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A little background to what happend, its been a long 3 days, apologize for the long story but it leads up to what happend and hopefully provides enough information for good advice or just helpful comments. Any advice help suggestions rants welcomed
This all happend because of my girlfriends past catching up to her, i know her past but i still love her and shes is a good girl.
My girlfriend is on parole for drug charges she commited about 2 years ago. She was using and hanging around the wrong people. They accused her of distributing. She went into state prison for a year and a half and now she has 3 months left on parole. She has been clean and doing very well. 2 months ago asian gang task force raided her house to find an empty baggy in the garage of all the boxed up stuff she had when she left for prison. They used this against her threatening to violate her parole, they countered with a setup. They wanted a "controlled buy". They keep accusing her of still selling and using and hanging around the same people. She kept crying and telling them she doesnt use and does not know anyone selling. She checks in with the PO every month and has been clean ever since she was locked up. But they wouldnt have it. They let her go and harrass her on the phone every 2 weeks or so for the controlled buy. I told her to tell her PO but she said shes afraid to because she doesnt want to anger this task force and create more problems for herself. Since they told her not to tell her PO. Basically i think they have been watching her. She has not been using and works a full time job. If shes not at work she is with me. We are on the right track and walking the right road.
Now a little background about me. I'm Taiwanese decent 25 years old born in California. I have a clear record, the only thing i have ever been charged with is traffic violations. I do not abuse or sell drugs. I am not gang affiliated, im just a regular dude. Some of you may call me the r/c nerd when you see one at the park flying a helicopter.
Thursday night i picked up my girlfriend from her house after work and we went to my house. On the way to dinner i made a slightly quick right turn on a residential street where a patrol unit was posted. I was stopped by the patrol car and it just so happend to be some of the guys from the asian gang unit that raided her house, they recognized my girlfriend so they pulled both of us searched us and threw us in the patrol car. They searched my car and found nothing. I sat in the car for about 2 hours. I was pulled from the car and one of them asked me if i used or sold drugs. He told me to be honest. He asked me do i sell or use crystal meth. I said NO, he said do you own any firearms or illegal firearms. Maybe i made a mistake here and should have told him no, i do not have any guns, but who knows. I said "no illegal firearms only legally registered ones". He said if i went to your house right now what would i find. I said you would find 5 registered rifles and 1 pistol. Throws me back in the car.
All of the sudden we are on the way to my house. Upon arrival a detective or the head asian gang unit guy slams me with "i know your a thief, where is the chevy impala" I say "what are you talking about" This goes on back and forth and he claims he has video of me driving my 4runner around and stealing a chevy impala. Then he asks me about a white hooker named brittney. I said i do not know of any white hooker named brittney. I do not associate with hookers. He claims he has a picture of me and said hooker but would not show it to me. He says he has video of me stealing a chevy impala but again says u will see it later. Now all of this is crazy to me because all i do is work from 9-7pm. I clock in using a electronic fingerprint machine. I am a radio control technician for helicopters planes and vehicles. Everything he accused me of is outragous and impossible. Needless to say at that point i felt helpless. The honest truth didnt seem to even change the way this guy was talking to me. He was so persistant and just angry.
Then the search warrant clears for my house. (doesnt a search warrant take at least a week?) They flip my house. Find my registered guns and seize them. They question me about my guns and what i do with them. I told them i shoot recreationally at west end gun club, a private range. I rarely shoot these days because of ammo prices and i have scarce ammo. They see my NRA magazines all over the place. Anyways I have a recipet here for seized property. It shows all my guns, the ammo, and various cleaning supplies that they took. They keep questioning me and my girlfriend seperatley about the stolen vehicle both of us have no clue about. They really wanted to find something because they pretty much flipped my house inside out. I actually had a chat with 2 of the nicer guys. They asked about my nra membership and i questioned their views on the second ammendment. One sheriff told me about his own ar15.
In the end I get booked for violating 10851 (A) VC a felony charge. Again this is crazy because i really do not know anything about an impala. Im out on bail, she is still in there. My girlfriend was charged for something like parolee in possession of a firearm!? WTF?! she had no gun on her and she barely knows what guns I have in my house. Shes on parole so no bail for her.
I would like to know my options. Funds are tight for me. I dont think i could afford a lawyer at the moment. I really have no idea about this stolen vehicle or how they can even charge me with something i am clueless about, i doubt they have evidence because its just not possible, unless its another guy that sort of looks like me. As far as the girlfriend with posession of firearm i think its just bull. They wanted drugs they didnt find any and they charge us with something they can pull out their hats. sighhh.....Stolen vehicle? what the heck? chevy impala? i rented one and its sad to say those things are terrible why would i steal that? did he mean an old 60's impala in that case those things are kinda cool? but I dont even know!?
I will talk to some lawyers to get ideas. My main concern here, on this forum, is how do i get my prized posessions back? assuming my case is dropped which i think it will, even one of the gang task force officers said he feels bad for me and whats happend. Before he shut the door he said i had a high chance of getting my guns back. What is correct the procedure or course of action to get my firearms?
This all happend because of my girlfriends past catching up to her, i know her past but i still love her and shes is a good girl.
My girlfriend is on parole for drug charges she commited about 2 years ago. She was using and hanging around the wrong people. They accused her of distributing. She went into state prison for a year and a half and now she has 3 months left on parole. She has been clean and doing very well. 2 months ago asian gang task force raided her house to find an empty baggy in the garage of all the boxed up stuff she had when she left for prison. They used this against her threatening to violate her parole, they countered with a setup. They wanted a "controlled buy". They keep accusing her of still selling and using and hanging around the same people. She kept crying and telling them she doesnt use and does not know anyone selling. She checks in with the PO every month and has been clean ever since she was locked up. But they wouldnt have it. They let her go and harrass her on the phone every 2 weeks or so for the controlled buy. I told her to tell her PO but she said shes afraid to because she doesnt want to anger this task force and create more problems for herself. Since they told her not to tell her PO. Basically i think they have been watching her. She has not been using and works a full time job. If shes not at work she is with me. We are on the right track and walking the right road.
Now a little background about me. I'm Taiwanese decent 25 years old born in California. I have a clear record, the only thing i have ever been charged with is traffic violations. I do not abuse or sell drugs. I am not gang affiliated, im just a regular dude. Some of you may call me the r/c nerd when you see one at the park flying a helicopter.
Thursday night i picked up my girlfriend from her house after work and we went to my house. On the way to dinner i made a slightly quick right turn on a residential street where a patrol unit was posted. I was stopped by the patrol car and it just so happend to be some of the guys from the asian gang unit that raided her house, they recognized my girlfriend so they pulled both of us searched us and threw us in the patrol car. They searched my car and found nothing. I sat in the car for about 2 hours. I was pulled from the car and one of them asked me if i used or sold drugs. He told me to be honest. He asked me do i sell or use crystal meth. I said NO, he said do you own any firearms or illegal firearms. Maybe i made a mistake here and should have told him no, i do not have any guns, but who knows. I said "no illegal firearms only legally registered ones". He said if i went to your house right now what would i find. I said you would find 5 registered rifles and 1 pistol. Throws me back in the car.
All of the sudden we are on the way to my house. Upon arrival a detective or the head asian gang unit guy slams me with "i know your a thief, where is the chevy impala" I say "what are you talking about" This goes on back and forth and he claims he has video of me driving my 4runner around and stealing a chevy impala. Then he asks me about a white hooker named brittney. I said i do not know of any white hooker named brittney. I do not associate with hookers. He claims he has a picture of me and said hooker but would not show it to me. He says he has video of me stealing a chevy impala but again says u will see it later. Now all of this is crazy to me because all i do is work from 9-7pm. I clock in using a electronic fingerprint machine. I am a radio control technician for helicopters planes and vehicles. Everything he accused me of is outragous and impossible. Needless to say at that point i felt helpless. The honest truth didnt seem to even change the way this guy was talking to me. He was so persistant and just angry.
Then the search warrant clears for my house. (doesnt a search warrant take at least a week?) They flip my house. Find my registered guns and seize them. They question me about my guns and what i do with them. I told them i shoot recreationally at west end gun club, a private range. I rarely shoot these days because of ammo prices and i have scarce ammo. They see my NRA magazines all over the place. Anyways I have a recipet here for seized property. It shows all my guns, the ammo, and various cleaning supplies that they took. They keep questioning me and my girlfriend seperatley about the stolen vehicle both of us have no clue about. They really wanted to find something because they pretty much flipped my house inside out. I actually had a chat with 2 of the nicer guys. They asked about my nra membership and i questioned their views on the second ammendment. One sheriff told me about his own ar15.
In the end I get booked for violating 10851 (A) VC a felony charge. Again this is crazy because i really do not know anything about an impala. Im out on bail, she is still in there. My girlfriend was charged for something like parolee in possession of a firearm!? WTF?! she had no gun on her and she barely knows what guns I have in my house. Shes on parole so no bail for her.
I would like to know my options. Funds are tight for me. I dont think i could afford a lawyer at the moment. I really have no idea about this stolen vehicle or how they can even charge me with something i am clueless about, i doubt they have evidence because its just not possible, unless its another guy that sort of looks like me. As far as the girlfriend with posession of firearm i think its just bull. They wanted drugs they didnt find any and they charge us with something they can pull out their hats. sighhh.....Stolen vehicle? what the heck? chevy impala? i rented one and its sad to say those things are terrible why would i steal that? did he mean an old 60's impala in that case those things are kinda cool? but I dont even know!?
I will talk to some lawyers to get ideas. My main concern here, on this forum, is how do i get my prized posessions back? assuming my case is dropped which i think it will, even one of the gang task force officers said he feels bad for me and whats happend. Before he shut the door he said i had a high chance of getting my guns back. What is correct the procedure or course of action to get my firearms?
Deputy Vu Nguyen #1427 EOW 12/19/07
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