a snitch they cultivated to pull this shit (usually straight out of the jail) - they snagged the then sheriff’s son in a buy/sting and had a scumbag judge RUSS SCOTT sign a search warrant.
Richards called his buddy .@FelixKSBW to give him a tip - early 10am July 2011 raid
In July 2011 - the bullshit bust/raid on the new sheriff’s house goes down with full media coverage - including the scumbag reporters at the .@mcweekly - who were in on this coverage. Their Mary Duan has a soft spot for Richards. The Weekly’s former editor Michelle Caldwell
- married to sideways narc Mark Caldwell and she and Caldwell are close friends with Mike Richards. Their kids played together.
Fired commander Mike Richards had special permission since 2003 to hang out with convicted narco-trafficker (and @Kelly_McMillin’s pal) Dave Drew.
our local media ran one crap story after another about Miller’s young addict son, addicts are easy targets - the kid wasn’t a terrible kid, he was a political pawn (this is where @bradleyzeve should be ashamed of his role in this)
3 years.
These same scumbags (cops)
Coordinated with a local psycho named Jeffrey Woods a complete weirdo who runs a YouTube channel called TheKaffeeKlatch. Long term Monterey guy. (Isn’t that right .@MontereyPolice)
While rich guys like Dave Gill and the S County Oil Clan cultivated a young, “all American”
dunce named Steve Bernal - who was living in San Luis Obispo County (ineligible to run in Monterey County) convincing him to dump his house to foreclosure and move in with a South County donor - where he allegedly lives today 😝.
Meanwhile Miller’s undersheriff Max Houser (former .@SalinasPD honorable narcotics officer) came under attack by these same people.
Why?
Max Houser was having regular meetings with the FBI and taking info on corruption in Monterey County directly to them, SJ, SF.
See how the bad guys have a lock on #MontereyCounty?
And .@stevemcshane and his former father-in-law Don Chapin are also buddy-buddy with Dave Drew. (I like Steve he is just lost)
It’s not going to go well for them.
Anyone who wants to ask about these folks - should.
When Mike Richards was working at the Sheriff’s department as their Public Information Officer (media buddies) and Internal Affairs.
To reiterate they had a guy who asked special permission to hang out with a narcotics trafficker - as the guy who fried cops. Like - - -
Former Deputy and now solid .@SalinasPD copper Sgt. Alford was on Richards shit list because he didn’t play the crooked game. Richards IA’d Alford in bullshit charges and he left .@MCoSheriff to go to much more ethical Salinas Police. (With exceptions).
Richards is such a total scumbag that he followed Alford around and when Alford briefly left to work for Chico PD, Richard’s tried to undermine him there.
Alford worked for Chico for a bit and came back to Salinas to do more good.
In an encounter with a person
just released from the jail, a female witness told Alford that Richards told her if she had any “trouble with cops” to drop his name.
Even though Alford was just chatting with the woman as part of his job, he wisely memorialized that’s interaction in a Salinas report.
I have that document and all the others involving this corruption in Monterey County.
There is more, more will come out over the next year. It’s happening. The FBI is investigating MoCo and have been for several years. These are complex investigations.
to be continued