A legal brief filed in court on February 19th, 2019, listed as a Notice, Motion of Default, calls for the arrest and conviction of Circuit Court Judge, Jeffery W Shaw. Said arrest and conviction is not limited to just Judge Shaw, but also a number of others as well. The arrest and conviction of Judge Shaw is found on page 23 of the document ported into this article and seen below. 78 Federal charges of premeditated fraud with malice are claimed in the document. Total charges start at over 9 million dollars and claim RICO charges as well which triple the amount of the charges to a new total of over 27 million dollars.
A demand for the professional bonds of both Judge Jeffery W Shaw and Attorney Bruce E Arkema, of Durrette, Arkema, Gerson & Gill P.C. law firm have been set forth in the mtion for
default filed.
(By: Liberty Law)
The motion for default is due to a failure to answer previous briefs filed with the court and presented to the plaintiff's and their attorney and Judge Shaw ignoring the fact that plaintiff's refused to answer said filings. Filings challenged jurisdiction. Papers were filed in King William County where the civil case issues are located, but from what we know, Judge Shaw held court in Gloucester County, creating a serious jurisdictional issue. Jurisdiction was challenged and while in court, judge Shaw denied the demand that challenged Jurisdiction. According to adjudicated Supreme Court rulings, once jurisdiction is challenged, everything must stop and jurisdiction must be proven. Judge Shaw failed to follow this.
The court papers are below and include court stamps on several pages.
What comes next is not within our knowledge. We report information as it is brought to us on this case. We sat in several of the court hearings on this case and can attest to a number of facts here.
~ Twenty Paces to Create Jobs, Introduce Apprenticeship Program and Support Next Generation of Farmers in County~
RICHMOND – Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that Ewes Guys, LLC, doing business as Twenty Paces, will open operations for its new farmstead sheep and goat’s milk cheese production and processing facility in Albemarle County. The company, which focuses on high-quality, sustainably-made products, will invest $321,000 in a facility at Bellair Farms and create seven new jobs. In addition to producing high-end cheeses and meats for restaurants and specialty cheese retailers, Twenty Paces will ensure the transfer of farming expertise between generations through an apprenticeship program, dedicated to sharing dairy farming knowledge with the community. The Commonwealth is partnering with Albemarle County and Twenty Paces on this project through the Governor’s Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development (AFID) Fund.
Speaking about the investment, Governor McAuliffe stated, “I am pleased to announce that Twenty Paces will open this new artisanal cheese production facility in Albemarle County, furthering Virginia’s reputation as a leader in the specialty food industry and helping to build the new Virginia economy. With this announcement, we continue to realize the benefits of fully integrating agriculture and forestry into the state’s strategic economic development platform. Supporting entrepreneurs with unique business models is another way for Virginia to grow and diversify our economy.”
With a newly renovated and expanded creamery, Twenty Paces will produce high-quality sheep and goat’s milk, as well as process, age, and distribute farmstead cheeses for a rapidly growing artisanal cheese market in the U.S. A true entrepreneurial start-up, Twenty Paces will also produce grass-fed lamb and goat meat for restaurants and specialty food retailers in the Commonwealth and along the East Coast. This new artisanal product will bolster Virginia’s reputation as a center for artisanal food production. Twenty Paces will use 100% Virginia-grown sheep and goat’s milk for its products.
“Twenty Paces’ investment in this facility is the result of creative entrepreneurs engaged with a supportive community, and the partnership at Bellair Farms is a model for how new local, sustainable agriculture can work,” said Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Todd Haymore, who represented Governor McAuliffe at the announcement. "It is particularly exciting to have young people interested in preserving agricultural heritage and traditions. Continuing to expand agricultural expertise throughout the Commonwealth is an important component to building the new Virginia economy, and I applaud Twenty Paces for its commitment to furthering those traditions by training apprentices at their facility.”
“Twenty Paces’ commitment to producing 100% natural, sustainably-produced artisanal cheeses benefits not only the agricultural economy of the Commonwealth, but consumers along the East Coast and beyond,” added First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe, who also attended the announcement. “Virginia is blessed to have a diversified agricultural economy that provides fresh, wholesome commodities and food products, in addition to thousands of jobs. I also believe that innovative agricultural operations, like Twenty Paces, will help in our mission to bridge the nutritional divide in Virginia.”
Through this investment, Twenty Paces will utilize working farmlands and an existing barn at Bellair Farms to produce its farmstead specialty cheeses, supporting the Commonwealth’s largest economic driver, agriculture. Realizing the importance of the next generation of farmers in Virginia, the company is committed to sharing dairy farm knowledge with others in the community through its apprenticeship program.
“Twenty Paces is honored to be recognized by Albemarle County and the Governor through this AFID grant,” said Kyle Kilduff, co-owner of Twenty Paces. “Their support, as well as the support of Bellair Farm owner, Cynthia Davis, and farm manager, Jamie Barrett, helps ensure the success of Twenty Paces in Virginia’s growing artisanal cheese industry. Twenty Paces is committed and proud to carry on the family farm and entrepreneurial tradition through farmstead cheese production and management-intensive grazing. These practices improve pasture, produce flavorful milk and cheese, and also lower our cost of production, allowing us to provide jobs in our community through a sustainable business model for years to come.”
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services partnered with Albemarle County to secure this project for Virginia. Governor McAuliffe approved an $11,000 grant from the AFID Fund to assist with the project and Albemarle County will provide an $11,000 cash match.
“Albemarle County is extremely pleased to partner with the Governor and Twenty Paces through this important grant program, which furthers our long standing priority of supporting the County’s agricultural heritage and economy,” said Tom Foley, Albemarle County Executive. “We are very fortunate to have citizens of our community, like Cynthia Davis of Bellair Farms, who demonstrate personal stewardship and commitment to agriculture through efforts like placing Bellair Farms in an historic trust and starting a CSA operation.”
Speaking about the announcement, Senator Creigh Deeds, D-Bath County said, “Living in rural Virginia, I know the importance of a strong agricultural economy and appreciate the Governor’s dedication to this region’s local, small producers. The Governor’s continued support and partnership on economic development opportunities, like the AFID grant, help communities across Virginia, and I am particularly pleased about the positive regional impact this announcement has today.”
According to a 2013 economic impact study conducted by the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, agriculture and forestry are two of Virginia’s largest private industries with a combined economic impact of $70 billion annually. Agriculture generates more than $52 billion per annum, while forestry generates more than $17 billion. The industries also provide more than 400,000 jobs in the Commonwealth. More information about the Weldon Cooper Center’s study can be found at http://www.coopercenter.org/node/2/publications/economic-impacts-agriculture-and-forestry-virginia-revised-2012.
About the Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund
The AFID Fund was created during the 2012 session of the General Assembly and is being embraced by the McAuliffe Administration as an important tool in growing the Commonwealth’s agriculture and forestry sector and helping to make Virginia the leading exporter of agricultural and forest products on the East Coast. More information about the AFID grant, which has the flexibility to assist projects large and small throughout Virginia, can be found at http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/agribusiness/afid.shtml.
Above is a video we just posted to You Tube that contains audio as recorded by Steve Baranek of Gloucester Animal Control on July 26th, 2014. The audio file is DW_D0503 and was submitted into evidence to bring two counts of misdemeanor charges against Laura Crews of Gloucester. Listen to the audio clip. Its 33 seconds long. Within the first 30 seconds Steve makes 3 admissions. He admits that he is just walking around killing a few minutes. The second admission is that there are no animals at the yard sale he is at and the third admission is that he is somewhere he should not be because he states, "I can not go shopping on company time".
The accusations of statutory violations filed against Laura Crews are 19.2-415 for Disorderly Conduct and the second one is 19.2-460 Obstruction of Justice. Now if you read Virginia Code and look at the annotations on how that code is to be used, in Washington v Commonwealth, 2007, S.E.2d 485, it is clear that law-enforcement must be engaged in their lawful duty in order for there to be an obstruction of justice. A police officer sitting at a desk waiting on transportation of Washington, when Washington stated he would kill the police officer, the police officer was not engaged in a lawful duty where obstruction of justice was claimed as a violation. The court threw out the Commonwealths accusations.
So again, looking at Steve's own admissions above I can not begin to see where there is any valid claim on these accusations of statutory violations. Here is the information he provided to a grand jury in Virginia Beach.
You can click on the image to blow it up for easier reading. This is the same complaint written by Steve Baranek that is in the video above. It seems as though Mr Baranek has committed fraud and perjury here. He knew through his own admission that there were no animals at the yard sale but claims the yard sale was a Chicken Swap which would indicate a potentially valid reason for being there. (I say potentially valid reason but in my view even if animals were there Animal Control has no legal right to patrol. Virginia is a Dillon Rule state and the state, from what I have tried to find, does not allow Animal Control the ability to patrol public areas, streets, highways and or buildings). The claim of calling the yard sale a Chicken Swap is where Steve has committed perjury in my view. I say my view as I am not an attorney and I am not trying to practice law. I am only a witness to just about every event of this case except the July 26th, 2014 situation. I am only reporting the information as I know and understand it.
The above has been reported to Holly Smith, Commonwealth Attorney for Gloucester 9th District. We are waiting to see what she says on this. We have so called witness testimony provided by prosecution that actually has 4 so called witnesses against Laura Crews for the accusations of statutory violations, but the records show that the testimony actually works against Steve as they all state that Steve was at a yard sale. (Not acting in an official capacity). I also call the so called witnesses such as the prosecution has failed to provide evidence of witnesses against the accused in violation of rules of evidence even after she stated in court she would do so. A motion to quash was filed against any form of witnesses because of such by Laura Crews.
What is even worse, the audio evidence was provided to Laura, by the prosecution. I have to assume that the prosecuting attorney was to busy to listen to it to realize what the audio actually contains. This would seem to me to be malicious prosecution by the prosecutor for the case. A motion to dismiss is now before the court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. A motion to show cause has also been filed to know by what authority Animal Control has of patrolling public areas, streets, highways and or buildings. So far, not one motion filed by Laura Crews has ever been answered by anyone at anytime all in violation of court rules. How does that work? She was told in court that she has to follow the rules, but no one else has to? And she is the one facing criminal sanctions? I really do not understand how that works. But that is the question of a reasonable person and we must not be dealing with any form of reason here.
Who knows maybe they told her she "SHALL" follow the rules of the court which would mean that sometime in the future she may follow the rules of the court if she so pleases. (Look up the definition of the word - "SHALL").
shall
SHal,SHəl/
verb
modal verb: shall
1.
(in the first person) expressing the future tense.
"this time next week I shall be in Scotland"
2.
expressing a strong assertion or intention.
"they shall succeed"
3.
expressing an instruction or command.
"you shall not steal"
4.
used in questions indicating offers or suggestions.
(a) Issuance. More than one warrant or summons may issue on the same complaint. A warrant may be issued by a judicial officer if the accused fails to appear in response to a summons.
(b) Form of Summons. A summons, whether issued by a magistrate or a law-enforcement officer, shall command the accused to appear at a stated time and place before a court of appropriate jurisdiction in the county, city or town in which the summons is issued. It shall (i) state the name of the accused or, if his name is unknown, set forth a description by which he can be identified with reasonable certainty, (ii) describe the offense charged and state whether the offense is a violation of state, county, city or town law, and (iii) be signed by the magistrate or the law-enforcement office, as the case may be.
(c) Execution and Return. If a warrant has been issued but the officer does not have the warrant in his possession at the time of the arrest, he shall (i) inform the accused of the offense charged and that a warrant has been issued, and (ii) deliver a copy of the warrant to the accused as soon thereafter as practicable.
(Legal definition of an officer: An individual with the responsibility of performing the duties and functions of an office, that is a duty or charge, a position of trust, or a right to exercise a public or private employment. - Why we are adding this: arguments can be made about the phrase in the yellow highlighted area saying that the officer is NOT required to sign the ticket. As you can see, yes he is when you know what the term officer means. My opinion though.)
Above is one of many traffic tickets that has come across my desk. The above ticket is not properly executed by the trooper who issued it and that makes the ticket invalid. Problem is, getting the judge to recognize such and having the judge throw the ticket out. Anyone have any idea how much the courts pull in each week through these bogus scams called traffic infractions? Go sit in one of these courts one day and watch how many people go up to the bench before the judge and just give their money away as well as their rights and freedoms.
I have sat through plenty of these just to watch in horror how many people are doing what I just described. No one wants to fight the system that is robbing you blind. Now lets take a really good look at this. Just under the picture of the illegal traffic ticket are the rules of the court. Now these rules are for criminal practice and procedure, exactly what a traffic ticket falls under. Please note very carefully, RULE 3A:4 (b) (iii) clearly shows that the trooper or law enforcement must sign the summons. I have at least 8 that have come across my desk in the last few weeks where not one have been signed by the trooper or law enforcement officer and they are from 4 different people.
Look at the light red highlighted area where the trooper, M B Pope put his name. That is not his signature. I have a copy of his signature on file. That makes this summons invalid. That is just one area. Also, a common ploy that law enforcement uses is they pull your copy out before you sign their copy and they then hand you your copy after you have signed theirs. They count on you thinking that since the summons does not have your name on it, you do not have to show up. Automatic ruling against you if you do not show up in court and a higher fee for the court.
When law enforcement does not sign the summons it is a due process violation. You have to argue the exact rule above with the judge. If the judge rules against you anyway, you want to make sure you get that judge recused for failing to uphold the canons of judicial procedure that the judge is bound by.
You also want to know where the Commonwealth's independent witness is against you in order to have the 4 legs of the table up for a proper case against you in a criminal traffic ticket. If the Commonwealth does not have one? They do not have a proper case against you. But most of you have no clue about this and need a very serious education about your real rights. Again, I have watched hundreds of people march up and just give the courts their money not even realizing the court had no case against them and your insurance goes through the roof causing you a great deal of financial harm.
Hey here is a wonderful idea: spend a fortune and get an attorney who will sell you down the river. We have seen this at least a dozen times in the past several months. You do not end up much better off on the traffic charge, but at least you can rest assured, your attorney is happy because now he has your money in his pocket. There were a couple of times we were asking questions as to what side the attorney was on when he was supposed to be defending his client. If that was defense in a few of the cases we saw then run like hell in the other direction if you are thinking of hiring an attorney for traffic court.
What we learned sitting in the court rooms? The courts are nothing but banks. You can only make deposits though. Withdrawing money? Not allowed. Try and argue your case? The judge is going to protect the law enforcement officer just about every time even though there is no valid case. In order for a case to be valid there must be 4 legs to the case. Two opposing parties are the first two legs. Subject matter is third and forth is an independent witness. The law enforcement officer who charges you is NOT an independent witness. He or she is a pre-prejudiced party to the charge.
Also lets take into consideration that the court is not going to give you a fair hearing anyway. You are being charged by the Commonwealth and the judge works for the Commonwealth. How is that fair and independent? No independent witness and no independent party to hear your argument? How are you going to get a fair hearing? Its all a conflict of interest that is not in your favor.
Now lets get into one of the secrets of the courts. You have to read the canons of judicial procedure that judges are bound by in order to understand why most people do not succeed in court. A judge must not independently investigate facts in a case and must consider only the evidence presented. The highlighted area here comes from Canon 3. So what you are being told here is that the judge can not use his or her own knowledge of law to help you win your case. You must present the proper argument before the judge in order to win. This is huge folks. If you fail to understand this you are in trouble. The judge knows the law very well but you are being told here that even if the judge knows you should not be found guilty of whatever charge or claim the judge can not rule in your favor unless and or until you provide the proper argument.
So if you are trying to fight an illegal traffic ticket or whatever else your case may be unless you are presenting the facts and the law you are going to be ruled against. THE JUDGE CAN ONLY CONSIDER THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED. Most people convict themselves. If you think you have done something wrong then you are going to do something to convict yourself in just about every case.
Let's look at a new ticket that just came in today. Here is the charge:
§ 46.2-830. Uniform traffic control devices on highways; drivers to obey traffic control devices; enforcement of section.
The Commissioner of Highways may classify, designate, and mark state highways and provide a uniform system of traffic control devices for such highways under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth. Such system of traffic control devices shall correlate with and, so far as possible, conform to the system adopted in other states.
All drivers of vehicles shall obey lawfully erected traffic control devices.
No provision of this section relating to the prohibition of disobeying traffic control devices or violating local traffic control devices shall be enforced against an alleged violator if, at the time and place of the alleged violation, any such traffic control device is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person.
The driver was pulled over by law enforcement for no apparent reason and the above is the statute he was charged with. The trooper did not sign the summons and pulled the usual trick of holding the copy of the summons out from the original so that the defendant's signature does not appear on his copy.
But lets look at the statute that is a so called violation. All drivers of vehicles shall obey: wait and hold that concept right there. Shall? Anyone know what the definition of "SHALL" is? It does not matter that the word is common, the word has at least 3 different meanings. Shall can mean sometime in the future. So sometime in the future anyone driving a vehicle will obey? May obey? Must obey? Consider obeying? What does shall mean here? Legal codes and statutes that use ambiguous wording is not law. Its garbage. Look at the above statute very closely. Read it numerous times. The commissioner of highways "MAY"? now what does may mean? Must? Can? Will? Might? What are they really trying to convey here? Now what are lawfully erected traffic control devices? Toasters? Radios? Light poles? You are only assuming you know what they are. You convict yourself when you assume.
Now lets dig a little deeper. "Such system of traffic control devices shall correlate with and, so far as possible, conform to the system adopted in other states." I'm sorry, but so far as possible, I shall, at sometime in the future, consider obeying some form of a traffic control device that may be put up by the commissioner of highways. Court over. Charges nullified. Oh, and one more thing, if you do get a summons, you have been arrested and charged but you were released on your own recognizance. Were you read your Miranda Rights? No? Why not? That law enforcement officer is going to testify against you. Can anyone say judge Dredd? Roadside court? All of the above are observations and research over the past several months. None of this is legal advice in any form. If you need legal advice, spend a ton of money on an attorney, and good luck as you are going to need it. These are only my own opinion and that of a number of others. I recommend everyone do their own research and learn as much as possible so you are no longer being made the bank to enrich the courts. If everyone would fight against the so called charges, the courts would collapse and crumble into dust under the weight.
getting arrested in Knoxville, Tennessee (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
MIKE RIGGSNOV 07, 2013
Dale Carson is a defense attorney in Jacksonville, Florida, as well as an alumnus of the Miami-Dade Police Department and the FBI. So he knows a thing or two about how cops determine who to hassle, and what all of us can do to not be one of those people. Carson has distilled his tips into a book titled Arrest-Proof Yourself, now in its second edition. It is a legitimately scary book—369 pages of insight on the many ways police officers profile and harass the people on their beat in an effort to rack up as many arrests as possible.
"Law enforcement officers now are part of the revenue gathering system," Carson tells me in a phone interview. "The ranks of cops are young and competitive, they’re in competition with one another and intra-departmentally. It becomes a game. Policing isn’t about keeping streets safe, it’s about statistical success. The question for them is, Who can put the most people in jail?"
Which would make the question for you and me, how can we stay out of jail? Carson's book does a pretty good job of explaining—in frank language—how to beat a system that's increasingly predatory.
Carson has four golden rules, the first of which is, "If police can't see you, they can't arrest you." The simplest application of this concept is that if you plan on doing something illegal, you should do it in the privacy of your home. Yes, you can be arrested while at home, but you can't be profiled sitting in your living room, and profiling is what you're trying to avoid.
Be Invisible to Police
Carson has four golden rules, the first of which is, "If police can't see you, they can't arrest you." The simplest application of this concept is that if you plan on doing something illegal, you should do it in the privacy of your home. Yes, you can be arrested while at home, but you can't be profiled sitting in your living room, and profiling is what you're trying to avoid.
The rule extends to activities that are perfectly legal. "In 21st century America," he writes, "as long as you're not committing a crime, you should be able to wear the wildest clothes you want, roam the streets when you feel like it, and lean on a light post or hang out at some wild club if it amuses you." "Should" is the key word. In reality, cops love hassling people who stand out, even though it's not illegal to, say, have a Buckeyes bumper sticker that looks like a pot leaf. If you drive a sports car or a lowrider, you're more likely to attract a cop's attention than if you drive, say, a gray Honda Civic. Same goes for clothes, hairstyles, tone and volume of voice. Be boring.
So try to blend in. Beat cops who patrol the same routes day after day are "incredibly attuned to incongruity." But don't be too reactive when you see cops. "Police are visual predators," Carson writes. "Any sudden change in motion, speed, direction or behavior immediately attracts their attention." That means even if you're doing something you think might attract a cop's attention, quickly doing something else will attract even more attention. "Don't alter the pattern," Carson advises. "Keep on keeping on."
Also, if you can help it, don't go out after dark.
What if I can't be invisible to police?
If police want to hassle you, they're going to, even if you're following the above tips as closely as possible. What then? Every interaction with a police officer entails two contests: One for "psychological dominance" and one for "custody of your body." Carson advises giving in on the first contest in order to win the second. Is that belittling? Of course. "Being questioned by police is insulting," Carson writes. "It is, however, less insulting than being arrested. What I'm advising you to do when questioned by police is pocket the insult. This is difficult and emotionally painful."
Winning the psychological battle requires you to be honest with cops, polite, respectful, and resistant to incitement. "If cops lean into your space and blast you with coffee-and-stale-donut breath, ignore it," Carson writes. Same goes for if they poke you in the chest or use racial slurs. "If you react, you'll get busted." Make eye contact, but don't smile. "Cops don't like smiles." Always tell the truth. "Lying is complicated, telling the truth is simple."
He also says you should be dignified—unless it looks like you're about to lose both the psychological contest and the one for custody of your body. In which case, you should be strategically pitiful.
First off, you should ask for a notice to appear as an alternative to being arrested. You still have to go before a judge, but you can go under your own power without first going to jail. Carson says the least degrading way to get a cop to issue you a notice in lieu of arresting you is to tell them that you're not a hardened criminal and that being arrested (and having your mugshot taken) is going to impact your employment, education and/or family.
And if that doesn't work? It's debasement time. Start with crying. Bawl hard while begging for a notice (the option here is a notice or jail, not notice/jail or getting off scot free). "Don't waste time worrying about what your friends will think," Carson says. "If they're with you, they're getting arrested too." If they're not with you, they won't know.
If crying fails, and you're willing to do whatever it takes to not go to jail, Carson advises you to "foul yourself so that the police will consider setting you free in order not to get their cruiser nasty." Vomit on your clothes. Defecate and urinate in your pants. Then let the officers know what you've done. If they arrest you anyway, you'll get cleaned and reclothed at the jail.
Reasonable things you should never do
If you're driving too fast and see a police car up ahead, don't hit the brakes. "If you suddenly hit the brakes," Carson writes, "cops in front of you will see your front end dip, a tip-off that you were speeding." Don't drive perfectly, or too slow. Don't slouch or put too much heavy stuff in your trunk, causing your car to ride low. If you're a dude, and you want to roll around town with your fellow dudes, be prepared for a stop. "When cops see four young males in a car, they immediately wonder if this is a crew of criminals out to do a job." If you're going to ride four deep, have one member of your car wear a highly visible item of clothing indicating what you do for a living. For instance, if you're all construction workers car-pooling on the way home from a job site, someone in the car should wear a hard hat. Seriously.
Another reasonable thing you should never do? Allow a cop to search your car. There are many loopholes that allow cops to search your car without probable cause or a warrant, but Carson advises you to say no every time. You should still follow all the rules of a traffic stop—keep hands where cops can see them, give them your paperwork, get out of the car if they ask you to—but never let them search. Always, always, always say no (politely).
Link back to original story at The Atlantic Cities
Our Notes:
Violations to the United States Constitution continue to prevail throughout the nation. Citizens are now the hunted. We have all become pry to our government at so many levels and the insults continue to grow each year. It's a sad state of affairs when a book like this becomes critical to daily survival. We continue to head towards being nothing more than a major banana republic. If you do not know your Constitutional rights, you do not see all the violations that exist in the above story.
GLOUCESTER — A surge in drug-related arrests and larcenies helped drive an increase of 26 percent in the crime rate inGloucester in 2012, according to figures compiled from Virginia State Police annual crime reports.
While the county had a rise in the crime rate, the level of crime is still low relative to the average, according to the crime reports.
Drug crimes were up 56 percent, an increase Sheriff Darrell Warren said is attributed to a crackdown on narcotics trafficking. He assigned two investigators to drug investigations.
The increase in arrests is "because they're doing what I want," Warren said.
The arrests for larcenies are up 34 percent, according to the crime reports. The rise of larcenies and shoplifting are driven by people stealing items to support their drug habits, including for synthetic drugs such as `spice,' Warren said. The stores that sell the synthetic drugs have been hit by burglars multiple times, Warren said.
"We obviously still have a lot of individuals who are addicted to these synthetic drugs," Warren said. "They tell me it's supposed to be a synthetic marijuana, but marijuana is not addicting like `spice.'"
Shoplifting just at Walmart accounts for 14 percent of the total increase in crimes in the county, Warren said. He estimated that Walmart may account for as many as five shoplifters a week. "They're doing a great job up there," Warren said of the loss prevention officers at Walmart.
Crime rates can also be driven up by a relatively few number of people, Warren said. He cited the examples of three suspects who were arrested, released from jail on bond and while out on bond committed additional crimes.
One of the suspects has 11 adult felony arrests since 2010 and was jailed on April 3 on a probation violation, but was released on bond that day. The next day he was arrested in connection with the burglary of a residence.
"Why is this guy out?" Warren said. "We shouldn't have to deal with this."
Fraud-related crimes increased 11 percent in 2012, Warren said. Fraud can be crimes committed online or by telephone or mailings, Warren said.
Simple assaults, such as fighting, were up 12 percent, Warren said. Violent crimes dropped significantly in 2012 compared to the previous year. A murder-suicide counted as two violent crimes, where the previous year had eight.
But five of those crimes classified as murders involved a murder-for-hire plot and no one was actually slain. Becky West was charged and convicted last year of soliciting the murders of five witnesses who could have testified in a criminal case against her brother.
"All of our violent crimes are down, including rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults," Warren said.
The office has the same number of deputies as 13 years ago, but his deputies and investigators are answering 9,000 more calls for service a year, Warren said.
