I recently reported on a criminal - felony - case against my friend Barbara O'Sullivan that was dismissed, and the official version for the dismissal was because Judge Gumo lied under oath that he signed the arrest warrant against Barbara.
With the legitimacy of arrest warrant out the door, the claim that police officers Bowie, Haqq and Alexander were on her property legally, as a pre-requisite for legal dog-bite charges, was also out the door.
When Gumo testified at the hearing in Barbara's case, his court clerk #KathyFletcher was reportedly ordered sequestered (out of the courtroom), but lingered in the doors, and Barbara's counsel had to ask once again to have Fletcher removed and make sure she is not listening by the doors.
Fletcher was not subpoeaned to testify, and her attempted presence in the courtroom for Gumo's testimony was interesting to begin with, since the question was who is signing arrest and search warrants in Delhi Town Court - Gumo or Fletcher, by using Gumo's rubber-stamp signature?
It is very possible that Fletcher stamped Barbara's arrest warrant - and how many more arrest and search warrants? How many people are doing jail and prison times because of invalid search and arrest warrants stamped by court clerk #KathyFletcher while claimed to be signed by #DelhiTownCourtJudgeRichardGumo?
Moreover, Fletcher and Gumo are reportedly stalling now the FOIL request of Barbara O'Sullivan for security videos, and the NYS Court Administration claims that such videos are in the "custody" of Fletcher - a court clerk.
And Fletcher has a death grip on that "custody" - because, very possibly, the security cameras tell a story Fletcher does not want to be heard.
Gumo was reportedly turned into the Commission for Judicial Conduct for his actions in Barbara's case.
After that, Fletcher's high-standing friends in the government reportedly swarmed in her support and started to exert pressure on potential witnesses of her misconduct.
By the way, a good question is - why Gumo is not prosecuted criminally for (1) perjury when testifying in court in February of 2016, perjury reflected in the court order of Judge Lambert; (2) filing a false arrest warrant, (3) prosecuting a person based on an arrest warrant Gumo knew was false.
I do not know how the various investigations against Gumo are going on, but the temperature is up for Fletcher for sure, as evidenced by her reported bizarre behavior.
Recently, #KatchyFletcher reportedly went so far that she offered an exchange to a son of a criminal defendant - to forgive a personal bill against herself in exchange of Flecther "forgiving" that business owner's son's court costs which, Fletcher alleged, are due and owing.
It was not simply a solicitation of a bribe. It was blackmail.
It was a hint - forgive my personal debt, and I will have the judge go easy on your son for allegedly owed back-sentencing fines.
Enforce my personal debt - and you will see what happens.
By the way, a parent is not legally responsible in New York for the child's sentencing costs in a criminal case.
By the way, a court clerk has no authority to reduce sentencing fines and surcharges already imposed by the court, it could be done - if at all - only on a motion on notice to both parties, and decided by a judge.
"Court costs" is part of a criminal sentence, a resolution of a criminal case.
Fletcher is now offering to fix a criminal case in exchange for going easy on her own personal debt?
And is not so subtly threatening the father - forgive my personal debt, or see what will happen to your son?
Fletcher has that much influence upon Judge Gumo that Fletcher is the one deciding which court fines may be forgiven - in exchange for a personal favor from the defendant's father?
Isn't that called a bribe?
Isn't that called a crime?
Will anybody investigate and prosecute that crime?
How many more criminal cases were "fixed" by Fletcher through Gumo in exchange for personal favors?
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