Posted on 04/04/2010 12:53:49 PM PDT by freespirited
Nevada News Bureau editor and Channel 13 political analyst Elizabeth Crum has learned that Tea Party of Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Scott Ashjian's check did bounce. Here is more from the blog article posted on Nevadanewsbureau.com by Crum.
You may recall that on Friday afternoon, Tea Party of Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Scott Ashjian put out a four page press release saying he had filed a Bar complaint against Deputy DA Bernie Zadrowski for wrongly pursuing bad check charges against him. Ashjian claimed the $5,000 "bounced check" reported by the media and at issue with the Bad Check Unit was in fact a stopped payment to a contractor he had discovered was not legal to do business in the state.
Deputy DA Bernie Zadrowski, who heads up the Bad Check Unit, last night emailed Crum with comments re: the Ashjian matter:
With regard to Ashjian's claim that he put a stop payment on the check, and that the matter therefore should not have been prosecuted, this is both factually incorrect and an incorrect assessment of the law.
The facts are very simple. The check in question bounced, and then AFTER it had already been returned unpaid to the victim on December 10, 2009, the defendant put a stop payment on the check, on December 11, 2009. These are verifiable facts that were known by the bad check unit when we pursued the case.
Yes, Ashjian provided a copy of the "stop payment" paperwork to our office, but what he failed to advise the media via his press release was that the check had already "bounced" when he processed the "stop payment."
And:
As you may or may not know, victims of bad checks bring bad checks directly to the bad check unit for prosecution. They initiate the prosecution by providing the necessary documents that prove the case, and if there is probable cause found in those documents that a crime was committed, we file the case.
And:
In addition, check fraud allegations had been previously brought to our office by Ashjian's previous bank in a check kiting scheme. Ashjian also avoided prosecution at that time by paying the restitution before charges were brought.
To suggest that anyone with a political axe to grind, namely me, has targeted Ashjian for his politics is simply not true. The only person who targeted him was the victim in the case. It was the victim's efforts that caused this prosecution.
And:
As for the "complaints" Ashjian has claimed he will file, anyone can file complaints, meritorious or not. I'm not concerned one iota about a claim of improper prosecution. I have both the law and the facts on my side. I also have the fact that Ashjian ponied up the $5,575.00 in restitution, rather than allow a public trial on the facts as they occurred. This, after he had also done so previously in another case.
Personally, I welcome the scrutiny, as it will show that my office acted properly every step of the way.
As for the other matters mentioned in Ashjian's press release, we'll have to see if they, too, are short on facts, as Zadrowski says is the case with this $5,000 bounced check. Stay tuned for updates.
- Nevada News Bureau editor and Channel 13 political analyst Elizabeth Crum
“This dude is a full-time con artist.”
He then fits right in with Reid and the rest of the regime in power. They are all con-artist.
How do we prevent idiots from voting for him..if people vote for him, then Reid might win, which is the plan of the progressives..this guy Ashjian is a plant, a stupid plant but a plant
Someone has filed a lawsuit to get his name off the ballot. Meanwhile the real Tea Party is working to get the word out.
ALL for the purpose of discrediting the Tea Parties. The guy is a dem thug.
I expect the tea party movement is full of these con artist carpet baggers.
Some on their own.
Others paid to do so as moles.
FNC had a spokesman on pointing out the Laroush crazies go to EVERYONE’s rallies. Democrats and Repulibcan and Tea Party alike.
This thread speaks to this tactic... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2486583/posts
He bounced a check? That’s only to show he’s qualified for public office...
This guy should be ignored—lets hope he gets three votes and one will be his own. Its a Democrat Trick to split the Tea Party Voyr and win the seat for Read. Don’t be fooled.
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