conviction and life imprisonment played some
role in the Court's decision to give Michael Roberts' full custody of their children]. ANNA
RI CHTER said "well, that it is it, I am going to get ahold of [ DARREN MEADE] to see if [he
can do something]" about SCA Smith. ANNA RI CHTER said she talked "to that one
person." TRACEY RI CHTER asked whether this was the same person that had previously
spoken with DARREN MEADE, and ANNA RI CHTER said it was.
On
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September 20, 2012, DARREN MEADE told Dr. Scott Connelly that RI POFF REPORT
owner / operator ED MAGEDSON planned to spend the night at DARREN MEADE' s
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Laguna Beach residence. Later, DARREN MEADE said he and ED MAGEDSON traveled
together to San Diego where ED MAGEDSO N purchased a boat.
On September 20, 2012, ED MAGE DSO N sent the following e-mail to the producer of t he
Australian version ofthe U.S. television newsmagazine 60 Minutes:
Also - You may want to look into this story / I steak [sic] my reputation on this . :-)
http://www.ripoffreport.com/ben-smith-michael-roberts-rexxfield/prosecutorial-
misconductysac-city-sac-county-iowa-B1A77.htm
Darren, who I copied on this e-mail string could explain more., but, The guy in this story
(worth a 60 minutes story) in the above LINK is trying to go back to Australia as he is
Australian / Michael Roberts He is also featured in this article here
http://www.ripoffreport.com/organized-crime/google-cide-exposed/google-cideexposed-by-
the-man-01cd6.htm
http://www.ripoffreport.com/Search/Michael%20Roberts.aspx
author of the above Reports [sic] DARREN MEADE [sic] is located in Laguna Beach,
California. Darren testified to FBI on several occasions about Michael Ross Roberts.
RIPOFF REPORT has helped every TV News Magazine with stories over the last 15
years. We will never steer you wrong ! :-) HERE IS [DARREN MEADE's] CONTACT INFO
On September 21 2012, T RACE Y RI CHTER asked ANNA RI CHTER what had been going
on with "that guy ( DARREN MEADE) " and whether DARREN MEADE had recently
published anything on RI POFF RE P O RT or any other place on the internet. ANNA
RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE published an article on RI POFF REPORT, Google, and
another place online. ANNA RI CHTER said ED MAGEDSO N / RI POFF REPORT put up a
disclaimer that DARREN MEADE had been publishing these RI POFF REP O RT complaints
on his own volition. T RACE Y RI CHTER described the file sharing software / service
Dropbox as an "online briefcases people can open if you send them a link." ANNA
RI CHTER said she asked DARREN MEADE whether she (ANNA RI CHTER) should
respond to Michael Roberts' comments, and that DARREN MEADE said he would take care
of it. ANNA RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE is going to create his own website. TRACEY
RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER to print off RI POFF REP O RT complaint No. 938843 and
send it to her at the prison. ANNA RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE said he / RI POFF
RE P O RT planned to publish numerous pictures of TRACEY RI CHTER with her children in
effort to "humanize" her, which ANNA RI CHTER had given to DARREN MEADE. TRACEY
RI CHTER said there should be pictures of her and the kids on her ( TRACEY RI CHTER' s)
computer. TRACEY RI CHTER said RU SSEL L SCHERTZ had the password for this
computer. T RACE Y RI CHTER said RU SSEL L SCHERTZ had like-pictures in boxes in his
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garage.
On September 28, 2012, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that DARREN MEADE
had asked her and RU SSEL L SCHERTZ for permission to put "good stuff' about TRACEY
RI CHTER up on RI POFF REPORT. TRACEY RI CHTER said she saw the pictures of Mary
Higgins that DARREN MEADE published on RI POFF REPORT and that they were horrible.
On October 7, 2012, in an e-mail to Dr. Scott Connelly, DARREN MEADE said the following
about his deposition:
ALL of my corrections were NOT contained within the depositions you provided to [SCA
Smith]. The agreement we had was clear, it would not be disseminated without garnering my
approval. We had signed a mutual release shortly after I resigned from Progenex. This
deposition was done as a favor to you personally before the case was dismissed to help in
your settlement with Progenex. Ben Smith is essentially acting as Michael Roberts personal
attorney in this matter. Why do you think the DA of Sac County Iowa would be requesting a
deposition which was never entered into evidence, and the case, dismissed, between parties
that already executed a Mutual Release? I [had] stated [SCA Smith] is 'essentially acting as
Roberts' attorney', which is true. On April 2, 2012, I filed an update on RIPOFF REPORT
[about Michael Roberts].
On October 10, 2012, DARREN MEADE told Dr. Scott Connelly that the damage caused by
the dissemination of his "fake" depositions had cost DARREN MEADE employment
opportunities and "millions of dollars."
On October 11, 2012, TRACEY RI CHTER told her mother that in his September 9, 2012,
RI POFF REPORT complaint (No. 938843), DARREN MEADE inaccurately stated that
State's witness Dr. John Pitman's medical practice was located in Chicago, Illinois, and that
DARREN MEADE should correct the RI POFF REPORT complaint to list the correct location
of Dr. John Pitman's medical practice, Williamsburg, Virginia. TRACEY RI CHTER directed
her mother to bring this to DARREN MEADE' s attention.
On October 19, 2012, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that DARREN MEADE was
unable to access certain videos and documents on his RI POFF REPORT complaints and
that he planned to call RI POFF REPORT to get it fixed.
On November 2, 2012, DARREN MEADE asked his friend SI AMACK YAGHOBI the
following: "Do you know anyone talented with making You Tube videos that might be willing
to make a video for a small amount of money, it would be used to end Google-Cide."
On November 8, 2012, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that she was worried
about DARREN MEADE as she had not heard from him in two weeks. ANNA RI CHTER
said she tried to contact DARREN MEADE by e-mail and telephone numerous times, but he
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had not responded.
On November 22, 2012, DARREN MEADE published an add-on complaint to his RI POF F
REPORT complaint No. 938843, which he titled "Michael Roberts of Mile2, Lies, and
Audiotapes Causes (Alleged) Perjury of Sac County Attorney Ben Smith Case No.
CDCD002755. " The substantive content of this add-on / rebuttal is in keeping with its title.
On November 25, 2012, the anonymous author "VICTIM OF MI CHAEL ROB ERTS X E L L E X
MILE2" posted an add-on / complaint to Ripoffreport.com complaint No. 938843, claimed to
have been groomed by State's witness MI CHAEL ROB ERTS to kill TRACEY RI CHTER.
Said add-on complaint, which purported to be authored by a fifteen-year-old sex abuse
victim of Michael Roberts, alleged Michael Roberts was a drug abuser, homosexual,
pedophile, and rapist. Sai d author claimed to have first hand knowledge that MI CHAEL
ROB ERTS chose DUSTI N WEHDE to kill T RACE Y RI CHTER, and stated, among other
things, the following:
I believed Michael Roberts would kill me if I spoke up. Michael had promised me that we
would run off and have a new beginning as father and son the moment I followed his plan.
He made the same offer to Dustin and promised they would leave town together that
evening.
On November 25, 2012, anonymous author "TIMMY" published RI POFF RE P O RT
complaint No. 973523, with the following title: MI CHAEL ROB ERTS X EL L EX REX X F I ELD
VACATI ON BI BLE SCHOOL VACATI ON BI BLE SCHO O L MOL ESTER, Y OU N G B O Y S
TRUST B ETRAY ED, GROOMI NG F OR AB U SE AND MURDER, I NTERNET. The content
of this RI POFF RE P O RT complaint is in keeping with its title and is essentially identical to
the content of a comment / rebuttal to RI POFF RE P O RT complaint No. 938843.
On November 29, 2012, ANNA RI CHTER told T RACE Y RI CHTER that something
extremely important had to be done by that Monday, but that she could not talk about it with
her over the phone. ANNA RI CHTER said she had been exchanging text communications
with DARREN MEADE, and DARREN MEADE had to get a hold of the attorney
representing T RACE Y RI CHTER on the direct appeal of her murder conviction.
The following demonstrates the extremely important matter DARREN MEADE had to
discuss with the attorney representing T RACE Y RI CHTER on appeal probably had
something to do with this newly discovered evidence found by DARREN MEADE.
THE PHANTOM JUROR
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As mentioned above, on April 26, 2012, ANNA RI CHTER sent an e-mail from her account
[anna_richter2003@yahoo.com] to a local newspaper journalist, asking the journalist to look
at the RI POFF REPORT story published by DARREN MEADE. ANNA RI CHTER told the
journalist: "There is no doubt in my mind that some of the [members of the jury who
convicted her daughter, TRACEY RI CHTER, of murder] read the paper and internet that
weekend and [ TRACEY RI CHTER' s second ex-husband] made sure they were filled with
his lies."
On June 1, 2012, DARREN MEADE posted the following on The Virginia Gazette's website:
"One person purporting to have been a juror in the Richter murder trial claims to have
[googled] TRACEY RI CHTER and what they located online made them decide to convict
her."
Coincidentally, this same thing happened to TRACEY RI CHTER following her second
felony conviction (perjury), which was on July 27, 2010, in the Clay County District Court
(Iowa), Case No. FECR014399. On August 18, 2010, while her direct appeal of her felony
perjury conviction was being prepared, someone purporting to be one of the Clay County
jurors who convicted her wrote the following on the Storm Lake Pilot Tribune's website:
I was a juror at the 7/12/10 trial. Her lawyer did not even show us a legal name change
and presented no evidence. During lunch break I googled her and learned the truth about
her. There was no way I was going to let her walk.
In another coincidence, around the same time this anonymous juror published the above-
mentioned comment, ANNA RI CHTER wrote the following in a letter to then-Sac County
Attorney Earl Hardisty:
I'm sure that you found out that [TRACEY RICHTER] was found guilty of perjury in [Clay
County]. Funny how her attorney refused to put on a defense for her, saying there was
no need to. Naturally we are appealing it.
In her motion for new trial filed October 6, 2010, TRACEY RI CHTER offered up this
supposed instance of juror misconduct as grounds for a new criminal trial:
There appeared an internet posting on or about August 18, 2010 on the Storm Lake Pilot
Tribune website in apparent response to a reprint of an article on the 2001 Early shooting
case in which the Dustin Wehde died in the Defendant's home. The internet posting
indicated that 'I was a juror at the 7/12/10 trial. Her lawyer did not even show us a legal
name change and presented no evidence. During lunch break I googled her and learned the
truth about her. There was no way I was going to let her walk.
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On December 10, 2012, ANNA RI CHTER told T RACE Y RI CHTER that RI POFF RE P O RT
owner ED MAGEDSO N wanted B ERT PI TMAN to send ED MAGEDSO N and DARRE N
MEADE certain information.
On December 14, 2012, at TRACEY RI CHTER' s direction, DARREN MEADE published
RI POFF REP O RT complaints Nos. 982235 and 981918, which are open letters from
TRACEY RI CHTER to her and Michael Roberts' children, N.R. and M.R. These "letters"
were clearly intended to reach Michael Roberts' minor children when their names are
entered into a Google.
RI POFF RE P O RT complaint No. 982235, which is DARREN MEADE' s / T RACE Y
RI CHTER' s open letter to Michael Roberts daughter, M.R. then 12 years old, is titled:
[M R.] - [M.R ] / MICHAEL ROBERTS REXXFIELD FOUND TO ABUSE CHILDREN AND
WIFE TRACEY RICHTER CONTINUES ABUSE BY REFUSING TO ALLOW MOTHER AND
DAUGHTER TO CONTACT ONE ANOTHER / MILE2 CHILD ABUSE MILE2, DR HEIDI
ROBERTS CONDONES ABUSE OF [M.R.] AND [N.R.] GOOGLE-CIDE, DR SCOTT
CONNELLY INTERNET
RI POFF RE P O RT complaint No. 981918, which is DARREN MEADE' s / TRACEY
RI CHTER' s open letter to Michael Roberts son, N.R., is titled:
[N.R.] - Michael Roberts Rexxfield Abusing Children By Refusing Contact His Mother
TRACEY RICHTER \ 60 Minutes Australia \ Mile2 \ Sac County Prosecutor Ben Smith \
[M.R.] \Google-cide
TRACEY RI CHTER and DARREN MEADE' s above-mentioned letters to N.R. and M.R.,
and their add-on complaints and the content of the complaints behind the numerous
inserted hyperlinks, are filled with demeaning and defamatory content about their father,
Michael Roberts, which, if taken at face value, would be extremely distressing to a child.
DARREN MEADE and T RACE Y RI CHTER' s "letters" to here to N.R. and M.R. were clearly
intended to reach Michael Roberts' minor children via Google. In fact, as of July 5, 2014,
when "[N.R.'s full name] and [M.R.'s full name]" is searched using Googl e, DARREN
MEADE and TRACEY RI CHTER' s letters to N.R. and M.R. appear first and second,
respectively, on the first page ofthe Googl e search result.
On January 5, 2013, ED MAGEDSO N / RI POFF REP O RT (EDitor@ripoffreport.com) told
DARREN MEADE dmeade@kairos-meade.com) that private investigator Tina Church
wanted to help with TRACEY RI CHTER' s case and directed DARREN MEADE to contact
private investigator Tina Church.
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On January 6, 2013, DARREN MEADE dmeade@kairos-meade.com) sent the following in
an e-mail to private investigator Tina Church, which he copied to ED MAGEDSON /
RI POFF REP ORT (EDitor@ripoffreport.com) and ANNA RI CHTER
(anna_richter2003@yahoo.com):
I enjoyed our previous conversations, and was hopeful we might be able to utilize your name
and know-how, to what I had uncovered in regards to the 'abuse of process', 'prosecutorial
misconduct', 'witness intimidation' and wrongful prosecution of TRACEY RICHTER. We had
spoken about working together to not only help TRACEY RICHTER but others suffering the
same travesty of justice. In good faith I put you in touch with both ED MAGEDSON of Ripoff
Report and ANNA RICHTER the mother of TRACEY RICHTER. Tina, is it possible to
authenticate that you are in fact the known private investigator Tina Church, whom worked
often with Innocent Project? I've come across multiple electronic artifacts that have linked
you to Michael Roberts / Rexxfield. Michael Roberts is the master mind whom has placed
TRACEY RICHTER in prison for life without the possibility of parole, conspired to have me
killed (which is on audio tape) and 4 months ago began offering $2,500 for anyone woman to
come forward and provide testimony that I raped them. TRACEY RICHTER is innocent, if
you can help her family, then they certainly need your help. Equally, you can take the work I
have done, and call it your own.
On January 6, 2013, ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT wrote the following in an e-mail
to private investigator Tina Church, which he copied to DARREN MEADE (dmeade@kairos-
meade.com) and ANNA RI CHTER (anna_richter2003@yahoo.com):
When you called me the other night you made a comment to me that was very disturbing to
me. You stated to me, DARREN MEADE told you that he worked for me.. Darren would
never lie. He never has and will not be working for Ripoff Report. This is a well-known claim
by Michael Roberts. AGAIN, I HAVE NEVER EVER KNOWN DARREN TO TELL A LIE, OR
EVEN SWAY FROM THE TRUTH IN THE SLIGHTEST BIT. IF HE IS NOT SURE OF
SOMETHING, HE WILL NOT SAY IT. DARREN IS THE REAL DEAL. If Darren is wrong, or
I am wrong -1 hope you will understand our concern here.
On January 8, 2013, RI POFF REPORT owner ED MAGEDSON (EDitor@ripoffreport.com)
wrote the following in an e-mail to private investigator Tina Church:
I am not sure if you are who you say you are, .. and if you could be somehow not a double
agent ... For all I know, you think Michael Roberts' is not guilty and you want to try and save
him.. I have no idea what is going on - but, something is not right. ALL I WANT.. I WANT
TO DO ANYTHING THAT HELPS FREE TRACEY - - I want to do anything that helps those
that are not guilty - after rescuing dogs from being euthanized every day, and my website
helping consumers - the only other thing on my wish list is to help those you are sitting on
death row and those that got life wrongfully. Again, if I am wrong - and you are smart, ..
you can see why I feel the way I do. I AM WILLING TO FEATURING ARTICLES AND
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PLACE ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE CAUSE ON MY WEBSITE.
On January 9, 2013, the Iowa court of appeals affirmed TRACEY RI CHTER' s murder
conviction.
On January 9, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER she lost her appeal. AN N A
RI CHTER said she published a comment on RI POFF REP O RT that TRACEY RI CHTER
was not able to bring up new information on her direct appeal. ANNA RI CHTER sai d
DARREN MEADE wanted T RACE Y RI CHTER' s attorney to serve him with a subpoena
concerning threats he alleged SCA Smith made to him. ANNA RI CHTER said she had
things that she needed to di scuss with DARREN MEADE. TRACEY RI CHTER said they
needed to subpoena this information from DARREN MEADE to "keep him out of the
middle."
On January 9, 2012, DARRE N MEADE published an add-on complaint to his September 9,
2012, RI POFF RE P O RT complaint No. 938843, which he titled: THE EVI DENCE O F
PROSECUTORI AL MI SCONDUCT AND WI TNESS TAMPERI NG CANNOT B E
I NTRODUCED UNTIL AF TER THE "DI RECT AP P E AL " (WHICH MEAN ONLY EVI DENCE
F ROM THE TRIAL) IS EX HAU STED. In this comment / add-on complaint, DARRE N
MEADE published the following statements T RACE Y RI CHTER' s fiance, RU SSE L L
SCHERTZ , made about the Court's decision:
[RUSSELL SCHERTZ] admits the decision will cost Richter, and her family, "years that they
cannot get back." Richter's appeal was what's called a "direct appeal," which means it could
only include evidence in the court record from the trial. But, Schertz says he's uncovering
new information about "prosecutorial misconduct and witness tampering" that he thinks
should allow for a new trial in the future. For now, Schertz says the family will file an appeal
with the Iowa Supreme Court in the next 20 days.
On January 10, 2013, AN N A RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that DARREN MEADE was
upset that TRACEY RI CHTER lost her direct appeal of her murder conviction. AN N A
RI CHTER and T RACE Y RI CHTER discussed the post-conviction relief (PCR) process
versus that of the direct appeal ; specifically, that new evidence can be considered in a P CR
action. ANNA RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE told her he discovered information that
proved Michael Roberts had motive to frame Dr. John Pitman for TRACEY RI CHTER' s
murder. ANNA RI CHTER said they needed to attack the testimony of the State's witnesses.
ANNA RI CHTER said she and high school graduate DARREN MEADE discussed trial
strategy, specifically, putting doubts in the jurors' minds. ANNA RI CHTER said DARREN
MEADE planned to publish a RI POFF REP O RT complaint about the horrible job he
believed T RACE Y RI CHTER' s criminal defense attorneys did in representing her. Later, the
two discussed why they believed Michael Roberts was homosexual.
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On January 11, 2013, DARREN MEADE (dmeade@kairos-meade.com), in an e-mail to
ANNA RI CHTER (annar_richter2003@yahoo.com), RU SSEL L SCHERTZ
(rschertz@cox.net), and DONNA BI STRI CAN (bcbdonna@gmail.com) said he created the
website TraceyRichter.com, and asked the group to have their friends and family to spend a
couple hours per week creating additional links to the site. The website
www.TraceyRichter.com is replete with links to all the RI POFF REPORT complaints
concerning the State's witnesses that are referenced in this affidavit. It also provides links to
* the following active social media accounts purporting to be owned, controlled, and authored
by TRACEY RI CHTER: Facebook.com, YouTube.com, Twitter.com, AboutMe.com, and
others, all of which contain recent (as recently as June 10, 2014) posts, comments, and
other content that link to the RI POFF REPORT articles about the State's witnesses.
DARREN MEADE also told them the content up on TraceyRichter.com should be more from
their voices, not his, and that creating these additional profiles and links to the website
would make them all more visible on Google-type search results (thus making the RI POFF
REPORT complaints more visible). Also in this e-mail, DARREN MEADE provided the
above-named recipients with the login, password, and e-mail (freetraceyrichter@gmail.com)
for the website.
On January 12, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that ANNA RI CHTER' s
son, JOHN RI CHTER, a police detective from another state, obtained information about Dr.
John Pitman's arrest and had given it to her. ANNA RI CHTER said B ERT PI TMAN told her
that Dr. John Pitman spends all his money on prostitutes. Dr. John Pitman had been
arrested pursuant to a bench warrant for failing to appear for court in a civil matter, and the
contempt charge was never adjudicated.
On January 13, 2013, ED MAGEDSON directed DARREN MEADE to contact private
investigator Tina Church to discus their "strategy."
On January 13, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER (anna_richter2003@yahoo.com) sent the following
e-mail to B ERT PITMAN (bpitman09@gmail.com):
Contact [reporter's name]@vagazette.com, [a reporter from the Virginia Gazette]. I told him
about [Dr. John Pitman's] arrest and other things regarding his taking money from you and
not paying for your college and his girlfriend from Canada. I told him you have more info on
her then I do. Sorry but after what your dad did to Tracey I want him to know how it feels to
have his name in the paper and not in a good way. Once we get the mugshot of him Darren
is going to do a piece on him. I also gave this Carter the Ben Smith Website and the new one
on your mom which I sent you. I hope we can get him interested. Don't put it off. This is
important.
On January 14, 2012, DARREN MEADE published yet another add-on complaint to his
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September 9, 2012, RI POFF RE P O RT complaint (No. 938843), in which high school
graduate DARREN MEADE explained to readers that difference between a direct appeal
and a habeas corpus action (Post Conviction Relief). Specifically, that newly discovered
evidenced, such as "prosecutorial misconduct" and "witness tampering" can be introduced
in the latter to obtain a new trial, and not in the former.
On January 14, 2013, TRACEY RI CHTER asked ANNA RI CHTER if there was a "mug shot"
of Dr. John Pitman. ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that Dr. John Pitman is
pushing his surgery practice into the ground. T RACE Y RI CHTER stated she hoped to get
more information on Dr. John Pitman and that she wanted to see Dr. John Pitman's mug
shot. ANNA RI CHTER said she e-mailed ED MAGE DSO N , the owner / operator of RI POF F
REPORT, and "that one attorney," which the two had discussed earlier. ANNA RI CHTER
said she e-mailed ED MAGEDSON and DARREN MEADE about ED MAGE DSO N
something believed to be related to TRACEY RI CHTER' s case and RI POFF REP O RT.
ANNA RI CHTER said B ERT PI TMAN posted a lot of this content on Facebook. T RACE Y
RI CHTER said they needed to get sworn statements from people but that she did not want
to mention any names over the phone.
On January 14, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told T RACE Y RI CHTER that DARREN MEADE
asked her for documents from the wrongful death lawsuit brought against T RACE Y
RI CHTER by Dustin Wehde' s estate.
On January 21, 2013, author " BRETT COLLI NS" published RI POFF REP O RT complaint
No. 1000888, titled "DR. JOHN PI TTMAN THE THI RD, MEDI CAL DOCTOR PLASTI C
S U RGE RY CEN TER NAME, PI TTMAN SURGI CAL ASSOCI ATES, A STRAN GE EX -
HUSB AND KEY WI TNESS ARRE ST E D BY SIX ARME D OF F I CERS PLASTI C S U RGE RY
PRACTI CE, UNI TED STATES ARMY COL. " Among other things, this RI POFF REP O RT
complaint accuses Dr. John Pitman of committing perjury, compounding felonies, ongoing
illicit drug use / abuse, and associating with strippers and hookers. The article continues,
alleging that Dr. John Pitman is driving his practice into the ground with "shabby work."
[During one of their phone conversations, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that Dr.
John Pitman "was driving his practice into the ground"]. Al so in this complaint are links to
other RI POFF RE P O RT complaints concerning Dr. John Pitman.
On January 22, 2013, B ERT PI TMAN sent the following e-mail message to the Virginia
Gazette; shortly thereafter, he forwarded the message to ANNA RI CHTER as proof he
completed the task which she had given him:
To whom it may concern, My grandmother, ANNA RICHTER, had informed me about a week
ago that she had e-mailed you about my father John Pitman and mother TRACEY
RICHTER. I would like to speak with you about very important recent and past occurrences.
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Including his recent arrest, his possession of the police report on the house invasion/
"murder", his relationship with Allisan "lachesis" tucker, and many other important and case
breaking actions committed by my father. John Pitman has painted a picture of himself and
his life that is nothing other than a facade. Sorry it took a little while to contact you, I have
been very busy moving to Richmond, working and obviously this has been a extremely tough
situation for a son to be in. My number is 7575855037, please call me at your convenience.
BERT PITMAN.
On January 25, 2013, add-on complaint (rebuttal) to RI POFF REPORT complaint No.
1000888, titled "DR. JOHN PI TMAN AND MI CHAEL ROB ERTS REX X FI ELD CAUGHT
RED- HANDED, " was published on RI POFF REPORT. In this add-on complaint, anonymous
author, "2 DEADB EAT DADS" alleged, among other things, that Michael Roberts and Dr.
John Pitman were responsible for Dustin Wehde' s murder. The following excerpt was
contained in the body of the complaint: "[Michael Roberts] told Dateline NBC of wanting to
kill John Pittman prior to 2001, and that Roberts claimed he had more money than Pittman
and would outspend him in the custody hearings over his stepson." [ TRACEY RI CHTER
and ANNA RI CHTER discussed this same subject matter (Michael Roberts wanting to kill
Dr. John Pitman) - in one of their prison phone conversations right before "2 DEADB EAT
DADS" published this RI POFF REPORT complaint, which concerned the very same subject
matter]
On January 25, 2013, an add-on complaint (rebuttal) to RI POFF REPORT complaint No.
1000888, titled "DR. JOHN PI TTMAN AND MI CHAEL ROB ERTS VEGAS ORGI ES,
SHE/ HE AND HE/ HE TWI STER, DR. PRESCRI B I NG PAIN PI LLS FOR SEX F UELED
NI GHTS, " was published on RI POFF REPORT. The substantive content of this add-on
complaint, which was authored by anonymous author " SHARED VICTIMS, " is in keeping
with the subject matter described in its title. This add-on complaint, like most, if not all the
other RI POFF REPORT complaints concerning the State's witnesses, contains numerous
hyperlinks that redirect viewers / readers to other RI POFF REPORT complaints about the
State's witnesses.
On January 25, 2013, an add-on complaint (rebuttal) to RI POFF REPORT complaint No.
1005913 was published on RI POFF REPORT with the following title:
DR. JOHN PITTMAN CHEATS ON WIFE LISA PITTMAN WITH RAPPER. DR. JOHN
PITTMAN BROKE WITH MULTIPLE TAX IRS TAX LIENS, FINANCES VIDEO FOR
RAPPER WHICH HAS A BRUTAL HOME INVASION MURDER SIMILAR TO THE
HUSBAND CHEATS ON DEAD FISH WIFE LISA PITMAN, ALLISON TUCKER, TRACEY
RICHTER MURDER TRIAL, SAC COUNTY IOWA WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA
On January 30, 2013, author "LACHESI S" published RI POFF REPORT complaint No.
1005913, the content of which is in line with its title:
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DR. JOHN PITMAN CHEATS ON WIFE LISA PITMAN WITH RAPPER LACHESIS. DR
JOHN PITMAN BROKE WITH MULTIPLE TAX IRS TAX LIENS, FINANCES VIDEO FOR
LACHESIS WHICH HAS A BRUTAL HOME INVASION MURDER SIMILAR TO THE
HUSBAND CHEATS ON DEAD FISH WIFE LISA PITMAN, ALLISAN TUCKER, TRACEY
RICHTER MURDER TRIAL, SAC COUNTY IOWA WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA."
On January 31, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told T RACE Y RI CHTER she was unable to locate
certain information concerning the CHI LDREN of one of the State's witnesses. T RACE Y
RI CHTER asked if there was any new news on Dr. John Pitman. ANNA RI CHTER said
there was a story on the internet concerning Dr. John Pitman, but ANNA RI CHTER thought
it was authored by someone else. AN N A RI CHTER said the RI POFF REP O RT article on
Dr. John Pitman was crazy, because it was about Dr. John Pitman having orgies and being
fat. ANNA RI CHTER then said something to the following effect: DR. JO HN PI TMAN IS
NOT GOI NG TO HAVE AN Y MON EY B E CAU S E OF THESE RI POFF RE P O RT
ARTI CL ES. TRACEY RI CHTER said B ERT PI TMAN had once said Dr. John Pitman had
orgies. ANNA RI CHTER said she was debating whether to publish an add-on complaint /
comment on the RI POFF REP O RT complaints concerning Dr. John Pitman. T RACE Y
RI CHTER said it would be better if "WE" do not have any personal connection to the
negative stories. ANNA RI CHTER claimed she did not know who wrote the "crazy stuff'
about Dr. John Pitman.
On February 5, 2013, DARREN MEADE published RI POFF REP ORT complaint No.
1009000, the subject matter of which is in keeping with its title:
MILE2 MICHAEL ROBERTS REXXFIELD RAYMOND FRIEDMAN" WRITES MILE2
MICHAEL ROBERTS REXXFIELD RAYMOND FRIEDMAN MARIE FRIEDMAN GRAPHIC
DEPICTIONS OF CHILD MOLESTATION, CHILD TORTURE, EXACT RECIPES OF LIQUID
EXPLOSIVES, TYPE BOMBS ILLICIT RECORDINGS, INTERNET.
On February 6, 2013, anonymous author "RAID" published an add-on complaint (rebuttal) to
RI POFF REP O RT complaint No. 1009000, the subject matter of which is in keeping with its
title: MI CHAEL RO B ERTSO N RAY MON D FRI EDMAN MADE MILE2 CE AS E TO EXI ST
OUT OF F EAR OF THE CHI LD TORTU RE P ORN ON Y OU R F RE E MIGHT PUT US OUT
OF B USI NESS.
On February 7, 2013, T RACE Y RI CHTER relayed a phone number to ANNA RI CHTER
using a code the two developed. The coded message, which was later deciphered, was the
phone number of a school TRACEY RI CHTER and RU SSEL L SCHERTZ believed one of
her and Michael Roberts' child M.R. was currently attending. T RACE Y RI CHTER said
RU SSEL L SCHE RT Z had called the school, but that it would not give him any information
because he was not immediate family. T RACE Y RI CHTER directed ANNA RI CHTER to call
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the school. ANNA RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE told her the copy of his deposition that
was given to SCA Smith by Dr. Scott Connelly was fake.
On February 14, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that DONNA BI STRI CAN
posted something on Facebook about TRACEY RI CHTER' s case. TRACEY RI CHTER
directed ANNA RI CHTER to have B ERT PI TMAN post something similar on Facebook.
ANNA RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE and ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT planned
to publish another RI POFF REPORT complaint [presumably concerning the State's
witnesses]. TRACEY RI CHTER said "stuff is coming out about Dr. John Pitman." Then,
just as ANNA RI CHTER mentioned DARREN MEADE' s name, TRACEY RI CHTER directed
her to stop talking about [ DARREN MEADE, Dr. John Pitman, and RI POFF REPORT] over
the phone, and that the two would talk about it in person during ANNA RI CHTER' s next visit
to the prison. ANNA RI CHTER said she had information to pass along to TRACEY
RI CHTER from DARREN MEADE, but that she would wait and tell it to TRACEY RI CHTER
during her next visit with her at the prison TRACEY RI CHTER at the prison. Later during
their conversation, ANNA RI CHTER said she stored e-mails from RI POFF REPORT on her
computer.
On February 17, 2013, TRACEY RI CHTER sent a letter to DONNA BI STRI CAN asking her
to manage her e-mail, social media, and other online accounts. In this same letter, TRACEY
RI CHTER wrote she believed SCA Smith or DCI SA Vileta were linked to her prison
counselor and that her prison counselor had been in contact with someone connected to
[Michael Roberts], but TRACEY RI CHTER did not know which one (either SCA Smith or
DCI SA Vileta) because "the FBI [would not] give [her and her family / friends] a name at
this point."
On March 6, 2013, in an add-on complaint (rebuttal) published in RI POFF REPORT No.
938843, anonymous / fictitious author "BETHANY" made comments generally defaming
MI CHAEL ROB ERTS. Interestingly, at the bottom of this rebuttal / comment, author
"BETHANY" just so happened to include a link to DARREN MEADE' s website
www.cyberbountyhuntersblog.com.
On March 7, 2013, DARREN MEADE published State's witness Michael Roberts' wife's
(Heidi Forsbacka) bank account information on his website cyberbountyhunger.com. The
manner in which this information appeared or was displayed on DARREN MEADE' s website
and other circumstances strongly suggest Ms. Forsbacka' s banking information was
obtained illegally (i.e., computer hacking). Later, on April 8, 2013, DARREN MEADE sent
an e-mail message wherein he freely admitted possessing and publishing Michael Roberts'
wife's banking information.
On March 22, 2013, B ERT PI TMAN told TRACEY RI CHTER that he planned to give "the
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addresses to the group."
On April 2, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that she called B ERT PI TMAN
about an internet article / news story concerning TRACEY RI CHTER, which AN N A
RI CHTER believed Dr. John Pitman published and / or authored. ANNA RI CHTER sai d
DARREN MEADE had "all kinds of stuff up" in response to this article. ANNA RI CHTER
further told TRACEY RI CHTER that "this is the last straw" as for Dr. John Pitman, and that
she planned to "fight back." T RACE Y RI CHTER directed ANNA RI CHTER to get DARREN
MEADE to put "all these things together."
On April 2, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER and TRACEY RI CHTER cryptically discussed State's
witness Mary Higgins. ANNA RI CHTER said her and DONNA BI STRI CAN recently had a
discussion about State's witness Mary Higgins. The following demonstrates that T RACE Y
RI CHTER and ANNA RI CHTER have been using DONNA BI STRI CAN to intimidate State's
witness Mary Higgins since before T RACE Y RI CHTER' s murder trial started.
DONNA BI STRI CAN
On September 21, 2011, TRACEY RI CHTER wrote the following letter to ANNA RI CHTER
from the Sac County Jai l :
[State's witness Mary Higgins] is crazy, no wonder [Mary Higgins] didn't have any friends.
[Mary Higgins] needs to get her [medication] adjusted and go to church. Our talk last night
helped me a great deal. Please send my best to [DONNA BISTRICAN]. I miss her. I was also
upset over [Mary Higgins'] comments about [DONNA BISTRICAN]. It was mean spirited and
unnecessary. [DONNA BISTRICAN] doesn't have a mean or dishonest bone in her body.
She never did anything to warrant [Mary Higgins'] cruelness.
In late September 2011 or early October 2011, about three weeks before TRACEY
RI CHTER' s murder trial started, Mary Higgins was jogging not far from her rural Early, Iowa,
farmstead on the gravel roads on which she always jogged, when she saw a larger than
normal rock lying near the middle of the gravel road. Underneath the rock, Mary Higgins
found a note which said, " DEMON B E GON E. " The note also had numbers on it. Mary
Higgins reluctantly provided the above-information to law enforcement out of concern for
her and her family's safety on October 4, 2011.
A Des Moines, Iowa resident since 2010, DONNA BI STRI CAN had previously been
neighbors in Early, Iowa. DONNA BI STRI CAN is one of TRACEY RI CHTER' s most loyal,
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dedicated followers. Information provided to law enforcement suggests DONNA
BI STRI CAN was in the Early, Iowa area around the time State's witness Mary Higgins found
this note.
Shortly after Michael Roberts filed for divorce from TRACEY RI CHTER, which was on or
around May 7, 2004, DONNA BI STRI CAN sent Michael Roberts the following in an e-mail,
which served as an electronic exorcism or "e-exorcism" of Michael Roberts: "In Jesus name
I bind Satan and his DEMONS TO COME OUT OF Y OU (Michael Roberts) now and get
away from you (Michael Roberts) now." In a communication to JOHN RI CHTER in February
2012, DONNA BI STRI CAN admitted to sending this e-mail to Michael Roberts.
Mary Higgins and her family have reported that their farmstead residence has been
burglarized at least five times since TRACEY RI CHTER was convicted of murder
(November 7, 2011). Following one of these break-ins, the lock from the home's front door
had been removed, reassembled, and placed in the center of their kitchen floor. Another
time they returned home to find their kitchen chairs turned upside-down.
On April 11, 2013, TRACEY RI CHTER and ANNA RI CHTER discussed getting Dr. John
Pitman to sign an affidavit swearing the information / statements attributed to him in an
online article in the online UK newspaper "The Daily Mirror" were false. TRACEY RI CHTER
told ANNA RI CHTER to have B ERT PITMAN get Dr. John Pitman to retract these
statements. TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER to have B ERT PI TMAN get certain
information about Michael Roberts and Dr. John Pitman, and give it to either DARREN
MEADE or ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT. ANNA RI CHTER said more and more
people "from out there" believed Dr. John Pitman hired Dustin Wehde to attack / kill
TRACEY RI CHTER, and that she would discuss it more in detail during her next visit to the
prison. TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER to get the password for the laptop in
ANNA RI CHTER' s possession from her fiance, RU SSEL L SCHERTZ .
On April 15, 2013, SCA Smith moved to quash a subpoena issued to the Sac County Sheriff
by TRACEY RI CHTER in the contempt action she filed in the Buena Vista County, Iowa,
District Court against Michael Roberts for non-payment of child support. In said motion, to
address another like-subpoena TRACEY RI CHTER' s custody / child support attorney
issued to DARREN MEADE for the "names and individuals that you know have been
threatened by [SCA Smith]," SCA Smith discussed DARREN MEADE' s aforementioned
deposition, wherein DARREN MEADE testified he knowingly consorted and conspired with
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convicted felons to harass and defame a witness in a civil matter. Al so included in S C A
Smith's motion was a reference to DARREN MEADE' s deposition testimony concerning
RI POFF REPORT:
RIPOFF REPORT never deletes anything written about somebody. So it's the perfect place
to defame somebody because it will always stay up, and for some reason it winds up ranking
on the first page of Google. So if you want to destroy somebody's reputation, that's a great
place to do it.
On April 17, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that she had just gotten off the
phone with an FBI agent. Then the two discussed what TRACEY RI CHTER' s attorney
needed to subpoena, but agreed they should not talk about it over the phone. AN N A
RI CHTER said that "a certain person" would be calling TRACEY RI CHTER' s child support /
custody attorney, but did not want to tell T RACE Y RI CHTER who the "someone" was or talk
about the matter over the phone any further.
On or around April 18, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER sent DARREN MEADE a Western Union
Money Gram in the amount of $400.00, which he deposited into his Bank of America
account.
On April 18, 2013, DARREN MEADE asked a friend whether the friend knew "someone who
had time to "make one to two videos for [ DARREN MEADE] per week." DARREN MEADE
told this person that he had written "two ofthe scripts and wish to find someone whom could
make the videos have the look and feel of a breaking news story such as CN N did with the
recent bombings in Boston."
On April 25, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER she wanted to go after Dr.
John Pitman (or SCA Smith) with a vengeance. TRACEY RI CHTER asked ANNA RI CHTER
whether "they" are putting certain information into the video [presumably a video about the
State's witnesses]. ANNA RI CHTER responded that they should making this video because
she, ANNA RI CHTER, had given "them" the information.
On April 30, 2013, an e-mail containing a "non-indexed" link accessi ng a copy of SCA
Smith's aforementioned Motion to Quash (MTQ) was sent to ED MAGEDSON ' s e-mail
address (EDitor@ripoffreport.com), which ED MAGEDSO N accessed and viewed, then
forwarded to DARREN MEADE, who also accessed and viewed the same. ED
MAGEDSON ' s viewing SCA Smith's MTQ was at least the second time ED MAGEDSON /
RI POFF REP O RT was made of aware of DARREN MEADE' s deposition (SCA Smith's
MTQ referenced and cited DARREN MEADE' s deposition) - the same deposition in which
DARREN MEADE testified that RI POFF RE P O RT was a "great place to destroy someone's
reputation" and that he was hired by convicted felons to harass and defame a witness via
the internet.
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"Non-indexed" links (or URL' s uniform resource locators") host content which is
intentionally hidden from search engine results pages thus restricting access to the link from
anyone using common search engine tools to discover online content. In this case, the
links could only be accessed (or opened) by directly clicking on the link contained in the
body of an e-mail delivered to a targeted individual. Accessing or clicking the link is
recorded on the server hosting the URL and the server's log files automatically records the
date and time (in GMT) as well as the Geolocation of the IP address of the recipient's
computer used to access their e-mail account. Any such IP recovery data can only be
recorded by those directly receiving the e-mail from the originating sender or those
individuals who are forwarded the e-mail from the intended "target" (or "recipient zero") of
the e-mail. Therefore, the first IP recorded in this instance was traced to ED MAGEDSON ,
who then forwarded it to an individual who opened it disclosing an IP address linked to
DARREN MEADE' s computer.
On May 5, 2013, TRACEY RI CHTER and ANNA RI CHTER discussed the letter TRACEY
RI CHTER' s child support / custody attorney wrote to the Sac County Board of Supervisors,
wherein said attorney accused SCA Smith of committing a crime and violating an ethical
rule. TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER to "feel free to give a copy of the letter to
'someone' if they wanted one." Later, TRACEY RI CHTER expressly told ANNA RI CHTER
to have DARREN MEADE published the letter on the internet and give a copy of it to
DONNA BI STRI CAN.
On May 6, 2013, an e-mail containing a "non-indexed" link to a YouTube video described
below in "The Glenn Puit Disappearing RI POFF REPORT Complaint" was sent to ED
MAGEDSON' s e-mail address (EDitor@ripoffreport.com), which, like the non-indexed link
mentioned above, ED MAGEDSON accessed and viewed, then forwarded to DARREN
MEADE, who accessed and viewed it.
G L E N N P U I T ' S D I S A P P E A R I N G R I P O F F R E P O R T C O MP L A I N T
Back in January 2012, ED MAGEDSON and DARREN MEADE solicited the services of
investigative journalist Glenn Puit to create what would become RI POFF REPORT
complaints Nos. 828918 and 829020. The following factual assertions can be taken from
DARREN MEADE' s e-mail and other communications to and from ED MAGEDSON and
others between December 2011 through February 2012: ED MAGEDSON paid DARREN
MEADE to work directly with investigative journalist, Glenn Puit. ED MAGEDSON
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personally directed content edits and changes to Glenn Puit's work. ED MAGEDSO N /
RI POFF REPORT' S attorneys reviewed Glenn Puit's complaint before it was published on
RI POFF REPORT' S website. ED MAGEDSO N asked that Glenn Puit address specific
issues and allegations against certain individuals in his article. ED MAGEDSO N directed
DARREN MEADE to create other RI POFF RE P O RT complaints. ED MAGEDSO N had
DARREN MEADE edit various RI POFF RE P O RT complaints to include certain content so
that these complaints would be more visible and rank higher on internet search results. ED
MAGEDSON suggested that DARREN MEADE format DARREN MEADE' s complaints in a
way that would make them more viewer friendly. DARREN MEADE told investigative
journalist Glenn Puit the only way ED MAGEDSO N would allow certain audio / visual
content to appear in journalist's complaint is through DARREN MEADE and if the articles
were beneficial to RI POFF REPORT' S interests. ED MAGEDSON directed DARRE N
MEADE to "create new titles for the preexisting derogatory RI POFF REP ORT complaints
about DARREN MEADE. ED MAGEDSO N promised to "optimize" them so that existing
unfavorable RI POFF RE P O RT complaint(s) about DARREN MEADE would be effectively
removed from the internet.
On January 11, 2012, ED MAGEDSO N / RI POFF REP O RT paid DARREN MEADE
$2,500.00 (check No. 002498) with the memo "[Public Relations] thru Feb 15
t h
2012."
On January 23, 2012, when asked whether Glenn Puit's anticipated RI POFF REP O RT
complaint would be a "featured" RI POFF RE P O RT complaint, DARREN MEADE said: "I
don't believe the first article will be linked on every page, [because there was] no benefit to
ROR. "
As mentioned earlier, on January 26, 2012, Journalist Glenn Puit, published RI POFF
REP ORT complaint No. 829020. The original report's headline was simply "COMPLAI NT
REVI EW: GOOGL E- CI DE: THE FULL STORY P RO GE N E X L EADERS ADAM
Z U CKERMAN , RY AN P AGE, " and the title's first sentence read: " P RO GE N E X MAN AGERS
ADAM STUART Z U CKE RMAN AND RY AN P AGE NEGOTI ATE CON TRACT WITH
REX X FI ELD ONLI NE REPUTATI ON MAN AGEMEN T MI CHAEL ROB ERTS IN ATTEMPT
TO COMMERCI ALI Z E I NJECTI ON S O U RCE CODE. " The article was a damning account
of the criminal activities of convicted felons ADAM Z U CKE RMAN and KIRK MCMAHAN
described earlier herein.
Glenn Puit's original RI POFF RE P O RT complaint here was originally published and was
located at the following URL address: http://www.ripoffreport.com/business-
consultants/google-cide-the-full/google-cide-the-full-story-b3660.htm
Sometime on or after March 13, 2012 but before April 30, 2013, ED MAGEDSO N or another
RI POFF RE P O RT agent created an unauthorized duplicate copy of Glenn Puit's article and
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therein effected subtle changes with the clear intent of increasing harm done to Michael
Roberts. The following is the new URL for the duplicated / edited RI POFF REPORT
complaint: http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Michael-Roberts-Rexxfield-Google-cide-The-Full-
Story-Progenex-leaders-Adam-Stuart-Zuckerman-Ryan-Page/Costa-Mesa-California-
92626/Michael-Roberts-Rexxfield-Progenex-Managers-Adam-Zuckerman-and-Ryan-Page-
negotiate-contr-829020
On May 27, 2014, ED MAGEDSON or another RI POFF REPORT agent made substantive
changes to the article in that he changed both the heading and sub-heading to draw more
attention to Michael Roberts and his business, Rexxfield. The headline was changed to
following: "COMPLAI NT REVI EW: MI CHAEL ROB ERTS, REX X FI ELD, GOOGLE- CI DE:
THE FULL STORY P RO GE N E X L EADERS ADAM STUART Z U CKERMAN , RYAN PAGE" ;
and the first sentence of the title was changed to: "MI CHAEL ROB ERTS, REX X FI ELD,
P RO GE N E X MAN AGERS ADAM Z U CKERMAN AND RY AN PAGE NEGOTI ATE
CON TRACT WITH REX X FI ELD ONLI NE REPUTATI ON MANAGEMENT MI CHAEL
ROB ERTS IN ATTEMPT TO COMMERCI ALI Z E I NJECTI ON SO U RCE CODE. "
The changes made by RI POFF REPORT administrators to the duplicated article's sub-
heading / title and URL serve no purpose except to increase the damage done to Michael
Roberts. The extra emphasis on Michael Roberts' personal name and business name in
both the sub-heading / title and more conspicuously, in the URL, is clearly an attempt by
RI POFF REPORT to use generally accepted "Search Engine Optimization" techniques in
order to persuade Google and other search engines to elevate this RI POFF REPORT
complaint in search results for Michael Roberts' name.
On or about April 30, 2013 SCA Smith discovered the unauthorized derivative of Glenn
Puit's original article. Thereafter, journalist Glenn Puit was notified about the change. After
learning ofthe change, Glenn Puit contacted ED MAGEDSON directly to protest the issue.
Shortly thereafter, ED MAGEDSON or an agent of RI POFF REPORT deleted the new URL.
These facts were memorialized by Michael Roberts in the form of a YouTube "screen cast"
video, which clearly establishes both the existence of the unauthorized article and its
subsequent deletion.
The evidence suggests that when ED MAGEDSON learned of this YouTube video, he or
one of RI POFF REPORT' S agents restored the deleted page so that it would not result in an
error message displaying the phrase "The resource you are looking for has been removed,
had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable," which is what was displayed after ED
MAGEDSON deleted the original article and had the original URL redirect to the new
unauthorized version.
This change of URL and redirection provision is evidenced by Glenn Puit's RI POFF
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REP O RT complaint No. 828918, which still references the old URL with the following quote:
"To read my second story on this matter that delves into allegations of computer hacking,
please go to http.7/www.ripoffreport.com/business-consultants/google-cide-the-full/google-
cide-the-full-story-b3660.htm"
The aforementioned changes to Gl enn Puit's initial RI POFF RE P O RT effectively thrust
Michael Roberts into the role DARREN MEADE played in his and ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s
organization's ongoing-criminal enterprise discussed earlier.
On May 7, 2013, one day after ED MAGEDSO N and DARREN MEADE accessed and
viewed the link to Michael Roberts' YouTube screencast, which proved ED MAGEDSON or
another RI POFF REP ORT agent removed and republished an amended RI POFF REP O RT
complaint, ANNA RI CHTER told T RACE Y RI CHTER that SCA Smith was attempting to
intimidate DARREN MEADE by going through ED MAGEDSO N . T RACE Y RI CHTER told
ANNA RI CHTER that DARREN MEADE needed to send "stuff."
On May 17, 2013, an e-mail containing a "non-indexed" link accessing a copy of DARREN
MEADE' s February 28, 2011, e-mail to MATTHEW CO O KE, in which DARREN MEADE
sought to enforce his purported right to acquire the exclusive rights to the highly illegal
hacking technology that he and ADAM Z U CKE RMAN used to remove RI POFF REP ORT
complaints for profit. ED MAGE DSO N accessed and viewed this e-mail and then forwarded
the same to DARREN MEADE who also accessed and viewed it. This e-mail
communication provided ED MAGE DSO N unimpeachable evidence that in 2011 his /
RI POFF REPORT employee and B F F , DARREN MEADE, tried to purchase the very
hacking technology DARREN MEADE told ED MAGEDSON and the FBI was used to hack
RI POFF REPORT' S servers and remove RI POFF REP ORT complaints.
On May 28, 2013, an e-mail containing a "non-indexed" link accessing a copy of a February
20, 2011, e-mail message from DARREN MEADE to convicted felon ADAM Z U CKERMAN
was sent to ED MAGEDSO N , who accessed and viewed it and then forwarded the same to
DARREN MEADE, who also accessed and viewed it. In this e-mail, which DARREN
MEADE gave the subject heading, "Conspiracy Theory Gone Wild, " DARREN MEADE
suggested he and ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s organization begin publicly accusing Michael
Roberts of being criminally responsible for Dustin Wehde' s murder (i.e., Michael Roberts
hired Dustin Wehde to murder T RACE Y RI CHTER, which resulted in T RACE Y RI CHTER
defending herself by shooting Dustin Wehde nine times and killing him) to "pressure" and
intimidate Michael Roberts into handing his business over to DARREN MEADE and ADAM
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Z U CKERMAN . Towards the end of his e-mail to convicted felon ADAM Z U CKERMAN ,
DARREN MEADE suggested that he and ADAM Z U CKERMAN get together to devise how
to "play this card" against Michael Roberts. DARREN MEADE sent this e-mail to ADAM
Z U CKERMAN around the same time DARREN MEADE, TRACEY RI CHTER, ANNA
RI CHTER, and RU SSEL L SCHERTZ alleged DARREN MEADE provided Iowa law
enforcement with information implicating Michael Roberts in Dustin Wehde' s murder. The
information contained in this e-mail, which computer forensics proved was viewed by ED
MAGEDSON , is contrary to that contained in almost all of ED MAGEDSON' s, DARREN
MEADE' s, and the anonymous authors' RI POFF REPORT complaints about Michael
Roberts and the State's witnesses, and also contrary to DARREN MEADE' s deposition,
which, as discussed above, ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT and at least one of
RI POFF REPORT' S attorney were well aware of as early as January 2012.
On June 6, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that DARREN MEADE wanted
TRACEY RI CHTER to provide him with the location of sensitive, embarrassing information
concerning a family member of one of Michael Roberts' former employees. DARREN
MEADE subsequently posted this information on RI POFF REPORT. ANNA RI CHTER also
said DARREN MEADE had sent her (ANNA RI CHTER) some information / documents, but
that she would discuss it with TRACEY RI CHTER in person during their next prison visit.
ANNA RI CHTER also told TRACEY RI CHTER that in his Motion to Quash, SCA Smith was
"moaning" that "they" had given information / documents to DARREN MEADE. TRACEY
RI CHTER said most of the information ANNA RI CHTER had given to DARREN MEADE
was given to her ( TRACEY RI CHTER) during her murder prosecution. ANNA RI CHTER
said most of the information DARREN MEADE obtained was from the internet, and
sometimes DARREN MEADE asked her for information about which she knew nothing.
On July 4, 2013, DARREN MEADE published a video titled "Michael Roberts Rexxfield
RI POFF REPORT Google 60 Minutes Australia". Therein, DARREN MEADE asserted
Michael Roberts' custody battle was a hoax, that Michael Roberts orchestrated the "home
invasion," which resulted in Dustin Wehde' s murder, and that Michael Roberts "confessed
the real motive" ofthe home invasion to DARREN MEADE once upon a time.
On June 13, 2013 (or June 6, 2013), ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that ED
MAGEDSON received a copy of SCA Smith's Motion to Quash, and that ED MAGEDSON
forwarded the same to DARREN MEADE. TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER "they"
had proof SCA Smith obtained the transcripts from DARREN MEADE' s aforementioned
deposition, and that SCA Smith cannot use the power of his office to do this. TRACEY
RI CHTER continued, stating neither "they" nor DARREN MEADE had done anything
criminal, and SCA Smith was attacking DARREN MEADE for merely exercising his First
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Amendment rights. Amazingly, however, TRACEY RI CHTER then said SCA Smith could
have an actionable civil defamation claim against ED MAGEDSO N / RI POFF REP ORT and
/ or DARREN MEADE, but neither of ED MAGE DSO N / RI POFF REP O RT and / or
DARREN MEADE had done anything actionable in the criminal sense.
On June 29, 2013, DARREN MEADE sent the following e-mail to ANNA RI CHTER:
Everyone, I have had enough of all the threats from Michael Roberts and Ben Smith. Every
three-four days I will be releasing video's showing the true character of Michael and
Benjamin. I hope the tone of the first video is not offensive to anyone. I plan to release one
on Ben by Monday morning. I never made a video presentation in my life therefore I know
the video maybe lacking a bit. Here is a link to the first video:
http://www.screencast.eom/t/AqLqBnFcL
On July 2, 2013, T RACE Y RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER to give certain documents to
"you know who." ANNA RI CHTER stated she already had given them to him. [The context
of this conversation suggests DARREN MEADE is the unnamed individual] AN N A
RI CHTER then stated she located documents about Mona Wehde, the murder victim's
mother, and Dr. John Pitman, both of whom were State's witnesses. TRACEY RI CHTER
directed ANNA RI CHTER to give the information to this unnamed individual.
On July 11, 2013, after receiving the transcript of SCA Smith's testimony from her and
Michael Roberts' custody proceedings, which, much to their dismay, proved SCA Smith did
not commit perjury as T RACE Y RI CHTER, ANNA RI CHTER, DARREN MEADE and ED
MAGEDSO N / RI POFF RE P O RT had been alleging on RI POFF REPORT, TRACEY
RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER that the she still believed SCA Smith committed perjury.
ANNA RI CHTER told T RACE Y RI CHTER that the court reporter who reported the
proceedings was "dirty."
On July 18, 2013, AN N A RI CHTER played DARREN MEADE' s July 4, 2013, video
presentation, which is mentioned above, over the phone for TRACEY RI CHTER. After
listening to the video, T RACE Y RI CHTER commented that DARREN MEADE did not do a
bad job with the video presentation and that he would get better.
On July 25, 2013, T RACE Y RI CHTER asked ANNA RI CHTER whether there was any new
information, documents, or material [on RI POFF REPORT] . ANNA RI CHTER stated there
was one thing online that was new, but that she wanted to wait and discuss it with TRACEY
RI CHTER during their next visit at the prison because "they" might be listening to TRACEY
RI CHTER' s phone calls.
On July 27, 2013, T RACE Y RI CHTER told B ERT PI TMAN to create a YouTube channel for
ANNA RI CHTER. T RACE Y RI CHTER said that YouTube shows up pretty high in internet
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search results. BERT PITMAN told TRACEY RICHTER he wanted nothing to do with Dr.
John Pitman. TRACEY RICHTER told BERT PITMAN to "keep his eye on the prize."
On July 30, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that she got a preview of
"another thing" that DARREN MEADE told ANNA RI CHTER was going to published on the
internet. ANNA RI CHTER said she wrote [ DARREN MEADE] back and told him the
proposed video content was good. TRACEY RI CHTER said some of the State's witnesses
lied when they testified against her. ANNA RI CHTER said they need to go after the State's
witnesses because they lied on the witness stand. ANNA RI CHTER said they were going to
prove State's witnesses Mary Higgins and Mona Wehde committed perjury when they
testified against TRACEY RI CHTER. TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER they
needed an affidavit from "the woman" who alleged Dr. John Pitman lied on the witness
stand.
On August 11, 2013 at 12:18 p.m. PST, DARREN MEADE left the following voicemail for
Daniel Danino (dba OC PC Services):
Hi Daniel, my name is Darren, I'm in Huntington Beach, I have a laptop that is not working
and I needed to get it fixed today, Sunday. Can you please let me know if you have anytime
today to work on a laptop. Again, I'm in Huntington Beach. My cellphone number is (949)
357-6193 again. That's (949) 357-6193. Thank you.
After this, DARREN MEADE paid OC PC Services $90.00 to for computer maintenance
services. DARREN MEADE gave Daniel Danino the address of 711 Pacific Coast Hwy,
Huntington Beach, California, to attend to the repairs. The repairs needed more work,
Daniel Danino took the laptop back to his office. DARREN MEADE did not pick up his
computer.
On August 22, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER she believed that Michael
Roberts lied on his immigration paperwork from 1996. TRACEY RI CHTER asked ANNA
RI CHTER whether she had sent this information to "somebody else." ANNA RI CHTER
stated she was not sure, but that she would fax it over to "that person." TRACEY RI CHTER
asked whether she sent that document to "that someone else." ANNA RI CHTER stated
"they never checked on the alibi of you know who."
On August 28, 2013, Ripoffreport.com complaint No. 1079952 was published about Daniel
Isaac Danino (dba OC PC Services), and his mother Roberta Danino. Said complaint
accuses them of crimes, mental health issues, and other derogatory / criminal conduct.
Additional demeaning comments and photos of these victims were added to this RI POFF
REPORT complaint on August 29, 2013, September 3, 2013, September 05, 2013, and
September 7, 2013
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On August 29, 2013, Dr. John Pitman's office received a call from a male who identified
himself as Ryan. Ryan informed Dr. John Pitman's administrative assistant, Tina Allen, that
he worked for RI POFF REP O RT and, for $10, 000, could remove all the derogatory
complaints on RI POFF REP ORT about Dr. John Pitman, including the RI POFF RE P O RT
complaints DARREN MEADE has admitted to authoring and publishing on RI POF F
REPORT. On May 19, 2014, RI POFF REP O RT / X CENTRI C VEN TU RES wrote a check to
a RY AN DUCA. Tina Allen memorialized the substance of this conversation in an affidavit
and provided the same to SCA Smith.
On September 4, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told T RACE Y RI CHTER that Dr. John Pitman
would rather spend money on a prostitute / stripper than care for [his son, B ERT PI TMAN]."
On September 4, 2013, another RI POFF REP O RT complaint about Daniel Danino and
Roberta Danino (dba O C P C Services) was published. This complaint alleged Daniel
Danino committed various crimes. The report was later augmented with additional
comments, photos of the victims, and criminal allegations on September 13, 2013,
September 21, 2013 and October 17, 2013.
Between September 5, 2013, and September 13, 2013, DARREN MEADE transmitted
hundreds of phone calls and text messages to Daniel Danino's mobile phone.
On September 5, 2013 (9:39 a.m.), SI AMACK YAGHOBI (Siamack.Yaghobi@gmail.com)
pitched the following in a RI POFF RE P O RT CAP / VP sales e-mail to a prospective
RI POFF RE P O RT CAP customer (RI POFF REP ORT victim / subject), and copied in ED
MAGEDSO N / RI POFF REP O RT (EDitor@ripoffreport.com) on the e-mail as well:
We see you have complaints on [www.pissedconsumer.com]. if, [sic] for some reason they
come before Ripoff Report on a search...[sic] and the business (like yours) is a member of
one of our programs, at our request, they should be removing it at our request. Why? .. this
[sic] was part of an out of count [sic] settlement when Ripoff Report caught them stealing
thousands of Reports.
On September 5, 2013 (7:25 p.m.), ED MAGEDSO N (EDitor@ripoffreport.com) sent the
following reply to SI AMACK YAGHOB I (Siamack.Yaghobi@gmail.com): "You need to
REMOVE the paragraph I have in Yellow [sic] highlight if there are no Reports on them on
[www.pissedconsumer.com]!!!"
RI POFF RE P O RT sued Opinion Corp (dba Pi ssed Consumer / www.pisssedconsumer) on
October 7, 2008, In the United States District Court of Arizona (Case No. 2:08-CV-01841-
JAT). In its complaint, RI POFF RE P O RT referred to Pissed Consumer as its direct
competitor). It appears that on or around December 8, 2008, the parties (RI POFF REP ORT
and Pissed Consumer) entered into a settlement agreement, which enjoined Pi ssed
Consumer from stealing or "scraping" and publishing RI POFF REP O RT complaints on
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Pi ssed Consumer' s website (www.pissedconsumer.com) and dismissed RI POFF
REPORT' S complaint, which asked for hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages and
attorneys' fees, with prejudice.
Evidence obtained by law enforcement demonstrates that Pissed Consumer complaints
concerning RI POFF REP ORT employees and / or individuals who were / are not RI POFF
REP ORT CAP or VP members, were removed by Pi ssed Consumer (again, RI POFF
REPORT' S direct competitor) at ED MAGEDSON' s / RI POFF REPORT' S direction,
assumedly pursuant to this settlement agreement.
On September 12, 2013, another RI POFF REP ORT complaint about Daniel Danino and
Roberta Danino (dba OC PC Services), was published. This complaint / article accuses
Daniel Danino, the company's owner, and his family of sex offenses, scams, lewd behavior,
robbery, and the rape of a female student. Subsequent to this RI POFF REPORT complaint,
Daniel Danino demanded that DARREN MEADE remove the aforementioned
Ripoffreport.com complaints. DARREN MEADE responded by demanding a fee of
$7,000.00 for the removal of the Ripoffreport.com pages, and for compensation for
DARREN MEADE' s laptop, which DARREN MEADE had never retrieved. Daniel Danino
agreed only to a refund DARREN MEADE' s $90.00 and return the laptop, which he would
hold until DARREN MEADE deleted the aforementioned defamatory RI POFF REPORT
complaints.
On September 17, 2013, SI AMACK YAGHOBI wrote the following in an email to a
prospective RI POFF REPORT customer (victim), which he blind copied to ED MAGEDSON
/ RI POFF REPORT: "We work extremely closely with Google and occasionally our list of
links don't work because Google consistently changes their 'search links.'" Minutes later, ED
MAGEDSON wrote the following to SI AMACK YAGHOBI in response:
We don't work closely with Google!!!! Don't ever say that!!!!!!. See, what that is, is, ...
GOOGLE CHANGES THEIR ALGORITHMS ALL THE TIME.. BUT, RIPOFF REPORT
STILL STAYS AT THE TOP OF THE SEARCH ENGINES. Never say we are in good with
Google. Search engines know us for over 16 years now - and consider us a good source of
information for consumers.
SI AMACK YAGHOBI wrote the following in response to ED MAGEDSON' s admonishment:
"10-4 boss."
On September 25, 2013, RI POFF REPORT filed a lawsuit against Michael Roberts and his
business entities. The case was filed in the Superior Court of Arizona, County of Maricopa
[Case No. CV2013-012936]. In its complaint, RI POFF REPORT alleged Michael Roberts
had wrongfully / tortuously interfered with RI POFF REPORT business' interests.
Specifically, RI POFF REPORT alleged that the boycott of RI POFF REPORT lead and
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organized by Michael Roberts through Michael Roberts' websites authorizedstatement.org
and badforpeople.com, which efforts Michael Roberts has asserted were in response to the
defamatory attacks against himself and others. Later, on or around November 18, 2013,
following the hearing on RI POFF REPORT' S request to enjoin Michael Roberts' boycott, the
Court found that everything in AuthorizedStatement.org and BadForPeople.com was
protected speech" and denied RI POFF REPORT' S request for a preliminary injunction. Your
applicant was informed that RI POFF REP ORT introduced evidence in these proceedings
that demonstrated Michael Roberts' boycott negatively impacted RI POFF REPORT' S
advertising revenue.
On September 26, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that ED MAGE DSO N
filed a lawsuit against Michael Roberts. TRACEY RI CHTER stated she cannot imagine ED
MAGEDSO N would be intimidated by Michael Roberts. ANNA RI CHTER said Mi chael
Roberts had made ED MAGEDSO N angry.
On September 30, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told T RACE Y RI CHTER she was waiting for
information and / or documents from DARREN MEADE, but that DARREN MEADE had
been busy the last couple days helping RI POFF REP O RT owner ED MAGEDSON prepare
for his civil action against Michael Roberts. ANNA RI CHTER said ED MAGEDSON is going
after Michael Roberts for extortion, and is taking out a protective order against Michael
Roberts and SCA Smith because the two were harassing him (ED MAGEDSON) . AN N A
RI CHTER said she found a document TRACEY RI CHTER had asked her to find while she
was searching for documents / information for ED MAGEDSO N . TRACEY RI CHTER said
she had something to tell ANNA RI CHTER about ED MAGEDSO N , and that ED
MAGE DSO N had a bunch of stuff on Michael Roberts. ANNA RI CHTER said she was
supposed to get information to ED MAGEDSO N and DARREN MEADE about Michael
Roberts. ANNA RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE told her he had to work on ED
MAGEDSON ' s case first, but when he finished with that, he would go back to working for
TRACEY RI CHTER and ANNA RI CHTER' s cause. ANNA RI CHTER said that when " WE"
put stuff on RI POFF RE P O RT " WE" provide documentation.
On September 30, 2013, T RACE Y RI CHTER directed ANNA RI CHTER to perform certain
tasks on TRACEY RI CHTER' s or ANNA RI CHTER' s computer in real-time. ANNA
RI CHTER said ED MAGE DSO N and / or DARREN MEADE wanted her to ask T RACE Y
RI CHTER whether she ( TRACEY RI CHTER) was familiar with an individual ANNA
RI CHTER named. ANNA RI CHTER and TRACEY RI CHTER both stated that Mona Wehde,
the mother of t he boy Tracey murdered, was once involved with Michael Roberts and drug
dealers from Sioux City, Iowa.
On October 1, 2013, DARRE N MEADE published RI POFF REP O RT complaint No.
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1088535, which contained defamatory statements about State's witness Michael Roberts
and his wife Dr. Heidi Roberts (aka Heidi Forsbacka). The title of DARREN MEADE' s
RI POFF REP ORT complaint here is as follows:
AUTHORIZED STATEMENT, BAD FOR PEOPLE, MICHAEL ROBERTS REXXFIELD,
SCAM GROUP, RIPOFF SCAM TO ED MAGEDSON RIPOFF REPORT, SAC COUNTY
ATTORNEY BEN SMITH, 60 MINUTES AUSTRALIA, HEIDI ROBERTS, JANICE DUFFY
CHECK BOOK JOURNALISM, DIGITAL ASSASSINS, RIPOFF, CHECKBOOK
JOURNALISM, PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT, NINEMSN FRAUD, GOLD COAST
On October 3, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER she (or they) had obtained
e-mail communications between Michael Roberts and his wife, Heidi Forsbacka. Michael
Roberts told law enforcement that no one other than he or his wife should have copies of
correspondence between him and his wife.
On October 10, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that DARREN MEADE had
recently sent her information. TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER "thank God
[ DARREN MEADE] is involved." ANNA RI CHTER relayed a question from DARREN
MEADE to TRACEY RI CHTER about State's witness Mona Wehde.
On October 13, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that ED MAGEDSON
asked ANNA RI CHTER to tell TRACEY RI CHTER to report the results of her custody / child
support proceeding with Michael Roberts, back to ANNA RI CHTER, so that ANNA
RI CHTER could relay the same to ED MAGEDSON . TRACEY RI CHTER asked ANNA
RI CHTER whether "there was anyone else who wanted her lawyer to ask a specific
question of Michael Roberts while he was under oath." ANNA RI CHTER said she had
already discussed this possibility with TRACEY RI CHTER' s fiance, RU SSEL L SCHERTZ .
On October 15, 2013, SI AMACK YAGHOBI (siamack.yaghobi@gmail.com) wrote the
following in an e-mail to his "boss, " ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT
(EDitor@ripoffreport.com): "Would you consider creating a sam@ri poffreport.com email
address? Do u agree it to enhance professionalism, and [great] results on hearing back
from prospects?"
On October 17, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER she found out that Michael
Roberts had never been an FBI informant. TRACEY RI CHTER asked whether they could
get tangible proof that Michael Roberts had never been an FBI informant. ANNA RI CHTER
said the information was from a "very reliable source, " and she would get more information
about this once "she [got] some other stuff back." Later, ANNA RI CHTER said the
information came from an FBI SA. ANNA RI CHTER said ED MAGEDSON wanted TRACEY
RI CHTER to report the outcome of her custody hearing to ANNA RI CHTER, so that ANNA
RI CHTER could relay the same to ED MAGEDSON . ANNA RI CHTER said ED
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MAGEDSON had given her documents to give to T RACE Y RI CHTER, and that she would
be sending them to T RACE Y RI CHTER. TRACEY RI CHTER said "someone" had been
trying to contact ANNA RI CHTER, but that this "someone" must not have ANNA RI CHTER' s
correct e-mail address. TRACEY RI CHTER said she would have her fiance, RU S S E L L
SCHERTZ , check with this "someone" tomorrow to see if the "someone" had AN N A
RI CHTER' s correct contact information. TRACEY RI CHTER said ANNA RI CHTER knew
this "someone."
On October 18, 2013, TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER to tell ED MAGE DSO N
that Michael Roberts was served with that "thing" (ED MAGEDSON' s / RI POFF RE P O RT
lawsuit against Michael Roberts) when he appeared at the Buena Vista County Courthouse
for their hearing on the contempt / child support matters.
On October 19, 2013, ED MAGEDSO N / RI POFF REP O RT issued SI AMACK Y AGHOB I
the following e-mail address: sam@ripoffreport.com
On Sunday, October 20, 2013, 9:15 p.m. PST, SI AMACK YAGHOBI sent an e-mail from
siamack.yaghobi@gmail.com to ED MAGEDSON ' s e-mail addres EDitor@ripoffreport.com,
with the subject heading "OC PC contact*" and message body that simply read: "Daniel
Danino 714-869-####" Approximately 10 minutes later, (9:26 p.m. PST), ED MAGE DSO N
replied from EDitor@ripoffreport.com: "You would text this to me once you are maybe on
your way in that area - if you said, ED< I am about 1 or 2 hours away - check to see if he
will be there.. I will do that." ED MAGEDSON ' s above-reply proves he was an active
principal in this scheme to extort Danino. Ten minutes later, SI AMACK YAGHOB I
acknowledged Magedson' s e-mail instructions with a simple e-mail reply: "Ok sounds good"
On October 21, 2013, at 1:19:15 p.m. PST, SI AMACK YAGHOBI initiated a call from cell
phone number (949) 600-0673 to Daniel Danino's mobile phone, which is (714) 869-1660.
According to Daniel Danino, the pretext for this call was that SAM Y OU B AN KS, needed to
give multiple laptops to Daniel Danino for repair. Daniel Danino did not know at the time
SI AMACK YAGHOBI was associated with DARREN MEADE. This same day, sometime
after 1:00 p.m. PST, SI AMACK YAGHOBI arrived at Daniel Danino's gated estate without
any computers for repair and identified himself to Daniel Danino as " SAM Y OU B AN KS. "
SI AMACK YAGHOB I revealed that he was a business partner of DARREN MEADE and
was there to collect DARREN MEADE' s laptop. Daniel Danino told SI AMACK YAGHOBI he
needed the three above-mentioned RI POFF RE P O RT complaints / articles concerning
Danino's family and business removed. SI AMACK YAGHOBI then made a call to an
unknown person. After that, SI AMACK YAGHOB I told Daniel Danino that the three RI POFF
REP ORT complaints about Daniel Danino, his family, and business had been removed.
Daniel Danino checked RI POFF RE P O RT for these three complaints, and after observing
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they had in fact been removed, Daniel Danino gave SI AMACK YAGHOBI DARREN
MEADE' s laptop computer.
On October 21, 2013 at 2:00:15 P. M. PST, SI AMACK YAGHOBI initiated a call from cell
phone number (949) 600-0673 to (714) 869-1660 which belongs to Daniel Danino, the call
lasted 29 seconds. On October 21, 2013 at 2:00:56 P. M. PST, SI AMACK YAGHOBI
initiated a call from cell phone number (949) 600-0673 to (602) 518-4357 which belongs to
ED MAGEDSON , the call lasted 24 seconds.
On October 21, 2013 at 2:04:57 P. M. PST, SI AMACK YAGHOBI initiated a call from cell
phone number (949) 600-0673 to 714-869-1660 which belongs to Daniel Danino, the call
lasted 28 seconds.
On October 21, 2013 at 2:04:57 P. M. PST, ED MAGEDSON initiated a call from his Leap
Wireless cell phone number (602) 518-4357 to SI AMACK YAGHOBI ' s Metro P CS cell
phone number, (949) 600-0673. This call lasted 4 minutes 45 seconds.
On October 21, 2013 at 2:28:29 P. M. PST, SI AMACK YAGHOBI initiated a call from his
Metro P CS cell phone number (949) 600-0673 to (602) 518-4357, which belongs to ED
MAGEDSON . This call lasted 39 seconds.
On October 21, 2013 at 2:36:50 P. M. PST, SI AMACK YAGHOBI initiated a call from his
Metro P CS cell phone number (949) 600-0673 to ED MAGEDSON' s phone, (602) 518-
4357. This call lasted 1:57 minutes.
On October 21, 2013 at 3:02:15 P.M. PST, ED MAGEDSON initiated a call from his Leap
Wireless cell phone number 6025184357 to (949) 600-0673 which belongs to SI AMACK
YAGHOBI , the call lasted 6 minutes 38 seconds.
On October 21, 2013, RI POFF REPORT deleted the three defamatory pages (complaints
Nos. 1079952, 1081741 and 1084023). The removal of these complaints were carried out,
presumably, at the direction of ED MAGEDSON in an attempt to coerce Daniel Danino into
complying with DARREN MEADE' s extortion demands.
On October 21, 2013, there were seven calls and eight text messages between DARREN
MEADE' s cell phone (949) 357-6193 and ED MAGEDSON' s cell phone (602) 518-4357
Later, on Oct 21 2013, after SI AMACK YAGHOBI retrieved DARREN MEADE' s computer
from Danino, and after SI AMACK YAGHOBI and ED MAGEDSON had exchanged phone
calls, the three aforementioned RI POFF REPORT complaints concerning Daniel Danino
and his family were republished as follows: complaints No. 1084023 at 04:42 P. M. (UTC-
07:00), complaints No. 1081741 at 07:25 P. M. (UTC-07:00) and complaints No. 1079952 at
10:40 P. M. (UTC-07:00)
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On October 24, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told T RACE Y RI CHTER she was not certain
whether anything came out during the contempt proceedings that would be helpful to E D
MAGEDSON . ANNA RI CHTER said TRACEY RI CHTER' s custody / child support attorney
gave ANNA RI CHTER permission for ED MAGEDSO N to call the attorney on his mobile
phone. TRACEY RI CHTER directed ANNA RI CHTER to get certain information from E D
MAGEDSO N about Michael Roberts.
On October 25, 2013, ED MAGEDSO N (EDitor@ripoffreport.com) directed SI AMACK
YAGHOBI to make a "sales" call to (757) 232-5580, which is the phone number of Dr. John
Pitman's plastic surgery practice in Virginia.
On October 28, 2013, in response to SIAMACK YAGHOBI's request for ED MAGEDSON to
pay SIAMACK YAGHOBI's cell phone bill, ED MAGEDSON wrote him the following:
"[SIAMACK YAGHOBI], Just pay it - I will reimburse you with the $200 - this week. IF I
PAY [YOUR CELL PHONE BILL], IT THEN CONNECTS WITH ME! DON'T WANT
THAT!"
On October 31, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told T RACE Y RI CHTER she had scanned a
number of documents, which she planned to send to "someone." ANNA RI CHTER told
TRACEY RI CHTER she learned Dr. John Pitman was back with a stripper and that Dr. John
Pitman lied under oath when he testified in his deposition in T RACE Y RI CHTER' s murder
case. ANNA RI CHTER said she finally got contact information "on a certain person" form
"someone." ANNA RI CHTER said she printed off documents concerning another case
involving ED MAGE DSO N , and that ED MAGEDSO N had to remove "something" from
RI POFF REPORT, but that "something" did not have anything to do with T RACE Y
RI CHTER' s case and / or DARREN MEADE' s and the other RI POFF REPORT complaint's
concerning the State's witnesses.
On November 3, 2013, SI AMACK YAGHOB I wrote the following in an e-mail to a Sarah (1
stakla@gmail.com), which he copied to DARREN MEADE: "Hi Sarah, So grateful we met
as well as being able to introduce you to [ DARREN MEADE] . I'm looking forward to the
great fruitfulness to this relationship between all of us, especially in support of and for
justice for [ TRACEY RI CHTER] . Wishing you two a great weekend."
It is important to note that DARREN MEADE testified in his aforementioned deposition that
he and Adam Zuckerman hired / recruited freelance writers or bloggers from fiverr.com and
other places to "back-link" or "push" defamatory internet stories about Dr. Scott Connelly
onto different article directories, which would effectively turn one defamatory article / post
about Dr. Scott Connelly, into hundreds. DARREN MEADE also testified that he and Adam
Zuckerman hired a number of people to dig up and publish defamatory information about
Dr. Scott Connelly and another individual adverse to their criminal organization, with the
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intent to "destroy [their businesses and reputations] and make it so [they] were unable to
have gainful employment." The information contained in this affidavit clearly demonstrates
that DARREN MEADE and ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REP ORT are doing the same thing
to the State's witnesses that DARREN MEADE and his and Adam Zuckerman's criminal
organization did to Dr. Scott Connelly in 2010.
On or around November 5, 2013, pursuant to their ongoing divorce proceedings, Dr. John
Pitman was served with a request for production of documents by his estranged wife, Lisa
Pitman. Numbered paragraph twenty-one ofthe request asked Dr. John Pitman to produce
"each and every letter, e-mail communication, or any other written correspondence of any
nature between [Dr. John Pitman] and Michael Roberts from the date of [Dr. John Pitman's
marriage Lisa Pitman] to the current date, omitting nothing." Dr. John Pitman told SCA
Smith he did not have any such evidence to produce, and that neither he nor his attorney
could think of any reason why the information described in this interrogatory would be
relevant in any way to his and Lisa Pitman's divorce / custody proceedings.
The information contained in this affidavit demonstrates that TRACEY RI CHTER and her
friends and family routinely hijack other people's civil discovery processes to fit her / their
own ends and needs. Question No. 21 from the request for production served on Dr. John
Pitman appears to be just another example of this. As discussed earlier, TRACEY
RI CHTER had ANNA RI CHTER asked ED MAGEDSON whether ED MAGEDSON had any
questions TRACEY RI CHTER' s custody / child support attorney should ask Michael
Roberts. At the time TRACEY RI CHTER offered this to ED MAGEDSON , ED MAGEDSON
was suing Michael Roberts in Arizona. On February 8, 2014, during a prison visit, ANNA
RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that ED MAGEDSON had been after ANNA RI CHTER
to do something, and that ED MAGEDSON (or his attorney) had e-mailed TRACEY
RI CHTER' s attorney to see if there was a way TRACEY RI CHTER' s attorney could obtain
Michael Roberts's mental health therapist's confidential notes / reports made during /
following Michael Roberts' therapy session from 2003 and 2004. TRACEY RI CHTER told
ANNA RI CHTER to have her custody / child support attorney to subpoena Michael Roberts'
confidential therapy notes and tell said attorney it is related to the custody stuff. ANNA
RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that getting Michael Roberts' confidential therapy notes /
reports to ED MAGEDSON would "really help [ED MAGEDSON] in his lawsuit against
Michael Roberts." Later, during a prison visit between TRACEY RI CHTER and ANNA
RI CHTER on February 28, 2014, ANNA RI CHTER said ED MAGEDSON' s attorney and
one of TRACEY RI CHTER' s PCR attorneys were communicating for the purpose of sharing
/ obtaining information about Michael Roberts. Another example, as discussed above, on
March 9, 2014, TRACEY RI CHTER directed ANNA RI CHTER to give ED MAGEDSON a list
of the information ED MAGEDSON should request of Michael Roberts in their civil case in
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Arizona about Michael Roberts's wife, Heidi Forsbacka (aka Heidi Roberts). T RACE Y
RI CHTER told AN N A RI CHTER that Michael Roberts might "back off' if ED MAGE DSO N
requested certain information from Michael Roberts about his wife. In fact, Darren Meade' s
2012 and 2013 bank records are chock-full of payments to www.fiverr.com.
On November 11, 2013, Dr. John Pitman's administrative assistant, Tina Allen, received a
call at Dr. John Pitman's medical practice from a male who identified himself as RI POF F
REPORT employee " SAM Y OU B AN KS. " Tina Allen said SAM Y OU B AN KS advised that [Dr.
John Pitman] could get the derogatory information published about him on RI POFF
REP ORT removed with an initial down payment and the remaining amount billed after it
was taken down. Tina Allen said SAM Y OU B AN KS advised there would also be a monthly
fee to continue to monitor RI POFF REP O RT for any new additional derogatory information
published on it concerning Dr. John Pitman. SAM Y OU B AN KS provided Tina Allen the
following contact information: e-mail: sam@ripoffreport.com and mobile phone No. (949)
600-0673 (Metro PCS) , which is (disposable) sold / serviced by Metro P CS . As noted
earlier, ED MAGEDSO N / RI POFF REP O RT issued the e-mail sam@ripoffreport.com to
SI AMACK YAGHOB I .
On November 21, 2013, ANNA RI CHTER told T RACE Y RI CHTER to remind her to tell
TRACEY RI CHTER something the next time she visited the prison, because she did not
want to di scuss it over the phone. AN N A RI CHTER discussed giving information to ED
MAGEDSO N and / or DARREN MEADE.
On November 30, 2013, an individual posing as Dr. John Pitman (with Dr. John Pitman's
knowledge and permission) using jmpitman@yahoo.com, sent SAM Y O U B AN KS the
following e-mail to the e-mail address SAM Y OU B AN KS provided Tina Allen,
sam@ripoffreport.com:
Sam; About 2 weeks ago you spoke with my office manager Tina Allen regarding a proposal
to remove the untruthful posts about myself and my former wife that have been placed on the
RIPOFF REPORT for quite some time. She was expecting to hear back from you by e-mail
regarding the specifics of your proposal and provided you her e-mail address but as of last
Weds she has not heard back from you. Would you please e-mail me the details of the
service or provide a convenient time and phone number to reach out to you directly. Your
response would be appreciated. Thank you JM Pitman, M.D.
On November 30, 2013, SAM Y O U B AN KS (sam@ripoffreport.com) replied to
(jmpitmanmd@yahoo.com):
First and foremost, we do not and have not removed reports for our entire tenure of over 16
years in business...and I have never stated such a 'proposal' what so ever...what I told Tina
is that what we do within our Corporate Advocacy Program is much better and if the report
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writer cannot provide legitimate proof of the written allegations then we will go about
exposing and redacting false statement/s. First watch this quick video that goes into detail
about the services we offer within our program:
On December 1, 2013, (jmpitmanmd@yahoo.com) responded to SAM Y OU B AN KS
(sam@ripoffreport.com):
Thank you for your reply and clarification. I am going to discuss this with Tina when she
returns to the office this week. I could be mistaken but I am quite sure that she said that the
reports could be removed for a fee of $10,000.00 paid in 2 installments, one initial payment
and then final payment when the reports were removed. I will get back to you afterwards.
On December 1, 2013, SAM Y OU B AN KS (sam@ripoffreport.com) responded to
(jmpitmanmd@yahoo.com) and copied in ED MAGEDSON (EDitor@ripoffreport.com):
Your welcome, Dr., I am glad to have cleared things up for you. There's nothing worse than
miscommunication errors in business, especially when fellow professionals misquote another
professional. I'm sure Tina is just been busy and/or juggling a lot of thoughts and that could
have been the premise to leading her to share such a ridiculous statement that would never
come from any of our companies' representatives and I'm sorry for the confusion. This is
truly the ultimate opportunity for you to repair and restore your reputation the right way, Dr.
and show consumers that you are a business they can trust because you have made a
commitment to customer satisfaction unto us. I hope you have taken the time to review the
information I sent to you and learn about the invaluable services we are offering members of
the Corporate Advocacy Business Remediation and Customer Satisfaction Program.
On December 5, 2013, (jmpitmanmd@yahoo.com) e-mailed the following message to SAM
Y OU B AN KS (sam@ripoffreport.com):
I have reviewed the materials you sent to me and have asked Tina to follow up by filling out
the application so that this process can be completed as soon as possible. The slander
contained in these reports has had a significant negative financial impact on my practice and
I would be most appreciative if your process could be expedited. Tina has told me that she
has some questions regarding portions ofthe application and would like to speak with you to
resolve these items so that the application need not be corrected due to any errors or
omissions. She will be in the office tomorrow from 10 am-3 pm EST. Could you give her a
call at 757-229-5200 so that she can get the application completed and off to you before the
weekend.
On December 6, 2013, SAM Y OU B AN KS called Dr. John Pitman's medical practice and
spoke with Dr. John Pitman's administrative assistant, Tina Allen. The conversation was
recorded. SAM Y OU B AN KS told Tina Allen once Dr. John Pitman paid RI POFF REPORT,
RI POFF REPORT would give Dr. John Pitman the true identities of the individuals who
authored the anonymous defamatory RI POFF REPORT complaints about him. Specifically,
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SAM Y OU B AN KS told Tina Allen that once a RI POFF REP ORT victim pays RI POFF
REP ORT for its Corporate Advocacy Program' s (CAP) services, RI POFF REP ORT sends
out a letter to the original author, and if the original author does not respond to the letter,
then RI POFF REP O RT gives the author's IP address to the victim. SAM Y OU B AN KS told
Tina Allen that his Metro P CS phone was a "separate phone solely dedicated to our
members."
On December 7, 2013, Gmpitmanmd@yahoo.com) e-mailed SAM Y O U B AN KS
(sam@ripoffreport.com) the following:
I have been reviewing the application Tina has prepared after your conversation yesterday
and I remain somewhat confused about the requirement for a monthly fee over a 3 year time
frame. Can you explain in more detail why this monthly charge is necessary if in fact your
methods are so effective in off setting the slander? I have been continuously receiving
unsolicited proposals from a variety of companies (see example below) claiming that they
can actually remove the negative reports from the RipOffReport.com. This company even
states that they will guarantee the result. Are you aware of these e-mail campaigns? How are
these companies getting my personal e-mail contacts? I am going to contact this company
on Monday and see if I can get "Hector" to e-mail me a written proposal (stating the
guarantee). I will forward you any response that I receive back from him.
On December 7, 2013, SAM Y O U B AN KS responded to the above-e-mail from
Gmpitmanmd@yahoo.com):
You need to first fill out the application. NOT every business is accepted to the CAP
program. Once you've filled that information out, I will be forwarding it to RIPOFF REPORT'S
main office. Then you can pose those questions to RIPOFF REPORT. I am just an
independent sales person selling the CAP program part time while I go to school. Once
you've filled out the application, I will forward that to the main office.
On December 13, 2013, RI POFF RE P O RT announced that it had offered a $25,000 reward
for information leading to the exoneration of TRACEY RI CHTER.
On February 1, 2014, during a prison visit between TRACEY RI CHTER and her fiance,
RU SSEL L SCHERTZ , said "there is some other thing about B ERT PI TMAN [your mom,
ANNA RI CHTER] didn't want to tell you over the phone." RU SSEL L SCHERTZ said
"[JOHN RI CHTER] thinks that [Lisa Pitman] put the stuff on RI POFF REPORT. " TRACEY
RI CHTER replied, "Probably. Wel l , did she or was it [ DARREN MEADE] ? Because I asked
my mom (ANNA RI CHTER) if it was [ DARREN MEADE] . She (ANNA RI CHTER) said, well,
[ DARREN MEADE] said no, it (was or wasn't him). And she (ANNA RI CHTER) said
DARREN MEADE admitted to other things to her before." RU SSEL L SCHE RT Z whispered
the name of the person he believed was responsible for the anonymous derogatory /
defamatory postings on RI POFF RE P O RT about Dr. John Pitman, but, because he lowered
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his voice, it is impossible to hear what he said. Then RU SSEL L SCHERTZ added "we don't
know [for sure]" who published the RI POFF REPORT complaints about Dr. John Pitman.
TRACEY RI CHTER then told RU SSEL L SCHERTZ "it will be interesting if it comes up in his
[divorce proceedings with Lisa Pitman] about him fooling around with hookers and call girls,
because that will be - we will be using that in my post-conviction relief." TRACEY RI CHTER
added " B ERT PI TMAN informed them that "[Dr. John Pitman] is back together with [the
hooker / stripper], but [Dr. John Pitman's] neighbor - I want to say a neighbor told [BERT
PITMAN] or was it Courtney told them?" RU SSEL L SCHERTZ said "We need to get some
information from the secretary or the...business manager before she leaves." TRACEY
RI CHTER then said " Well, who knows. Maybe we can get information from [Lisa Pitman],
because [Lisa Pitman] and [Dr. John Pitman] were together [at the time TRACEY RI CHTER
has alleged Dr. John Pitman saw pictures / photographs of pink spiral notebook], and if she
saw the photos and she knows he had the photos, maybe we can trade something with her
that she needs." RU SSEL L SCHERTZ said they needed to get information from Dr. John
Pitman's secretary and from Lisa Pitman. RU SSEL L SCHERTZ and TRACEY RI CHTER
agreed they needed help and assistance from Lisa Pitman and Dr. John Pitman's secretary
to obtain sensitive / personal information about Dr. John Pitman. TRACEY RI CHTER said
DARREN MEADE admitted to ANNA RI CHTER that he had authored / published many of
the RI POFF REPORT complaints about the State's witnesses, but had said he did not
author / publish the outrageous RI POFF REPORT complaints about Dr. John Pitman.
TRACEY RI CHTER told her mother that "maybe this stuff with Dr. John Pitman could
develop into something for our benefit [in the PCR context]." RU SSEL L SCHERTZ told
TRACEY RI CHTER he had stored a great deal of information (based on the information in
this affidavit, presumably about TRACEY RI CHTER' s case / State's witnesses) on his work
computer but he recently had it removed from that computer because his employer's
(ConAgra Foods, Omaha) IT department forced him to remove it. TRACEY RI CHTER told
RU SSEL L SCHERTZ she had a portable hard drive in a box that was in RU SSEL L
SCHERTZ ' s possession he could use to store this information. TRACEY RI CHTER told
RU SSEL L SCHERTZ that "they" were going to go after the juror who had an ankle injury
before the trial and wanted off the jury, and that they are going to attack jury members.
RU SSEL L SCHERTZ said that one of TRACEY RI CHTER' s new attorneys, Matthew
Shimanovsky, said SCA Smith is an idiot.
On February 2, 2014, ANNA RI CHTER visited TRACEY RI CHTER at the prison. TRACEY
RI CHTER asked ANNA RI CHTER to tell her more about Dr. John Pitman. TRACEY
RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER that Dr. John Pitman needed to come clean and tell the
truth. TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER they already had [witnesses in TRACEY
RI CHTER' s case] come forward and said they were pressured to lie, so Dr. John Pitman did
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not need to worry about getting in trouble (for committing perjury). TRACEY RI CHTER told
ANNA RI CHTER to tell B ERT PI TMAN the following:
[Dr. John Pitman] needs to come clean about everything. I'm not - there's things we do know
about, and unless he tells us things we don't know about, I don't trust him. Otherwise [Lisa
Pitman] is going to find out everything she needs to know about [Dr. John Pitman's former
girlfriend, Allisan Tucker], whore.
ANNA RI CHTER said the following in reply:
And then [BERT PITMAN] should tell [Dr. John Pitman] you better come clean, because
everything will come out about the stuff we don't know, what they told you...to say, then the
information that I got, I don't want to give to [Lisa Pitman].
TRACEY RI CHTER then told ANNA RI CHTER to have B ERT PI TMAN tell Dr. John Pitman
the following:
And we know you (Dr. John Pitman) were helping [your former girlfriend, Allisan Tucker]. We
have got receipts for you (Dr. John Pitman) paying for her dental. We know where here bank
accounts are in Florida. We know how you (Dr. John Pitman) were using your business and
paying for all her (Allisan Tucker) stuff. Paying for her (Allisan Tucker) airfare, paying for all
her video production and everything else. Talk to [BERT PITMAN] let [BERT PITMAN] know
that this could be our huge blessing. Because if [Dr. John Pitman] comes forward and admits
[law enforcement] pressured him to [lie about not having knowledge of key pieces of
evidence]...
A while later, TRACEY RI CHTER and ANNA RI CHTER had the following discussion:
TRACEY RICHTER: Talk to [BERT PITMAN] because this could be a huge blessing in
disguise. That could be a Godsend, Mom (ANNA RICHTER). Sometimes God puts things
into play so that we have to seize the opportunity.
ANNA RICHTER: Yeah, but [BERT PITMAN cannot say] anything over the phone to you.
And make sure it's all done in person. [BERT PITMAN] can't [talk about this plan] over the
phone [because] they listen to your phone calls.
TRACEY RI CHTER then directed ANNA RI CHTER to have B ERT PI TMAN give Dr. John
Pitman TRACEY RI CHTER' s word that she "will not get involved" if he (Dr. John Pitman) did
the "right thing." ANNA RI CHTER said that she would tell B ERT PI TMAN not to talk about
their plan over the phone with T RACE Y RI CHTER. TRACEY RI CHTER added "[BERT
PI TMAN can tell me over the phone what he knows about Dr. John Pitman] but not about
our plan."
Towards the end of their visit, T RACE Y RI CHTER said her fiance, RU SSEL L SCHERTZ ,
told her that "[Dr. John Pitman] thinks [Lisa Pitman] posted that stuff about [him on RI POFF
REPORT] . ANNA RI CHTER replied "That's what [ BERT PITMAN] told me, that [Dr. John
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Pitman] asked [BERT PITMAN] if he thinks that [Lisa Pitman] had been posting all that stuff
on RI POFF REPORT. " TRACEY RI CHTER said RU SSEL L SCHERTZ told her that ANNA
RI CHTER would tell TRACEY RI CHTER more about this during their visit the following day.
Then TRACEY RI CHTER asked ANNA RI CHTER what B ERT PITMAN told Dr. John
Pitman in response to Dr. John Pitman's question about whether B ERT PITMAN knew who
was responsible for the RI POFF REP ORT complaints about him. ANNA RI CHTER replied
"Oh, I don't know. [BERT PITMAN] didn't say. I'm sure he would have said no. Hopefully
[BERT PITMAN] has the smarts to say [he did not know who did it]." TRACEY RI CHTER
then said the following:
You know what, [BERT PITMAN] could - he could tell [Dr. John Pitman], "you know what, we
could probably get proof from the people who own RIPOFF REPORT as to who posted it,
and you (Dr. John Pitman) will be able to use it in court, but that we are going to need your
cooperation on things.
ANNA RI CHTER said she believed their "other plan," giving personal, sensitive information
about Dr. John Pitman to Lisa Pitman unless Dr. John Pitman "[cooperated]," was a better
plan.
DR. JOHN PI TMAN' S DEPOSITION
As mentioned earlier, TRACEY RI CHTER' s first husband, Dr. John Pitman, was listed as a
State's witness in the State's Trial Information charging TRACEY RI CHTER with the first
degree murder of Dustin Wehde, which was filed in Sac County District Court Case No.
FECR011900 on August 5, 2011.
On October 23, 2011, JOHN RI CHTER sent the following Facebook message to B ERT
PI TMAN (his nephew): "once again your [sic] not answering, [sic] call me." Later that same
day, JOHN RI CHTER sent the following Facebook message to B ERT PI TMAN: "call me!"
On October 24, 2011, the State provided defense counsel with a list of its witnesses in the
order in which it intended to call them throughout the week. Later that day, around 11:30
p.m., B ERT PI TMAN sent the following Facebook message to JOHN RI CHTER: "took a
long time to down load all of them. I'm sending it to ur [sic] e-mail in the next hour."
On October 25, 2011, at 4:45 a.m., JOHN RI CHTER sent the following Facebook message
to B ERT PI TMAN: "I just checked my e-mail [and] they are not there yet,
inkedtilldeth@aol.com."
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TRACEY RI CHTER' s murder trial started later that same morning (October 25, 2011). That
evening, at 8:14 p.m., B ERT PI TMAN sent the following Facebook message to JOHN
RI CHTER: "I sent them to inkedtilldeath on accident. Sending them now." October 25, 2011,
B ERT PI TMAN e-mailed around fifty (50) images of documents that contained personal,
sensitive information about Dr. John Pitman and his then-girlfriend, aspiring musician
Allisan Tucker, whose stage name was / is Lachesis, to his uncle, JOHN RI CHTER. Dr.
John Pitman recently told law enforcement the documents shown in these images had to
have been removed from Allisan Tucker' s handbag without her permission when she was at
Dr. John Pitman's residence. The information contained in the documents shown in these
images B ERT PI TMAN sent to JOHN RI CHTER is identical to the information T RACE Y
RI CHTER and ANNA RI CHTER conspired to give to Dr. John Pitman's wife, Lisa Pitman, if
Dr. John Pitman did not "play ball."
On October 27, 2011, Dr. John Pitman took the witness stand and gave testimony against
TRACEY RI CHTER. Midway through the State's direct examination of Dr. John Pitman,
TRACEY RI CHTER' s criminal defense attorneys made an evidentiary objection, which was
overruled. The Court, at the request of T RACE Y RI CHTER' s defense attorneys, gave them
permission to depose Dr. John Pitman before he testified any further, adjourned for the day.
Around 7:00 p.m. that evening, T RACE Y RI CHTER' s criminal defense attorneys deposed
Dr. John Pitman. During the deposition, which lasted only about forty-five (45) minutes,
TRACEY RI CHTER' s criminal defense attorneys questioned Dr. John Pitman about his
relationship with Allisan Tucker, his former girlfriend, and asked Dr. John Pitman on multiple
occasions throughout the deposition whether Allisan Tucker was a stripper or a prostitute.
TRACEY RI CHTER' s criminal defense attorneys then asked Dr. John Pitman for Allisan
Tucker' s phone number so they could call her that evening to confirm whether or not she
was or had been a stripper / hooker. The next morning, Dr. John Pitman took the witness
stand, and finished testifying without ever being asked about Allisan Tucker or whether
Allisan Tucker was a stripper or a hooker. T RACE Y RI CHTER' s criminal defense attorneys
never spoke with Allisan Tucker.
Information obtained by law enforcement suggests JOHN RI CHTER communicated
extensively with TRACEY RI CHTER' s criminal defense attorneys before TRACEY
RI CHTER' s trial started. On August 20, 2011, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER
that JOHN RI CHTER spoke with her criminal defense attorneys for three hours the day
before (August 19, 2011).
On February 3, 2014, TRACEY RI CHTER directed B ERT PI TMAN to find out what was
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going on with Dr. John Pitman and Lisa Pitman's divorce. B ERT PI TMAN told TRACEY
RI CHTER that Dr. John Pitman asked him whether Lisa Pitman was responsible for the
derogatory postings about him on RI POFF REPORT. B ERT PI TMAN told TRACEY
RI CHTER that he did not tell Dr. John Pitman who was responsible for publishing the
complaints. Also during this conversation, TRACEY RI CHTER told B ERT PI TMAN he
should have taken her computer.
On February 8, 2014, during a prison visit between TRACEY RI CHTER and ANNA
RI CHTER, TRACEY RI CHTER and ANNA RI CHTER mentioned, by full name, and
discussed the DOT employee who processed TRACEY RI CHTER' s change of name form in
2010, and who later told law enforcement that TRACEY RI CHTER had presented the
forged court decree as proof her name had been legally changed. Then, ANNA RI CHTER
told TRACEY RI CHTER that ED MAGEDSON wanted her ( TRACEY RI CHTER) to give him
certain information about Michael Roberts. ANNA RI CHTER said ED MAGEDSON had
been after her (ANNA RI CHTER) [to do or get something]. ANNA RI CHTER also said ED
MAGEDSON e-mailed his (or TRACEY RI CHTER' s other attorney), Victoria Ames, about
something having to do with TRACEY RI CHTER' s case. ANNA RI CHTER asked TRACEY
RI CHTER whether TRACEY RI CHTER' s attorney could compel Michael Roberts's therapist
to produce the reports from Michael Roberts' therapy session. ANNA RI CHTER or
TRACEY RI CHTER stated that they would have to tell the doctor / therapist that the
report(s) are needed for TRACEY RI CHTER' s pending civil litigation with Michael Roberts
(child support contempt action) [when really they planned to give it to ED MAGEDSON /
RI POFF REPORT for the purposes of publishing it in a RI POFF REPORT complaint and /
or for RI POFF REPORT to use in its pending litigation against Michael Roberts]. TRACEY
RI CHTER said they would ask one of TRACEY RI CHTER' s attorney to subpoena the
confidential reports from Michael Roberts's therapist. ANNA RI CHTER said getting this
report would really help ED MAGEDSON in his lawsuit against Michael Roberts. Later in
this conversation, TRACEY RI CHTER told her mother to ask DARREN MEADE how to
make a website more visible on an internet search (e.g., Google, Bing, Yahoo!, etc.) results.
Attorney Victoria Ames is believed to be a faculty member at Arizona State University
College of Law. The school's website indicates that Victoria Ames was an attorney with
Jaburg and Wilk before joining the College of Law. Jaburg and Wilk represents Xcentric
Ventures (DBA RI POFF REPORT) and ED MAGEDSON , the owner / operator of RI POFF
REPORT. In January 2014, ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT paid Victoria Ames
$1, 025. The memo line of this check reads, "December invoice."
On February 16, 2014, during a prison visit between TRACEY RI CHTER and DONNA
BI STRI CAN, TRACEY RI CHTER directed DONNA BI STRI CAN to give B ERT PITMAN
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information about RI POFF REPORT' S $25, 000 reward that it issued for information leading
to TRACEY RI CHTER' s exoneration, so B ERT PI TMAN could forward / publish the same
on www.traceyrichter.com and / or the Facebook page "Free T RACE Y RI CHTER. " T RACE Y
RI CHTER also told DONNA BI STRI CAN to use TRACEY RI CHTER' s credit card to
purchase / create a website. T RACE Y RI CHTER told DONNA BI STRI CAN that both AN N A
RI CHTER and Russ Schertz had copies of this credit card. Later during this conversation,
Donna Bistrican told T RACE Y RI CHTER that Donna Bistrican had seen something on Iowa
Courts Online that indicated Michael Roberts made a $20, 000 payment towards an
outstanding accrued support balance owed to TRACEY RI CHTER. Panicked, T RACE Y
RI CHTER directed Donna Bistrican to quickly contact RU SSEL L SCHERTZ and AN N A
RI CHTER and have them immediately take TRACEY RI CHTER' s credit / debit card (where
her child support payments were deposited) to her lawyer and dump all the money from the
card into the attorney's trust account as a retainer, so she could "try and lock it up before
[ SCA Smith] [garnished it]" to pay TRACEY RI CHTER' s almost $300, 000 in restitution she
owed Dustin Wehde' s family and the State of Iowa.
On February 23, 2014, during a prison visit between T RACE Y RI CHTER and AN N A
RI CHTER, the two again di scussed having B ERT PI TMAN pressure his father, Dr. John
Pitman, into recanting / changing the testimony he gave in T RACE Y RI CHTER' s murder
trial, by having B ERT PI TMAN tell Dr. John Pitman that "stuff is going to come out unless
you play ball." T RACE Y RI CHTER sai d if thi s i nformati on came out about Dr. John
Pi t man, he woul d l ose cust ody of hi s chi l dren to Li sa Pi tman and hi s busi ness woul d
be rui ned. TRACEY RI CHTER said B ERT PI TMAN should approach Dr. John Pitman
under the false premise that "[they knew] Ben Smith told [Dr. John Pitman] not to talk to
Tracey' s lawyers, [and we just want to know what else Ben Smith said to you]." One of the
two then said that B ERT PI TMAN should tell Dr. John Pitman that if Dr. John Pitman did not
"come clean" that it would really hurt their (BERT PI TMAN and Dr. John Pitman)
relationship and that B ERT PI TMAN should tell Dr. John Pitman "Enough is enough, Daddy.
Y ou need to come cl ean. " A N N A R I C HT E R sai d it woul d be great if B E R T P I T MAN wer e to
record this conversation. ANNA RI CHTER told T RACE Y RI CHTER she would contact
B ERT PI TMAN and discuss their plan with him. Later, TRACEY RI CHTER asked whether
her PCR attorneys had scheduled the deposition of her criminal defense attorney(s). ANNA
RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE wanted to attack TRACEY RI CHTER' s criminal defense
attorney(s) on RI POFF REP ORT, but ANNA RI CHTER told DARREN MEADE "Don't you
dare. We need [him / her]." ANNA RI CHTER said T RACE Y RI CHTER' s PCR attorney was
a friend of one of T RACE Y RI CHTER' s criminal defense attorneys and that this criminal
defense attorney confided with T RACE Y RI CHTER' s P CR attorney that he / she made a
number of mistakes representing T RACE Y RI CHTER in her murder trial. ANNA RI CHTER
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added that ED MAGEDSON also directed DARREN MEADE not to publish anything on
RI POFF REPORT about TRACEY RI CHTER' s criminal defense attorneys.
On February 28, 2014, during a prison visit between TRACEY RI CHTER and ANNA
RI CHTER, ANNA RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE planned to publish complaints on
RI POFF REPORT attacking the competence / effectiveness of TRACEY RI CHTER' s
criminal defense attorney(s), but that she instructed DARREN MEADE not to "bother
[ TRACEY RI CHTER' s criminal defense attorney] right now because [in TRACEY
RI CHTER' s PCR case, TRACEY RI CHTER' s criminal defense attorney] is going to admit
that he was ineffective [in his representation of TRACEY RI CHTER in her murder case /
trial]" and they "needed" him / her. TRACEY RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE needed to
wait to publish a complaint on RI POFF REPORT about her criminal defense attorney until
after the attorney testified in TRACEY RI CHTER' s Post Conviction Relief case, because
then DARREN MEADE can publish the transcript of the attorney's own under oath
admissions about the attorney's ineffective representation of TRACEY RI CHTER.
It is important to note that the crux of TRACEY RI CHTER' s Post Conviction Relief Petition
filed in Sac County District Court Case No. PCCV019511 on April 16, 2014, is that her
criminal defense attorneys were ineffective in representing her. Obviously, such an
admission by TRACEY RI CHTER' s criminal defense attorney(s) would aid TRACEY
RI CHTER in her PCR efforts. ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that complaints that
are published on RI POFF REPORT are never taken down. Later, ANNA RI CHTER told
TRACEY RI CHTER she discussed the $25,000 reward RI POFF REPORT / ED
MAGEDSON had offered for information leading to TRACEY RI CHTER' s exoneration;
specifically, ANNA RI CHTER told ED MAGEDSON they needed to advertise the reward in
and around Sac County, Iowa.
Also during this prison visit, TRACEY RI CHTER directed ANNA RI CHTER to have B ERT
PI TMAN and DARREN MEADE to tell Brandon Wehde (murder victim's first cousin) about
the aforementioned $25,000 reward, and also give him (Brandon Wehde) certain derogatory
information concerning his aunt Mona Wehde' s alleged acts of disloyalty to the Wehde
family. TRACEY RI CHTER said that someone needed to tell Brandon Wehde "you need to
know the truth about what [Mona Wehde] had been up to." TRACEY RI CHTER said
Brandon Wehde should be given a copy of Brett Wehde' s (Mona Wehde' s husband, Dustin
Wehde' s father) suicide note, and he should be told that Mona Wehde (allegedly) planned
to leave her family. ANNA RI CHTER said DARREN MEADE already had published Dustin
Wehde' s father's suicide note on RI POFF REPORT. TRACEY RI CHTER directed ANNA
RI CHTER to also have DONNA BI STRI CAN contact Brandon Wehde using her Facebook
account. ANNA RI CHTER said she was going to contact B ERT PITMAN to discuss the
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foregoing. TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER to work with DARREN MEADE to
create a highly visible website with content that would expose Michael Roberts to hatred,
ridicule, and contempt. T RACE Y RI CHTER and ANNA RI CHTER again went over their plan
to have B ERT PI TMAN pressure Dr. John Pitman into changing his testimony. AN N A
RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER she exchanged documents with DARREN MEADE, and
that she stores the same in her Dropbox account. TRACEY RI CHTER directed AN N A
RI CHTER to send documents to "Marko" via Dropbox. ANNA RI CHTER said she talked to
ED MAGEDSON , and ED MAGEDSO N had talked to attorney Victoria Ames. AN N A
RI CHTER said ED MAGEDSO N told her that her attorney Matthew Shimanovsky is
supposed to contact Victoria Ames about getting Michael Roberts' confidential therapy
reports / notes from Dr. Rumberger. TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER that her P CR
attorneys needed to talk to one of the jurors who convicted her, as well as all the other
jurors, but that they needed to start with this particular juror, because he / she was the
WE AKE ST one G'uror). ANNA RI CHTER said Julia Ofenbakh said she (Julia Ofenbakh)
would like to see SCA Smith in jail. AN N A RI CHTER said Julia Ofenbakh also said "that just
listening to things that [ SCA Smith] has done, he ( SCA Smith) should be in jail." T RACE Y
RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER that someone should register the website
www.BenSmithSucks.com. TRACEY RI CHTER asked whether DARREN MEADE had
anything up on RI POFF REP O RT about Mary Higgins and Anna said that Darren is
concentrating on Ben Smith. ANNA RI CHTER said she wanted to completely destroy SCA
Smith. ANNA RI CHTER said she told this to TRACEY RI CHTER' s new attorney Julia
Ofenbakh. ANNA RI CHTER said that T RACE Y RI CHTER' s new attorney Julia Ofenbakh
said the jurors in T RACE Y RI CHTER' s criminal case were idiots. ANNA RI CHTER said "I
will be damned if my daughter is going to sit here eighteen years before they declare her
innocent." ANNA RI CHTER said they need to get this fund going because this is going to
cost money.
On March 2, 2014, during a prison visit between ANNA RI CHTER and TRACEY RI CHTER,
A N N A RI CHT E R sai d she had recentl y t al ked to E D MA G E D S O N . T R A C E Y RI CHT E R
directed ANNA RI CHTER to send and / or receive digital copies (of something inaudible).
TRACEY RI CHTER said something about people giving money to TRACEY RI CHTER via
PayPal and that "[little bits of money add] up." The context of this conversation suggests
that ED MAGEDSO N had or was creating this PayPal account. ANNA RI CHTER said she
recently spoke with B ERT PI TMAN. T RACE Y RI CHTER said there had to be "something
somewhere" about Dr. John Pitman. ANNA RI CHTER said something to TRACEY
RI CHTER about having B ERT PI TMAN talk to Dr. John Pitman. ANNA RI CHTER further
stated she just wanted "them to be truthful." TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER to
(do something) with any information on State's witness Michael Roberts' wife, Dr. Heidi
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Forsbacka, that ANNA RICHTER obtained. ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that
Dr. Heidi Forsbacka hung up the phone when ANNA RICHTER tried to call her (Heidi
Forsbacka). TRACEY RICHTER told ANNA RICHTER to have someone create the website
www.MichaelRoberts.Blogger.com.eu and publish defamatory / derogatory content on it
about State's witness Michael Roberts "so nobody will ever want to do business with
him again."
On March 7, 2014, during a prison visit between ANNA RI CHTER and TRACEY RI CHTER,
TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER to have B ERT PI TMAN take photographs of Dr.
John Pitman's prescriptions, although the recording was difficult to hear at this point. Later,
although still barely audible, it is believed the two discussed getting sensitive / embarrassing
information about Dr. John Pitman for the purpose of blackmailing / extorting him into
recanting / changing his testimony. ANNA RI CHTER and TRACEY RI CHTER discussed Dr.
John Pitman's personal finances. TRACEY RI CHTER said something about ED
MAGEDSON and DARREN MEADE, and that "how someone found where he was living."
TRACEY RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER to create the website "JeremyCollins.com."
Jeremy Collins is another State's witness. T RACE Y RI CHTER sai d Jeremy Col l i ns mi ght
"freak out" after the websi te about him goes up and j ust want the stuff onl i ne about
him to go away and "that' s all [we] woul d need" [for T RACE Y RI CHTER to be granted
a new trial through the P CR acti on]. TRACEY RI CHTER told her mother that after
www.JeremyCollins.com goes up that someone would need to approach Jeremy Collins.
TRACEY RI CHTER is heard telling ANNA RI CHTER "they" needed to put something online
about "another" one of the State's witnesses. TRACEY RI CHTER and ANNA RI CHTER
then discussed putting up a website with information about Michael Roberts that would
make "no women with half a brain want to get involved with him (ANNA RI CHTER and
TRACEY RI CHTER believed Michael Roberts and his wife, Heidi Forsbacka (aka Heidi
Roberts) were separated / divorced). TRACEY RI CHTER added the following:
Well then if [Michael Roberts] wants that [derogatory website about him taken] down...you
know what the cost of taking down that website on Michael Roberts i s? I want all the
dirt on [SCA Smith] and what he did and I want the kids returned to you (ANNA
RICHTER). And then he can have that website taken down and he can do whatever he
wants. He can run off and live where he wants. He can have whatever job he can scam
whoever he wants in Australia. I don't care. Just go away - go away and live in Australia.
ANNA RI CHTER said Michael Roberts would not be able to get the derogatory information
removed from RI POFF REPORT because RI POFF REP ORT does not remove its
complaints. ANNA RI CHTER said she had to go home and scan certain documents into her
computer, which the two had previously discussed, and to give them to DARREN MEADE.
ANNA RI CHTER listed off the derogatory information about Michael Roberts she planned to
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publish on the internet.
On March 8, 2014, during a prison visit between T RACE Y RI CHTER and her mother, AN N A
RI CHTER, the two di scussed creating a website about Heidi Forsbacka, wife of State' s
witness Michael Roberts.
It is important to note that TRACEY RI CHTER has created similar websites in past to
defame and harass those adverse to her in litigation or just adverse to her in general .
TRACEY RI CHTER' s GoDaddy.com account records show that during her divorce / custody
proceedings with Michael Roberts, TRACEY RI CHTER created the website
RyanKolpinSucks.com (Michael Roberts' custody / divorce attorney at one point during their
divorce / custody proceedings), MichaelRobertsSucks.com (obvious reference to Mi chael
Roberts), Mile2Sucks.com (a reference to Michael Roberts' business), and
HeidiForsbackaSucks.org (Michael Roberts' wife). T RACE Y RI CHTER later purchased the
rights to and / or created the website Ri chdal eGroupSucks.com (name of her apartment
complex owners / management, which did not hire Sophie Edwards for a management
position (despite having T RACE Y RI CHTER as a reference).
On March 9, 2014, during a prison visit between ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER,
ANNA RI CHTER said something to TRACEY RI CHTER about something ED MAGEDSO N
and / or DARREN MEADE had recently said. ANNA RI CHTER said ED MAGEDSON gave
her transcripts of the testimony Michael Roberts' gave in a deposition in Michael Roberts
and ED MAGEDSON ' s civil case in Arizona. ANNA RI CHTER stated she received other
items from DARREN MEADE about Michael Roberts. ANNA RI CHTER stated she e-mailed
ED MAGEDSO N and talked to DARREN MEADE about proving the location of IP
addresses belonging to Michael Roberts (assumedly, the IP addresses from which Michael
Roberts posted comments on RI POFF REPORT) . Towards the end of the visit, T RACE Y
RI CHTER said something to ANNA RI CHTER about destroying Michael Roberts socially
and professionally. Later, the two discussed finding another way to reach Michael Roberts'
wife, Dr. Heidi Forsbacka, and publishing defamatory / derogatory information about her on
the internet. T RACE Y RI CHTER directed ANNA RI CHTER to give ED MAGEDSON a list of
the information ED MAGEDSO N should request of Michael Roberts through the civil
discovery process to get information about Michael Roberts's wife, Heidi Forsbacka (aka
Heidi Roberts) (Michael Roberts and ED MAGE DSO N were / are currently engaged in civil
litigation). T RACE Y RI CHTER told ANNA RI CHTER that Michael Roberts might "back off' if
ED MAGEDSO N requested certain information from / about Michael Roberts's wife. ANNA
RI CHTER stated that State's witnesses committed perjury when they testified against
T RACE Y RI CHTER.
On March 14, 2014, during a prison visit between ANNA RI CHTER and TRACEY
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RI CHTER, ANNA RI CHTER said B ERT PI TMAN told her Dr. John Pitman denied being
responsible for a derogatory news article about TRACEY RI CHTER.
On March 15, 2014, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER she e-mailed ED
MAGEDSON the other day about something having to do with Michael Roberts. ANNA
RI CHTER said something about ED MAGEDSON emailing DARREN MEADE about
something having to do with Michael Roberts.
On March 16, 2014, ANNA RI CHTER mentioned something having to do with ED
MAGEDSON . ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER how certain online articles /
websites "get moved to the top [of an internet search result]." ANNA RI CHTER stated she
had to give something to DARREN MEADE.
On March 20, 2014, BERT PI TMAN sent the following e-mail message to ANNA RI CHTER
and JOHN RI CHTER:
This is my letter to [his father, Dr. John Pitman]. I will be sending you another e-mail in the
next day or two with my detailed conversation I will have with [Dr. John Pitman] if he agrees
to meet with a psychologist. Send me any changes you might have on this letter, but the next
one will definitely need more input from everyone. Since it will detail prior occurrences and
what will need to be done by him to make things right Thank you for your time Lil' Bert
Richter
The following is B ERT PITMAN' S (aka Bert Richter) aforementioned letter to his father, Dr.
John Pitman:
Dear John Pitman III, I appreciate you reaching out and trying to speak with me, but
unfortunately, the divide between us is too great to just have a casual conversation. Even
though I would love to have a father to talk to about sports and such, I cannot do so because
you have failed to be one for the vast majority of my life. The times you should have given,
you took. The times you should have helped me grow, you did set a good example. The
times when you could have been a man, you were deceitful and showed poor character.
Your actions have cause me an immense amount of pain, however, I have made it through it
all and have come out the other side as a strong and enlightened man. As a man, it is on me
to clearly state what you need to do to make amends. If and when, you fulfill my requests,
then we can be on speaking terms and start to repair our relationship. I would like to meet
with you with Dr. Coe (we can split the costs), so we can discuss the reasons for our tattered
relationship and what needs to be done to fix it. Until then, communication between you and I
will be solely professional, monetary, or concerning the scheduling of this meeting. BERT
PITMAN
On March 21, 2014, during a prison visit between ANNA RI CHTER and TRACEY
RI CHTER, ANNA RI CHTER said B ERT PI TMAN planned to write Dr. John Pitman two
letters. The first letter B ERT PI TMAN planned to write to Dr. John Pitman would be short
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and to the point, and the second one would tell Dr. John Pitman that if he is to have a
relationship with him (BERT PITMAN) "there are things that have to be done." AN N A
RI CHTER said B ERT PI TMAN planned to tell Dr. John Pitman that he had to make right
what he had done to T RACE Y RI CHTER, be accountable, and come forward with the truth.
TRACEY RI CHTER said Dr. John Pitman needed to "step up." ANNA RI CHTER said B E RT
PI TMAN told her Dr. John Pitman was going to come forward with the truth. Then, T RACE Y
RI CHTER and ANNA RI CHTER begin to whisper, but you can hear TRACEY RI CHTER say
B ERT PI TMAN needed to get Dr. John Pitman to say that law enforcement and Mi chael
Roberts told Dr. John Pitman what to say. TRACEY RI CHTER then said Dr. John Pitman
needed to swear out an affidavit that T RACE Y RI CHTER never tried to kill Dr. John Pitman.
TRACEY RI CHTER directed ANNA RI CHTER to have B ERT PI TMAN find out whether
Michael Roberts tried to intimidate Dr. John Pitman. Later in this visit, ANNA RI CHTER told
TRACEY RI CHTER that B ERT PI TMAN stated he was going to make Dr. John Pitman
come forward with the truth and correct this mistakes.
Dr. John Pitman recently told law enforcement that B ERT PI TMAN hand delivered Dr. John
Pitman with a copy of his aforementioned letter on or around April 7, 2014, and that they
discussed going to therapy / counseling, but never did. Dr. John Pitman also said B ERT
PI TMAN had never asked Dr. John Pitman to retract or change his testimony or to swear
out an affidavit.
Dr. John Pitman stated his medical practice has lost an estimated $600, 000 since these
defamatory / derogatory articles about him first appeared on RI POFF REPORT. Similarly,
State's witness Raymond Friedman and Michael Roberts also informed SCA Smith that
their respective businesses had suffered greatly as a result of DARREN MEADE' s RI POFF
REP ORT complaints / articles.
In late April 2014 / early May 2014, DARREN MEADE and ED MAGEDSON had a falling-
out. Apparently, DARREN MEADE quit working, ED MAGEDSO N stopped paying DARREN
MEADE because DARREN MEADE quit working, and DARREN MEADE believed he
should be paid for doing nothing. When ED MAGE DSO N refused to pay DARREN MEADE,
DARREN MEADE threatened ED MAGEDSO N / RI POFF REP ORT that if ED MAGEDSO N
/ RI POFF RE P O RT did not pay DARRE N MEADE money and fulfill other demands,
DARREN MEADE would expose RI POFF RE P O RT to civil, maybe even criminal liability.
On May 15, 2014, DARREN MEADE (darrenmitchellm@gmail.com) wrote the following e-
mail to ED MAGEDSO N (westerned@aol.com): "I can document with log files, screen
recordings and search histories the thousands of hours I spent researching to help ED
MAGEDSO N and T RACE Y RI CHTER. "
In another May 15 e-mail between DARREN MEADE, ED MAGEDSO N , SI AMACK
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YAGHOBI , ANNA RI CHTER (anna_richter2003@yahoo.com), and
(adam@ripoffreport.com) [Adam Kunz General Counsel for X CENTRI C VEN TU RES, LLC],
DARREN MEADE alleged that ED MAGEDSON directed and demanded DARREN MEADE
to make changes to a video and that DARREN MEADE took down the "posts". DARREN
MEADE further stated in this e-mail that he had no animosity towards Michael Roberts and
that he worked at ED MAGEDSON' s direction. DARREN MEADE also told ED MAGEDSON
the following:
"ANNA RICHTER, TRACEY RICHTER's mother, called and begged me to come testify at
the murder trial. I could not walk at the time, and was threatened with arrest if I set foot in
Iowa. When TRACEY RICHTER was convicted I felt responsible, I allowed myself to be
intimidated and ignored Anna's pleas for help...that is why [sic] drove me...not hatred."
DARREN MEADE' s above-assertions, by his own prior admissions and all available
evidence / information, are patently false. In fact, DARREN MEADE did not even know
ANNA RI CHTER until after TRACEY RI CHTER had been convicted of murder.
In a May 16, 2014, e-mail, ED MAGEDSON sent the following e-mail to MEADE:
I am sick about what you seem to be trying to claim! We have never had a contract for you
to work for my company. We specifically documented that we would have no contracts
unless in writing. You are certainly not an employee of me or my company. I have been your
friend. WE HAVE HAD A MUTUAL CAUSE, TO FREE TRACY RICHTER, AND TO
EXPOSE MICHAEL ROBERTS TO THE WORLD FOR HIS HYPOCRITICAL AND
DISHONEST DEALINGS. I have supported your living expenses to allow you to continue
with YOUR work towards those goals. I certainly never had a direction or control over the
work. In fact, many of the things that you stated you would do have never happened. And,
now you are telling me that you lost your research. What a disappointment. What a
blunder. Darren, some ofthe things you write about make it seem like you feel entitled to get
certain things at my expense, like rent and a car and food. I don't help you with those things
because I am obligated. I [GAVE YOU MONEY] BECAUSE I WANTED TO HELP YOU, MY
FRIEND, AND I WANTED TO SUPPORT YOUR CRUSADE TO SEE JUSTICE IN THE
TRACY RICHTER CASE.
In another May 16, 2014, e-mail from ED MAGEDSON to DARREN MEADE, ED
MAGEDSON admitted paying DARREN MEADE to help / do work associated with TRACEY
RI CHTER at ED MAGEDSON' s direction.
On May 17, 2014, MEADE sent the following e-mail to ANNA RI CHTER, ED MAGEDSON ,
and SI AMACK YAGHOBI :
Anna, the video's I made on behalf of Tracey and exposing Michael Roberts and Ben Smith
have were disabled for some reason on RIPOFF REPORT. I was hopeful my issues with Ed
would not affect my advocacy work on Tracey's behalf, but ever video I had made has been
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disabled. The majority of the video's I had also placed onto a website I made for Tracey
located at http://traceyrichter.com had many of the same video's which I published on
RIPOFF REPORT. Those video's are operational, I pay for that site every 3 months ( $39.95
) and will send you the billing information so you can continue the website. It would seem
that my ability to post video's on Tracey's behalf no longer exists on RIPOFF REPORT. I will
post a new video on http://traceyrichter.com it will not have the viewership of RIPOFF
REPORT, but given my video's were disabled I believe this is the best course of action. I've
copied Ed and Michael's friend [SIAMACK YAGHOBI] on this e-mail for transparency. I
wanted to alert you to what had taken place on RIPOFF REPORT and assure you it was
nothing that I participated in, and again, the website I control still has the video's active ::
perhaps, I am wrong and there is another reason the video's are disabled on RIPOFF
REPORT but active on other websites?
In a May 17, 2014, e-mail from ED MAGEDSO N (EDitor@ripoffreport.com) to DARRE N
MEADE (dmeade@kairos-meade.com), ED MAGEDSO N said the following: "Anyone that
knows you knows you've had an obsessi on to go after [Michael Roberts] for your own, and
[ TRACEY RI CHTER] just got some of t he benefits." Later on in the above-e-mail (or another
one sent on this same date) ED MAGEDSO N admitted he paid DARREN MEADE to work
on matters involving T RACE Y RI CHTER and RI POFF REPORT.
Just some of RI POFF REPORT' S bank records show that between December 2011 and
May 2014, RI POFF REP O RT paid DARREN MEADE approximately $90,000 from its Bank
of America account. ED MAGE DSO N has also di scussed paying DARREN MEADE from
other sources, such as prepaid credit cards. Most telling in all this, however, is ED
MAGEDSO N paid DARREN MEADE $3, 000.00 just days after DARREN MEADE began
extorting RI POFF REP ORT / ED MAGE DSO N . As indicated above, throughout May 2014,
DARREN MEADE told ED MAGE DSO N / RI POFF REP O RT he was prepared to make
public the fact that he worked at ED MAGEDSON ' s direction in their joint efforts to "help"
TRACEY RI CHTER and published RI POFF REP O RT complaints about the State's
witnesses. Rather than alert the authorities to DARREN MEADE' s extortionist efforts, ED
MAGEDSON / RI POFF RE P O RT instead asked DARREN MEADE for a list of his demands,
which DARREN MEADE provided, and ED MAGEDSO N / RI POFF REPORT at least
partially met.
On May 28, 2014, DARREN MEADE contacted a plaintiff adverse to RI POFF REP ORT in
pending civil litigation. DARREN MEADE informed the plaintiff he ( DARREN MEADE) had
worked for X CENTRI C VE N TU RE S from January 2012 to May 2014, and that he was now
adverse to ED MAGEDSO N / RI POFF REPORT, and he was willing provide evidence to
this plaintiff on certain conditions.
On June 19, 2014, DARREN MEADE published the following "Tweet" on his Twitter
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account: "Attention: Alleged RI POFF REPORT Victims! Pl ease know I am available for
depositions June 23-27
t h
in Laguna Beach, CA" @darrenmeade ( DARREN MEADE' s
Twitter account "handle").
On June 25, 2014, at 4:22 pm CST, one of ED MAGEDSON' s / RI POFF REPORT' S
attorneys was sent an e-mail, which asked whether said attorney planned to attend
DARREN MEADE' s depositions (as advertised on DARREN MEADE' s Twitter account) and
provided a link to DARREN MEADE' s above-Tweet. Interestingly, also on June 25 and on
26, 2014, ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT allowed DARREN MEADE to publish add-
on complaints / comments to existing RI POFF REP ORT complaints Nos. 970019 and
938843, which condemned SCA Smith for garnishing TRACEY RI CHTER' s prison funds. It
is not know at this time whether DARREN MEADE published these comments before or
after ED MAGEDSON' s / RI POFF REPORT' S attorney was sent the e-mail described
above.
CONCLUSI ON
Based on my training and experience, and the facts as set forth in this affidavit, there is
probable cause to believe TRACEY RI CHTER (aka SOPHI E EDWARDS) , DONNA
BI STRI CAN, ANNA RI CHTER, DARREN MEADE, B ERT PI TMAN (aka B ERT RI CHTER),
ED MAGEDSON , SI AMACK YAGHOBI (aka SAM YOUB ANKS) and X CENTRI C
VEN TU RES / RI POFF REPORT have committed the crimes set forth below, either directly,
or by aiding and abetting another in and with the same crimes, and the property and
information described in Attachments A and B to this Search Warrant is property /
information used or possessed with the intent to be used as the means of committing a
public offense or concealed to prevent an offense from being discovered and / or is property
relevant to the crimes discussed below and material as evidence in a criminal prosecution
for the same or any related offenses.
WI T N E S S T A M P E R I N G
"A person who, in retaliation for anything lawfully done by any witness...in any case,
harasses such witness, or conspires to do the same...commits an aggravated
misdemeanor. IOWA C O D E 720.4, 706.1 (2013). In Iowa, an aggravated misdemeanor is
an indictable offense. Iowa Const. Art. 1 11; IOWA C O D E 903.1(2) (2013); Iowa Rule of
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Criminal Procedure 2.4(2) (2013) Here, the harassment was done by communicating with a
State's witness in a criminal matter filed in the Sac County District Court, by electronic
communication, without legitimate purpose, in a manner likely to cause the witness
annoyance or harm and with the specific intent to intimidate, annoy or alarm the witness
and, with the intent to produce detrimental effects within Iowa, and the subject's actions di d
produce detrimental effects within Iowa. Witness Tampering in Iowa is an indictable offense.
IOWA C O D E 708.7(1) (2013); IOWA C O D E 720.4 (2013); I A Const, art. I, 11; IOWA C O D E
903.1(2) (2013); Iowa R. Crim. P. 2.4(2); IOWA C O D E 803.1 (2013)
Based on the evidence / information contained in this application, there is probable cause to
believe that beginning in 2012, TRACEY RI CHTER, DARREN MEADE, ED MAGE DSO N ,
ANNA RI CHTER, RU SSE L L SCHERTZ , DONNA BI STRI CAN, and / or B ERT PI TMAN
have been engaged in a systematic and ongoing campaign of cyber / internet harassment
and defamation aimed directly at the State's witnesses, in retaliation for their cooperation
with law enforcement and testimony against T RACE Y RI CHTER in State v. Richter, Sac
County District Court Case No. FECR011900.
The available evidence strongly suggests DARREN MEADE, ANNA RI CHTER, T RACE Y
RI CHTER, ED MAGE DSO N / RI POFF REP ORT, B ERT PI TMAN, RU SSEL L SCHERTZ ,
knew most of the demeaning, derogatory content they published about the State' s
witnesses on the RI POFF REP O RT and other sites was / is per se defamatory.
The available evidence shows that in January 2012, ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF RE P O RT
and at least one of ED MAGEDSON ' s / RI POFF REPORT' S attorneys was aware of
DARREN MEADE' s aforementioned deposition wherein DARREN MEADE, among many
other damning admissions, testified to the following: that DARREN MEADE was hired by
convicted felons to defame a witness for the purpose of harassing and intimidating the
witness into settling his civil case with these convicted felons (i.e., that DARREN MEADE
was once a "liar for hire"); that Michael Roberts' was ADAM Z U CKERMAN ' s victim, not his
partner, the latter of which DARREN MEADE alleged in seventy-five (75%) or more of all his
RI POFF REP O RT complaints he published about the State's witnesses; that DARREN
MEADE, when he was working for and with these convicted felons, had actually removed
RI POFF RE P O RT complaints from the internet by injecting the above-describe illicit SQL
source code into RI POFF REPORT' S servers; and that "RI POFF REPORT never deletes
anything written about somebody. So it's the perfect place to defame somebody because it
will always stay up, and for some reason it winds up ranking on the first page of Googl e. So
if you want to destroy somebody' s reputation, that's a great place to do it." Additionally,
DARREN MEADE and ED MAGEDSO N / RI POFF REP O RT have alleged the testimony
given by the State's witnesses against T RACE Y RI CHTER during her trial were in direct
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conflict with the testimony they gave in their depositions, which is patently false. TRACEY
RI CHTER, ANNA RI CHTER, and RU SSEL L SCHERTZ provided DARREN MEADE and ED
MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT with copies of the discovery in TRACEY RI CHTER' s
criminal trial, including the transcripts from the depositions ofthe State's witnesses.
As discussed earlier, in April 2013, TRACEY RI CHTER and ANNA RI CHTER learned of
DARREN MEADE' s deposition, as SCA Smith referenced it in his Motion to Quash
TRACEY RI CHTER' s subpoena duces tecum to the Sac County Sheriff, and even included
DARREN MEADE' s quote about how RI POFF REPORT is a "great place" to destroy
someone' s reputation. As discussed earlier, on July 20, 2012, after learning SCA Smith had
received DARREN MEADE' s deposition pursuant to a court order subpoena, DARREN
MEADE pleaded with the subpoenaed party, Dr. Scott Connelly, to "pull back" the
deposition from SCA Smith and tell SCA Smith the transcript was inaccurate. Al so in April
2013, ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT received a copy of SCA Smith's Motion to
Quash. Additionally, in May 2013, ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REP ORT learned ofthe 2011
e-mail DARREN MEADE sent to convicted felon ADAM Z U CKERMAN wherein DARREN
MEADE suggested that for the purpose of furthering DARREN MEADE and ADAM
Z U CKERMAN ' s felonious enterprises, they should begin publicly accusing Michael Roberts
of Dustin Wehde' s murder (i.e., that Michael Roberts sent Dustin Wehde into he and
TRACEY RI CHTER' s home to attack TRACEY RI CHTER, which resulted in TRACEY
RI CHTER shooting (nine times) and killing Dustin Wehde).
Despite having unimpeachable evidence as early as January 2012, that DARREN MEADE
had previously been hired / paid by convicted felons to defame witnesses online and that
most of the content in DARREN MEADE' s RI POFF REPORT complaints were patently
false, ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REP ORT paid DARREN MEADE to create defamatory,
harassing RI POFF REP ORT complaints about the State's witnesses, and provided him with
unfettered access to RI POFF REPORT, a "great place to destroy someone's reputation,"
which by DARREN MEADE' s own admissions, had the ability to attract up to two million
viewers per day. In addition to paying DARREN MEADE over at least $80,000.00 to create
RI POFF REPORT complaints about the State's witnesses and publicize the same, ED
MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT, aware of t he factual, under oath assertions contained in
DARREN MEADE' s deposition, sought out major news media to advertise and vouch for the
credibility of DARREN MEADE' s work on RI POFF REPORT, specifically, DARREN
MEADE' s RI POFF REPORT complaint No. 938843.
Another example of ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT protecting and vouching for
DARREN MEADE is on or around September 14, 2012, when Michael Roberts made a
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comment / rebuttal to DARREN MEADE' s September 9, 2012, RI POFF REP ORT complaint
(No. 938843) about the State's witnesses, which he titled:
[DARREN MEADE] OF KAIROS-MEADE IN LAGUNA BEACH CALIFORNIA. [DARREN
MEADE] IS A PAID REPUTATION-HITMAN WORKING FOR ED MAGEDSON OF RIPOFF
REPORT THESE POSTINGS ARE IN RESPONSE TO MY REFUSING TO SUBMIT TO
DARREN MEADE' S EXTORTION DEMANDS IN OCTOBER 2011, AND MY EXPOSES ON
ED MAGEDSON' S APPALLING BUSINESS PRACTI CES.
In this comment / rebuttal, Michael Roberts provided hyperlinks to information that poked
holes in DARREN MEADE' s credibility and the substantive content of his RI POFF RE P O RT
complaint about the State's witnesses and corroborated Michael Roberts' comment.
However, sometime after Michael Roberts' posted this comment, ED MAGEDSO N /
RI POFF RE P O RT removed or "redacted" Michael Roberts's hyperlinks and amended the
above-title of his rebuttal to the following: " *UPDATE .. F ROM [ED MAGEDSON] -
NEI THER RI POFF REPORT, NOR ED MAGE DSO N EN GAGED, HI RED OR RE QU E STE D
DARREN MEADE TO WRI TE THIS STORY . "
Al so, it is important to note that the original URL for DARREN MEADE' s November 9, 2012
(published on November 11, 2012), RI POF F RE P O RT complaint No. 938843 was
http://www.ripoffreport.com/ben-smith-michael-roberts-rexxfield/prosecutorial-misconduct/sac-city-
sac-county-iowa-B1A77.htm However, the URL for the same RIPOFF REPORT complaint is now
http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Ben-Smith-Sac-County-lowa-Prosecutor-Prosecutorial-Misconduct-
Tracey-Richter-Falsely-Convicted-Overwheliriing-Evidence-Michael-Roberts-Rexxfield/Sac-City-
lowa-/Ben-Smith-Sac-County-lowa-Attorney-prosecutorial-misconduct-improper-relationship-with-st-
938843
It is not difficult to understand why this change was made, considering the following e-mail
ED MAGE DSO N / RI POFF REP O RT sent to SI AMACK YAGHOBI on September 18, 2013:
I put [the reviews] at the beginning for a reason. Look the ONLY f reason why [RIPOFF
REPORT customers / victims] are talking to you (SIAMACK YAGHOBI aka SAM
YOUBANKS, RIPOFF REPORT CAP and Verified salesman) is, because, they are listed on
Google and they want that f ing listing to change!!! Once [the RIPOFF REPORT customer /
victim sees] that - that the title is changed out! And we inject over 500 to over 1,000 words
before the [RIPOFF REPORT customer's / victim's defamatory RIPOFF REPORT complaint]
with new titles that reflect [the RIPOFF REPORT customer's / victim's commitment to
satisfaction etc.. that is all they will care about - they will listen to anything you have to say
my Aladdin.
As di scussed earlier, on September 9, 2012, DARREN MEADE and ED MAGEDSON
published RI POFF REP O RT complaint No. 938843, which, among other things, accuses
the State's witnesses of perjury and theft, and contains comments and a myriad of
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hyperlinks (which, unlike those hyperlinks published by Michael Roberts that are mentioned
above) to other salacious, defamatory stories concerning the State's witnesses. ED
MAGEDSON and DARREN MEADE have placed this RI POFF REPORT complaint, on each
of RI POFF REPORT' S approximate 1.8 million webpages (No. 938843). ED MAGEDSON
and DARREN MEADE have bragged about RI POFF REPORT' S visibility on the internet. By
DARREN MEADE' s own admission, RI POFF REP ORT complaint No. 938843 has been
viewed 1.2 BILLION times. RI POFF REPORT complaint No. 938843 contains a myriad of
hyperlinks and "rebuttal" or add-on complaints, which redirects readers / viewers to other
salacious / defamatory RI POFF REPORT "complaints" about the State's witnesses made by
DARREN MEADE and other anonymous authors.
As noted above, DARREN MEADE has admitted to authoring some of the other RI POFF
REP ORT complaints about the State's witnesses. The evidence shows DARREN MEADE
was / is an agent of RI POFF REPORT / ED MAGEDSON . ED MAGEDSON has paid
DARREN MEADE over one hundred thousand dollars (either directly or indirectly) to create
the content published in the RI POFF REPORT complaints about the State's witnesses, all
in effort to "help" TRACEY RI CHTER and ANNA RI CHTER. Since December 2012, ED
MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT, from just one of ED MAGEDSON' s / RI POFF REPORT'
bank accounts, has paid DARREN MEADE over $80,000.00 either directly or indirectly.
Evidence demonstrates that DARREN MEADE received additional compensation from ED
MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT from other sources in this same timeframe. Additionally,
phone records show that from April 2012 and December 2013, DARREN MEADE' s mobile
phone called ED MAGEDSON' s mobile phone 336 times for a total of 50 hours, and sent
ED MAGEDSON' s mobile phone 854 text messages. In this same timeframe, ED
MAGEDSON' s mobile phone called DARREN MEADE' s mobile phone 1503 times for a total
of 279 hours, and sent DARREN MEADE' s mobile phone 954 text messages.
DARREN MEADE' s SPRI NT P CS mobile phone records for number (949) 357-6193 shows
that through April 2012 and December 2013, DARREN MEADE called (602) 518-4357,
which is a Leap Wireless (dba Cricket Wireless) believed to be ED MAGEDSON' s phone,
366 times for a total of approximately 50 hours. ED MAGEDSON is the owner / operator of
ROR. In this same timeframe DARREN MEADE sent Magedson 854 text messages. Also in
this same timeframe, Magedson called DARREN MEADE 1,503 times for a total of 279
hours. In this same time, ED MAGEDSON sent DARREN MEADE 954 text messages.
In addition to knowing the defamatory, harassing complaints, were patently false, DARREN
MEADE and ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT, crafted said complaints so the same
would be highly visible in legitimate Google-type search results for the State's witnesses
and / or their businesses.
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The most salacious, defamatory RI POFF REP O RT complaints about the State's witnesses,
however, are made by anonymous and / or fictitious persons. The information contained in
this application, however, demonstrates DARREN MEADE, ED MAGEDSO N / RI POF F
REPORT, TRACEY RI CHTER, and her family and friends are or know the identities of
these anonymous authors and / or have colluded with them on some level. Example 1:
RI POFF REP ORT complaints No. 1049232 and 1000888 contain the same photograph of
State's witness Dr. John Pitman; the first was published by DARREN MEADE, and the latter
by a "BRETT COLLI NS. " Example 2: The titles of all the RI POFF REP O RT complaints
concerning the State's witnesses, although they appear nonsensical and choppy, are
worded to maximize their visibility in results of legitimate internet searches for the same
people / businesses. As noted earlier, this is the same method of labeling / titling RI POF F
REP O RT complaints ED MAGE DSO N and DARRE N MEADE suggested private
investigator Tina Church use to maximize the visibility of any RI POFF REP ORT complaints
she may publish on their behalf. A cursory examination of the titles used in just a sampling
of RI POFF REP O RT complaints demonstrates most are about consumer issues, not events
not related to consumers and businesses, such as murder cases, and that the titles to most
of these complaints read something like the following title pulled from a recently published
RI POFF REP O RT complaint: " [ COMPANY / B USI NESS NAME] DOES NOT B ACK
PRODU CT AND HAS NO VI ABLE SU P P O RT MECHANI SM NATIONWIDE." Whereas the
title of DARREN MEADE' s RI POFF REP O RT complaint No. 1009000, published on
February 7, 2013 is as follows:
MILE2 MICHAEL ROBERTS REXXFIELD RAYMOND FRIEDMAN MARIE FRIEDMAN
GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF CHILD MOLESTATION, CHILD TORTURE, EXACT RECIPES
OF LIQUID EXPLOSIVES, PIPE BOMBS ILLICIT RECORDINGS, INTERNET
Comparing the above-title with the one below for RI POFF REP ORT complaint No. 990368,
which published by anonymous author "LOST BOY" leaves no doubt DARREN MEADE and
"LOST BOY" are somehow connected, if not the same:
MIKE ROBERTS MILE2 REXXFIELD.COM CHILD TORTURE AND CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY, EXACT RECI PES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF LIQUID EXPLOSIVES
AND PIPE BOMBS, INTERNET
Example 3: Communications between the above-named individuals obtained by law
enforcement show that some of the personal / sensitive information contained in some of
the RI POFF RE P O RT complaints authored by these anonymous / fictitious persons, was
given to DARREN MEADE by T RACE Y RI CHTER' s friends / family. Example 4: The subject
matter of these anonymous RI POFF RE P O RT complaints closely follow TRACEY
RI CHTER' s conversations about the same subject matter with ANNA RI CHTER and her
fiance, RU SSE L L SCHERTZ .
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The evidence clearly shows that DARREN MEADE ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT,
and the anonymous authors (who the evidence demonstrates most likely are, or have some
close association with DARREN MEADE and ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT) , have
titled their harassing, defamatory RI POFF REPORT complaints and their respective add-on
comments / rebuttals to reach not only the "two million viewers per day" they bragged about,
but more importantly, to friends love interests, prospective employers / customers, etc. who
/ which after conducting a legitimate / benign search result for one ofthe witnesses, would
almost certainly find one of these RI POFF REPORT complaints at the very top of the first
page of the search result. Example: Today, June 26, 2014, SCA Smith searched "Marie
and Raymond Friedman" using Google. Again, Marie and Raymond Friedman were two key
State's witnesses. The first three search results for "Marie and Raymond Friedman" (the
parentheses were not part of the search terms entered in Google) return links to RI POFF
REP ORT complaints with the following titles:
MILE2 MICHAEL ROBERTS REXXFIELD RAYMOND FRIEDMAN MARIE FRIEDMAN
GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF CHILD MOLESTATION, CHILD TORTURE, EXACT
RECIPES OF LIQUID EXPLOSIVES, PIPE BOMBS ILLICIT RECORDINGS, INTERNET
(RIPOFF REPORT No. 1009000)
MILE2 MICHAEL ROBERTS RAY FRIEDMAN CONSPIRE TO DEFRAUD MAJORITY
PARTNER TRACEY RICHTER IN ORDER TO USE MILE2 TO STEAL GOVERNMENT
[SIC] SECRETS VIA SOCIAL ENGINEERING AMAN BHAR, MATTHEW RAIKES, NICK
DUMITRU, PAUL PORTELLI, WIKI LEAKS SOURCE, SOCIAL ENGINEERING
UTILIZED AGAINST U.S. MILITARY, MARIE FRIEDMAN, HACKING OF MILITARY
SECRETS, LIJIT NETWORKS TAMPA, FLORIDA (RIPOFF REPORT No. 980023)
The third result was a link to the search result within RIPOFF REPORT to the first of the
three RIPOFF REPORT complaints listed here (No. 1009000)
As mentioned earlier, on January 1, 2012 ED MAGEDSON wrote check No. 2498 for
$2,500 to DARREN MEADE from the X CENTRI C VEN TU RES (dba RI POFF REPORT) ,
LLC bank account. The memo line of the check stated "[Public Relations] thru Feb 15,
2012". Evidently, the so-called public relations affected by DARREN MEADE since his
engagement by ED MAGEDSON can only be described as a scorched-earth campaign
against each and every State's witnesses. This includes literally hundreds of webpages,
images, videos, or comments on websites that are not RI POFF REPORT, that are
conspicuously search-engine-optimized so as draw the viewer / reader back to defamatory,
harassing RI POFF REPORT complaints, to cause maximum damage to each State's
Witness when the names or businesses are searched in Google or other search engines. In
short, the reader / viewer of legitimate internet content, is almost always one click away
from landing on one of the many RI POFF REP ORT complaints about the State's witnesses.
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Most telling, however, is the crux of the defamatory, harassing RI POFF RE P O RT
complaints published on RI POFF RE P O RT by DARREN MEADE and ED MAGEDSO N /
RI POFF REP O RT center on the personal and professional lives of the four State' s
witnesses DARREN MEADE identified as being most responsible for T RACE Y RI CHTER' s
conviction (i.e., Dr. John Pitman, Mary Higgins, Marie Friedman, and Raymond Friedman)
and thoughtful alternative theories ofthe T RACE Y RI CHTER' s case. In fact, Jeremy Collins,
the war (Iraq) wounded combat veteran, whose alleged involvement as the mysterious
"second intruder" in the imagined home invasion, was the heart and soul of T RACE Y
RI CHTER' s defense theory. In fact, T RACE Y RI CHTER flopped around defense counsel ' s
table, feigning terror, as the "second intruder," as Jeremy Collins entered the courtroom
and made his way to the witness stand, which looking back, explains why T RACE Y
RI CHTER' s criminal defense attorneys covered TRACEY RI CHTER' s eyes when S CA
Smith displayed a photograph of Jeremy Collins during a deposition, just a few weeks
before her trial started. Regardless, in a recorded conversation between T RACE Y
RI CHTER and one of the investigators back in 2002, TRACEY RI CHTER (unknowingly)
positively excluded Jeremy Collins as the second intruder. In the hundred-plus hours of
audio recorded phone conversations and visits, SCA Smith only recalls TRACEY RI CHTER
mentioning / discussing Jeremy Collins one time, which was she told her mother to create
the website www.JeremyCollins.com, in the hopes that Jeremy Collins would "freak out" and
"just want things to go away." In the ten years that followed Dustin Wehde' s murder,
TRACEY RI CHTER described the alleged second intruder as being Caucasi an, Hispanic /
Caucasi an, and Middle Eastern. One time T RACE Y RI CHTER said the second intruder had
worn a ski throughout the entire alleged home invasion. TRACEY RI CHTER also described
second intruder's height as being anywhere from 5'7" to 6'2". One time she described the
alleged second intruder's build as being slender, but later described him as having a
heavier physique. TRACEY RI CHTER once told law enforcement that the second intruder
was not strong enough to pick her up off the ground, another time she said he picked held
her up off the ground to the point her feet were dangling.
The fact that this narrative (Jeremy Collins as the second intruder) is largely ignored in
DARREN MEADE' s "investigation" and subsequent RI POFF REP O RT complaints and
comments, which just so happen to target, on an unfathomable scale (1.8 million webpages
viewed over a billion times), the professional and personal lives of the four State's
witnesses DARREN MEADE identified as being most responsible for T RACE Y RI CHTER' s
conviction, is just one of many examples proving the RI POFF REP O RT complaints
concerning the State's witnesses were created and published to harass and defame the
State's witnesses for cooperating and testifying against TRACEY RI CHTER, and not for any
legitimate purpose.
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As for TRACEY RI CHTER and ANNA RI CHTER, the information contained in this affidavit
demonstrates that, on multiple occasions, TRACEY RI CHTER and ANNA RI CHTER
discussed creating derogatory websites about some of the State's witnesses to cause them
"freak out" and "just want it all to go away" (Jeremy Collins). Additionally, the evidence
shows that TRACEY RI CHTER, ANNA RI CHTER, and their friends and family provided
DARREN MEADE and / ED MAGEDSON RI POFF REPORT with the information (e.g.,
reports, photographs, and other sensitive information knowing DARREN MEADE and ED
MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT, they knew would be used in RI POFF REP ORT
complaints concerning the State's witnesses.
What the evidence also makes clear is that ANNA RI CHTER has control over what
DARREN MEADE and ED MAGEDSON publish on RI POFF REPORT. As discussed
earlier, ANNA RI CHTER told TRACEY RI CHTER that DARREN MEADE intended to
publish a derogatory RI POFF REPORT complaint concerning the poor legal defense he
( DARREN MEADE) believed they provided TRACEY RI CHTER, but that ANNA RI CHTER
stopped him from doing such because, according to ANNA RI CHTER, TRACEY
RI CHTER' s criminal defense attorney(s) planned to admit to some level of ineffectiveness in
TRACEY RI CHTER' s Post Conviction Relief proceedings. Al so, in addition to paying
DARREN MEADE, phone records show that from between April 2012 and December 2013,
there were 120 phone calls made between DARREN MEADE' s Sprint P CS mobile phone
and ANNA RI CHTER' s Verizon Wireless phone No. (515) 401-8926, totaling approximately
43 hours of total talk time.
Furthermore, your applicant cannot think of any reason why information about any of the
State's witnesses CHI LDREN (not referring to N.R. or M.R.) would be needed for any
legitimate purpose having to do with TRACEY RI CHTER' s legal defense.
E X T O R T I O N
A person commits extortion if the person does any of the following with the purpose of
obtaining for oneself or another anything of value, tangible or intangible, including labor or
services, or conspires to do the same: threatens to inflict physical injury on some person, or
to commit any public offense; threatens to accuse another of a public offense; threatens to
expose any person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule; threatens to harm the credit or business
or professional reputation of any person; threatens to take or withhold action as a public
officer or employee, or to cause some public official or employee to take or withhold action;
threatens to testify or provide information or to withhold testimony or information with
respect to another's legal claim or defense; threatens to wrongfully injure the property of
another. Extortion is a Cl ass "D" Felony. IOWA C O D E 711.4 (2013)
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During at least two prison visits between TRACEY RI CHTER and ANNA RI CHTER at the
Iowa women's prison in Mitchellville, the two conspired to use B ERT PI TMAN to threaten to
expose State's witness Dr. John Pitman to hatred, ridicule and contempt. Specifically, the
two plotted to have B ERT PI TMAN tell Dr. John Pitman that unless Dr. John Pitman
recanted and / or changed the testimony he gave in TRACEY RI CHTER' s murder trial (or in
TRACEY RI CHTER' s own words "play ball"), T RACE Y RI CHTER, ANNA RI CHTER, and /
or B ERT PI TMAN would give Dr. John Pitman's wife, Lisa Pitman, personal, confidential,
and sensitive information about Dr. John Pitman and his former girlfriend, Allisan Tucker, for
Lisa Pitman to use against Dr. John Pitman in their pending divorce proceedings.
The statements made by T RACE Y RI CHTER and AN N A RI CHTER concerning their plan to
extort Dr. John Pitman were not cherry-picked from a years worth of prison visits. The
twenty or so prison visits that were recorded, occurred between February and March 2014.
The recordings for half of the visits are not audible. TRACEY RI CHTER and AN N A
RI CHTER di scussed their "plan" to extort and harass Dr. John Pitman in four or five of the
ten recordings that were audible.
It is clear from ANNA RI CHTER' s and B ERT PI TMAN' S e-mail communications with ANNA
RI CHTER, specifically, his e-mail containing the letter he had ANNA RI CHTER review
before he personally handed the same to Dr. John Pitman, that ANNA RI CHTER relayed
TRACEY RI CHTER' s orders to B ERT PI TMAN, which would be an overt act in furtherance
of the conspiracy,
Al so, ED MAGEDSO N / RI POFF RE P O RT agents / employees DARREN MEADE and / or
YAGHOBI contacted Dr. John Pitman and offered to remove all RI POFF RE P O RT
complaints about him for $10, 000, which were created and published by DARREN MEADE
and ED MAGEDSO N / RI POFF REPORT, DARREN MEADE, ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF
extorted Dr. John Pitman.
RI POFF REP O RT / X CENTRI C VE N TU RE S' conduct bears a reasonable relation to a
legitimate state interest, which is letting potential / future witnesses in Iowa feel they can
come forward and give full (complete) and accurate testimony without fear of having their
personal and professional lives destroyed by out-of-state cyber hitmen hired by, and / or
working at the direction of the person against whom they are testifying. IOWA C O D E 803.1
(2014)
Furthermore, ED MAGE DSO N / RI POFF REP O RT provided free advertising space on over
1.8 Million pages of his website to the T RACE Y RI CHTER and ANNA RI CHTER who are
Iowa residents, as consideration for their efforts in the conspiracy. Regardless, as
discussed below, DARREN MEADE' s and ED MAGEDSON ' s / RI POFF REPORT' S
extortion of Dr. John Pitman can be used to prove it or its agents have engaged in Ongoing
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Criminal Conduct / Specified Unlawful Activity, which is "any act, including any preparatory
or completed offense, committed for financial gain on a continuing basis, that is punishable
as an indictable offense under the laws ofthe state in which it occurred and under the laws
of this state." IOWA C O D E 706A.1(5) (2013)
Additionally, as discussed earlier, the evidence strongly suggests RI POFF REPORT and /
or its agents or employees created defamatory RI POFF REP ORT complaints concerning
Dr. Richard Wei ss, Global Legal Resources, LLP, Westlake Financial Services, Payment
Systems Corp, Dr. Gary Motykie, and Dr. Payam John Kahen, and then reached out to help
them mitigate / correct the damage it appears RI POFF REPORT and / or its agents or
employees caused.
OBSTRUCTI NG PROSECUTI ON
"A person who, with intent to prevent the apprehension or obstruct the prosecution or
defense of any person, knowingly...makes available false evidence or furnishes false
information with the intent that it be used in the trial of that case, or conspires to do the
same, commits an aggravated misdemeanor. IOWA C O D E 719.3, 706.1 (2013) In Iowa, an
aggravated misdemeanor is an indictable offense. Iowa Const. Art. 1 11; IOWA C O D E
903.1(2) (2013); Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 2.4(2) (2013)
DARREN MEADE knowingly made available false evidence and / or furnished false
information with the intent that said evidence / information be used in the proceedings
following TRACEY RI CHTER' s murder conviction (e.g., direct appeal and Post Conviction
Relief), when DARREN MEADE contacted SCA Smith in April 2012, and alleged he
provided information to law enforcement in Iowa proving TRACEY RI CHTER' s second ex-
husband, Michael Roberts, not TRACEY RI CHTER, was responsible for Dustin Wehde' s
death. Because around the same time DARREN MEADE supposedly contacted law
enforcement in Iowa, DARREN MEADE was conspiring with two convicted felons to publicly
accuse Michael Roberts of attacking his wife, TRACEY RI CHTER, to "pressure" and coerce
Michael Roberts into handing his business, Rexxfield, over to DARREN MEADE and his
felonious "partners." Despite this, after DARREN MEADE learned the convicted felons had
cut him out of their criminal enterprise and began his frenzied whistleblowing campaign, he
and Michael Roberts, for a brief time, enjoyed amicable relationship, which lasted up until
October 28, 2011 (five days into TRACEY RI CHTER' s murder trial), when Michael Roberts
refused to give DARREN MEADE money.
DARREN MEADE has told law enforcement and news media that back in 2010, Michael
Roberts provided DARREN MEADE information that implicated him in Dustin Wehde' s
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murder and / or would serve to exonerate T RACE Y RI CHTER. For example, in his
September 9, 2012, RI POFF RE P O RT complaint No. 938843, DARREN MEADE claimed
Michael Roberts showed DARREN MEADE the crime scene photographs back in 2010.
However, as discussed earlier, according to e-mail communications between DARREN
MEADE and his convicted felon partner, ADAM Z U CKERMAN , shows that DARRE N
MEADE did not even know about Dustin Wehde' s murder until 2011.
TRACEY RI CHTER' s mother, ANNA RI CHTER, and TRACEY RI CHTER' s fiance,
RU SSEL L SCHERTZ , were aware of DARREN MEADE' s aforementioned efforts, as
DARREN MEADE copied them both in on his ( DARREN MEADE' s) e-mails to SCA Smith.
Phone records show that both ANNA RI CHTER and RU SSEL L SCHERTZ communicated
with DARREN MEADE before he ( DARREN MEADE) provided the false information /
evidence about Michael Roberts to SCA Smith. Most telling, however, is that in August
2011, RU SSEL L SCHERTZ , and possibly ANNA RI CHTER, believed DARREN MEADE to
be "unstable" and crazy, and planned to use Michael Roberts's then-amicable association
with DARREN MEADE against Michael Roberts in TRACEY RI CHTER' s custody
proceedings. In fact, on or around August 26, 2011, RU SSEL L SCHERTZ and TRACEY
RI CHTER discussed DARREN MEADE' s February 2011 e-mails to convicted felon ADAM
Z U CKE RMAN , in which DARREN MEADE threatened to use a 9mm to intimidate Michael
Roberts' employee with a 9mm pistol and suggested that he and his other felonious
partners should publicly accuse Michael Roberts of child molestation and attempting to kill
TRACEY RI CHTER all for the purpose of pressuring and intimidating Michael Roberts into
surrendering his company. Despite knowing where DARREN MEADE had been and what
he was capable of doing, RU SSEL L SCHERTZ , ANNA RI CHTER, TRACEY RI CHTER, and
others provided DARREN MEADE with information and documents knowing he planned to
use the same to attack the State's witnesses on RI POFF REPORT.
There is only one reason why DARREN MEADE would provide false exculpatory evidence
to the prosecutor responsible for convicting TRACEY RI CHTER is that it be used in
TRACEY RI CHTER' s then-pending direct appeal, and subsequent P CR to obtain a new
trial. The specific allegations DARREN MEADE made against Michael Roberts in his
communications to SCA Smith, if not pure fiction, would / could undermine the / a juries'
decision to convict T RACE Y RI CHTER for murder.
SOLICITATION
A person solicits another person to commit a felony or aggravated misdemeanor when the
person commands, entreats, or otherwise attempts to persuade the other person to commit
a particular felony or aggravated misdemeanor, with the intent that such act be done and
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under circumstances which corroborates that intent by clear and convincing evidence. A
person who solicits another person to commit a felony of any class commits a class "D"
felony. A person who solicits another person to commit an aggravated misdemeanor
commits an aggravated misdemeanor. IOWA C O D E 705.1 (2013)
It would be easier to list the phone and prison conversations between TRACEY RI CHTER
and ANNA RI CHTER in which TRACEY RI CHTER did not solicit ANNA RI CHTER and
others to commit and / or aid and abet an indictable offense and / or conspire to do the
same in some way or another.
O N G O I N G C R I MI N AL C O N D U C T
It is unlawful for a person to commit, or conspire to commit specified unlawful activity as
defined in section 706A.1. IOWA C O D E 706A.2(4) (2013). "Specified unlawful activity"
means any act, including any preparatory or completed offense, committed for financial gain
on a continuing basis, that is punishable as an indictable offense under the laws ofthe state
in which it occurred and under the laws of this state. IOWA C O D E 706A.1(5) A person who
engages in "Specified unlawful activity" commits a class "B" felony. IOWA C O D E 706A.4
(2013). The maximum sentence for any person convicted of a class "B" felony shall be
confinement in prison for no more than twenty-five years. IOWA C O D E 703.1 (2013)
All the above-mentioned crimes are indictable offenses. The following demonstrates said
crimes were committed for financial gain on a continuing basis:
DARREN MEADE has been obstructing the State's prosecution of TRACEY RI CHTER and
has been tampering with the State's witness beginning as early as January 2012, through
as recently as June 2014, and has been paid by ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT and
ANNA RI CHTER to do such.
DARREN MEADE, along with others, from June 2010, through February 2011, embezzled
over one million dollars from Progenex. Embezzlement or theft is punishable as an
indictable offense under the laws of the state of California and Iowa. IOWA C O D E 714.1
(2013)
Information obtained by law enforcement coupled with DARREN MEADE' s own admissions,
including DARREN MEADE' s May 9, 2012, e-mail to SCA Smith in which he wrote that he
was receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (proving he had a medical and financial
obstacles preventing him from testifying before the Sac County Grand Jury), demonstrates
that DARREN MEADE has been / is using the California Department of Healthcare Services
(DHCS) (California Medicaid), which means he probable never disclosed the $80,000-plus
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paid to him by RI POFF RE P O RT from December 2011 through April 2014, or the
thousands of dollars paid to him by convicted felon ADAM Z U CKE RMAN to harass and
defame a witness online back in 2010. In a February 2, 2011, e-mail to one of his felonious
partners, DARREN MEADE wrote the following: "An FYI, the reason I keep my pay and
things under raps is that I lost health insurance when everything happened. In order to keep
it I can never have more than $800.00 in any bank account."
ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REP ORT, as noted earlier in this affidavit, derive financial
benefit and income by selling advertisement space on RI POFF REP ORT and through its
"Corporate Advocacy Program" and its "Verified" program, both of which are expensive
services provided solely by RI POFF REPORT. An analysis of Ripoffreport.com revenue and
bank records since 2011, suggests that between $5,000 to $10, 000 per month worth of
advertising is being provided by ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT and DARRE N
MEADE to TRACEY RI CHTER, ANNA RI CHTER, and T RACE Y RI CHTER' s followers. The
real value of this advertising space could be considerably higher, but, absent a
comprehensive accounting, only a baseline estimate can be provided.
As mentioned above, on January 8, 2013, ED MAGEDSO N told private investigator Ti na
Church, "All I want.. I want to do is anything that helps free Tracey - I am willing to featuring
articles and place advertisements for the cause on my website (www.RipOffReport.com).
Si nce September 9, 2012, ED MAGEDSO N / RI POFF RE P O RT inserted DARRE N
MEADE' s RI POFF RE P O RT complaint No. NUMB ER as a "featured report" on all its 1.8
million webpages / complaints. While creating the above-mentioned RI POFF REP O RT
complaint with journalist Glenn Puit, ED MAGEDSO N told DARREN MEADE that Glenn
Puit's complaint would not be published on RI POFF RE P O RT as a featured report because
it provided "NO BENEFI T TO RI POFF REPORT. " Thus, by negative implication, DARREN
MEADE' s September 9, 2012, RI POFF REP ORT complaint (No. 938843), and its rebuttals /
add-on complaints, which has been a featured report on RI POFF REP ORT since
September 9, 2012, benefit ED MAGE DSO N / RI POFF REPORT.
Additionally, information obtained by law enforcement shows that ED MAGEDSO N /
RI POFF REP O RT is using the buzz generated by his and DARREN MEADE RI POFF
REP O RT complaints about the State's witnesses to raise money for TRACEY RI CHTER' s
legal defense. Specifically, on February 28, 2014, during a prison visit, ANNA RI CHTER
told TRACEY RI CHTER that one of her two new attorneys said TRACEY RI CHTER and
ANNA RI CHTER needed to create a trust fund for the money donated to TRACEY
RI CHTER for her legal defense / Post Conviction Relief (PCR) proceedings, because the
attorney did not want SCA Smith to garnish these funds. ANNA RI CHTER said TRACEY
RI CHTER' s attorney said she did not want SCA Smith to garnish these funds. Furthermore,
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the evidence suggests that ED MAGEDSON hired a former RI POFF REPORT attorney to
help TRACEY RI CHTER and ANNA RI CHTER.
In Iowa "a public or private corporation, partnership, or other voluntary association shall
have the same level of culpability as an individual committing the crime when any of the
following is true: The conduct constituting the offense consists of an omission to discharge a
specific duty or an affirmative performance imposed on the accused by law. The conduct or
act constituting the offense is committed by an agent, officer, director, or employee of the
accused while acting within the scope of the authority of the agent, officer, director or
employee and in behalf of the accused and when said act or conduct is authorized,
requested, or tolerated by the board of directors or by a high managerial agent. "High
managerial agent" means an officer of t he corporation, partner, or other agent in a position
of comparable authority with respect to the formulation of policy or the supervision in a
managerial capacity of subordinate employees." IOWA C O D E 703.5 (2013)
The above-listed crimes were committed with the intent to produce detrimental effects within
Iowa, and the subject(s) actions did produce detrimental effects within Iowa. Witness
Tampering is an indictable offense. Iowa Code 708.7(1) (2013); Iowa Code 720.4
(2013); I.A. Const, art. I, 11; IOWA C O D E 903.1(2) (2013); Iowa R. Crim. P. 2.4(2); IOWA
C O D E 803.1 (2013)
After ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT and DARREN MEADE learned that SCA Smith
had their mobile phone records and DARREN MEADE' s deposition, which would have been
around July 2012, and was actively investigating them for witness tampering, rather than
cease and desist from their defamatory publications, a little over a month after learning of
SCA Smith's investigation, ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT and DARREN MEADE
intensified their criminal actions by publishing false information about the State's witnesses
and SCA Smith, with a photograph of SCA Smith on each of the 1.8 million RI POFF
REPORT pages as one of its "featured reports (which, according to ED MAGEDSON and
DARREN MEADE, benefits RI POFF REPORT) , " which was done to intimidate SCA Smith
into ending his investigation of RI POFF REPORT employee / agent DARREN MEADE' s
aforementioned ongoing criminal conduct and to manufacture a preemptive legal defense
(i.e., that SCA Smith's investigation of ED MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT and DARREN
MEADE was retaliatory in nature and in violation of their civil rights). Ironically, the
continuance and escalation of these deliberate actions created an undeniable duty
compelling SCA Smith - the chief law enforcement officer of Sac County - to take decisive
steps to terminate the malignant precedent that will be created by allowing the actions of not
only these individuals, but potential imitators as well, to forever impair the efficient pursuit of
criminal justice in Sac County. Ignoring the obvious potential injury to our criminal justice
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system would be a breach of SCA Smith's duties to the State's witnesses and the citizens of
Sac County.
No greater threat to our criminal justice system exists than allowing convicted, incarcerated
murderers (criminals), and their friends and family, to destroy the livelihoods and personal
reputations of the people brave enough to testify against them in open court. Considering
the foregoing, specifically, the extent to which these witnesses have been damaged socially
and professionally by TRACEY RI CHTER, ANNA RI CHTER, DARREN MEADE, ED
MAGEDSO N and others, your applicant doubts few, if any of the State's witnesses, if given
the option to do it again, would come forward and give full, accurate testimony against
TRACEY RI CHTER. In fact, many have expressed as much.
The information contained herein gives your applicant reason to believe that as T RACE Y
RI CHTER' s chances for a new trial decrease, the more drastic her and her family's and
friends' actions will become. As mentioned above, TRACEY RI CHTER and AN N A
RI CHTER have already identified the WE AK E S T juror. Your applicant fears it is only a
matter of time before the jurors who convicted T RACE Y RI CHTER will join the State' s
witnesses on RI POFF REP O RT or will face other like-retaliation.
SUMMARY OF RELEVANT TECHNOL OGY
Information contained in the electronic storage devices ("electronic files"), such as
computers, i Pads, smartphones, etc. can be recovered months or even years after it has
been downloaded, deleted or viewed via the internet. Such information may include
computer applications, images, text, programs, encryption routines and algorithms, or other
data that may be decoded, reconstituted, or otherwise manipulated to produce, utilize,
transmit, receive, encrypt, encode, or display such images, text, programs, encryption
routines, and algorithms.
Electronic files downloaded to a hard drive I electronic storage device can be stored for
years at little or no cost. Even when files have been deleted, they can be recovered months
or years later using readily available forensics tools. This is so because when a person
"deletes" a file on most electronic storage devices, the data contained in the file does not
actually disappear; rather, that data remains until it is overwritten by new data. Therefore,
deleted files, or remnants of deleted files, may reside in free space or slack space-that is, in
space on the hard drive I digital storage device that is not currently being used by an active
file-for long periods of time before they are overwritten. In addition, in many instances the
operating system for a computer I digital storage device may also keep a record of deleted
data in a "swap" or "recovery" file.
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The Internet is a global network of computers and other electronic devices that
communicate with each other. Files that have been viewed via the Internet are typically
automatically downloaded into a temporary Internet directory or "cache." The internet
browser often maintains a fixed amount of hard drive space devoted to these files, and the
files are only overwritten as they are replaced with more recently viewed Internet pages or if
a user takes steps to delete them.
An Internet Protocol address (or simply "IP address") is a unique numeric address used by
computers on the Internet. An IP address looks like a series of four numbers, each in the
range 0-255, separated by periods (e.g., 121.56.97. 178). Every computer attached to the
Internet computer must be assigned an IP address so that Internet traffic sent from and
directed to that computer may be directed properly from its source to its destination. Most
Internet service providers control a range of IP addresses. Some computers have static-that
is, long-term-IP addresses, while other computers have dynamic-that is, frequently
changed-IP addresses. Law enforcement can often find out a particular ISP using an IP
address, and given the date and lime the IP address was used.'the ISP typically can identify
the account holder by name and physical address.
Peer to peer file sharing ("P2P") is a method of communication available to Internet users
through the use of special software. P2P software allows users to trade digital files through
worldwide networks of computers. Several different software applications can be used to
access these networks, but these applications operate in a similar manner. To access the
P2P networks, a user first obtains the P2P software, which can be downloaded from the
Internet. This software is used exclusively for the purpose of sharing digital files. When the
P2P software is installed on a computer, the user is directed to specify a folder that will
contain files available to anyone on the world wide network for download ("shared folder").
A user obtains files by conducting keyword searches of the P2P network. When a user
initially logs onto the P2P network, a list ofthe files that the user is sharing is transmitted to
the network. The P2P software then matches files in these file lists to keyword search
requests from other users. A user looking to download files simply conducts a keyword
search, and the results of the keyword search are displayed. The user then selects file(s)
which he or she wants to download. The download of a file is achieved through a direct
connection between the computer requesting the file and the computer(s) hosting the file.
Once a file has been downloaded, it is stored in the area previously designated by the user
and will remain there until moved or deleted. Most P2P software applications keep logs of
each download event. A P2P file transfer is assisted by reference to an Internet Protocol
(IP) address, which is a unique numeric address used by computers on the Internet.
Searching for information stored in computers often requires agents to seize most or all
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electronic storage devices to be searched later by a qualified computer expert in a
laboratory or other controlled environment. This is often necessary to ensure the accuracy
and completeness of such data, and to prevent the loss of the data either from accidental or
intentional destruction. Additionally, computers and other electronic storage devices can
store the equivalent of millions of pages of information. Al so, a suspect may try to conceal
criminal evidence; he or she might store it in random order with deceptive file names. Thi s
may require searching authorities to peruse all the stored data to determine which particular
files are evidence or instrumentalities of crime. This sorting process can take weeks or
months, depending on the volume of data stored, and it would be impractical and invasive
to attempt this kind of data search on-site. For all the reasons discussed in this numbered
paragraph, your applicant requests permission to copy the hard drive(s) or its equivalent for
each ofthe electronic storage devices sei zed from AN N A RI CHTER' s residence.
Searching computer systems for criminal evidence sometimes requires highly technical
processes requiring expert skill and properly controlled environment. The vast array of
computer hardware and software available requires even computer experts to specialize in
some systems and applications, so it is difficult to know before a search which expert is
qualified to analyze the system and its data. In any event, however, data search processes
are exacting scientific procedures designed to protect the integrity of the evidence and to
recover even "hidden, " erased, compressed, password- protected, or encrypted files.
Because computer evidence is vulnerable to inadvertent or intentional modification or
destruction (both from external sources or from destructive code imbedded in the system as
a "booby trap"), making copies of the hard drives of the electronic storage devices may be
necessary to safeguard against any loss (inadvertent or otherwise) as a result of the
foregoing.
Searching computer systems for the evidence described below may require a range of data
analysis techniques. In some cases, it is possible for agents and analysts to conduct
carefully targeted searches that can locate evidence without requiring a time-consuming
manual search through unrelated materials that may be commingled with criminal evidence.
In other cases, however, such techniques may not yield the evidence described in the
warrant. Criminals can mislabel or hide files and directories, encode communications to
avoid using key words, attempt to delete files to evade detection, or take other steps
designed to frustrate law enforcement searches for information, such as deleting web
browser history. These steps may require agents and law enforcement or other analysts
with appropriate expertise to conduct more extensive searches, such as scanning areas of
the disk not allocated to listed files, or peruse every file briefly to determine whether it falls
within the scope of the warrant In light of these difficulties, the DCI intends to use whatever
data analysis techniques appear necessary to locate and retrieve the evidence described
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below.
Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by Dropbox, Inc., headquartered in San
Francisco, California, that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, and client software.
Dropbox allows users to create a special folder on each of their computers, which Dropbox
then synchronizes so that it appears to be the same folder (with the same contents)
regardless of which computer is used to view it. Files placed in this folder also are
accessible through a website and mobile phone applications.
The Dropbox client enables users to drop any file into a designated folder that is then
synchronized with Dropbox's Internet service and to any other of the user's computers and
devices with the Dropbox client. Users may also upload files manually through a web
browser.
Dropbox client supports synchronization and sharing along with personal storage. It
supports revision history, so files deleted from the Dropbox folder may be recovered from
any ofthe synced computers. Dropbox supports multi-user version control, enabling several
users to edit and re-post files without overwriting versions. The version history is paired
with the use of delta encoding technology. When a file in a user's Dropbox folder is
changed, Dropbox only uploads the pieces ofthe file that are changed when synchronizing,
when possible.
Your affiant has been a Dropbox account holder for over 2 years and knows that registering
and using the Dropbox is facilitated almost by the Dropbox Inc. account holder's email
account. Your affiant is aware of only one email account used by ANNA RICHTER, which is
the YAHOO! Inc. email address identified above.
In my research and experience, I have learned that YAHOO! INC. provides a variety of on-
line services, including electronic mail ("email") access, instant messaging, and other
electronic communication services to the general public. Subscribers obtain an account by
registering with YAHOO! INC.. During the registration process, YAHOO! INC. asks
subscribers to provide basic personal information. Therefore, the computers of YAHOO!
INC. are likely to contain stored electronic communications (including retrieved and non-
retrieved email for YAHOO! INC. subscribers) and information concerning subscribers and
their use of YAHOO! INC. services, such as account access information, email transaction
information, and account application information.
As discussed earlier, ANNA RICHTER has / had a YAHOO! INC. e-mail account
(anna_richter2003@yahoo.com), which she had used as recently as May 17, 2014, and
that search warrant for all e-mails in the account issued to YAHOO! INC. returned nothing.
In general, an email that is sent to a YAHOO! INC. subscriber is stored in the subscriber's
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"mail box" on Y AHOO! INC. servers until the subscriber deletes the email. If the subscriber
does not delete the message, the message can remain on Y AHOO! INC. servers
indefinitely. When the subscriber sends an email, it is initiated at the user's computer,
transferred via the Internet to Y AHOO! INC.'s servers, and then transmitted to its end
destination. Y AHOO! INC. often saves a copy of the email sent. Unless the sender of the
email specifically deletes the email from the Y AHOO! INC. server, the email can remain on
the system indefinitely.
Instant messaging (IM) is a type of online chat which offers real-time text transmission over
the Internet where short messages are typically transmitted bi-directionally between two
parties, when each user chooses to complete a thought and select "send."
A Y AHOO! INC. subscriber can also store files, including emails, address books, contact or
buddy lists, pictures, and other files, on servers maintained and / or owned by Y AHO O !
INC.. As per Y AHOO! INC. policy, chat history including IP address information (logging) is
stored on Y AHOO! INC. servers.
Subscribers to Y AHOO! INC. might not store on their home computers copies ofthe emails
stored in their Y AHOO! INC. account. This is particularly true when they access their
Y AHOO! INC. account through the web, or if they do not wish to maintain particular emails
or files in their residence.
In general, email providers like Y AHOO! INC. ask each of their subscribers to provide
certain personal identifying information when registering for an email account. This
information can include the subscriber's full name, physical address, telephone numbers
and other identifiers, alternative email addresses, and, for paying subscribers, means and
source of payment (including any credit or bank account number).
Email providers typically retain certain transactional information about the creation and use
of each account on their systems. This information can include the date on which the
account was created, the length of service, records of log-in (i.e., session) times and
durations, the types of service utilized, the status of the account (including whether the
account is inactive or closed), the methods used to connect to the account (such as logging
into the account via Y AHOO! INC.' s website), and other log files that reflect usage of the
account.
In addition to the foregoing, email providers often have records of the Internet Protocol
address ("IP address") used to register the account and the IP addresses associated with
particular logins to the account. Because every device that connects to the Internet must
use an IP address, IP address information can help to identify which computers or other
devices were used to access the email account.
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Further, in some cases, email account users will communicate directly with an email service
provider about issues relating to the account, such as technical problems, billing inquiries,
or complaints from other users. Email providers typically retain records about such
communications, including records of contacts between the user and the provider's support
services, as well records of any actions taken by the provider or user as a result of the
communications.
A search warrant issued to YAHOO! INC. on May 23, 2013, for e-mails in ANNA
RICHTER's yahoo e-mail account returned nothing (i.e., as of May 23, 2013, there were no
e-mails for anna_richter2003@yahoo.com stored on YAHOO! INC. servers), which
suggests she has downloaded them from Yahoo! Inc.'s servers, onto her computer.
SIGNED and DATED July 2014.
BEN SMITH
SAC COUNTY ATTORNEY
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IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR SAC COUNTY
(Magistrate Division)
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION
FOR A SEARCH WARRANT FOR THE SEARCH WARRANT APPLICATION:
RESIDENCE AT 4221 155 STREET, ATTACHMENT A
URBANDALE, IOWA 50323
PLACES AND THINGS TO BE SEARCHED BY THE GOVERNMENT
This warrant applies to information associated with the following items and their (digital)
contents located at ANNA RICHTER's residence at 4221 155 STREET, URBANDALE,
IOWA 50323, all computers, portable hard drives, data DVDs, USB flash drives (NOT TO
INCLUDE mobile phones / smartphones) and the digital files, folders, and other digital
documents / information contained in said items.
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IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COU RT IN AND FOR SAC COUNTY
(Magistrate Division)
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION
FOR A SEARCH WARRANT FOR THE SEARCH WARRANT APPLICATION:
RESIDENCE AT 4221 155 STREET, ATTACHMENT B
URBANDALE, IOWA 50323
ITEMS AND INFORMATION TO BE SEIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT
All information contained on the electronic storage devices, computers (laptops or towers),
flash drives (USB drives), data DVDs, described in Attachment A and to seize information
contained in said electronic storage devices that constitute fruits, evidence, and
instrumentalities of the criminal violations outlined in the Affidavit to the Search Warrant
Application ("Affidavit"), which is attached hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Specifically, and among other things, law enforcement shall seize any and all
communications to or from the individuals identified in the Affidavit that concern or relate to
the crimes alleged in the Affidavit, and all documents, records, communications,
correspondence, notes, e-mails, addresses or contacts, text messages, instant messages,
chats, Internet history, records of internet activity, time indicators, text message logs, instant
message logs, other logs, user profiles for social media, visual depictions, audio files, and
all other data relating to the crimes and conduct alleged in the Affidavit, including but NOT
limited to the information listed below, as well as and all evidence capable of demonstrating
or leading to further discovery of the same information:
1. All files and information contained in any and all of the electronic storage devices
that were discussed / mentioned by ANNA RI CHTER and the other individuals or that
relate to the crimes and conduct alleged in the Affidavit, including any such files located
in a Dropbox or similar program / file on any of the electronic storage devices, used to
transfer / store documents and other information between ANNA RI CHTER and ED
MAGEDSON / RI POFF REPORT, DARREN MEADE and the others named / described
in the Affidavit.
2. All e-mail communications between ANNA RI CHTER and the individuals
identified in the Affidavit, which relate to and / or corroborate the facts contained in the
Affidavit and / or that are described or specifically identified in the Affidavit. Said e-mail
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communications shall include those mentioned in the Affidavit and / or those which
relate to the crimes and conduct alleged in the Affidavit.
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DISTRICT COURT OF IOWA
SAC COUNTY
FILED
ZOIUUL-9 AM 8: 09
IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR SAC COUNTY
(Magistrate Division)
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION
FOR A SEARCH WARRANT FOR THE ENDORSEMENT ON SEARCH WARRANT
RESIDENCE AT 4221 155 STREET, APPLICATION
URBANDALE, IOWA 50323
This matter came before the Court on the government's search warrant application. In
issuing the search warrant, the undersigned relied upon the sworn testimony of Sac County
Attorney Ben Smith, together with the statements and information contained in the
application and any attachments thereto, and finds such information demonstrates probable
cause, and therefore, I do issue the warrant.
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(Magistrate Division)
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IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLI CATI ON
FOR A SEARC H WARRANT FOR THE
RESI DENCE AT 4221 155 STREET,
URB ANDAL E, IOWA 50323
SEARC H WARRANT: TO ANY P EAC E
OFFI CER IN THE STATE OF IOWA
TO ANY P EAC E OFFI CER IN THE STATE OF IOWA
Based on sworn application made to the Court, I have found that probable cause exists to
believe that at the place [and on the person(s) and in the vehicle(s)] descri bed as follows:
Included in the descri bed location are any and all rooms, attics, basements, and other parts
therein, the surrounding grounds, any garages, storage rooms, trash containers, and
outbuildings of any kind located thereon connected to occupants or permanent residents of
4221 155 STREET, URB ANDAL E, IOWA 50323
Any vehi cles parked directly on the property or in the street in front of or nearby or adjacent
to the above-identified location, provided that sai d vehi cles can be specifically connected to
occupants or permanent residents of the location to be searched prior to searchi ng sai d
vehi cles.
Any and all persons found on the premi ses at the time the warrant is executed to include:
ANNA RI CHTER and / or DONNA BI STRI CAN
In Urbandale, Iowa (Polk County), there is now certain property namely the items identified
in Attachments A and B to the Search Warrant Appli cati on, and that sai d property /
information is property / information used or possessed with the intent to be used as the
means of committing a public offense or concealed to prevent an offense from being
di scovered, and / or is property relevant and material as evi dence in a criminal prosecution.
THEREFORE, you are hereby commanded to make immediate search of the descri bed
place [and person(s) and vehicle(s)] for the speci fi ed property; to sei ze the speci fi ed
property, if found, leaving a receipt for the sei zed property at the place of the search; to
prepare a written inventory of the property sei zed; to return this warrant together with the
written inventory; and to bring the sei zed property before me.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the content of messages / copi es of items on the electronic
storage devi ces, descri bed in Attachments A that are not sei zed pursuant to Attachment B
SHALL BE K EP T CONFI DENTI AL and law enforcement SHALL DESTROY (or return the
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items), and make a sworn return ofthe same to this Court to be filed at a reasonable time
after the written inventory and seizure return described in the paragraph above are filed
following the execution of this warrant.
ORDERED and DATED July 2014.
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IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR SAC COUNTY


ROBERTS
Plaintiff,
v.
ANNA RICHTER
Defendant.

Case No.:
SWSW000222



NOTICE OF APPEARANCE

COMES NOW, the undersigned attorney and by this Notice, hereby enters his/her
appearance on behalf of the above-named Defendant.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Julia A. Ofenbakh__________
Julia A. Ofenbakh AT0010124
Ofenbakh Law Firm, PLLC
541 31
st
Street Suite C
Des Moines, IA 50311
Telephone: (515) 868-0088
Facsimile: (515) 963-5370
julia@ofenbakhlaw.com


ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT

E-FILED 2014 JUL 15 2:30 PM SAC - CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT
IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR SAC COUNTY


STATE
Plaintiff,
v.
ANNA RICHTER
Defendant.

Case No.:
SWSW000222



MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER
AND REQUEST FOR IN-CHAMBER
REVIEW OF EVIDENCE

COMES NOW, by and through counsel, Anna Richter, and pursuant to Iowa R. Crim. P. 2.14,
in support of her motion for protective order and request for in-chamber review of evidence,
states:
1. On or about July 9, 2014 a warrant was issued for the seizure of the Defendants
computer and external storage devices (flash drives).
2. Defendants computer and flash drives contain correspondence between Defendant and
Defendants counsel, Julia Ofenbakh, as well as correspondence with other employees in
the law office.
3. This correspondence is protected by attorney-client privilege as defined by Iowa R. Evid.
5.502.
4. The court may limit or deny discovery or inspection if it is likely that the discovery will
result in the disclosure of privileged information. Iowa R. Crim. P. 2.14(6)(a)(3).
5. The reviewing of the contents of the computer and flash drives will reveal with 100%
certainty communication between the Defendant and Defendants counsel.
E-FILED 2014 JUL 15 2:30 PM SAC - CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT
WHEREFORE, Defendant respectfully requests the contents of the computer and the flash
drives be reviewed in-chamber to protect privileged communication between Defendant and
her counsel.
Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Julia A. Ofenbakh__________
Julia A. Ofenbakh AT0010124
Ofenbakh Law Firm, PLLC
541 31
st
Street Suite C
Des Moines, IA 50311
Telephone: (515) 868-0088
Facsimile: (515) 963-5370
julia@ofenbakhlaw.com


ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT



E-FILED 2014 JUL 15 2:30 PM SAC - CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT
IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR SAC COUNTY


STATE
Plaintiff,
v.
ANNA RICHTER
Defendant.

Case No.:
SWSW000222



MOTION TO EXPUNGE SEARCH
WARRANT

COMES NOW, by and through counsel, Anna Richter, in support of her Motion to Expunge
Search Warrant, states:
FACTS
1. On or about July 9, 2014 a warrant was issued for the seizure of the Defendants
computer and external storage devices (flash drives).
2. The warrant was issued in Sac County.
3. Iowa Code 808.3 protects citizens from search and seizure without probable cause.
Probable cause cannot be granted without a crime, and the existence of the crime cannot
be investigated by the County Attorney without proper jurisdiction.
4. The Defendant is currently a resident of Polk County Iowa.
WITNESS TAMPERING
5. The warrant application alleges that Defendant has participated in witness tampering
against witnesses who cooperated with States case in the Defendants daughters murder
trial.
6. These witnesses include: (1) Dr. John Pitman, a resident of Virginia, (2) Raymond and
Marie Friedman, residents of Florida, and (3) Mary Higgins, a resident of Sac County.
7. Sac County Attorney and magistrate do not have jurisdiction over Dr. John Pitman, OR
Raymond and Marie Friedman, because they not a residents of Sac County or Iowa. Any
E-FILED 2014 JUL 17 2:26 PM SAC - CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT
alleged witness tampering which Defendant may have done to them is improperly
included in the warrant application.
EXTORTION
8. The warrant application alleges that Defendant has participated in Extortion against Dr.
John Pitman, one of the previously mentioned witnesses who cooperated with States
case in the Defendants daughters murder trial.
9. As previously stated, Dr. John Pitman resides in Virginia. County Attorney and
magistrate do not have jurisdiction over residents of another state.
10. Any alleged extortion which Defendant may have committed is improperly included in
the warrant application.
OBSTRUCTING PROSECUTION
11. The warrant application alleges that Defendant has participated in obstructing
prosecution.
12. The allegations state that Darren Meade knowingly provided false information to the
prosecution, and that Defendant did nothing except allegedly have awareness of Darren
Meades actions.
13. In determining whether probable cause has been established for the issuance of a search
warrant, the test is whether a person of reasonable prudence would believe a crime was
being committed on the premises to be searched or evidence of a crime could be located
there. State v. Seager, 341 N.W.2d 420 (Iowa 1983); State v. Post, 286 N.W.2d 195, 199
(Iowa 1979); State v. Iowa District Court, 247 N.W.2d 241, 245 (Iowa 1976); State v.
Bean, 239 N.W.2d 556, 559-60 (Iowa 1976).
14. Defendant being aware of Darren Meades behavior does not suggest obstructing the
prosecution is being committed by Defendant and that evidence of this is contained on
her computer or flash drives. Warrant application simply alleges that Defendant knew
Darren Meade had e-mailed the prosecution at some point in time.
15. Any alleged prosecution obstruction which Defendant may have committed is improperly
included in the warrant application for a lack of probable cause.
E-FILED 2014 JUL 17 2:26 PM SAC - CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT
SOLICITATION
16. In alleging solicitation, the warrant application states:

It would be easier to list the phone and prison conversations between TRACEY
RICHTER and ANNA RICHTER in which TRACEY RICHTER did not solicit
ANNA RICHTER and others to commit and / or aid and abet an indictable
offense and / or conspire to do the same in some way or another.

17. Simply stating that alleged solicitation happens frequently is not enough to establish
probable cause that solicitation is being committed by Defendant and that evidence of it
would be on her computer or flash drives.
18. Additionally, a lack of jurisdiction exists so long as County Attorney fails to list specific
residents of his county that have been subject to the alleged solicitation.
19. Any alleged solicitation which Defendant may have committed is improperly included in
the warrant application for a lack of probable cause and jurisdiction
ONGOING CRIMINAL CONDUCT
20. In the warrant application, County Attorney cites Iowa Code 706A.2(4) (2013) which
states, "specified unlawful activity" means any act, including any preparatory or
completed offense, committed for financial gain on a continuing basis. . .
21. While the warrant application is elaborate and includes in great detail the financial
dealings of Darren Meade and Ed Magedson, it includes no information as to how
Defendant herself is continuing to commit actions for financial gain. The fact that she
simply knows Darren Meade and Ed Magedson is not enough to establish probable cause
that evidence of her ongoing criminal conduct will be found on her computer or flash
drives.
22. Again, a lack of jurisdiction exists so long as County Attorney fails to list specific
residents of his county that have been harmed by Defendants actions committed for
financial gain.
23. Any alleged ongoing criminal conduct which Defendant may have committed is
improperly included in the warrant application for a lack of probable cause and
jurisdiction
E-FILED 2014 JUL 17 2:26 PM SAC - CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT
WHEREFORE, Defendant respectfully asks the court to expunge the search warrant and have
the seized property returned to the defendant.
Respectfully Submitted,
/s/ Julia A. Ofenbakh__________
Julia A. Ofenbakh AT0010124
Ofenbakh Law Firm, PLLC
541 31
st
Street Suite C
Des Moines, IA 50311
Telephone: (515) 868-0088
Facsimile: (515) 963-5370
julia@ofenbakhlaw.com


ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT


E-FILED 2014 JUL 17 2:26 PM SAC - CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT
IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR SAC COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OF AN
APPLICATION FOR A SEARCH
WARRANT FOR THE RESIDENCE AT
4221 155
TH
STREET, URBANDALE,
IOWA 50323
Case No. SWSW00222

RESISTANCE AND MOTION TO
SCHEDULE HEARING




COMES NOW the State and resists Anna Richters Motion for Protective Order
and Request for In-Chamber Review of Evidence and Motion to Expunge Search
Warrant and requests that the Court schedule a hearing on these matters for August
11, 2014. The Iowa DCI will not have the forensic examination of Anna Richters
computers and electronic storage devices completed for over a month.
WHEREFORE, the State requests that following the hearing the Court overrule
Anna Richters respective motions in their entirety.



__________________________
Benjamin John Smith
Sac County Attorney
Sac County Courthouse
100 NW State St., Suite 9
Sac City IA 50583
Telephone: 712-662-4791
Email: attorney@saccounty.org





E-FILED 2014 JUL 23 10:26 PM SAC - CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT
IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR SAC COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OF AN
APPLICATION FOR A SEARCH
WARRANT FOR THE RESIDENCE AT
4221 155
TH
STREET, URBANDALE,
IOWA 50323
Case No SWSW00222

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State of Iowa Courts
Type: ORDER SETTING HEARING
Case Number Case Title
SWSW000222 SEARCH WARRANT OF ANNA RICHTER 4221 15TH STREET
URBANDALE IA
So Ordered
Electronically signed on 2014-07-24 09:33:28 page 2 of 2
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IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR SAC COUNTY

STATE
Plaintiff,
v.
ANNA RICHTER
Defendant.

Case No.:
SWSW000222

INDEX OF EXHIBIT LIST FOR
WARRANT APPLICATION FILED ON OR
ABOUT JULY 9, 2014


COMES NOW, by and through counsel, Anna Richter, in support of her Motion to Expunge
Search Warrant, provides the following Index of Exhibit List for Warrant Application Filed on or
about July 9, 2014:
A. EXHIBIT LIST:
# Exhibit Description In Support of Motion:
A Search Warrant Index Motion to Expunge
B Testimony John Pitman Motion to Expunge
C Testimony Mona Wehde Motion to Expunge
D Testimony Marie Friedman Motion to Expunge
E Testimony Ray Friedman Motion to Expunge
F Voluntary Dismissal Michael Motion to Expunge
G Petition Michael Roberts Motion to Expunge
H Letter to SCA Smith Motion to Expunge
I Letter from SCA Smith Motion to Expunge
J Filed Appearance Motion for In-Chamber Review









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Respectfully Submitted,


/s/Julia A. Ofenbakh
Julia A. Ofenbakh AT0010124
541 31
st
Street Suite C
Des Moines, IA 50312
Telephone: (515)868-0088
Fax: (515)963-5370
julia@ofenbakhlaw.com

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

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IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR SAC COUNTY
IN THE MATTER OF AN
APPLICATION FOR A SEARCH
WARRANT FOR THE RESIDENCE AT
4221 155
TH
STREET, URBANDALE,
IOWA 50323
Case No. SWSW000222

STATES RESPONSE TO MOTION
FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND
REQUEST FOR IN-CHAMBER
REVIEW OF EVIDENCE AND
RESPONSE TO MOTION TO
EXPUNGE SEARCH WARRANT

COMES NOW, the State of Iowa, through Sac County Attorney Ben Smith, and
states the following in support of its Response to Anna Richters Motion for
Protective Order and Request for In-Chamber Review of Evidence and Response to
Motion to Expunge Search Warrant:

IN-CHAMBER REVIEW OF EVIDENCE
On July 9, 2014, pursuant to a search warrant, a computer and electronic storage
devices (collectively computers) belonging to Anna Richter were seized from her
Urbandale, Iowa, residence. The search warrant and its accompanying documents
(collectively, (Search Warrant) are filed in Sac County District Court Case No.
SWSW000222. The Search Warrant is incorporated herein by reference as though
fully set forth herein. The State respectfully asks that the Court take judicial notice of
the Search Warrant.
Anna Richter argues her computers contain attorney-client privileged
communications between her and Attorney Julie Ofenbakh, and has asked the Court
for an in camera hearing to review the contents of Anna Richters computers.
The State objects on the grounds that Anna Richter does not have standing to
make this request. Even is she did have standing, the State resists Anna Richters
motion for the following reasons:
Attorney Julie Ofenbakh represents Anna Richter in a civil defamation case,
which was filed in Polk County (Case No. LACL129566) on January 24, 2014. Anna
Richter was served with the lawsuit on June 9, 2014, and Ms. Ofenbakh filed an
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appearance on Anna Richters behalf on June 16, 2014. Attorney Julie Ofenbakh
also represents Tracey Richter in garnishment proceedings filed in Sac County
District Court Case No. FECR011900, and in Tracey Richters Post Conviction Relief
action, which is filed in Sac County District Court Case No. PCCV019511.
Not all communications between Anna Richter and Attorney Julie Ofenbakh are
attorney-client privileged communications. The attorney-client privilege does not
extend to communications between Anna Richter and Attorney Julie Ofenbakh about
Tracey Richters civil cases. A communication is not privileged simply because it is
made by or to a person who happens to be a lawyer. Meighan v. TransGuard Ins.
Co. of Am., Inc., 298 F.R.D. 436, 447 (N.D. Iowa 2014). It is clear that the attorney
must be acting in the role of legal counsel with respect to the information in issue
before the privilege may attach. Id.
Accordingly, the only communications between Anna Richter and Attorney Julie
Ofenbakh that would be protected by the attorney-client privilege are those
concerning Anna Richters civil defamation case, which could have only been made
in the twenty-three days between when Attorney Ofenbakh filed her appearance and
when Anna Richters computers were seized. IOWA CODE 622.10 (2014); IOWA R.
EVID. 5.50
Communications between Anna Richter and Attorney Julie Ofenbakh about Anna
Richters civil defamation case would be outside the scope of the Search Warrant
(i.e., not material or relevant to criminal activity alleged in Search Warrant) and,
therefore, would not be seized per the directives contained in Attachment B to the
Search Warrant. Additionally, the Search Warrant directs law enforcement to
destroy and keep confidential any items copied from Anna Richters computer that
fall outside the scope of the Search Warrant. [Search Warrant p. 125] Also, any
privilege attached to any communications revealed during the seizure of the
information contained in Anna Richters computers pursuant to the directives
contained in Attachment A to the Search Warrant, would not be waived as a result of
law enforcements subsequent search of the files copied from her computers per
Attachment B, because, unlike producing information pursuant to criminal discovery
(Rule 2.14) or a subpoena, disclosure in this instance was involuntary (i.e., Anna
Richters computers were seized from her home on an involuntary basis).
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An in camera inspection of Anna Richters computers could take hours as her
computers likely contain thousands of documents and e-mails. Although there is no
law requiring or authorizing it, the undersigned would advocate for an in camera
inspection of Anna Richters computers if she were able to demonstrate that the
attorney-client privileged communications seized by law enforcement are related to
criminal activity alleged that provided the factual basis underlying the issuance of the
search warrant; however, this is not the case here.

EXPUNGING A SEARCH WARRANT
Anna Richter argues the Search Warrant filed in Sac County District Court Case
No. SWSW000222 should be deleted / erased from court records because Sac
County does not have jurisdiction to investigate the crimes listed in the Search
Warrant.
There is no statutory authority allowing for the expungement (redaction or
deletion) of a Search Warrant from court records. Even if such a legal mechanism
existed, Anna Richters argument here fails for the following reasons:
There is no such thing as jurisdiction to investigate.
Jurisdiction refers to power of court to decide issue on merits of criminal
prosecution, not the authority for law enforcement to investigate a crime. State v.
Wardenburg, 158 N.W.2d 147, 150 (1968) In any event, venue, not jurisdiction,
references the appropriate county in which a criminal matter can be prosecuted. Id.
Venue may be established by proof that only one of the elements of the crime
occurred in the county where prosecution is started. State v. Evely, 228 N.W.2d
196, 197 (Iowa 1975).
Venue is not jurisdictional,

nor is it an element of an offense,

State v. Smith, 585
N.W.2d 753, 754 (Iowa Ct. App. 1998); State v. Allen, 293 N.W.2d 16, 20 (Iowa
1980). A challenge to a prosecution on grounds of venue does not necessarily
mandate dismissal. State v. Wedelstedt, 263 N.W.2d 894, 898 (Iowa 1978).
Venue is not put in issue when a search warrant is filed with the Clerk of Court.
The matter of venue is put in issue by a plea of not guilty, which would necessarily
follow a criminal investigation. State v. Evely, 228 N.W.2d 196, 199 (Iowa 1975)
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A prosecutor does not depend on a case or controversy to get evidence but can
investigate merely on suspicion that the law is being violated or even just because
he wants assurance that it is not. State v. Kelley, 353 N.W.2d 845, 848 (Iowa 1984)
The scope of a search warrant is no longer limited by county boundaries. State
v. Groff, 323 N.W.2d 204, 213 (Iowa 1982).
Even if venue was a consideration here, and jurisdiction to investigate was a
real thing, the Search Warrant demonstrates probable cause to believe at least one
element of most, if not all, of the crimes listed in the Search Warrant occurred in Sac
County, Iowa. At bare minimum, the undersigned would have investigatory
jurisdiction to investigate the global harassment and extortion of witnesses from a
murder case prosecuted by the undersigned.
The Search Warrant provides evidence sufficient to demonstrate probable cause
to believe evidence of crimes detailed in the Search Warrant will be found in Anna
Richters computers. Specifically, the information contained in the Search Warrant
shows that Anna Richter provided Xcentric Ventures (dba www.ripoffreport.com),
RipOff Report owner Ed Magedson, and RipOff Report employee / agent Darren
Meade (collectively RipOff Report) documents and other information, which were
then used in an ongoing, systemic campaign of online defamation and harassment
of the witnesses who testified against Anna Richters daughter, Tracey Richter, in
State v. Richter, Sac County District Court Case No. FECR011900 (collectively,
States witnesses).
On or around September 11, 2014, RipOff Report complaint No. 938843 was
published on RipOff Report. (Exhibit 1) Said complaint and its progeny (i.e., add-
on complaints, rebuttals, and hyperlinks to other derogatory RipOff Report
complaints about the States witnesses) falsely accuse the States witnesses and
their family members of committing murder, theft, perjury, child molestation, and
having sexually transmitted diseases. [SW p. 48]
Save for a few days, since RipOff Report complaint No. 938843 was published
on September 11, 2012, it has been a featured complaint on RipOff Report,
meaning it has is conspicuously advertised on each of RipOff Reports approximate
1.8 million webpages / online complaints for almost two years. RipOff Report has
boasted that its website is viewed approximately 2 million times a day. [SW p. 48]
Also, RipOff Report optimizes and engineers its complaints so that they appear at
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the top of the first page of Google and other search engine results, above or in lieu
of legitimate search results for legitimate (non-defamatory) websites belonging to, or
about the States witnesses and the secondary victims (e.g., friends, family
members, and businesses of the States witnesses).
On July 13, 2014, just days after the Search Warrant was executed and returned
to the Sac County Clerk of Court, RipOff Report / Ed Magedson published a
disclaimer before RipOff Report complaint No. 938843 (all 1.8 million webpages /
complaints), which states, among other things, that he, Ed Magedson, did not work
in conjunction with Darren Meade to publish any of the complaints about the
States witnesses. However, on September 10, 2011, one day before RipOff Report
published complaint No. 938843 on each of its 1.8 million webpages, Darren Meade
(darrenmitchellm@gmail.com) sent an e-mail to Ed Magedson
(EDitor@ripoffreport.com), which contained an attached Microsoft (MS) Word
document titled Review2. (Exhibit 2) As the Court can see, the attachment / MS
Word document and RipOff Report complaint No. 938843 are identical. In another e-
mail Darren Meade sent to Ed Magedson / RipOff Report that same day, Darren
Meade provided Ed Magedson / RipOff Report with documents to be published on
RipOff Report along with the contents of Review2, and a set of instructions on how
he, Darren Meade, wanted this complaint to appear, aesthetically, on RipOff Report.
(Exhibit 3).
RipOff Reports aforementioned July 13, 2014 disclaimer also states: As a
website dedicated to providing a voice to the common person through open
information and free speech rights, Ripoff Report asserts its own voice on these
matters of public interest and concern, and pledges full investigation of the
issues. However, on July 14, 2014, in an e-mail sent to at least one national news
media outlet, Ed Magedson vouched for Darren Meades credibility, ironically
enough, by citing RipOff Report complaints authored and published by Darren
Meade. (Exhibit 4)
Before its investigation into Darren Meades posts on its website, Darren Meade
extorted RipOff Report, and RipOff Report reported said extortion to law
enforcement. In response to Darren Meades extortive efforts, RipOff Report Chief
Operating Officer (COO) Adam Kunz, speaking on behalf of Ed Magedson and
RipOff Report, called Darren Meade a con-man, liar, and extortionist. (Exhibit
5) Despite this, RipOff Report allowed Darren Meade to contribute to its FULL
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INVESTIGATION!!! into its unprecedented action!regarding Darren Meades
posts on RipOff Report. (Exhibit 6) Even more amazing is that on July 15, 2014, Ed
Magedson and RipOff Report COO Adam Kunz discussed paying Darren Meade.
(Exhibit 7)
Darren Meade was right when he testified to the following on September 26,
2011 (three months before he received his first paycheck from RipOff Report):
Ripoff Report never deletes anything written about somebody. So its the perfect
place to defame somebody because it will always stay up, and for some reason it
winds up ranking on the first page of Google. So if you want to destroy somebodys
reputation, thats a great place to do it.
(Exhibit 8)
Information obtained by law enforcement shows that RipOff Report has been
given transcripts of Darren Meades above-mentioned deposition twice since
January 2012. Yet, despite this and all the foregoing, RipOff Reports
investigation into Darren Meades posts continues.
Most troubling in all of this is that after the undersigned recently disclosed to
representatives of RipOff Report that John Brewington, a licensed private
investigatory in the State of Arizona, provided law enforcement here in the State of
Iowa with information concerning RipOff Report, a RipOff Report complaint about
Private Investigator John Brewington, which RipOff Report has described as a hit
piece, was also made a featured report on all 1.8 million webpages, alongside
RipOff Reports complaint concerning the (other) States witnesses (RipOff Report
complaint No. 938843).
A person who, in retaliation for anything lawfully done by any witness in any
case, harasses such witness, commits an aggravated misdemeanor. Iowa Code
720.4 (2014)
CONCLUSION
The code authorizes the issuance of a warrant to seize property obtained through
a violation of the law, property that is illegal to possess, property that is either the
instrumentality of a crime or used to conceal an offense, and possible evidence
in a criminal prosecution. IOWA CODE 808.2(1) (2014). In fact, the owner of
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property seized pursuant to a search warrant does not even have to be a suspect in
the related criminal investigation.
The information contained in the Search Warrant demonstrates that Anna Richter
used her computer to communicate with, and transfer documents and other
information to RipOff Report knowing the information would be published in
complaints about the States Witnesses. (Exhibit 9)
The information contained in the Search Warrant provides sufficient probable
cause to believe that evidence material and relevant to a number of crimes will be
found on Anna Richters computer, and that the computer itself was itself an
instrumentality of a number of crimes. Probable cause to search, in contrast to
probable cause to arrest, requires a probability determination as to the nexus
between criminal activity, the things to be seized, and the place to be searched.
State v. Seager, 341 N.W.2d 420, 427 (Iowa 1983)
Anna Richter has provided no cites to any authorities, controlling or otherwise, for
her positions. Anna Richter has merely raised irrelevant and unsupportable
objections to get stop law enforcement from investigating the criminal matters
detailed in the Search Warrant.
WHEREFORE, the State of Iowa requests that the Court deny Anna Richters
motion in its entirety and order such other reliefs equitable and just in the premises.
____________________________
Benjamin John Smith
Sac County Attorney
Sac County Courthouse
100 NW State St., Suite 9
Sac City IA 50583
Telephone: 712-662-4791
Facsimile: 712-662-4123
Email: attorney@saccounty.org
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Review: DateLine NBCs Twisted is a Case Study in
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News Analysis and Opinion
Dateline NBCs episode Twisted is a totally exhaustive, fully encompassing story about
dangerous people. Once you digest this, more articles will follow. The Genesis will be
the Tracey Richter case but we will cover the several million dollars in business
revenues shared between the key prosecution witnesses, how the Sac County
Prosecutor Ben Smith played into that, and the mastermind they hid away, ingeniously
making him impossible to subpoena.

Tracey Richter and her fianc Russell Schertz
Ive been looking into ancillary matters related to this story for nearly a year now, and I
can say without question there is far more to this than what appeared on DateLine
NBC.
Why would the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and Sac County Prosecutor go to
such lengths to prosecute an innocent woman? In future articles we will detail how they
are protecting a person who can tamper with a jury verdict in ANY trial, but that is for
another time.
In this lucid discussion of the significant revelations of systemic wrongdoing in Sac
County and Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, well uncover how the culture of Iowa
is different from that of other states, and that denying the truth is woven into its ethos.
Moreover, it perverts justice for purposes that are unique to a cast of characters, and
have nothing to do with protecting the public. Perhaps this is why Iowa has had an 80%
rise in prosecutorial misconduct appeals in the last decade. Watching the travesty of
justice of the Tracey Richter trial crack wide open over the last few weeks has left me
puzzled.
We can say things like, Ultimate responsibility goes to the man at the top, meaning
Ben Smith, Sac County Attorney and Prosecutor. And that sounds right, but it still
doesnt explain how any of it happened. The key people are criminals, liars, or willfully
blind. We could say that, but then we would have to explain how so many of them
ended up in Iowa. Puzzles like these have led many people to the conclusion that
theres a culture inside the prosecutors office that is responsible in some way, and I
agree with that. This is not just about one individual, but about the culture of an
organization. Prosecutors and investigators do not routinely break the law, tamper with
juries, intimidate and mislead witnesses, and generally conduct themselves like thugs
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unless it is a matter of recognized and understood policy.
Consider the powers of the prosecutor The prosecutor decides:
1. Whether or not to bring criminal charges
2. Who to charge
3. What the charges will be
4. Whether the charges will be misdemeanor or felony
5. Whether the person charged will stand trial or plead out
6. What sentence the judge should give
A prosecutors power to invoke or deny punishment at his discretion is the power to
control and destroy peoples lives. Professor Bennett Gershman
A Short and to-the-Point Overview
Hiding the Good Stuff \ Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (IDCI)
Trick #1 - They Avoided Gathering Favorable Evidence IDCI and Sac County law
enforcement never interviewed Michael Roberts after his 99% deceptive polygraph about
his knowledge or involvement in the home invasion.
Trick #2 - They Avoided Gathering Favorable Evidence IDCI and Sac County law
enforcement refused to follow-up February 2011 information that Michael Roberts had
manipulated another mentally unstable man he was mentoring to commit murder to
protect Roberts business interests.
Trick #3 - They Avoided Gathering Favorable Evidence Prosecutor Ben Smith had
documented proof of a Hacking Code that tampered with the jury via the Internet. This
included information of an alleged juror admitting he was tampered with. Rather than
investigate, Ben Smith sent the confidential information to The Hacker who tampered
with the jury.
Trick #4 They Avoided Gathering Favorable Evidence IDCI and Sac County law
enforcement had a city employee and her husband Clean the bedroom (murder scene)
and then released the murder scene within the initial 24-hours to the primary suspect,
Michael Roberts.
Trick #5 They Avoided Gathering Favorable Evidence IDCI and Sac County law
enforcement realized the error they made in releasing a crime scene within 24-hours to
the primary suspect who then failed his polygraph about the murder. In order to keep
him from impugning the prosecutions case, they allowed him to stay in a Witness
Protection program where he could not be served a subpoena.
Trick #6 - Someone Had a Favorable Position to the Defense IDCI Special Agent Vileta
is alleged to have misled and tampered with primary witness Mona Wehde, who
believed Michael Roberts shot her son. Wehde testified Vileta assured Roberts had
been interviewed and cleared, yet no interview from Vileta was produced for trial. Vileta
claims he never interviewed Michael Roberts.
Trick #7 - When Someone Did Say Something Favorable for the Defense, They Didn't
Write It Down.
Trick #8 Prime Investigator Lost Critical Documents All Special Agent Viletas
correspondence with Michael Roberts7 sheets of notes authored by Dustin, 2 post-it
notes authored by Dustin, and a 3rd Notebook, were lost by Trent Vileta.
Trick #9 - Permitted Destruction of Evidence and Intimidation of Potential Defense
Witnesses
Background
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Missed Facts
Michael Roberts had an arrest and conviction for domestic battery filed under Sac
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County Domestic and Child Abuse Report # 2000-00407, Trial Notice CASE NO
02811 SMCR008251 (see document here page 2). His plea deal took nearly a year
to arrange (see document page 3). He was arrested for Domestic Assault in 2000.
He was set for trial over the assault in 2001. DateLine had this material fact in error.
Michael Roberts was Founded (Confirmed and Placed) on the Central Abuse
Registry by the Iowa Department of Human Services on 3/21/2007 (see report here)
for the abuse of Noah Roberts and Mason Roberts. Noah and Mason are the half-
brother and sister to Burt Pitman who was featured in the DateLine NBC segment,
Twisted.
Michael Roberts pled No Contest to the charge, which under Iowa law is a
conviction. The conviction forbids him from gun ownership under the Domestic
Violence Gun Ban and equally violates the Iowa Domestic Battery Firearm
restriction laws.
Michael Roberts first known violation of violating the domestic violence gun ban was
on July 22, 2002 from Carolina Sporting Arms, 110 East Kingston Avenue,
Charlotte, NC 28203 (704) 375-7987
Michael Roberts is photographed with one of many handguns
he purchased in violation of Court Orders after his conviction of
Spousal and Child Abuse. The photograph is with a sniper rifle.
Police reports allege he threatened to kill a Chicago detective
with a sniper rifle and that he (Roberts) is a very good shot.
Roberts is on an audio recording with another young man he
mentors discussing having this young man kill someone to
protect the inner sanctum or Roberts new business enterprise
with a .50 caliber hollow-point bullet which just explodes his
brain, the same as used by the rifle in the photo with Roberts
above.
For some prosecutors the risk of losing a criminal trial is unacceptable. Although the
evidence of guilt may be sufficient, and a conviction likely, a prosecutor knows he
faces an aggressive adversary and an unpredictable jury. A prosecutor also knows that
he must present his case consistent with a broad array of constitutional statutory,
evidentiary, and ethical proscription designed to minimize unfair prejudice and assure
the defendant a fair trial... Some prosecutors find these rules too confining and seek to
circumvent them. For such a prosecutor, the risk of losing a trial far outweighs the risk
of losing the subsequent appeal. Prosecutorial Misconduct, Second Edition, by
Bennett L. Gershman (Page 10-3)
The Plot Was Engineered & Executed
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Blatant Untruths of Ben Smith and Mary Higgins
February 13th, 2002 Michael Roberts fails his polygraph and is found 99%
deceptive on the only questions pertaining too if he knew, planned or took part in
the home invasion.
Michael Roberts then admits that he told Dustin about John Pitman and didnt paint
a very pretty picture. Michael Roberts in an earlier segment with DateLine
professes he wanted to kill him speaking of John Pitman.
December 26, 2008, Mona Wehde states that Special Agent Vileta changed Mona
Wehdes belief that Michael Roberts had killed Dustin by assuring her he had
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interviewed and cleared Michael Roberts (see document here pages 105 lines 9-25
and page 106 lines 1-15)
January 20, 2009, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations on an internal memo
still lists Michael Roberts as a suspect (see document here).
September 23, 2011, Trent Vileta states he never interviewed Michael Roberts and
left him out of what he did (see pages 47 & 48) Michael Roberts fails his polygraph
on February 13, 2002. The attack took place on December 13, 2001. The Roberts
left on a pre-planned family vacation the following week. Viletas excuse for not
investigating Roberts is that Roberts was extensively interviewed in 2001.
October 2010, Trent Vileta admits he is biased and has tunnel vision. In an email
copied to Sheriff McClure he states he is having a hard time appearing to be
neutral.
November 2010, Ben Smith is elected and Vileta begins sharing his self-admitted
biased information that leads to Tracey Richter being charged with the murder of
Dustin Wehde.
February 2011, Information is provided that Michael Roberts on information and
belief has manipulating another mentally unstable man to commit murder on
his behalf, the caller even states he fears this person will become Dustin
Wehde #2
Mary Higgins helps generously in Ben Smiths election campaign.
Ben Smith became romantically involved with Mary Higginss daughter and while
having and drinks at the Higginss house, Ben starts to describe the case and
secret evidence (Notebook).
On December 13, 2001, within the first 24 Hours of the shooting, the crime scene
bedroom is cleaned by a city employee and her husband and released to prime
suspect Michael Roberts.
One-hour after Michael Roberts has the crime scene released, he claimed to have
found additional shell casing missed by CSI investigators who processed the
bedroom.
Theres so much going on in Twisted, you need more than two hours to dissect it. Its a
gritty, edgy, uncomfortable episode in my opinion to watch the prosecutor, lead
investigator, and star witness utilize all the tricks #1 9 above.
Mary Higgins claimed to be Traceys best friend and was spooked that her friend
continued to change contact information, crossing out and putting down new
information. Why? As a best friend, she knew Michael received money from the bank
for a home equity loan without telling Tracey, and purchased a home for another
woman, in Florida (Andrea Berger). Tracey's husband even married another woman
while still married to Tracey, and that he continually violated protective orders. In 2007,
Michael Roberts was placed on the Child Abuse Registry for abusing Noah and Mason
as he previously did Bert according to Higgins.
Noah and Mason Roberts and their mother, Tracey Richter.
Michael Roberts was found guilty of Domestic Assault which was
performed in front to Tracey and Michael's sons (Bert Pitman
and Noah Roberts) Michael Roberts also was found to have
physically abused both Noah and Mason Roberts and was
placed on the Child Abuse registry. Despite the children openly
being fearful of Michael Roberts, and findings of physical abuse
to both children, Ben Smith Sac County Iowa Prosecutor made
certain the children were placed solely in the custody of Michael
Roberts. Noah Roberts had always been the protector of Mason
Roberts, and therefore Michael Roberts in order to assert his
dominance and control over.
And Higgins must have known that Michael Roberts through a company called Mile2,
stole Traceys identity and that law enforcement advised her she should legally change
her name (see document), which she did.
According to a supplemental report filed by Sheriff Ken McClure, Robyn Padgett
explained she spoke to Mary Higgins often and that Mary Higgins was always trying to
get Padgett to befriend Tracey Roberts, Padgett always felt Higgins was trying to get
information from Padgett. If Higgins and Richter were best friends why was she trying to
have Padgett befriend Tracey to get information? The supplemental report goes onto
say Padgett also told Mary Higgins about the Notebook found in Dustin Wehdes
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bedroomwith coded writing. Coded writing is important because the writing in the
notebook in Dustins car, the secret evidence was also considered bizarre. But this
notebook had the name Ilka Pitman; if you change the letters in Ilka you have a
phonetic codeKill A Pitman(See Sheriff's Supplemental Report here, notice 2nd page
2nd paragraph) Remember Dustins mentor earlier on DateLine said he wanted to kill
John Pitman. Dustins mentor after failing his polygraph confessed he told Dustin about
John Pitman and would not have painted a very pretty picture.
Mary claimed she helped clean up Traceys home after the shooting. Yet the police
report clearly states within hours they had a city worker and her husband clean the
crime scene and release the home to Michael Roberts.
Michael Robert claimed to have then cleaned the home and located shell casings within
an hour of taking possession of the home that were missed by CSI investigators. The
scene was already cleaned twice as documented by police reports, yet, nowhere in the
police reports did it mention the participation of Mary Higgins.
Special Agent Trent Vileta had already confessed he was having a hard time appearing
neutral. He was already biased and was building a case to validate his theory versus
collecting evidence and investigating the facts. That being said, everything Vileta
supplied to Ben Smith was already biased.
In his mentorship of Dustin, Michael Roberts had Dustin work on creative writing
exercises that often were violent in nature. Roberts after his failed polygraph admitted
he told Dustin details about John Pitman and dont forget in the other notebook, Kill a
Pitman. The super-secret evidence, the Pink Notebook was photographed at the crime
scene, and listed under section two of the Vehicle Interior.
Dustin Wehde Car Inventory Which List Pink Spiral Notebook (View large version)
Examination Pink Lined Spiral Notebook, the notebook is also mentioned in multiple
police reports and even states that the writing in the notebook was bizarre. The crime
scene photos were heavily circulated and a civil lawsuit in 2004 put all of this into public
record. The crime scene photos were shown to me personally in 2010 by Michael
Roberts.
Ben Smith is having dinner and drinks at his girlfriends parents house who were also
generous campaign supporters and helped get Ben Smith elected. At some point, Ben
starts to describe the case and the secret evidence (notebook) and according to Mary
she says you mean that stupid notebook? If the information is supposed to be secret,
why is Ben Smith describing it? More to the point, Ben turned white and slid to the floor
when he heard stupid notebook but three (3) notebooks had already been a part of
evidence, he should not have been shocked over a notebook.
Preposterous Allegations
It is preposterous to think that a solution to losing child support is for Tracey to frame
the payer of her child support with a capital offense. If the Pitman went to jail the child
support would fall to 0 ZERO! Tracey had already signed off on a Vail condominium in
exchange for Berts father (John Pitman) to pay for Berts college. If John went to jail,
Tracey would have to pay for Berts college, a daunting task for a single mother with 3
kids.
My heart goes out to Mona Wehde, as I sincerely believe her trust was betrayed by
Michael Roberts, Trent Vileta, and Ben Smith. I lost my father to suicide, and I know
first-hand the desire to try and cherish and honor their memories.
Mona first trusted Michael Roberts with the mentoring of her son, and he broke that
trust. That is what made me call law enforcement in Iowa in February 2011, fear that a
new young man was going to become Dustin Wehde #2.
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Michael Roberts had convinced another man whom I believe he was manipulating
mentally and sexually to plot to kill me, the talk even centered on using a .50 caliber
hollow point bullet to explode my brain. This was to be done to protect Michael
Robertss business interest.
If the prosecutor is obliged to choose his cases, it follows that he can choose his
defendants. In such cases it is not a question of discovering the commission of a
crime and then looking for the man who has committed it; it is a question of picking the
man and then searching the lawbooks, or putting investigators to work, to pin some
offense on him. Therein if the most dangerous power of the prosecutor: that he
will pick people who he thinks he should get, rather than pick cases that need to
be prosecuted. It is in this realm in which the prosecutor picks some person
whom he dislikes or desires to embarrass, or selects some group of unpopular
persons and then looks for an offense, that the greatest danger of abuse of
prosecuting power lies. It is here that law enforcement becomes personal, and the
real crime becomes that of being unpopular with the predominant or governing
group, being attached to the wrong political group, being attached to the wrong
political views or being personally obnoxious to, or in the way of, the prosecutor
himself.
Supreme Court Justice / United States Attorney General / Nuremburg
Prosecutor Robert Jackson, 1940
Ben Smith Sac County Prosecutor, prosecutorial
misconduct, wrongful prosecution.
Ben Smith admits to Dateline he would willfully lie as an officer of the court to protect
his own mother if roles were reversed. In Twisted, did he lie to protect his potential
future mother-in-law who became his star witness, and violate Tracey Richters due
process?
Twisted is a dangerous segment. I cant remember a time in recent memory when I
watched a Dateline and wondered what the prosecutor, star witness, and lead
investigator might allegedly lie about next, and you quickly understand this trial was a
crude conviction machine versus an instrument of justice. The Tracey Richter case
was nothing more than a sham to protect the business opportunities of key prosecution
witnesses and Sac City Attorney Ben Smith, himself.
A Mystifying Break In
In late 2001, to most people in the small town of Early, Iowa, Tracey Richter was a
hero. A woman who stood up for her family and did the unthinkable, breaking away from
an intruder who had just attempted to garrote her with pantyhose, grabbing a pistol from
a bedroom safe, and shooting him nine times until he stopped moving. All of this while
her three children huddled in a nearby bedroom, fearing for their lives. In a community of
only 600, crimes this grisly are rare. But what added an extra element of mourning to
the towns grief and shock was that the break in was led by a local, someone most
folks knew, someone the Roberts family knew wellDustin Wehde. His mother, Mona,
was a respected real estate agent in the area. And Dustin didnt appear bent on robbery
but murder. Why?
A Bizarre Twist
Why would Dustin Wehde seek to harm a family he knew so well? A family who had
befriended him? Michael Roberts had reached out to Dustins Mother offering to mentor
him, taking him paintballing and to church with the family. He was in every sense a
friend of Michael Roberts, someone who had been over to the Roberts house on many
occasions. He was the last person Tracey imagined would harm them. And then there
was the case of the second intruder. The only description they had of the man who fled
was that he was 6 feet tall, 25 to 35 years old, with a slender build and dark wavy hair.
Michael Roberts, in an interview with a local paper, The Register, confirmed he believed
the other man was behind the attack and Dustin was under the influence of the other
personthe boss. That same week Michael Roberts posted a $10,000 reward for
information leading to the arrest of the 2nd intruder, evidently believing strongly in his
existence. For the Sac County Sheriff, the circumstances surrounding the break in left
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too many troubling questions to close it out as robbery attempt gone bad. The Sheriff
and his investigators surmised someone had put Dustin up to it, and they theorized that
someone had probably paid him to commit the crime. Disturbing pornography was
mentioned in police reports and by witnesses causing the speculation that Dustin
Wehde and Michael Roberts had a sexual relationship. Could this have been a crime of
passion?
An Eye Witness
The night Tracey Richters life changed forever her last name was Roberts. It was early
evening on December 13, 2001 and Tracey was upstairs bathing her young daughter
Mason. Eleven-year-old Bert was in his bedroom watching Spy Kids with three-year-old
Noah. It was after six and her husband had been out of town on a business trip so
when she heard noises downstairs, she went out onto the landing and called
downstairs, thinking hed returned a few hours early. No one answered, so she called
again. The stairs were dark and two figures ascended the stair case, everything in her
body told her they were not friendly. Bert came out of the room, and she handed off the
baby to him, telling him to get in his room, close the door.
Before she could escape, the first intruder wrapped a nylon pantyhose around her neck,
attempting to garrote her, leaving her neck severely bruised. She broke away and was
able to retrieve a gun from her bedroom and she shot at Dustin, stopping a further
attack in her bedroom. The second intruder was heard shouting: the B*tch has a gun,
and fled. She was able then to check on the children, and get them safely downstairs
to call 9-1-1.
A Cold Case
Investigators eventually honed in on her husband, Michael Roberts, as a suspect. The
police knew they had a volatile marital relationship. They had the police reports that
proved his physical abuse of Tracey. Iowa Department of Human Services found that
Michael Roberts had abused both his young son and daughter. Their family business
was either making millions of dollars or struggling financially, depending on who you
spoke with. Tracey had a considerable life insurance policy as did the children. Michael
had an alleged alibi for his whereabouts that Thursday night, so he was ruled out as the
second intruder, but not as the mastermind behind the plot to kill Tracey and her
children. What immediately had caught the sheriffs attention were the results of his
polygraph test. Four weeks after the incident Michael had flunked a police test. The
police asked if he had planned and arranged for Dustin to enter his house on December
13; if he knew the identity of the second intruder. He answered no to these along with
two other questions and the tester concluded with a 99% certainty his answers were
deceptive. By the time a sheriffs detective sat down across from Michael Roberts in
2003 and asked him point blank how much he had paid Dustin to kill his wife, the
Sheriff was pretty certain they had come to right conclusion. But Michael denied it.
Continued to deny it, and he never broke from his story. When Sheriff McClures
investigators brought the case to Sac County Prosecuting Attorney, Earl Hardisty, he
refused to prosecute. There were several factors in his decision, but his refusal
centered on the contamination of the crime scene by the paramedics and the police
and the poor forensic work by the investigators at the crime scene. The case went cold
as far as the cops were concerned. Michael and Tracey went on with their fragile
marriage that finally ended in 2008.
New Evidence
Mona Wehde continued to mourn for her dead son; nagged by the belief Dustin could
have never done this on his own. She even had a theory about the second intruder but
no one ever took her seriously. Her private grief began to turn in 2007 when she
received a call from Special Agent Trent Vileta. He had been handed the cold case of
the Dustin Wehde shooting and had uncovered some new evidence, evidence that
would take the case in an entirely new direction. And if that evidence panned out, it
could bring a measure of closure to her pain.
Life in Prison
Special Agent Vileta compiled his facts and bided his time. And when a new Sac
County DA took office in January 2011, Vileta laid out his case to the young aggressive
prosecutor, Ben Smith. On July 26, 2011 Tracey Richter was arrested on charges of
first degree murder in the shooting death of Dustin Wehde, and a year later was
convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life without the possibility of
parole. What had Special Agent Vileta uncovered, and how had he conveyed it to
county attorney, Ben Smith who convinced a jury of her peers to find her guilty of first
degree murder? How were these new facts so compelling that even an eye witness to
the break in and shooting were impugned as lying? How had it come about that the
man whom most in town were convinced had committed this crime now had custody of
the couples two children, and the mother who had fought to save them, was now a
convicted killer serving life in prison? Did the defense attorneys know about the ethical
lapses on the part of the prosecutor? Did Ben Smith uphold the ethical duty of his office
to seek justice no matter the cost to his case?
These are some of the questions that must be answered in order to understand why
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Tracey Richter is in jail for life.
Compiling the Evidence
Back when he first received the case, Special Agent Trent Viletas first assignment was
to find a motive for the crime. He early discounted the failed polygraph of Michael
Roberts, claiming on tape that Michael didnt believe in the second intruder, which in his
mind explained the deceptive results of the test. This directly contradicts Michaels own
statements to both the press, which is cited earlier, and to the public in offering a cash
reward for information leading to the arrest of the second intruder. Why would Special
Agent Vileta make such a spurious claim in contradiction to the facts as they were
publically known? Had his objective judgment already been so impaired by his
determination to see Tracey tried for murder that the facts no longer mattered?
Nevertheless, Special Agent Vileta believed he was onto something, and at this point
whatever facts didnt fit into his theory had to be in some way recast.
He zeroed in his investigative energy on Tracey. By fleshing out her background and
earlier relationship with her first husband John Pitman, he began to develop a profile of a
woman who in theory could pull the trigger on a friend. She was a gun owner, as was
Michael, and Pitman claimed she had brandished a gun at him in a family argument.
But was that the whole truth of that incident? Was Roberts here doing exactly what
county prosecutor Smith would later claim Tracey was doing in setting up the murder
plotwas Roberts simply taking a situation out of context in order to make himself look
good in a child support dispute? But Vileta was on the trail of something and continued
digging through her past until he could theorize with confidence that her past behavior
proved she could murder Dustin in cold blood.
But why would Vileta so easily dismiss a proven scientific conclusion in favor of flimsy
circumstantial evidence against the victim? It must have been something he found in
her background because he called her a con from way back. She had never struck
anyone. But what about Dustins, documented and erratic and violent behaviour? (see
document here) What about Michaels physically abusive relationshiop with his kids and
his own wife? By the standards Vileta had set up anyone of these were capable of
pulling the trigger. But Vileta was on a mission. Those facts didnt enter into his
equation. Vileta showed a distinct pattern in the investigation of discounting any
evidence that didnt fit into his theory. Take Mona Wehdes sworn statement in 2002, her
adamant assertion she had been manipulated in a love affair by a local con man and
Mafia thug in order to gain her confidence, access to her house, her phone, and her real
estate office, where she had a key to the Roberts home because of her real estate
business. Despite a promise to marry Mona and run away from his wife, the man,
Jeremy Collins, disappeared days after the murder. He paid off his car, his house, quit
his job, and he and his wife moved away. Mona never saw him again. Heartbroken by
the loss of her child and now duplicity of her illicit lover, she was mortified she might
have been unwittingly involved in the murder plot of her own son. She said as much in a
sworn deposition to the police in February 2002. Mona went on to say that she knew
Jeremy was involved in a range of illegal activitiesmoney laundering, drug dealing,
murder for hire, and more. Jeremy had even spoken to her son, according to phone
records, calling her house when she couldnt have been home, and only Dustin had
been. Could this have been the mysterious man Dustins notebook referred to?
Duty bound to follow up on such an auspicious lead, Special Agent Vileta took a plane
ride to Germany to interview Jeremy Collins. While he did file a report, it only consisted
of the fact that he asked Collins four questions. The alibi Collins gave if followed up by
Vileta would have proven false and only a single sheet of paper even showed the
interview had taken place. No need. Collins didnt fit into Viletas theory of why Tracey
shot Dustin.
Its impossible to pinpoint what exactly caused Vileta or when he crossed over the line
from neutral servant of the law to a biased investigator, intent on proving the guilt of
Tracey Richter. But the fact he did came from his own admission to his boss in an e-
mail where he reported that he was having trouble appearing to be neutral. He was now
a biased investigator, and he wanted Tracey Richter indicted for murder, and in order to
do that he had to fake it. He had to keep his bias to himself; he had to appear to be
objectively examining the evidence as it came to him. Because thats what the law
required of him; because thats what servants of the law are sworn to do.
His only problem was his boss, Sac County Attorney, Earl Hardisty. He had refused to
indict anyone for the charges simply because the evidence as he saw it was flimsy.
The crime scene had been too contaminated by emergency responders and police.
Then there was the issue of the crime scene itself undergoing a cleaning by city
employees and then released to Michael Roberts within 24 hours. Shortly after taking
the house back over, Roberts found a shell casing the CSI investigators had missed
and brought it to the police. Within weeks Roberts fails a polygraph and becomes the
prime suspect. The fact that Michael had failed a police polygraph was an obstacle that
none of the investigators could get around in pursuing suspects in the case. In the
original investigative reports compiled by Sac County Sheriffs Investigator in 2002 tell
Michael Roberts hes convinced the man knows more about the crime than hes saying.
Michael immediately ended the conversation.
Michaels refusal to cooperate and the deceptive results from the polygraph combined
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with the shoddy police work on the crime scene convinced the veteran prosecutor
Hardisty that charges against Richter wouldnt hold up in court. But none of this stymied
Special Agent Vileta. He had a theory to prove, and he was determined to explain the
truth as he saw it.
Examining the crime scene nearly eight years after the fact, after all the forensic
evidence had been wiped clean and long ago disappeared; Vileta determined that
innocent Dustin must have been lured to his death. The trajectories of the bullets proved
beyond a doubt, Tracey had casually stood by the side of the bed and fired away at a
young man who could not have been attacking her. This was a conclusion no other Sac
County officer had been able to come to, but Special Agent Vileta could and did. With
the crime scene evidence along with his profile on Tracey and his explanation of
Michaels failed polygraph, he now had his proof. But what Vileta didnt have was a
cooperative prosecutor who would see things his way. Not until January 1, 2011 when
the new man moved into the county prosecutors office, one Ben Smith.
The Notebook
What seemed like a mysterious clue with unknown relevance to the previous
investigators, to Ben Smith, the new DA, it was the prized last piece of a complicated
puzzle, one he had been searching for since he first heard of the case. Ben had a
meticulous way about his drive for justice, and he combed through the old case files
and found that one piece of evidence that he claimed investigators had never disclosed
existeda pink notebooka clue police didnt intend to announce until they understood its
relevance. It belonged to Dustin and it was found in the front seat of his car parked
outside Traceys house. It was a journal of sorts in Dustins handwriting, one of three
notebooks found that mentioned the name Pitman. Among other entries were cryptic
references to Traceys child custody struggles with her first husband, Chicago
physician, John Pitman. There was also a reference to a mysterious man who had
contacted him about killing Tracey. Smith knew the notebook was top secret and so
one night when he was at dinner at his girlfriends house, he mentioned to Mary Higgins,
his girlfriends mother, that there was more to the Tracey Richter shootings than most
people know about. When Mary replied, Oh, you mean that stupid notebook, it was
then Smith experienced a moment of epiphany worthy of Sherlock Holmes. It doesnt at
all defy imagination to assume that evening and on subsequent times, the new
prosecutor Ben Smith and his former campaign worker, Mary Higgins, discussed at
length their concerns about the guilt or innocence of Tracey Richter. But what about
that night at dinner? At the very least they discussed how he had just connected the
dots in the murder case he intended to file against Tracey.
The connection Smith said he made that night at Marys home was that Tracey could
not have known about the notebook and its contents unless she had fed Dustin the
incriminating information about John Pitman herself. Tracey must also have wanted the
notebook to be discovered, and somehow made sure Dustin carried it around in his car.
From there he concluded that all of the physical evidence in the case was a lie created
by Tracey to cover up the real facts: at the time of the break in Tracey was in the midst
of a nasty child custody dispute with John Pitman. Smith theorized that she had
planted the information about Pitman to pin the break in on him. And in order to
complete her monstrous scheme, she lured Dustin to the house that night, then
upstairs into her bedroom, and then shot him down in cold blood, then injured her own
neck with a pair of pantyhose, made up the story about the second intruder, coached
her young sons (Bert and Noah) in what to say happened, and then called 911.
But what if Smith didnt mention outright that he thought Tracey was guilty of first
degree murder. What if had merely implied that she had done it? Do words have to be
spoken in order for a servant of the law to communicate an opinion of guilt or
innocence? Every law school student knows that prosecutors are bound by the highest
ethical standards to assure every defendant receives a fair trial. Thats there sworn duty.
Thats how our justice system works. And therefore they are duty bound not to prejudice
a witness or a jury by communicating an opinion about the guilt or innocence of a
defendant. Courts recognize the power of prosecutors facial expressions and body
language to unfairly influence a jury, and when it is done, intentionally or
unintentionally, they consider it prosecutorial misconduct. Mary said in an interview
with Dateline that Ben went white at the moment of recognition of Marys knowledge of
the notebook. She knew what was going through Bens mind. Why would she remember
the incident so vividly if she didnt think Ben was convinced Tracey had committed
murder and not an act of self-defense? This is a reasonable assumption; one that is
only amplified by Marys other statements regarding the meaning of the multiple
identities of Tracey Richter. We dont know exactly when Mary cobbled together the
other disparate details she knew regarding Tracey Richter, and turned her friend of
many years into a murderess in her mind, but its fair to say it happened about or
shortly after that dinner with Ben Smith. If not why would that night be so central to the
memory of both of them?
The question that begs to be asked is would the murder trial of Tracey Richter have had
a different outcome if the key prosecutors witness had not been unfairly prejudiced and
unduly influenced? Its not unreasonable to doubt that with this kind of behind the
scenes influencing of one witness, it would become impossible for Tracey to get a fair
trial in the small counties surrounding Early, Iowa.
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The prosecutions case turned on two key witnesses. First, was Mary Higgins. Mary, as
we will see later, from the beginning had an insatiable interest in digging into Tracey
Richters life. Second, was Burt Pittman, who was only 11 at the time of the crime, but
ten years later he was even more adamant about his memories of that evening. The trial
hinged on who the jury would believe, a town busy-body and friend of the prosecutor, or
the only eye-witness to the gruesome event other than the victim herself.
But if Smith was going to convince a jury of his theory hed need to impugn the eye
witness testimony of Burt. At trial he would have to convince a jury Traceys son had
never seen what he said he saw or heard what he said he heard. And he would have to
convince the jury of Mary Higgins credibility. She became his star witness. Even though
she was a longtime friend of Tracey, she was also someone with her ear to ground in
Early who seemed to have at her disposal so many details about Tracey Richters life.
Details she was more than willing to pass along to Ben Smith. And Ben Smith never
fulfilled his duty to the public by disclosing to the defense his full and true relationship
with Mary Higgins. It wasnt until after Mary was deposed by the defense counsel that
their prior relations came to light. When questioned by the judge, Ben Smith assured
him he was merely an acquaintance of Marys, and his real friend was her husband. But
if thats the case, why didnt Smith disclose all of this beforehand. He had an ethical
duty to do so. Was this ethical lapse on Ben Smiths part intentional? Or is it just part
of a larger pattern of deception?
Was Mary Higgins a Reliable Witness?


Star witness Mary Higgins of Early Iowa seems to contemplate her facial expression
before glancing over to her self proclaimed Best Friend, Tracey Richter.
Mary Higginss testimony helped send Tracey Richter to jail for life. So its fair to ask,
was she an impartial witness? Or did her prior relationship with Sac County Prosecutor
Ben Smith color her sense of the truth? She worked for him during his election
campaign. Smith ate at her house, dated her daughter, and Mary became a source of
information. Later she told Ben Smith that Tracey had told her the second intruder wore
a ski mask. But Tracey had provided a description of the second intruder. Mary said
that made her wonder if Tracey was just making everything up. But who was making
things up? In a police report June 21, 2011, Cross Roads Caf owner, Robyn Padgett
tells a different story about Mary Higgins, one going back to shortly after the shooting.
Robyn helped Mona Wehde clean out Dustins room shortly after his death. In his room
they found a black notebook, which had cryptic, written in some type of coded writing.
Mona turned it over to Lt. Cessford later in the week. Mona and Robyn both knew about
a notebook, a black one In an interview with Sheriff McClure in June of 2011, Robyn
reported telling Mary Higgins about the notebook. So now Mary Higgins knew about the
notebook, not necessarily from Tracey, but from a completely different source and that
this notebook also referenced Pitman.
Further, Robyn stated that she spoke often to Mary who was always trying to get
Robyn to befriend Tracey Richter. According to the report, Padgett always felt that
Higgins was trying to get information from Padgett. And also said Mary Higgins is the
one who told her about the ski-mask. Later in the same report, McClure notes that
Padgett is mentioned in an e-mail he received from Tracey in March 2005 where she
mentioned the notebook that was found in Dustins bedroom. Robyn also reported that
she and Mary talked so much that she had taken pages of notes from their
conversations. It would be consistent with Marys personality that if she knew about a
pink notebook, it would have come up in her any of her numerous conversations. But
Mary never mentioned she knew anything about a pink notebook.
So what did Mary know? And what did she make up? And what did she tell Ben
Smith?
Theres a question if she even told the truth on the stand. Its common knowledge that
Mary Higgins worked on Ben Smiths election campaign, and that Ben openly dated
Abigail, Marys daughter during the time between his swearing in January 2011 and
Traceys arrest in mid-July. He admits he was at her house the night of his insight into
the case, and Marys admission regarding the pink notebook. She knew about the
notebook from her friend Robyn Padgett. But in court she said Tracey had told her
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everything. Mary had talked to her friend Robyn at great length about every aspect of
the case that Robyn filled a notebook full of notes. She went to great lengths to prompt
Robyn Padgett to befriend Tracey. Why did she have to do this if she and Tracey were
best friends? Why did she have this insatiable thirst for information about Tracey? What
was her motivation in prying into Traceys life? Well never know, but what we do know is
that Mary never told the entire truth under oath. Tracey claimed she never told anyone
about a pink notebook, because she wasnt aware of its existence. And Mary claimed
Tracey told her about it, all along shed learned about it from Robyn Padgett.
Who had the most to gain from killing Dustin?
Ben Smiths argument for prosecuting Tracey for first degree murder rested on a couple
of premises.
Tracey was in a battle over child support for her son Burt. John Pitman wanted to
cut off the $1000 a month she was receiving.
To do this she wanted to frame John Pitman for attempted murder and to keep her
plans secret she killed.
Yet, the facts remain that Michael Roberts made a secret deal with Mona Wehde, a
real estate agent, to sell all of their marital properties without Traceys knowledge. He
met secretly with her to discuss the deal just prior to the shooting of Dustin. Michael
was planning a move away from the area, and hed bring Tracey up to speed on it later.
Thats what he told Mona.
With Tracey out of the way, he would become sole owner of Xellex and Mile2 a
businesses which recently did $2 million dollars in new sales.
With Tracey out of the way Michael would own all of their property and could move
the kids where he wanted to. With Tracey out of the way Michael would be the
majority shareholder of Mile2, even after he provided Ray Friedman the equity he
had previously promised him.
With Tracey out of the way he could marry another woman, which he did even
before his divorce was final.
But Special Agent Vileta didnt see any connections or any reason to suspect Michael
Roberts because hed made up his mind about Traceys guilt and he had no intention of
backing down.
Was Justice Upheld?
The duty of a public prosecutor is to uphold justice by seeing that the law is applied
fairly. The typical mindset thats attributed to attorneys is that they are out to win their
case at any cost. Public defenders, on the other hand, are held to a higher standard.
They have a duty to avoid conflict of interests in their relationships with witnesses. They
have a duty to disclose any facts or evidence material to the case, even if it tends to
exonerate the accused. Under no circumstances are they to threaten, badger, or
tamper with witnesses by contaminating them with their own opinion as to the guilt of
the accused. They are not to present false or misleading evidence; or to use unreliable
or untruthful witnesses and snitches.
Ben Smith got Mary to testify about the pink notebook, the secret piece of evidence
that no one could possibly know about. But documents prove Mary Higgins, Robyn
Padgett and Mona Wehde knew about such a notebook with cryptic writing, even prior
to the 2004 civil trial in which Mona Wehde sued Tracey Richter and the crime scene
photos and other evidence became a part of the public record.
In 2004, 7 years prior to the Tracey Richter murder trial the
crime scene photo showing the Pink Notebook had been in the
public domain. Multiple notebooks with Dustins writing and the
name Pitman had been in the possession of Sac County Police.
Smiths theory was that the only one who could know about the contents of that book
was Tracey because it contained details about the relationship between her and John
Pitman. Yet, Michael Roberts admitted speaking to Dustin Wehde about John Pitman
and not painting a very pretty picture of Pitman Dustin was being mentored by Michael
and was in and out of their house on many occasions. Michael was so enraged over
Traceys struggles with her ex over their step-son that he admits in Twisted to
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personally wanting to kill John Pitman and another person from Illinois. What if Dustin
overheard a conversation? Tracey discussed these details in the family constantly.
Michael even threatened John Pitman on the phone that he had deep pockets and that
he would lose the child custody fight over his step-son, Bert. In Lt. Cessfords report,
the night of the break in when Tracey was in the hospital, Michael called the hospital
and the Lieutenant took the call. He asked the deputy to watch out for a car with an
Illinois license plate, that the man was dangerous; referring to the very men Michael
said he wanted to kill from Chicago. Why would Michael make those statements if he
didnt know the whole story about Tracey and Pitmans struggle over custody and child
support?
But a more troubling aspect of Ben Smiths ethical standards is his relationship with
Michael Roberts? After he was elected, he served as a character witness for Michael
Roberts in his efforts to get full custody of his children. This is not only a conflict of
interest, but Smith went one step further to assure and made sure Michael Roberts
remained in the Victims Witness Protections program so that he could not be
subpoenaed to testify in the Tracey Richter trial, nor be reported for the on-going child
abuse of Noah and Mason Roberts.
Why Witness Protection for Roberts?
Its common knowledge that witnesses under oath in a courtroom shouldnt not lie. But
whats more egregious is when the county prosecutor participates in that lie. One of the
forms of prosecutorial misconduct is the presentation of false testimony or evidence.
This is an absolute prohibition according to the Supreme Court: The prosecution cannot
present evidence it knows is false and must immediately correct any falsity of which it
is aware even if the false evidence was not intentionally submitted. Presenting false
evidence to the jury harms the defendants right to a fair trial by lying to the jury about
the evidence.
So how did Ben Smith commit prosecutorial misconduct? By allowing a prosecution
witnesses to knowingly lie, and to make sure his testimony could not be impugned, hid
Michael Roberts away in the victims witness protection program. Using this strategy
Ray Friedman allegedly could tell his lies about Michael Roberts alibi the night of the
shooting and not be questioned by the defenses cross examination of Roberts. Author
Note: It is outside the scope of this article but based on information and belief, Part 2
will detail howMichael Roberts and key prosecution witnesses shared in several million
dollars in business revenue and were helped by Sac County Prosecutor Ben Smith in
advance of the Tracey Richter trial.
Ray Friedman Lies to Cover for Roberts?
Shortly after the shooting, Ray and Marie had been interviewed by the police in 2001,
and his testimony favored the defense. The police uncovered that Ray Friedman was
paid $25,000 by Michael Roberts shortly after the shooting, supposedly for his work
done for Roberts Internet security company, which eventually evolved into a company
called Mile2.
Marie Friedman who was gave both a police interview prior to
when her husband was paid $25,000 by Michael Roberts or
became the CEO of Michael Roberts founded company Mile2,
recants her previous statements to police which would have
supported Tracey Richter.
It is alleged that the Friedmans knowingly lied on the witness stand as to how he
recollected events leading up to being paid a fee by Roberts, compared to what he told
police in interviews back in 2001. At Traceys trial Ray Friedman said he was paid the
$25,000 for work done at Roberts firm, and that he no longer worked for Michael
Roberts. Now he was self-employed and performed financial audits. In fact Ray
Friedmans testimony was that I left and got a better paying job and its been the same
since I left, He then estimated hed been on his new job for 3-4 years, which at the time
of a murder trial would be in 2007.
Ray Friedman has been the Chief Executive Officer of Mile2 since 2007. So who owns
Mile2? According to the records Michael Roberts founded Mile2 in 2001. The very same
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year of the attack. At the time Ray and Marie Friedman testified he knowingly lied
claiming he was a self-employed auditor he was in fact an officer of Mile2, which makes
him an employee / business partner of Michael Roberts.
Watch Raymond Friedman testimony here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0sCq4l9Hs8&feature=relmfu
Further, Michael Roberts used Mile2 in 2004 to transfer marital assets to Malaysia,
hiding them from his wife, Tracey. Mile2 is also the entity which provided Michael
Roberts a letter of employment and fraudulent W-2s for Roberts to purchase a home for
his then fiance, and the realtor on the transaction was Janet Christenson, Ray
Friedmans mother.
More alarming is that Mile2 solicits business for its Penetration Testing or Red Teaming
and those government agencies: U.S. Airforce, U.S. Marines, U.S. Army and Federal
Aviation Administration (see documents here) are used to solicit business recognizing,
Mile2 as the best in what laymans terms would be called hacking.
Michael Roberts soliciting business by showing a letter of recommendation by the Federal
Aviation Administration, to his Mile2 email roberts06@mile2.com. The letter states Mile2 has
hands-on-experience with attack tools daily and they claim to handle penetration and red
teaming training for the red teams of the military.
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More Tampering
Eight months prior to the murder trial both Fox News and consumer advocacy website
Ripoff Report reported on a hacking code allegedly used by Michael Roberts and called
his use of it criminal. I personally wrote a detailed expose that explained how Michael
Roberts used this hacking code to cover for a wealthy client physician who was
responsible for covering up the death of a patient.
I supplied Prosecutor Ben Smith documentation of how Michael Roberts had tampered
with the jury for the murder trial via the Internet. I even provided Attorney Smith with
evidence of an alleged juror who went onto the Internet, and was tampered with in the
manner I detailed, and claimed they convicted Tracey Richter solely on what they read
online, not the evidence presented at trial.
Within 48 hours of the time I submitted this evidence to Ben Smith; he sent all of it
directly to Michael Roberts rather than investigate the allegations. Sources have
confirmed that after Ben Smith relaying this information Michael Roberts created a
ghost of his hard-drive and also reinstalled his operating system.
Conflict of Interests
Ben Smith had a conflict of interest with his star witness, and failed to fully disclose all
aspects of that relationship to the Judge. Smith also had a conflict of interest in
befriending and supporting Michael in his quest to gain full custody of his children. He
did it despite knowing Michael was a child abuser according to the Iowa Childrens
Protective Services finding.
Justice = Just Us
There was no presumption of innocence on the part of Special Agent Vileta. He made
up his mind early on that Tracey was a con, and he ignored all of the evidence in front
of him that Michael had a history of domestic and child abuse, and had already
implicated himself with his failed polygraph test. Instead he focused on an argument
Tracey had with John Pitman and other events in her past that in his mind made her a
dishonest fraud. Vileta no doubt talked in this manner to the new county prosecutor and
Ben caught the bug of biased opinion. And this rigid view of Tracey took root early on in
Ben Smiths mind and it came out in his conversation with Mary Higgins. From his
reaction to Marys admission she knew about a notebook, it was evident hed lost his
perspective on Traceys possible innocence, and could not presume any longer that she
could be innocent. And did Tracey get a fair trial when the prosecution put an alleged
liar and town gossip on the stand, Mary Higgins. She lied about who she heard about
the notebook from, and her lie overshadowed the eye-witness account of a frightened
eleven year old. Because thats how Ben Smith impugned the testimony of a 21-year-
old Bert Pitman, by taking his testimony as a frightened kid ten years before and
compared it line for line, and parsing words and making him out to be a liar by saying
he didnt hear what he heard when he said his mother was attacked and nearly
strangled to death. The other eye witness (Noah Roberts) forced to live with his abusive
father, ironically placed in witness protection along with his sister Mason with the very
person they needed protection from their father. Strategically it was a brilliant move for
the young prosecutor because witness protection removed the other eye-witness to the
attack and made it impossible for Michael to be served. The hacking code which allows
jury tampering was utilized in this trial, but how many others? Is this the very reason for
the Prosecutors Office to have allowed all of this to happen? The hacking scandal
continues to rock the U.K., but many of the same players are allegedly involved with
Mile2 and Michael Roberts. And all this injustice has rolled down on the shoulders of
Tracey Richter, and she sits in cement cell, behind bars, for the rest of her life for
something she didnt do.
Authors Note: In this lucid discussion we examine significant revelations of systemic
wrongdoing in Sac County and Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. Perhaps the
culture of Iowa is different from that of other states in that denial of the truth is deeply
woven into its ethos. I was ignored when I called informational / tip-lines in Febru
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REBUTTALS & REPLIES:
Unprecedented Action from Ripoffreport.com regarding Darren Meade Posts....Ben
Smith Sac County Iowa Prosecutor Prosecutorial Misconduct | Tracey Richter Falsely
Convicted | Overwhelming Evidence Michael Roberts, Rexxfield
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#1 Consumer Comment
ETHICS ALERT TABLOID JOURNALIST
MICHAEL USHER; HANNAH BOOCOCK;
MARK BRITT - DELIBERATE FACTUAL
INACCURACIES & LIES / WARNING TO
POTENTIAL INTERVIEWEES of disgraced
60 Minutes Australia, Ninemsn
AUTHOR: Darren M. Meade - ()
SUBMITTED: Thursday, June 26, 2014
WARNING TO POTENTIAL INTERVIEWEES of disgraced 60 Minutes
Australia Tabloid Journalist Michael Usher.
More embarrassment for news Ninemsn and Mi9 when up-and-coming
journalist for the 60 Minutes Australia tabloid journalist website was
caught in a pay-for-placement conspiracy with a murder suspect Michael
Roberts / the estanged ex-husband of Tracey Richter. Roberts stole
millions of dollars in martial assets wiring them to Malayasia, Aruba and
Australia. Usher, then went about smearing the reputation of those trying
to help justice prevail.
The motivation for these despicable and unethical actions are still to be
determined, and should be uncovered in pending litigation. But the 60
Minutes Australia segment was crucial in Roberts being able to remove
his children in violation of a U.S. court order.
This is an incredibly convoluted story, but serves well to warn potential
interviewees about the character and ethics of this disgraced journalist
who is also linked to Ninemsn and Mi9.
More info:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Ben-Smith-Sac-County-Iowa-Prosecutor-
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Justice Reform Consortium letter in support of Tracey Richter
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/readers/2014/06/26/richter-
prosecutor-goes-far-added-punishment/11385245/
WATCH THIS VIDEO TO UNDERSTAND THE ALLEGED MOTIVATION OF WHY
MICHAEL ROBERTS HIRED TWO MEN TO KILL HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.
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#2 Consumer Comment
'Ka-Pow': Des Moines Register Editorial
Board whacks Prosecutor Ben Smith over
violating Tracey Richter's civil rights
AUTHOR: Darren M. Meade - ()
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, June 25, 2014
'Ka-Pow': Des Moines Register Editorial Board whacks Prosecutor Ben
Smith
Legal experts told The Des Moines Register that seizure order by Benjamin
Smith raised serious concerns about Richter's rights while she is confined
by the Department of Corrections.
Holy headlines! Read full story here:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/editorials/2014/06/24/judge-
correct-mistake-richter-case/11293701/
ZOINK!
New evidence, shows, Ben Smiths star witness at the Tracey Richter trial,
was in reality, his fiances mother.
It gets stranger, the power of Tracey Richters ex-husband Michael
Roberts has considerable reach. Robertss not only helped Ben Smith get
elected but also the County Attorneys in Buena Vista and Cherokee
County, Iowa. Roberts's snubbed his nose at contempt filing and court
orders and bragged about his ability to so ( see Report: #829963 on this
site rebuttal #1)
Robertss transferred large amounts of cash outside the country prior to
the deadly home invasion and sloppily, admitted to standing in the blood
of Dustin Wehde, and removing his car from the active crime scene.
Holy stupidity
Sources state that Smiths violation of Richters rights were to deprive her
of legal document, access to law library and being able to discuss he
upcoming appeal.
BAM!
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#3 Consumer Comment
Seriously ???
AUTHOR: Handsome LLC President - ()
SUBMITTED: Saturday, May 03, 2014
Seriously ???
By: Handsome LLC President, Byron
To assert that the facts presented in the prosecutorial misconduct case was
inappropriate and out of the scope of this website to address is ludicrous at best and
blatant ignorance at worse.
The potential negative, damaging and life~altering impact on an entire county; and this
is inclusive of every person living within the county lines, where there is a corrupt
prosecutor is tantamount to a local or state government being taken over by a rogue
regime.
As a citizen of that tragic county, knowing that there is no justice to be had within your
county borders is about the biggest 'Ripoff' a tax paying and law abiding citizen can
endure. No justice for those falsely accused and no justice for the families of those
innocently murdered.
Please share with me, your thoughts of any greater injustice, provide for us, your
thoughts of a bigger ripoff.
Think about and follow the logical conclusion of having a corrupt D.A. or Prosecutor in
your county when and if your home is burglarized and law enforcement has
apprehended the alleged perps. Ah, but wait. Please allow me to add one more
variable. The two alleged perps are the best friends of the county prosecutor.
I'm suspensefully awaiting the final ajudication of your case and if, due to the cozy
comraderie of the prosecutor and his old college football mates, evidence is withheld by
the prosecutor-pivotal evidence. Evidence on which the case turned, evidence that
ultimately (due to be with held) allows the perps to go free....Think you've been
'rippedoff' yet?
Respectfully,
Byron D. Grays, B.S., MPA, J.D.
Dallas/Ft.Worth TX
#4 Consumer Comment
Collateral Murder, theres something not
right about this?
AUTHOR: wolf technical in sheeps clothing - ()
SUBMITTED: Sunday, March 09, 2014
Dear Readers,
I am writing to make record of documents Michael Roberts Rexxfield asked me to
publish in his behalf.
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I worked with both Michael and Tracey. Michael wrote me often with kind, generous,
and quite lengthly biblical quotes, and has called me his "brother" and professed his
love for me.
Michael Roberts of Rexxfield, also owns Mile2.
Consequently, the attached sworn testimony of Michael Roberts, shows
despite fearful death threats against he and his family has been a terrorist hunter
and FBI informant since 2004. Mile2 accommodated Michael Roberts fearful
request, and moved all assets to Heidi Roberts of Finland via Sons Limited.
In light of this evidence and more, I request other refrain from further writing about
Michael Roberts and trying to defend his business partner, Tracey Richter.
As you can see, even if he and Ben Smith wrongfully convicted Tracey, how many
terrorist have been captured because of is work? I have a trial
of correspondence which clearly shows others (not Michael) may have been selling
government secrets.

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#5 Consumer Comment
Ben Smith admitted he lied. listened to
confidential phone calls and withheld
evidence on more than one case.
Corruption continues. Michael Roberts
learned about dirt on Ben Smith since
2001
AUTHOR: Buena Vista University - ()
SUBMITTED: Saturday, March 01, 2014
I work with local government here
in Cherokee County, Iowa. When this
website first came out many laughed and
said, none of this could be true. Like
others I see they were at first influenced
as I was by my piers and superiors.
Today, many others I know believe as I
do, there is only some things that are on
this site that are a joke and I guess the
joke is on us, and well deserved. I have to
admit; this site has given much needed
pressure to stop those who will take
advantage of the less fortunate and many
wrongfully convicted inmates in Iowa.
Police in both Sac and Cherokee
County are not as rambunctious, they
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even joke about this website. I've heard it
with my own ears.
Recently I was privy to
conversations where Mr Smith who I
respect, or thought I respected. He did
not know others were listening at the time
and what we heard was outrageous.
Mr Smith admitted that he had withheld
important information on criminal several
cases to get a conviction where they all
(he bragged) are still serving time.
Mr Smith stated, he never liked anyone of
them anyway that they were all scumbags
that needed to be put away anyway.
Ben Smith should be punished for his
crimes. If I had heard this second had I
would have never believed it.
Also a known fact, he is has had a
relationship with Michael Roberts since
2001 when they met at Buena Vista
University. Ben Smith was at Buena Vista
University - Michael had some
embarassing information about Ben
Smith deleted. He did this as Michael's
company did work at Buena Vista
University and sparks flew between the
two. My girlfriend worked in
administration for Buena Vista University
and said she forwarded the attached
documents to prove the relationship
between Michael and Ben but she was
then threatened if she told anyone else.
Michael Roberts company name was
Xellex here is a copy of the contract my
girlfriend sent along with other
documents to prove Michael and Ben's
relationship.
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#6 General Comment
I dont understand...
AUTHOR: someonesmother - ()
SUBMITTED: Saturday, March 01, 2014
....because I am a nurse that after 25 yrs plus years of experience has found late in
life that I have an interest in the US legal system. Iam an avid reader as well. Since
2009 I have read many court documents includening sworn testimony of more
murder cases in US history than I can count. The cases since the 60s have taken
an interesting swing. Especially cases since the late 70s. More and more you can
google about any given case during those time periods and will see nearly identical
complaints across the board across this nation. Complaints of complete innocence,
to prosecutorial misconduct. But rarely are defendants willing to accept
responsibility for their actions. They want a deal, to blame others, anything but
accept responsibility. The syndrome then snow balls out of control. Beginning often
with the parents and family of the defendant . The claims grow and grow until you
find great claims of all kinds of wrong doing other than any responsibility taking! The
claims all sound alike! They begin to sound so much alike that I find myself
nauseated in fact.
I am the mother of 6. I buried 1 child and sent another to wars that I dont agree with
4 times! He isnt the same despite returning but he served well, proud and for
honorable reasons. But when those experiences brought him to where he chose to
break the law rather than seek the help I desperately sought and pointed him
towards I turned him in to law enforcement myself! Because it was right, because
others could get hurt, because he could get hurt because if he was to ever be ok
again thats what it was going to take! I didnt bury my head in the sand, I didnt make
excuses and I forbid him to make excuses! He is angry and I I die with him still
angry then so be it! Parents, we are always a parent if our chikd is in crisis yes!
But if we continue on this path we are flushing this country down the toilet and our
children and grandchildren have their hands on the handle....do we continue and let
them flush us into the sewers and into a hell we may never return from? Or is it time
for responsibility in this country for actions taken? I submit to YOU its time to stop
with this nonsense! Not one of you really care about this women or her children.
The Jodi Arias is Innocent types dont really care about her either. They were Casey
Anthony freaks b4 that! You are all making it worse in one way or another with
articles like those here! Its time to stop! ..... someones mother....
#7 Consumer Comment
Looks like a typical idiot.
AUTHOR: diamondback - ()
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, February 25, 2014
This Ben Smith jerk looks like a typical jack@$$. Somehow, these clowns all have
a certain "look" to them. That "look", just screams "I am a thieving, lying,
backstabbing piece of garbage".
#8 Consumer Comment
Re-investigation Uncovers Evidence of
Innocence: Attorney Ben Smith Sac
County Iowa Eaves Dropped on
Confidential Calls Between Tracey Richter
and Defense Counsel
AUTHOR: Darren M. Meade - ()
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, February 18, 2014
WARNING!...CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS IN NORTH DAKOTA,
SOUTH DAKOTA, MINNESOTA, WISONSIN AND IOWA.
POSSIBLE CASES CAN BE OVERTURNED / PROSECUTOR BEN SMITH
SWORN TESTIMONY PROSECUTORS LISTENING TO 'OCCASIONAL'
CONFIDENTIAL CALLS NOT DELETED BY RELIANCE TELEPHONE SYSTEMS.
NEWS ANALYSIS AND OPINION
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Sac County Attorney Ben Smithin his zealous pursuit to bring criminal
charges against his business associates estranged ex-wife failed to
disclose he attempted to help Tracey Richters ex-husband get a business
loan and when that attempt failed 4 months later he charged Tracey
Richter for murder.
Ben Smith's business associate, Michaael Roberts has openly confessed
that he was at the witnessed the body, blood and brain matter of Dustin
Wehde at the crime scene.
The stretch and improper conduct of prosecutor Ben Smith according to his
sworn testimony also included listening to privelaged calls between
Tracey Richter and her defense counsel recorded by the Reliance Inmate
Telephone system which 'occasionally' does not delete all confidential
calls. It was egregious and intentional because he then reviewed the
recorded calls.
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#9 Consumer Comment
DATELINE NBC POEM...
AUTHOR: Karl - ()
SUBMITTED: Monday, January 27, 2014
is available at this site. Just type in 529757 and it appears in the consumer
comments section at Ripoff Report #529757. The poem currently appears at
Consumer Comment #72.
WELCOME TO DATELINE NBC- WE SERVE AND PROTECT THE CARTEL OF
CORRUPT AND GREEDY INDIVIDUALS WHO ULTIMATELY CONTROL THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA, MUCH OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM, THE PRICE OF OIL,
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, THE U.S. MILITARY, THE NSA, WALL STREET, AND
JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE IN THIS CORRUPT AND EVIL COUNTRY THAT
IS FALLING APART RIGHT IN FRONT OF EVERYONE'S EYES
#10 UPDATE EX-employee responds
Newly discovered facts Michael Roberts
Planted The Pink Note Book
AUTHOR: DCI / INSIDER- ()
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The Pink Notebook wasnt fingerprinted until 2009 when it was found to have 13
readable fingerprints. Ten were Dustins, none were Tracey Richter Roberts, but
Jeremy Collins and my ex-husband Michael Robertss fingerprints were
never compared to the unknown prints.
In addition, the former county attorney Earl Hardisty made multiple requests to have
DCI put Jeremy Collins in a photo line-up for Tracey to see if she could identify him
as the second intruder and they refused. Trent Vileta wrote in an email to Sheriff
McClure in 2010 that he was having a very hard time appearing to be neutral.
Trent Vileta misled Mona Wehde and changed the tone of her testimony by telling
her that Michael Roberts had been cleared of any wrong-doing in the death of Dustin
Wehde. However, in fact there is no record in the discovery of any interviews with
Michael Roberts after his failed polygraph in 2002 when he ws found to be deceptive
with 99% certainty when he gave the following responses:
Did you arrange for Dustin Wehde to be in your house December 13th? No.
Did you plan in advance for Dustin to be in your home December 13th? No.
Do you know the identity of the 2nd intruder in your home on Dec. 13th? No.
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#11 REBUTTAL Individual responds
It has been an age old expression
AUTHOR: Ida Grove - ()
SUBMITTED: Saturday, December 14, 2013
Michael Roberts ("The Swinger") is famous for his kinky lifestyle and epic
failures. Sucking up as Ben Smith's "Right Hand" man, sources at Sac
County Attorney Office verify Michael was a specialist in ORAL argument.
Michael Roberts and Ben Smith known for switch-hitting, later moved on
to play pimp for other team members. In fact, Michael got caught on tape
telling tales about Smith's dark past. What will be revealed?
It has been an age old expression "It's who you know and who you blow!".
And is continuing on here in our hole in the earth Storm Lake. Another
issue on which Ben advocates is Domestic Violence. He supports the
abuser's who hurt their victims. Like Michael Roberts again.
Of course at some point during Michael's criminal activities and Ben's
brushing it under the rug. Michael needed to put on the wire and turn on
one of the two sides he's been playing for quite some time. But what kind
of example does this set for the local youth?
The next time people want to shake their finger at the youth gone wild or
their parents they should take a better look at the people who are
supposed to be role models. Lets hope we can have a nice farewell to Ben
and hopefully, we can actually clean up the streets of drug scum and other
criminals! Will we ever really see justice served across the board to all in
our small town?

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#12 Consumer Comment
Finally A Prosecutor Goes To Jail...Ben
Smith Next?
AUTHOR: Civil Rights - ()
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, November 19, 2013
In Texas, a former D.A. has made history by becoming the first prosecutor in U.S.
to suffer criminal punishment for failing to turn over exculpatory evidence.
Former Williamson County D.A. who was named the 1995 Prosecutor of the Year
by the State Bar of Texas -- was sentenced to 10 days in jail for a criminal
contempt charge. His crime was evidence tampering, hiding evidence that was
favorable to Michael Morton, who was on trial for the 1986 murder of his wife.
Morton was innocent, to be sure, and Anderson violated a court order when the
judge asked him whether he had any evidence that was favorable to Morton, and
Anderson said no.
As a result of then-prosecutor Anderson's blatant misconduct, Morton languished in
prison for nearly 25 years -- all for a crime he did not commit. DNA testing made
him a free man in 2011. And yet, a little over a week in jail seems like an insult of a
punishment, given the damage done to an innocent man.
Nevertheless, no other prosecutor in this country has seen even a single day in jail
for evidence tampering, and yet we know that many others certainly have committed
the same offense.
While there are many honest prosecutors out there who are doing their job, some
D.A.s game the system for the purposes of adding another notch to their belt, to
enable them to climb the ladder and fulfill their political ambition. For them, winning
in the adversarial system of justice, apparently, is far more important than ensuring
justice is served, and that only the truly guilty are punished.
John Thompson, spent 18 years in prison -- 14 of them on death row -- for a
robbery-murder someone else committed. He was housed in Louisiana's infamous
Angola State Penitentiary, the former slave plantation, in solitary confinement. As
his seventh execution date approached, an investigator uncovered evidence of his
innocence which the Orleans Parish District Attorney's office had hidden for 15
years -- a crime lab report.
A jury awarded Thompson $11 million for each year he had spent on death row.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the award. Writing the coldblooded
opinion of the court, Justice Clarence Thomas concluded that the D.A.'s office was
not liable for the Brady violation committed by one of its prosecutors, a lone actor,
based on Thompson's failure-to-train theory.
There are many other victims of prosecutorial misconduct, and they are not rare
exceptions. For example, Joe D'Ambrosio spent 20 years on death row in Ohio,
although there was no evidence he was at the crime scene. A federal judge threw
out his conviction after finding that prosecutors failed to turn over exculpatory
evidence.
Tracey Richter is going to be a rich women!!



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#13 UPDATE EX-employee responds
Wrongful Revenge : Ben Smith Send
Lovers Wife to Prison
AUTHOR: Co-Worker of Benjamin Smith - ()
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, November 06, 2013
I never thought I would be writing this, especially here on this website Rip-off Report.
I guess I am just like others I read about here.
I work with local government here in Iowa. When this website first came out
many laughed and said, none of this could be true. Like others I see they were
at first influenced as I was by my piers and superiors. Today, many others I
know believe as I do, there is only some things that are on this site that are a
joke and I guess the joke is on us, and well deserved. I have to admit; this site
has given much needed pressure to stop those who will take advantage of the
less fortunate and many employees in the SAC and Buena Vista Counties,
mistreatment of employees is not as blatant, police are not as rambunctious,
they even joke about this website. I've heard it with my own ears.
Recently I was privy to conversations by Mr Smith who I respect, or thought I
respected. He did not know others were listening at the time and what we heard
was outrageous. Mr Smit admitted that he had withheld important information
on several criminal cases to get a conviction where they all (he bragged) are still
serving time. Mr Smith stated, he never liked anyone of them anyway that they were
all scumbags that needed to be put away anyway.
Ben Smith should be punished for his crimes. If I had heard this second had I would
have never believed it.
Also a known fact, he is having a bisexual relationship with Michael
Roberts Nothing-new there.
JL Early, Iowa
U.S.A
#14 UPDATE EX-employee responds
Federal Drug Task Force in 2002 Blew the
Whistle on Mike Roberts 1/2 lb Meth Habit
AUTHOR: Eyes for Lies - ()
SUBMITTED: Monday, October 28, 2013
Ben Smith, hooked up with another shady character, Michael Roberts. Birds of a
feather What follows is nothing less than a battle between right and wrong the
Federal Drug Task Force provided eye witness testimony of Mike Roberts having 1/2
lb of Meth delievered to his house in Early, Iowa.
Ben Smith crossed the line. In all fairness he had been given plenty of chances to
withdraw remarks and cease what he was doing, which in essence was hiding his
financial relationship with Roberts and ignoring interviews claiming the home
invasion was caused by Mike not paying his drug dealers. He (Roberts) promised to
be home and instead left his wife and three young children to pay his debt.
At this point I think any normal person would have just disappeared and called it a
day without getting into any more hot water. But Ben Smith just couldn't quit
helping his close personal friend.
#15 REBUTTAL Owner of company
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TURNCOAT : Mike Roberts gives up
supporters to save himself
AUTHOR: Authorized Squealer - ()
SUBMITTED: Thursday, October 24, 2013
2013-10-24
Somehow the Feds got Michael 'Canary' Roberts to cooperate and
that is a good thing. Perhaps it a teachable moment that someone
else should take note of and QUICK!


#16 UPDATE Employee
BEN SMITH'S GOOSE IS COOKED
AUTHOR: Who-dun-it - ()
SUBMITTED: Saturday, October 12, 2013
If Smith had one firing synapse, he would purge himself of this sordid case and
admit he was duped by Michael and Heidi Roberts. Why prolong this pain...perhaps
the financial loan he tried to help Michael Roberts Rexxfield obtain (SEE HERE) has
something to do with it?
#17 UPDATE Employee
Ben Smith comes from a long line of
corruptors.
AUTHOR: Who-dun-it - ()
SUBMITTED: Thursday, October 10, 2013
This sort of prosecutorial misconduct occurs very frequently, aided and abetted by
incompetent criminal defense work. I currently have a case of a juvenile
convicted of felony murder (life without parole) where the district attorney, now a
judge, deliberately refused to investigate, resulting in a innocent boy spending more
than a decade in prison.
A couple years ago, another juvenile direct filed murder defendant, had his
conviction thrown out after more than 10 years behind bars. The two prosecutors
had both become judges. The hearings showed they and the police hid a
remarkable amount of exculpatory evidence from the defense. The hearings
never went that far, but if they had raised ineffective assistance of counsel, they
would have won that, too.
We have one of the worst criminal justice systems in the world, with rampant
prosecutorial misconduct, ineffective defense lawyers, a politician judges. America
has more people in prison than any country in the world, and has more people
embroiled in prison or probation or parole than Joseph Stalin had in his gulags
during WWII. Yes, Americans love to demonize Stalin, but he looks like a big softie
compared to the vicious people who rune Americas justice system.

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#18 Consumer Comment
Darren,
AUTHOR: Karl - ()
SUBMITTED: Friday, October 04, 2013
I believe that the legal system and the mainstream media in this country are nothing
but a BIG joke! They both protect the greedy and corrupt individuals, along with the
greedy and corrupt corporations, who have destroyed the lives of millions upon
millions of innocent people that live in this country and in other countries all over the
world.
Our nation is collapsing. It cannot be denied. Even our so-called 'leaders' in
Washington DC protect the cartel of corrupt individuals who ultimately control our
corrupt and diseased system. Feel free to 'Google' the following videos and
documentaries and watch them on the web for proof-
1) EX-SALT LAKE MAYOR ROCKY ANDERSON FORMER DEMOCRACY NOW
2) AMERICA: FREEDOM TO FASCISM
3) WHO OWNS THE FED BANK WHO CONTROLS WHO VIDEO
4) FRONTLINE: INSIDE THE MELTDOWN
5) FRONTLINE: THE WARNING
6) YOUTUBE FALL OF THE REPUBLIC
7) WHO CONTROLS THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY BY MAJORITY 2010
8) LEGALIZED PLUNDER OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE G EDWARD GRIFFIN
9) RON PAUL'S BROTHER ON FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Good luck to you, and make sure to spread your Ripoff Report all over the web at
sites like Twitter and Facebook!
WELCOME TO THE LEGAL SYSTEM & THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IN AMERICA-
WE ARE ULTIMATELY BEING CONTROLLED BY A CARTEL OF CORRUPT AND
GREEDY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DESTROYED THE LIVES OF MILLIONS
UPON MILLIONS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE AND ALL OVER THE
WORLD


#19 REBUTTAL Owner of company
Anatomy of a Murder: A Real-Life
Whodunit Corrupt Prosector and His
Partner Michael Roberts Rexxfield
Authorized Witness Intimidation
AUTHOR: Darren M. Meade - ()
SUBMITTED: Thursday, October 03, 2013
This Video is my news analysis and opinion.
Documents in the video are available for law enforcement and news media.
The murder of Dustin Whede is sad, but the conviction of Tracy Richter
Roberts is a travesty of Justice and is going to be very costly to Sac County
if they dont act soon.
Dear Pubic officials of Sac County ..
your county imprisoned wrongfully Tracy Richter Please view this video. You will
kick yourself later for not watching this.
You will understand why Michael Roberts Rexxfield and SAC County Prosecutor
Ben Smith will likely be desperate to get this video removed from the Internet, just
like they have with other incriminating documents, videos and articles they
successfully had removed from other forums and search engines, even documents
from county offices / agencies are now gone. Documents in the video were all part of
discovery but never used and not lost by the defendant. (The attorney for Tracy
Richter Roberts had most but never used any of the featured evidence at trial.)
Threats from Roberts to remove evidence and letters from a County Prosecutor have
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Every government office, like every bank and every police department, trusts its
employees to uphold central principles, Sac County Prosecuting Attorney Ben
Smith, repeatedly violated the cardinal tenet, which is simply truth. His tools of
deceit even included witness intimidation, lost evidence and a long relationship with
Michael Ross Roberts Rexxfield.

The systematic prosecutorial misconduct cannot be explained within a single video.
It took 32 video's, this is only Part 2.
This Video is my news analysis and opinion.
I published this because I believe in doing what is right. Others featured in
the video will claim otherwise. My name is Darren M. Meade and I am an
advocate for victims of injustice. I will not relent until the truth has been
documented. Read more about this.
Documents in the video are available for law enforcement and news media.

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#20 Consumer Comment
A MUST READ!! HOW CAN THEY GET
AWAY WITH IT??
AUTHOR: the prophet 1123 - ()
SUBMITTED: Thursday, August 01, 2013
http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/laser-plus-spa/carle-place-new-
york-11514/laser-plus-spa-kenneth-kaufman-ownerconsultant-
laser-plus-spa-is-a-filthy-place-and-bur-954682
#21 Consumer Comment
Jamison White and Orbit Radio
AUTHOR: Psiborg - ()
SUBMITTED: Sunday, May 12, 2013
Wow...so sorry to hear you got taken by such a Pro scammer...a little research
beforehand may have tipped you off. He stole the Business name of a now defunct
Jamison White Productions in Washington State, they were directly associated
with...you guessed it Orbit 7 Radio...you need to speak to the FBI about this clown
as well as get a lawyer and file suit against him and his ( I am guessing ) non-
existent "Insurance man"
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#22 General Comment
Not her Attorney
AUTHOR: Psiborg - ()
SUBMITTED: Sunday, May 12, 2013
So I take it you re a Child Beater as well ?...based on your anger about the
comment you are either "Crazy Mike" himself or you condone / are a Child Beater.
#23 General Comment
Everyone in town called him Crazy Mike
Roberts!
AUTHOR: Bethany - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Roberts, beat his 4 year old son Noah till he quivered like a beaten dog every time
his Dad came near him. And he had it the best of all the Roberts children. Those
kids lost all their friends because parents would not allow their kids around Crazy
Mike because they would come home with welts on their bodies. Mary Higgins even
testified under oath (pages 14, 20-21) into failing Mason, Noah and Burt because
she stopped reporting the abuse see:
http://cyberbountyhuntersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/Higgins-In-Defense-of-
Tracey-Richter-2005.pdf
#24 Consumer Comment
How in anyway is this a rip off
AUTHOR: Mark - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, March 05, 2013
First of all, this was not YOUR lawyer. You did not hire him, therefore it is not a rip
off to YOU! Secondly, this isn't even about you.
#25 General Comment
Class action lawsuit against Sac County
Iowa, Ben Smith
AUTHOR: Light Be - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Friday, February 08, 2013
Check out this announcement by Sac County citizens, and more victims of Ben
Smith.
http://www.ripoffreport.com/dean-stock-rick-hech/city-officials/sac-city-iowa-
fef15.htm
#26 REBUTTAL Owner of company
Sac County Ben Smith and Michael
Roberts continues intimidation, threats
and scare tactics to keep evidence and
documents from the public
AUTHOR: Darren M. Meade - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Friday, February 01, 2013
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From Investigative Reporter Darren M Meade: Thank you to the post by
"ToXiCoFfEnDeR" for further proving the contents of my story.
You'll note that in the story, I specifically report that Tracey Richter was falsely
convicted that overwhelming evidence leads to estranged husband Michael Roberts,
Rexxfield with his failed polygraph, witness intimidation, evidence tampering,
Prosecutors improper relationship with start witnesses & Michael Roberts.
In some cases, extortion; threats and intimidation were used against the
prosecutorial misconduct victims.
True to form, as soon as my story is posted documenting the threats and
intimidation by Ben Smith to suppress evidence and documents showing Michael
Roberts attempted extortion against Ripoff Report and its founder Ed Magedson,
someone named "ToXiCoFfEnDeR" appears on Ripoff Report to try and prevent
people from learning seeing the document by making scandalous allegations of a
virus in the PDF files -- all false -- and of course, all anonymous.
Anyone who knows me knows that this silliness posted by "ToXiCoFfEnDeR" is vile,
lying anger posted by a very disturbed person.
More importantly, though, it proves that my story is true.
On 1-14-2013 I reported and provided third party documents proving the attempted
extortion of Ripoff Report and its founder Ed Magedson by Michael Roberts of
Rexxfield / Mile2
On 1-16-2013 I reported and uploaded the PDF file of a - sworn affidavit which states
Ben Smith became belligerent and tried to intimidate and threaten Former
Prosecutor to Suppress Exculpatory evidence in Tracey Richter Trial.
All I can guess is that by using the scare tactic of the an virus in the PDF files along
with them turning me into the FBI, they are hoping to use the legal system to
intimidate me, cause me harm and to keep you dear reader from seeing these
documents and setting an innocent woman free while exposing the corruption of
Sac County,Iowa.
Could it be a stretch that "ToXiCoFfEnDeR" is Michael Roberts? That he panicked in
my last report in which I placed the PDF files documenting his attempted extortion
against Ripoff Report and its founder Ed Magedson? Once again, here are the
documents proving Michael Roberts extortion of Ripoff Report.
Also for the record, I wasn't paid to write this story. I wrote it for one reason, and
that is to protect the public. Judging by the contents of the posts by
"ToXiCoFfEnDeR," my instincts -- as well as my reporting -- are obviously correct.
Sadly, lost on "ToXiCoFfEnDeR" is the fact that innocent, hard-working people have
been victimized time and again by the corruption in Sac County, Iowa. Extreme
cruelty has been inflicted on good,
honest people, and none of the corrupt elected and public servants have an ounce of
remorse about it. Just take a look at the other victims in Sac County
http://www.ripoffreport.com/dean-stock-rick-hech/city-officials/sac-city-iowa-
fef15.htm
Very troubling and further proof that law enforcement in this case is failing the
residents of Sac County.
I'm sure I'll be further libeled and defamed because I'm willing to stand up to this
wickedness,
but in the end, doing what's right always triumphs.
And unlike many of the victims, I can't be intimidated by online defamation, lawyers,
or anyone else.
Sincerely (and not anonymously),
Darren M Meade
PS
Here again are the PDF files which frightened are anonymous ToXiCoFfEnDeR
1) Michael Roberts attempted extortion of Ripoff Report and its founder Ed
Magedson
2) Diagram Michael Roberts enclosed with his extortion of Ripoff Report
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3) Rexxfield and Michael Roberts planning session on extorting Ripoff Report and
search engine Google.
4) Sworn affidavit states Ben Smith became belligerent and tried to intimidate and
threaten Former Prosecutor to Suppress Exculpatory evidence in Tracey Richter
Trial
5) Mona and Brett Wehde seeking to place Dustin Wehde into due to his
violent outburts against Mona.
http://www.ripoffreport.com/common/files/Michael_Roberts_Polygraph_Results.pdf
#27 Consumer Comment
poor little troll
AUTHOR: ToXiCoFfEnDeR- (USA)
SUBMITTED: Friday, January 18, 2013
I called that news station and mentioned you and this site, they cracked up
laughing.
Oh by the way, the PDF you uploaded has a trojan, we made sure to report it of
course, but wow, using the site to spread viruses, I think we'll need the feds to look
at that. I'll send them a copy of the infected file and the contact info for you.
#28 UPDATE Employee
Sac County Sheriff Ken McClure & DA
Ben Smith ass clown hall of fame
AUTHOR: Black Hawk Lake - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, January 17, 2013
Sheriff, and DA, warned about murder suspects behavior in jail, and ignore it. They
do not even warn the criminals mother who they new he would be staying with upon
his release about his new violent fantasies. Within 2 days of being released he
murders his mom in Early and kidnaps a girl from storm lake to rape. He must of
learned time management skills in prison, because he sure made the most of his 48
hours of freedom.
Sac County officials aka dumasses, have been blinded by the Hollywood lights, TV
interviews, and forgotten about us. The local toilet rag papers, play along as
everyone is star struck with being on TV. To busy to warn a mother in Early or
simply watch this person upon release. It seems like I am simply like most others
on this site, trying to find a voice to be heard. And to think, this Tracey Richter case
will soon be overturned and what happens when she gets a new trial? How much will
that cost us? The whole case was on a 'secret' pink notebook? LOL anyone else
notice the car inventory of that kids car it lists the pink notebook, people knew
about the notebook in 2001.
Here''s a link to another new agency see how the locals are sickened by all of this?
http://www.kwwl.com/story/20546507/2013/01/09/sheriff-was-warned-about-murder-
suspects-behavior-in-jail
#29 Consumer Comment
Sac County Board of Supervisors (Dean
Stock, Rick Hecht, Ranell Drake, Jack
Bensley) corrupt public servants and
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elected officials? These Types of Issues
Never Took Place When Earl Was In Office
AUTHOR: WE_MISS_EARL - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Ben Smith and Sheriff McClure not only are going to cause the tax payers to pay for
a new trial in the Tracey Richter case, and court settlements for victims Trevino and
the undisclosed kidnap victim mentioned here:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/dean-stock-rick-hech/city-officials/sac-city-iowa-
fef15.htm
Ben Smith is now a murderer. He, is responsible for Marilyn's death. Iowa
Department of
Corrections were powerless to keep a violent predator behind bars or put him under
supervision. Iowa Department of Corrections warned the Sheriff but Sac County
Attorney Ben Smith denied the Sheriff to warn Marilyn of the Mt. Pleasant prison
concerns. THATS HIS JOB AS SAC COUNTY ATTORNEY!
He blew his responsibility, something Earl Hardisty never did. We are in trouble, the
lawsuits are going to be crippling, lets cut or losses with Ben Smith.
#30 UPDATE EX-employee responds
Explanation of an Appeal vs write of
Habeas Corpus: New Evidence Cannot Be
Admitted During the Appeal
AUTHOR: Darren M. Meade - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Monday, January 14, 2013
Dear Toxic Offender:
May I explain what the differences between an Appeal vs writ of Habeas Corpus?
What is an Appeal?
An appeal is basically a review of the trial to determine whether it was fair.
Generally, the court reviews the actions of the trial judge. That means they review
any rulings made either before or during trial to determine they were correct. Except
in rare cases, the court does not review the jury verdict to determine whether it
thinks it is correct.
Will the Court of Appeals Address Guilt?
The court can address guilt in very limited manner. They will review a verdict to
determine whether there is any evidence to support, which there almost always is.
In some cases, the court can review the verdict to determine whether it is
"manifestly unjust." It is important to realize that the court assumes the jury
resolved any conflicts in the evidence in favor of the state. This means that they will
not determine for themselves whether certain witnesses were truthful. If your claim
is based on proving the witnesses lied, you are not going to be successful.
Are there any limitations on what can be raised?
Since the court reviews what the trial court did, they generally are limited to
reviewing trial court rulings. This means that if there was some error which was not
objected to, there is nothing to review. The court also is limited to the written record
of the trial. Newevidence cannot be admitted during the appeal.
What is a writ of Habeas Corpus?
Habeas corpus is a legal proceeding through which you can challenge a final
conviction.
When can a writ be filed?
Because habeas corpus involves an attack on a final conviction, it cannot be filed
until all the appeals have been decided. As long as an appeal is pending, the
conviction is not final. The appeal process has to be completed before the new
evidence can be introduced.
What relief can be obtained?
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The relief a defendant can obtain through a writ of habeas corpus is to have the
conviction set aside. That means the case will sent back to the trial court. The trial
court then must decide the case by either a trial, or some other disposition. Despite
what many people think, the Court has no authority to do anything other than
reverse the conviction. This is why it is only a matter of time before Tracey Richter
will be granted a new 'fair' trial.
This bizarre case with former prosecutors being threatened and intimidated to
suppress exculpatory evidence, improper relationship with star witnesses, allowing
witnesses to knowingly lie, absurd assumptions, witness intimidation, incompetent
forensic work and disregarded evidence that not only attest to Tracey Richters
innocence but points toward another suspect who has a history of violence, bipolar II
diagnosis and a personal relationship with the Sac County Attorney, Ben Smith.
Sac County Attorney Ben Smith has relations with Michael Roberts, Rexxfield
whom is the estranged ex-husband of Tracey Richter. In October of 2011 a joint
email baring both Roberts and Smiths email addresses is sent to Googles Legal
Department. The letter is a Cease and Desist claiming jury and witness tampering
will take place unless Google de-indexes web pages implicating Michael Roberts
admitting to the attempted murder of his wife (Tracey Richter). The majority of that
content, and any positive content was removed or pushed back into Google oblivion.
Many journalists then accepted this censored characterization of events and some
embellished it. Emotions were perilously high when the Tracey Richter was found
guilty as she was convicted in the press.
The evidence against Tracey Richter began to wither immediately.
Ripoff Report became a crowd source investigation platform and people began to
contact me through Cyber Bounty Hunters and provide new evidence and copies of
emails such as the October 2011 email to Googles legal department.
Michael Roberts, Paul Portelli and the other partners in Rexxfield conspired on a
plan to create a systematic smear campaign against Ripoff Report and Google, and
then extort them to cease the campaign.
Exhibits
1-28-2011 Michael Roberts Rexxfield Planning Session against Ripoff Report and
Google
1-28-2011 Unedited Audio of Rexxfield discussing Google-Cide
3-11-2011 Michael Roberts Attempted Extortion Letters to Ripoff Report
3-11-2011 Michael Roberts Flow Chart Utilized In Alleged Extortion
#31 General Comment
New Evidence? Isn't Ben Smith
threatening the former Prosecutor to
Suppress Evidence For Tracey Richter To
Have a Fair Trial Enough?
AUTHOR: Cross Roads Cafe - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, January 13, 2013
The Prosecution in the Tracey Richter trial sounds more like the remake of 'One flew
over the cuckoo's nest'. Folks a sworn affidavit documenting that Sac County
Attorney Ben Smith became "belligerent" and tried to "intimidate" and "threaten" the
Former Prosecutor to Suppress Exculpatory evidence in the Tracey Richter Trial,
should warrant a new trial. Especially since after the threats, Ben Smith claims all
that evidence disappeared as in 'Presto Changeo'.
Are we ready to now be unable to protect ourselves and children the next time two
men break into your home during a violent home invasion?
And I did a little research on the Michael Roberts and his mentoring
of young mentally challenged young boys:
As part of this report, the documents have been presented which proves Michael
Roberts for Domestic Assault against Tracey Richter and was FOUNDED to have
beaten his children. His good friend Ben Smith was able to make the case
disappear from the DHS files in Iowa, but that is another story. The arrest reports,
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plea agreements and FOUNDED child abuse report, along with the DateLine NBC
colonoscopy on Roberts is presented in the main story. I did not yet see an
analysis of the comparison between Dustin Wehde and the other young men whom
were victimized by Michael Roberts.
Victim #1 story
Victim #2 story
As noted in the other response, Michael Roberts was mentoring the mother of
Dustin Wehde who was diagnosed with 'Obsessive Difficult Syndrome' and
placed Dusting into Foster Care after chasing his mother from the house during an
argument. The Foster Parents decided Dustin was even more seriously ill
after Dustin tortured a pet in the Foster house and sent him back home in hopes he
would get more serious medication. As you can tell by victim stories #1 and #2,
they also were forced into a mentorship by their mothers with Michael Roberts. It
seems Michael Roberts forces these young men to watch child torture porn, Notice
any similarities? Perhaps you should research the lawsuit filed against Roberts and
his company MILE2 and READ! You just can't make this kind of stuff up. Evidently,
shucking corn, to law enforcement in Iowa, has a different definition to the rest of the
country.
#32 Consumer Comment
ROFLMAO
AUTHOR: ToXiCoFfEnDeR- (USA)
SUBMITTED: Friday, January 11, 2013
Because he could have appealled on the new evidence first, apparently he didn't
think your facts were proveable in court, imagine that.
#33 REBUTTAL Owner of company
The Evidence of Prosecutorial
Misconduct and Witness Tampering
Cannot Be Introduced Until After The
"Direct Appeal" (which mean only
evidence from the trial) is exhausted.
AUTHOR: Darren M. Meade - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Richter's fiance, Russell Schertz, stated that the family is "disappointed" in the
court's decision. He says the family has "faith in God and the justice system that
eventually this wrong will be set right."But, Schertz admits the decision will cost
Richter, and her family, "years that they cannot get back."Richter's appeal was
what's called a "direct appeal", which means it could only include evidence in the
court record from the trial. But, Schertz says he's uncovering new information about
"prosecutorial misconduct and witness tampering" that he thinks should allow for a
new trial in the future.For now, Schertz says the family will file an appeal with the
Iowa Supreme Court in the next 20 days.
#34 Consumer Comment
Can you explain why none of these issues
were raised before the Court of Appeals?
AUTHOR: ToXiCoFfEnDeR- (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Can you explain why none of these issues were raised before the Court of Appeals?
That same Court just upheld the conviction, none of these issues were raised, how
is it you have all this onformation but yet her defense doesn;t consider it worthy of
addressing in appeals court?
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#35 Consumer Comment
FINAL VERDICT
AUTHOR: Social Forensics - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, December 27, 2012
OK. I have read this entire thread, and its obvious that Michael Roberts, Ben Smith,
Mona Wehde and Ray and Marie Friedman are a bunch of damn criminals.
Especially this Michael Roberts guy! This cat is all over the internet for screwing
people over. I find him guilty, and no one should do ANY type of business with him,
or his stooge followers (Mile2, Rexxfield, Paul Portelli, Dr. Connelly) As far as the
talk of Ben Smith threatening people...isn't the sworn affidavit of the former
prosecutor that the fix was in against Richter from the start (see details here)
C'mon folks... failed polygraphs confession by Michael Roberts explaining how he
and other key prosecution witness Ray Friedman planned to steal the company
Tracey Richter owned from her (see details here) , then he (Roberts) gave the pimp
hand smack to not only his wife (see details here) but includes his young children
Noah and Mason (see details here) and who can forget this video from DateLine
NBC (see video here). He must of bitch slapped that retarded kid Dustin, perhaps
that is why he had anger issues (see details here)? The young tards Mom, Mona
Wehde, besides cheating on her husband with Jeremy Collins (intruder #2) had a
secret deal criminal deal to see all of the substantial Real Estate holding without
Tracey knowledge or consent on October 8, 2001 only 5 weeks before the
attempted murder of Tracey (see details here).
Dont let these country goobers full ya.
As far as the original poster... you are probly telling the truth, but damn dude, you
owe me a couple dollars for the time it took to read the books you keep posting on
here.
Verdict:
1. Smith, and Roberts are guilty criminals, but please keep posting
your little elementary school name calling back and forth fight on here! I get a laugh
out of them.
THANKS!
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#36 General Comment
Ok...
AUTHOR: DrQuality - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, December 27, 2012
Ok...this all seems like b.s. Why would she want to contact some guy in prison,
period?? No matter what you throw out there, it just all sounds far-fetched and
fabricated. Look, I get it...you're either a loved one of Tracey, or a paid advocate. If I
were in your shoes, I would do the same thing. However, I was interested in this
case as an unbiased observer, and all I can say is I came to a conclusion based on
factual evidence, multiple articles- some biased, some not. Anyone who reads
through all this will most likely come to the same conclusion...SHE IS GUILTY. She
murdered someone. Period. The city, state, or who the h**l ever has nothing to gain
by lying and throwing a mother in prison. (I know you'll say something like "but,
but... they want to win cases", or "but, but...this person is friends with this person",
etc...) But seriously, come on. Believe it or not, most things are pretty cut and dry,
not everything is some big conspiracy. Look at this woman...multiple husbands,
contacting inmates, big fake boobs, feuding with her exes, leaving the state after the
crime, not to mention her actions, her stories, and everything else she has done.
Sure, you can throw things out there like "Oh, he said he was gonna kill her this
one time..." but, this is probably being over-exaggerated. I'm sure most people have
said things to their spouse that weren't so nice during an argument. Get over
it...GUILTY. Case closed.
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#37 REBUTTAL Owner of company
Richter beautiful?
AUTHOR: Lucy - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, December 27, 2012
It seems women all over the country have this misinformed idea of what beauty is.
Have most of these women looked in the mirror lately? You're fat,out of shape and
couldn't land a real man if your Bon Bon laden ass depended on it. For those of us
who are beautiful,we're given a bad name because of the ones who try to use thier
beauty as a tool for our dubious personal agendas. If the boss fired his employee
because she was "irresistable" it's more than likely that she tried to throw herself on
him with designs on his marriage and his business. It's not a new idea that women
use what they sit on to ruin many a man. You're just pissed that one of them was
caught in the act and stopped before she could ruin another life. Jealous,no. It's
awesome to me that this murdering hag was put away for her evil plot. If this country
would pay more attention to who the real victims are hear there wouldn't be so many
men being thrown in jail on the woman's whim. There's a reason why muslim men
keep thier wives covered and silent. It's because they know the potential for her
inherent evil through her sex and voice. So be quiet and cover your ugly face
woman.
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#38 General Comment
Sex Offender
AUTHOR: guardian - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, December 27, 2012
According to Sheriff McClure the only information Tracey had on the man in the
Wisconsin jail was that he was in jail due to a drug arrest. According to Sheriff
McClure there was no way for Tracey to know that he was a sex offender. It took the
DCI to investigate him and they found this information out. The information given on
Michael was where he lived in 2001, the type of car he drive in 2001, what he looked
like in 2001, if his friend knew Michael in 2001. The papers fail to mention that the
man in jail has a friend who was very interested in the case. Why? Did he know
something? Why wouldn't she want to find out. Remember she also gave info on
Dustin Wehde and Jeremy Collins. Again the facts were twisted by Ben Smith.
Michael needs to put on his big boy pants and quit accusing people of trying to
harm him. If anyone has to fear for their safety it's Tracey's family. You don't see
them hiding in a protection program. He tells people he has to be on the run
because his ex-mother-in-law is trying to harm him. Why because she yelled at him
8 YEARS AGO? Remember he screamed at Tracey saying he was going to kill
her.(he admitted this in court but said it was an old Australian saying). Maybe
people need to find out the real reason why he keeps moving around. I doubt it has
anything to do with the Richters.
#39 General Comment
LOOK
AUTHOR: DrQuality - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, December 26, 2012
...at what this "innocent" woman did...
"Roberts then moved with the children to a California city he will not disclose,
saying he fears for their safety. Days after her conviction, Richter was caught
sending letters containing Roberts Social Security number and other information
that could be used to find him to an incarcerated Wisconsin sex offender."
NICE!
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#40 Consumer Comment
Iowa;s All Male Supreme Court Rules
Employors Can Fire "irresistibly
Attractive" Female Employee's
AUTHOR: Rocky Balboa - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, December 23, 2012
Hey Lucy,
You sound a little bit jealous that Tracey Richter is beautiful?
Don't worry, Iowa besides leading the country in Prosecutorial Misconduct, Horndog
bosses in Iowa have a new way to abuse women and claim they are saving
marriages they can fire employees who are too hot for the workplace. The states
all-male Supreme Court ruled 7-0 Friday that an Iowa City dentist legally fired his
female assistant because she was irresistibly attractive and a threat to his
marriage. Is it any wonder another 'attractive' women is then placed in jail for life by
the same Court system?
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#41 Consumer Comment
Rexxfield.com Michael Roberts Mental
Health Diagnosis / Family History Of
Mental Illness / Bipolar and ADHD Lead
To Sociopath?
AUTHOR: Darren M. Meade - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, December 23, 2012
Dear Victim of Michael Roberts; Xellex and Mile2
I believe you. Your personal story was both moving and poignant. Your honesty
about your own abuse at the hands of Michael Roberts, Xellex and Mile2 and that
you survived shows your own strength.
308, 935, 581 is the Population of the United States
113, 758,036 number of adult males over 18
18,959,673 ADULT MALES WHO HAD UNWANTED OR ABUSIVE SEXUAL
EXPERIENCES AS A CHILD THATS ONE IN SIX.
Michael Ross Roberts whom is married to Heidi Forsbacka Roberts and had a
formal intake at the SIOUXLAND Mental Health Center by Ronald W. Brinck, M.D.
Psychiatrist on March 12, 2004 during his time alone with Michael Roberts, the
report stated: "I'm a suspect for an attempted murder." The patient had rapid
speech. He was restless and fidgety and had a manic quality as he described how
his wife was attacked and she killed one of her attackers last year and the patient
believes he is a suspect with allegations that he hired someone to try and kill his
wife...he (michael roberts) admits that he recently took a box cutter to his throat.
He says this was only to get (Tracey Richter's) attention. The patient describes that
he has been diagnosed with ADHD. FAMILY HISTORY: There is ADHD in his son.
His father has Bipolar Disorder. There is depression in his mother...He is
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hyperactive, hyper talkative, paranoid, but not delusional, but at the same time
dysphoric. I reviewed the criteria for mania and Bipolar Disorder and Bipolar II
Disorder with the patients and his wife and gave them criteria for the illnesses. Mr.
Roberts read the criteria for Bipolar Disorder II and is quite emphathic when he
describes that he felt that was him. He would seem to have a chronic history of
hypomania. DIAGNOSTIC IMPRESSION: Bipolar II Disorder current episodes
mixed with depression and hypomania ADHD by History."
Is the Internet Bounty Hunter Michael Roberts the text book example of a sociopath
according to latest research and his own mental health diagnosis which is published
online, you decide :
http://www.lovefraud.com/blog/2008/06/20/the-relationship-between-
sociopathypsychopathy-and-bipolar-disorder/
There are at minimum three other children who were victims of Michael Roberts and
several adults. I am attaching a link which will take about 2 minutes to download but
it is a young man recounting his physical and mental abuse at the hands Michael
Roberts.
(click here to watch video )
Michael Roberts physically abused his own children. The FOUNDED child abuse
report stated:
Michael Roberts is the biological father of both children and was a caretaker for the
children at the time of the abuseBoth these children sustained physical injuryThe
injuries to the children were not accidental as they were inflicted on the children by
their father, Michael RobertsThe injuries to the children resulted from the acts of
Michael Roberts. He struck the children with objects causing injury. Any reasonable
and prudent person would know that hitting a child with an object will likely cause
an injury to the child.
In my opinion, your abuse was more horrific, I only hope in sharing my findings and
patterns of Michael Roberts it gives some solace to know you were not alone.
May I offer some advice?
Your report states you are from Iowa, therefore I believe Michael Roberts is setting a
trap by telling you to report what happened in your jurisdiction. Allow me to explain,
Michael Roberts is friends and has business dealings with Sac County Attorney
Ben Smith.
Ben Smith is Michael Robertss personal bull dog attorney. I was personally
threatened with arrest if I set foot in Iowa, fortunately I live in California. The point
being, Michael Roberts was going to have Sac County Attorney Ben Smith arrest
me.
One of Michael Roberts other victims Bert Pitman, he has been threatened with
perjury charges because he previously stepped forward to share his truth.
Michael Roberts friend and business associate Ben Smith threatened and
intimidated the former Prosecutor to suppress evidence to prevent Tracey Richter
from having a fair trial. (see sworn affidavit here page 36 item #15)
I have started to assemble a victims group which is based in California. I would be
willing to fly you out all expenses paid in order for you to meet with our counsel and
decided a safe way for you to proffer your story in the event that would be best for
you. I do not know how to share contact detail via the site, I do have a website
which has a contact form, that website is http://google-cide.com/googlecide/killing-
children-for-profit/
Even if you decide against filing charges, I am here to talk, listen or be supportive.
It is humbling to witness your courage and you are lighting the way for other men to
begin their healing journey.
#42 General Comment
Indicators of an wife abuser?
AUTHOR: Lucy - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, December 23, 2012
Are you retarded? This list could put anyone on the planet in the catagory of a
"violent abuser". Get a life and look at the nature of all people. Everyone is capa le
of murder. Why can't you just accept that Tracey Richter is a murderer? Quit
playing the loopholes because none are there. A beautiful woman goes to prison for
murder and you can't handle it.
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#43 Consumer Comment
BOMBSHELL EVIDENCE : Sworn Affidavit
Proves Sac County Attorney Suppressed
Exculpatory Evidence in the Tracey
Richter Murder Trial
AUTHOR: Darren M. Meade - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Friday, December 14, 2012
Sac County Attorney Ben Smith - sworn affidavit states Ben Smith became
belligerent and tried to intimidate and threaten Former Prosecutor to Suppress
Exculpatory evidence in Tracey Richter Trial - falsely imprisoned.
Friend and business associate of Michael Roberts (ex-husband of Tracey Richter)
became belligerent with the intention of intimidating and threatened former
prosecutor to prevent exculpatory information being given to the defense so Tracey
Richter could have a fair trial. The bulldog who was doing the threatening and
intimidating was Sac County Attorney Ben Smith. See sworn affidavit and additional
details here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/sac-county-attorney/government-
corruption/sac-city-iowa-00607.htm
#44 Consumer Suggestion
I was groomed by Michael Roberts as was
Dustin Wehde to kill Tracey Richter
AUTHOR: Victim of Michael Roberts Xellex Mile2 - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, November 25, 2012
This report is not under any circumstances meant to be used as a reprisal or to be
vindictive, but rather to serve a purpose of setting an innocent woman free and to
share what happened to me.
To me Michael Roberts wasnt a bad man, I believed he began using drugs as a way
to escape his family life and wife Tracey. I justified that Traceys actions caused him
to take drugs and become angry and abuse mehis abuse of me was his only outlet
for dealing with his own family life. What if Michaels drug addiction began as his
way to escape all the hell at home, maybe because I did not offer to help with the
his home invasion plan before the Christmas holiday, I was the reason for his drug
problem? I felt sick and my body shuddered with humiliation. I went between intense
guilt because of not helping with killing his wife, and wanting Michael to find the
determination to simply leave his marriage and start life anew.
Michael told I was responsible for his family devestation and also my own. That my
own fathers downfall (my parents were divorced) was because I was not a good son,
and did not help my father be 'get put his poison' and to be stress free. That I was
cursed and poisoned not only Michael's family devestation condition, but the reason
my Mom could not find a new husband was because of me.
The wave of shame was so overwhelming that I began to weep uncontrollably.
He started his normal routine of pushing me over the desk at his office, pulled down
my pants and told me to understand that because I was the bad seed, he needed to
deposit his good seed deep within me. That biblically this is what it means to be a
true disciple. Afterwards, he made me smell his arm pits and then I had to give him
a tongue bath. He made me begin my licking his chest which was very-very hairy
and to this day I can remember the putrid nearly chemical smell which seemed
woven into his hairy chest.
Michael told me because I was not being a true disciple as he was hopeful that he
had taken to mentoring another new disciple named Dustin Wehde. Michael again
told me that because I was a bad seed who made everyone I come into contact with
miserable, that if I truly cared for him, that I woud follow through on his plan to have
my invade his home in December. If not, he had a new disciple. He asked if I
realized how much pain I caused him and my mother because I did not follow his
guidance.
Even though I was only 15, this all seems surreal to me, how could my new father
figure turn his hatred against me. The worse times were at Vacation Bible School.
He would meet me there when everyone else had gone home and he began to bring
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Dustin who was a just a little older than myself with him. When Dustin would arrive I
would cringe as he walked into the classroom as if he were entering a mindfield.
With every step Michael could, without warning, detonate speading his shrapnel like
fury in every direction.
Weeks prior to Dustins death, I became so cold inside. I was nearly obsessed with
hatred toward Tracey and her children and grew jealous of Dustin who was Michael
little brainwashed Nazi willing to follow Michaels plan for that night in December ---
but at the same time Id still pray for their safety.
I could not imagine the hellish nightmare Dustin must have experienced in trying to
follow Michaels plan to kill Tracey and the children. All I could pray know is being
thankful that Michael chose Dustin as his hitman, and I was fortunate enough to be
rescued.
Im sorry about everything. I believed Michael Roberts would kill me if I spoke up.
Michael had promised me that we would run off and have a new beginning as father
and son the moment I followed his plan. He made the same offer to Dustin and
promised they would leave town together that evening.
Michael told me that the adults in my life knew what was going on, and that
because I was bad seed, the adults allowed all of this to happen. He told me, that
the only way I could matter in life and redeem myself could be to do as I was told.
Remember, he was a friend of my Moms a counselor at Vacation Bible School. That
is why when I read this article and saw he was placed on the child abuse registry,
plus watched the video of his son Bert describing his beatings at the hand of
Michael that I realized, it wasnt my fault. Vacation Bible School and the Churches
that allow him around young men are to blame.
Then my own Mother, why did she allow sleep over and late night with this man?
How did they miss the warning signs of my troubles with School and not wanting to
hug anyone?
#45 General Comment
Michael Roberts of Mile2, Lies, and
Audiotapes Causes (Alleged) Perjury of
Sac County Attorney Ben Smith Case No
CDCD002755
AUTHOR: Darren M. Meade - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, November 22, 2012
"The truth shall set you free," so the Bible teaches. But does SAC County
Prosecutor Ben Smith understand it will cost him the guilty verdict in the Tracey
Richter trial?
Ben Smith has been making good on the threats of Michael Roberts to have me
arrested because I dared to publish my last expose. He has spewed lies, half truths
and anything else his puppeteer (Michael Roberts) tell him to say.
Ben Smith lied to the court in filing an affidavit to the court in Case No
CDCD002755.
The affidavit contained so many intentionally false and misleading accusations, that
(Smith) has been blocking the transcripts from being disseminated.
WHY?
Roberts and Smith lied to the Judge over claims of a child molester and once the
transcript is released, this will all be proven.
In the interim, let's address Attorney Smith's description of Michael Roberts in his
affidavit which states "your affiant believed Michael Roberts to be completely and
unabashedly honest in the aforementioned dealings / matters."
ANOTHER BIG LIE
1. Ben Smith is aware of the witness tampering detailed in the above article and
my personal witness intimidation by being threatened with arrest if I set foot in
Iowa during the trial.
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2. Ben Smith is aware of Michael Roberts FOUNDED child abuse report that was
published in my expose. Magically the month following my article, Roberts now
claims to have the report removed without any of the hearings or procedures to
have a FOUNDED child abuse report reversed. Must be good to have the SAC
County DA as a friend and former business associate.
3. Ben Smith is aware that the pattern of fraud and secret dealings which led to
the death of Dustin Wehde had again began in California with another young
man Michael Roberts was mentoring.
4. Tracey Richter provide the seed capital and was the majority owner of a
company (Mile2 \ Xellex) which according to Roberts and Ray Friedman made
over several million dollars, of which she did not see a penny. Further, Roberts
has a secret deal to sell their home without her knowledge.
Michael Roberts along with his employees Adam Zuckerman and Paul Portelli
planned to not only defraud me, but discussed having me killed if I threatened their
'inner sanctum'.
The hitman was going to be Paul Portelli who was being mentored by Michael
Roberts.
Portelli and Roberts at the time were had not place to live and were sleeping at the
office for which I was the CEO, I took them into my home during the time they were
planning on defrauding and killing me.
Click here to read the transcript page 36-37 & page 48 Line 9 & 16
Click here to read volume 2
Ben Smith knows of not only the abusive background of Michael Roberts, but his
criminal conduct and recurring pattern of manipulating young men he mentors to
willing commit crimes on his behalf.
Did Ben Smith make Michael Roberts FOUNDED child abuse report leave the
system after it was published in my article?
Why would anyone lie and protect a known child abuser?
We will delve into that in my next update.
#46 UPDATE EX-employee responds
Iowa Supreme Court found prosecutors
had committed misconduct \ Sac County
Attorney Ben Smith Simply Following
Iowa's Protocol Againt Females and
Minorities
AUTHOR: IowaCorruption - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, November 01, 2012
The author of the expose bravely raised the following points:
1. Why would the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and Sac County
Prosecutor go to such length to prosecute an innocent woman?
2. Is the 80% rise in prosecutorial misconduct appeals in the last decade an
indication of systematic wrong doing in Iowa?
3. We can say that "ultimate resposnsibility goes to the man at the top" and that
sounds right, but it still doesn't explain how any of it happened. "The key people
are criminals, liars or willfully blind convicting the innocent." We could say that,
but then we would have to explain how so many of them ended up in Iowa.
Puzzles like these have led many people to the conclusion that there's a culture
inside the prosecutors office that is responsible.
Imagine...your best friend works for the Prosecutors office in Iowa. She shares with
you that Prosecutors and investigators routinely break the law, tamper with juries,
intimidate and mislead witnesses, and generally conduct themselves like thugs
because that is the recognized and understood policy.
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My best friend sent me another example of the corruption and innocent people being
sent to jail at an abnormal rate.
Iowa Supreme Court had found prosecutors committed misconduct and free two
men after serving 25 years for a crime they never committed.
Detectives coerced other witnesses into implicating the two innocent men. The
prosecutors office was aware of what took place with the states star witnesses, but
they went forward prosecution anyway.
BEWARE: If you are a minority or female in the State of Iowa, you could wind up
like Tracey Richter or Terry Harrington and Curtis McGhee.
Iowa Supreme Court had found prosecutors committed misconduct


#47 Consumer Comment
Response to "Silenced in Storm Lake"
AUTHOR: Louis - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, October 13, 2012
Silenced in Storm Lake said:
"Praise the Lord for this consumer advocacy website."
Response:
"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and
light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"
Isaiah 5:20
#48 Consumer Comment
Silenced in Storm Lake \ Storm Lake Pilot
Tribune Violating Free Speech
AUTHOR: Silenced in Storm Lake - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, October 06, 2012
It is unacceptable to not cover the specifics of the alleged corruption in the Storm
Lake Pilot Tribune. I was born and raised in the Early area. The family and the
general public have the right to know what is going on here!
We knew all about Michael Roberts 10 years ago.
The Storm Lake Pilot Tribune has refused to allow my comments to be posted, or
even cover what has been detailed on Ripoff Report. Praise the Lord for this
consumer advocacy website.
#49 General Comment
Like mother like daughter
AUTHOR: EOPC - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, October 03, 2012
"We have never met either one of you yet you believed in my daughter's innocence
and did something about it"
Guardian - if someone does that - it is because they have an AGENDA. And not a
good one.
Stop and think impartially about what that AGENDA could be.
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#50 UPDATE EX-employee responds
Michael Roberts of Rexxfield Exhibits
Sings of Battering Personality \ Dr. Heidi
Roberts of Finland at Risk!
AUTHOR: Light Be - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Wake-Up, this guy Michael Roberts of Rexxfield / Mile2, exhibits 12 out of 17
Signs of a Battering personality. If you have 3 or more you
From: Walker, L.D., Getting a Firm Foundation Training,SIGNS OF A BATTERING
PERSONALITY
Many women are interested in knowing if there are any warning signs that someone
is an abuser. There is no typical victim or perpetrator. Any woman can be battered
regardless of age, race, nationality, sexual orientation, educational background, or
income. Battering almost always occurs with a man abusing a woman. However,
violence can exist in other domestic relationships as well; lesbian battering and
older parents beaten by their adult children are examples.*
Below is a list of behaviors seen in people who beat their partners. If the person
has three or more of these behaviors, theres indeed a strong potential for
physical violence. In some cases, a batterer might have only a couple of
behaviors that are quite strong (e.g., extreme jealousy). In the beginning of a
relationship, the batterer will try to explain these behaviors as love and concern.
However, as time goes on, these behaviors become more extreme and serve to
establish, keep, and strengthen power and control over the victim.
*The use of he for the abuser and she for the victim is used to facilitate reading and
to emphasize the circumstances of most battering. This wording is not meant to
discount the various situations in which domestic violence occurs.
1. JEALOUSY: At the beginning of a relationship, an abuser will say jealousy is
a sign of love; jealousy has nothing to do with love, its a sign of possessiveness and
lack of trust. The abuser will question the woman about to whom she talks,
accuse her of flirting, or be jealous of the time she spends with family, friends,
and/or children. As the jealous behavior progresses, the abuser may call her
frequently or unexpectedly drop by her home/workplace. The abuser may refuse to
let her work saying hes afraid shell meet someone else, or he may do strange
things such as checking her car mileage or askingfriends to watch her.
2. CONTROLLING BEHAVIOR: At first, the batterer may say this behavior is
because of concern for the womans safety and well being. The abuser will be angry
if the woman is late coming back from somewhere and will closely question her
about where she went, to whom she spoke, etc. As this behavior gets worse, the
abuser may not let the woman make personal decisions about the house, her
clothing, or going to church/temple; he may keep all the money or even make her
ask permission to leave the house or the room.
3. QUICK INVOLVEMENT: Most battered women dated or knew the abuser for
less than six
months (many for less than three months) before they were married, living together,
or engaged. An abuser comes on like a whirlwind claiming youre the only person
Ive ever been able to talk to, Ive never felt loved like this by anyone. The abuser will
pressure the woman to commit to the relationship in such a way that later she may
feel very guilty or feel she is letting him down if she wants to slow down involvement
or break off the relationship.
4. UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS: Abusive people will expect their partner to
meet all of their needs; the abuser expects the woman to be the perfect wife,
mother, lover, and friend; abusers will say things like if you love me, Im all you
needyoure all I need. She is supposed to take care of everything for the abuser
emotionally and in the home. No matter how efficient/good she is, however, she is
never good enough.
5. ISOLATION: The abusive person tries to cut the woman off from all
resources and supports. If she has men friends, shes a whore; if she has women
friends, shes a lesbian; if shes close to her family, shes tied to the apron strings.
The abuser accuses people who are the womans supports of causing trouble. The
abuser may want to live in the country without a phone, may not let the woman use
the car or have one that is reliable, or may try to keep the woman from working,
going to school, or going to spiritual/religious meetings.
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6. BLAMES OTHERS FOR PROBLEMS: If the abuser is chronically
unemployed, someone is out to get him, someone is always trying to do him
wrong. The abuser may make mistakes and then blame the woman for upsetting
him or keeping him from concentrating. The abuser will tell the woman she is at
fault for almost anything that goes wrong.
7. BLAMES OTHERS FOR FEELINGS: The abuser will tell the woman you
make me mad,
youre hurting me by not doing what I tell you, I cant help being angry. The abuser
really makes the decision about what he thinks and feels, but will use feelings to
manipulate the woman. Less obvious are claims such as only you can make me
happy, and you control how I feel.
8. HYPERSENSITIVITY: An abuser is easily insulted, claming his feelings are
hurt when he is really mad, or taking the slightest setbacks as personal attacks.
The abuser will rant and rave about the injustice of things that happenthings that are
really just a part of life, like being asked to work overtime, getting a traffic ticket,
being told a behavior is annoying, being expected/asked to help with chores.
9. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND/OR CHILDREN: An abuser often brutally
punishes animals, is insensitive to their pain and suffering, and/or may kill them.
The abuser may expect children to do things beyond their ability (spanks a two year
old for wetting their diaper). The abuser may not want children to eat at the table or
will expect them to stay in their room all evening when hes at home.
10. PLAYFUL USE OF FORCE IN SEX: An abuser may like to throw the
woman down or hold her down during sex. He may want to act out fantasies during
sex in which the woman is helpless and will let the woman know the idea of rape is
exciting. The abuser may show little concern about whether the woman wants to
have sex and will use sulking behavior to manipulate her or anger to pressure her
into compliance. The abuser may start having sex with the woman while she is
sleeping or demand sex when she is ill or tired.
11. VERBAL ABUSE: In addition to saying things meant to be cruel and hurtful,
this can be seen when the abuser degrades the woman, curses her, and/or runs
down her accomplishments. The abuser will tell the woman she is stupid and
unable to function without him. This may involve waking the woman up to verbally
abuse her or not letting her sleep.
12. RIGID SEXROLES: The abuser may expect the woman to serve him,
perhaps saying the woman must stay at home or saying she must obey in all
things---even things criminal in nature. The abuser will see women as inferior,
responsible for menial tasks, stupid, and unable to be a whole person without a
relationship.
13. DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE: Many women are confused by their abusers
sudden mood changes---they may think the abuser has some mental problem
because one minute the abuser is really nice and the next minute hes exploding.
Explosiveness and moodiness are typical of people who abuse their partners; these
behaviors serve to intimidate and frighten the victim and are reflections of the
abusers alternate use of threat and manipulation to establish and maintain power
and control.
14. PAST BATTERING: An abuser may say hes hit women in the past, but it
was the womans fault or it was only one time. The woman may hear from relatives
or ex-partners the person is abusive. A batterer will beat any woman he is with if
the woman is with him long enough for control to be established and violence to
begin; situational circumstances do not make a person abusive.
15. THREATS OF VIOLENCE: This includes any threat of physical force meant
to control the woman: Ill slap your mouth off, Ill break your neck, Ill make you sorry
you were ever born, Ill kill you. Non-violent people do not talk like this to their
partners, but batterers will try to excuse these kinds of threats by saying everybody
talks like that.
16. STRIKING OR BREAKING OBJECTS: This behavior can be used as
punishment (breaking
loved possessions), but mostly it is used to terrorize the woman into submission.
The abuser may beat on tables with his fist, throw objects around or near the
woman, or put his hand through the wall. Again, this is very remarkable behavior
and should never be minimized---there is great danger when someone thinks they
have the right to punish or frighten a partner.
17. ANY FORCE DURING AN ARGUMENT: This may involve a batterer holding
a woman down, physically restraining her from leaving a room, or pushing/shoving
her. The abuser may hold the woman against the wall and say youre going to stand
here and listen to me! Many batterers in an attempt to deny or minimize past
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abuse will tell stories in which they had to sit on a woman or hold her down for her
own good. These behaviors are found in the second level of the progression of
abuse in domestic violence.
Exhibits -
Michael Ross Roberts Exposed on DateLine NBC
FOUNDED CHILD ABUSE REPORT ON MICHAEL ROBERTS OTHER CHILDREN
NOT MENTIONED IN DATELINE NBC STORY
Michael Ross Roberts of Mile2 Violating Protective Order
Michael Roberts 99% Deceptive Polygraph
#51 General Comment
Thank you
AUTHOR: guardian - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, October 02, 2012
This is a personal thank you from the Richter family for all the information you have
put out there regarding Tracey Richter's conviction You are the only one's who are
not afraid to put out the truth. I also want to thank Darren Meade who took the time
to investigate and did not back down to threats and intimidation. We have never met
either one of you yet you believed in my daughter's innocence and did something
about it. Again thank you.
#52 Author of original report
Ben Smith Prosecutorial Misconduct
Allowing Witnesses To Knowingly Lie \
Tracey Richter Had Several Million Dollars
Stolen By Mile2 and Xellex \ Bounty
Shared Amongst Prosecution Witnesses
AUTHOR: Darren M. Meade - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Friday, September 21, 2012
IMPORTANT TRACEY RICHTER UPDATE
Though Tracey Richters trial is ancient history, its important for every American
interested in justice to know why shes in jail. The Tracey Richter story really
centers on the power of the prosecutor and the havoc one corrupt public servant can
sow when that power is abused. What Tracey Richter suffered, a life term for a
crime she didnt commit, is an example of a flaw in our justice system one that
jeopardizes the right of every American to a fair trial. Its not too radical to assert that
what happened to Tracey Richter could happen to any one of us. And the
unfortunate reality is its happening every day in America, the land of the free, the
home of the brave. No one is immune if corruption in the system isnt weeded out.
Conflict of Interest
To recap the situation as it happened: Ben Smith, the Sac County prosecutor, had
a conflict of interest with his star witness, and failed to fully disclose all aspects of
that relationship to the Judge. An ethical lapse that is inexcusable. Smith also had
a conflict of interest in befriending and supporting Michael Roberts in his quest to
gain sole custody of his children. He did it despite knowing Michael Roberts was a
child abuser and that his children feared and hid from him when he was angry
according to Iowa Childrens Protective Services finding.
Perjury on the Stand
Further, Ben Smith allowed key prosecution witnesses, Ray Friedman and his wife
Marie Friedman, to knowingly lie on the witness stand. To understand the effect
Maries testimony had in wrongfully convicting Tracey, we need to look closely at
Ben Smiths theory of how and why Tracey set up Dustins murder.
The prosecutions theory asserted that Tracey forced Dustin on the afternoon of
December 13, to write the contents in the pink notebook incriminating her ex-John
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Pittman in a conspiracy to kill her. He further claimed that during this forced
episode, she was interrupted by Marie Friedman who came over for a visit. When
Tracey took awhile getting to the door, Smith further theorized she had Dustin
secretly leave. After Marie left, Tracey had Dustin return that evening and play-act
strangling her in front of her kids, and then she shot him in cold blood. And what
was her motivation? Tracey at the time was in a custody battle with John Pittman
over her $1000 a month child support. And, Smith asserted, that she intended to
use the pink notebook as leverage to induce Pittman to keep paying her. So this
whole elaborate scheme of holding Dustin at gunpoint, forcing him write in a
notebook at gunpoint, then somehow convincing Dustin to return and beat her in
front of the kids, was unsupportable without a cooperative witness.
The lying game
We dont know what motivated Marie Friedman to change her testimony, but we do
know she did. When did Marie tell the truth? I think she told the truth in the first
interview with police, prior to her family being paid $25,000 from Michael Roberts.
Initially, when Marie was interviewed shortly after the shooting she testified that she
went to Traceys house and enjoyed an afternoon chat over tea and cookies. There
was talk between them about Marie staying over, but their husbands, Marie said,
were expected home that evening, and she wanted to be home when Ray arrived.
She left in the late afternoon and there is no indication in the interview that she ever
saw Dustins car at Traceys house. She certainly would have mentioned this fact if
she had.
At the trial she changed her testimony in significant points, points that proved
instrumental in convicting Tracey of murder. On the witness stand she told the jury
she saw Dustins car in the driveway, and that her husband wasnt expected home
that evening, and critically that Tracey had rushed to the door that afternoon after
Marie had waited a long while for her. Long enough, Ben Smith asserted, to have
Dustin run out the front door with instructions to return that evening for their play
acted assault.
All of this is circumstantial evidence and if Marie had not changed her testimony,
Ben Smiths theory wouldnt stand any chance of convincing a jury. One of the lies
Ray Friedman told centered on his testimony regarding his employment. When
asked under oath about his employment, he stated he was a self-employed auditor.
A simple Google search would have told anyone who took the time to look that
Friedman had a Linkdln profile that listed him as the CEO of Mile2. A
corporation formed and controlled by Michael Roberts. With this information readily
available on the Web, did Ben Smith and his investigators do a simple Google
search to verify a key witnesss testimony? If he had, the veracity of Friedmans
testimony would have been easy to establish. Yet its unreasonable to think that in a
capital murder trial, a thoroughly prepared prosecutor like Ben Smith would let a
detail like this slip.
Identity Crisis
And what about Mile2? Where did it come from? Its a fact that previous to
December 13 shooting, Tracey owned 51% of Xellex, having put up the startup
funds. Ray Friedman was an employee of Xellex during this time, and was
purportedly responsible for marketing the companys services. Sometime before the
shooting occurred, Roberts formed a new corporation, Mile2, which provided the
same services as Xellex. Michael Roberts failed a polygraph on February 13, 2002,
he did more than fail, he was found to be 99%deceptive on the relevant questions
about the attempted murder of his wife. That is when Michael Roberts made a
startling confession (see Roberts failed polygraph here... page 10 -2nd paragraph)
his plan was to own 100% of Xellex / Mile2. And that Ray Friedman would receive
10% equity per year. Also it came out during the trial that Friedman had been paid a
lump sum of $25,000 in the first part of 2002, shortly after the shooting. He justified
the payment in court by stating that he gave up his equity in Xellex for the payout
because the company was so chaotic and difficult to work for he wanted out. He
cited the difficult environment working with Michael and Tracey. He also asserted in
testimony that the company was worthless, and larded down with IRS liens and
other debts.
Xellex = Mile2
Why was Mile2 formed when it provided the exact same services as Xellex? Its
primary function was to transfer the assets of Xellex by taking over the customer
base. When a person transfers sources of income from one entity he partially owns
to an entity he wholly owns in most civilized countries thats called stealing. So
Roberts secretly laid down a plan to defraud Tracey of profits she well deserved as a
stock holder and investor. And he planned this before the December 13 shooting.
Was he preempting a possible estate settlement if Tracey had been killed? We cant
plumb the depths of Michaels mind. But we can observe his actions, and there
exists a pattern of deceit that should have raised the suspicions of honest
investigators.
Thats sick
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So when the Prosecution asked Friedman, under oath on the witness stand in front
of the jury, what he did for a living, and he answered a self-employed auditor, it is
my view that not only did Ray perjure himself, but Ben Smith committed prosuctorial
misconduct by allowing the lie to stand as testimony. Knowingly presenting facts to
the jury a prosecutor knows is not true constitutes is an ethical lapse that should
warrant Tracey a new triala fair trial. One that would take into consideration the true
facts, not trumped up ones based on witnesses coached to support a flimsy
theory.
Further there comes the evidence that Michael Roberts could not have been in
another state that day. Sheriffs investigator Lt. Cessford reported interviewing Dr.
Elvin Hopkins in February 2002. Hopkins is certain he saw Roberts in the bank the
morning of December 13, in Early. It would have been impossible for Roberts to be
an 8 to 10 hour drive away where his cell phone was recorded as pinging a cell
tower later in the day. But no further investigation was undertaken, such as
collecting surveillance tapes from the bank.
Murder Inc.
Mona Wehde was certain Roberts was the second intruder. She had felt certain all
along that Roberts or Friedman fit the description of the second intruder, and had
set up her son to get killed. So what did Roberts have to say for himself at the trial.
Not much as it turned out. Ben Smith adroitly arranged it so none of this testimony
could be impugned by hiding Michael Roberts away in the victims witness
protection program. Using this strategy Michael Roberts alibi the night of the
shooting, and accomplice in the theft of Xellex / Mile2 from Tracey Richter. Roberts
could not be questioned in cross examination by defense attorneys.
This conflict of interest is the root of prosecutorial misconduct. My contention all
along is that prosecutorial misconduct by Ben Smith not only comprised the conflict
of interest outlined above, but runs deeper. So exactly what is prosecutorial
misconduct?
Prosecutorial misconduct takes place when a prosecutor
Keeps potential witnesses (the people who dealt with Michael Roberts and had first-
hand knowledge about events) from talking to the defendants lawyers
Search Gagging the Witnesses
Engages in a strategy to indict or sue people on vague charges (in one case, more
than 300 charges) and then group these charges into an overriding conspiracy
charge. This is done because in a conspiracy case, hearsay evidence is
admissible.
Search Conspiracy and Abuse of Charging Function
Purposefully avoids gathering evidence that could be favorable to the defendants
(called exculpatory evidence)
Search Evidence Exculpatory
Hides and permits the destruction of evidence favorable to defendants
Search Evidence Exculpatory and Spoliation
Fails to turn over exculpatory evidence to the defendants
Search Evidence Exculpatory
Manipulates the notes they took during witness interviews, excluding all exculpatory
material
Withholds exculpatory evidence until its too late to be useful to the defendants
Search Evidence Withheld
Fails to reveal or to admit that their witnesses lied on the stand
Search Perjured Testimony
Purposefully manipulates the media in order to poison the jury pool
All of these tactics are unconstitutional and supposedly prohibited, yet Sac County
Attorney Ben Smith used them and was permitted to use them in the Tracey
Richter murder trial.
Tracing the evidence
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To show the depth of the involvement Michael Roberts had tampering with the jury
and Ben Smiths collusion in that activity, lets concentrate on the email Roberts and
the Sac County Prosecutor sent to Google alleging witness and jury tampering
unless certain incriminating content was removed. The indexed articles in question
alleged that Michael Roberts was responsible for the home invasion. These posts
also asserted that Roberts had another inappropriate relationship with a man he
mentored, and his employees in Mile2 had perjured themselves in an effort to help
Michael Roberts from paying child support.
Why would Smith and Roberts want these posts erased from Google if they werent
incriminating. Ben Smith read these posts, since he helped Roberts push Google to
de-index them. He knew what was in them. He had a responsibility to follow up on
them and check their veracity.
The e-mail correspondence follows:
"October 2011
Subject Line: Jury and Witness Tampering Websites Through Google Search
Urgent Takedown Request [Iowa vs. Tracey Richter [Murder in the 1st Degree]
Dear Chris and Legal Support Team,
For transparency I have ccd the Sac County Attorney who prosecuting the
Iowa murder trial this week, as well as BCCing some objective 3rd parties.
(grammar error Michael Roberts, emphasis mine)
Cease and Desist demand
This is a formal request for the immediate de-indexing of the web pages / sites
numbers A, B, C, D & E here in below.
I understand that it is Googles position that you do not remove defamatory material
from your search index without a court order, but I am hoping that a cursory
assessment of this case will show that such a requirement is not needed.
Roberts then claims he is to be a witness for the upcoming sentencing for
Adam Zuckerman who masterminded a $20 million dollar fraud the FBI
called Operation Lease Fleece in Santa Ana, California.
Roberts then claims he will be a witness in the Tracey Richter murder trial in
Iowa and that his ex-wife and Zuckerman are conspiring to tamper with
witnesses or their families by muddying the waters in the hope the jury will not
obey the Judges instructions not to do research outside of the court room.
Roberts did not testify at either trial, and is a business partner of violent convicted
felon Adam Zuckerman, based on a fear based marketing program called Google-
Cide and deemed criminal by Fox News.
What was Michael Roberts trying to accomplish by utilizing the Prosecutor in the
Tracey Richter murder trial demanding Google de-index in items A, B, C, D & E?
http://forum.vpxsports.com/18272/RE-Tracey-Richter-Roberts-woman-shoots-home-
invader-is-tried-for-murder-11-years-later It should be noted Roberts claimed he
embedded a trackable image in the forum so I can receive independent visitor stats,
and it has been hundreds this week alone. The content is no longer located via a
Google search.Michael Roberts was most concerned about the following headline
Michael Roberts Suspect AND Did Roberts Admit to Attempted Murder of His
Wife? This site also raised the question In Meades email above, he references that
he believes that Roberts may have tried to take out his wife, and also that this
explains Paul, Roberts fall guy, alluding to suspicions that Roberts may be having a
similar inappropriate relationship with Portelli, which has been alleged between
Roberts the other young man Roberts mentored, Dustin Wehde, who Tracy Richter
Roberts shot when two men broke into her home and tried to kill her. Did Roberts
put Wehde up to taking out his wife? Was Roberts the other assailant? (SEE THIS
) when you click the link to the website to see if Roberts may have been the other
assailant the content has been removed but this was the link
http://www.dps.state.ia.us/commis/pib/Releases/2009/02-16-2009_WehdeCase.htm
Why would the State of Iowa be removing content from its own web servers? And
why did the Prosecutor and Michael Roberts pressure Google to de-index prior to
the trial believing it would influence the jury to find Tracey innocent (refer
to my original Ripoff Report about Jury and Witness Tampering)? Another person
had alerted the public about Roberts issues and inappropriate relationship with the
young men he mentors.The website requested by Michael Roberts to be de-indexed
no longer exists.This website no longer appears within the first 20 search result
pages of Google. It is essentially in Google oblivion, and while Michael Roberts
once feared its content, someone or something made sure its content no longer
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could be located. So what was erased from the search results?
HISTORY LESSON Tracey Richter from her premarital assets provided the capital
to start a company called Xellex, which became Mile2. The company according to
Michael Roberts and Raymond Friedman did multi-millions in sales. The details of
Raymond Friedman the CEO of Mile2 and his wife are in the original article on the
Prosecutorial Misconduct by Sac County Prosecutor Ben Smith.
This is why item D is imperative on the list. If the jurors or anyone else was able to
piece together Mile2 Michael Roberts Ray Friedman Marie Friedmanall benefitted
from millions of dollars in sales from a company Tracey Richter had provided the
original seed capital for. Tracey was the majority share holder yet never saw these
profits. And worse, the employees had provided perjured testimony to aid Michael
Roberts for his non-payment of child support against the very children he is now in
sole custody of and has been FOUNDED to have abused. Again this shows a clear
pattern of fraud and injustice just as his inappropriate relationships with young
adults hes purportedly mentoring do.
So lets look further at what actually existed on these sites:
Mr. Roberts altered Mile2 payroll tax filings and his own personal tax returns to
change his INCOME to loan repayments in an attempt to avoid paying child support.
This change in status of his INCOME to loan repayments contradicts the discovery
documents provided by Mile2 to the court, court testimony of various Mile2
employees including Mr. Roberts, deposition testimonies, and financial affidavits
along with loan applications that stated Michael made significant income at that
time. It also contradicts testimony from Duane Anderson and discovery from Mr.
Kolpin.
As with the B, the links which use to attach to the site are no longer active.
Michael Roberts utilizes the name and title of the Sac County Prosecutor in an
email to Googles legal team to try and de-index content ahead of the trial which
could influence jury members to believe Tracey Richter is innocent.
Michael Roberts alerts Sac County Prosecutor to a conspiracy to tamper with
witnesses or their families. Michael Roberts tries to imply that he is a witness on
behalf of the FBI and Sac County Prosecutor. The truth is, he is business partners
with Adam Zuckerman. During the Tracey Richter trial he was allowed to stay in
Victims Witness Protection.Michael Roberts then uses the professional titles
of Sac County Prosecutor Ben Smith and Sheriff Ken McClure to allow him to edit
content on the internet which would impugn the prosecution witnesses by stating
they unambiguously denied by authorities and is a matter of record.
The original expose caused many investigators and others to reach out to me
directly. I am honored that my writing and this platform has opened the possibility to
set an innocent woman FREE. I know we have a long way to go.
Equally, I have had phone calls from people speaking highly of Sac County
Prosecutor Ben Smith. Ive been told that Mr. Smith had an ethical code instilled
within him by his mother and another from the Army.
Please understand that I know what its like to be used and manipulated by Michael
Roberts. At one point I rented him a home for his family in Balboa, California 100
yards from the beach. On another occasion when the young man he was mentoring
claimed to be out of money, I opened my home and allowed them to each live at my
home and eat my food. Later I discovered that during this time they were planning to
kill me.
Ben if you truly have this code your mother instilled, I implore you not to allow your
laptop to crash as Special Agent Vileta and Michael Roberts have, so incriminating
and exculpatory evidence is lost. I ask you Ben to review the emails, and look at the
depositions and previous legal filings on Mile2. According to Raymond Friedman
and Michael Roberts the company Tracey Richter capitalized made over $7 million
dollars and the only people who shared in that were Michael Roberts and his
employeesnot Tracey Richter or her children.
I understand why prosecutors work for convictions and not justice. Its human nature
to want to win a case. But your duty to your ethical standards, Ben, is to uphold
justice, wherever that leads you. I implore you this one timestop Michael Roberts.
He has a long list of his victims hes manipulated. And, Ben, from what people told
me about you the last few days, I believe you may be a victim as well
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#53 REBUTTAL Individual responds
Darren Meade is a professional reputation
hitman working for Ed Magedson
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Ripoff Report, nor Ed Magedson engaged,
hired or requested Darren Meade to write
this story.
AUTHOR: Michael Roberts of Rexxfield - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Friday, September 14, 2012
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second video reveals the gleeful pleasure he derives from tormenting his previous
smear-campaign target:
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I challenge Darren Meade to find any current criminal record, or child abuse register
record on me that has not been ruled as unfounded, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
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agree wlLh LhaL. 1hls ls noL [usL abouL one lndlvldual, buL abouL Lhe culLure of an organlzaLlon.
rosecuLors and lnvesLlgaLors do noL rouLlnely break Lhe law, Lamper wlLh [urles, lnLlmldaLe and mlslead
wlLnesses, and generally conducL Lhemselves llke Lhugs unless lL ls a maLLer of recognlzed and
undersLood pollcy.
Conslder Lhe powers of Lhe prosecuLor - 1he prosecuLor decldes:
1. WheLher or noL Lo brlng crlmlnal charges
2. Who Lo charge
3. WhaL Lhe charges wlll be
4. WheLher Lhe charges wlll be mlsdemeanor or felony
3. WheLher Lhe person charged wlll sLand Lrlal or plead ouL
6. WhaL senLence Lhe [udge should glve

A ptosecotots powet to lovoke ot Jeoy poolsbmeot ot bls Jlsctetloo ls tbe powet to coottol ooJ Jesttoy
peoples llves." rofessor 8enneLL Cershman
A Short and to-the-o|nt Cverv|ew
Pldlng Lhe Cood SLuff \ lowa ulvlslon of Crlmlnal lnvesLlgaLlon (luCl)
1r|ck #1 - 1hey Avolded CaLherlng lavorable Lvldence - l and Sac CounLy law enforcemenL never
lnLervlewed Mlchael 8oberLs afLer hls 99 decepLlve polygraph abouL hls knowledge or lnvolvemenL ln
Lhe home lnvaslon.
1r|ck #2 - 1hey Avolded CaLherlng lavorable Lvldence - luCl and Sac CounLy law enforcemenL refused
Lo follow-up lebruary 2011 lnformaLlon LhaL Mlchael 8oberLs had manlpulaLed anoLher menLally
unsLable man he was menLorlng Lo commlL murder Lo proLecL 8oberL's buslness lnLeresLs.
1r|ck #3 - 1hey Avolded CaLherlng lavorable Lvldence - rosecuLor 8en SmlLh had documenLed proof of
a Packlng Code LhaL Lampered wlLh Lhe [ury vla Lhe lnLerneL. 1hls lncluded lnformaLlon of an alleged
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[uror admlLLlng he was Lampered wlLh. 8aLher Lhan lnvesLlgaLe, 8en SmlLh senL Lhe confldenLlal
lnformaLlon Lo 1he Packer who Lampered wlLh Lhe [ury.
1r|ck #4- 1hey Avolded CaLherlng lavorable Lvldence - luCl and Sac CounLy law enforcemenL had a clLy
employee and her husband 'Clean' Lhe bedroom (murder scene) and Lhen released Lhe murder scene
wlLhln Lhe lnlLlal 24-hours Lo Lhe prlmary suspecL, Mlchael 8oberLs.
1r|ck #S - 1hey Avolded CaLherlng lavorable Lvldence - luCl and Sac CounLy law enforcemenL reallzed
Lhe error Lhey made ln releaslng a crlme scene wlLhln 24-hours Lo Lhe prlmary suspecL who Lhen falled
hls polygraph abouL Lhe murder. ln order Lo keep hlm from lmpugnlng Lhe prosecuLlon's case, Lhey
allowed hlm Lo sLay ln a WlLness roLecLlon program where he could noL be served a subpoena.
1r|ck #6 - Someone Pad a lavorable oslLlon Lo Lhe uefense - luCl Speclal AgenL vlleLa ls alleged Lo have
mlsled and Lampered wlLh prlmary wlLness Mona Wehde, who belleved Mlchael 8oberLs shoL her son.
Wehde LesLlfled vlleLa assured 8oberLs had been lnLervlewed and cleared, yeL no lnLervlew from vlleLa
was produced for Lrlal. vlleLa clalms he never lnLervlewed Mlchael 8oberLs.
1r|ck #7 - When Someone uld Say SomeLhlng lavorable for Lhe uefense, 1hey uldn'L WrlLe lL uown.
1r|ck #8 - rlme lnvesLlgaLor LosL CrlLlcal uocumenLs - All Speclal AgenL vlleLa's correspondence wlLh
Mlchael 8oberLs-7 sheeLs of noLes auLhored by uusLln, 2 posL-lL noLes auLhored by uusLln, and a 3rd
noLebook, were losL by 1renL vlleLa.
1r|ck #9 - ermlLLed uesLrucLlon of Lvldence and lnLlmldaLlon of oLenLlal uefense WlLnesses

8ackground - cllck here Lo waLch Lhls segmenL ( ls lL posslble Lo embed Lhe
llnk lnLo Lhe phoLo labeled LwlsLed? )
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M|ssed Iacts -
-Mlchael 8oberLs had an arresL and convlcLlon for domesLlc baLLery flled under Sac CounLy uomesLlc
and Chlld Abuse 8eporL # 2000-00407, 1rlal noLlce CASL nC 02811 SMC8008231 (see documenL here
page 2). Pls plea deal Look nearly a year Lo arrange (see documenL page 3). Pe was arresLed for
uomesLlc AssaulL ln 2000. Pe was seL for Lrlal over Lhe assaulL ln 2001. uaLeLlne had Lhls maLerlal facL ln
error.
-Mlchael 8oberLs was lounded (Conflrmed and laced) on Lhe CenLral Abuse 8eglsLry by Lhe lowa
ueparLmenL of Puman Servlces on 3/21/2007 (see reporL here) for Lhe abuse of noah 8oberLs and
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Mason 8oberLs. noah and Mason are Lhe half-broLher and slsLer Lo 8erL lLman who was feaLured ln Lhe
uaLeLlne n8C segmenL, 1w|sted."
-Mlchael 8oberLs pled 'no ConLesL' Lo Lhe charge, whlch under lowa law ls a convlcLlon. 1he 'convlcLlon'
forblds hlm from gun ownershlp under Lhe uomesLlc vlolence Cun 8an and equally vlolaLes Lhe lowa
uomesLlc 8aLLery llrearm resLrlcLlon laws.
-Mlchael 8oberLs flrsL known vlolaLlon of vlolaLlng Lhe domesLlc vlolence gun ban was on !uly 22, 2002
from Carollna SporLlng Arms, 110 LasL klngsLon Avenue, CharloLLe, nC 28203 (704) 373-7987
hoLo capLlon below, smaller fonL
Mlchael 8oberLs ls phoLographed wlLh one of many handguns he purchased ln vlolaLlon of CourL Crders afLer hls convlcLlon of Spousal and
Chlld Abuse. 1he phoLograph ls wlLh a snlper rlfle. ollce reporLs allege he LhreaLened Lo klll a Chlcago deLecLlve wlLh s snlper rlfle and LhaL he
(8oberLs) ls a very good shoL. 8oberLs ls on an audlo recordlng wlLh anoLher young man he menLors dlscusslng havlng Lhls young man klll
someone Lo 'proLecL Lhe lnner sancLum' or 8oberLs new buslness enLerprlse wlLh a .30 callber hollow-polnL bulleL whlch [usL explodes hls braln,
Lhe same as used by Lhe rlfle ln Lhe phoLo wlLh 8oberLs above.

lot some ptosecotots tbe tlsk of losloq o ctlmlool ttlol ls ooocceptoble. Altbooqb tbe evlJeoce of qollt
moy be sofflcleot, ooJ o coovlctloo llkely, o ptosecotot koows be foces oo oqqtesslve oJvetsoty ooJ oo
oopteJlctoble joty. A ptosecotot olso koows tbot be most pteseot bls cose cooslsteot wltb o btooJ ottoy
of coostltotloool stotototy, evlJeotloty, ooJ etblcol ptosctlptloo JeslqoeJ to mlolmlze oofolt ptejoJlce
ooJ ossote tbe JefeoJoot o folt ttlol... 5ome ptosecotots floJ tbese toles too coofloloq ooJ seek to
cltcomveot tbem. lot socb o ptosecotot, tbe tlsk of losloq o ttlol fot ootwelqbs tbe tlsk of losloq tbe
sobsepoeot oppeol." rosecuLorlal MlsconducL, Second LdlLlon, by 8enneLL L. Cershman (age 10-3)
1he |ot Was Lng|neered & Lxecuted -
Cllck here Lo waLch Lhls segmenL (ls lL posslble Lo embed Lhe llnk lnLo
Lhe phoLo labeled LwlsLed?)
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8laLanL unLruLhs of 8en SmlLh and Mary Plgglns -
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-lebruary 13Lh, 2002 Mlchael 8oberLs falls hls polygraph and ls found 99 decepLlve on Lhe only
quesLlons perLalnlng Loo lf he knew, planned or Look parL ln Lhe home lnvaslon.

-Mlchael 8oberLs Lhen admlLs LhaL he Lold uusLln abouL !ohn lLman and JlJot polot o vety ptetty
plctote." Mlchael 8oberLs ln an earller segmenL wlLh uaLeLlne professes he 'wanLed Lo klll hlm' speaklng
of !ohn lLman.
-uecember 26, 2008, Mona Wehde sLaLes LhaL Speclal AgenL vlleLa changed Mona Wehde's bellef LhaL
Mlchael 8oberLs had kllled uusLln by assurlng her he had lnLervlewed and cleared Mlchael 8oberLs (see
documenL here pages 103 llnes 9-23 and page 106 llnes 1-13)
!anuary 20, 2009, lowa ulvlslon of Crlmlnal lnvesLlgaLlons on an lnLernal memo sLlll llsLs Mlchael
8oberLs as a suspecL (see documenL here).
-SepLember 23, 2011, 1renL vlleLa sLaLes he ---- never lnLervlewed Mlchael 8oberLs and lefL hlm ouL" of
whaL he dld (see pages 47 & 48) Mlchael 8oberLs falls hls polygraph on lebuary 13, 2002. 1he aLLack
Look place on uecember 13, 2001. 1he 8oberLs lefL on a pre-planned famlly vacaLlon Lhe followlng week.
vlleLa's excuse for noL lnvesLlgaLlng 8oberLs ls LhaL 8oberLs was exLenslvely lnLervlewed ln 2001.
-CcLober 2010, 1renL vlleLa admlLs he ls blased and has Lunnel vlslon. ln an emall copled Lo Sherlff
McClure he sLaLes he ls havlng a hard Llme appearlng Lo be neuLral."
-november 2010, 8en SmlLh ls elecLed and vlleLa beglns sharlng hls self-admlLLed blased lnformaLlon
LhaL leads Lo 1racey 8lchLer belng charged wlLh Lhe murder of uusLln Wehde.
lebruary 2011, lnformaLlon ls provlded LhaL Mlchael 8oberLs on lnformaLlon and bellef has
manlpulaLlng anoLher menLally unsLable man Lo commlL murder on hls behalf, Lhe caller even
sLaLes he 'fears Lhls person wlll become uusLln Wehde #2'
-Mary Plgglns helps generously ln 8en SmlLh's elecLlon campalgn.
-8en SmlLh became romanLlcally lnvolved wlLh Mary Plgglns's daughLer and whlle havlng and drlnks aL
Lhe Plgglns's house, 8en sLarLs Lo descrlbe Lhe case and secreL evldence (noLebook).
-Cn uecember 13, 2001, wlLhln Lhe flrsL 24 Pours of Lhe shooLlng, Lhe crlme scene bedroom ls cleaned
by a clLy employee and her husband and released Lo prlme suspecL Mlchael 8oberLs.
-Cne-hour afLer Mlchael 8oberLs has Lhe crlme scene released, he clalmed Lo have found addlLlonal
shell caslng mlssed by CSl lnvesLlgaLors who processed Lhe bedroom.
1here's so much golng on ln 1w|sted," you need more Lhan Lwo hours Lo dlssecL lL. lL's a grlLLy, edgy,
uncomforLable eplsode ln my oplnlon Lo waLch Lhe prosecuLor, lead lnvesLlgaLor, and sLar wlLness uLlllze
all Lhe Lrlcks #1 - 9 above.
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Mary Plgglns clalmed Lo be 1racey's besL frlend and was 'spooked' LhaL her frlend conLlnued Lo change
conLacL lnformaLlon, crosslng ouL and puLLlng down new lnformaLlon. Why? As a besL frlend, she knew
Mlchael recelved money from Lhe bank for a home equlLy loan wlLhouL Lelllng 1racey, and purchased a
home for anoLher woman, ln llorlda (Anderea 8erger). 1racey's husband even marrled anoLher woman
whlle sLlll marrled Lo 1racey, and LhaL he conLlnually vlolaLed proLecLlve orders. ln 2007, Mlchael 8oberLs
was placed on Lhe Chlld Abuse 8eglsLry for abuslng noah and Mason as he prevlously dld 8erL accordlng
Lo Plgglns.
1he photo |s of Noah and Mason koberts and the|r mother, 1racey k|chter. M|chae| koberts was
found gu||ty of Domest|c Assau|t wh|ch was performed |n front to 1racey and M|chae|s sons (8ert |tman and Noah koberts) M|chae| koberts
a|so was found to have phys|ca||y abused both Noah and Mason koberts and was p|aced on the Ch||d Abuse reg|stry. Desp|te the ch||dren
open|y be|ng fearfu| of M|chae| koberts, and f|nd|ngs of phys|ca| abuse to both ch||dren, 8en Sm|th Sac County Iowa rosecutor made certa|n
the ch||dren were p|aced so|e|y |n the custody of M|chae| koberts. Noah koberts had a|ways been the protector of Mason koberts, and
therefore M|chae| koberts |n order to assert h|s dom|nance and contro| of
And Plgglns musL have known LhaL Mlchael 8oberLs Lhrough a company called Mlle2, sLole 1racey's
ldenLlLy and LhaL law enforcemenL advlsed her she should legally change her name (see documenL),
whlch she dld.
Accordlng Lo a supplemenLal reporL flled by Sherlff ken McClure, 8obyn adgeLL explalned she spoke Lo
Mary Plgglns ofLen and LhaL Mary Plgglns was always Lrylng Lo geL adgeLL Lo befrlend 1racey 8oberLs,
adgeLL always felL Plgglns was Lrylng Lo geL lnformaLlon from adgeLL." lf Plgglns and 8lchLer were
'besL frlends' why was she Lrylng Lo have adgeLL befrlend 1racey Lo geL lnformaLlon? 1he supplemenLal
reporL goes onLo say adgeLL also Lold Mary Plgglns abouL Lhe 'noLebook' found ln uusLln Wehde's
bedroom.wlLh coded wrlLlng." Coded wrlLlng ls lmporLanL because Lhe wrlLlng ln Lhe noLebook ln
uusLln's car, Lhe 'secreL evldence' was also consldered blzarre. 8uL Lhls noLebook had Lhe name llka
lLman, lf you change Lhe leLLers ln llka you have a phoneLlc code-klll A lLman( See Sherlff's
SupplemenLal 8eporL here, noLlce 2nd page 2nd paragraph) 8emember uusLln's menLor earller on
uaLeLlne sald he wanLed Lo klll !ohn lLman. uusLln's menLor afLer falllng hls polygraph confessed he
Lold uusLln abouL !ohn lLman and would noL have palnLed a very preLLy plcLure."
Mary clalmed she helped clean up 1racey's home afLer Lhe shooLlng. ?eL Lhe pollce reporL clearly sLaLes
wlLhln hours Lhey had a clLy worker and her husband clean Lhe crlme scene and release Lhe home Lo
Mlchael 8oberLs.
Mlchael 8oberL clalmed Lo have Lhen cleaned Lhe home and locaLed shell caslngs wlLhln an hour of
Laklng possesslon of Lhe home LhaL were mlssed by CSl lnvesLlgaLors. 1he scene was already cleaned
Lwlce as documenLed by pollce reporLs, yeL, nowhere ln Lhe pollce reporLs dld lL menLlon Lhe
parLlclpaLlon of Mary Plgglns.
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Speclal AgenL 1renL vlleLa had already confessed he was havlng a hard Llme appearlng 'neuLral.' Pe was
already blased and was bulldlng a case Lo valldaLe hls Lheory versus collecLlng evldence and lnvesLlgaLlng
Lhe facLs. 1haL belng sald, everyLhlng vlleLa supplled Lo 8en SmlLh was already blased.
ln hls menLorshlp of uusLln, Mlchael 8oberLs had uusLln work on creaLlve wrlLlng exerclses LhaL ofLen
were vlolenL ln naLure. 8oberLs afLer hls falled polygraph admlLLed he Lold uusLln deLalls abouL !ohn
lLman and don'L forgeL ln Lhe oLher noLebook, klll a lLman. 1he super-secreL evldence, Lhe lnk
noLebook was phoLographed aL Lhe crlme scene, and llsLed under secLlon Lwo of Lhe vehlcle lnLerlor
hoLo capLlon - uusLln Wehde Car lnvenLory Whlch LlsLlng LlsL lnk
Splral noLebook
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LxamlnaLlon lnk Llned Splral noLebook", Lhe noLebook ls also menLloned ln mulLlple pollce reporLs
and even sLaLes LhaL Lhe wrlLlng ln Lhe noLebook was 'blzarre.' 1he crlme scene phoLos were heavlly
clrculaLed and a clvll lawsulL ln 2004 puL all of Lhls lnLo publlc record. 1he crlme scene phoLos were
shown Lo me personally ln 2010 by Mlchael 8oberLs.
8en SmlLh ls havlng dlnner and drlnks aL hls glrlfrlend's parenL's house who were also generous
campalgn supporLers and helped geL 8en SmlLh elecLed. AL some polnL, 8en sLarLs Lo descrlbe Lhe case
and Lhe secreL evldence (noLebook) and accordlng Lo Mary she says you mean LhaL sLupld noLebook?"
lf Lhe lnformaLlon ls supposed Lo be secreL, why ls 8en SmlLh descrlblng lL? More Lo Lhe polnL, 8en
Lurned 'whlLe' and slld Lo Lhe floor when he heard 'sLupld noLebook' buL Lhree (3) noLebooks had
already been a parL of evldence, he should noL have been shocked over a noLebook.
reposterous A||egat|ons
lL ls preposLerous Lo Lhlnk LhaL a soluLlon Lo loslng chlld supporL ls for 1racey Lo frame Lhe payer of her
chlld supporL wlLh a caplLal offense. lf Lhe lLman wenL Lo [all Lhe chlld supporL would fall Lo 0" ZL8C!
1racey had already slgned off on a vall condomlnlum ln exchange for 8erL's faLher (!ohn lLman) Lo pay
for 8erL's college. lf !ohn wenL Lo [all, 1racey would have Lo pay for 8erL's college, a daunLlng Lask for a
slngle moLher wlLh 3 klds.
My hearL goes ouL Lo Mona Wehde, as l slncerely belleve her LrusL was beLrayed by Mlchael 8oberLs,
1renL vlleLa, and 8en SmlLh. l losL my faLher Lo sulclde, and l know flrsL-hand Lhe deslre Lo Lry and
cherlsh and honor Lhelr memorles.
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Mona flrsL LrusLed Mlchael 8oberLs wlLh Lhe menLorlng of her son, and he broke LhaL LrusL. 1haL ls whaL
made me call law enforcemenL ln lowa ln lebruary 2011, fear LhaL a new young man was golng Lo
become uusLln Wehde #2.
Mlchael 8oberLs had convlnced anoLher man whom l belleve he was manlpulaLlng menLally and sexually
Lo ploL Lo klll me, Lhe Lalk even cenLered on uslng a .30 callber hollow polnL bulleL Lo explode my braln.
1hls was Lo be done Lo proLecL Mlchael 8oberLs's buslness lnLeresL.


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lf tbe ptosecotot ls obllqeJ to cboose bls coses, lt follows tbot be coo cboose bls JefeoJoots. lo socb
coses lt ls oot o poestloo of Jlscovetloq tbe commlssloo of o ctlme ooJ tbeo lookloq fot tbe moo wbo bos
commltteJ lt, lt ls o poestloo of plckloq tbe moo ooJ tbeo seotcbloq tbe low books, ot pottloq
lovestlqotots to wotk, to plo some offeose oo blm. !"#$#%& %( )"# *+,) -.&/#$+0, 1+2#$ +( )"#
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Supreme Court Iust|ce ] Un|ted States Attorney Genera| ] Nuremburg rosecutor kobert Iackson,
1940
8en SmlLh admlLs Lo uaLellne he would wlllfully lle as an offlcer of Lhe courL Lo proLecL hls own moLher lf
roles were reversed. ln 1w|sted," dld he lle Lo proLecL hls poLenLlal fuLure moLher-ln-law who became
hls sLar wlLness, and vlolaLe 1racey 8lchLer's due process?
1wlsLed" ls a dangerous segmenL. l can'L remember a Llme ln recenL memory when l waLched a
uaLellne and wondered whaL Lhe prosecuLor, sLar wlLness, and lead lnvesLlgaLor mlghL allegedly lle
abouL nexL, and you qulckly undersLand Lhls Lrlal was a crude convlcLlon machlne versus an lnsLrumenL
of [usLlce. 1he 1racey 8lchLer case was noLhlng more Lhan a sham Lo proLecL Lhe buslness opporLunlLles
of key prosecuLlon wlLnesses and Sac ClLy ALLorney 8en SmlLh, hlmself.
A Myst|fy|ng 8reak In
ln laLe 2001, Lo mosL people ln Lhe small Lown of Larly, lowa, 1racey 8lchLer was a hero. A woman who
sLood up for her famlly and dld Lhe unLhlnkable, breaklng away from an lnLruder who had [usL
aLLempLed Lo garroLe her wlLh panLyhose, grabblng a plsLol from a bedroom safe, and shooLlng hlm nlne
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Llmes unLll he sLopped movlng. All of Lhls whlle her Lhree chlldren huddled ln a nearby bedroom, fearlng
for Lhelr llves. ln a communlLy of only 600, crlmes Lhls grlsly are rare. 8uL whaL added an exLra elemenL
of mournlng Lo Lhe Lown's grlef and shock was LhaL Lhe break ln was led by a local, someone mosL folks
knew, someone Lhe 8oberLs' famlly knew well-uusLln Wehde. Pls moLher, Mona, was a respecLed real
esLaLe agenL ln Lhe area. And uusLln dldn'L appear benL on robbery buL murder. Why?
A 8|zarre 1w|st
Why would uusLln Wehde seek Lo harm a famlly he knew so well? A famlly who had befrlended hlm?
Mlchael 8oberLs had reached ouL Lo uusLln's MoLher offerlng Lo menLor hlm, Laklng hlm palnLballlng and
Lo church wlLh Lhe famlly. Pe was ln every sense a frlend of Mlchael 8oberLs, someone who had been
over Lo Lhe 8oberLs' house on many occaslons. Pe was Lhe lasL person 1racey lmaglned would harm
Lhem. And Lhen Lhere was Lhe case of Lhe second lnLruder. 1he only descrlpLlon Lhey had of Lhe man
who fled was LhaL he was 6 feeL Lall, 23 Lo 33 years old, wlLh a slender bulld and dark wavy halr. Mlchael
8oberLs, ln an lnLervlew wlLh a local paper, 1he 8eglsLer, conflrmed he belleved Lhe oLher man was
behlnd Lhe aLLack and uusLln was under Lhe lnfluence of Lhe oLher person.Lhe boss." 1haL same week
Mlchael 8oberLs posLed a $10,000 reward for lnformaLlon leadlng Lo Lhe arresL of Lhe 2nd lnLruder,
evldenLly bellevlng sLrongly ln hls exlsLence. lor Lhe Sac CounLy Sherlff, Lhe clrcumsLances surroundlng
Lhe break ln lefL Loo many Lroubllng quesLlons Lo close lL ouL as robbery aLLempL gone bad. 1he Sherlff
and hls lnvesLlgaLors surmlsed someone had puL uusLln up Lo lL, and Lhey Lheorlzed LhaL someone had
probably pald hlm Lo commlL Lhe crlme. ulsLurblng pornography was menLloned ln pollce reporLs and by
wlLnesses causlng Lhe speculaLlon LhaL uusLln Wehde and Mlchael 8oberLs had a sexual relaLlonshlp.
Could Lhls have been a crlme of passlon?
An Lye W|tness
1he nlghL 1racey 8lchLer's llfe changed forever her lasL name was 8oberLs. lL was early evenlng on
uecember 13, 2001 and 1racey was upsLalrs baLhlng her young daughLer Mason. Lleven-year-old 8erL
was ln hls bedroom waLchlng Spy klds wlLh Lhree-year-old noah. lL was afLer slx and her husband had
been ouL of Lown on a buslness Lrlp so when she heard nolses downsLalrs, she wenL ouL onLo Lhe landlng
and called downsLalrs, Lhlnklng he'd reLurned a few hours early. no one answered, so she called agaln.
1he sLalrs were dark and Lwo flgures ascended Lhe sLalr case, everyLhlng ln her body Lold her Lhey were
noL frlendly. 8erL came ouL of Lhe room, and she handed off Lhe baby Lo hlm, Lelllng hlm Lo geL ln hls
room, close Lhe door.
8efore she could escape, Lhe flrsL lnLruder wrapped a nylon panLyhose around her neck, aLLempLlng Lo
garroLe her, leavlng her neck severely brulsed. She broke away and was able Lo reLrleve a gun from her
bedroom and she shoL aL uusLln, sLopplng a furLher aLLack ln her bedroom. 1he second lnLruder was
heard shouLlng: Lhe 8*Lch has a gun," and fled. She was able Lhen Lo check on Lhe chlldren, and geL
Lhem safely downsLalrs Lo call 9-1-1.
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lnvesLlgaLors evenLually honed ln on her husband, Mlchael 8oberLs, as a suspecL. 1he pollce knew Lhey
had a volaLlle marlLal relaLlonshlp. 1hey had Lhe pollce reporLs LhaL proved hls physlcal abuse of 1racey.
lowa ueparLmenL of Puman Servlces found LhaL Mlchael 8oberLs had abused boLh hls young son and
daughLer. 1helr famlly buslness was elLher maklng mllllons of dollars or sLruggllng flnanclally, dependlng
on who you spoke wlLh. 1racey had a conslderable llfe lnsurance pollcy as dld Lhe chlldren. Mlchael had
an alleged allbl for hls whereabouLs LhaL 1hursday nlghL, so he was ruled ouL as Lhe second lnLruder, buL
noL as Lhe masLermlnd behlnd Lhe ploL Lo klll 1racey and her chlldren. WhaL lmmedlaLely had caughL Lhe
sherlff's aLLenLlon were Lhe resulLs of hls polygraph LesL. lour weeks afLer Lhe lncldenL Mlchael had
flunked a pollce LesL. 1he pollce asked lf he had planned and arranged for uusLln Lo enLer hls house on
uecember 13, lf he knew Lhe ldenLlLy of Lhe second lnLruder. Pe answered no Lo Lhese along wlLh Lwo
oLher quesLlons and Lhe LesLer concluded wlLh a 99 cerLalnLy hls answers were decepLlve. 8y Lhe Llme
a sherlff's deLecLlve saL down across from Mlchael 8oberLs ln 2003 and asked hlm polnL blank how much
he had pald uusLln Lo klll hls wlfe, Lhe Sherlff was preLLy cerLaln Lhey had come Lo rlghL concluslon. 8uL
Mlchael denled lL. ConLlnued Lo deny lL, and he never broke from hls sLory. When Sherlff McClure's
lnvesLlgaLors broughL Lhe case Lo Sac CounLy rosecuLlng ALLorney, Larl PardlsLy, he refused Lo
prosecuLe. 1here were several facLors ln hls declslon, buL hls refusal cenLered on Lhe conLamlnaLlon of
Lhe crlme scene by Lhe paramedlcs and Lhe pollce and Lhe poor forenslc work by Lhe lnvesLlgaLors aL Lhe
crlme scene. 1he case wenL cold as far as Lhe cops were concerned. Mlchael and 1racey wenL on wlLh
Lhelr fraglle marrlage LhaL flnally ended ln 2008.
New Lv|dence
Mona Wehde conLlnued Lo mourn for her dead son, nagged by Lhe bellef uusLln could have never done
Lhls on hls own. She even had a Lheory abouL Lhe second lnLruder buL no one ever Look her serlously.
Per prlvaLe grlef began Lo Lurn ln 2007 when she recelved a call from Speclal AgenL 1renL vlleLa. Pe had
been handed Lhe cold case of Lhe uusLln Wehde shooLlng and had uncovered some new evldence,
evldence LhaL would Lake Lhe case ln an enLlrely new dlrecLlon. And lf LhaL evldence panned ouL, lL could
brlng a measure of closure Lo her paln.
L|fe |n r|son
Speclal AgenL vlleLa complled hls facLs and blded hls Llme. And when a new Sac CounLy uA was Look
offlce ln !anuary 2011, vlleLa lald ouL hls case Lo Lhe young aggresslve prosecuLor, 8en SmlLh. Cn !uly 26,
2011 1racey 8lchLer was arresLed on charges of flrsL degree murder ln Lhe shooLlng deaLh of uusLln
Wehde, and a year laLer was convlcLed of murder ln Lhe flrsL degree and senLenced Lo llfe wlLhouL Lhe
posslblllLy of parole. WhaL had Speclal AgenL vlleLa uncovered, and how had he conveyed lL Lo counLy
aLLorney, 8en SmlLh who convlnced a [ury of her peers Lo flnd her gullLy of flrsL degree murder? Pow
were Lhese new facLs so compelllng LhaL even an eye wlLness Lo Lhe break ln and shooLlng were
lmpugned as lylng? Pow had lL come abouL LhaL Lhe man whom mosL ln Lown were convlnced had
commlLLed Lhls crlme now had cusLody of Lhe couple's Lwo chlldren, and Lhe moLher who had foughL Lo
save Lhem, was now a convlcLed klller servlng llfe ln prlson? uld Lhe defense aLLorney's know abouL Lhe
eLhlcal lapses on Lhe parL of Lhe prosecuLor? uld 8en SmlLh uphold Lhe eLhlcal duLy of hls offlce Lo seek
[usLlce no maLLer Lhe cosL Lo hls case?
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1hese are some of Lhe quesLlons LhaL musL be answered ln order Lo undersLand why 1racey 8lchLer ls ln
[all for llfe.
Comp|||ng the Lv|dence
8ack when he flrsL recelved Lhe case, Speclal AgenL 1renL vlleLa's flrsL asslgnmenL was Lo flnd a moLlve
for Lhe crlme. Pe early dlscounLed Lhe falled polygraph of Mlchael 8oberLs, clalmlng on Lape LhaL
Mlchael dldn'L belleve ln Lhe second lnLruder, whlch ln hls mlnd explalned Lhe decepLlve resulLs of Lhe
LesL. 1hls dlrecLly conLradlcLs Mlchael's own sLaLemenLs Lo boLh Lhe press, whlch ls clLed earller, and Lo
Lhe publlc ln offerlng a cash reward for lnformaLlon leadlng Lo Lhe arresL of Lhe second lnLruder. Why
would Speclal AgenL vlleLa make such a spurlous clalm ln conLradlcLlon Lo Lhe facLs as Lhey were
publlcally known? Pad hls ob[ecLlve [udgmenL already been so lmpalred by hls deLermlnaLlon Lo see
1racey Lrled for murder LhaL Lhe facLs no longer maLLered? neverLheless, Speclal AgenL vlleLa belleved
he was onLo someLhlng, and aL Lhls polnL whaLever facLs dldn'L flL lnLo hls Lheory had Lo be ln some way
recasL.
Pe zeroed ln hls lnvesLlgaLlve energy on 1racey. 8y fleshlng ouL her background and earller relaLlonshlp
wlLh her flrsL husband !ohn lLman, he began Lo develop a proflle of a woman who ln Lheory could pull
Lhe Lrlgger on a frlend. She was a gun owner, as was Mlchael, and lLman clalmed she had brandlshed a
gun aL hlm ln a famlly argumenL. 8uL was LhaL Lhe whole LruLh of LhaL lncldenL? Was 8oberLs here dolng
exacLly whaL counLy prosecuLor SmlLh would laLer clalm 1racey was dolng ln seLLlng up Lhe murder
ploL-was 8oberLs slmply Laklng a slLuaLlon ouL of conLexL ln order Lo make hlmself look good ln a chlld
supporL dlspuLe? 8uL vlleLa was on Lhe Lrall of someLhlng and conLlnued dlgglng Lhrough her pasL unLll
he could Lheorlze wlLh confldence LhaL her pasL behavlor proved she could murder uusLln ln cold blood.
8uL why would vlleLa so easlly dlsmlss a proven sclenLlflc concluslon ln favor of fllmsy clrcumsLanLlal
evldence agalnsL Lhe vlcLlm? lL musL have been someLhlng he found ln her background because he called
her a con from way back. She had never sLruck anyone. 8uL whaL abouL uusLln's, documenLed and
erraLlc and vlolenL behavlour? (see documenL here) WhaL abouL Mlchael's physlcally abuslve
relaLlonshlop wlLh hls klds and hls own wlfe? 8y Lhe sLandards vlleLa had seL up anyone of Lhese were
capable of pulllng Lhe Lrlgger. 8uL vlleLa was on a mlsslon. 1hose facLs dldn'L enLer lnLo hls equaLlon.
vlleLa showed a dlsLlncL paLLern ln Lhe lnvesLlgaLlon of dlscounLlng any evldence LhaL dldn'L flL lnLo hls
Lheory. 1ake Mona Wehde's sworn sLaLemenL ln 2002, her adamanL asserLlon she had been
manlpulaLed ln a love affalr by a local con man and Mafla Lhug ln order Lo galn her confldence, access Lo
her house, her phone, and her real esLaLe offlce, where she had a key Lo Lhe 8oberL's home because of
her real esLaLe buslness. uesplLe a promlse Lo marry Mona and run away from hls wlfe, Lhe man, !eremy
Colllns, dlsappeared days afLer Lhe murder. Pe pald off hls car, hls house, qulL hls [ob, and he and hls
wlfe moved away. Mona never saw hlm agaln. PearLbroken by Lhe loss of her chlld and now dupllclLy of
her llllclL lover, she was morLlfled she mlghL have been unwlLLlngly lnvolved ln Lhe murder ploL of her
own son. She sald as much ln a sworn deposlLlon Lo Lhe pollce ln lebruary 2002. Mona wenL on Lo say
LhaL she knew !eremy was lnvolved ln a range of lllegal acLlvlLles-money launderlng, drug deallng,
murder for hlre, and more. !eremy had even spoken Lo her son, accordlng Lo phone records, calllng her
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house when she couldn'L have been home, and only uusLln had been. Could Lhls have been Lhe
mysLerlous man" uusLln's noLebook referred Lo?
uuLy bound Lo follow up on such an ausplclous lead, Speclal AgenL vlleLa Look a plane rlde Lo Cermany
Lo lnLervlew !eremy Colllns. Whlle he dld flle a reporL, lL only conslsLed of Lhe facL LhaL he asked Colllns
four quesLlons. 1he allbl Colllns gave lf followed up by vlleLa would have proven false and only a slngle
sheeL of paper even showed Lhe lnLervlew had Laken place. no need. Collln's dldn'L flL lnLo vlleLas
Lheory of why 1racey shoL uusLln.
lL's lmposslble Lo plnpolnL whaL exacLly caused vlleLa or when he crossed over Lhe llne from neuLral
servanL of Lhe law Lo a blased lnvesLlgaLor, lnLenL on provlng Lhe gullL of 1racey 8lchLer. 8uL Lhe facL he
dld came from hls own admlsslon Lo hls boss ln an e-mall where he reporLed LhaL he was havlng Lrouble
appearlng Lo be neuLral." Pe was now a blased lnvesLlgaLor, and he wanLed 1racey 8lchLer lndlcLed for
murder, and ln order Lo do LhaL he had Lo fake lL. Pe had Lo keep hls blas Lo hlmself, he had Lo appear Lo
be ob[ecLlvely examlnlng Lhe evldence as lL came Lo hlm. 8ecause LhaL's whaL Lhe law requlred of hlm,
because LhaL's whaL servanLs of Lhe law are sworn Lo do.
Pls only problem was hls boss, Sac CounLy ALLorney, Larl PardlsLy. Pe had refused Lo lndlcL anyone for
Lhe charges slmply because Lhe evldence as he saw lL was fllmsy. 1he crlme scene had been Loo
conLamlnaLed by emergency responders and pollce. 1beo tbete wos tbe lssoe of tbe ctlme sceoe ltself
ooJetqoloq o cleooloq by clty employees ooJ tbeo teleoseJ to Mlcboel kobetts wltblo 24 boots. 5bottly
oftet tokloq tbe boose bock ovet, kobetts foooJ o sbell cosloq tbe c5l lovestlqotots boJ mlsseJ ooJ
btooqbt lt to tbe pollce. wltblo Joys weeks kobetts folls o polyqtopb ooJ becomes tbe ptlme sospect. 1be
foct tbot Mlcboel boJ folleJ o pollce polyqtopb wos oo obstocle tbot oooe of tbe lovestlqotots coolJ qet
otoooJ lo potsoloq sospects lo tbe cose. ln Lhe orlglnal lnvesLlgaLlve reporLs complled by Sac CounLy
Sherlff's lnvesLlgaLor ln 2002 Lell Mlchael 8oberLs he's convlnced Lhe man knows more abouL Lhe crlme
Lhan he's saylng. Mlchael lmmedlaLely ended Lhe conversaLlon.
Mlchael's refusal Lo cooperaLe and Lhe decepLlve resulLs from Lhe polygraph comblned wlLh Lhe shoddy
pollce work on Lhe crlme scene convlnced Lhe veLeran prosecuLor PardlsLy LhaL charges agalnsL 8oberLs
wouldn'L hold up ln courL. 8uL none of Lhls sLymled Speclal AgenL vlleLa. Pe had a Lheory Lo prove, and
he was deLermlned Lo explaln Lhe LruLh as he saw lL.
Lxamlnlng Lhe crlme scene nearly elghL years afLer Lhe facL, afLer all Lhe forenslc evldence had been
wlped clean and long ago dlsappeared, vlleLa deLermlned LhaL lnnocenL uusLln musL have been lured Lo
hls deaLh. 1he Lra[ecLorles of Lhe bulleLs proved beyond a doubL, 1racey had casually sLood by Lhe slde
of Lhe bed and flred away aL a young man who could noL have been aLLacklng her. 1hls was a concluslon
no oLher Sac CounLy offlcer had been able Lo come Lo, buL Speclal AgenL vlleLa could and dld. WlLh Lhe
crlme scene evldence along wlLh hls proflle on 1racey and hls explanaLlon of Mlchael's falled polygraph,
he now had hls proof. 8uL whaL vlleLa dldn'L have was a cooperaLlve prosecuLor who would see Lhlngs
hls way. noL unLll !anuary 1, 2011 when Lhe new man moved lnLo Lhe counLy prosecuLor's offlce, one
8en SmlLh.
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WhaL seemed llke a mysLerlous clue wlLh unknown relevance Lo Lhe prevlous lnvesLlgaLors, Lo 8en
SmlLh, Lhe new uA, lL was Lhe prlzed lasL plece of a compllcaLed puzzle, one he had been searchlng for
slnce he flrsL heard of Lhe case. 8en had a meLlculous way abouL hls drlve for [usLlce, and he combed
Lhrough Lhe old case flles and found LhaL one plece of evldence LhaL he clalmed lnvesLlgaLors had never
dlsclosed exlsLed-a plnk noLebook-a clue pollce dldn'L lnLend Lo announce unLll Lhey undersLood lLs
relevance. lL belonged Lo uusLln and lL was found ln Lhe fronL seaL of hls car parked ouLslde 1racey's
house. lL was a [ournal of sorLs ln uusLln's handwrlLlng, one of Lhree noLebooks found LhaL menLloned
Lhe name lLman Among oLher enLrles were crypLlc references Lo 1racey's chlld cusLody sLruggles wlLh
her flrsL husband, Chlcago physlclan, !ohn lLman. 1here was also a reference Lo a mysLerlous man"
who had conLacLed hlm abouL kllllng 1racey. SmlLh knew Lhe noLebook was Lop secreL and so one nlghL
when he was aL dlnner aL hls glrlfrlend's house, he menLloned Lo Mary Plgglns, hls glrlfrlend's moLher,
LhaL Lhere was more Lo Lhe 1racey 8lchLer shooLlngs Lhan mosL people know abouL." When Mary
replled, Ch, you mean LhaL sLupld noLebook," lL was Lhen SmlLh experlenced a momenL of eplphany
worLhy of Sherlock Polmes. lL doesn'L aL all defy lmaglnaLlon Lo assume LhaL evenlng and on subsequenL
Llmes, Lhe new prosecuLor 8en SmlLh and hls former campalgn worker, Mary Plgglns, dlscussed aL
lengLh Lhelr concerns abouL Lhe gullL or lnnocence of 1racey 8lchLer. 8uL whaL abouL LhaL nlghL aL
dlnner? AL Lhe very leasL Lhey dlscussed how he had [usL connecLed Lhe doLs ln Lhe murder case he
lnLended Lo flle agalnsL 1racey.
1he connecLlon SmlLh sald he made LhaL nlghL aL Mary's home was LhaL 1racey could noL have known
abouL Lhe noLebook and lLs conLenLs unless she had fed uusLln Lhe lncrlmlnaLlng lnformaLlon abouL !ohn
lLman herself. 1racey musL also have wanLed Lhe noLebook Lo be dlscovered, and somehow made sure
uusLln carrled lL around ln hls car. lrom Lhere he concluded LhaL all of Lhe physlcal evldence ln Lhe case
was a lle creaLed by 1racey Lo cover up Lhe real facLs: aL Lhe Llme of Lhe break ln 1racey was ln Lhe mldsL
of a nasLy chlld cusLody dlspuLe wlLh !ohn lLman. SmlLh Lheorlzed LhaL she had planLed Lhe lnformaLlon
abouL lLman Lo pln Lhe break ln on hlm. And ln order Lo compleLe her monsLrous scheme, she lured
uusLln Lo Lhe house LhaL nlghL, Lhen upsLalrs lnLo her bedroom, and Lhen shoL hlm down ln cold blood,
Lhen ln[ured her own neck wlLh a palr of panLyhose, made up Lhe sLory abouL Lhe second lnLruder,
coached her young sons (8erL and noah) ln whaL Lo say happened, and Lhen called 911.
8uL whaL lf SmlLh dldn'L menLlon ouLrlghL LhaL he LhoughL 1racey was gullLy of flrsL degree murder.
WhaL lf had merely lmplled LhaL she had done lL? uo words have Lo be spoken ln order for a servanL of
Lhe law Lo communlcaLe an oplnlon of gullL or lnnocence? Lvery law school sLudenL knows LhaL
prosecuLors are bound by Lhe hlghesL eLhlcal sLandards Lo assure every defendanL recelves a falr Lrlal.
1haL's Lhere sworn duLy. 1haL's how our [usLlce sysLem works. And Lherefore Lhey are duLy bound noL Lo
pre[udlce a wlLness or a [ury by communlcaLlng an oplnlon abouL Lhe gullL or lnnocence of a defendanL.
CourLs recognlze Lhe power of prosecuLor's faclal expresslons and body language Lo unfalrly lnfluence a
[ury, and when lL ls done, lnLenLlonally or unlnLenLlonally, Lhey conslder lL prosecuLorlal mlsconducL.
Mary sald ln an lnLervlew wlLh uaLellne LhaL 8en wenL whlLe aL Lhe momenL of recognlLlon of Mary's
knowledge of Lhe plnk noLebook. She knew whaL was golng Lhrough 8en's mlnd. Why would she
remember Lhe lncldenL so vlvldly lf she dldn'L Lhlnk 8en was convlnced 1racey had commlLLed murder
and noL an acL of self-defense? 1hls ls a reasonable assumpLlon, one LhaL ls only ampllfled by Mary's
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oLher sLaLemenLs regardlng Lhe meanlng of Lhe mulLlple ldenLlLles of 1racey 8lchLer. We don'L know
exacLly when Mary cobbled LogeLher Lhe oLher dlsparaLe deLalls she knew regardlng 1racey 8lchLer, and
Lurned her frlend of many years lnLo a murderess ln her mlnd, buL lL's falr Lo say lL happened abouL or
shorLly afLer LhaL dlnner wlLh 8en SmlLh. lf noL why would LhaL nlghL be so cenLral Lo Lhe memory of
boLh of Lhem?
1he quesLlon LhaL begs Lo be asked ls would Lhe murder Lrlal of 1racey 8lchLer have had a dlfferenL
ouLcome lf Lhe key prosecuLor's wlLness had noL been unfalrly pre[udlced and unduly lnfluenced? lL's
noL unreasonable Lo doubL LhaL wlLh Lhls klnd of behlnd Lhe scenes lnfluenclng of one wlLness, lL would
become lmposslble for 1racey Lo geL a falr Lrlal ln Lhe small counLles surroundlng Larly, lowa.
1he prosecuLlon's case Lurned on Lwo key wlLnesses. llrsL, was Mary Plgglns. Mary, as we wlll see laLer,
from Lhe beglnnlng had an lnsaLlable lnLeresL ln dlgglng lnLo 1racey 8lchLer's llfe. Second, was 8urL
lLLman, who was only 11 aL Lhe Llme of Lhe crlme, buL Len years laLer he was even more adamanL abouL
hls memorles of LhaL evenlng. 1he Lrlal hlnged on who Lhe [ury would belleve, a Lown busy-body and
frlend of Lhe prosecuLor, or Lhe only eye-wlLness Lo Lhe gruesome evenL oLher Lhan Lhe vlcLlm herself.
8uL lf SmlLh was golng Lo convlnce a [ury of hls Lheory he'd need Lo lmpugn Lhe eye wlLness LesLlmony of
8urL. AL Lrlal he would have Lo convlnce a [ury 1racey's son had never seen whaL he sald he saw or
heard whaL he sald he heard. And he would have Lo convlnce Lhe [ury of Mary Plgglns credlblllLy. She
became hls sLar wlLness. Lven Lhough she was a longLlme frlend of 1racey, she was also someone wlLh
her ear Lo ground ln Larly who seemed Lo have aL her dlsposal so many deLalls abouL 1racey 8lchLer's
llfe. ueLalls she was more Lhan wllllng Lo pass along Lo 8en SmlLh. And 8en SmlLh never fulfllled hls duLy
Lo Lhe publlc by dlscloslng Lo Lhe defense hls full and Lrue relaLlonshlp wlLh Mary Plgglns. lL wasn'L unLll
afLer Mary was deposed by Lhe defense counsel LhaL Lhelr prlor relaLlons came Lo llghL. When
quesLloned by Lhe [udge, 8en SmlLh assured hlm he was merely an acqualnLance of Mary's, and hls real
frlend was her husband. 8uL lf LhaL's Lhe case, why dldn'L SmlLh dlsclose all of Lhls beforehand. Pe had
an eLhlcal duLy Lo do so. Was Lhls eLhlcal lapse on 8en SmlLh's parL lnLenLlonal? Cr ls lL [usL parL of a
larger paLLern of decepLlon?
Was Mary n|gg|ns a ke||ab|e W|tness?

hoLo CapLlon 5tot wltoess Moty nlqqlos of otly lowo seems to cootemplote bet foclol exptessloo befote qloocloq ovet to bet self
ptoclolmeJ 8est ltleoJ, 1tocey klcbtet.
Mary Plgglns's LesLlmony helped send 1racey 8lchLer Lo [all for llfe. So lL's falr Lo ask, was she an
lmparLlal wlLness? Cr dld her prlor relaLlonshlp wlLh Sac CounLy rosecuLor 8en SmlLh color her sense of
Lhe LruLh? She worked for hlm durlng hls elecLlon campalgn. SmlLh aLe aL her house, daLed her daughLer,
and Mary became becomes a source of lnformaLlon. LaLer she Lold 8en SmlLh LhaL 1racey had Lold her
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Lhe second lnLruder wore a skl mask. 8uL 1racey had provlded a descrlpLlon of Lhe second lnLruder. Mary
sald LhaL made her wonder lf 1racey was [usL maklng everyLhlng up. 8uL who was maklng Lhlngs up? ln a
pollce reporL !une 21, 2011, Cross 8oads Cafe owner, 8obyn adgeLL Lells a dlfferenL sLory abouL Mary
Plgglns, one golng back Lo shorLly afLer Lhe shooLlng. 8obyn helped Mona Wehde clean ouL uusLln's
room shorLly afLer hls deaLh. ln hls room Lhey found a black noLebook, whlch had crypLlc, wrlLLen ln
some Lype of coded wrlLlng." Mona Lurned lL over Lo LL. Cessford laLer ln Lhe week. Mona and 8obyn
boLh knew abouL a noLebook, a black one ln an lnLervlew wlLh Sherlff McClure ln !une of 2011, 8obyn
reporLed Lelllng Mary Plgglns abouL Lhe noLebook. So now Mary Plgglns knew abouL Lhe noLebook, noL
necessarlly from 1racey, buL from a compleLely dlfferenL source and LhaL Lhls noLebook also referenced
lLman.
lurLher, 8obyn sLaLed LhaL she spoke ofLen Lo Mary who was always Lrylng Lo geL 8obyn Lo befrlend
1racey 8lchLer. Accordlng Lo Lhe reporL, adgeLL always felL LhaL Plgglns was Lrylng Lo geL lnformaLlon
from adgeLL. And also sald Mary Plgglns ls Lhe one who Lold her abouL Lhe skl-mask." LaLer ln Lhe same
reporL, McClure noLes LhaL adgeLL ls menLloned ln an e-mall he recelved from 1racey ln March 2003
where she menLloned Lhe noLebook LhaL was found ln uusLln's bedroom. 8obyn also reporLed LhaL she
and Mary Lalked so much LhaL she had Laken pages of noLes from Lhelr conversaLlons. lL would be
conslsLenL wlLh Mary's personallLy LhaL lf she knew abouL a plnk noLebook, lL would have come up ln her
any of her numerous conversaLlons. 8uL Mary never menLloned she knew anyLhlng abouL a plnk
noLebook.
So what d|d Mary know? And what d|d she make up? And what d|d she te|| 8en Sm|th?
1here's a quesLlon lf she even Lold Lhe LruLh on Lhe sLand. lL's common knowledge LhaL Mary Plgglns
worked on 8en SmlLh's elecLlon campalgn, and LhaL 8en openly daLed Ablgall, Mary's daughLer durlng
Lhe Llme beLween hls swearlng ln !anuary 2011 and 1racey's arresL ln mld-!uly. Pe admlLs he was aL her
house Lhe nlghL of hls lnslghL lnLo Lhe case, and Mary's admlsslon regardlng Lhe plnk noLebook. She
knew abouL Lhe noLebook from her frlend 8obyn adgeLL. 8uL ln courL she sald 1racey had Lold her
everyLhlng. Mary had Lalked Lo her frlend 8obyn aL greaL lengLh abouL every aspecL of Lhe case LhaL
8obyn fllled a noLebook full of noLes. She wenL Lo greaL lengLhs Lo prompL 8obyn adgeLL Lo befrlend
1racey. Why dld she have Lo do Lhls lf she and 1racey were besL frlends? Why dld she have Lhls
lnsaLlable LhlrsL for lnformaLlon abouL 1racey? WhaL was her moLlvaLlon ln prylng lnLo 1racey's llfe?
We'll never know, buL whaL we do know ls LhaL Mary never Lold Lhe enLlre LruLh under oaLh. 1racey
clalmed she never Lold anyone abouL a plnk noLebook, because she wasn'L aware of lLs exlsLence. And
Mary clalmed 1racey Lold her abouL lL, all along she'd learned abouL lL from 8obyn adgeLL.
Who had the most to ga|n from k||||ng Dust|n?
8en SmlLh's argumenL for prosecuLlng 1racey for flrsL degree murder resLed on a couple of premlses.

-1racey was ln a baLLle over chlld supporL for her son 8urL. !ohn lLman wanLed Lo cuL off Lhe $1000 a
monLh she was recelvlng.
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-1o do Lhls she wanLed Lo frame !ohn lLman for aLLempLed murder and Lo keep her plans secreL she
kllled.
?eL, Lhe facLs remaln LhaL Mlchael 8oberLs made a secreL deal wlLh Mona Wehde, a real esLaLe agenL, Lo
sell all of Lhelr marlLlal properLles wlLhouL 1racey's knowledge. Pe meL secreLly wlLh her Lo dlscuss Lhe
deal [usL prlor Lo Lhe shooLlng of uusLln. Mlchael was plannlng a move away from Lhe area, and he'd
brlng 1racey up Lo speed on lL laLer. 1haL's whaL he Lold Mona.

-WlLh 1racey ouL of Lhe way, he would become sole owner of Lhelr home xellex and Mlle2 a buslnesses
whlch recenLly dld $2 mllllon dollars ln new sales.
-WlLh 1racey ouL of Lhe way Mlchael would own all of Lhelr properLy and could move Lhe klds where he
wanLed Lo. WlLh 1racey ouL of Lhe way Mlchael would be Lhe ma[orlLy shareholder of Mlle2, even afLer
he provlded 8ay lrledman Lhe equlLy he had prevlously promlsed hlm.
-WlLh 1racey ouL of Lhe way he could marry anoLher woman, whlch he dld even before hls dlvorce was
flnal.
8uL Speclal AgenL vlleLa dldn'L see any connecLlons or any reason Lo suspecL Mlchael 8oberLs because
he'd made up hls mlnd abouL 1racey's gullL and he had no lnLenLlon of backlng down.
Was Iust|ce Uphe|d?
1he duLy of a publlc prosecuLor ls Lo uphold [usLlce by seelng LhaL Lhe law ls applled falrly. 1he Lyplcal
mlndseL LhaL's aLLrlbuLed Lo aLLorneys ls LhaL Lhey are ouL Lo wln Lhelr case aL any cosL. ubllc defenders,
on Lhe oLher hand, are held Lo a hlgher sLandard. 1hey have a duLy Lo avold confllcL of lnLeresLs ln Lhelr
relaLlonshlps wlLh wlLnesses. 1hey have a duLy Lo dlsclose any facLs or evldence maLerlal Lo Lhe case,
even lf lL Lends Lo exoneraLe Lhe accused. under no clrcumsLances are Lhey Lo LhreaLen, badger, or
Lamper wlLh wlLnesses by conLamlnaLlng Lhem wlLh Lhelr own oplnlon as Lo Lhe gullL of Lhe accused.
1hey are noL Lo presenL false or mlsleadlng evldence, or Lo use unrellable or unLruLhful wlLnesses and
snlLches.
8en SmlLh goL Mary Lo LesLlfy abouL Lhe plnk noLebook, Lhe secreL plece of evldence LhaL no one could
posslbly know abouL. 8uL documenLs prove Mary Plgglns, 8obyn adgeLL and Mona Wehde knew abouL
such a noLebook wlLh crypLlc wrlLlng, even prlor Lo Lhe 2004 clvll Lrlal ln whlch Mona Wehde sued 1racey
8lchLer and Lhe crlme scene phoLos and oLher evldence became a parL of Lhe publlc record.
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lboto coptloo - lo 2004, 7 yeots ptlot to tbe 1tocey klcbtet motJet ttlol tbe ctlme sceoe pboto sbowloq tbe llok Notebook boJ beeo lo tbe
pobllc Jomolo. Moltlple ootebooks wltb uostlos wtltloq ooJ tbe oome lltmoo boJ beeo lo tbe possessloo of 5oc coooty lollce.
SmlLh's Lheory was LhaL Lhe only one who could know abouL Lhe conLenLs of LhaL book was 1racey
because lL conLalned deLalls abouL Lhe relaLlonshlp beLween her and !ohn lLman. ?eL, Mlchael 8oberLs
admlLLed speaklng Lo uusLln Wehde abouL !ohn lLman and noL palnLlng a very preLLy plcLure" of
lLman uusLln was belng menLored by Mlchael and was ln and ouL of Lhelr house on many occaslons.
Mlchael was so enraged over 1racey's sLruggles wlLh her ex over Lhelr sLep-son LhaL he admlLs Lo ln
1w|sted" Lo personally wanLlng Lo klll !ohn lLman and anoLher person from llllnols. WhaL lf uusLln
overheard a conversaLlon? 1racey dlscussed Lhese deLalls ln Lhe famlly consLanLly. Mlchael even
LhreaLened !ohn lLman on Lhe phone LhaL he had 'deep pockeLs' and LhaL he would lose Lhe chlld
cusLody flghL over hls sLep-son, 8erL. ln LL. Cessford's reporL, Lhe nlghL of Lhe break ln when 1racey was
ln Lhe hosplLal, Mlchael called Lhe hosplLal and Lhe LleuLenanL Look Lhe call. Pe asked Lhe depuLy Lo
waLch ouL for a car wlLh an llllnols llcense plaLe, LhaL Lhe man was dangerous, referrlng Lo Lhe very men
Mlchael sald he wanLed Lo klll from Chlcago. Why would Mlchael make Lhose sLaLemenLs lf he dldn'L
know Lhe whole sLory abouL 1racey and lLman's sLruggle over cusLody and chlld supporL?
8uL a more Lroubllng aspecL of 8en SmlLh's eLhlcal sLandards ls hls relaLlonshlp wlLh Mlchael 8oberLs?
AfLer he was elecLed, he served as a characLer wlLness for Mlchael 8oberLs ln hls efforLs Lo geL full
cusLody of hls chlldren. 1hls ls noL only a confllcL of lnLeresL, buL SmlLh wenL one sLep furLher Lo assure
and made sure Mlchael 8oberLs remalned ln Lhe vlcLlms WlLness roLecLlons program so LhaL he could
noL be subpoenaed Lo LesLlfy ln Lhe 1racey 8lchLer Lrlal, nor be reporLed for Lhe on-golng chlld abuse of
noah and Mason 8oberLs.
Why W|tness rotect|on for koberts?
lL's common knowledge LhaL wlLnesses under oaLh ln a courLroom shouldn'L noL lle. 8uL whaL's more
egreglous ls when Lhe counLy prosecuLor parLlclpaLes ln LhaL lle. Cne of Lhe forms of prosecuLorlal
mlsconducL ls Lhe presenLaLlon of false LesLlmony or evldence. 1hls ls an absoluLe prohlblLlon accordlng
Lo Lhe Supreme CourL: 1be ptosecotloo coooot pteseot evlJeoce lt koows ls folse ooJ most lmmeJlotely
cottect ooy folslty of wblcb lt ls owote eveo lf tbe folse evlJeoce wos oot loteotlooolly sobmltteJ.
resenLlng false evldence Lo Lhe [ury harms Lhe defendanL's rlghL Lo a falr Lrlal by lylng Lo Lhe [ury abouL
Lhe evldence.
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So how dld 8en SmlLh commlL prosecuLorlal mlsconducL? 8y allowlng a prosecuLlon wlLnesses Lo
knowlngly lle, and Lo make sure hls LesLlmony could noL be lmpugned, hld Mlchael 8oberLs away ln Lhe
vlcLlms wlLness proLecLlon program. uslng Lhls sLraLegy 8ay lrledman allegedly could Lell hls lles abouL
Mlchael 8oberLs' allbl Lhe nlghL of Lhe shooLlng and noL be quesLloned by Lhe defense's cross
examlnaLlon of 8oberLs. Aotbots Note. lt ls ootslJe tbe scope of tbls ottlcle bot boseJ oo lofotmotloo ooJ
bellef, lott 2 wlll Jetoll bow Mlcboel kobetts ooJ key ptosecotloo wltoesses sboteJ lo sevetol mlllloo
Jollots lo bosloess teveooe ooJ wete belpeJ by 5oc coooty ltosecotot 8eo 5mltb lo oJvooce of tbe
1tocey klcbtet ttlol.
kay Ir|edman L|es to Cover for koberts?
ShorLly afLer Lhe shooLlng, 8ay and Marle had been lnLervlewed by Lhe pollce ln 2001, and hls LesLlmony
would have favored Lhe defense. 1he pollce uncovered LhaL 8ay lrledman was pald $23,000 by Mlchael
8oberLs shorLly afLer Lhe shooLlng, supposedly for hls work done for 8oberL's lnLerneL securlLy company,
whlch evenLually evolved lnLo a company called Mlle2.

hoLo CapLlon : Motle ltleJmoo wbo wos qove botb o pollce lotetvlew ptlot to wbeo bet bosbooJ wos polJ 525,000 by Mlcboel kobetts ot
become tbe cO of Mlcboel kobetts foooJeJ compooy Mlle2, tecoots bet be ptevloos stotemeots to pollce wblcb woolJ bove soppotteJ 1tocey
klcbtet.

lL ls alleged LhaL Lhe lrledman's knowlngly lled on Lhe wlLness sLand as Lo how he recollecLed evenLs
leadlng up Lo belng pald a fee by 8oberLs, compared Lo whaL he Lold pollce ln lnLervlews back ln 2001.
AL 1racey's Lrlal 8ay lrledman sald he was pald Lhe $23,000 for work done aL 8oberL's flrm, and LhaL he
no longer worked for Mlchael 8oberLs. now he was self-employed and performed flnanclal audlLs. ln
facL 8ay lrledman's LesLlmony was LhaL l left ooJ qot o bettet poyloq job ooJ lts beeo tbe some sloce l
left," Pe Lhen esLlmaLed he'd been on hls new [ob for 3-4 years, whlch aL Lhe Llme of a murder Lrlal
would be ln 2007.
8ay lrledman has been Lhe Chlef LxecuLlve Cfflcer of Mlle2 slnce 2007. So who owns Mlle2? Accordlng
Lo Lhe records Mlchael 8oberLs founded Mlle2 ln 2001. 1he very same year of Lhe shooLlng. AL Lhe Llme
8ay and Marle lrledman LesLlfled he knowlngly lled clalmlng he was a self-employed audlLor he was ln
facL an offlcer of Mlle2, whlch makes hlm an employee / buslness parLner of Mlchael 8oberLs.
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WaLch 8aymond lrledman LesLlmony here -
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lurLher, Mlchael 8oberLs used Mlle2 ln 2004 Lo Lransfer marlLal asseLs Lo Malaysla, hldlng Lhem from hls
wlfe, 1racey. Mlle2 ls also Lhe enLlLy whlch provlded Mlchael 8oberLs a leLLer of employmenL and
fraudulenL W-2's for 8oberLs Lo purchase a home for hls Lhen flancee, and Lhe realLor on Lhe LransacLlon
was !aneL ChrlsLenson, 8ay lrledman's moLher.
More alarmlng ls LhaL Mlle2 sollclLs buslness for lLs eneLraLlon 1esLlng or 8ed 1eamlng and Lhose
governmenL agencles: u.S. Alrforce, u.S. Marlnes, u.S. Army and lederal AvlaLlon AdmlnlsLraLlon (see
documenLs here) are used Lo sollclL buslness recognlzlng, Mlle2 as Lhe besL ln whaL layman's Lerms
would be called 'hacklng'.
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hoLo CapLlon - Mlchael 8oberLs sollclLlng buslness by showlng a leLLer of recommendaLlon by Lhe
lederal AvlaLlon AdmlnlsLraLlon, Lo hls Mlle2 emall roberLs06[mlle2.com. 1he leLLer sLaLes Mlle2 has
hands-on-experlence wlLh aLLack Lools dally and Lhey clalm Lo handle peneLraLlon and red Leamlng
Lralnlng for Lhe 'red Leams' of Lhe mlllLary.

More 1amper|ng
LlghL monLhs prlor Lo Lhe murder Lrlal boLh lox news and consumer advocacy webslLe 8lpoff 8eporL
reporLed on a hacklng code allegedly used by Mlchael 8oberLs and called hls use of lL crlmlnal. l
personally wroLe a deLalled expose LhaL explalned how Mlchael 8oberLs used Lhls hacklng code Lo cover
for a wealLhy cllenL physlclan who was responslble for coverlng up Lhe deaLh of a paLlenL.
l supplled rosecuLor 8en SmlLh documenLaLlon of how Mlchael 8oberLs had Lampered wlLh Lhe [ury for
Lhe murder Lrlal vla Lhe lnLerneL. l even provlded ALLorney SmlLh wlLh evldence of an alleged [uror who
wenL onLo Lhe lnLerneL, and was Lampered wlLh ln Lhe manner l deLalled, and clalmed Lhey convlcLed
1racey 8lchLer solely on whaL Lhey read onllne, noL Lhe evldence presenLed aL Lrlal.
WlLhln 48 hours of Lhe Llme l submlLLed Lhls evldence Lo 8en SmlLh, he senL all of lL dlrecLly Lo Mlchael
8oberLs raLher Lhan lnvesLlgaLe Lhe allegaLlons. Sources have conflrmed LhaL afLer 8en SmlLh relaylng
Lhls lnformaLlon Mlchael 8oberLs creaLed a ghosL of hls hard-drlve and also relnsLalled hls operaLlng
sysLem.
Conf||ct of Interests
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8en SmlLh had a confllcL of lnLeresL wlLh hls sLar wlLness, and falled Lo fully dlsclose all aspecLs of LhaL
relaLlonshlp Lo Lhe !udge. SmlLh also had a confllcL of lnLeresL ln befrlendlng and supporLlng Mlchael ln
hls quesL Lo galn full cusLody of hls chlldren. Pe dld lL desplLe knowlng Mlchael was a chlld abuser
accordlng Lo Lhe lowa Chlldren's roLecLlve Servlces flndlng.

Iust|ce = Iust Us
1here was no presumpLlon of lnnocence on Lhe parL of Speclal AgenL vlleLa. Pe made up hls mlnd early
on LhaL 1racey was a con, and he lgnored all of Lhe evldence ln fronL of hlm LhaL Mlchael had a hlsLory of
domesLlc and chlld abuse, and had already lmpllcaLed hlmself wlLh hls falled polygraph LesL. lnsLead he
focused on an argumenL 1racey had wlLh !ohn lLman and oLher evenLs ln her pasL LhaL ln hls mlnd
made her a dlshonesL fraud. vlleLa no doubL Lalked ln Lhls manner Lo Lhe new counLy prosecuLor and
8en caughL Lhe bug of blased oplnlon. And Lhls rlgld vlew of 1racey Look rooL early on ln 8en SmlLh's
mlnd and lL came ouL ln hls conversaLlon wlLh Mary Plgglns. lrom hls reacLlon Lo Mary's admlsslon she
knew abouL a noLebook, lL was evldenL he'd losL hls perspecLlve on 1racey's posslble lnnocence, and
could noL presume any longer LhaL she could be lnnocenL. And dld 1racey geL a falr Lrlal when Lhe
prosecuLlon puL an alleged llar and Lown gosslp on Lhe sLand, Mary Plgglns. She lled abouL who she
heard abouL Lhe noLebook from, and her lle overshadowed Lhe eye-wlLness accounL of a frlghLened
eleven year old. 8ecause LhaL's how 8en SmlLh lmpugned Lhe LesLlmony of a 21-year-old 8en 8erL
lLman, by Laklng hls LesLlmony as a frlghLened kld Len years before and compared lL llne for llne, and
parslng words and maklng hlm ouL Lo be a llar by saylng he dldn'L hear whaL he heard when he sald hls
moLher was aLLacked and nearly sLrangled Lo deaLh. 1he oLher eye wlLness (noah 8oberLs) forced Lo llve
wlLh hls abuslve faLher, lronlcally placed ln wlLness proLecLlon along wlLh hls slsLer Mason wlLh Lhe very
person Lhey needed proLecLlon from Lhelr faLher. SLraLeglcally ls was a brllllanL move for Lhe young
prosecuLor because wlLness proLecLlon removed Lhe oLher eye-wlLness Lo Lhe aLLack and made lL
lmposslble for Mlchael Lo be served. 1he hacklng code whlch allows [ury Lamperlng was uLlllzed ln Lhls
Lrlal, buL how many oLhers? ls Lhls Lhe very reason for Lhe rosecuLors Cfflce Lo have allowed all of Lhls
Lo happen? 1he hacklng scandal conLlnues Lo rock Lhe u.k., buL many of Lhe same players are allegedly
lnvolved wlLh Mlle2 and Mlchael 8oberLs. And all Lhls ln[usLlce has rolled down on Lhe shoulders of
1racey 8lchLer, and she slLs ln cemenL cell, behlnd bars, for Lhe resL of her llfe for someLhlng she dldn'L
do.
Author's Note: ln Lhls lucld dlscusslon we examlne slgnlflcanL revelaLlons of sysLemlc wrongdolng ln Sac
CounLy and lowa ulvlslon of Crlmlnal lnvesLlgaLlon. erhaps Lhe culLure of lowa ls dlfferenL from LhaL of
oLher sLaLes ln LhaL denlal of Lhe LruLh ls deeply woven lnLo lLs eLhos. l was lgnored when l called
lnformaLlonal / Llp-llnes ln lebruary 2011 over a repeaLlng paLLern of anoLher young man, manlpulaLed
menLally and sexually menLored by Mlchael 8oberLs agreelng Lo murder Lo proLecL 8oberLs. l even have
Lhe murder plannlng sesslon on audlo. AfLer 8lchLer's arresL ln !uly, l was LhreaLened wlLh arresL lf l seL
fooL ln lowa (slLe of Lhe murder Lrlal). l asked Sac CounLy ALLorney 8en SmlLh lf Lhe LhreaLs were Lrue,
and LhaL l felL lnLlmldaLed slnce 8oberL's clalmed he was ln colluslon wlLh SmlLh, Lhe Sherlff, and Lhe
lowa ulvlslon of Crlmlnal lnvesLlgaLlon. SmlLh, refused Lo respond Lo all my allegaLlons even Lhough l
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asked hlm several Llmes vla emall. Pe dld sLaLe he ordered a reporL of all phone calls recelved, clalmlng
no such phone / Llp-llne exlsLed, alLhough l have compuLer forenslcs Lo show LhaL lL dld. 1hls casL of
characLers has noLhlng Lo do wlLh proLecLlng Lhe publlc, and every dramaLlc LwlsL wrlLLen above ls Lrue.
My goal: 1o moke teoJets wltb powet eoqoqe mote Jeeply lo tbe Jllemmos of people wltboot powet."
lf you are a vlcLlm, please wrlLe Lo me we may lnvesLlgaLe your sLory.
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To: RipoffReport<editor@ripoffreport.com>justin@ripoffreport.comwesterned@aol.com
Subject: UrgentDarrenMeadeCalling:)
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usedtohidethemaritialassetsofMichaelRoberts.pdfMile2issuesafraudulentW2sothatJanetChristensoncouldaid
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Justin,

Thankyouforyourhelp.

Onceyouplaceyourkidstosleep,canyoukindlycreatethehotlinkstothepdffilesattachedandplacethemwithin
thereport?

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1.)'MonaWehdeillicitlovertellshergivepeoplewereinvolvedinhersonsDustinsdeath.pdf'istobehyperlinked
onPage10inthetext:"Sheevenhadatheoryaboutthesecondintruderbutnooneevertookherseriously"

2.)'MonaWehdeillicitlovertellshergivepeoplewereinvolvedinhersonsDustinsdeath.pdf'istobe
hyperlinkedonPage11inthetext:"TakeMonaWehde'sswornstatement2002,heradamantinaloveaffairbya
localconmanandMafiathuginordertogainherconfidence,accesstoherhouse,herphone,herrealeastate
officewhereshehadakeytotheRobertshomebecauseofherrealestatebusiness.Despiteapromisetomarry
Monaandrunawayfromhiswife,theman,JeremyCollins,disappeareddaysafterthemurder."

3.)'RayFriedmanCEOMile2believedtheattackerisalocalwouldbeDustinWehde.pdf'istobebehyperlinked
onPage18inthetext:"RayandMarieFriedmanhadbeeninterviewedbythepolicein2001"

4.)'Mile2CorporateFilingswithMichaelRossRoberts.pdf'istobehyperlinkedonPage18inthetext:"According
torecordsMichaelRobertsfoundedMile2in2001"

5.)'Mile2APbeingusedtohidemaritialassetsofMichaelRoberts.pdf'istobehyperlinkedonPage19inthe
text:"FurtherMichaelRobertsusedMile2in2004totransfermaritialassetstoMalaysia,hidingthenfromhiswife,
Tracey."

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thenpregnantfianceeAndreaBergerwhilestillmarriedtoTraceyRichter.pdf'onPage19istobehyperlinkedin
thetext:"andfraudulentW2'sforRoberts

Justin,again,thankyouforyourhelp.ItrulyhopewhatIhavecontainedinthisemailmakessense,ifyouhaveany
questionmycellphoneis(949)3576193

Cheers,
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Senttime: 07/11/201412:08:03PM
To: EDitor@ripoffreport.com

Imightbeoutofcontactforabit.ShouldbeHopefullyonemaillatertoday
emergency.Needtobehomealldaytodayandovertheweekendworkingonotherstuwithaorneys.
ED

WenttoJoeDandothernaonalproducersIworkwith
thiswillletyouknowwhatishappeningtheytooksomethingsthataretruthandmixeditinwithalotofotherthings.
emailAdamifyoucannotreachmeadam@riporeport.com
AnythingurgentemailhimandcallMariaSpethourmainattorney6022481000

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Thehusband,MichaelRobertsRexxfieldistheguywhohackedRipoffReportforseveralyearsallthehackswereundone,
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Thisisallintertwinedwithsomuch,convolutedthingsfromoverthelast12years.
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FirstlookatthisshortdocumentyouwillseethisHACKdonetoRipoffReporttalkedaboutintheSacCounty
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theytalkabouttheHACKtoRipoReporttheyblameitonthisguyDarrenMeadeandothers?Greatspinontheir
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MichaelRobertsRexxeldistheonethatdidaemptedextorontomyaorney,adminghedidtheHACKand..
askingforimmunityand$105,000EURO..seetheselinks.NOTE:thisguyDarrenMeade,doItrusteverythinghesays
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below.
ThisguyMichaelRobertsRexxeld,theguySacCountyProsecutorisprotecngThehusbandofTracyRobertswhois
inPrisonforthemurderoftheintruder,protectingherselfandherchildren.ItsdocumentsandprooflikethisthatSac
CountyProsecutorBenSmithishidinganddoesnotmenoninhisWarrantApplicaon,BenSmithProsecutorisusing
thelawinIowatoshutmeup,tryingtoshutmedown.
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hp://www.riporeport.com/lhc/common/les/MichaelRobertsRexxeldAemptedExtoron.pdf
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hp://www.desmoinesregister.com/search/Tracey%20Richter/
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Report.
ThesearetheReportsDatelineproducersneedtoreadonRipo
Report=Rexxeld.
Thisisoneguysaccount(DarrenMeade)ofwhatwenton,ashe
waspartnerswithMichaelRobertstryingtogethimloansbefore
Tracywasarrested10yearslater,aershewasclearedofany
wrongdoing.
ThesearcleshousethevideosonRipoReport,theevidence
thatwasmissedbyanaorneywhoneverhadacriminalcase.
hp://www.riporeport.com/reports/specic_search/rexxeld
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BestifyouwenttovisitDarreninHunngtonBeachCaliforniaiftheIowacourtdidnottakehimaway,toshuthimup.
hisemailaddressisdmeade@kairosmeade.comanddarrenmitchellm@gmail.com((Robertsmighthavehackedhis
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OnJuly10,2014thereisthisarticlewithalinktoasummonsfilledwithliesandtwistedstoriesmostuntrue.Its
liketheyarewringforaconmovie.
Thatiswhyitisimportanttoseetheseeatthetopofthepage,thelettertomyattorneyaskingforimmunityitsone
ofmanyliesanddistoronstheprosecutortold.Itslikesomethingforamoviedeal..
hp://www.opednews.com/arcles/TinyIowaCountyTakesonbyBennetKelleyOnlineDefamaon140710674.html
SacCountyProsecutorBENSMITHheisgoingtotryandmakeanameforhimself,withthehelpofMichaelRoberts,
thespinmaster..
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From: Adam<adam@ripoffreport.com>
Senttime: 06/07/201403:00:24PM
To: westerned@aol.com
Subject: FW:RESPONSEFORDARRENMEADETOFromDarrenMeadetoXcentricJune7,2014
Attachments: BasicSettlementAgreementandReleaseDarrenMeadeV3.pdf

YouaskedmetoforwardthistoWesternEd.

From:Adam[mailto:adam@ripoffreport.com]
Sent:Saturday,June07,201412:16PM
To:'RipoffReport'MariaCrimiSpeth
Subject:FW:RESPONSEFORDARRENMEADETOFromDarrenMeadetoXcentricJune7,2014

Darren,
ResponsebelowinGreen

From:DarrenM.Meade[mailto:dmeade@kairosmeade.com]
Sent:Saturday,June07,20144:16AM
To:AdamEDRipoffdmeade@kairosmeade.com
Subject:FromDarrenMeadetoXcentricJune7,2014

Adam,

thecoverlettertoyoursettlementagreementcontainedmultipleoutrageous,andmalicious
liesthatwereunconscionableandpublishingconfidentialmedicalrecords/historiesintoyour
proposedsettlementisunacceptable.

YourresponseonthispointmakesnosenseyourEnglishliterallymakesnosense.Publishing
confidentialmedicalrecordsmakesnosense.Publishingconfidentialmedical...historiesinto
yourproposedsettlementalsomakesnosense.YoualreadytoldEdthatyouhavecancerinyour
kidneys,stageIV,spreadingtomulpleareasofyourbody(orisitjustonearea?)so,#1,itisnot
condenalastoXcentric,and,#2,ifitiscondenalastoanyoneelse,ithasnotbeenpublishedand
thesettlementagreementitselfisconfidential.Itislikeyouaretryingtousebigwords,butyoudont
reallyunderstandthem.

Asforyouraccusaonoflying...balderdash.Thereisonlyoneconmaninthisnegoaon,andhe
doesntworkforXcentric.

Theinformationonmymedicalconditionwasprovidedtodocumenttheseriousnessofmy
medicalconditionandtoverifymissedmedicaltreatment

Yourevasivenessputstheseriousnessofyourmedicalcondionandneedfortreatment(ifany)very
muchinqueson.And,connuestoundermineanyhopethatXcentriccouldtrustyou.

whenearnedwageswerenotpaid

Youhaveneverbeenoeredanywages

andyourgamesmanshipofdraggingoutwhatwastobeasettlement

Xcentricisnotplayinggameswithyou,Darren,youaretheonebeingevasiveanddishonestand
draggingthisout

withcertainfundsprovidedimmediately

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Ithinkthisisthethirdselementoeryouhaverejected,andwhenyoumakeargumentsincluding
thewordimmediatelywithemphasisitmakesyouseemveryfoolish.Agoodconmanneedsto
remaincredibletohisintendedmark,Darren,andyouarefailingmiserablyatthat.Youaremakingit
hardforustopayyourextoronwithoutfeelinglikerealidiots.

tohelpwithadditionaltreatmentsandahealingschool.

Thispurposehasneverbeendiscussedwithmeatanyme.ThereasonIpointthisouttoyouisthat
yourtechniqueformakingarguments,suggesngthatthetopichadbeendiscussedbeforewhenit
hadnotbeendiscussedbefore,iscounterproducve.Everymeyoudoit,itcomeacrossasanother
lie,andbecausewhenyoudoityoureferenceyourallegedillness(obviouslyNOTacondenal
concept)italsocomesacrossasbothnarcissiscandwhiny.Itwinsnosympathy,italienates
Xcentric.

Ihaveaddedfour(4)textboxespertainingto:

1. Promisedimmediatefundsaskingyouto.

Hereisyourcomment:

Theinitialofferwasfor$8,500immediately...Iplantoattendahealingtreatment/
schoolinForthWorthTexasJune30thJuly5th.Ineedthefundspromisedtopayfor
airfare,hotelandothertreatmentswaitingtillthe25thisnotviable,thisneedstobe
immediate,byJune9th,2014.
Yourejectedtheinialoersoitisothetable.And,thatisyourfault,Darren.Youaremakingitvery
hardtoputmoneyinyourpocket.Stopsayingthingsthatmakeyousoundlikeaspoiledchildwhining
butyoupromised!Thisisasettlementnegotiation,andyouareanadultconman.Showsomeself
respect.Xcentricmadeanoer,yourejectedit.Itisothetable.Addresstheoerthatisonthe
table.Or,theoerthatwasonthetable,unlyourejectedit,again.
Regardingtheconference:howmuchmoneydoyouneedtomeetalltheexpenses?Tellusthat,
andmaybeXcentricwouldbewillingtopaymore,sooner.
2. Desistandstopexploitingmyconfidentialmedicalhistory.
Yourcommentis:
Myconfidentialmedicalrecordhaveneverbeenbeenaprecedenttothesettlement
agreement.Documentationwasprovidedonlytodocumentthattimeisoftheessence.
Answer:Ifyouwantaselementnow,youaregoingtohavetowarrantthatthemedicalcondion
youhaveallegedisreal.Conditionprecedentmeansthatifthatisnotreal,thenthesettlementisnot
validbecauseitisbasedonalieyoutoldinsteadofatruthXcentricaccepted.Allyouneedtodounder
thattermispromisethatyouarenotlyingaboutthecancer.Infact,Ithinkitisagoodideaforyouto
showmedicalrecordstoreassureXcentricthatyouarenotlyingaboutit.
Darren,youneedtotakethe$500oeredandhaveanaorneyexplaintheselementagreementto
you.Youareeitherpretendingnottounderstand,oryoureallydoneedthehelptoreadand
understandwhatyouaresigning,andeitherwayXcentricisnotgoingtomakeadealwithyouunl
youhavetheindisputableabilitytocomprehendwhatitmeans.
Youaretheoneexploitingyourmedicalhistory.Youareoneclaimingthatyouareill,andasking
formoneybecauseofit.Ifyouareill,Edwantstohelp.Ifyouarecommingfraudbyclaimingyou
areillwhenyouarenot,Eddoesnotwanttobeexploitedbyyou.Timefortruth.

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3. Timeisoftheessencenotimeorabilitytoretainanattorney.
Timeisoftheessencemeanssomethinginlegalcontracts,andyouaremisusingtheterm.Itmeans
thatifyouarelatewithacontractualpaymentorobligaon,youbreachthecontract.Whatyouare
tryingtosayis,Ithink,IamgoingtodiesoonandunlessIgetmoneyrightawayIwillnotbeableto
signupformyhealingconference.Thatisnottimeisoftheessence.Thatisjustdesperate.
Whatisthepurposeofyousayingorabilitytoretainanattorney.?Idontfollowwhyyouwould
saythat.Areyousayingyoudonthavetimetoconsultanattorneyaboutthisagreement?Imsorry,
thatisnotanopon,youneedtondanaorney,havehim/herreadtheselementagreement,and
explaintoyouwhatitmeans.Xcentricwillsendyouagreendotof$500togetthatdone.And,Iwant
aleerfromtheaorneyconrmingthatishasbeendone.Notnegoabale.
4. NDA/ConfidentialitythatXcentricisawareIcontactedcontingencyattorneys(Xcentric
wasprovidedthe'pitch'letter)
Yourcomment:
Pleasesupplyacopyoftheconfidentiality/nondisclosureagreement.
SeriouslyDarren?ThisdocumentisthecornerstoneofXcentricsabilitytotrustyouandyoudont
evenkeepacopyofit?Youhavesomeexplainingtodo,Darren.Youbeerquitplayinggamesand
starttellingthetruth.

Hereisoneyoudidntlistinyourcoverletter
Adam,areyou
motivatedbyanimositiesandhostilitytowardme.Yourongoingpatternofaddinglegally
wordingclauseswhichIdonotunderstandclientthroughmeanspiritedliesisnevertheless
trulypuzzlingIcannotaffordanattorney,nor.canIaffordone.Andgivenmyhealthyou
knowtimeisoftheessenceforme.
IconsideredEd
afriend.Evenaftertheyouremailsinfilledwithhurtfulcomments.
andspecious
Iammovatedbyprotecngmyclientfromyourexploitaon.
Idontlie,andIdonthaveameanspirit.Iamappalledbyyou.
Ididnotchangethetermsofanyagreementinprinciple.Ionlychangedtermsaeryourrejected
offers,andXcentricproposeddifferentterms.Thatishowitisdone.Imnotstalling,youare.Andit
worriesmethatIhavenoideawhy.Whatareyouupto?
Youcanaordandaorneytoreadyoutheagreementandexplainittoyou,becauseXcentricisgoing
toprovide$500foryoutogetthatdone.
Ifyouarehurt,itisbecausetruthhurts.Theguiltytakethetruthtobehard.
AndIdonthateyou.IamthelastpersonyouknowwithXcentricwhoisactuallywillingtobelieveyou
aboutotherthings,ifyoucanprovethetruthofwhatIamaskingyoutoverify.AtXcentric,thereisa
roomfullofsmartpeopleincludingEdwhothinkthatisawasteofme,whobelieveyouarelying,
andthatyouarealiarbycharacter.Wewilltreatyouasaliarandextoronistfortherestofyour
expectedlylongandcorruptlife.
Ifyouwantanyofustorespectyouasanhonestandhonorableman,youneedtoaskwhatdoI
needtodotoprovethatIamhonestandthendowhateverhonorablethingyouareaskedtodo.If
youdothat,Iwillhonestlyadvocatethatyoushouldbetrustedenoughtofurtherproveyourself.
Ifyourespondwithmoreevasionandattemptstohidebehindbigwordsyoudontunderstandwell
enoughtousecorrectly,orworse,withsancmoniousandpridefulhorse$#^!abouthowwehaveno
righttojudgeyou,etc.,well,thenyouwillcrushthelasthopeIhavethatyoumightbehonorable.
BelievemewhenIsaythisisyourlastchanceforyoutopreservethatpossibilityofcondenceinyou.
Ed,outoffriendshipIammakingonefinalattempttoresolvematters.

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ANOTHERfinalattempt?!Pleaseclarify,isthisonelastfinalattemptoroneofthelastnal
attemptsyouaregoingtomake?

IunderstandyoufeelAdamisprotectingyoubuttimeistrulyoftheessence(Youmeanto
saytimeisshort(?))andthesenegotiationshavebeenongoingforseveralweeks/
monthsand,Idonothavemuchtime.Thissettlementagreementwastooffertheoriginally
agreeduponimmediatemoney($8,500)onnTuesday,thenThursdayarrivedafterthebanks
wereclosedonaFriday.

Darren,ifyouwanttomakeaselementproposal,goahead.Itisnotaccurateforyoutoinsistthat
theselementproposalweputoutwasthewrongone.WhatXcentricoeredWASTHESETTLEMENT
PROPOSAL.PERIODThedierencesbetweenpreviousselementoersareintenonal.Ifyouwant
somethingdierent,youmustaskforit,orrejectthecurrentoerandproposeadierentoer
yourself.(whichXcentricwillreject,bytheway,sodontwasteyourtime).

The$8,500wasstillat$2,000.AndwhyyourattorneyberatedmewhenIsaidIwas
bewilderedoverlegalterms,notanattorneyandovermatchedinnegotiations,Idobelieve
thatnow.Youabsolutelysuckatnegotiation,andyourvocabularyispathetic.Ifyouaregoing
toconmyclient,pleasetrytodoitinawaythatdoesnotmakemelooklikeafoolforletting
ithappen.

firsthemockedme,No,Ididnotmockyouatfirst.Iammockingyounow,butnotatfirst.

yetinthecoverletterhecalledmetotaskover'settlementterms/negotiation
tactics'callingmetotaskbecauseIdidnotagreewithisterms(meaningIlostthemore
favorableterms)Ahha!Youdounderstand.Youarefakingbeingbewildered.

thisisnothingbutsportforhim.No,sportisfun.Thisisworkandpain.Anditisaboutas
sportingasshootingfishinabarrel.

Hewantstomedesperateandknowsstallingmightrunouttheproverbialclock.
Youdonthavetobedesperate,allyouhadtodoisacceptthesettlementoffer.Andthen,ifyouneed
acceleratedpayment,askforthefavorsoyoucangotoyourhealingconference.

Ed,wedisagreeonwhenIacceptedthenewjob,youtalkedmeintostaying...thennever
paidme.
Youwereneverofferedanewjob,andifyouactuallyturneddownarealjobinordertostayonEds
charity,itonlyshowsthatyouarealazyconman.

ThiswasagreeduponbutAdamchangedtheterms...theimmediatemoneyallowedmeto
catchup,payformedicaltreatmentandattendahealingschoolinForthWorth,Texas//back
loadingadealisofnobenefit...thiswasaboutcatchingup,beingabletomakemedical
treatmentswhilestillhelpingyouandTracey.Theongoingnegotiationtacticshasleftme
withoutfood,again.Ispentthelastofmymoneyoncabfaretomymedicaltreatment...you
toldmeyouhadpersonallymadesuretheimmediatemoneyasagreedwaswithintheemails
betweenAdamandI...instead...itwasidenticaltothelastsettlementagreementthatwas
rejected...thiswassupposetogetbacktheagreeduponterms.

Ed,youtoldmetoletyouknowwhatIneedhelpwith,thatyouwouldnotleavemeinthe
'lurch',canyoupleasehelpmewithFood,BillsandMedicalTreatment?

Thesettlementarrangementofferedtopay$5,000($1,250perweek)inAugust.

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Pleaseconsiderlettingmesellyouthe$5,000inAugustfor$1,250inaGreenDottoday...

Couldwedothat?

ThatwillsaveXcentric$3,750...itwillallowmetoeat,paybills...askingmetonegotiate,
retainanattorney,andcontinuallygetworseterms,thensendingmetheworsttermsforcing
meintoanotherweekIrealizeworksinbusiness...butyouclaimwearefriends...please
considermyoffersellingthe$5,000for$1,250...ofwhatabout$1,000Ilostmydisability,
andI'velivedfromApril,MayandnowJuneononly$1,500.

Ifnot,Iunderstand.

IwilltalktoEdaboutthisandgetbacktoyou.

Adam

E-FILED 2014 AUG 11 9:43 AM SAC - CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT

From: Adam<adam@ripoffreport.com>
Senttime: 07/15/201410:49:02AM
To: DarrenMitchell<darrenmitchellm@gmail.com>RipoffReport<editor@ripoffreport.com>westerned@aol.com

Wewillmakesomechangestoclarifythesituaonbasedonwhatyouwritebelow.
Infact,wewillpublishexactlywhatyouhavewrienbelow.

Thanks

Adam

From:DarrenMitchell[mailto:darrenmitchellm@gmail.com]
Sent:Tuesday,July15,20142:05AM
To:RipoffReportadam@ripoffreport.comwesterned@aol.com
Subject:FalseReportsRORattributedas'writingsofDarrenMeade'

Gentlemen:onRipoReportIsawthefollowing:'AuthorDarrenMeade'swringschallengethefairnessandcredibility
ofthehomicideinvesgaon,trial,murderconvicon...'
Thehyperlinkofmynamethengoestohp://www.riporeport.com/reports/specic_search/rexxeld
ThatappearstobethedirectorylisngallthereportledonRexxeld.
ItrustyourealizethislinksseemstoconveythatallthereportsledonRexxeldorMichaelRobertswereauthoredby
meandthereforeI,DarrenMeade,amtheauthor.IfyouareallegingIhavewrienfalseanddefamatory
informaon,theseallegaonsaredenied.Furthermore,IdonotcondonethepublicaonofaackingANYperson,online
eventhosethatsupportMichaelRoberts,orhisdisgusngfearbasedcyberbullyingcampaignhetermedGooglecide.
Myreporngislegimateandfactualfreespeech,wrienundermyname,fromLagunaBeach,California,Idonotneed
toembellishwithliesasSmith/Robertshavealleged.
PleasecorrectthelinkAuthorDarrenMeade'swringstoincludeonlythereportsIauthoredandnottheenredirectory
ofcomplaintsonRexxeld.
Herearesomeofthereportsaributedtomewhichwereneverwrienorpublishedbyme:
Report:#828918
Report:#829833
Report:#846880
Report:#826774
Report:#973523
Report:#826757
Report:#829963
Report:#828669
Report:#776879
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IdidnotcheckeveryreportwithintheRexxelddirectorywhichyouhaveaributedtomywrings.
PleasecorrecttheHYPERLINKanderrorwhichclaimsallthereportshavebeenauthoredandarethewringofDarren
Meade,therearemanycomplaintslistedwhichwerenotauthored,contributedorpostedbyme.I'mdisheartenedthat
youwouldmakesuchamistake.
PleasecorrectitASAP.
Cordially,
DarrenMMeade
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From: Adam<adam@ripoffreport.com>
Senttime: 07/15/201412:30:24PM
To: RipoffReport<EDitor@ripoffreport.com>DarrenMitchell<darrenmitchellm@gmail.com>westerned@aol.com

Ed,senditbychecktohisaddressIbelievethatiswhattheagreementspellsout.

From:RipoffReport[mailto:EDitor@ripoffreport.com]
Sent:Tuesday,July15,201410:28AM
To:'DarrenMitchell'adam@ripoffreport.comwesterned@aol.com
Subject:RE:PaymentperJune24,2014SettlementAgreement/3rdRequestforPayment

Darrenjusttellmewheretosendit!

From:DarrenMitchell[mailto:darrenmitchellm@gmail.com]
Sent:Monday,July14,20149:41PM
To:RipoffReportadam@ripoffreport.comwesterned@aol.com
Subject:PaymentperJune24,2014SettlementAgreement/3rdRequestforPayment

Ed,

ifImaycallyoutoremembrance.

Youmadeademandthatbeforesettlementfundswouldbedisbursed,thatIhadtosignthesettlementagreementinadvanceof
fundsbeingdisbursed.

Isignedthesettlementagreementandfaxeditto623.201.7500

ThiswasdonefromtheUPSstore/Faxnumber714.960.8600

Thesettlementcalledfor$12,000inimmediatefunds,howeveranadditionalGreenDotwasprovidedandthenmyairfareand
hoteltoattendaministryconferenceweredeductedfromthe$12,000.

TheSettlementAgreementamongstotheritemsunder6.4stated:"...and$3,000onJuly8th,2014,and$3,000onAugust82014
ifMeadeisalive.PaymentswillbemadebycheckandsenttoMeade'saddressbyovernightdelivery.

TheJuly8th,2014paymentisnowpastdue.Unless,yousentthepaymentviaFedExandithasbeenlostormisplaced.

PleaseknowIplantoalsotaketheopportunityaffordedinthesettlementforarentalcar,andalsodownpaymentonacar.

IamlistingouttheaboveasIknowyoustatedyousentmeanemail(whichIhavenotreceived)askingwhatisowedforJulyand
howthefundsshouldbepaid.Thisisalldetailedinthesettlementagreement.

ThepatentlyfalsesearchwarrantcoauthoredbyMichaelRoberts&BenSmithhasaccomplisheditstacticalobjective/
COMMUNICATIONS:Byattackingtheenemy'scommunicationnetworkyousowconfusionamonghisranksascommanders
trytogetintelligencereports,ordersandcoordinatemovementsorattacks.

Thepatentlyfalsesearchwarrantwasdesignedtoevidencefrombeingpublishedonline.

IcalledAnna,tocheckonthehearingtoday(fromallaccountsTraceywon)...However,Anna,hasbeenadvisedtonolonger
speakwithmyself,andsheaskedIpassthemessagealongtoyou.

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Smith,hashadalltheevidenceremovedfromSCRIBDandothersitesVIMEO,YOUTUBE(Tracey'saccount)theloanplaceis
RipoffReport.

Fromourdiscussions,itseemslikewewillnotbehavingournormalcallsasfriends.Itlookslikeeveryoneisscattering.Thatbeing
said,IwillprovideyoumorethanenoughexamplesofBenSmithlyingnotonlyinthesearchwarrantbutalsoinfrontofJudge
NancyWhittenburg.

Ifyoucanhonorthesettlementthatwouldbehelpful.

Andifnot,canyouletmeknowthataswell?

I'vespokentoafriendwhoseadefenseattorneyandgivenSmith'sstanceamconsideringretaininghimbothformyprotection,and
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Darren Mitchell Meade
(800) 993-4464
U.S. LEGAL SUPPORT
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SUPERI OR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALI FORNI A
COUNTY OF ORANGE

ARTHUR SCOTT CONNELLY, an
i ndi vi dual , dba Body Rx,

Pl ai nt i f f ( s) ,

vs. CASE NO.
30- 2011- 00453171
DOES 1 t hr ough 25, i ncl usi ve,
Def endant ( s) .
_____________________________





DEPOSI TI ON OF DARREN MI TCHELL MEADE
VOLUME I I
Sept ember 26, 2011
10: 16 a. m.

1999 Avenue of t he St ar s, Sui t e 1000
Los Angel es, Cal i f or ni a

REPORTED BY:
Ter r i e C. Bar ker
CSR No. 12000
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Darren Mitchell Meade
(800) 993-4464
U.S. LEGAL SUPPORT
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Q Di d you do t hat ?
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i nt o t he Ri pof f Repor t s. Thi s has some si gni f i cance
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onl y because t her e' s a gent l eman named Mi chael
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Rober t s. Ther e' s a company cal l ed " Rexxf i el d. " Thi s
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was t he gent l eman who, when I saw t he cont r act t hat
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negot i at e i n good f ai t h wer e al most i dent i cal .
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Par t of what he had was a sour ce code t hat
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woul d al l ow Ri pof f Repor t s t o no l onger be seen on
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t he I nt er net . The onl y r eason why t hat ' s i mpor t ant
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i s because Ri pof f Repor t s never del et es anyt hi ng
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wr i t t en about somebody. So i t ' s t he per f ect pl ace t o
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def ame somebody because i t wi l l al ways st ay up, and
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f or some r eason i t wi nds up r anki ng on t he f i r st page
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of Googl e. So i f you want t o dest r oy somebody' s
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r eput at i on, t hat ' s a gr eat pl ace t o do i t .
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Adami s r ef er enci ng SamKr ane. SamKr ane i s
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an at t or ney of Dr . Connel l y. And he' s sayi ng t hat
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SamKr ane demanded t hat t hese der ogat or y r epor t s be
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r emoved and Adamessent i al l y i s wr i t i ng r het or i cal l y,
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" Do you know who post ed t hese and do you know anyone
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who Connel l y can hi r e t o r emove?"
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SEARCH WARRANT EXCERPTS
On January 3, 2012, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that DARREN
MEADE was going after Michael Roberts. [Search Warrant (SW) p. 26]
ANNA RICHTER said DARREN MEADE also asked her to get information about
Michael Roberts wife, Dr. Heidi Forsbacka (aka Dr. Heidi Roberts). [SW p. 29]
DARREN MEADEs phone records, which were obtained by SCA Smith shortly after
DARREN MEADE contacted SCA Smith on April 24, 2012, revealed extensive
communications between DARREN MEADE and TRACEY RICHTERs friends and
family. [SW p. 35]
On August 18, 2012, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that DARREN
MEADE wanted information about Michael Roberts business. ANNA RICHTER said
DARREN asked her a number of questions. TRACEY RICHTER told ANNA
RICHTER that DARREN MEADE needed to look up certain information about
Michael Roberts. ANNA RICHTER asked TRACEY RICHTER a number of questions
about Michael Roberts business. ANNA RICHTER said these questions had come
directly from DARREN MEADE. TRACEY RICHTER had ANNA RICHTER write
some things down on a piece of paper to give to DARREN MEADE. ANNA
RICHTER said DARREN MEADE told her that States witness Raymond Friedman
disgusted him. ANNA RICHTER said DARREN MEADE wanted to know where he
could get a copy of the picture of Michael Roberts that TRACEY RICHTER published
on the website deadbeatdad.org. ANNA RICHTER said DARREN MEADE said
Michael Roberts looked crazy in that picture and DARREN MEADE planned to
publish the picture in one of his upcoming RIPOFF REPORT complaints about
States witness Michael Roberts. ANNA RICHTER said DARREN MEADE had some
really bad pictures of States witness Mary Higgins that he also planned to publish on
RIPOFF REPORT. ANNA RICHTER said DARREN MEADE told her that his
publishing uncomplimentary pictures of the witnesses on RIPOFF REPORT was
childish and immature, but he [was] doing it anyway. ANNA RICHTER said
DARREN MEADE said there was an unbelievable amount of lying and corruption
involved in TRACEY RICHTERs criminal trial. TRACEY RICHTER directed ANNA
RICHTER to have DARREN MEADE somehow obtain Michael Roberts tax returns.
ANNA RICHTER said she had already given DARREN MEADE a great deal of
information about Michael Roberts. ANNA RICHTER said DARREN MEADE told her
States witnesses Michael Roberts and Raymond Friedman engaged in shady /
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crooked business practices around the time TRACEY RICHTER murdered Dustin
Wehde. [SW p. 39]
On August 20, 2012, TRACEY RICHTER asked ANNA RICHTER whether
RUSSELL SCHERTZ was able to find computer files related to Michael Roberts
business. TRACEY RICHTER asked which of her computers ANNA RICHTER had
in her possession. ANNA RICHTER said she had the silver computer. ANNA
RICHTER said she just spoke with DARREN MEADE over the phone for one and a
half hours. ANNA RICHTER said DARREN MEADE was getting more information
and had asked ANNA RICHTER some questions. ANNA RICHTER said she had to
get answers to these questions from TRACEY RICHTERs fianc, RUSSELL
SCHERTZ. ANNA RICHTER said she did not want to discuss these questions over
the phone. TRACEY RICHTER asked ANNA RICHTER if she found the master file
on TRACEY RICHTERs computer. ANNA RICHTER said RUSSELL SCHERTZ took
those (computers or files) to his residence in Omaha, Nebraska, because RUSSELL
SCHERTZ knew better than ANNA RICHTER about such things. ANNA RICHTER
said DARREN MEADE wanted information / documents proving TRACEY RICHTER
had her name legally changed from TRACEY RICHTER to SOPHIA CORRINA
THERESA BARONIN VON RICHTERHAUSEN EDWARDS. ANNA RICHTER said
she told DARREN MEADE that TRACEY RICHTERs name change was real
because ANNA RICHTER helped TRACEY RICHTER get copies of the document
used to obtain her legal name change. [SW pp. 39-40]
On August 25, 2012, TRACEY RICHTER told ANNA RICHTER that RUSSELL
SCHERTZ was late getting to the prison to visit her because he had been giving
documents to DARREN MEADE. TRACEY RICHTER told ANNA RICHTER that
RUSSELL SCHERTZ had previously stated he planned to send documents to
DARREN MEADE. [SW p. 47]
On September 7, 2012, TRACEY RICHTER asked ANNA RICHTER whether she
got the information she needed from RUSSELL SCHERTZ. TRACEY RICHTER
asked whether RUSSELL SCHERTZ put a copy of this information on ANNA
RICHTERs computer. ANNA RICHTER said, supposedly tomorrow or Saturday, all
the other stuff is going to be taken care of. [In context, this was an obvious
reference to DARREN MEADEs forthcoming RIPOFF REPORT complaint No.
938843) about the States witnesses] [SW p. 48]
On September 9, 2012, DARREN MEADE published RIPOFF REPORT complaint
No. 938843, which purports to be the results of his investigation into the corruption
surrounding TRACEY RICHTERs criminal prosecution and conviction, but which is
nothing more than DARREN MEADEs and ED MAGEDSONs / RIPOFF REPORTs
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efforts to harass and defame the States witnesses in retaliation for their testimony
against TRACEY RICHTER. Although DARREN MEADE published the complaint
on September 9, 2012 (Sunday), it did not appear on RIPOFF REPORT until
September 11, 2012 (Tuesday). RIPOFF REPORT complaint No. 938843 and its
progeny (e.g., add-on complaints, rebuttals, and hyperlinks to other derogatory
RIPOFF REPORT complaints about the States witnesses), among many other
things, falsely accuses the States witnesses and their family members of committing
murder, theft, perjury, child molestation, and having sexually transmitted diseases.
RIPOFF REPORT / ED MAGEDSON and DARREN MEADE published RIPOFF
REPORT complaint No. 938843 as a featured RIPOFF REPORT complaint, which
is advertised conspicuously on each of RIPOFF REPORTs approximate 1.8 million
complaint pages. By ED MAGEDSONs and DARREN MEADEs own admissions
that www.ripoffreport.com is viewed a couple million times a day, since complaint
No. 938843 was published and featured (September 9, 2012), it is has been viewed
over 1.2 BILLION times. [SW p. 48]
On September 11, 2012, DARREN MEADE sent the following e-mail to ANNA
RICHTER, , DONNA BISTRICAN, RUSSELL SCHERTZ, and JOHN RICHTER:
Anna and Russ, Thank you for being patient and [sic] during my investigation, [sic] I
know it took longer than expected. If you can promote the article and ask people
to offer their honest opinion, not to compliment me, but to share their own
stories of Ben Smith, Mary Higgins, Michael Roberts, Vileta, etc.
http://www.ripoffreport.com/ben-smith-michael-roberts-rexxfield/prosecutorial-
misconduct/sac-city-sac-county-iowa-B1A77.htm
[SW pp. 48-49]
On September 13, 2012, ANNA RICHTER said DARREN MEADE found more
information and planned to publish it on RIPOFF REPORT at a later date. [SW p.
49]
On September 15, 2012, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER about DARREN
MEADEs September 11, 2012, RIPOFF REPORT complaint No. 938843;
specifically, ANNA RICHTER said there was new information on RIPOFF REPORT
about States witnesses Raymond Friedman, Mary Higgins, and Mona Wehde.
ANNA RICHTER also said DARREN MEADE planned to publish more information
on RIPOFF REPORT concerning the States witnesses at a later date. ANNA
RICHTER further said the big connection was money, and that States witnesses
Raymond Friedman and Michael Roberts were each others alibi. ANNA RICHTER
told TRACEY RICHTER that the pictures of States witness Mary Higgins published
on RIPOFF REPORT by DARREN MEADE were hysterical. ANNA RICHTER said
DARREN MEADE discovered evidence of Michael Roberts having a sexual
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relationship with Dustin Wehde, TRACEY RICHTERs murder victim. TRACEY
RICHTER said she was glad someone was putting the truth out there. TRACEY
RICHTER said DONNA BISTRICAN would help ANNA RICHTER create a Facebook
page. TRACEY RICHTER told ANNA RICHTER to have BERT PITMAN send
States witness (murder victims sister) Ashley Wehde a Facebook message with a
link to DARREN MEADEs RIPOFF REPORT complaint No. 938843. ANNA
RICHTER said DARREN MEADE published a short story about States witness (and
murder victims mother) Mona Wehde in this RIPOFF REPORT. The RIPOFF
REPORT complaint or story to which ANNA RICHTER is referring alleges that Mona
Wehde was also criminally responsible for her sons (Dustin Wehde) death. [SW pp.
50-51]
On September 18, 2012, an extremely upset / distraught TRACEY RICHTER told
ANNA RICHTER she was angry with SCA Smith, because she believed SCA
Smiths testimony in her custody hearing was the reason she lost the custody case
with Michael Roberts. ANNA RICHTER said she would contact DARREN MEADE
because he planned to put something else out there (assumedly about SCA Smith).
ANNA RICHTER said DARREN MEADE wanted something from ANNA RICHTER
and wanted to publish this something on RIPOFF REPORT that very day. TRACEY
RICHTER, still sobbing hysterically, told ANNA RICHTER she did not know what to
do now that she lost custody of her kids, which she again blamed on SCA Smith.
ANNA RICHTER said that is why we are trying to get [SCA Smith] and that there
was something else going on that she could not discuss with TRACEY RICHTER
over the phone. TRACEY RICHTER said RUSSELL SCHERTZ told TRACEY
RICHTER about a conversation DARREN MEADE had with someone. ANNA
RICHTER said someone is going to be investigating Michael Roberts. TRACEY
RICHTER directed ANNA RICHTER to activate TRACEY RICHTERs Facebook
page. ANNA RICHTER said her dream is to get SCA Smith disbarred. TRACEY
RICHTER said the reason she did not get custody of her kids was because of SCA
Smiths testimony at her custody hearing about her aforementioned correspondence
with convicted child molester Jim Landa [Although, I am fairly certain TRACEY
RICHTERs murder conviction and life imprisonment played some role in the Courts
decision to give Michael Roberts full custody of their children]. ANNA RICHTER said
well, that it is it, I am going to get ahold of [DARREN MEADE] to see if [he can do
something] about SCA Smith. ANNA RICHTER said she talked to that one person.
TRACEY RICHTER asked whether this was the same person that had previously
spoken with DARREN MEADE, and ANNA RICHTER said it was. [SW p. 52]
On September 21 2012, TRACEY RICHTER asked ANNA RICHTER what had been
going on with that guy (DARREN MEADE) and whether DARREN MEADE had
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recently published anything on RIPOFF REPORT or any other place on the internet.
ANNA RICHTER said DARREN MEADE published an article on RIPOFF REPORT,
Google, and another place online. ANNA RICHTER said ED MAGEDSON / RIPOFF
REPORT put up a disclaimer that DARREN MEADE had been publishing these
RIPOFF REPORT complaints on his own volition. TRACEY RICHTER described the
file sharing software / service Dropbox as an online briefcases people can open if
you send them a link. ANNA RICHTER said she asked DARREN MEADE whether
she (ANNA RICHTER) should respond to Michael Roberts comments, and that
DARREN MEADE said he would take care of it. ANNA RICHTER said DARREN
MEADE is going to create his own website. TRACEY RICHTER told ANNA
RICHTER to print off RIPOFF REPORT complaint No. 938843 and send it to her at
the prison. ANNA RICHTER said DARREN MEADE said he / RIPOFF REPORT
planned to publish numerous pictures of TRACEY RICHTER with her children in
effort to humanize her, which ANNA RICHTER had given to DARREN MEADE.
TRACEY RICHTER said there should be pictures of her and the kids on her
(TRACEY RICHTERs) computer. TRACEY RICHTER said RUSSELL SCHERTZ
had the password for this computer. TRACEY RICHTER said RUSSELL SCHERTZ
had like-pictures in boxes in his garage. [SW p. 53]
On September 28, 2012, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that DARREN
MEADE had asked her and RUSSELL SCHERTZ for permission to put good stuff
about TRACEY RICHTER up on RIPOFF REPORT. TRACEY RICHTER said she
saw the pictures of Mary Higgins that DARREN MEADE published on RIPOFF
REPORT and that they were horrible. [SW pp. 53-54]
On October 11, 2012, TRACEY RICHTER told her mother that in his September 9,
2012, RIPOFF REPORT complaint (No. 938843), DARREN MEADE inaccurately
stated that States witness Dr. John Pitmans medical practice was located in
Chicago, Illinois, and that DARREN MEADE should correct the RIPOFF REPORT
complaint to list the correct location of Dr. John Pitmans medical practice,
Williamsburg, Virginia. TRACEY RICHTER directed her mother to bring this to
DARREN MEADEs attention. [SW p. 54]
On October 19, 2012, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that DARREN
MEADE was unable to access certain videos and documents on his RIPOFF
REPORT complaints and that he planned to call RIPOFF REPORT to get it fixed.
[SW p. 54]
On November 8, 2012, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that she was
worried about DARREN MEADE as she had not heard from him in two weeks.
ANNA RICHTER said she tried to contact DARREN MEADE by e-mail and
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telephone numerous times, but he had not responded. [SW pp. 54-55]
On November 29, 2012, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that something
extremely important had to be done by that Monday, but that she could not talk
about it with her over the phone. ANNA RICHTER said she had been exchanging
text communications with DARREN MEADE, and DARREN MEADE had to get a
hold of the attorney representing TRACEY RICHTER on the direct appeal of her
murder conviction. [SW p. 55]
As mentioned above, on April 26, 2012, ANNA RICHTER sent an e-mail from her
account [anna_richter2003@yahoo.com] to a local newspaper journalist, asking the
journalist to look at the RIPOFF REPORT story published by DARREN MEADE.
ANNA RICHTER told the journalist: There is no doubt in my mind that some of the
[members of the jury who convicted her daughter, TRACEY RICHTER, of murder]
read the paper and internet that weekend and [TRACEY RICHTERs second ex-
husband] made sure they were filled with his lies. [SW p. 56]
On June 1, 2012, DARREN MEADE posted the following on The Virginia Gazettes
website: "One person purporting to have been a juror in the Richter murder trial
claims to have [googled] TRACEY RICHTER and what they located online made
them decide to convict her. [SW p. 56]
On December 10, 2012, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that RIPOFF
REPORT owner ED MAGEDSON wanted BERT PITMAN to send ED MAGEDSON
and DARREN MEADE certain information. [SW p. 57]
On January 9, 2013, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER she lost her appeal.
ANNA RICHTER said she published a comment on RIPOFF REPORT that TRACEY
RICHTER was not able to bring up new information on her direct appeal. ANNA
RICHTER said DARREN MEADE wanted TRACEY RICHTERs attorney to serve
him with a subpoena concerning threats he alleged SCA Smith made to him. ANNA
RICHTER said she had things that she needed to discuss with DARREN MEADE.
TRACEY RICHTER said they needed to subpoena this information from DARREN
MEADE to keep him out of the middle. [SW p. 59]
On January 10, 2013, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that DARREN
MEADE was upset that TRACEY RICHTER lost her direct appeal of her murder
conviction. ANNA RICHTER and TRACEY RICHTER discussed the post-conviction
relief (PCR) process versus that of the direct appeal; specifically, that new evidence
can be considered in a PCR action. ANNA RICHTER said DARREN MEADE told her
he discovered information that proved Michael Roberts had motive to frame Dr. John
Pitman for TRACEY RICHTERs murder. ANNA RICHTER said they needed to
attack the testimony of the States witnesses. ANNA RICHTER said she and high
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school graduate DARREN MEADE discussed trial strategy, specifically, putting
doubts in the jurors minds. ANNA RICHTER said DARREN MEADE planned to
publish a RIPOFF REPORT complaint about the horrible job he believed TRACEY
RICHTERs criminal defense attorneys did in representing her. Later, the two
discussed why they believed Michael Roberts was homosexual. [SW p. 59]
On January 11, 2013, DARREN MEADE (dmeade@kairos-meade.com), in an e-mail
to ANNA RICHTER (annar_richter2003@yahoo.com), RUSSELL SCHERTZ
(rschertz@cox.net), and DONNA BISTRICAN (bcbdonna@gmail.com) said he
created the website TraceyRichter.com, and asked the group to have their friends
and family to spend a couple hours per week creating additional links to the site. The
website www.TraceyRichter.com is replete with links to all the RIPOFF REPORT
complaints concerning the States witnesses that are referenced in this affidavit. It
also provides links to the following active social media accounts purporting to be
owned, controlled, and authored by TRACEY RICHTER: Facebook.com,
YouTube.com, Twitter.com, AboutMe.com, and others, all of which contain recent
(as recently as June 10, 2014) posts, comments, and other content that link to the
RIPOFF REPORT articles about the States witnesses. DARREN MEADE also told
them the content up on TraceyRichter.com should be more from their voices, not his,
and that creating these additional profiles and links to the website would make them
all more visible on Google-type search results (thus making the RIPOFF REPORT
complaints more visible). Also in this e-mail, DARREN MEADE provided the above-
named recipients with the login, password, and e-mail (freetraceyrichter@gmail.com)
for the website. [SW p. 60]
On January 14, 2013, TRACEY RICHTER asked ANNA RICHTER if there was a
mug shot of Dr. John Pitman. ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that Dr.
John Pitman is pushing his surgery practice into the ground. TRACEY RICHTER
stated she hoped to get more information on Dr. John Pitman and that she wanted to
see Dr. John Pitmans mug shot. ANNA RICHTER said she e-mailed ED
MAGEDSON, the owner / operator of RIPOFF REPORT, and that one attorney,
which the two had discussed earlier. ANNA RICHTER said she e-mailed ED
MAGEDSON and DARREN MEADE about ED MAGEDSON something believed to
be related to TRACEY RICHTERs case and RIPOFF REPORT. ANNA RICHTER
said BERT PITMAN posted a lot of this content on Facebook. TRACEY RICHTER
said they needed to get sworn statements from people but that she did not want to
mention any names over the phone. [SW p. 61]
On January 14, 2013, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that DARREN
MEADE asked her for documents from the wrongful death lawsuit brought against
TRACEY RICHTER by Dustin Wehdes estate. [SW p. 61]
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On February 7, 2013, ANNA RICHTER!said DARREN MEADE told her the copy of
his deposition that was given to SCA Smith by Dr. Scott Connelly was fake. [SW pp.
63-64]
On February 14, 2013, ANNA RICHTER!said DARREN MEADE and ED
MAGEDSON / RIPOFF REPORT planned to publish another RIPOFF REPORT
complaint [presumably concerning the States witnesses]. TRACEY RICHTER said
stuff is coming out about Dr. John Pitman. Then, just as ANNA RICHTER
mentioned DARREN MEADEs name, TRACEY RICHTER directed her to stop
talking about [DARREN MEADE, Dr. John Pitman, and RIPOFF REPORT] over the
phone, and that the two would talk about it in person during ANNA RICHTERs next
visit to the prison. ANNA RICHTER said she had information to pass along to
TRACEY RICHTER from DARREN MEADE, but that she would wait and tell it to
TRACEY RICHTER during her next visit with her at the prison. Later during their
conversation, ANNA RICHTER said she stored e-mails from RIPOFF REPORT
on her computer [emphasis added]. [SW p. 64]
On April 2, 2013, ANNA RICHTER!said DARREN MEADE had all kinds of stuff
up in response to this article [believed to be authored by States witness, Dr. John
Pitman]. ANNA RICHTER further told TRACEY RICHTER that this is the last straw
as for Dr. John Pitman, and that she planned to fight back. TRACEY RICHTER
directed ANNA RICHTER to get DARREN MEADE to put all these things together.
[SW p. 65]
On April 11, 2013, TRACEY RICHTER!told ANNA RICHTER to have BERT
PITMAN get certain information about Michael Roberts and Dr. John Pitman, and
give it to either DARREN MEADE or ED MAGEDSON / RIPOFF REPORT. ANNA
RICHTER said more and more people from out there" believed Dr. John Pitman
hired Dustin Wehde to attack / kill TRACEY RICHTER, and that she would discuss it
more in detail during her next visit to the prison. [SW p. 66]
On or around April 18, 2013, ANNA RICHTER sent DARREN MEADE a Western
Union Money Gram in the amount of $400.00, which he deposited into his Bank of
America account. [SW p. 67]
On May 5, 2013, TRACEY RICHTER!expressly told ANNA RICHTER to have
DARREN MEADE published the letter [concerning SCA Smith] on the internet!
[SW p. 68]
On May 7, 2013, one day after ED MAGEDSON and DARREN MEADE accessed
and viewed the link to Michael Roberts YouTube screencast, which proved ED
MAGEDSON or another RIPOFF REPORT agent removed and republished an
amended RIPOFF REPORT complaint, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER
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that SCA Smith was attempting to intimidate DARREN MEADE by going through ED
MAGEDSON. TRACEY RICHTER told ANNA RICHTER that DARREN MEADE
needed to send stuff. [SW p. 71]
On June 6, 2013, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that DARREN MEADE
wanted TRACEY RICHTER to provide him with the location of sensitive,
embarrassing information concerning a family member of one of Michael Roberts
former employees. DARREN MEADE subsequently posted this information on
RIPOFF REPORT. ANNA RICHTER also said DARREN MEADE had sent her
(ANNA RICHTER) some information / documents, but that she would discuss it with
TRACEY RICHTER in person during their next prison visit. ANNA RICHTER also
told TRACEY RICHTER that in his Motion to Quash, SCA Smith was moaning
that they had given information / documents to DARREN MEADE [emphasis
added]. TRACEY RICHTER said most of the information ANNA RICHTER had given
to DARREN MEADE was given to her (TRACEY RICHTER) during her murder
prosecution. ANNA RICHTER said most of the information DARREN MEADE
obtained was from the internet, and sometimes DARREN MEADE asked her for
information about which she knew nothing. [SW p. 72]
On June 13, 2013 (or June 6, 2013), ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that
ED MAGEDSON received a copy of SCA Smiths Motion to Quash, and that ED
MAGEDSON forwarded the same to DARREN MEADE. TRACEY RICHTER told
ANNA RICHTER they had proof SCA Smith obtained the transcripts from DARREN
MEADEs aforementioned deposition, and that SCA Smith cannot use the power of
his office to do this. TRACEY RICHTER continued, stating neither they nor
DARREN MEADE had done anything criminal, and SCA Smith was attacking
DARREN MEADE for merely exercising his First Amendment rights. Amazingly,
however, TRACEY RICHTER then said SCA Smith could have an actionable civil
defamation claim against ED MAGEDSON / RIPOFF REPORT and / or DARREN
MEADE, but neither of ED MAGEDSON / RIPOFF REPORT and / or DARREN
MEADE had done anything actionable in the criminal sense. [SW p. 72-73]
On June 29, 2013, DARREN MEADE sent the following e-mail to ANNA RICHTER:
Everyone, I have had enough of all the threats from Michael Roberts and Ben Smith.
Every three-four days I will be releasing video's showing the true character of
Michael and Benjamin. I hope the tone of the first video is not offensive to anyone. I
plan to release one on Ben by Monday morning. I never made a video presentation
in my life therefore I know the video maybe lacking a bit. Here is a link to the first
video: http://www.screencast.com/t/AqLqBnFcL
[SW p. 73]
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On July 2, 2013, TRACEY RICHTER told ANNA RICHTER to give certain
documents to "you know who. ANNA RICHTER stated she already had given them
to him. [The context of this conversation suggests DARREN MEADE is the unnamed
individual] ANNA RICHTER then stated she located documents about Mona Wehde,
the murder victims mother, and Dr. John Pitman, both of whom were States
witnesses. TRACEY RICHTER directed ANNA RICHTER to give the information to
this unnamed individual. [SW p. 73]
On July 11, 2013, after receiving the transcript of SCA Smiths testimony from her
and Michael Roberts custody proceedings, which, much to their dismay, proved
SCA Smith did not commit perjury as TRACEY RICHTER, ANNA RICHTER,
DARREN MEADE and ED MAGEDSON / RIPOFF REPORT had been alleging on
RIPOFF REPORT, TRACEY RICHTER told ANNA RICHTER that the she still
believed SCA Smith committed perjury. ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER
that the court reporter who reported the proceedings was dirty. [SW p. 73]
On July 18, 2013, ANNA RICHTER played DARREN MEADEs July 4, 2013, video
presentation, which is mentioned above, over the phone for TRACEY RICHTER.
After listening to the video, TRACEY RICHTER commented that DARREN MEADE
did not do a bad job with the video presentation and that he would get better. [SW p.
73]
On July 25, 2013, TRACEY RICHTER asked ANNA RICHTER whether there was
any new information, documents, or material [on RIPOFF REPORT]. ANNA
RICHTER stated there was one thing online that was new, but that she wanted to
wait and discuss it with TRACEY RICHTER during their next visit at the prison
because they might be listening to TRACEY RICHTERs phone calls. [SW p. 73]
On July 30, 2013, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that she got a preview
of another thing that DARREN MEADE told ANNA RICHTER was going to
published on the internet. ANNA RICHTER said she wrote [DARREN MEADE] back
and told him the proposed video content was good. TRACEY RICHTER said some
of the States witnesses lied when they testified against her. ANNA RICHTER said
they need to go after the States witnesses because they lied on the witness stand.
ANNA RICHTER said they were going to prove States witnesses Mary Higgins and
Mona Wehde committed perjury when they testified against TRACEY RICHTER.
TRACEY RICHTER told ANNA RICHTER they needed an affidavit from the woman
who alleged Dr. John Pitman lied on the witness stand. [SW p. 74]
On August 22, 2013, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER she believed that
Michael Roberts lied on his immigration paperwork from 1996. TRACEY RICHTER
asked ANNA RICHTER whether she had sent this information to somebody else.
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ANNA RICHTER stated she was not sure, but that she would fax it over to that
person. TRACEY RICHTER asked whether she sent that document to that
someone else. [SW p. 74]
On September 30, 2013, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER she was waiting
for information and / or documents from DARREN MEADE, but that DARREN
MEADE had been busy the last couple days helping RIPOFF REPORT owner ED
MAGEDSON prepare for his civil action against Michael Roberts. ANNA RICHTER
said ED MAGEDSON is going after Michael Roberts for extortion, and is taking out a
protective order against Michael Roberts and SCA Smith because the two were
harassing him (ED MAGEDSON). ANNA RICHTER said she found a document
TRACEY RICHTER had asked her to find while she was searching for documents /
information for ED MAGEDSON. TRACEY RICHTER said she had something to tell
ANNA RICHTER about ED MAGEDSON, and that ED MAGEDSON had a bunch of
stuff on Michael Roberts. ANNA RICHTER said she was supposed to get information
to ED MAGEDSON and DARREN MEADE about Michael Roberts. ANNA RICHTER
said DARREN MEADE told her he had to work on ED MAGEDSONs case first, but
when he finished with that, he would go back to working for TRACEY RICHTER and
ANNA RICHTERs cause. ANNA RICHTER said that when we put stuff on RIPOFF
REPORT we provide documentation. [SW p. 77]
On September 30, 2013, TRACEY RICHTER directed ANNA RICHTER to perform
certain tasks on TRACEY RICHTERs or ANNA RICHTERs computer in real-time.
ANNA RICHTER said ED MAGEDSON and / or DARREN MEADE wanted her to
ask TRACEY RICHTER whether she (TRACEY RICHTER) was familiar with an
individual ANNA RICHTER named. ANNA RICHTER and TRACEY RICHTER both
stated that Mona Wehde, the mother of the boy Tracey murdered, was once involved
with Michael Roberts and drug dealers from Sioux City, Iowa. [SW p. 77]
On October 10, 2013, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that DARREN
MEADE had recently sent her information. TRACEY RICHTER told ANNA
RICHTER thank God [DARREN MEADE] is involved [emphasis added]. ANNA
RICHTER relayed a question from DARREN MEADE to TRACEY RICHTER about
States witness Mona Wehde. [SW p. 78]
On October 31, 2013, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER she had scanned a
number of documents, which she planned to send to someone. ANNA RICHTER
told TRACEY RICHTER she learned Dr. John Pitman was back with a stripper and
that Dr. John Pitman lied under oath when he testified in his deposition in TRACEY
RICHTERs murder case. ANNA RICHTER said she finally got contact information
on a certain person form someone. ANNA RICHTER said she printed off
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documents concerning another case involving ED MAGEDSON, and that ED
MAGEDSON had to remove something from RIPOFF REPORT, but that
something did not have anything to do with TRACEY RICHTERs case and / or
DARREN MEADEs and the other RIPOFF REPORT complaints concerning the
States witnesses. [SW p. 81]
On November 21, 2013, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER to remind her to
tell TRACEY RICHTER something the next time she visited the prison, because she
did not want to discuss it over the phone. ANNA RICHTER discussed giving
information to ED MAGEDSON and / or DARREN MEADE. [SW p. 83]
83
On February 1, 2014, during a prison visit between TRACEY RICHTER and her
fianc, RUSSELL SCHERTZ, said there is some other thing about BERT PITMAN
[your mom, ANNA RICHTER] didnt want to tell you over the phone. RUSSELL
SCHERTZ said [JOHN RICHTER] thinks that [Lisa Pitman] put the stuff on RIPOFF
REPORT. TRACEY RICHTER replied, Probably. Well, did she or was it [DARREN
MEADE]? Because I asked my mom (ANNA RICHTER) if it was [DARREN MEADE].
She (ANNA RICHTER) said, well, [DARREN MEADE] said no, it (was or wasnt him).
And she (ANNA RICHTER) said DARREN MEADE admitted to other things to her
before. RUSSELL SCHERTZ whispered the name of the person he believed was
responsible for the anonymous derogatory / defamatory postings on RIPOFF
REPORT about Dr. John Pitman, but, because he lowered his voice, it is impossible
to hear what he said. Then RUSSELL SCHERTZ added we dont know [for sure]
who published the RIPOFF REPORT complaints about Dr. John Pitman. TRACEY
RICHTER then told RUSSELL SCHERTZ it will be interesting if it comes up in his
[divorce proceedings with Lisa Pitman] about him fooling around with hookers and
call girls, because that will be we will be using that in my post-conviction relief.
TRACEY RICHTER added BERT PITMAN informed them that [Dr. John Pitman] is
back together with [the hooker / stripper], but [Dr. John Pitmans] neighbor I want
to say a neighbor told [BERT PITMAN] or was it Courtney told them? RUSSELL
SCHERTZ said We need to get some information from the secretary or
the!business manager before she leaves. TRACEY RICHTER then said Well,
who knows. Maybe we can get information from [Lisa Pitman], because [Lisa
Pitman] and [Dr. John Pitman] were together [at the time TRACEY RICHTER has
alleged Dr. John Pitman saw pictures / photographs of pink spiral notebook], and if
she saw the photos and she knows he had the photos, maybe we can trade
something with her that she needs. RUSSELL SCHERTZ said they needed to get
information from Dr. John Pitmans secretary and from Lisa Pitman. RUSSELL
SCHERTZ and TRACEY RICHTER agreed they needed help and assistance from
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Lisa Pitman and Dr. John Pitmans secretary to obtain sensitive / personal
information about Dr. John Pitman. TRACEY RICHTER said DARREN MEADE
admitted to ANNA RICHTER that he had authored / published many of the RIPOFF
REPORT complaints about the States witnesses, but had said he did not author /
publish the outrageous RIPOFF REPORT complaints about Dr. John Pitman.
TRACEY RICHTER told her mother that maybe this stuff with Dr. John Pitman could
develop into something for our benefit [in the PCR context]. RUSSELL SCHERTZ
told TRACEY RICHTER he had stored a great deal of information (based on the
information in this affidavit, presumably about TRACEY RICHTERs case / States
witnesses) on his work computer but he recently had it removed from that computer
because his employers (ConAgra Foods, Omaha) IT department forced him to
remove it. TRACEY RICHTER told RUSSELL SCHERTZ she had a portable hard
drive in a box that was in RUSSELL SCHERTZs possession he could use to store
this information. TRACEY RICHTER told RUSSELL SCHERTZ that they were
going to go after the juror who had an ankle injury before the trial and wanted off the
jury, and that they are going to attack jury members. RUSSELL SCHERTZ said that
one of TRACEY RICHTERs new attorneys, Matthew Shimanovsky, said SCA Smith
is an idiot. [SW p. 86]
On February 8, 2014, during a prison visit between TRACEY RICHTER and ANNA
RICHTER, TRACEY RICHTER and ANNA RICHTER mentioned, by full name, and
discussed the DOT employee who processed TRACEY RICHTERs change of name
form in 2010, and who later told law enforcement that TRACEY RICHTER had
presented the forged court decree as proof her name had been legally changed.
Then, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that ED MAGEDSON wanted her
(TRACEY RICHTER) to give him certain information about Michael Roberts. ANNA
RICHTER said ED MAGEDSON had been after her (ANNA RICHTER) [to do or get
something]. ANNA RICHTER also said ED MAGEDSON e-mailed his (or TRACEY
RICHTERs other attorney), Victoria Ames, about something having to do with
TRACEY RICHTERs case. ANNA RICHTER asked TRACEY RICHTER whether
TRACEY RICHTERs attorney could compel Michael Robertss therapist to produce
the reports from Michael Roberts therapy session. ANNA RICHTER or TRACEY
RICHTER stated that they would have to tell the doctor / therapist that the report(s)
are needed for TRACEY RICHTERs pending civil litigation with Michael Roberts
(child support contempt action) [when really they planned to give it to ED
MAGEDSON / RIPOFF REPORT for the purposes of publishing it in a RIPOFF
REPORT complaint and / or for RIPOFF REPORT to use in its pending litigation
against Michael Roberts]. TRACEY RICHTER said they would ask one of TRACEY
RICHTERs attorney to subpoena the confidential reports from Michael Robertss
therapist. ANNA RICHTER said getting this report would really help ED MAGEDSON
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in his lawsuit against Michael Roberts. Later in this conversation, TRACEY
RICHTER told her mother to ask DARREN MEADE how to make a website more
visible on an internet search (e.g., Google, Bing, Yahoo!, etc.) results. [SW p. 90]
On February 23, 2014, during a prison visit between TRACEY RICHTER and ANNA
RICHTER, the two again discussed having BERT PITMAN pressure his father, Dr.
John Pitman, into recanting / changing the testimony he gave in TRACEY
RICHTERs murder trial, by having BERT PITMAN tell Dr. John Pitman that stuff is
going to come out unless you play ball. TRACEY RICHTER said if this
information came out about Dr. John Pitman, he would lose custody of his
children to Lisa Pitman and his business would be ruined. TRACEY RICHTER
said BERT PITMAN should approach Dr. John Pitman under the false premise that
[they knew] Ben Smith told [Dr. John Pitman] not to talk to Traceys lawyers, [and
we just want to know what else Ben Smith said to you]. One of the two then said
that BERT PITMAN should tell Dr. John Pitman that if Dr. John Pitman did not come
clean that it would really hurt their (BERT PITMAN and Dr. John Pitman)
relationship and that BERT PITMAN should tell Dr. John Pitman Enough is enough,
Daddy. You need to come clean. ANNA RICHTER said it would be great if BERT
PITMAN were to record this conversation. ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER
she would contact BERT PITMAN and discuss their plan with him. Later, TRACEY
RICHTER asked whether her PCR attorneys had scheduled the deposition of her
criminal defense attorney(s). ANNA RICHTER said DARREN MEADE wanted to
attack TRACEY RICHTERs criminal defense attorney(s) on RIPOFF REPORT, but
ANNA RICHTER told DARREN MEADE Dont you dare. We need [him / her].
ANNA RICHTER said TRACEY RICHTERs PCR attorney was a friend of one of
TRACEY RICHTERs criminal defense attorneys and that this criminal defense
attorney confided with TRACEY RICHTERs PCR attorney that he / she made a
number of mistakes representing TRACEY RICHTER in her murder trial. ANNA
RICHTER added that ED MAGEDSON also directed DARREN MEADE not to
publish anything on RIPOFF REPORT about TRACEY RICHTERs criminal defense
attorneys. [SW p. 91]
On February 28, 2014, during a prison visit between TRACEY RICHTER and ANNA
RICHTER, ANNA RICHTER said DARREN MEADE planned to publish complaints
on RIPOFF REPORT attacking the competence / effectiveness of TRACEY
RICHTERs criminal defense attorney(s), but that she instructed DARREN MEADE
not to bother [TRACEY RICHTERs criminal defense attorney] right now because [in
TRACEY RICHTERs PCR case, TRACEY RICHTERs criminal defense attorney] is
going to admit that he was ineffective [in his representation of TRACEY RICHTER in
her murder case / trial] and they needed him / her. TRACEY RICHTER said
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DARREN MEADE needed to wait to publish a complaint on RIPOFF REPORT about
her criminal defense attorney until after the attorney testified in TRACEY RICHTERs
Post Conviction Relief case, because then DARREN MEADE can publish the
transcript of the attorneys own under oath admissions about the attorneys
ineffective representation of TRACEY RICHTER. [SW pp. 91-92]
Also during this prison visit, TRACEY RICHTER directed ANNA RICHTER to have
BERT PITMAN and DARREN MEADE to tell Brandon Wehde (murder victims first
cousin) about the aforementioned $25,000 reward, and also give him (Brandon
Wehde) certain derogatory information concerning his aunt Mona Wehdes alleged
acts of disloyalty to the Wehde family. TRACEY RICHTER said that someone
needed to tell Brandon Wehde you need to know the truth about what [Mona
Wehde] had been up to. TRACEY RICHTER said Brandon Wehde should be given
a copy of Brett Wehdes (Mona Wehdes husband, Dustin Wehdes father) suicide
note, and he should be told that Mona Wehde (allegedly) planned to leave her
family. ANNA RICHTER said DARREN MEADE already had published Dustin
Wehdes fathers suicide note on RIPOFF REPORT. TRACEY RICHTER directed
ANNA RICHTER to also have DONNA BISTRICAN contact Brandon Wehde using
her Facebook account. ANNA RICHTER said she was going to contact BERT
PITMAN to discuss the foregoing. TRACEY RICHTER told ANNA RICHTER to work
with DARREN MEADE to create a highly visible website with content that would
expose Michael Roberts to hatred, ridicule, and contempt. TRACEY RICHTER and
ANNA RICHTER again went over their plan to have BERT PITMAN pressure Dr.
John Pitman into changing his testimony. ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER
she exchanged documents with DARREN MEADE, and that she stores the same in
her Dropbox account. TRACEY RICHTER directed ANNA RICHTER to send
documents to Marko via Dropbox. ANNA RICHTER said she talked to ED
MAGEDSON, and ED MAGEDSON had talked to attorney Victoria Ames. ANNA
RICHTER said ED MAGEDSON told her that her attorney Matthew Shimanovsky is
supposed to contact Victoria Ames about getting Michael Roberts confidential
therapy reports / notes from Dr. Rumberger. TRACEY RICHTER told ANNA
RICHTER that her PCR attorneys needed to talk to one of the jurors who convicted
her, as well as all the other jurors, but that they needed to start with this particular
juror, because he / she was the WEAKEST one (juror). ANNA RICHTER said Julia
Ofenbakh said she (Julia Ofenbakh) would like to see SCA Smith in jail. ANNA
RICHTER said Julia Ofenbakh also said that just listening to things that [SCA Smith]
has done, he (SCA Smith) should be in jail. TRACEY RICHTER told ANNA
RICHTER that someone should register the website www.BenSmithSucks.com.
TRACEY RICHTER asked whether DARREN MEADE had anything up on RIPOFF
REPORT about Mary Higgins and Anna said that Darren is concentrating on Ben
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Smith. ANNA RICHTER said she wanted to completely destroy SCA Smith. ANNA
RICHTER said she told this to TRACEY RICHTERs new attorney Julia Ofenbakh.
ANNA RICHTER said that TRACEY RICHTERs new attorney Julia Ofenbakh said
the jurors in TRACEY RICHTERs criminal case were idiots. ANNA RICHTER said I
will be damned if my daughter is going to sit here eighteen years before they declare
her innocent. ANNA RICHTER said they need to get this fund going because this is
going to cost money. [SW pp. 92-93]
On March 7, 2014, during a prison visit between ANNA RICHTER and TRACEY
RICHTER, TRACEY RICHTER told ANNA RICHTER to have BERT PITMAN take
photographs of Dr. John Pitmans prescriptions, although the recording was difficult
to hear at this point. Later, although still barely audible, it is believed the two
discussed getting sensitive / embarrassing information about Dr. John Pitman for the
purpose of blackmailing / extorting him into recanting / changing his testimony.
ANNA RICHTER and TRACEY RICHTER discussed Dr. John Pitmans personal
finances. TRACEY RICHTER said something about ED MAGEDSON and DARREN
MEADE, and that how someone found where he was living. TRACEY RICHTER
told ANNA RICHTER to create the website JeremyCollins.com. Jeremy Collins is
another States witness. [SW p. 94]
ANNA RICHTER said Michael Roberts would not be able to get the derogatory
information removed from RIPOFF REPORT because RIPOFF REPORT does not
remove its complaints. ANNA RICHTER said she had to go home and scan certain
documents into her computer, which the two had previously discussed, and to give
them to DARREN MEADE. ANNA RICHTER listed off the derogatory information
about Michael Roberts she planned to publish on the internet. [SW p. 94]
On March 9, 2014, during a prison visit between ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY
RICHTER, ANNA RICHTER said something to TRACEY RICHTER about something
ED MAGEDSON and / or DARREN MEADE had recently said. ANNA RICHTER said
ED MAGEDSON gave her transcripts of the testimony Michael Roberts gave in a
deposition in Michael Roberts and ED MAGEDSONs civil case in Arizona. ANNA
RICHTER stated she received other items from DARREN MEADE about Michael
Roberts. ANNA RICHTER stated she e-mailed ED MAGEDSON and talked to
DARREN MEADE about proving the location of IP addresses belonging to Michael
Roberts (assumedly, the IP addresses from which Michael Roberts posted
comments on RIPOFF REPORT). Towards the end of the visit, TRACEY RICHTER
said something to ANNA RICHTER about destroying Michael Roberts socially and
professionally. Later, the two discussed finding another way to reach Michael
Roberts wife, Dr. Heidi Forsbacka, and publishing defamatory / derogatory
information about her on the internet. TRACEY RICHTER directed ANNA RICHTER
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to give ED MAGEDSON a list of the information ED MAGEDSON should request of
Michael Roberts through the civil discovery process to get information about Michael
Robertss wife, Heidi Forsbacka (aka Heidi Roberts) (Michael Roberts and ED
MAGEDSON were / are currently engaged in civil litigation). TRACEY RICHTER told
ANNA RICHTER that Michael Roberts might back off if ED MAGEDSON requested
certain information from / about Michael Robertss wife. ANNA RICHTER stated that
States witnesses committed perjury when they testified against TRACEY RICHTER.
[SW p. 95]
On March 15, 2014, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER she e-mailed ED
MAGEDSON the other day about something having to do with Michael Roberts.
ANNA RICHTER said something about ED MAGEDSON emailing DARREN MEADE
about something having to do with Michael Roberts. [SW p. 96]
On March 16, 2014, ANNA RICHTER mentioned something having to do with ED
MAGEDSON. ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER how certain online articles /
websites get moved to the top [of an internet search result]. ANNA RICHTER
stated she had to give something to DARREN MEADE. [SW p. 96]
In another May 16, 2014, e-mail from ED MAGEDSON to DARREN MEADE, ED
MAGEDSON admitted paying DARREN MEADE to help / do work associated with
TRACEY RICHTER at ED MAGEDSONs direction. [SW p. 98]
In a May 17, 2014, e-mail from ED MAGEDSON (EDitor@ripoffreport.com) to
DARREN MEADE (dmeade@kairos-meade.com), ED MAGEDSON said the
following: Anyone that knows you knows youve had an obsession to go after
[Michael Roberts] for your own, and [TRACEY RICHTER] just got some of the
benefits. Later on in the above-e-mail (or another one sent on this same date) ED
MAGEDSON admitted he paid DARREN MEADE to work on matters involving
TRACEY RICHTER and RIPOFF REPORT. [SW p. 99]
April 2012 and December 2013, there were 120 phone calls made between
DARREN MEADEs Sprint PCS mobile phone and ANNA RICHTERs Verizon
Wireless phone No. (515) 401-8926, totaling approximately 43 hours of total talk
time. [SW p. 108]
On September 26, 2013, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that ED
MAGEDSON filed a lawsuit against Michael Roberts. TRACEY RICHTER stated she
cannot imagine ED MAGEDSON would be intimidated by Michael Roberts. ANNA
RICHTER said Michael Roberts had made ED MAGEDSON angry. [SW p. 77]
On October 13, 2013, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that ED
MAGEDSON asked ANNA RICHTER to tell TRACEY RICHTER to report the results
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of her custody / child support proceeding with Michael Roberts, back to ANNA
RICHTER, so that ANNA RICHTER could relay the same to ED MAGEDSON.
TRACEY RICHTER asked ANNA RICHTER whether there was anyone else who
wanted her lawyer to ask a specific question of Michael Roberts while he was under
oath. ANNA RICHTER said she had already discussed this possibility with TRACEY
RICHTERs fianc, RUSSELL SCHERTZ. [SW p. 78]
On October 17, 2013, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER she found out that
Michael Roberts had never been an FBI informant. TRACEY RICHTER asked
whether they could get tangible proof that Michael Roberts had never been an FBI
informant. ANNA RICHTER said the information was from a very reliable source,
and she would get more information about this once she [got] some other stuff
back. Later, ANNA RICHTER said the information came from an FBI SA. ANNA
RICHTER said ED MAGEDSON wanted TRACEY RICHTER to report the outcome
of her custody hearing to ANNA RICHTER, so that ANNA RICHTER could relay the
same to ED MAGEDSON. ANNA RICHTER said ED MAGEDSON had given her
documents to give to TRACEY RICHTER, and that she would be sending them to
TRACEY RICHTER. TRACEY RICHTER said someone had been trying to contact
ANNA RICHTER, but that this someone must not have ANNA RICHTERs correct
e-mail address. TRACEY RICHTER said she would have her fianc, RUSSELL
SCHERTZ, check with this someone tomorrow to see if the someone had ANNA
RICHTERs correct contact information. TRACEY RICHTER said ANNA RICHTER
knew this someone. [SW pp. 78-79]
On October 18, 2013, TRACEY RICHTER told ANNA RICHTER to tell ED
MAGEDSON that Michael Roberts was served with that thing (ED MAGEDSONs /
RIPOFF REPORT lawsuit against Michael Roberts) when he appeared at the Buena
Vista County Courthouse for their hearing on the contempt / child support matters.
[SW p. 79]
On October 24, 2013, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER she was not certain
whether anything came out during the contempt proceedings that would be helpful to
ED MAGEDSON. ANNA RICHTER said TRACEY RICHTERs custody / child
support attorney gave ANNA RICHTER permission for ED MAGEDSON to call the
attorney on his mobile phone. TRACEY RICHTER directed ANNA RICHTER to get
certain information from ED MAGEDSON about Michael Roberts. [SW p. 81]
On February 8, 2014, during a prison visit between TRACEY RICHTER and ANNA
RICHTER, TRACEY RICHTER and ANNA RICHTER mentioned, by full name, and
discussed the DOT employee who processed TRACEY RICHTERs change of name
form in 2010, and who later told law enforcement that TRACEY RICHTER had
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presented the forged court decree as proof her name had been legally changed.
Then, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that ED MAGEDSON wanted her
(TRACEY RICHTER) to give him certain information about Michael Roberts. ANNA
RICHTER said ED MAGEDSON had been after her (ANNA RICHTER) [to do or get
something]. ANNA RICHTER also said ED MAGEDSON e-mailed his (or TRACEY
RICHTERs other attorney), Victoria Ames, about something having to do with
TRACEY RICHTERs case. ANNA RICHTER asked TRACEY RICHTER whether
TRACEY RICHTERs attorney could compel Michael Robertss therapist to produce
the reports from Michael Roberts therapy session. ANNA RICHTER or TRACEY
RICHTER stated that they would have to tell the doctor / therapist that the report(s)
are needed for TRACEY RICHTERs pending civil litigation with Michael Roberts
(child support contempt action) [when really they planned to give it to ED
MAGEDSON / RIPOFF REPORT for the purposes of publishing it in a RIPOFF
REPORT complaint and / or for RIPOFF REPORT to use in its pending litigation
against Michael Roberts]. TRACEY RICHTER said they would ask one of TRACEY
RICHTERs attorney to subpoena the confidential reports from Michael Robertss
therapist. ANNA RICHTER said getting this report would really help ED MAGEDSON
in his lawsuit against Michael Roberts. Later in this conversation, TRACEY
RICHTER told her mother to ask DARREN MEADE how to make a website more
visible on an internet search (e.g., Google, Bing, Yahoo!, etc.) results. [SW p. 90]
ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY RICHTER that complaints that are published on
RIPOFF REPORT are never taken down. Later, ANNA RICHTER told TRACEY
RICHTER she discussed the $25,000 reward RIPOFF REPORT / ED MAGEDSON
had offered for information leading to TRACEY RICHTERs exoneration; specifically,
ANNA RICHTER told ED MAGEDSON they needed to advertise the reward in and
around Sac County, Iowa. [SW p. 92]




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