09/28/2019
So lets start with the TRUTH. (just a heads up this will be a long post) Let me start off by admitting that I am far from an Angel. I've done things in my past that I'm not particularly proud of. I have served time in the presque isle county jail (4 months) and just recently got off probation (18 months). I've always owned up to my mistakes and have always plead guilty in court. That being said I will NOT plead guilty to a crime I didn't commit, which brings us to my current situation. _________________________________________________ On the night of Aug 24 around 10pm, I was getting off work at 3 cedars restaurant in Millersburg, where I'm employed as a cook. I was in a good mood because I had the next three days off and I was looking forward to spending time with my family.
One of the owners of the restaurant decided to load up 2 bags of random food that was left over from the week. It was sunday so the food wouldn't have stayed fresh over the 3 days we had off. So the owner filled up 2 bags and handed them to me right before I left. The bags were pretty full and heavy so I had to carry 1 bag in each hand. I figured I would give my dad the food because it was a bunch of stuff that I knew he liked, so I headed out the back door and started to walk through the field behind the restaurant. After I cut through the field I was almost to chandler st. when I saw a group of what looked like kids (older teanagers) standing outside of a house and by a truck that was parked in the front yard. I figured it was some kind of party and that they had been drinking. I thought they were drinking because they were being so loud and goofing off like kids do. I immediately thought I didn't want them messing with me so I walked on the opposite side of the street, plus a truck was blocking the sidewalk on there side so I decided to keep my distance. As I'm walking I hear one of them yell "whos that" Then they yelled over to me again saying "who are you". I did yell back "its your neighbor". ( because that houses back yard butts up to my back yard ). At this point they start walking towards me and I could tell there were 5 of them but it was so dark on the st. that I couldn't make out any faces. as they got closer they yelled again "who the f**k are you". So I kinda got an attitude and said "you wouldn't f**kin know if I told you". So I'm still walking this whole time that we are yelling back and forth but they start to follow me and before I knew it I was surrounded by the 5 people. They again yelled "who the f**k are you man". and I say they because I really couldn't see who was saying it. So at that point I turn around and said "what the f**k is your guys problem. You can see I'm just carrying groceries home". Well I guess they took super offence to that because one guy took off his shirt and another person said something to the effect of, I don't know you but you don't run s**t around here. So now we all are yelling back and forth. I sit both my bags down and I prepare myself for a fight because that's what I thought was about to happen. Now I called them every bad word in the book F you this F you that...but when I was standing like I was about to fight they kind of backed off. Eventually a girl ran up and pulled the guy with his shirt off back. Its then that I realized that these were just some drunk kids talking s**t and from then on I knew they were no real threat. I turn around, pick up my 2 bags and one of em gave a half hearted apology and tried to shake my hand. I did not shake his hand and I still had an attitude with him. I called them all a couple more names and continued to my dads house. Well before I got to my dads my daughter and her mom (who I had been messaging all day at work) came around the corner and they picked me up right at the firestation in Millersburg. I got in her explorer put the food in the back and that was that.I saw my dads lights were off at his house so I went with my daughter to her moms (which we had planned to do earlier) and watched a movie. I fell asleep and the next day I get a message from my mom saying that the police department (both city and state) had surrounded my moms house (the one that is neighbors with the kids) in the middle of the night with there guns drawn. She said that they were yelling and telling everyone in the house to come outside and my mom and girlfriend did. They asked multiple times to go in the house and search for me I guess and that's when my mom or girl replied with "You guys can come in when you have a warrant". Not knowing what had happened with me at all she didn't want the police officers to come in and wake my son up who was sleeping on the couch. My mom and girlfriend both went back inside the house and went to bed. A couple days later when I was at my moms the sheriff dept. knocked on her door - I invited them in the house - Then they made me turn around and slapped the cuffs on me ( they were actually really nice and I know they have a job to do). I go to jail and find out I have a warrant for Felon in possession of a gun and assault with a deadly weapon which both are felonies. Now I have been a felon for awhile. I know not to be any where near any kind of firearm. I have never owned a gun in my 37 years and I would never risk prison and time away from my kids by having a gun. Felons get 2 years in jail automatically if there caught with a gun. Hearing the charges for the first time in jail I immediately begged the officers to go search my house. They did and found nothing even close to any kind of weapon especially a firearm either on me or in the house. So this is basically what the report said (which I will post pics of soon). Those kids I had got into an argument with - if you wanna call it that stated that i walked by there house - They asked who i was - and then I just flew into a rage. They said I came back 5 min later with a gun in my hand and thats when they called the police. Now that dont even make sense to me but theres alot more to this story that comes out in pre-trial. So around 12 midnight the police surround my house (because thats where they said I went ) and start yelling at my family and pointing guns at my neighbor. They never got a search warrant for my house, They never even got a warrant for me that night...but supposedly Im a gun toting wild mad trying to shoot people and the police just leave without ever going into where they thought I was. They never even get a search warrant - I asked them personally to search my house so they could see there was no weapons and thats when they did. Just in my opinion if there really was a crazy guy out there trying to shoot people, wouldnt you want them to run up in the house where they think he might be and take care of the threat. I feel likes the police knew there was no danger any where in our neighborhood and thats why they just ended up leaving the scene of the so called "crime". So either you believe there was a guy out there threatening people with a gun...and the police just let him roam the streets that night. Or you realize that some drunk kids made up a story because I hurt there feelings with what I said. Either that or they knew me from the restaurant and wanted to get revenge for when my son (who looks exactly like me) got into a fight with one of them at school a year prior. I was given a $50,000 bond which I have to pay back $5,000 of regardless if Im found guilty or not, and my bosses had to be the ones to come bail me out because I dont have that kind of money laying around. I made this page because people are coming up to where I work and just spreading the craziest rumors - and in a small town like this it can completely ruin your reputation and your life - but I wanted to set the record straight and give people the facts of what really happened. Now I know there will be friends of the so called "victims" in this case that will argue with me on here....but thats ok with me. I know this time that the truth and GOD is on my side and I will beat this in Trial. I will post everything I have from court and the Police reports soon. Your support is greatly appreciated because these false accusations have serious consequences and this could destroy my family if Im sent to prison for lies. I have witnesses that saw me walk away from these kids and go to the firehouse. My mom and Girl will testify that I was not with them that night and that Ive never had a gun. My daughter and her mom will testify that I WAS with them that night and never came back to where those guys where....and o yea there was never ever a gun so that helps right? Thank you guys again for sharing this page- I dont know many people up north but I want to get the word out so the at least the gossip stops. I appreciate the support while I fight for my life and freedom in the Presque Isle county court system.
