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jv 7:00 am 9-27-19
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Medford Police Records OfficerLieutenant Joseph Casey
City of Medford Police
100 Main Street
Medford, MA 02155
Fax: 781-219-4066
RE: Public Records Request
Dear Records Officer Casey:
PRELUDE TO PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
Please understand that the Medford Police Department has absolutely refused to answer previous public records requests, one including documents regarding a teacher allegedly having an affair with a powerful politician's daughter.
After filing that request on or about Dec. 3, 2015, the Medford Police decided to resurrect a case that I filed after being physically and verbally assaulted by city clerk Edward P. Finn (on or about June 16, 2015.) Lies by Mr. Finn and City Councilor Richard Caraviello - lies to the police - were used to press false charges on the victim. The police falsely claimed Finn never assaulted this writer, yet when the police filed false criminal charges on the victim, they made it clear that Finn did assault this writer - you can't have a witness without a crime, and Ed Finn broke the law and assaulted a person attending a city council meeting. Finn's felonious action against a senior was the second time I was assaulted at the council; the first time was by Matthew Page Lieberman and the police determined that I was the sole victim. It was front page news in the Medford Transcript.
I DEMAND THE POLICE TREAT ME FAIRLY INSTEAD OF THE REPEATED DISCRIMINATION AIMED AT THIS WRITER.
On October 17, 2017, ex Police Chief Leo A. Sacco Jr. retaliated against me and threatened me with "the police service you deserve" when I informed the public, via the city council, of Mr. Sacco's son not getting a breathalyzer or field sobriety test in January of 2017.
Though I have helped the Medford Police with solving a theft at Tony's Gas on Salem Street; malicious destruction of property at the dental office across the street from Tony's Gas, videotaped the police protest against Mayor Burke at Montvale Plaza at the request of the police or people working with the police, I have faced retaliation and harassment for working to give the public information of great public interest.
My treatment by Solicitor Rumley at Medford City Hall has been horrendous and not what we expect from a public servant. Rumley thinks nothing of betraying the trust the residents have to place in a city solicitor when he posts his tax-payer funded email on the Immaculate Conception website, mixing church and state, or when he allegedly collected bills on Thursdays at the sleazy Somerville District Court - ( as one officer said to me "Somerville Court...it's the worst" prior to head magistrate Robert "Ted" Tomasone resigning in disgrace.) Or Rumley and Caraviello calling 3 police officers to Medford City Hall in 2016 in an attempt to squelch freedom of the press. What cowards and what abuse of power.
Here is my request - I expect an answer within 10 days, an answer to the documents request that ACTUALLY includes the documents requested - sounds redundant but city hall has often answered these requests WITHOUT the documents, just Mark Rumley malarkey and nonsensical rants!
REQUEST:
This is a request under the Massachusetts Public Records Law (M. G. L. Chapter 66, Section 10). I am requesting that I be provided a copy of the following records:
A)The document which includes the names of the 27 officers involved in the suspensions and disciplinary action found in a new Patch article:
"Of the 45 officers investigated, 15 were fully exonerated and findings could not be supported for three officers. Twenty officers were suspended without pay and seven received a written letter of reprimand, according to the department." https://patch.com/massachusetts/medford/medford-police-detail-investigation-20-suspended-7-reprimanded
B)All the documents concerning the investigation of alleged child pornography. See attached disc.
At the request of the Medford Police Department, despite my efforts to give evidence to the FBI and the office of Marian Ryan via former ADA Douglas Nagengast, a floppy disc was given to former detective J.J. McLean, who desperately wanted the letter and disc.
Incredibly, Mr. McLean said that the police could not ascertain the age of the actor (alleged victim) in the photograph(s) that the police stated were nude image(s).
1)The alleged victim worked at a pizza shop in Medford
2)The alleged perpetrator/alleged pornographer was allegedly evicted, leaving the floppy disc behind
3)The pizza place, which is noted in the evidence, would have the contact information for the victim
4)The date of the eviction means the photography date would be prior to the eviction.
5)The business would have the date of the teenager's birth or access to that date
Incredibly, this should be an easy case to solve: finding the date of the person whose image(s) appears on the disc.
Again, all documents concerning this case, especially since the police did not pursue it, should be turned over to this investigative journalist as this is a matter of great public interest.
C)All documents regarding any removal of a varsity coach/teacher at Medford High School, June 30, 2015 who allegedly had an affair with the daughter of a powerful Medford politician. This request resulted in false charges pressed on the journalist, which was clear retaliation. That will be dealt with in Federal Court, Viglione vs Medford, Caraviello, Mackowski et. al.
As Mark Rumley noted to me in regards to the MCC TV3 cases "You don't expel someone from the country for filing a case against the U.S.A." Sadly, Mr. Rumley has done everything in his power to DENY me access to the access TV station - denying the public information of great information - because I had the integrity to sue the access station which the solicitor was assigned to the board of.
Please do not continue the harassment exacted on this journalist because I will be a plaintiff in a suit against the police department. No funny business and false charges for my asking the right questions. The police have sued the police department, as you know, and it is sad that a journalist has to insert this information into a public records request. That Mayor Burke went from being kind and considerate to me a decade or so ago to being absolutely nasty to this journalist makes one wonder what this mayor is hiding, and why she isn't more forthright with the people she should be transparent with.
I recognize that you may charge reasonable costs for copies, as well as for personnel time needed to comply with this request. However, as a journalist with 1,405,415 views on one of my websites @ 1:33 pm on Sept 26, 2019, these matters are of great public interest and the fee should be waived.
The Public Records Law requires you to provide me with a written response within 10 business days. If you cannot comply with my request, you are statutorily required to provide an explanation in writing.
Sincerely,
Joe Viglione
