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By: Marie

Marie — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:46:07 +0000

What are the chances of getting more coverage of this on Bill O’reilly of Fox news?? There was a little blip about it a couple months ago but nothing since then. This really needs more national attention. Maybe then the prosecutor, having already asked for a change of location for the trial, will ask for it to be tried out of the country!!!

By: The Agitator » Blog Archive » Virginian-Pilot on the Burglars/Informants in the Ryan Frederick Case

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:59:52 +0000

[...] morning, it looks like the Virginian-Pilot will confirm what I first reported back in June: Two men broke into Ryan Frederick’s house three nights before the police raided his home, [...]

By: Chad

Chad — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:03:37 +0000

“Stop hating authority”….. Yeah right, when “authority” stops being hateful to the general population. then it will be time stop hating it.

“That government is best which governs least”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Maybe you need/want a Official/moron in a uniform to tell you how to live every detail of your life but I’ve done pretty well thus far without some retarded asshole telling me how to live every second of my life.

By: Allen

Allen — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:57:44 +0000

Sucks when criminals get a website that they can all go to and feed their little schhol girl drama/gossip needs. Why is there so much anger and hatred towards the system. Stop blaming everyone else because you are a loser and f*cked your life up! Stop being a part of the problem and start being part of the solution. Stop hating authority and stop blaming everyone else. The fact that you’re a failure is not anybody else’s fault but your own – deal with it!

By: Free Ryan

Free Ryan — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:25:07 +0000

Great reporting! Look forward to reading more real facts!

By: The Agitator » Blog Archive » More Possible Police Misconduct in Ryan Frederick Case

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:01:21 +0000

[...] attempting to get in touch with Ryan Frederick’s attorney James Broccoletti for comment on my report last week about a possible second informant in the case who confirmed that he and a man named [...]

By: KBCraig

KBCraig — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:49:58 +0000

Newest:

Family alleges CPD patched up bullet holes in Ryan’s home.

http://www.wtkr.com/Global/story.asp?S=8513927

Did Police Shoot At Ryan Frederick? His Family Thinks So

The hands of six Chesapeake detectives present at the botched marijuana raid on Ryan Frederick’s house have tested positive for “primer residue,” meaning they had traces of chemicals on their hands sometimes left behind when a person fires a gun, according to a lab report filed in court.

The lab report also said the residue can be left if a person is near weapon as it fires, or if a person handles a weapon with primer residue already on it. Police have insisted no officers fired during the Jan. 17 raid where police went looking for marijuana. Police contend Frederick alone opened fire, with one bullet killing narcotics detective Jarrod Shivers.
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Meanwhile, Frederick’s family revealed a bullet hole inside the home they say was caused by police fire. The hole passes through a corner by Frederick’s back bedroom. Family members said, and Frederick’s attorney confirmed, that police went to the home days after the shooting and plugged the hole with some kind of putty or filler. Defense investigators have pictures of the hole before and after the filler was added, according to attorney James Broccoletti. Police would not comment on that, nor answer any other questions for this story.

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By: chance

chance — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:04:50 +0000

See, this is why despite my difference in political philosophy, I think RB is one of the best reporters out there. Where is the local press on this?

By: Makkakak

Makkakak — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:38:13 +0000

Very good reporting. But its odd that no one besides R.B. is picking up on this. Are any other news sources going to run with this? When are you going to speak with the second informant’s lawyer. If the kid is afraid of the police, there should be precedent for bringing in federal protective custody and investigators, ala Atlanta.

I think R.B. stuck his neck way out on this one. I hope it pans out, because otherwise his credibility will take a blow. The fact he surely knows that is one reason I’m tending to think this is legit.

By: supercat

supercat — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:58:11 +0000

//Can the Chesapeake PD and its individual officers be charged with conspiracy to commit burglary, to commit perjury, to violate RICO and to deprive Frederick of his civil rights?//

If one conspires to commit a burglary in which someone dies, does the Felony Murder rule apply to the conspiracy, or does it only apply to the people directly involved in the act of burglary?

I see no reason why a legitimate government would not seek to prosecute for Murder in the First Degree all the people who knowingly assisted in attaining or serving perjured warrants in the Ryan Frederick case.

By: Windypundit

Windypundit — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:37:17 +0000

Geez, Radley, this is one great piece of reporting. You are the wind beneath my wings.

Getting any calls from the other reporters on the story?

By: Dave Krueger

Dave Krueger — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:59:01 +0000

Gotta agree with Steve and Lee. It’s not just a few bad apples. It’s systemic.

By: Highway

Highway — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:57:08 +0000

Oh. My. God.

I really can’t think of more blockbuster evidence that there could be in a case like this. I mean, how could anyone think that ANYTHING the police department has done that’s on the up and up after news like this comes out. This isn’t ‘set a thief to catch a thief’. This is ‘be a thief to frame the innocent’. How could anyone living in that town be anything but ashamed of their police?

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:34:24 +0000

#21 HEAR HEAR! You know that police, judges, and prosecutors KNOW that they are virtually unaccountable, and therefore don’t care what lengths they go to in order to DESTROY someone’s life and the lives around him/her. And if they aren’t doing it, then they certainly know about it and likely don’t speak up and expose it to the world, to hell with the consequences. That’s called integrity and honor, which are characters traits that these cretin don’t possess.

By: Steve Verdon

Steve Verdon — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:03:52 +0000

Good luck on that investigation stuff Radley. My view is that not only that of,

Cops ≡ Criminals, but
Prosecutors ≡ Criminal Enablers.

I know, people will say, “Not all of them.” My rejoinder is that, when these prosecutors learn that there is a bad actor in their midst, they help him cover it up, not expose it. As such they are all scum in my eyes till proven otherwise.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:17:52 +0000

Great work Radley….frankly, I’m amazed that these two informants were as forthcoming about their situation as they were. But the cynical (realist) side of me agrees with Sheri. One law enforcement hand (the FBI/DOJ), will wash the other (Chesapeake PD) just like always. Even if they do find some guilt, they’ll probably pin it on a scapegoat and say that they’ve reformed the department, when it will most likely go back to business as usual. Ryan Frederick may be found guilty or innocent. Either way, I’ll bet that the police in this case won’t get as much as a slap on the wrist.

Having said that, I am glad I do not live in Virginia. The Frederick case, the Sal Culosi case, Rack N Roll Billiards….any updates on the other two?

By: Marty

Marty — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:57:10 +0000

Good job, RADLEY! Investigative reporting at its best.

This is playing out like a comic version of the Bourne series… These clowns think they’re agents and they’re above the law. Hopefully, this will help continue more movement from the courts enforcing our rights.

Good luck to Ryan and here’s hoping he can get out and rebuild his life quickly.

By: Quinn

Quinn — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:44:35 +0000

Isn’t that more than enough information for the police to identify this guy? Let’s hope there’s no “incident” in the jail.

By: Sheri

Sheri — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:42:34 +0000

Do you really think the DOJ or FBI is going to do anything in the Fredrick case? When my son was murdered by the local police, they wouldn’t give us the time of day and the FBI agent handling our case informed us to NEVER call him again, that there was nothing he could or would do. Shameful that the agencies you think will uphold the law will do nothing when it involves a police officer.
Good work Radley!