San Mateo Co. supervisors ask CA attorney general to investigate Batmobile raid, Sheriff Bolanos
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- Опубликовано: 8 авг 2022
- In an exclusive interview, the president of the San Mateo Board of Supervisors tells the I-Team that they have asked the state attorney general to investigate the propriety of the Batmobile raid, after Sheriff Carlos Bolanos confirmed that a wealthy realtor and donor asked him to help get the Batmobile that he ordered but was delayed. abc7ne.ws/3JG1bQJ
#batman #batmobile #raid
Judges who signed those warrants need to be investigated!!!
Agreed.
Amen and amen. Disbarred at the very least.
A judge cannot (and should not) be held accountable for signing a search warrant based on the content of the sworn declaration (probable cause affidavit) submitted to them by a detective unless that judge knows or reasonably should know the information in the affidavit is false. It ultimately falls on the submitting detective if there was false information submitted in support of the warrant. Judges do not have the time to conduct their own investigations into a case in order to independently fact-check all the statements written by the detective seeking the warrant. Same goes for the deputy DA reviewing it before it's submitted to the judge. A judge can only be charged with perjury or a 4th Amendment violation if the judge KNEW the information in the warrant was false. Otherwise, the judge can reasonably say he granted the warrant "on good faith" that the information submitted, and sworn to under penalty of perjury by the detective, in support of the warrant was true and correct.
the pig lied to the judge, not the judges fault
Before simplistically letting the judge of the him based on vague assumptions regarding the initializing affidavit, a full investigation must examine the affidavit to determine if the claims made would support the issuance of the warrants. Among the issues to be examined is whether such extreme remedies are themselves justified. What you seen to suggest is that judges don't have to consider if the remedies sought are supported. Maybe cops get ask those free donuts because vm judges can randomly decide to issues warrants to seize them is better than waiting their turn.
How the police/sherif can not see the wrongs of his ways is quite frankly criminal. Shocking.
I'm sure they never thought it would capture the eye of the media and they thought they could slip under the radar
I believe that the sheriff just didn't expect the general public to see the wrongs of his ways.
Just like all corrupt democrats.
@@heru-deshet359 yes but Trump is even worse. Well his crimes and sins against the people and country. Shocking.
@@Freespirit5371 he didn't expect the public to ever hear about it at all.
This actually sounds like investigative journalism. Whoever is on this, you're doing good work.
Indiana appreciate it.
Yes! This has been BRILLIANTLY done journalism. We haven't seen much of it anymore. Props to ABC
The more I hear about this case the more I am concerned that in obtaining the search warrants and freezing order for the bank accounts the police have not, as they are required to do, tell the full story to the relevant judges. This video simply adds yet more evidence to the allegations of police and prosecutorial misconduct
The judges who granted the search warrants should be scrutinized as well.
Yes, that needs to come to light
It’s pretty clear that the investigator lied about probable cause on the warrants. This isn’t on the judges.
I’m quite sure they painted it as a theft and money laundering, remember the judge just sees what the cops narrative says
@Dan begs Why do people in here keep bringing up Florida? Did I miss something or does this story still only involve California and Indiana?
often the case what is presented to the judges is one sided with lots of info not presented.
The abuse of power in this case is unacceptable. A full investigation and people losing their jobs over this is a very necessary step to stop the abuse of power from our unlawful government officials and police. And the man that initiated all of this needs to be charged as well.
Not just losing jobs, losing their government pensions.
The facts are as obvious as the San Francisco Bay.
@@pauloakwood9208 both
The sheriff is set to retire when he comes back from vacay stepping down is a cop out
@@pauloakwood9208 play stupid games win stupid prizes.
Everyone involved in running this man’s life and interfering with his business should be locked up.
This reporting team and news organization deserves praise for this kind of journalism.
A crime or a civil matter. This all started when the customer did not make his payment and went MIA on the business. The business has a right to protect their interest when a customer defaults on payment. But let's not get it twisted this is not a criminal action this is civil and what they did violated this company and this man's rights and the turnaround and freeze his assets is outrageous
It was a civil matter until the the sheriff turned it into a criminal matter except he now looks to be the criminal, not the proprietor.
Now we'll get to see, by the next actions taken, if the corruption ends there.
I think if I had $170K invested in something, I'm not going AWOL from the deal for 8 months. Perhaps the slime ball Realtor has too much money that came too easily?
The sheriffs committed actual criminal crimes
Exactly Marie, it is collusion and corruption on both the part of the customer, the sheriff and the judge...
Crooked cops breaking into a garage to commit a felony. Nothing can justify that
Worse, crooked a politician ordering crooked cops across state lines to commit an almost felony because a crooked realtor paid him to.
Pigs are bad enough, this is far worse.
Well... there probably IS a lot of (il)legal precedent!
The cops in IN are equally to blame for their overreaction, and failure to review the situation before acting stupidly.
@@mikesgoodmann9349 Agreed. Like, some pig from a state known for illegal police actions shows up and asks you to help do something that is questionable at best BEFORE you look into the facts? Yeah... Scumbags
And they say investigative journalism is dead..
Great work Dan!
Please keep us updated!
Throw them all in prison, ffs. Hardly an investigation is needed, they committed fraud, illegally obtained a warrant, misuse of public funds, illegal cross-county and state lines conducted raid, corruption, assault, harassment, and 15 other serious federal laws that keep local law enforcement from doing such things. The judge, the rich scumbag, and every officer involved needs to be throw in prison yesterday. This is massive corruption on a scale that should make the justice system go into warp speed to prosecute every involved.
Disgraceful! This is obviously a civil case. How could the sheriff justify freezing the shop's account for such bull charges. Why didn't the DA drop all charges and unfreeze the account as soon as he figured out what's happening?
What is the DA waiting for? He seems to just be beating around the bush.
probably another friend of the realtor..
That would be admitting they are wrong.
What is the DA waiting for? In my opinion for
The Sheriff and his lackeys to come up with a story or to go on the run etc etc etc so many excuses. Cowards the lot of them.
It's California, a liberal chithole
BINGO 100% a civil matter
So basically a grown man throwing a tantrum because he couldn't get his toy even though he didn't pay for it fully yet.
Spot on
Not much common sense between everyone involved from SMCO, and the “Realtor.”
Well, he did pay for it eventually, but he lost his spot in line because he didn't send a payment for 8 MONTHS. But now he feels entitled to get his car now, eventhough the other 8 people also waiting for cars did everything they were asked to do on time.
@@debbiedoodiedandi That's sounds like the realtor's problem.
@@jasondyrkacz8270
And I hope the car builder adds on the extra costs this realtor has cost him in building his Batmobile!!
So many news outlets NEVER fallow up their reporting. THANK YOU and good reporting!
The sheriff making a statement saying he defends his actions & would do it again, is perhaps the worst part 🤦♀️
The sad thing is this is probably the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this sheriff’s corruption. Given that county sheriffs are primarily responsible for property seizures and evictions, there should be an investigation to see if the sheriff misused his authority on behalf of his realtor friend. If so, this story instantly becomes something much bigger and something that should lead to prison sentences for both the sheriff and the realtor.
This! Underrated comment gets right to the real point.
100% agree. That was the first thing I thought after first hearing this story. If that corrupt sheriff did this favor for a wealthy friend, how many more times has he arbitrarily given himself or his police force "the right" to intimidate, harass, ticket, arrest or otherwise mess with civilians to force an outcome that is beneficial to himself or someone he knows?
This is just the one case that went viral, because the Batmobile angle makes it media worthy. Does anyone really believe this is the one and only time the sheriff has abused his position? Of course not; it's just the first time his actions have gone viral. Chances are there are hundreds of cases where he got away with it.
Just as he’s on the way out due to his re-election loss. Good he and his deputies should have a sleepless rest of 2022.
Scott you nailed it right on the head!! If they had the balls and power to do something so blatantly stupid, my guess is that they were very comfortable in getting away with corruption in the past. If they could do this in another state half way across the country imagine what damage they've done locally!?
You are right. The sheriff has likely interjected his own brand of so called justice to benefit his real estate friend . This case should be brought to the Dept of justice as a massive corruption case if appropriate. Not only did the sheriff misuse his authority . He also misused tax funds from the tax payers. Went on a lavish manhunt for a civil matter out of his jurisdiction based on the butt hurt feelings of a financial donor in San Mateo and traveled out of state to IN to arrest a man his friend had a business dispute with . I would include fraud , alteration of legal documents to get the warrant . Lying in said documents . Falsifying records. Extortion , torture and misuse of tort law (sounds right ?) .. they all better be breaking rocks at Alcatraz by 2023 or San Mateo residents need to hold massive recall of the AG
I hope this businessman sues the pants off of every individual involved especially the customer who did not make his installment payment and then went MIA. Because of his actions he was put at the end of the line which is acceptable he missed his installment payment but to turn around and do such a criminal act required him to lie to law enforcement to have them do what they did. And for them to go out of state to do all of this when it is a civil matter is beyond abusive power. They all need to go down for this. What's really sad is the taxpayers are going to be the ones to pay for this rich man's abusive actions. There ought to be a charge for that as well 😠💩🤡
I'm sure some qualified immunity will come up
The crooked citizen should have to pay all the expenses. The crooked cops should all go to jail..
He could probably hit a huge payday from a lawsuit and good on him honestly. A business owner and a minister on the side. You have some nerve to try and defame a business and arrest somebody like that on false pretenses.
Hopefully, people will stop doing business with this real estate agent. Think about it, let's say you get into a dispute with him about the transaction and he has you arrested all because he donates a few grand to the sheriff and gets to use the office like his own personal goon squad.
@@PSIorDIE doubt, his clients are mostly just as or more corrupt than he is
Quality investigative reporting. These are the types of work that are jarringly needed more than ever.
I’ve been a police officer for 19 years and the level of impropriety in this looks astounding. I’d like to see the response from the judge who signed the search warrant. In the search warrant the lieutenant lists training totally unrelated to the investigation. The news station should do a freedom of information act request for emails from the sheriff to the lieutenant about this case.
I'm hoping the Pastor will sue. He's suffered a lot of damage. Shame on Indiana too, for letting this go through without due scrutiny.
He's an old dude who isn't in the best health so he might not have the energy for another lawsuit once his situation gets sorted
He ABSOLUTELY SHOULD sue everybody involved
The sheriff should be publicly hanged as an example to the rest of them
Yes
CALIFORNIA DOES THIS ALL THE TIME. ITS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN THIS!
Corruption, favoritism, unequal justice and selective law enforcement are fast becoming the hallmarks of our local, state and federal agencies. We all lose.
And the divide between the elite and us peons is widening.
No accountability. No consequences. That's why they do it. Politicians are impotent and just as corrupt.
zero chance that sheriff sends 4 LEOs out after someone gets taken advantage of on Ebay
Thank you for the coverage on this.
Got to say that it is nice to see a journalist not only apply the pressure of the press for justice, but to see one ride the story through.
The most blatant example of corruption I've seen from a Bay Area cop. I highly doubt this was the first time the sheriff did this too.
Yeah, he just never went to another state.
they do what they want
Imagine how wrong they been doing citizens before this too. They need to be investigated
If the fbi can do it trump they can do it to you and to this guy too
@@hlpml Yep. And meanwhile nothing is happening to the Pelosis for insider trading when they're directly asked about it.
Please keep us updated with this. Someone definitely needs to be held accountable.
Agree 100%
Its Cali. NO one will be held accountable!
Both in IN as well as in CA!
The tax payers are accountable!
Not one but all that participated should be stripped of absolutely everything cuz that's the only way they are going to maybe have a possibility of learning if not hang them for the treason they committed
Looks like the San Mateo District Attorney is as dirty as the San Mateo Sheriff and the real estate investor. All are dirty as sin and need to be impeached, fired, convicted, and sent to prison.
Thank you for investigating this matter
Sheriff has been above the law for 14 years. These people have to be accountable!!! Jail, no pension
The sheriff, the da, and the judge need to lose their jobs and go to jail
The sheriff lost his reelection bid so he's out of a job by January anyways.
-The sheriff's investigation (albeit, bogus investigation) had not yet been turned over to the DA office for prosecution. The DA claims he did not know anything about the case until after it was in the news. As far as I can tell, the DA has no responsibility for this embarrassing travesty.-
*_Edit:_* The DA claims to not have been aware of the arrest planning or the trip to Indiana, but the DA's office was indeed involved in filing the charges (I originally thought the DA had claimed to not be aware of anything).
@@DemPilafian But he still has NOT dropped the charges, he is still "considering" it...
@@stevef68 That's a good point. I suspect the DA is trying to figure out how to drop the charges as fast as possible without creating a giant blast impact.
This is INSANE! They are out of their jurisdiction, and jumping into a civil issue at best!
Thank you for the updates. Thoroughly invested in this here in Niagara Falls Ontario Canada ❤️🇨🇦
Filthy corrupt Sheriff. Needs to be jailed. Resignation doesn't deal with abuse of official capacity and violation of the Indiana man's rights.
Sheriff is retiring by end of this year. Nothing will happen to him. That's the sad part.
This sheriff was also caught in an FBI sting on a brothel.
@@tomscog26
He’s not retiring, he lost the election.
Arrest him, and pull his pension
@John Dunham
He was an elected official.
Abuse of power doesn’t begin to contain everything wrong with this case.
corruption , pure and simple corruption .. the sheriff doesnt see he did anything wrong, because he is so used to doing anything he wants. what do they say about absolute power?
@@crazybox7326 The guy took $210K to build a car then didn't. And is saying there won't be a car for years. Of course the sheriff investigated it. Any police agency would.
First of all, there the car is, plain as day. Second, you would relay the information to authorities in the state in question. Cass county In. should have told those California deputies to take their illegal warrant and kick rocks.
@@michaeldonnan6767 you need to check your facts, the car was in the process of being built, when the person who contracted to have the car built missed a scheduled payment, then went AWOL for 8 months. so tell me again exactly what criminal activity took place?
Abuse of power? Looool This is high level corruption.
Let’s investigate the sheriff and demote him to deputy.
This journalism has been impressive. Good to see real news still exist 👍🏼
Anything less than FEDERAL charges for those involved is UNACCEPTABLE.
Why are federal charges so special as compared to state charges?
LoL.. and you think the corruption doesn't run deep... this just shows you how petty corruption can get.
@@skyhawk_4526 The potential from criminal activity by elected officials crossed state lines so it moves into the realm of federal courts.
@@skyhawk_4526 Feds don't play games plus this seems like a crime across state lines which is a Federal issue . Plus, if they are jailed, they have to serve out the length of their sentence barring a hail Mary from the president.
demorats dont prosecute demorats
still baffled how they can just go around freezing accounts simply based on an accusation, without having done any investigating. that alone is a huge overreach, regardless of the details of this particular case!
Because they have more guns then us. It all comes down to violence or be able to carry out that violence. Why do countries with nuclear weapons not get invaded? Because they have big guns. The same reason why cops can do anything anywhere in the U.S.A. with the only exception being any federal instillation they have the military and all of their weapons to back them up.
Think about that in case you are one of those who votes for the political party that wants government to be more and more powerful and have more and more control over every aspect of you can drive, buy, eat, say, or think.
@@trainliker100 YOUR party wants to turn the US into a copy of North Korea, with a Supreme Leader who's above the law. Your party invited the Capitol insurrection, wants to Hang Mike Pence, and still will nominate Fat Donny for office, despite his crimes. We fought Fascism in WW2, now you want it back in the White House. No thanks, bud.
@ Charles Kinzer this guy gets it.
@@trainliker100
And what political party is the sheriff and the district attorney? Do you know for sure or you’re guessing because California?
This level of corruption and the weaponization of law enforcement to benefit some spoiled rich AH is disgusting. There needs to be consequences.
Great investigation. Keep it up - I want to know when they un-freeze the account, and when there will be police in jail over this.
The lead investigator leaving out his titles except for Narcotic investigor should be criminal by making this poor guy look like a drug dealer or something and then why is his bank account STILL frozen. This is corruption and proves donors have special access which is why money should be OUT of politics
Its ok, the 4th amendment protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures without due process! It's not like the cops can just run around stealing your stuff without repercussions!
And if somehow the government and especially cops were abusing their powers (I know, absurd to think of) everyone involved will pay a steep price. And by everyone involved I mean the taxpayers. The cops, judges who signed the warrants, and the DA who won't drop the charges will really learn their lesson after they retire with their full pensions and medical care. All is good with the great ol USA!
Just like in any organized crime syndicate, favors are bought and sold. The sheriff and any counsel members who don't correct this are despicable.
The sheriff will be a defendant. Too late for him.
you're despicable for being a useless poor. nobody cares what you think.
The way the california government destroys lives is despicable this is a bigger problem that this. They get off on abusing their power like this.
Exactly. They all need to be investigated: the sheriff and the guys who went down there and carried out the raid.
Have you looked into a JUDGE SIGNING THE WARRANT?
HOW WAS THIS SOOO SIMPLE?
We are over here in Indiana wondering why our Sheriff’s office even facilitated this clear overreach of power in a state that honestly doesn’t take much of anything from California serious. This will likely cost the Cass County Sheriff his job too. HUGE props to the rigorous media investigating out there in California.. keep it up!! 👍🏻
Yep, this story needs to be seen through to the end with appropriate consequences for those involved.
I was des wondering what the fallout was over there. Seems like they should be covering that too in the next story.
I suspect the Cass County Sheriff's deputies who assisted the San Mateo County deputies on this didn't pay a lot of attention to the specific merits (or lack thereof) of the case or even read the probable cause statement in the Search Warrant. I'm sure they are regretting that decision in hindsight.
You're not in Indiana stop lying.
@@robynperdieu3434 Umm, yes I am.. 🤷🏼♂️
This case just gets worst and worse.
Bottom line the Realtor broke his contract (failed to make a payment and stopped communication), and is now mad he has to wait for his custom car.
Odd how real people understand that, but power hungry political figures dont
Its a civil matter
@@dragonflydolemite Yup. The case was already filed in a California court. The judge dismissed it, saying the proper jurisdiction was Indiana. Rather than suing in Indiana, he pulled some strings.
There’s some interesting questions: Did the realtor file a false report with the sheriff? That’s a crime. Did he conspire with the sheriff to file the false report? That’s a second crime.
@@MarcosElMalo2 The realtor and Bolanos were friends on Facebook but now that association seems to be removed from the realtors page.
"failed to make a payment and stopped communication"
Company I work for makes automation equipment, $1M plus stuff. We work on progress payments just like the car builder does. Our customers are big companies that are WAY richer than Agnastio and if they don't pay, we do just what that car builder did.
No choice but to work on the projects that are being paid for.
Always follow the paper trail. This is a complete abuse and waste of public funds and a corruption case should be opened against the Sheriff
All they had to do is send one man there and speak with this working man and his staff, and all would have been brought to light in a 30 minute conversation. What a prime example of abuse of power. Over stepping your duties on behalf of a "friend". the entire case should be thrown out, the sheriff either resigns on his own or is forced out, all those involved face some sort of disciplinary action, the judges relationship investigated and removed from the bench, and this man should sue their paints off, every last one....
It’s great to see there are still investigating reporters in the journalistic ranks in some of our news organizations.
You're right. Local reporters investigate local political corruption. There's no national level reporters investigating national political corruption. They're either terrified of repercussions or in lock-step with that corruption.
I agree but if it was an industrial refrigerator instead of a batmoblie would the journalist be bothered doing the report?
@@BabaDka Depends. Most local investigative journalists are looking out for the proverbial "little guy" vs. BIG EVIL CORP. If a small mom and pop cafe ordered an industrial refrigerator from BIG EVIL CORP. and got ripped off, I'm pretty sure it would merit the same attention.
@@johnpauljones9310 I would hope so. Most outlets won't.
Yeah, nerds need to know about adults and their Batmobiles.
The sheriff investigated himself and found no wrongdoing.
Yeah he said "I would do it again for a crime of this nature" so anytime some one rich greases his palm and wants a favour probably.
Please keep reporting on this case Thank you
Should get an Indiana court to unfreeze the bank account. California has no jurisdiction here.
They need to be held accountable for their actions.
Keep up the good work, you are the reason why these people will be held accountable
Hahahahaha, the fact he still has a job shows there will be no accountability
@@jeffreyklima7612 But dragging this Into the light might give folks an idea getting rid of him.
The sheriff who ordered this, the deputies and investigators who went along with it, and the moron who wanted to buy the car should all be in prison for no less than 5 years.
Hitting someone with a felony changes their whole life, and they did it over what amounts to a civil tort.
Whoever signed that warrant needs to be held accountable too.
The Realtor should be held accountable for something as well. If it wasn’t for him none of this would have happened. Plus…the realtor missed a payment and the maker couldn’t contact him for more than 8 months….then he thinks he’s entitled to have his first in line….just ridiculous.
Yep, the realtor throwing a tantrum. Acting like a little man child.
Well at the very least this has likely severely damaged his reputation and his business. I suspect he will keep as low a profile as he can until the public stops paying attention. I’m guessing he might hire image consultants. This will cost him a pretty penny, although since he’s rich, maybe it won’t matter to him idk.
so guy missed a payment for his car to be built and stoped contact the builder for mouth, the builder tired to contact him with no response, so he put him at bottom of list, the builder told him it would be year an heft or two year wait to finish his car , buyer was upset and went to the sheriff. the buyer did finish making payments for his car. The wait will now be longer cus he couldn't wait two years for a custom car. this civil matter not criminal matter. The builder is incident , maybe dont missed a payment and vanish than cry about a up to two year wait
Clear abuse of power. The sheriff needs to do jail time, as well as the lead investigator and anyone else involved in this.
Hold on a sec, someone has to help me here. How the heck did a Sheriff in CA do anything related to law work in Indiana?
Man, I wish I had a Sheriff in my back pocket to do my bidding. Must be nice.
Even in civil court where this belongs, the buyer has no case he missed a payment for 8 months and he will still get a bat-mobile just at a later date, no case and heads need to roll on this. The sheriff still thinks he did no wrong, that shows just how incompetent sheriff he is...
Yeah all of this was so unnecessary.
The sheriff department violated this individual civil rights. More than just a resignation should be sought. E.g.; No retirement pension with some time behind bars.
Seeing this type of behavior leads me to believe this isn't their
first rodeo, maybe other individuals will come forward after seeing this incident. The U.S. AG and the FBI should be involved at this point too.
FBI wont investigate unless sheriff is Republican.
@@terrymcvicker7064 The head of the FBI is a lifelong Republican and a member of the Federalist society. He was also appointed by Trump.
What kinda BS are you pushing?
@@TheUluxian Yet they raided Trump's Mar a Lago estate under stupid pretenses, wouldn't do anything with Hunter Biden's laptop, and wouldn't charge Hilary Clinton. They've also been known to have some knowledge of mass shooters before the shootings took place, have direct involvment in the Witmer kidnapping, and been involved in other cases of instigation, including January 6th, where they were the first to find and photograph a gallows yet no one knows who built it, how the materials were transported, when it was made, how and when it was disassembled, and where it went after.
@@terrymcvicker7064 And if he is, he won't be able to factually reason why they shouldn't.
The FBI is just as corrupt as this sheriff!
Real estate agent =crook
Sheriff= crook
PUT THEM BEHIND BARS!!!
Actions speak louder than words. That said this proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that San Mateo County has a two tiered justice system. The only way to right this wrong is to fire and arrest the Sheriff on corruption charges, fire the DA, fire the deputies that terrorized this poor man, and severely reprimand anyone involved in this act of disgrace.
Everyone involved should be fired. The cops who agreed to do this seemingly were willing to go along with a clear abuse of power, which indicates this kind of thing isn't out of the ordinary for them.
This approved abuse of power by judges and police is systemic, mostly by police, because they will color their stories to obtain false warrants, but how stupid for the judge not to recognize it is a civil case.
Everyone involved hasn't committed any crimes. If your boss tells you to transfer $$$ to a specific account, you haven't committed any crime unless you have explicit knowledge there is something fishy about the request.
So if the Lt says "tomorrow I need you to follow me to arrest someone", then the police that is asked to join has no reason to suspect that there is something wrong.
As of right now, it's the sheriff and a lieutenant and maybe a local DA (the female DA from the first video) and maybe some local judge that might have actually been naughty. The final judge in the other state had no reason to suspect the police was lying.
Firing them isn’t enough. This should have criminal charges!! This is no joke!
Thank you ABC 7 for keeping us informed and up to date on your investigation into this.
The people involved in this abuse of power and waste of our tax dollars need to be held accountable. This is completely unacceptable.
Over $10,000 wasted, too. Send the bill to Mr. RichWhatever. Then charge him for all the time civil servants have wasted with HIS nonsense. And gee - if ONLY he'd picked up the phone or answered his emails-!!
Wonder how much it cost to raid somebody’s house
Yeah this is good journalism
Outrageous! Where's the justice?
"The district attorney is considering whether to throw out the case" Can we investigate and get this guy criminally charged too?
I feel sorry for the residents of this area, it’s about to cost a whole lot more when the lawsuits start flying.
We voted Bolanos out already. He is now a lame duck. This area has been pretty corrupt for a while.
@@TheDaisytails I think CleverYou TubeName is talking about the city treasury getting hit hard to pay Indiana lawyer fees and the citizens footing the bill through higher taxes to supplement the budget due to financial losses. The cause (lame duck and rich boy) will be long gone out of the picture. There could be millions being exchanged in the future for this abuse of power through multiple untold lawsuits. I feel like suing...lol
I don't know if the car maker will sue for anything over immediate damages of lost wages, penalties and things like that. He doesn't seem the type to really go after the sheriff office because he knows that it would be the people paying it. Now for the real-estate guy who was buying the car. I would sue him for defamation, false statements or whatever I could. He is awful.
Did you not hear the end of the video? The lawsuit got dismissed and was told to refile in Indiana, the place where the crime was actually committed. Then said that they have chosen not to persue it in Indiana. As such there won't be anyone paying for anything and this will flame out like everything of this nature always does.
@@damiancarr168 Note that it was the buyer Anagnostou (Toy Boy) aka Branson wannabe that failed in court and have given up that route. This doesn't stop the car builder from having a field day in court.
How these criminals are not in a cell without bond is unbelievable. How many times have they done this before. How many lives have they destroyed and got away with it. Their entire Careers need to be investigated. Every single case that every single one has been involved with needs to be looked at. This is unbelievable
Yeah, as you may have noticed even if someone *DID* withhold a vehicle after millions in payment it would be a civil case, with no criminal penalty whatsoever. Yet you want people locked under the jail for putting a temporary freeze on someone's money. Great logic.
@@skipads5141 Detroit's not wrong though, albeit junping the gun.
@Detroit That's why there are investigations. If we simply threw people in jail whenever we _suspected_ wrongdoing, there would be a lot of innocent people in jail right now. We have the courts for a reason.
One of those is abuse of the law and police power, which should be an executable offense in my mind. Make examples of people in the justice system when they abuse the public trust. Teach police, lawyers, and judges to fear the wrath of an angry public.
Blm Biden already revised the bond system so the criminals walk free.
Detroit? WOW have they searched your computer?
Sounds like the DA and the judges need to be investigated as well.
I don't think anybody can truly see that this actually opens up a whole portal cases not from just California to Indiana but all through the rest of the nation
I would guess this isn't the first time this Sheriff has abused his power.
This could be wrong: I heard the sheriff had already lost his reelection but hadn't actually "handed over the keys" yet, so to speak.
If true that's a situation that should never be allowed to happen. You've _already lost the public's trust,_ that's why they didn't vote for you.
Lol he already basically admitted he did it as a favour.
@Karl with a K u think they'll care? LOL
If this "Sheriff" was willing to send that many people for what looks like a civil case...wonder what other things he has done during his time in office?
hopefully a VERY THOROUGH investigation will bring that out.
@@daskritterhaus5491 they are all doing it look up deputy gangs of Los Angeles.
I find it even funnier how they were going to steal the car even though it wasn’t payed for in full.
A judge should immediately order the bank to unfreeze the batmobile maker's bank account!
The guy who ordered the batmobile should be required to pay compensatory and punitive damages to the batmobile maker, his employees, everyone else who ordered a batmobile, and the California taxpayers. And also be ordered to publicly apologize, and be on probation, and take counseling to counter his narcissism.
The police officers also need to be held accountable for their actions!
If it had not been for Dan Noyes, who knows how far this corruption would have gone? The district attorney needs to be held accountable as well. All involved terminated
-The sheriff's investigation (albeit, bogus investigation) had not yet been turned over to the DA office for prosecution. The DA claims he did not know anything about the case until after it was in the news. As far as I can tell, the DA has no responsibility for this embarrassing travesty.-
_Edit:_ The DA claims to not have been aware of the arrest planning or the trip to Indiana, but the DA's office was indeed involved in filing the charges (I originally thought the DA had claimed to not be aware of anything).
@@DemPilafian That's not true. Criminal charges were filed against Mr. Racop. That obviously couldn't happen unless and until a police report was delivered to the District Attorney's office.
This was a civil matter not criminal. the sheriff should be put in prison and left to rot there.
Thank you for not giving up!
great investigative reporting. tysm
This is what good news and investigative journalism was known for once upon a time. It's actually quite surprising to see a news organization actually do a story like this in this day and age. It used to be common. Now days it's a rarity.
There's hundreds of great journalists doing great work ! What's not common is people doing their due diligence ....
But even with investigative journalism, he probably still won't get justice. That's the worst part.
Perhaps what you consider "great work" is not what most would call journalism, but apparently it works for you.
The sam mateo sheriff is now claiming wonder woman's plane has been stolen from the airport. He said he was told it was parked there but he can't see it.
😂 I'm sure some people just won't get it.
"Sam" Mateo sheriff....good one!
Seeing how the realtor's first name is Sam, this is pretty funny.
So glad this was brought to our attention.
Imagine what they get away when folks can't afford a lawyer.
Bone chilling 🤥
This matter involves government employees in two states and needs to be thoroughly investigated by the U.S. Attorney General and the FBI. The California Attorney General doesn't have the authority to run an investigation in Indiana and to avoid officials in California and Indiana each claiming that the problem lies with the other state this matter would be better handled through the U.S. Attorney General's office.
The FBI is a joke.
It's already been proven the FBI and US AG are useless and corrupt.. they are now a political police arm of the DNC and it's party
Merrick didn't investigate the assassination attempt of a Supreme Court judge! Or the multiple illegal protests at their homes! He's not worried about real crimes when he's got politicians to take care of!
Additionally if payments were sent via USPS isn't mail fraud also an issue ?
The feds doing the same thing to trump
Wow, the violations of this man’s rights is almost innumerable 😳
Imagine what they get away with 😏
The sheriff and the officers involved should not only resign but be arrested and charged for violating rights under color of law.
Sheriff and all involved should be relieved from their jobs and the realtor who called the sheriff should be charged with falsely accusing the company owner, billed for the money that was spent to send a “team” to Indiana, and the pay compensation to the business owner for all the financial burden it has caused, pain and suffering for the mental trauma, and still pay the amount for the car so the car can be donated to an out reach program.
What’s wild is the donations weren’t even a lot.. like really $5k total donations and you guys fraudulently raid and arrest someone? These guys are crooked and need to resign, even the DA for prosecuting.
then you wonder, how much wasn't made public.
Arlen Specter when he was on Howard Stern said he knew of congressman that took bribes for as little as a few thousand dollars to look the other way. Money is money but I'm sure there is even more off the books.
"To Serve and Protect"
Themselves and each other
That’s the donations visible to the public. What’s being handed under the table is probably significantly more.
@@spikefivefivefive police are the power of the elite , to protect thier property and assets. They do not serve the American people
Abuse of Power and law enforcement resources. The Sheriff needs to resign and the DA needs to make sure all of the charges are dropped and the bank accounts released. This is reporting that people care about.
This is such an abuse of power. The lot of them need to be charged and the buyer as well. He did this knowing what would happen
This is truly a civil matter. You know where the car is, you know who has your car, you know the location of the car. You missed a car payment and didn't contact the guy for 8 months. What do you expect? Sounds like the guy that missed a car payment was in breach of contract. I am a Real Estate Investor. If I were to miss a renovation payment with the contractor the contractor would simply go to the next contract and I would have to be rescheduled as soon as I made a payment!
The most troubling aspect of all is that the sheriff thought he could do all of this *without any repercussions.* He basically stole $10,000+ of taxpayer dollars to do a personal favor for a buddy...isn't that Embezzlement???
an equaly toxic part about all this is the rich snob at the head who donates to these officials who figured it was time he'd call in his favour.
He DID do all of this without repercussions. At least none anywhere in sight yet. He's a lame duck, so "firing" him or "voting him out" is irrelevant. He's deeply embedded in the local political scene so his buddies will cover for him so no criminal charges will ever appear. He knows if he keeps "investigating" the situation eventually attention will focus on a war or shooting or plane crash or toxic spill and it will all blow over.
Fire them. Don’t investigate.
Abuse of power, period, point blank.
The guy stopped making payments.
This is real news, thank y'all for this
Gee, I'm such a happy taxpayer right now. This is a complete disgrace. All of the law enforcement involved need to be FIRED!
This is far reaching corruption and racketeering. Charge the sheriff and his deputies and anyone else involved in strong arming this business owner under the RICO act.
I bet the sheriff is a Democrat
I wouldn’t be surprised if Bolanos is indicted at some point. Dude’s always been shady. Thank God we voted him out.
Police corruption is unacceptable. What these "cops" did is illegal and they all need to put in jail. Absolutely disgusting!
TREASON AGAINST THE PEOPLE!
PIBLIC EXECUTION FOR CRIMES OF THIS MAGNITUDE!
SUCH SEVERE PENALTIES WILL END CORRUPTION LIKE THIS!
STEAL FROM THE PEOPLE, YOU DIE...SIMPLE!
Learn to accept it. It's only getting worse.
If any of the investigators knowingly provided false information in support of the search warrants or the arrest warrant, they are guilty of perjury, filing a false police report, and violating the car maker's civil rights. That could result in termination, criminal charges and a federal lawsuit for both a 4th Amendment violation and deprivation of rights under color of authority. If they did that, they deserve every bit of punishment the law can give them.
How a corrupt group of County Supervisors will have a corrupt Attorney General investigate a corrupt Sherrif is beyond me.
*It's time for the Sheriff to resign and for the Lieutenant to be disciplined. This is an Outrageous abuse of their powers.*