Normally I do not repost other blogger’s post, from other blogs. But in this case I couldn’t resist. What follows is a post from (Not) Don Ayotte that was posted on Delaware Politics, in its entirety, dated 7/15/14, the date is important, once you read the post you will understand. I will also post the few comments, as they will show the entire story as it unfolded. I am posting this because (Not) Don Ayotte is running for office, AGAIN, and I believe that the things he writes have relevance. If he is so reactionary as to write this post and the comments that follow, can he be trusted to be elected? You decide.
Attorney General Reneges on Bodenweiser Trial Decision
By Don Ayotte
The Attorney General’s office has reneged on announcing whether or not a decision on July 15th, to re-try or drop charges after a hung jury, ended the trial in a mistrial. The Attorney General’s office stated they were not obligated to tell him at that Point.
Judge Bradley has scheduled a conference on July 23rd to ascertain just what course of action the Attorney General’s office wants to pursue.
Prosecutor David Hume recently prosecuted another trial that ended in a hung jury, with the judge declaring it also a mistrial. In the recent trial Michael Rogers, charged with assault on a police officer, after being shot five times by DSP officer Mathew Morgan who entered the Rogers’ residence without a warrant and entered the victims bedroom and started a fight with him.
Officer Morgan fired nine rounds at Rogers in the living room of the residence after the fight was over, striking the victim five times, twice in the groin, while his 87 year-old mother was watching. Mathew Morgan has since been promoted to Corporal.
Officer Morgan was investigating an alleged hit-and-run, that claimed a license plate frame was cracked. Rogers was never charged with that alleged crime.
It has just now been released that Mr. Bodenweiser will be tried a second time. What a disservice to Delaware and a waste of taxpayer’s money.
Seems you jumped the gun on this. It’s just been announced–and on time–that the AG’s office will retry the case.
Yes, but I had the information that I had written about. I think the AG’s office is just a little insecure and on edge about this upcoming trial. Mr. Hume seems to be their best operative but when I observed him at the trial, he seemed to be ill prepared and highly incompetent. Of course that could have been because he didn’t have the “corpus delicti” (body of evidence) that a crime had actually been committed. In my opinion, they are hoping for a miracle and a favorable judge to redeem their sorry arses.
Don rather than make excuses correct the byline. The Attorney Generals office didn’t renege on their announcement. Bodenweiser and his supporters all agree you should just keep your mouth shut. Your not doing him or his case any favors.
When the trooper asked to speak to Rogers his mother let him into her home therefore a warrant wasn’t needed. You also deliberately left out Rogers mothers sworn testimony that Rogers had put the trooper in a choke hold causing her to scream at her son to let the trooper go.
sussex countian
July 15, 2014 at 16:49
“Don rather than make excuses correct the byline. The Attorney Generals office didn’t renege on their announcement. Bodenweiser and his supporters all agree you should just keep your mouth shut. Your not doing him or his case any favors.”
No excused are being made here. When I posted this article, I had the exact information that I posted from a source that received that information from the AG’s office.
If you don’t know what you are talking about, please hold your peace and let the pros report what is actually going on.
The Ag’s office decided at the last minute after releasing the info that I posted directly from their office. A great strategy on their part, but it won’t save their arses on a new trial, it will only prolong their utter defeat in their baseless case.
don
what are you talking about?
sussex countian
July 15, 2014 at 16:57
“When the trooper asked to speak to Rogers his mother let him into her home therefore a warrant wasn’t needed.”
Isn’t much trouble to coerce an aged person to let you into their home without a search warrant, is it? This so-called Trooper should be ashamed of himself.
When he got his arse kicked in a fight he initiated, he became enraged and lost his perspective and discharged his weapon when no life threatening situation was present. What a complete ass.
The state police promoted this intemperate idiot to show their support for his unbelievable actions.
You forget, I interviewed the victim’s mother before the state police got to her. I don’t believe a damn thing that Mathew Morgan says. He is the perpetrator and should be prosecuted for attempted murder.
Who knew what was going on with the Bodenweiser case? Not Don Ayotte!
don
need i remind you that you are currently running for office?
You’re the only one who believes the crap timeline of events you claim. I wonder how Mrs Rogers would feel about you describing her as an aged person, as a way to bolster your hatred of authority. Now you try to justify the assault of a uniformed officer and then say he didn’t act correctly. I wonder what would happen if someone put you in a choke hold putting you in fear for your life what you would do. I don’t give a damn if you interviewed Mrs. Rogers or not. Now you are implying this aged person lied under oath. Ive seen aphot of this woman she hardly looks aged, professional journalists described her as looking much younger than her age, sharp and spry. If someone cared to take the time I’m sure they would find where you wrote if any trooper showed up at your house they would be greeted with a shotgun.
Concerning your claim about the AG’s office well they made a pro hack look like a pro hack. You couldn’t wait to run your story. Even a non pro like me understands the AG’s office had until the end of court today to file their intentions.
As for your Corpus Delicti nonsense Thomas Capano was convicted of 1st degree murder on nothing more than his confession to his lover and brother. Anne Marie Fahey’s body was never found.
There is nothing professional about you by any stretch of the imagination. Your nothing more than the male version of Pat Fish writing on a blog site that according to you has no real relevance or impact.
Frank doesn’t seek to intimidate. What he is doing is hardly harassment, he calls it exactly as he sees it. If you can’t handle it in a blog site that according to you has no relevance how the hell will you ever handle it in legislative hall. Your hatred for certain current elected legislators oozes out of your pores like the stench of an alcoholics sweat. Despite your belief you have self control you don’t! You pull the delete trigger faster than Trooper Morgan did . Commenters who challenge you find what they post deleted, or they are blocked.
don
it’s obvious that you don’t have any kind of campaign advisors. i would be happy to help you. my first bit of advice is free. stop posting, or at the very least stop commenting on your posts. actually….. just stop posting all together.
So as you can see, (Not ) Don Ayotte jumped of the cliff to write a post instead of confirming the information he claims he received. I would draw your attention to his #6 comment where he first says, “When I posted this article, I had the exact information that I posted from a source that received that information from the AG’s office.” Notice he says he posted information from a source who received the information from the AG’s office. So in this sentence the information is second hand at best. However, in this very same comment (Not) Don Ayotte says, “The Ag’s office decided at the last minute after releasing the info that I posted directly from their office.” Notice that the information has now become first person. Is this simply a case of misspeaking? On a Freudian Slip? Did Don make all this up simply so he could write the post he wanted to write? Instead of waiting for the day to pass and then write the post?
Surely a “pro” such as (Not) Don Ayotte would never make such a grammatical error.
As you see, the news that the AG’s office had decided to prosecute a re-trial broke almost immediately after the original posting, and instead of simply taking it down and writing another post, he compounds the blunder by arguing the point. Then he closes comments and still leaves the post up.
Finally he adds this header to the post,
” Update on the post:
After receiving verification that what is written here is true, the Attorney General’s office decided at the end of the business day on July 15th to retry the Bodenweiser case a second time.”
And still the post is up at the time of the writing of this post. This header is a continuation of a fantasy at best, there is nothing in the original post that is true. The AG never made any official announcement about the case, and they did not renege on anything since the deadline had not passed when the original post was written.
If (Not) Don Ayotte has such a loose association with the truth and reality, should he be trusted with elected office? Not hardly. If he shows such bad judgment in posting such tripe while attempting to run for office, can his judgment be trusted in any matter? Not in my opinion.
And yes, I have made mistakes in my postings, and when it is proven that I have made a mistake I own it. I admit when I am wrong, and if I would have made such a monumental mistake as this, the entire post would have been taken down with an explanation.
I would also have to criticize the owner of Delaware Politics, David Anderson for not exercising some authority over his own site, by allowing this post to stand, and with comments shut off sensible people cannot tell the real story. Mr. Anderson is an elected official, a Dover Town Councilman, and one has to question his credibility as well.