Posted on 06/23/2016 7:31:31 PM PDT by Elderberry
Yesterday (June 21st), I went down to Boulder City, a small town just south of Las Vegas, to attend a hearing for a man who had been arrested during a Revenue Generation event that the Boulder City police were holding.
John Hunt had been charged with “Failing to Yield as a Pedestrian” and “Resisting Arrest.” However, in reality he was arrested for interfering with their ability to generate revenue by extorting drivers.
In the end, it actually took longer to make the 25 mile trip from Vegas to the Boulder City Municipal Court than the court appearance lasted.
John Hunt’s lawyer, Stephen Stubbs had prepared a motion to have the case dismissed on Constitutional grounds. However, the prosecutor beat him to the punch and filed his own motion to dismiss all of the charges.
The reason for that decision was that Sergeant John Glenn had illegally arrested hunt and in the process had lied on a sworn statement within the police report to justify the arrest. According to Stubbs, the real reason for the DA’s quick dismissal was because they knew Sgt. Glenn had lied and that his lies were contradicted on video. So the prosecutor did the “smart thing” and dismissed the case to prevent any further liability for the city.
Hunt has since (Wed. morning) filed a criminal perjury complaint against Glenn, based on the lies he wrote in the arrest report. As Stephen Stubbs states in the video, which includes surveillance video from a nearby business, Sgt. Glenn fabricated several statements within the arrest report.
The main substance of the perjury charge is that Sgt. Glenn confronted hunt for interfering with their operation, which was really intended, to generate tickets, not based on safety. Then he arrested him for “resisting arrest” when Hunt didn’t stop to talk to him.
However, after he arrested him for resisting arrest, Glenn had to come up with an initial reason for the arrest that Hunt was accused of resisting. So he made up several details within the arrest report about what Hunt was doing while crossing the street multiple times at the crosswalk. included in those imaginary details was a claim that Hunt had been hit by one of the cars.
On June 8, 2016, the Boulder City Police Department, along with the Mesquite Police Department, and the Nevada Highway Patrol were doing a crosswalk “sting” operation. This consisted of having one of their officers step into the crosswalk, then they ticketed drivers who did not stop for them. Meanwhile, Hunt was heading to get his car serviced at a nearby shop and ended up being one of the people stopped.
Feeling that the crosswalk operation was unfair to drivers because the police officer entering the crosswalk was purposely waiting until cars were going the full speed limit (35 mph) and also too close to the crosswalk to stop in time, Hunt decided to contest it.
According to Stubbs, because he objected to the fairness of the crosswalk sting, John Hunt decided to make a political statement by legally crossing the street in the cross walk while the cars were traveling at a slower, reasonable speed. This was a harmless and legal political protest of what Mr. Hunt saw as an unfair law enforcement trap.
In addition, Stubbs points out:
“Please note that, in Officer John Glenn’s Dash Cam video at 14:03-14:12, Officer Glenn admits that he knew that John Hunt was making a political statement by walking across the street in the cross-walk.” (That dash cam video is embedded below.)
In spite of knowing full well that John Hunt was making a political statement, Sgt. John Glenn wrongfully arrested John Hunt for “resisting arrest” to stop him from making this political statement. Then, because it is unlawful to arrest someone for resisting arrest without the person being arrested for some underlying charge, Glenn fabricated a false and fictitious Declaration of Probable Cause (under penalty of perjury) in an attempt to justify his actions.
John Hunt was subsequently wrongfully arrested for “Failing to Yield as a Pedestrian” (NRS 484B.283) and “Resisting Arrest” (NRS 199.280.3). He spent a day in jail, as a result of that arrest.
Fortunately for Hunt, a local business on that street captured Hunt’s crossing of the street on their security cameras and Hunt’s father was able to acquire a copy of it. (Also Embedded below) Instead of it being just Hunt’s word against a Magic Uniform wearing police officer’s version of events, there was now solid and full visual evidence of what exactly happened. And that evidence showed that Sgt. John Glenn was a liar.
In a public statement after Hunt filed the perjury charges, Stubbs detailed those lies:
Upon review of the security footage, it is clear that Officer John Glenn completely lied on his Declaration of Probably Cause (under penalty of perjury). The most-relevant, fictitious portion of John Glenn’s Declaration of Probable Cause is as follows:
“As the decoy was waiting to cross from the McDonalds side of the highway, I observed a subject step out into the crosswalk from the McDonalds side without looking to see if there was traffic coming. The vehicle in the #2 lane was able to stop however the vehicle in the #1 lane had to slam on its brakes and skid to a stop before hitting the subject.” Officer Glenn’s Declaration of Probable Cause and Detention, Lines 5-10.
The security footage clearly shows that the vehicles were moving well under the 35 mph speed limit, and John Hunt legally cross the street in the cross-walk while the vehicles safely yielded to John Hunt. The security footage further shows that the vehicle in the #1 lane did not slam on its brakes, skid to a stop, nor hit John Hunt. Officer John Glenn clearly lied in his report under penalty of perjury.
Incidentally, Sgt. John Glenn isn’t just any run of the mill patrol officer level Hero. He’s the number two officer on the Boulder City Police Department, second only to the police chief. In fact, he’s served as the interim police chief for Boulder City twice after police chiefs Thomas Finn and Bill Conger were fired or forced to resign over misconduct.
In 2013, Sgt. Glenn was even named the “Employee of the Year” for Boulder City. The photo to the right is of his big day when he received that award from David Fraser, the city manager of Boulder City. (Glenn is on the right in the photo.)
In case you’re keeping score at home, that equals the previous two police chiefs in Boulder City being forced out amid (separate) scandals. Plus, the award winning number two cop in the city, who has stepped in both times as the chief of police while their replacements were been sought facing perjury charges.
I loathe the fact that Police Officers who are SUPPOSED to be PUBLIC SERVANTS and UPHOLDERS OF THE LAW, have been turned into HIGHWAY BANDITS under the charge of policies to encourage “Generating Revenue” for the local governments....
It drives another wedge between the LAW ABIDING CITIZEN and the LAW ENFORCEMENT and needlessly so!
Sounds like Boulder City has a police problem.
We must fight to the end all such illegal abuses performed by those in charge.
Take this man to the cleaners!
Sgt Glenn, an analog man in the digital age.
Wow...I was caught in one of those “Crosswalk Stings” in Quincy MA.I still had my Florida license and registration. The cop demanded to know why i was living in MA with FL tags. I told him the truth (I gave up everything I had and drove 1700 miles to take care of my mother, and she DIED on me), and the cop actually admitted that it was “Crosswalk Awareness Day” and that he HAD to give SOMETHING, so he gave me a “Warning” which is not quite the same as a ticket.
I think he was ashamed to be involved in such a scam.
[ Wow...I was caught in one of those “Crosswalk Stings” in Quincy MA.I still had my Florida license and registration. The cop demanded to know why i was living in MA with FL tags. I told him the truth (I gave up everything I had and drove 1700 miles to take care of my mother, and she DIED on me), and the cop actually admitted that it was “Crosswalk Awareness Day” and that he HAD to give SOMETHING, so he gave me a “Warning” which is not quite the same as a ticket.
I think he was ashamed to be involved in such a scam. ]
Cross WALK STING....
What the hell.....
Seriously, city management tells our officers to IGNORE ILLEGAL ALIENS, people who have broken WORSE laws than just Jay Walking and yet we have to harass CITIZENS to EXTORT MONIES FROM THEM....
Sounds like he was kidnapped.
My daughter was stopped in one of those revenue enhancement speed traps. She was under 30 at the time. The officer asked that she come by later and take care of the fine. he apparently would settle the fine personally.
She did not take him up on that kind offer but instead, paid the fine by mail.
Lots of towns do. I was appoaching a light in Brecksville Ohio in my somewhat beatup plumbing truck, loaded with tools and pipes. An officer was running the traffic light on the intersection of 82 band 21. The prick didn’t like the look of my truck, and flashed the yellow for one second before turning it red. I slammed to a stop, tools and pipes sliding all over in my truck. I gave him the evil eye, but I had stopped. I went straight to the police station to complain. The chief of police had been my neighbor, and was a friend! Ha! They don’t let cops manually run that light anymore, and I’ll bet the guy got an earfull!
I agree.
It’s shameful. This incident took place in the City of John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
Which is why, in my opinion, any police officer caught committing perjury while extorting citizens should be fired immediately. They are not your friends, and are not serving the public citizens who pay their salaries. Fire them.
highwayman
a man, typically on horseback, who held up travelers at gunpoint in order to rob them.
I would wonder about the integrity of any Judge who would have Glenn sworn and testify in a court of law. That happened in our local court system. It was obvious an officer lied on the stand to protect his own brother. After the trial, the Judge called the officer’s superior and said you might as well get rid of him because he wouldn’t be allowed to testify in court of swear out affidavits. Cop was gone within days.
[ But, if it saves one life..... ]
Deporting ALL the illegals would literally at least SAVE ONE LIFE, the life of someone getting ran over by a drunk ILLEGAL ALIEN DRIVER!
Fired? What happened to prosecution and prison time?
Firing is a good start, but prosecution is even better.
In California last year, they “means tested” outstanding traffic tickets. They simply voided the tickets of people with low incomes. That is a tacit acknowledgement that traffic fines are simply another PROGRESSIVE tax scheme. People with higher incomes, of course, get no such relief and in fact the fines go UP to offset the “revenue loss”.
at the least this cop should lose his job. he can no longer give testimony that is believable in court. all that a defense attorney has to do is bring up what happen in this case and you have automatic doubt to the validity of any of his testimony.
I don’t no where you heard that I had a 275 dollar speeding ticket last year and my income is only 15,000 a year. they did not means test my ticket
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