report regarding CORRUPTION, paragraphs 1&2 the bribery, 3-25 regarding TAMPA
& WILMINGTON (ECSTASY AND COCAINE)
1. The first negative issue in the campaign to elect Sid Causey Sheriff was the
BRIBERY incident back in March, Sid admitted that he offered the other two
fellow democrat candidates running against him a position in his administration
if they were to drop out of contention and support Causey for Sheriff.
(Wilmington Star News; March 12, 2002 1A Turnbull) When he offered the bribe
(position of second in command) to NATHAN JOHNSON he was on duty with-in his
office at the Sheriff's department. Johnson rejected the offer and later
reported it to proper authorities. Soon after Causey offered JAMES SMYRE a job
with-in the vice and narcotic's division. Causey went to Smyre's home driving a
County vehicle while on County time. He says he went as a response to a request
from "leader" of the black community Rep. Thomas Wright. Smyre also rejected
the offer. It might be noted that Wright received a $500 campaign contribution
from Causey in May. As a result of an investigation by the North Carolina Board
of Elections the matter was passed to the District's Attorney's Office. The
Board of Elections Report by investigator MELISSA BARBOUR dated April 17, 2002
found that the position of Chief Deputy was in fact a political appointment and
by offering a position of political appointment for return of a favor violates
the election laws of the State as per Jenkins V. Medford 119 F.3rd 1156 (4th
Cir. 1997). In a letter dated April 23, 2002 from GARY BARTLETT (director of the
State Board of Elections),there is no mention of the State finding no criminal
violation, in fact the letter differs dramatically from another letter dated
April 30, 2002 which contradicts itself in favor of Causey. The April 23 letter
was never released to the public and if it would have been released at the time
of the public interest it may have lead to an investigation by an independent
counsel. Instead the matter was officially dismissed by the State Board of
Elections via a second different letter finding no reason to prosecute (since
when is the board of elections an agency or organization with powers of arrest
or prosecution in the first place?) As you remember District Attorney JOHN
CARRIKER refused to investigate the complaint (a violation of NCGS 163-274 (9)
which states that it is a Class II misdemeanor for anyone running in a state
primary or general election "to give or promise, in return for political support
or influence, any political appointment or support for political office) and
with the party's blessing the matter was iniquitously dropped .
2. Causey reluctantly admitted to the charges of offering positions of favor in
response to the offer of the two to withdraw from the Sheriff's race and support
him as Sheriff. Though quick to dismiss it as a Christian act of friendship
rather than a conspicuous attempt at corrupting the electoral process. The
Democrats' recently appointed Sheriff "Lame Duck" LANIER was quoted in the
Wilmington Star News expressing the sentiment of the majority of DIXIE DEMOCRATS
"Obviously, I don't agree with that particular statue. The statute (i.e.. law)
exists and many people don't know about it, and it's an obscure statute (i.e..
law), apparently, since so many people were unaware of it. And I wouldn't
describe it as a bribe. If you are talking to friends and you say, 'How 'bout
making it easier on me?' that's not a bribe, I don't think." And local champion
of the city/county consolidation reform and Democratic Party Chairman GARY
SHIPMAN did his part in hushed tones and magic, that only a highly paid
barrister and Napolianic shyster can pull off, to see to it that the apple cart
wasn't overturned over a "petty" scandal during the critical State election to
fill a Senate seat vacated by the conservative Republican patriarch Jesse Helms.
For the good of the many we suffer the few. Luckily for all those lawyers and
land developers (and those rumored to been the benefit of a wink and a nod by
Causey for their own indiscretions) who had already dumped over 50 thousand
dollars in the Causey for Sheriff campaign it all came together so peacefully
and the corruption went unnoticed.
3. But don't turn that dial there is ANOTHER SCANDAL. One that will require the
treasury of the campaign to take a serious hit and those that supply it to
rethink their support.
4. This new scandal involves another CORRUPTION CHARGE involving Mr. Causey by
the Tampa, Florida Police Department, the DEA, and the FBI. All with their sites
fixed on Maj. Causey. Oh my, this will definitely be a lot harder to shake. This
my friends is the pit bull of scandals, it has teeth and it involves drugs and
money and shame.
5. As you will see by reading the following accounts the evidence is
overwhelming and will be hard to dispute. There will be contact numbers and
documents that you will be able to use to verify the facts in this report. It
won't be hard to piece it together and come to a conclusion as I have that there
needs to be a GRAND JURY set up to investigate Sid Causey's attempt to
obstreperously walk away with a drug dealer's money.
6. You may recall the recent arrests and press regarding the military's
investigation of Wilmington's drug activity in some of the downtown night clubs
and the involvement of some of the marines stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC. A
Naval Criminal Investigative Services two-year investigation, code named
OPERATION XTERMINATOR which began in February 2000, (most of the 84 Marines
arrested are now serving 3 -15 years in prison) after Camp Lejeune officials
were alerted that a large number of service members were frequenting clubs in
Wilmington, NC., where they reported in national press that designer drugs were
prevalent, this according to a statement released by the Camp Lejeune public
affairs office.
7. The DRUGS involved were ecstasy, cocaine, LSD and methamphetamine, Marine
Corps officials said.
8. The operation included 105 separate investigations and ended June 19, 2002
leaving Wilmington with a national reputation as a haven for designer drug users
and what should be great SHAME to those community leaders that put trust and
faith in our local efforts to stem the tide of drug activity here in our quiet
little town.
9. It was the arrest on May 22, 2000 of STEVEN LYNN DAVIS, 21 (USMC) and the
subsequent interviews by Special Agent T. NYCZ, Naval Criminal Investigative
Services that Davis' gave up the name of his drug source, a Tampa, Florida
resident named MARCUS CLAPPER, 26 This information was passed on to Detectives
BRIAN WARRELMAN and D. TAFT of the New Hanover County Sheriff's Department and
an investigation began into the where-abouts of Mr. Clapper.
10. The investigation led to talks on June 1, 2000 with Detectives W. ROBINSON
and Detective R. DEPERTE of the Tampa, Florida Police Department. Clapper was
located in Tampa. Detectives from North Carolina immediately go to Tampa to
arrest Clapper.
11. Marcus Clapper is EXTRADITED to Wilmington on charges of conspiracy to
traffic in MDMA (ecstasy) in violation of NCGS 90-98.
12. Prior to being his being arrested in Tampa, Clapper gave a friend, DUSTIN
SNIDER, 26 a bookbag containing a large amount of cocaine and some ecstasy
pills. This bag was held in secret at Snider's girlfriend, Jennifer Perez's
apartment in Tampa. Clapper had heard of the arrest of some of the Marines he
dealt with in Wilmington. Marines who had come to Tampa before, in rental cars
provided by Snider, to purchase and transport drugs back to North Carolina. It
was those arrests that gave Clapper a suspicion that he would soon be arrested,
so he chose to hide his drugs with Snider rather than hold onto them. When
Clapper's house was searched no drugs were found yet he was arrested anyway
based on interviews and investigation of the cooperating witness Steven Davis of
the Marine Corps.
13. Clapper, like Davis before him, gave Detective Warrelman the name of the man
he buys drugs from in Tampa. He named JONATHAN KARPMAN, 23 as his supplier.
Karpman who is the college educated son of Daniel Karpman, a prominent attorney
practicing in Springfield, MA and Lynda a MSW therapist both residing in
Longmeadow, MA.
14. This new development now interests the then Captain SID CAUSEY and
Lieutenant GENE PULLEY and attention on locating and arresting Karpman becomes
paramount. The drug agents obtained a warrant for the arrest Karpman for
conspiracy to traffic in MDMA and traveled to Tampa. On June 28th Causey and
Pulley travel with Det. Warrelman and Taft along with prisoner/ cooperating
defendant Clapper to identify and set-up Karpman.
15. At 9AM the morning of the 28th, Causey alone with Clapper drove to meet with
Clapper's friend Dustin Snider to obtain possession of the bookbag full of
drugs. Clapper had told the drug agents about the bag he left with his college
buddy Snider and they had plans to use it to trap Karpman. When the bookbag
containing the drugs were picked up they were then taken back to the MOTEL where
the drug agents had set up their "command post". Oddly out of normal procedure
it wasn't until 1:30PM that Detectives from the Tampa Police were notified of
the New Hanover County Sheriff's Detectives plan to go after Karpman much less
their already having had arrived in Tampa. They met with the New Hanover County
agents at the motel room command center to discuss the New Hanover County drug
agent's plan to trap Karpman. Then as a total surprise to the Tampa agents
Causey has Warrelman hand over the bookbag full of drugs. The totally unexpected
bag of drugs contained over 8 ounces (or $20,000 worth) of cocaine and some
several hundred pills of ecstasy ($20 each @ retail) and a few (2-3 grams)
crumbs of marijuana residue that were turned over to Detective Robinson of the
TPD. The money that Snider, much later, had reported as seeing, much earlier,
inside the bag, was missing, Clapper nor anyone else mentioned this to anyone at
the time of the bags delivery to Robinson.
16. The PLAN to get Karpman that night called for the enlistment of Clapper's
girlfriend MICHELE SHERIDAN to contact Karpman and meet him at a nearby
Starbucks coffee shop. Karpman met with Sheridan, who was wired with a radio
transporter, inside the Starbucks. Sheridan tried to get Karpman to take
possession of the bookbag but he refused and when pressed further by Sheridan he
suggested she flush the drugs down the toilet. Karpman of course knew of
Clapper's arrest and was an experienced drug dealer so he was leery of a set-up.
17. Karpman was immediately ARRESTED by a SWAT team from Tampa as he left the
Starbucks. His Mercedes was impounded and his house was searched. Inside the
house many illegal drugs and drug accessories were seized, they also found some
$13,000 in cash hidden behind a hot water heater.
18. On the 30th, Karpman, from jail, indicated that he would cooperate with the
DEA. With his prominent and well-connected Clearwater, Florida attorney, DOUGLAS
DEVLAMING, present he was interviewed by DEA agent JEB FAIRBY. As a sign of good
faith and cooperation Karpman indicated where they might find more drugs with-in
his house and garage. A search did turn up more drugs and other evidence from
the locations Karpman disclosed.
19. Clapper and the Detectives from the New Hanover County Sheriff's Department
traveled back to Wilmington and Clapper is placed once again back in jail.
Karpman REMAINED in Tampa.
20. Soon after returning to Wilmington, Capt. Causey and Lt. Pulley make plans
to go (sneak) back down to Tampa, again UNANNOUNCED and with-out the knowledge
of any Tampa authorities, to take Karpman from the Tampa jail to a near-by bank.
Karpman was to take money from his personal safety deposit box. On July the 10th
Detective Robinson of TPD received an anonymous call alerting them to Causey and
Pulley's plan to obtain the money and release Karpman from jail.
21. The Tampa detectives and DEA agents surprised Causey and Pulley at their
hotel room and after some stuttering and stammering Capt. Causey told a tale of
their reason for being in Tampa. They claimed they were on an ERRAND for
Karpman's North Carolina attorney THOMAS HICKS. They were to help Karpman get
money from Karpman's bank and deliver it to Hicks as a retainer for Karpman's
legal services. The following day, when the bank opened, Tampa and DEA
authorities, along with Karpman, went to the bank and took the $79,040 out of
the safety deposit box. DEA took custody of the money and sent Causey and Pulley
back to North Carolina with a stern admonition and advised them that their
actions would be under investigation. A charge so serious against the two
principle arresting drug agents could seriously hinder the efforts of the
prosecuting attorney to obtain a conviction for any connected cases pending.
22. On April 1, 2002, Jonathan Karpman was FREE of all charges and turned loose
on society. His charges were dropped.
23. Karpman, an admitted major TRAFFICKER in "designer" drugs, a man with
possible connections to an Israeli, TAMER ADEL IBRAHIM, the man identified by
Customs as head of a major drug importation ring, a man who was instrumental in
the certain brain damage of untold scores of young men and women not to mention
the compromised national security due to the selling of drugs to our nations
military soldiers, a man who was willing to give up $73,000 to his captors in a
secret CORRUPT way for some reason we can only suspect as a way to get out of
trouble and to be set free. Was the evidence tainted? Was the State's case
subverted by some illegal influence with-in a corrupt conspiracy?
24. FBI Special Agent SCOTT CHANEY of Tampa has the matter under current
investigation.
25. A FOOTNOTE to those interested in justice, all others arrested in this
report cooperated fully with the courts and law enforcement officials. US Marine
Scott Davis, the buyer, received 12-14 years (in the military you serve every
day of the sentence) in prison, Marcus Clapper, who turned in his best friend
and used his girlfriend as bait to catch Karpman, received a sentence of 35 - 42
months (out in less than 10 months) in prison and Dustin Snider who held onto
the bookbag received a suspended sentence and some 4 years of probation along a
felony conviction and the loss of rights and freedom as a result of that
conviction. And Karpman, the big dealer, escapes maybe a bit poorer but
otherwise unblemished.
Further investigations into other corruption allegations are soon to come, we
are looking into the following:
A. Arrest of NORWOOD CREECH, aka Jack Creech in March of 1997 and the seizing
of a million dollars in cash. Mr. Creech says a large amount of the cash seized
was missing from total. Claims law enforcement agents stole it from the
confiscated cash. Creech arrested by Causey's Vice and Narcotics Department.
B. TERRELL PARLATORE, the Vice and Narcotics Division's secretary was arrested
for trafficking cocaine and altering evidence. The investigation turned up
unaccounted for and missing drugs from evidence lock-up. One bundle, a pound and
a half of cocaine, is unaccounted for today. Anyone talk to her about how she
got set-up?
C. Longtime Causey friend and former North Carolina Secretary of Transportation
and political operative GARLAND G. GARRETT, JR. was indicted by a federal grand
jury on 246 counts of money laundering and fraud. Garrett's troubles relate back
to the mid-1990's. Mr. Garrett owned and operated Cape Fear Music in Carolina
Beach. Mr. Causey the man in charge of investigating crimes of vice never so
much as issued a parking ticket to the "Godfather" of video poker. Asleep at the
wheel or something corrupt?
D. A look into the missing DWI files of BRIAN CAUSEY, Sid Causey's son. The
clerk of courts can not locate the two previous citations for arrest of Brian
Causey. Seems Brian never had to appear in court for those citations. This
investigation could create a problem with the younger Causey's recent and third
arrest for DWI by Trooper John Ludlum of the State Highway Patrol. The matter is
currently pending a hearing in the New Hanover County Courthouse. Not to mention
the who, what, where and how the previous two DWI's went missing from the clerk
of courts office.
Why are we doing this?
26. We, I, me, us are doing this because it is time to pierce that fat oozing
boil of corruption here in New Hanover County. And I will start with the first
person I know of that got away with trying to corrupt the basic American
freedom, the free election of governmental officials (sorry I wasn't in Florida
when Bush stole the election from Gore). I believe Mister Sid Causey intended to
disrupt the ethics of the election process by trying to basically buy out (buy
out with tax payers money I might add) his competition by offering them
financial gain and prominent position of favor and I do not believe his motives
were based on friendship or some WWJD Christian ethics. Take a look at Section 3
of the 14th Article of the Bill of Rights. In these times when we are at war
fighting terrorists who are financed with drug money (how long have we been in a
drug war?) perhaps it is unconstitutional to elect someone who has aided and
given comfort to the enemy.
27. Unfortunately I do not have the money to purchase a media conglomerate to
express my views and slant like a Ted Turner or Rupert Murdoch can. I do not
have a Rush Limbaugh or a Ralph Nader to speak for me. I, we, me, us are alone
and must fight best we can to stop corruption and it's comfortable throne of
power.
28. I am sorry to seem to single out Mr. Causey, I am sure there may be bigger,
badder, fish to fry but Causey was an easy catch. Some of you can rest assure
that I, in secret, thank you for your help with this report.
29. After learning the hard way about Enron, Martha Stewart, AOL Time Warner,
Merck, Xerox, Kmart, Worldcom et al and seeing first hand the injustice done to
America by greed and corruption I guess you could say I snapped. Thank God I
wasn't one of the pensioners that has to go back to work now that they are 70.
But I was victim none-the-less, perhaps others of you were. And it stinks don't
it? So what can we do about all the injustices, all the corruption?
30. We can fight the corruption and the secrets and the lies. And we can expose
the evil by starting at home, binding together in mass and speaking out and
expressing ourselves to a truth and justice we fought for some 225 years ago by
liberating ourselves from the power of the oppressors.
31. Imagine if you will a powerful "good ole' boy's" network of fellow power
grabbers that date back to the days of the post civil war era of reconstruction,
when democrats actually killed people who organized against them. Imagine the
corruption. Imagine the corruption of the once popular Sheriff Millis, a card
carrying member of the KKK and how he was supported and praised by our community
in the 60's. Imagine the corruption of previous Sheriffs who turn blind eyes
time and time again, who rack up fines and costly penalties from their own
incompetence (putting it lightly) and imagine the current Sheriff's corruption
by wasting taxpayers money as he sits at Salt Works Restaurant all morning
sipping coffee and then napping at home, waiting out his retirement while
promoting a man of questionable history to steer his ship.
32. Imagine if you will that Mr. Jonathan Karpman has connections with the
Israeli smuggler Tamer Adel Ibrahim or with some of the "art students" the DEA
and Justice Department officials are convinced are spies (go to
http://www.911-strike.com/dea-il-spy.htm for more information). It is well known
that the drug ecstasy comes primarily from the Netherlands and is controlled by
the Israeli underworld, sold perhaps by the government of Israel to finance
covert spy operations. Is it a coincidence that several of the Israeli "art
students" lived in Florida a couple of blocks from Mohammed Atta, the leader of
the terrorists that participated in the destruction of the World Trade Center
and the attempt against the destruction of the Pentagon. Did those "students"
have prior knowledge of the attacks? Why were they so interested in our Federal
buildings and the homes of the DEA and Justice officials? Why spy on the DEA in
Tampa? Imagine if that money gained from the drugs sold by Karpman went to
finance the enemies of our post 9/11 events. Imagine the concentrated efforts by
someone or group that targeted our soldiers in the Marine Corps. Imagine if the
drug ecstasy was used as a chemical weapon against our youth, our young
servicemen threatening our national security. The drug is said, by medical
reports, to cause certain brain damage the very first time a person takes
ecstasy. No other drug is so damaging the first time. Imagine the pill being
substituted for a more lethal drug, something like DHTTC-22 (a new drug creeping
into the drug mainstream) that mimics and is sold as ecstasy but is much more
powerful and longer lasting thus many times more dangerous. Imagine why a
marginally competent, simple plea bargaining type lawyer from Wilmington would
charge $79,000 to handle a drug case as simple as Karpman's (with his high
dollar Dutch descendant lawyer from Clearwater Karpman was cooperating with the
DEA with-in a day after his arrest ). Imagine why a Captain in charge of a drug
investigation so sensitive that 2 years worth of work by the Naval Criminal
Investigative Services would be at risk if any improprieties were to leak out
about any of the operation's investigators. Imagine a user getting 14 years in
prison and the dealer gets no time, not even a conviction. Imagine the
conspiracy it takes to cover-up blatant bribery and attempts at corrupting the
electoral system by the perpetrator Causey, the District Attorney's Office, the
acting Sheriff, the leaders and law makers that could have demanded an
investigation. Imagine you and me sitting in front of the TV not thinking about
anything except the weather, whats for supper and whether we will get the West
Nile Virus from our skeeter bites.
33. By turning a blind eye to the drug traffickers we support FARC in Columbia,
we support the Israeli MOSSAD network of clandestine operations and one-sided
global politics by dusting off a major dealer in ecstasy. We support those who
would want our nation's youth to suffer brain damage that we have no idea what
the long term ramifications could be for us later. By allowing corruption
with-in the system that fights and protects us from these evils we in turn
become an evil ourselves, a participant to the shame. Shame caused to us by the
corruption with-in our own walls, our communities, our families and our church.
The transgressions of those with whom we have placed our trust are
transgressions that are the harshest of all transgressions. Those transgressors
are the enemy, they are the ones that feed on the weak and trick the innocent,
they are the devil or at the very least his servant.
34. So get your own web site, develop your own list of email addresses and let
people know how sick you are of something, anything, just let your voice be
heard. Call in talk radio, write letters to the editor, run for office yourself.
Take part in America's liberties and express your opinion. But get your facts
straight first, educate yourself, listen to those that want to talk and get
organized with your thoughts. The organization is the hardest part, figure out
what you want to fight first cause you can't tackle everything at once. Then go
fight it.
35. Now a quick message to the authorities that may want to know who I, we, us
are I would suggest emailing us with a phone number and how and why we should
contact you. We will be happy to talk to you through our lawyer, informally, in
confidence, on any issue we have brought up. Some sources will have to be
protected but most are willing to talk. It is our understanding that we are
protected by privileges set forth by the First Amendment of the Constitution of
the United States of America, that state that "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of
the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress
of grievances".
36. It is our wish to remain anonymous because we don't wish to suffer a civil
battle brought on by those characters that wish us to shut-up and go away and
leave things as is. You have to admit some people are gonna be upset. So any
lawyer wishing to do battle and steal what I have remaining from the looting by
Wall Street I say go to hell, your greed will not survive against the truth.
