I was wrongfully arrested on two counts of assault and one of public intoxication . On January 7th 2009 I was found not guilty of all charges by a jury of my peers.

I am currently looking for help in achieving justice for the failure of the City of South Salt Lake Police Department and the District Attorneys office to adequately investigate the facts in my case before filing charges against me. No attorneys will help because “you can’t win against the government”. So I am asking the government for help.

Had the afore mentioned offices done their duty and thoroughly investigated both sides of the situation they would have come to a different conclusion and realized, as the jury did, that I had acted in self defense.

Prior to my trial one charge of assault was dropped. This was the charge related to the vagrant who was trespassing in my home. When I arrived home he was beating up his girlfriend in my guest room. I told him to leave and he aggressively threatened me with bodily harm forcing me to retrieve my gun. I don’t know exactly why they dropped the charge but I suspect that their witness refused to appear. Since I have known this witness since birth I can state three reasons he would do this.

He had an outstanding warrant for his arrest in the state of Washington for violation of probation involving a conviction for auto theft and was afraid he might be arrested if he appeared in court.

He knew that he had lied in his statement to the police at the time of my arrest when he stated that “he was my roommate and had been living at my home for three years“. The fact is he was my friends son and had only been a guest in my house for five months before I evicted he and his father in September of 2007 after I was violently beaten.

He was fully aware he was not allowed in my home and was trespassing.


The second charge of assault involved the girlfriend. Had the police or district attorneys office done an investigation they might have realized that this witnesses statement was full of fabrications and outright lies.

If they had attempted to collect evidence from the hand gun they would have known that she had actually tried to murder me. The wound on my hand and the firing pin on the gun are a perfect match. The wound on my hand was a result of me putting my thumb between the hammer and the firing pin when she chambered a round, aimed the gun at me and pulled the trigger.

During my trial the jury determined that the district attorneys office did not prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. Though I cannot speak for the jury I was also present in the courtroom and heard all of the testimony presented. This testimony proved several points.

That I was waiting for the “victims” father to arrive and remove him and only became involved because I heard the female being violently assaulted.

There was no attempt by the police to collect evidence that would suggest I acted in defense of the female and self defense.

The voluntary statements I made while being transported to jail such as “he is not allowed in my house.” and “I was trying to protect her” were disregarded by police.

The witness against me perjured herself on the stand when she swore she was unaware her boyfriend was not allowed in my house and that their was nothing physical going on when I entered the room.

The South Salt Lake police departments investigation of my side of the situation consisted of two questions directed to me.

“Did you point the gun at him?”

“Is that your motorcycle?”

That was it. I was asked no more questions, ever, until trial. They based their entire case against me on the word of a homeless trespasser and the word of a battered woman.

Had the South Salt Lake police department done an investigation into previous history they would have found out that they had responded to an altercation in September 2007 in which I was violently beaten by the “victim” and his father in which I sustained three broken ribs, a broken nose and a concussion. They might have realized that my home had no involvement with the police until the “victim” arrived in Utah.

The South Salt Lake police department, if they had done an investigation, would have also discovered that after this person was evicted from my house in September of 2007 South Salt Lake City detectives had come to my home on at least three occasions looking for him in relation to possible involvement in thefts around the city and on all three occasions I told them that this person did not live there and was not allowed on the property. Had the police checked their own 911 records they would have found out that, after his eviction, I had called 911 on two occasions because this person was outside my house threatening me.


The neglect of duty by the South Salt Lake police and the District Attorneys office to properly investigate the facts in this case affected me in many negative ways.

I was wrongfully forced to spend eight days and nights in jail.

I was terminated from my job of 10 years and to this day have been unable to find a job.

My reputation in my field of work as a Fire and Security technician was irreparably damaged.

I was forced to terminate my retirement account and use the money to continue paying my bills, costing me $3,000.00 in tax penalties and the loss of my retirement savings.

I lost my medical and dental insurance.

I suffered nine months of extreme stress making me very ill waiting to go to trial.

Adding insult to injury this unemployed, vagrant trespasser lied to a judge and filed a protection order against me using my address as his. He then moved into my home of six years and took possession of everything I owned. I was not allowed access to my home, my transportation, my dogs or my property.

I was rendered homeless for five weeks after posting bail and being released from jail. I had to rent a motel room during this time at a cost of fifty dollars per day and when I finally got my home back after the protection order hearing I had to pay the rent and bills for all the time these vagrants were occupying my home.

The fact is that I was the victim and it would have been obvious if the police had done even a minimal investigation.

I am posting this letter in hopes I reach someone who will do the right thing. If this is you please contact me.