Last week proved to be a memorable for the two challenges brought upon individual liberty by the forces of the Albuquerque Police Department and the United States Attorney’s Office.
On Tuesday,the labor hearing of John Doyle v. City of Albuquerque/Ray Schultz commenced. In this hearing, former APD officer John Doyle contests whether or not the city had just cause to terminate his employment. Over a year ago, then Officer Doyle was placed on administrative leave as the department started yet a second internal investigation into his arrest of wanted armed and fleeing felon Nicholas Blume. While APD encouraged proactive efforts by officers to apprehend Blume through internal briefings by Gang Unit detectives, wanted flyers, emails, and interdepartmental memorandums, Officer Doyle and Officer Woolever managed to find Blume. In the now widely known yet partial video of Blume’s apprehension, both officers manage to apprehend the fleeing armed felon without him sustaining any significant injuries. We at the Eye are very specific about this statement because despite crashing his car, despite falling almost eight feet,despite actively resisting two officers, Blume did not endure any significant injuries and was booked into MDC after being denied admission into UNMH. Sadly, instead of recognizing that policework frequently involves the use of physical force instead of abandoning efforts to the use of gunfire, the mayor’s police chief, Ray Schultz did the unthinkable, he railroaded a second self-directed internal investigation which resulted in the termination of officers Doyle and Woolever.
Despite the fact, at best, APD’s investigation of the officers was incomplete, and at worse involved grotesque omissions and misrepresentations of fact (and possible violations of law), Chief Schultz moved forward with the termination of the officers last November. Mr. Doyle’s hearing is the first opportunity where, hopefully, there will be an objective analysis of the event’s facts and an exposure of the misconduct by persons involved in the investigation. Thus far the hearing, which continues on August 1st and 2nd is explosive in the detailing of APD’s internal misconduct. In her efforts to discredit Mr. Doyle, APD lawyer Kathy Levy, discredits almost a dozen officers including a retired Commander…
On the other side of the city, assistant U.S. Attorney Tera Neda continues with her obsessive and vindictive actions against former APD officer Brad Ahrensfield. Mr. Ahrensfield was accused by Ms. Neda of violating conditions of his release while he awaits appeal of his conviction last year. While Mr. Ahrensfield’s conditions of release permitted him to possess firearms in work related situations, Ms. Neda felt the conditions breeched her interpretations of his release. Furthermore, when Mr.Ahrensfield advised APD Officer Bonet of the civil liability he was taking on in the apparent untruthfulness involving a botched DWI arrest, Mr. Ahrensfield was accused of witness intimidation. We at the Eye have to remind our readers that informing a person that another person has civil liberty rights that may be protected by court action is NOT witness intimidation. However, in Mr.Ahrensfield’s hearing last Friday, Judge Parker of the US District Court continued Mr. Ahrensfield freedom despite the veiled threats by Ms. Neda. Apparently Ms. Neda thinks an on-going investigation by DCOP Paul Feist (aka Fiesta), when an initial investigation resulted in no new charges against Mr. Ahreansfield, may mean something. Perhaps Ms. Neda should be reminded it was the unlawful actions of DCOP Feist that resulted in former APD officer Russell Perea’s reinstatement or Feist reprehensible management of the west mesa serial murder investigation or other prominent death investigations have decimated DCOP Feist’s ability to function as an officer of APD.
What is clear; Mr. Doyle and Mr. Ahrensfield are the targets of clearly prejudicial actions of Chief Ray Schultz. While in so many aspects APD suffers from controversy in its incompetence and ineffectiveness, Chief Schultz spends endless amounts of resources and manpower against these two individuals. Former officer Doyle arrested one of the most wanted and violent felons with minimal injury and for that he is terminated. Former officer Ahrensfield was wrongfully tried by a federal prosecutor whose actions resulted in her removal of litigation against former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson. If these ordeals facing Mr. Doyle and Mr.Ahrensfield go unchecked and unreconciled, then we all must consider that if they can do this to them, then imagine what they will do to regular citizens. If Chief Schultz will order and endorse what can only be described as prejudicial and retaliatory actions against his own officers, than what protections can general citizens expect from him?
As we approach this Country’s most important holiday, July 4th; we must not forget that when liberties of one are lost, we all lose.
24 comments:
I do agree that Doyle was the scape goat and will be reinstated. As far as Brad is concerned, he did this to himself. He alone, contacted Shawn Bryan (car Shop) and divulged c9onfidential police information to him, not anyone else. One must remember Shawn is not a police officer. Brad made the effort on his own.
I do know that Ahrensfield ran with the information he was given from Ron and was not forced to but took it upon himself to interfere with an FBI investigation. Just saying
You couldn't melt all the AUSA's into one pot and have one come out that has morals, ethics, integrity, or common sense to just do what is right. They don't breed them that way. Try getting any of the federal,state, and local agencies to share information..TRUE CORRECT information that might actually catch a bad guy. Ain't gonna happen. Too many egos, money and politicians involved. That's the sad state of our country today and I'm afraid it will never change. The people that need to know (voters) don't want to know. The truth is too messy.
not a damn thing has changed..those snobs in rop thought they could get away with not obstructing..but ruining a criminal investigation by derailing it...shame shame
What FBI investigation??? Show me! 2.89 grams of coke sold?? Thats 2 pieces gum! The federal standard for Coke is 500 grams! What stolen property was recovered from the carshop? Even after the Feds forged the warrant and were still allowed to search? So based on your information that YOU know, tell us what FBI investigation did he obstruct? There never was an FBI investigation, thats why Tera Neda and the Feds had to lie and suppress evidence (which by the way is going to reverse this case)because they never had a case! Thats exactly why her lastest courtroom fiasco didnt work because Probation Parole and Judge Parker could see she made up information and tried to twist it to make a case! Tera Neda is a schizo!!! She has completely lost her mind and looks like a fool in court, and the entire US atty's office knows it! So if you have any REAL evidence, bring it! Or you can just fall back in line with the rest of the lying Feds which stretches all the way up to Eric Holder's office!
Well we know who the new target is no. Frggn good forecasting Eye. U nailed it right on.
The best disinfectant is sunlight, and it sure as hell seems that the sunlight is now shining on the scum that wronged those two officers. How and why a department would hide the fact that criminal was wanted for homicide, armed robbery and all those charges is the question here, but it seems everyone knows the answer now. They even downplayed the fact that he was armed. Everyone who had a hand in that scandal needs to be fired for lying and violating the rights of those officers. It looks like they did whatever they could to push a termination through to look as if they (APD admin) are cleaning up the department when they just broke the law to cover their own asses by scapegoating those two officers. What a disgrace. No wonder why you can drive through ABQ and see not one officer. They are probably all laying low out of fear of being set up and framed for doing their job, then used, and made into an example for the promotion of the crooked corrupt administration running things in this city. Where has the union been for these officers? Why is the union not speaking out in the media in support of these officers? What a bunch of treacherous cowards. Anyone who takes a job with APD under this administration might as well stick THEIR head in a NOOSE.
Wake up Albuquerque take any personal feeling aside and look at the facts, brads so called obstruction was based on a bag of weed that Ryan buckners informant got at churches fried chicken not at that dealership. Word is Buchner was involved in the burglary of the owners home 2 weeks prior to the Feds showing up with a blank unsigned search warrant. Olivas tips brad off because he says IN court that he saw brads son on a surveillance video taken from the buisiness.....but Buchner testifies there never was any video???? This gets drug back and forth through the press for months and right when it seems to be gone Tara neda gets kicked off of richardsons case and BAM drags brad through the press again. Judging by the fact that he's not in jail it sure seems that somebody out there should be able to connect the dots and see that ray and from what we hear DARREN and really going pretty far to get rid of brad.....what gives??? What is the real secret being covered up? How is this mess still going?
It's the same 4 people commenting on this site. No one believes what is listed on this site, you are just wasting your time.
Bye Bye losers.
10:55.... Don't be so self deprecating...it's ok...lur not a loser.
APD Officers Doyle & Woolever should have received recognition awards for arresting armed & dangerous suspect Nichalas Blume and getting this scumbag off the streets.. Instead they get fired?? For what??? Mr. Blume made the conscious decision to resist arrest when he fled from police and had to be tackeled to the ground while fleeing.. even then he resisted arrest and would not give up his hands while struggling with P/O Woolever... P/O Doyle did the right thing !!!! If I believed that a suspect was reaching for a handgun in his waist while my partner was on the ground struggling with the suspect I would have applied the same physical force - ground kicks to the upper torso & head.
The force incident was all but 16-20 seconds long and stopped once the suspect was under control & cuffed..
Good job APD Officers Doyle & Woolever.
What criminal investigation did ROP derail???
10:55,
It seems one of the filthy mushrooms has poked it's slimy head out from under the cow turd to voice their three lines of crap. ANYONE who supports the regime at the head of APD right now has just about as much credibility and integrity as they do: NONE! Everyone you talk to knows it from the officers in every department in this state to every citizen in every city in this state. The entire country now knows about the inept and failed leadership of APD. So there you have it. It must be a mushroom talking here.
The shame is that there are so many mushrooms that they are like weeds. The APD 5th floor is a mushroom farm. The Mayor and his group of spin doctors, the past and PRESENT president and vice presidents of the APOA just to name a few. Mushrooms that grow like weeds. Weak frail little mushrooms hiding behind their positions abusing their positions and attacking people like cowards from the shadows. I have more respect for a bully. At least you know the bully is out there and who he is. These punks have their buddies do their dirty work and hide THINKING that no one knows who they are and what they are doing. Stupid little mushrooms.
Mushrooms have very little structural integrity. In fact you can smear one with the slightest pressure like when you step on a fresh turd. Lets hope the Department of Justice decides to come to funkytown and step on some mushrooms, because they sure ain't going to tiptoe through them.
It's funny, when in the presence of these mushrooms you can pick them out in a crowd. They even look like mushrooms.
In reference to 6/20 @ 10:55:
Yea, nobody but the judges both federal and district court, the juries and the arbitrators who've handed down decisions against Schultz, his pals, and the city time and time again for violating rights and lying under oath. You consider that nobody? I don't!
ROP detective ZSBIS is the next target. Relieved if duty on Weds. way to stand up for our guys Weber and Doughboy.
The union frauds will never stand up for anyone but themselves. They are OWNED! Nothing but Manchurian candidates. If there is any justice left in this world it will come through here like hell on wheels real soon. What a disgrace the fab 5th floor four have made of the Albuquerque Police Department. Hypocrisy Central. Lies Lies and more lies then soem more lies and yet again more lies. If you could run cars on lies The chief and his deputies would put the Middle East out of business. They have already cornered the market on intimidation, retaliation and organized malicious prosecution.
Who murdered Mary Han?
Just saw a Rapid Ride bus hauling ass down Central Ave SE and Zack was under it....
Okay let me get this straight....
Someone at APD thought it was a good idea to have an APD officer investigate a former APD officer.. If that has to happen then at least select a seasoned Detective that actually has an investigative background, not a former SWAT officer now ROP officer.. I am aware that when most officers go inside they eventually get to be called a Detective but ROP guys aren't really Detectives.. They are a glamorized warrants division they pick and choose who they want to arrest... They need to go back to the GOOD OLD days and actually get with P&P and find out which turds are getting out of prison and set up on them. And actually catch them in the act of reoffending and arrest them, instead of waiting for the warrant to be issued on the reoffending crime. That my SON is a ROP Detective..... And anyone with a brain would have to know that Brad would be recording all calls and contacts... Remember he is possibly heading to prison for a bit.... A Detective would know that!!!!!!!!!!!
Silly detective.....
Dont ya know?
Tricks are for chiefs!
Only they can tamper with investigations.
kinda like the detective sergeant of APD Intel....all bluster and no accomplishments...
Isn't that ROP Detective one of the State Police rejects who APD Lateraled in?? The one's who defrauded the public with false ot?? If so, why do they get cush positions inside and get to do "high profile" cases?? Unbelivable
Re 5:19 -
Sadly the days of the old ROPsters are gone. Along with them are solid investigations. Gone are the days of career criminals running red lights at the sight of an SID-type vehicle (pretty much the entire SE) of out fear of being caught. They worked quietly, efficiently and professionally. Now that unit is front page news thanks to a bunch of nonsense. Albuquerque is less safe as a result, and all the citizens can hope for is that they have enough food, water and the high ground.
7,000 feet above sea level high ground isn't even enough to keep your head above the cess pool these corupt individuals have going on around here.
How is it that after almost 90 days in records, 34 Stephenson walks away with a letter? Either Stephenson just got a break and the reassignment was his discipline or Apd is so fucked up they don't know what they're doing. 90 days and its "oops don't do this again." Smells like Feist.
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