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Title: Police Chief Leaves Gun in Bathroom, Cops Blame Innocent Man for Stealing it
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URL Source: https://newsmaven.io/pinacnews/cops ... ing-it-Dd1ep0Jj80SIbe4W3tgP2Q/
Published: Jul 25, 2019
Author: Carlos Miller
Post Date: 2019-07-28 09:33:54 by Deckard
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An innocent man was arrested and his children seized by the government after he was falsely accused of stealing the gun. A California police chief who left a loaded gun inside a bathroom stall of a fast food restaurant ordered police to search the home of a man who not only did not have the gun, he was nowhere near the El Pollo Loco where she had left it. But he was arrested anyway along with his wife on unrelated charges after San Luis Obispo police searched his home without a warrant and determined his house was messy. His kids were also seized by the county. San Luis Obispo Police Chief Deanna Cantrell also violated city policy by waiting two hours to report her gun stolen, resulting in her having to pay a $1,600 fine. Nevertheless, San Luis Obispo City Manager Derek Johnson praised Cantrell for her "integrity throughout the incident," according to Cal Coast Times. But the facts reveal incompetency more than anything. Chief Cantrell left the loaded Glock in the bathroom of the El Pollo Loco around noon on July 10. When she realized had left the gun behind, she returned to the restaurant and reviewed surveillance video, determining three people had entered the bathroom after her. The chief said two of people were still in the restaurant and did not have the gun so apparently they were unlawfully searched. That left the third man who was obviously clean-shaven in the video which somehow led police to the home of a man with a full beard and mustache. According to the Cal Coast Times: The last person, who was the first to enter the restroom after Cantrell left, was not in the restaurant when the chief returned to look for her firearm. The man, later identified as 30-year-old Skeeter Carlos Mangan of Los Osos, was shown in the video – clean-shaven, balding and wearing a black jacket and shorts. Shortly before 7 p.m., a group of five detectives were dispatched to a home on O’Connor Way after an officer said a man who lived in the home resembled the man in the video. Even so, the dispatch log shows the officer were sent to El Pollo Loco on Los Osos Valley Road for a lost property report. The group of police drew the attention of a man living in the house with his wife and two children. The man, who is not being identified by CalCoastNews, came out to ask the officers what was going on. The man had a full beard and mustache. Even so, detectives Jason Dickel and Suzie Walsh told the man that they knew he had stolen the chief’s pistol and ordered him to tell them where it was, the man said. He told the officers he had been in Atascadero with his wife and two children at a medical appointment and that he had not been at El Pollo Loco in SLO. Police asked the man for consent to search his home but he asked for a warrant. Police then informed him he was on probation so they didn't need a warrant. The man told them it was not him but a relative who was on probation. He even had the documentation to prove it. But police refused to see the court documents. "You have the gun and we are going in to get it," San Luis Obispo police officer Jason Dickel told him, according to his interview with the Cal Coast Times. The cops entered the home and kicked his bedroom down and after finding no gun, they arrested the couple on child neglect charges, taking the kids into county custody because the "house was unclean." A county social worker named Carrie Bailey voiced her agreement with the decision to remove the kids from the home, telling the Cal Coast Times that a photograph taken by the deputies proves the parents were allowing drug paraphernalia in the children's bedroom but that turned out to be a lie. In support of removing the children from their parents’ custody Carrie Bailey, a county social worker, claimed a photograph taken in the parents’ bedroom of paraphernalia was taken in the children’s bedroom. When asked about the misstatement, Debra Barriger, a deputy county counsel, said the county is not permitted to disclose child custody issues. Seven hours after she had left the gun in the bathroom, police received a call from the brother-in-law of the clean-shaven man in the video who told them to swing by and pick up the gun. The Cal Coast Times did not identify the couple who were arrested. Check out the chief's explanation below.
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#2. To: Deckard, GrandIsland, A K A Stone (#0)
No, that is pure bullshit. This is what happens when you use third-hand sources who rehash and plagiarize less than stellar second-hand sources. Carlos Miller may as well have written that a man was arrested after he ate bacon and eggs for breakfast. He was not arrested for stealing a gun. Being innocent of stealing the gun in question does not make him an innocent man, innocent of what he was arrested for. Children are not seized. They are taken into custody. Carlos Miller continues, But he was arrested anyway along with his wife on unrelated charges.... Note that the arrest was on unrelated charges. Carlos Miller can't keep his shit straight from one paragraph to the next. No, this is pure bullshit. Cantrell was fined $1,600 by the City Manager because she violated city policy. SLO police chief disciplined for losing gun at a restaurant — but she’ll keep her job The two hour reporting period refers to service issued weapons. Cantrell did not leave her service weapon in the bathroom. She left her personal six-shooter Glock in the bathroom. It appears Carlos Miller took an article by Karen Velie at the Cal Coast News and rehashed it, and published the poor rehash as his own. It appears he did not go back to check for corrections or clarifications, so he did not get the correction by the Cal Coast News, styled as a clarification. The Cal Cost News article contains the following erroneous reporting: - - - - - - - - - - The article reveals the incompetency of its “author” Carlos Miller. Douchebag Miller rehashed an article by Karen Velie, and he embellished in places and also got significant facts just wrong. Here Carlos Miller embellishes with his vivid imagination: Carlos Miller’s “facts” appear to come from the Cal Coast News here. Compare the Cal Coast News version. There is nothing which infers Cantrell left the restaurant and returned. She left the bathroom and returned to the bathroom. Compare the CBS report: “Even though my gun was in a holster it didn’t stay clipped to my pants so I removed it and I placed it next to me,” she said. Cantrell said within minutes of leaving the restroom she realized what had happened and went back, but the gun was gone. Compare the version by KSBY6 tv here. From 12:30-2:30 p.m., here’s what they say transpired: She asked an El Pollo Loco employee to check surveillance video to see who went into the bathroom after her. It’s then she notified her captain about what happened. Cantrell says within a half-hour, she determined one of the customers, later identified by police as Skeeter Mangan, took the weapon but he was gone. Around 1:07 p.m., the chief says she called dispatch and asked to be connected to the supervisor on duty. Chief Cantrell says the call was dropped and she called back on her cell phone, but Cal Coast News asserts Cantrell used her cell so the call would not be recorded. Carlos Miller wrote, But police refused to see the court documents. The Cal Coast News wrote, “Jason Dickel said I was on probation and he did not need a warrant,” the man said. “I told him I had court documents showing it was another family member who was on probation, but he did not want to see the documents. He said ‘you have the gun and we are going in to get it.’” KSBY wrote: Officers say the home was filthy and the children were put in protective custody as a result. She denies Cal Coast News’ report that a door was kicked in and the children were kept overnight at the police department. KSBY quoted a statement of Cantrell: A county social worker named Carrie Bailey voiced her agreement with the decision to remove the kids from the home, telling the Cal Coast Times that a photograph taken by the deputies proves the parents were allowing drug paraphernalia in the children's bedroom but that turned out to be a lie. Karen Velie of the Cal Coast News wrote: The part about a lie was a Carlos Miller embellishment. "Miller's" paragraph relating the misstatement is cut and pasted word for word, comma for comma, from the Velie article.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest An innocent man was arrested and his children seized by the government after he was falsely accused of stealing the gun.
A California police chief who left a loaded gun inside a bathroom stall of a fast food restaurant ordered police to search the home of a man who not only did not have the gun, he was nowhere near the El Pollo Loco where she had left it.
San Luis Obispo Police Chief Deanna Cantrell also violated city policy by waiting two hours to report her gun stolen, resulting in her having to pay a $1,600 fine.
By Nick Wilson
San Luis Obispo Tribune
July 17, 2019 02:48 PM, Updated July 17, 2019 11:12 PM Johnson said Cantrell violated one policy, stating “the handgun shall be carried concealed at all times and in such a manner as to prevent unintentional cocking, discharge or loss of physical control” and another for failing to observe “safety standards or safe working practices.”
Clarification: The chief left her personal weapon, a Glock 42 which holds six rounds, in the restroom and not her department issued gun. Sean Greenwood called the SLO Police Department at 7 p.m. on July 11 to report he had the chief’s gun.
Typically, after a loaded police firearm is stolen, a be on the lookout (BOLO) is put out to area law enforcement not only to help quickly recover the stolen weapon, but also to protect officer and public safety.
But the facts reveal incompetency more than anything.
Chief Cantrell left the loaded Glock in the bathroom of the El Pollo Loco around noon on July 10. When she realized had left the gun behind, she returned to the restaurant and reviewed surveillance video, determining three people had entered the bathroom after her.
Cantrell left her pistol, a Glock with a 6-round magazine, in the bathroom of an El Pollo Loco restaurant about noon on July 10. A short time later, Cantrell realized she did not have her weapon and returned to the restaurant bathroom. The pistol was not there.
Cantrell said she was having lunch in a restaurant on Wednesday when she went into the restroom.
Cantrell reportedly arrived at noon at El Pollo Loco for lunch. After using the restaurant’s restroom, she realized she had left her gun inside.
Police asked the man for consent to search his home but he asked for a warrant. Police then informed him he was on probation so they didn't need a warrant. The man told them it was not him but a relative who was on probation. He even had the documentation to prove it.
Walsh then asked the man if she could search his home. He asked if she had a warrant.
Contrary to the Cal Coast News report, Chief Cantrell says officers performed a lawful search of his home.
The City Attorney has reviewed the facts of the search of the home and resulting arrests for child neglect and is confident that San Luis Obispo Police Department Detectives acted legally and appropriately. One of the individuals arrested is on searchable bench probation and the Probation Department was on site at the time of contact. The terms of the probation include a requirement that he submit to searches of his person, home or car, on request by any law enforcement officer, without a warrant or probable cause. In addition, the condition of the home that led to the arrests was visible from the front door. No doors were kicked down and the minor children were not kept at the Police Department overnight.
The cops entered the home and kicked his bedroom down and after finding no gun, they arrested the couple on child neglect charges, taking the kids into county custody because the "house was unclean."
In support of removing the children from their parents’ custody Carrie Bailey, a county social worker, claimed a photograph taken in the parents’ bedroom of paraphernalia was taken in the children’s bedroom. When asked about the misstatement, Debra Barriger, a deputy county counsel, said the county is not permitted to disclose child custody issues.
In support of removing the children from their parents’ custody Carrie Bailey, a county social worker, claimed a photograph taken in the parents’ bedroom of paraphernalia was taken in the children’s bedroom. When asked about the misstatement, Debra Barriger, a deputy county counsel, said the county is not permitted to disclose child custody issues.
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