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Latin King Toledo - There's More To Know Why Will The Volusia County Sheriff Office Not Address The Media's Questions? |
March 19, 2014 |
"Police throughout the United States have been caught fabricating, planting, and manipulating evidence to obtain convictions where cases would otherwise be very weak. Some authorities regard police perjury as so rampant that it can be considered a "subcultural norm rather than an individual aberration" of police officers."
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There's More To Know ! And enquiring minds want to know!
Recently, the Daytona Beach News Journal ran an editorial that questioned whether the Volusia County Sheriff Department knew more about the Luis Toledo situation, then they are now willing to admit.
Court records indicate that Toledo has a violent criminal history within Volusia County, reaching back to 1997. In 1997, Luis Toledo was a juvenile living in Deltona. Deltona policing is (and was in 1997) the responsibility of the Volusia County sheriff department. So why is that important? Because - county records indicate that during that time frame, Dave Hudson was a lead criminal investigator for the Volusia County sheriff department (VCSO). In fact, these same records indicate that by the early 2000s, Hudson was in charge of the investigative section of the VCSO. (Visit our early article to review these records) Florida Department of Law Enforcement records indicate that Captain Dave Hudson retired from the Volusia County sheriff department in 2005 - however he does currently maintain part time employment status with the sheriff department. Records also support that Dave Hudson and Judge Margaret W. Hudson co-own a Port Orange home. Are they (Hudsons) related ? Confidential law enforcement sources have indicated that they are husband and wife. |
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Could Judge Hudson's Assignment Be By Design?
With little doubt, the Volusia County sheriff department has some disturbing problems connected to their criminal investigation against Toledo. The most obvious problem is the lack of having the alleged murder victims' bodies. Then there is the scandal attached to whether Toledo's initial arrest, and then alleged confession were handled within the parameters of the U.S. Constitution. (Refer To Previous Article - see directly below)
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"Judge Shopping" Is history merely repeating itself?
Volusia County has a history of "judge shopping" scandals.
According to a September 9, 1985 Orlando Sentinel article , defense attorneys were having their preferred judges transfer their clients' criminal cases to their court rooms. If such was established practice in the 1980s - who's to say that today's law enforcement agencies, to include the State Attorney's office, may not be "shopping" for their preferred judge(s) - especially in cases where they (law enforcement) may have some legal problems?  |
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What Is The Sheriff Department Being So Evasive?
Was The Toledo Case Randomly Assigned To Judge Hudson?
According to the March 13, 2014 DBNJ editorial the Volusia County sheriff department refused to address several questions of concern, regarding the Toledo investigation, as presented by staff of the Daytona Beach News Journal.
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“The reasons we were reluctant to publicly disclose certain information at this time was due to the potential for negative impact on the prosecution of Toledo for the murder of a mother and her two children. While we cooperated with the reporter by providing certain records and answering many of his questions, our primary responsibility is to maintain the integrity of the case and help prepare it for prosecution. Because of that, we unfortunately felt constrained from answering some of your reporter’s questions.” ~ Gary Davidson - Sheriff Department Spokesperson
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VolusiaExposed has usually found the Volusia County sheriff department to be very cooperative with our requests for information / public records. Therefore ANY reluctance from the VCSO regarding this case could be seen as a red flag.
Recently, VolusiaExposed had some questions for the local Clerk of the Court's office. We (VolusiaExposed) wanted to know how Judge Hudson was assigned to the Toledo case. What actual procedure was followed that resulted in the judge's assignment to the Toledo case.
Unlike the Daytona Beach News Journal's experience with the sheriff's office, we found the Clerk of the Court's office very open and eager to address our request for information and our follow up questions.
Personnel within the Clerk's office assured us that Judge Hudson's participation / assignment to the Toldeo case was randomly assigned by a computer program within their Criminal Justice Information System. As proof of such, they provided us a computer generated report.
The report does support that in October 2013 Toledo's case was assigned to division 8 (Hudson), and then in January 2014, it was apparently randomly assigned to division 8 again, after Toledo was indicted by the grand jury.
So, twice, the Toledo case was randomly assigned by the Clerk's computer system to Judge Hudson. We (VolusiaExposed.Com) suspects that such is possible - but, we leave it to you, our readers, to determine for yourself whether it was probable.
At The End Of The Day
Maybe, the focus should NOT be on whether the Clerk's office randomly assigned the Toledo case to Judge Hudson? Rather, the focus might be more properly assigned to asking the question of why Judge Hudson can NOT see the probable conflicts of interest in her assignment to the Toledo case?
The recent recusal of Judge Leah Case in the re-sentencing of convicted murder Anthony Farina, only attaches more questions as to why Judge Hudson can not see her probable conflicts within the Toledo case.
“The reasons we were reluctant to publicly disclose certain information at this time was due to the potential for negative impact on the prosecution of Toledo for the murder of a mother and her two children. While we cooperated with the reporter by providing certain records and answering many of his questions, our primary responsibility is to maintain the integrity of the case and help prepare it for prosecution. Because of that, we unfortunately felt constrained from answering some of your reporter’s questions.” ~ Gary Davidson - Sheriff Department Spokesperson
VolusiaExposed has usually found the Volusia County sheriff department to be very cooperative with our requests for information / public records. Therefore ANY reluctance from the VCSO regarding this case could be seen as a red flag.
Recently, VolusiaExposed had some questions for the local Clerk of the Court's office. We (VolusiaExposed) wanted to know how Judge Hudson was assigned to the Toledo case. What actual procedure was followed that resulted in the judge's assignment to the Toledo case.
Unlike the Daytona Beach News Journal's experience with the sheriff's office, we found the Clerk of the Court's office very open and eager to address our request for information and our follow up questions.
Personnel within the Clerk's office assured us that Judge Hudson's participation / assignment to the Toldeo case was randomly assigned by a computer program within their Criminal Justice Information System. As proof of such, they provided us a computer generated report.
The report does support that in October 2013 Toledo's case was assigned to division 8 (Hudson), and then in January 2014, it was apparently randomly assigned to division 8 again, after Toledo was indicted by the grand jury.
So, twice, the Toledo case was randomly assigned by the Clerk's computer system to Judge Hudson. We (VolusiaExposed.Com) suspects that such is possible - but, we leave it to you, our readers, to determine for yourself whether it was probable.
Maybe, the focus should NOT be on whether the Clerk's office randomly assigned the Toledo case to Judge Hudson? Rather, the focus might be more properly assigned to asking the question of why Judge Hudson can NOT see the probable conflicts of interest in her assignment to the Toledo case?
The recent recusal of Judge Leah Case in the re-sentencing of convicted murder Anthony Farina, only attaches more questions as to why Judge Hudson can not see her probable conflicts within the Toledo case.
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In our
early article we mentioned that Judge Raul Zambrano had recused himself in a civil case, whereas a female arrestee had accused a deputy of sexually approaching her during her transport to jail.
The rationale for the recusal was that Judge Zambrano had worked closely with the deputy, when the judge was in the State Attorney's office. In another high profile case coming back to Volusia County on appeal - is the murder case against Anthony Farina. Due to the appeal, Farina must be re-sentenced, possibly to death, for his involvement in the 1992 homicide of a 17 year old girl. Initially, Judge Leah Case was assigned to hear the Farina case. However, she too, recused herself, due merely to the fact that she was a member of the State Attorney's office when Farina was initially prosecuted in the 1990s. She did NOT have any direct involvement in the prosecution - she was merely an Assistant State Attorney at the time. According to a recent Daytona Beach News Journal article, Chief Judge Perkins has reassigned the case to Judge Margaret Hudson. ---> Are we, the public, left to assume that the computer that randomly assigns cases must have been on the fitz on that day, causing Judge Perkins to make the reassignment decision? |
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So, does Judge Hudson have a recusable conflict of interest? We suspect so, especially when you compare Hudson's conflicts with those of Judge Zambrano and Judge Leah Case. Surely, if Zambrano and Case had conflicts of interest, then it is a "no brainer" regarding the existence of a conflict in the assignment of Judge Hudson to the Toledo case - right?
Are you comfortable with this type of justice? Sure - the likes of Toledo and Farina most certainly could be seen as "scumbags", a term assigned to the crimimal element, by one of Volusia County's most influential police administrators. BUT shouldn't we, the public, expect, and maybe even for some of us - demand, that our govermental officials operate by the rules of our laws?
If you are comfortable with this type of justice today, for the likes of Farina and Toledo - then don't be surprised if tomorrow - this is exactly the type of justice an innocent man or women receives - maybe even you. Don't think there are innocent people in prison? Google it - it may just surprise you.
Our justice system professionals need to become accustomed to the fact that there are no short cuts to true justice. And if short cuts become the norm - eventually a country music song writer will memorialize it. Anyone for calling Reba McEntire? - we suggest a song titled - "The Night The Lights Went Dim In Florida".
Are you comfortable with this type of justice? Sure - the likes of Toledo and Farina most certainly could be seen as "scumbags", a term assigned to the crimimal element, by one of Volusia County's most influential police administrators. BUT shouldn't we, the public, expect, and maybe even for some of us - demand, that our govermental officials operate by the rules of our laws?
If you are comfortable with this type of justice today, for the likes of Farina and Toledo - then don't be surprised if tomorrow - this is exactly the type of justice an innocent man or women receives - maybe even you. Don't think there are innocent people in prison? Google it - it may just surprise you.
Our justice system professionals need to become accustomed to the fact that there are no short cuts to true justice. And if short cuts become the norm - eventually a country music song writer will memorialize it. Anyone for calling Reba McEntire? - we suggest a song titled - "The Night The Lights Went Dim In Florida".
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SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE SERIES ON LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION
by Matthew Doig and Anthony Cormier
Volusia County Sheriff's Department
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