DUGARD FANTASY
Self-congratulatory CDCR release based upon a true story?
By Paco
PacoVilla’s Corrections blog
September 4, 2009
From the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation:
For Immediate Release
Contact: Gordon Hinkle / Paul Verke
(916) 445-4950
August 27, 2009
CDCR Parole Agents Help Uncover 18-year-old Mystery Concerning Kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard
SACRAMENTO - The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's (CDCR) Division of Adult Parole Operations helped to uncover a nearly 18-year-old mystery concerning the kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was 11 years old when she was last seen as she walked to her bus stop in South Lake Tahoe, California, on June 10, 1991.
On August 26, 2009, a CDCR parole agent brought in parolee Phillip Garrido for questioning. The day before, suspicious activity had been reported when Garrido, a registered sex offender, was seen with two small children at U.C. Berkeley.
CDCR involved the Concord Police Department to assist in determining the identity of the two children and an adult female who accompanied Garrido to CDCR's parole office in Concord. The diligent questioning and follow up by the parolee's agent of record led to Garrido revealing his kidnapping of the adult female. It was further revealed by Garrido that she was Jaycee Lee Dugard and that the children were his.
Garrido and his wife were arrested and transported to the Concord Jail. The FBI with the full cooperation of CDCR and local law enforcement officials are conducting a full investigation surrounding Garrido and further information is pending those investigations.
On June 8, 1999, Garrido was paroled from a Nevada state prison. Garrido, 58, served time in federal custody and in Nevada for sexual assault. Garrido's prior arrest history consists of possession of marijuana. While on parole supervision in California, Garrido was subject to: anti narcotic testing, to refrain from alcohol, and global positioning system (GPS) monitoring.
Officials with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Division of Adult Parole Operations will be holding a briefing to answer questions on the matter today.
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Paco’s response to the CDCR press release follows:
Paco is again AMAZED at the ability of [attorney Matthew Cate, Secretary of CDCR] to self-promote before the facts are even KNOWN. Just as the shameless "Public Information" Office proclaimed the Agency's purity in the Mixon case before the 4 Oakland cops had been laid to rest, it now asserts DAPO deserves credit for the rescue of Jaycee Lee Dugard!
Unbelievable!
The ONLY officer deserving credit is the U.C. Berkeley Campus officer who picked up on the strange behavior of Garrido relative to what later turned out to be his rape-children. To be fair, DORC did give the officer FULL CREDIT: "The day before, suspicious activity had been reported when Garrido, a registered sex offender, was seen with two small children at U.C. Berkeley."
On behalf of SecAttorney Matt Cate, Thanks for the minor assist, unnamed officer! We probably couldn't have rescued the victims without your help...what with them being under our noses for a decade and all.
Hooray for the good work of the Division of Adult Parole Operations: It only took ten years and a big push before you fell backwards over Jaycee Lee Dugard.
Had there been a Gordon Hinkle or a Paul Verke working for the White Star Line's public relations office back in 1912, the company would likely have telegraphed a hasty press release:
TITANIC FIRST TO LOCATE ICEBERG ALONG NORTH ATLANTIC ROUTE!
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