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Remember the recent Montana cop story?; It just got more twisted.
Topic Started: Oct 2 2009, 07:55 AM (411 Views)
NoorAnisa
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Hardin Montana.



Look who got the job

A crook of course. While idiots want to ask me about muslims who get whipped, you dunces are not aware of your own life. Not aware of your own nation and what you are losing. How stupid you are. To me You look as stupid and filthy as you were one thousand years ago.

anyway

Check this...

'American Police Force' founder a felon with at least 17 aliases
http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/10/revealed-american-police-force-founder-an-ex-con/

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A secretive California outfit called the American Police Force is taking over the 2-year-old, never-used prison in Hardin, Mont., that was briefly considered a possible spot for Guantanamo prisoners.

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The story has many twists and turns. We recommend you read The Billings Gazette article for a primer on the story. KULR TV of Billings, Mont., The Missoulian, and Talking Points Memo are also on the case.

APF's website, which has been periodically unavailable (click here for a recent cache of their site), says it "leverages the talent and expertise of their extensive global network to provide local, regional, and national security solutions to the United States Government and other clients who are in need of customized private investigative services."

Here's its website pitch:

Whether you are suspicious about a cheating spouse or concerned about a personal threat, APF's team will employ their experience to fulfill your domestic investigation needs.

In one odd twist, Becky Shay, a reporter for the Billings Gazette who has reported extensively on the Hardin Prison, quit her job and is now a spokeswoman for the group in Hardin. Except that she now mainly has "no comment" when pressed about what is going on.

Some other unusual wrinkles:

-- Mercedes SUVs belonging to APF began showing up recently in town with magnetic decals that said "City of Hardin Police Department." The decals were later removed.

-- APF, which has mentioned using the facility for military training, refuses to offer any specifics until after a contract to take over the prison is signed.

-- Albert Peterson, vice president of Hardin's tax-supported economic development arm that built the prison two years ago, says people will be "shocked" when they learn the high quality of the person who will run the operation, The Gazette reports. "I did my background checks and my homework, and they're legit," he said, but won't reveal the name.

--Peterson says APF hopes to begin filling the prison with inmates early next year, but neither he nor APF will say where the prisoners are coming from.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/10/a-secretive-outfit-called-the-american-police-force-is-taking-over-the-never-used-prison-in-hardin-mt-that-was-briefly-con.html




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APF Reaction to Leaders Criminal Past
By Nick Lough

Story Published: Oct 1, 2009 at 7:12 PM MDT

HARDIN - Now that Hilton's criminal past is revealed, concerned Montana citizens show up at the Hardin jail demanding answers.

Both APF and Two Rivers Authority officials tell us they were aware of Hilton's checkered past but still believe in his promise to bring prisoners to Hardin.

Toni Myers drove from Columbus, Montana, in search of answers in the ongoing story between the Hardin Jail and American Police Force. "I want to know who they are, where they're coming from, and who they're bringing with them," said Myers.

"My job is not to give you the answers you want my job is to give the information I've been employed to release or not release," said APF spokesperson Shay.

Shay spent all day answering questions from media members and the public after an AP story linked the security firm's leader Michael Hilton to multiple bankruptcies and convictions for more than a dozen felonies.

"Michael disclosed this information to me before I agreed to come work for him," said Shay. Along with Shay, TRA Vice President Al Peterson said he knew about the convictions long before the report came out but is still confident in APF. "I firmly believe APF is legitimate and a solid corporation," said Shay.

Peterson declined an on camera interview but released this statement saying quote "I believe that the TRA has a better chance of getting the detention facility open with APF than with any Montana officials. What do we have to lose if it doesn't work out," said Peterson.

APF also continues to stand firm on its stance to not releasing the parent company. "That information won't be disclosed," said Shay. But Myers and others like her pledge to continue their research and to try to get to the bottom of the mystery behind the Hardin Jail.

Calls to Michael Hilton were not returned. Becky Shay says Hilton is currently in California on business and is expected back in Hardin in the next couple weeks.
http://www.kulr8.com/news/local/63191387.html


(In one odd twist, Becky Shay, a reporter for the Billings Gazette who has reported extensively on the Hardin Prison, quit her job and is now a spokeswoman for the group in Hardin.)

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Montana AG launches probe of town's jail deal

By MATTHEW BROWN (AP) – 14 hours ago

BILLINGS, Mont. — Montana's attorney general has launched an investigation into a California company's plan to take over the city of Hardin's $27 million jail, following revelations that the company's lead figure is a convicted felon with a history of fraud.

Michael Hilton, who formed Santa Ana, Calif.-based American Police Force in March, came to Hardin last month promising to fill the city's never-used jail and build an adjacent military and law enforcement training center.

Hilton has a decades-long track record of fraudulent activities and spent several years in a California prison on grand theft charges. The native of Montenegro uses at least 17 aliases.

Attorney General Steve Bullock said Thursday he is asking Hardin officials for all documents related to their dealings with Hilton and American Police Force.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Michael Hilton showed up in Hardin, Mont., last week, presenting himself as an economic savior, the man who would take over the town's $27 million jail — empty since it was built as a development project in 2007 — and provide 200 new jobs in the process.

He wore a military-style uniform, and as a gesture to local law enforcement offered up the use of three Mercedes SUVs.

But the man who styles himself as a military veteran turned private sector entrepreneur and a California defense contractor with extensive government contracts also has another image, and that one is provided by public documents and interviews with associates and legal adversaries.

The record says that he is a convicted felon with at least 17 aliases, a string of legal judgments against him, two bankruptcies and a decades-long reputation for deals gone bad.

American Police Force is the company Hilton formed in March to take over the Hardin jail.

"Such schemes you cannot believe," said Joseph Carella, an Orange County, Calif., doctor and co-defendant with Hilton in a real estate fraud case that resulted in a civil judgment against Hilton and several others.

"The guy's brilliant. If he had been able to do honest work, he probably would have been a gazillionaire," Carella said.

Court documents show Hilton has outstanding judgments against him in three civil cases totaling more than $1.1 million.

As for Hilton's military expertise, including his claim to have advised forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, those interviewed knew of no such feats. Instead, Hilton was described alternately by those who know him as an arts dealer, cook, restaurant owner, land developer, loan broker and car salesman — always with a moneymaking scheme in the works.

Hilton did not return several calls seeking comment. American Police Force attorney Maziar Mafi referred questions to company spokeswoman Becky Shay.

When asked about court records detailing Hilton's past, Shay replied: "The documents speak for themselves. If anyone has found public documents, the documents are what they are."

Shay declined comment on Hilton's military experience.

Al Peterson, vice president of Hardin's Two Rivers Authority, which built the jail, declined to comment on Hilton's legal troubles. But authority attorney Becky Convery said Thursday that board members for the quasi-public agency were not aware of Hilton's past when they reached a 10-year agreement with American Police Force last month.

"It's never been raised with me because nobody on the board was aware of that," Convery said.

The jail deal is worth more than $2.6 million a year, according to city leaders.

The three SUVs Hilton brought to Montana have yet to be turned over to the city, which does not have a police force of its own but is considering forming one. At least one is being driven by Shay, a former reporter who abruptly quit her job at the Billings Gazette. She said Hilton offered her $60,000 a year to work for him.

Hilton has also pledged to build a $17 million military and law enforcement training center. And he's promised to dispatch security to patrol Hardin's streets, build an animal shelter and a homeless shelter and offer free health care to city residents out of the jail's clinic.

Those additional promises were not included in the jail agreement, which remains in limbo because US Bank has so far declined to sign off on the contract. The bank is the trustee for the bonds used to fund the jail.

A US Bank spokeswoman declined to comment, but Peterson was adamant the deal would be approved.

"It's a solid deal. That's all I'll say," he said.

A representative of a corrections advocacy group that has been critical of Hardin's jail and has investigated Hilton's past said city leaders dropped the ball.

"I'm amazed that city officials didn't do basic research that would have raised significant questions about American Private Police Force and Mr. Hilton's background," said Alex Friedmann, vice president of the Private Corrections Institute.

Hilton, 55, uses the title "captain" when introducing himself and on his business cards. But he acknowledged it was not a military rank.

He said he is a naturalized U.S. citizen and native of Montenegro. Aliases for Hilton that appear in court documents include Miodrag Dokovich, Michael Hamilton, Hristian Djokich and Michael Djokovich.

One attorney who dealt with Hilton in a fraud lawsuit referred to him as a "chameleon" with a reputation for winning people over with his charm.

His criminal record goes back to at least 1988, when Hilton was arrested in Santa Ana, Calif., for writing bad checks.

In 1993, Hilton was sentenced to six years in prison in California on a dozen counts of grand theft and other charges including illegal diversion of construction funds.

The charges included stealing $20,000 in a real estate swindle in which Hilton convinced an associate to give him a deed on property in Long Beach, Calif., ostensibly as collateral on a loan. Hilton turned around and sold the property to another party but was caught when the buyer contacted the original owner.

Hilton was paroled in 1995 but was back in prison eight months later on another offense.

After his release, he got entangled in at least three civil lawsuits alleging fraud or misrepresentation. Those included luring investors to sink money into gold and silver collectible coins, posing as a fine arts dealer in Utah in order to persuade a couple to give him a $100,000 silver statue, and, in the case involving co-defendant Carella, seeking investors for an assisted living complex in Southern California that was never built.

Carella said he was duped into becoming a partner in the development project and that Hilton used Carella's status as a physician to lure others into the scheme. He was described in court testimony as a "pawn" used by Hilton to lure investors.

Those involved with Hilton say he is an accomplished cook with a flair for the extravagant — wining and dining potential partners, and showing up at the Utah couple's house to negotiate for the silver statue in a chauffeur-driven Mercedes.

"This is the way we got taken," said Carolyn Call of Provo, Utah, who said she gave Hilton her family's silver statue to sell on the open market.

According to court documents, Hilton turned around and gave the statue to an attorney to pay for his services.

Two California attorneys said Wednesday that after learning of Hilton's latest activities they planned to follow him to Montana to seek payment on the outstanding judgments against him.

"Once I know that there is an asset or some sort of funds to go after, we'll go after it," said Call's attorney, Roger Naghash.

Associated Press writers Amy Taxin in Santa Ana and Greg Risling in Los Angeles, and researcher Barbara Sambriski in New York contributed to this report.

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ifOx0LPKy5B_0KAyPHyNTEqdQz6QD9B2JAIG0


(In one odd twist, Becky Shay, a reporter for the Billings Gazette who has reported extensively on the Hardin Prison, quit her job and is now a spokeswoman for the group in Hardin.)

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They offer lots of services... surveillance...

http://www.americanpolicegroup.com/

If you are stupid this won't make sense.

Montenegrom I don't know anything about that place. Where is it?
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Becky Shay... was she the girl in HS who...?

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/american_police_force/
Edited by NoorAnisa, Oct 2 2009, 08:13 AM.
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Hardin sorta reminds me of Denver last August...
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Wow Noor, you are sounding as bad if not worse than those you are speaking of:

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While idiots want to ask me about muslims who get whipped, you dunces are not aware of your own life. Not aware of your own nation and what you are losing. How stupid you are. To me You look as stupid and filthy as you were one thousand years ago.
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Oct 2 2009, 07:55 AM
While idiots want to ask me about muslims who get whipped, you dunces are not aware of your own life. Not aware of your own nation and what you are losing. How stupid you are. To me You look as stupid and filthy as you were one thousand years ago.
Well thanks for the heads up. Now kindly fuck off back to the shithole that spawned you. Maybe they can put a plug in that gaping hole in your face.
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This thread reminds me of a group of individuals declaring a rat as the Mayor of Conifer.
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Oct 2 2009, 06:04 PM
Wow Noor, you are sounding as bad if not worse than those you are speaking of:

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While idiots want to ask me about muslims who get whipped, you dunces are not aware of your own life. Not aware of your own nation and what you are losing. How stupid you are. To me You look as stupid and filthy as you were one thousand years ago.
I know I know its the sCary darK sidE luke.

Lets analyze it...

"While idiots want to ask me about muslims who get whipped"
very specific...

There is only one who talks about it ... I could speak more directly to it, but it is common in that there is a "you guys" out there and that same 'ol kind of talk is redundant since 9/11, and that is the trouble with NOT ignoring that guy. I tend to speak more to the rude than to the kind.

and mm is that to me.
there have been others more rude, and I don't know you guys

all you guys, maybe you should vote "should Noor ignore mm" cuz ultimately you can see it won't always be pretty.

and not lady like

and I try not to.

However it is very stupid to let go of our constitution and if you think I am outside looking in think again.
When mm or anyone wants to make it all about muslims, it is no offense to me. It is the turning away from the blatant deceit of our gov and policies in the name of "they hate us for our freedoms". That is not a great war cry.

It is only a deflection something they found we could all stand behind. Its why we have war... people fell for it.
I am glad judges are still upholding the constitution. I am shocked that bills pass congress without that standard.

That is vile and putrid.


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Besides I am as easily the Viking as the poet.

and mm... ya ya ya... back at ya.. its your language as I understand it from you. those things I say to you are the volley of what I hear from you. get what you give. me too. should I ignore you, mm? I might speak nicer.
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Oct 2 2009, 06:00 PM
Hardin sorta reminds me of Denver last August...
Ya the DNC was a big show of what's to come. Its already here, already standard.

This story is odd though for its ties... like the guys "homeland".
The peep of his nation is oddly enough about being in jail. the guy is a damn crook and he is the answer to an Obama plan to privatize local police forces. Obama would have subsidized the whole thing and that was to be a prototype of sorts.
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If you have to ignor him to keep yourself, by all means do so.
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