from: Ken Hartger kj0928@yahoo.com
to: "patrick.robben@mncourts.gov" patrick.robben@mncourts.gov,
"sarah.lindahl-pfieffer@courts.state.mn.us" sarah.lindahl-pfieffer@courts.state.mn.us,
"toddrick.barnette@mncourts.gov" toddrick.barnette@mncourts.gov,
"rcase@edenprairie.org" rcase@edenprairie.org,
"schacherer@hutchinsonleader.com" schacherer@hutchinsonleader.com,
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"lionnews00@gmail.com" lionnews00@gmail.com,
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date: Aug 24, 2020, 3:15 PM
subject: City Of Eden Prairie’s & Prosecutor’s Willful Refusal To Comply With Mn Statute 13.82 & Dept. of Administration’s Advisory Opinion 18-005 In Regard To Subject Data AKA Criminal Investigative Data AKA Discovery For Case No. 27-CR-20-4801 State of Minnesota vs Kenneth John Hartger
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Patrick D. Robben, Hennepin Co. Judicial Officer Chambers Phone: (612) 348-0198:
Please find attached my signed complaint. See attached: Ken_Hartger_Signed_Complaint.pdf & Ken_Hartger_Complaint_Evidence_Case_No. 27-CR-20-4801.pdf
Ken Hartger
Attachments: Ken_Hartger_Signed_Complaint.pdf & Ken_Hartger_Complaint_Evidence_Case_No. 27-CR-20-4801.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrDpfbR-TJk Lion News: Eden Prairie Police Can’t Confirm Warrant For Hartger After They Break Out Car Window? 276 views •Jun 28, 2020 5 1 Share Save ArrestAJudgeKit 2.09K subscribers Eden Prairie Police Personnel Exacting Street Justice & Payback On Jessica Hartger For Dakota County Judicial Officers David Knutson & Ann Offerman? Why Oh Why Didn't EPPD Confirm The Warrant Before They Broke Out Hartger's Car Window? To Teach Hartg Lion News: Eden Prairie Police Can’t Confirm Warrant For Hartger After They Break Out Car Window?
Attachments: Ken_Hartger_Complaint_Evidence_Case_No. 27-CR-20-4801.pdf, Ken_Hartger_Signed_Complaint.pdf
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date: Aug 24, 2020, 3:36 PM
subject: Re: City Of Eden Prairie’s & Prosecutor’s Willful Refusal To Comply With Mn Statute 13.82 & Dept. of Administration’s Advisory Opinion 18-005 In Regard To Subject Data AKA Criminal Investigative Data AKA Discovery For Case No. 27-CR-20-4801 State of Minnesota vs Kenneth John Hartger
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Patrick D. Robben, Hennepin Co. Judicial Officer Chambers Phone: (612) 348-0198:
Is there any way that you could force your corrupt officers of the court City of Eden Prairie City Attorney Jesse Berglund and City of Eden Prairie Chief of Police Greg Weber up onto the witness stand and force them to justify this fraudulent $321.93 bill that they are harassing me with? See attached: EPPD Actual Cost Calculator_Lion News Data Request.pdf
Terry Dean, Nemmers 320-283-5713
P.S. I'm thinking that the fraudulent $321.93 bill is in retaliation for catching Chief Weber lurking and skulking on my blog Lion News, aren't I? See attached, okay?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrDpfbR-TJk Lion News: Eden Prairie Police Can’t Confirm Warrant For Hartger After They Break Out Car Window? 276 views •Jun 28, 2020 5 1 Share Save ArrestAJudgeKit 2.09K subscribers Eden Prairie Police Personnel Exacting Street Justice & Payback On Jessica Hartger For Dakota County Judicial Officers David Knutson & Ann Offerman? Why Oh Why Didn't EPPD Confirm The Warrant Before They Broke Out Hartger's Car Window? To Teach Hartg Lion News: Eden Prairie Police Can’t Confirm Warrant For Hartger After They Break Out Car Window?
13.03 Access to Government Data. Subd. 3. Request for access to data. (a) Upon request to a responsible authority or designee, ... (d) The responsible authority, upon the request of any person, shall provide sufficient documentation to explain and justify the fee being charged. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/13.03
Attachments: 156.142.95.179_Lurk061920b.jpg, EPPD Actual Cost Calculator_Lion News Data Request.pdf
Patrick D. Robben, Hennepin Co. Judicial Officer 08-24-20
Re: City Of Eden Prairie’s & Prosecutor’s Willful Refusal To Comply With Mn Statute 13.82 & Dept. of Administration’s Advisory Opinion 18-005 In Regard To Subject Data AKA Criminal Investigative Data AKA Discovery For Case No. 27-CR-20-4801 State of Minnesota vs Kenneth John Hartger
Emailed to: patrick.robben@mncourts.gov, sarah.lindahl-pfieffer@courts.state.mn.us, toddrick.barnette@mncourts.gov, rcase@edenprairie.org, schacherer@hutchinsonleader.com, rminske@swpub.com, jberglund@grjn.com, lionnews00@gmail.com, Gweber@edenprairie.org
I have reason to suspect that City of Eden Prairie City Attorney Jesse Berglund (Hereinafter Berglund) is conspiring with City of Eden Prairie Chief of Police Greg Weber (Hereinafter Weber) to illegally withhold subject data aka criminal investigative data aka Discovery from me for Case No. 27-CR-20-4801 State of Minnesota vs Kenneth John Hartger. Pursuant to Mn Statute 13.82 and Dept. of Administration’s Advisory Opinion 18-005, Berglund and Weber had only ten (10) days1,2 to provide me with this readily available, free, electronic data after I submitted my signed City of Eden Prairie Consent To Release Private Data form via email on Sunday, June 28, 2020 at 5:03PM. Neither Berglund nor Weber have provided me with my subject data in the required ten (10) days.
I am also aware that it is Berglund’s and Weber’s known mandatory, nondiscretionary, ministerial duty of the office or employment within the time or in the manner required by law3 to provide me with my subject data for Case No. 27-CR-20-4801 State of Minnesota vs Kenneth John Hartger. For some strange reason the City of Eden Prairie has released some but not all of the confidential data for 27-CR-20-4801 to my estranged wife Jessica Hartger (Hereinafter Jessica) and a blogger named Terry Dean, Nemmers4,5 (Hereinafter Nemmers).
According to Nemmers, the readily available, electronic data for Eden Prairie confirming the alleged warrant is magically and mysteriously missing. I certainly want the missing subject6,7 data from Eden Prairie that shows when Weber’s officers confirmed the warrant that they used to arrest my estranged wife, Jessica and myself, to justify breaking out my window8 and to justify towing9 my car. Because according to the data that Nemmers provided me, Weber could have deescalated10-11 the entire incident by providing myself and my wife, Jessica with a physical copy of the warrant. Also, Nemmers informed me that there was a female officer on the scene. That female officer could have stepped in to again deescalate the incident on 02-21-20. For some strange reason neither Weber nor the officers on the scene could fall back onto their expensive and time-consuming work-related continuing education to deescalate a simple incident involving warrant.
Nemmers has been assisting my estranged wife, Jessica, in obtaining her subject data from a variety of law enforcement agencies. And that data has caused my wife to come to the reasonable and logical conclusion that she has been a victim of false police reports12,13,14,15,16,17 filed by both Cody Austin Myers and Dakota Co. Judicial Officer Ann Offermann. Nemmers also provided me with public data that shows Offermann’s fellow judicial officers love to false police reports based on a law that was determined to be unconstitutional18,19. See attached. Also, it would appear that even in high-profile criminal cases there are problems with Dakota County warrants20,21.
I have reason to suspect Berglund’s and Weber’s motives for not providing me with my subject data are the following:
1. To cover up the false police reports filed by Cody Austin Myers and Dakota Co. Judicial Officer Ann Offermann.
2. To force me to plead guilty or force me to be found guilty at trial without ever receiving all my evidence for Case No. 27-CR-20-4801. Page 1 of 5
I also have reason to suspect both Berglund and Weber are aware that my estranged wife, Jessica has submitted additional evidence into 19AV-CV-19-2297 & 19HA-CR-19-2768 which tends to prove her innocence.
If Berglund and Weber had a legitimate criminal case against me, then they would have complied with the law that they claim to uphold. Apparently, Berglund and Weber can only win criminal cases by illegally withholding evidence from the defendant. FYI: My arraignment is on 08-26-20 at 1:30PM.
You do agree that I have a right to possess my evidence at least ten (10) days prior to that hearing, don’t you? So what do you plan to do about your corrupt officers of the court Eden Prairie City Attorney Jesse Berglund and City of Eden Prairie Chief of Police Greg Weber? How many other officers of your court think and act like they are above the law?
__________________________________________________________________ Kenneth Hartger kj0928@yahoo.com Date
Attachment: Ken_Hartger_Complaint_Evidence_Case_No. 27-CR-20-4801.pdf
1. 13.04 Rights of Subjects of Data. Subd. 3. Access to data by individual. Upon request to a responsible authority or designee … The responsible authority or designee shall comply immedia-tely, if possible, with any request made pursuant to this subdivision, or within ten days of the date of the request, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, if immediate compliance is not possible. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/13.04
2. The Commissioner cannot opine on the proper application of the ethical rules governing the conduct of attorneys; that is strictly within the purview of the Courts. For further guidance, the Commissioner refers the County to the comments to Rule 4.2, in particular Comment 4. However, notwithstanding the attorney conduct concerns, the County’s obligation under the Data Practices Act to comply immediately or in ten business day with a data subject’s request is clear. (The Commissioner has also previously opined that the existence of litigation between a data requester and an entity does not relieve the entity of its data practices responsibilities. See Advisory Opinions 96-038 and 97-005.) As the Commissioner noted in Advisory Opinion 03-030: Advisory Opinion 18-005. May 21, 2018; Carver County https://mn.gov/admin/data-practices/opinions/library/?id=36-340460
3. 609.43 Misconduct of public officer or employee. A public officer or employee who does any of the following, for which no other sentence is specifically provided by law, may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both: (1) intentionally fails or refuses to perform a known mandatory, nondiscretionary, ministerial duty of the office or employment within the time or in the manner required by law; or https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/609.43
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrDpfbR-TJk Lion News: Eden Prairie Police Can’t Confirm Warrant For Hartger After They Break Out Car Window? 276 views •Jun 28, 2020 5 1 Share Save ArrestAJudgeKit 2.09K subscribers http://lionnews00.blogspot.com/2020/06/eden-prairie-police-personnel-exacting.html Lion News: Eden Prairie Police Can’t Confirm Warrant For Hartger After They Break Out Car Window? 5. Monday, June 15, 2020 Eden Prairie Police Personnel Exacting Street Justice & Payback On Jessica Hartger For Dakota County Judicial Officers David Knutson & Ann Offerman? Why Oh Why Didn't EPPD Confirm The Warrant Before They Broke Out Hartger's Car Window? To Teach Hartger A Street Justice Lesson, Right? http://lionnews00.blogspot.com/2020/06/eden-prairie-police-personnel-exacting.html 6. It is the responsibility of your criminal defense attorney to gather any and all favorable evidence that tends to prove your innocence. Thus, you need to make sure your criminal defense attorney holds
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whom fails to uphold their Brady obligation. Ryan Pacyga Criminal Defense Lawyer License No: 0321576. Brady Obligations: Make Sure Your Lawyer Gets ALL of the Evidence! http://www.arrestedmn.com/blog/brady-obligations-make-sure-your-lawyer-gets-all-of-the-evidence/
7. “We have held that when the State suppresses or fails to disclose material exculpatory evidence, the good or bad faith of the prosecution is irrelevant: a due process violation occurs whenever such evidence is withheld.” Illinois v. Fisher.² 2. 540 U.S. 544, 547, 124 S.Ct. 1200, 1202 (2004). George R. Dekle, Sr, Prosecution Principles: A Clinical Handbook (Thompson/West:2007), Page 145.
8. Glass America Invoice# 3764799 Date: 2020-02-26 Amount: $201.00 Customer Jessica/Keneth Hartger. Description: Door (solar Coated) – Front Right; Remover and Install Sales Tax.
9. Matt’s Auto Service Inc. Date 2-21-20 Flat Bed: $135, Storage: $60.00, Sales tax: $10.16 Impound Police Dept. EP. Additional Information 119796.
10. Sgt. Biggar advised me at 1838 [Note: 06:38PM] hours that Apple Valley requested our assistance by arresting HARTGER for an outstanding warrant that had recently been issued. The warrant was forwarded via email and had been signed by Judge David L. Knutson earlier (1557 hours) on 02/21/2020. … JESSICA was searched incident to arrest by Officer Moua and no illegal items were found. Officer Streiff, Ibrahim and Koras arrested HARTGER and he was placed in Officer Streiff’s squad after being handcuffed, which were checked for fit and double locked. HARTGER was searched incident to arrest but no illegal items found. … Officer Koras took photographs of HARTGER’S vehicle prior to being collected by Matt’s Towing and uploaded them into the case. … On 02-24-2020, Sgt. Davis requested I copy a video from a file onto a disc. The following occurred: I spoke with Analyst Kapaun and learned he had recorded a video from JESSICA HARTGER’s Facebook page. The video had been captured using the Screen Hunter application. Analyst Kapaun had then placed the video in a file. I burned the video onto a CD and later entered it into evidence. Analyst Kapaun had emailed me a screen shot of the Facebook page where he had captured the video. I attached the screen shot to this case. … ***2/21/2020 Time: 11:05:21 Jessica Hartger arrested for Dakota Co. warrant. #137 met with AVPD at MOA for prisoner exchange. User: Brown Unit#: 112 Mcahine: PS6214 … Time: 10:06:17 PM fDescription: forcing entry into car User: Sjolander, Katie PSCON3 Eden Prairie Police Department Summary Print Date/Time: 06/10/2020 11:35 Login ID: cmunoz Case Number: 2020-00006284 Eden Prairie Police Department ORI Number: MN0272600 20006284_Case Report.pdf
11. KENNETH refused to open the door and requested to see the warrant for JESSICA. … KENNETH again requested to see the warrant. I advised KENNETH that if he continued to refuse to open the door he would be charged with obstructing. KENNETH refused and stated he would not open the door until a warrant was provided to him. At this time Detective Brown gained entry into the vehicle and unlocked the doors by breaking the front passenger side window. Eden Prairie Police Department Summary Print Date/Time: 06/10/2020 11:40 Login ID: cmunoz Case Number: 2020-00006287 Eden Prairie Police Department ORI Number: MN0272600 20006287_Case Report.pdf
12. Judge Offermann expressed concern because the emails Hartger seems to be very escalated in her behavior and threat of taking action. In one of the emails Hartger claims that the court “unlawfully kidnapped” her son Colton Myers. Hartger then states that this type of abuse by the court “leads people to alternative extremes”. In many of the other emails Hartger challenges parts of the case against her, stating that she is being being unlawfully investigated and harassed by the police and courts. No direct threats of harm were made by Hartger. Narrative (3) Main Report – Mack Mack, Jordan 4960 Dated 02/20/2020. Page 4 of 7. Case #: AV20000915 Incident #: AV20000915. Apple Valley Police Department.
13. Background: Jessica Hartger sent a long rambling email referencing several Dakota County Judges. (copy placed in Court Security Bulletin folder) The message threatens civil action against judges for decisions made during recent hearings involving DANCO by ex-boyfriend and custody concerns of her son. In her message Jessica feels that the County is financially profiting by keeping her son from her. She does not make any overt threats; however, she writes that her constitutional rights will no longer be violated and that she will make her lack of trust of the judicial system be known nationwide. Date of Report: 2/19/20 Documented by: Jeff Johnson: Intelligence Specialist
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14. OFFICER INFORMATION Name Blake Scheffknecht Agency Dakota Sheriff Badge 194 Role prosecutors to their obligation to turn over ALL favorable evidence. Effective criminal defense attorneys are proactive: a defense attorney must not hesitate to seek sanctions against a prosecutor Primary SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS Informational report regarding emails sent to judges. NARRATIVE
15. On 02-21-2020, I Deputy Scheffknecht, was assigned to the Bailiff Station at the Division 2 Government Courthouse in Hastings, MN. I was notified by Sergeant Wilkerson about potential threats made toward Dakota County Judges by an individual identified as Jessica Danielle Hartger DOB/ 1992-01-15. After reviewing emails sent by Mrs. Hartger, text messages, and Police Reports forwarded to me, at this time, Mrs. Hartger does not appear to make any threats towards the judges that are criminal in nature. This report is being completed in case Mrs. Hartger's behaviors escalate. This is an informational only report. Please forward this report to investigations. INCIDENT Case Number: 20900125 Title: Informational Dakota Sheriff 1560 Highway 55 Hastings, MN 55033 Telephone: (651) 438 4700
16. On February 21, 2020, law enforcement was forwarded an email that Defendant sent to a family supervision service that the Honorable Ann Offerman was vacating the HRO against the victim in this case and was also lifting a family court order granting the victim temporary custody of their joint child. See Confidential Exhibit A (attached). Neither of these orders were being lifted, and when Judge Offerman’s law clerk corrected Defendant’s misrepresentations in an email, Defendant proceeded to send emails to numerous parties including the Honorable Kathryn Messerich, that were harassing in nature and threatening. Specifically, Defendant stated, “DO I NEED TO FLOOD DAKOTA COUNTY WITH PEOPLE? BECAUSE WERE READY WHEN YOU ARE.” On the same date, Defendant wrote a post on Twitter, which referenced the email from Judge Offerman’s law clerk. See Confidential Exhibit B (attached). State of Minnesota vs Jessica Danielle Hartger Case No. 19HA-CR-19-2768 Application for Warrant and Warrant for Violations of Conditions of Release Pursuant to Rule 6.03, Subd. 1.
17. The advent of social media has given us a window into our fellow citizens’ views that we did not have before. Drunken political tirades like Taylor’s once were confined to living rooms or pool halls. They now can be seen by everyone, everywhere. The First Amendment protects them either way. Taylor’s rant was not a true threat—it was “a kind of very crude offensive method of stating a political opposition to” the district attorney. Id. His speech is protected by the First Amendment and cannot be criminalized. I therefore concur in the decision to reverse Taylor’s criminal conviction. Dietz, Judge, concurring. In the Court of Appeals of North Carolina No. COA18-810 Filed: 17 March 2020 Macon County, No. 16 CRS 50976 State of North Carolina v. David Warren Taylor, Defendant. https://appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=2&pdf=38042
18. SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS This report details the investigation of defamatory social media posts which mention Dakota County Judge David Knutson. On May 17, 2018 I met with Judge Knutson to speak with him about this investigation. I provided him information about Twitter's public portal which allows a private citizen to request content be removed if they feel it is defamatory or threatening in nature. I suggested that if he made a request as a private citizen it may hold more weight with Twitter as requests from law enforcement have been unsuccessful. This investigation will be closed as inactive. SUPPLEMENT Dakota Investigations Case Number: 18900089 Title: Criminal Defamation. Dakota County Sheriff’s Department.
19. Decision Minnesota Statutes section 609.765 criminalizes true statements and statements made without “actual malice.” Because the statute penalizes protected, as well as unprotected speech, it is unconstitutionally overbroad and in violation of First Amendment protections and is not susceptible to a narrowing construction. Accordingly, we reverse appellant’s conviction under section 609.765. Reversed. State of Minnesota in Court of Appeals A14-1408 State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Timothy Robert Turner, Appellant. Filed May 26, 2015 Reversed Reilly, Judge Isanti County District Court File No. 30-CR-13-657 https://macsnc.courts.state.mn.us/ctrack/document.do?document=b946a770a6fbbf85d1d44ca57aaee4c89947c6ead67920b433df91145913f469 20. The charges and warrant for Grazzini-Rucki’s arrest were filed under seal because of police fears
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that she would go into hiding. But a reference to the warrant was accessible to the public on a Dakota County Sheriff website since at least last Friday. Dakota County Sheriff Tim Leslie blamed a glitch for allowing the display of records that were supposed to be kept under seal. The record was taken off the website Tuesday afternoon. Mother sought in case of two missing Lakeville girls Police issue a warrant for Sandra Grazzini-Rucki, say new evidence links her to girls' disappearance. By Brandon Stahl Star Tribune August 18, 2015 — 11:23pm https://www.startribune.com/mother-sought-in-case-of-two-missing-lakeville-girls/322235081/
21. “She was told it’s a warrant for kidnapping,” MacDonald said. An Osceola County charging affidavit for Grazzini-Rucki lists a handwritten charge of kidnapping beneath typed depravation of custodial rights charges. Polinski said the charges are depravation of parental rights; conceal minor, take minor from parent and take minor, no court order. He said the kidnapping charge is probably a clerical error. Grazzini-Rucki will not fight extradition to Minnesota By Laura Adelmann Oct 22, 2015 https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_thisweek/news/local/grazzini-rucki-will-not-fight-extradition-to-minnesota/article_e49f6fe3-0389-5486-a5f7-660a38b509dc.html
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from: Lion News lionnews00@gmail.com
to: Ken Hartger kj0928@yahoo.com,
sarah.lindahl-pfieffer@courts.state.mn.us,
Gregory Weber gweber@edenprairie.org,
jberglund@grjn.com,
rcase@edenprairie.org,
rminske@swpub.com,
schacherer@hutchinsonleader.com,
patrick.robben@courts.state.mn.us,
toddrick.barnette@courts.state.mn.us
date: Aug 25, 2020, 7:30 AM
subject: City Of Eden Prairie’s & Prosecutor’s Willful Refusal To Comply With Mn Statute 13.82 & Dept. of Administration’s Advisory Opinion 18-005 In Regard To Subject Data AKA Criminal Investigative Data AKA Discovery For Case No. 27-CR-20-4801 State of Minnesota vs Kenneth John Hartger
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Sarah Lindahl-Pfieffer, Judicial District Administrator (612) 348-9047:
Are you or aren't you going to make sure that Kenneth Hartger's letter to Chief 4th Judicial Officer Toddrick Barnette (toddrick.barnette@courts.state.mn.us) & 4th Judicial Officer Patrick D. Robben (patrick.robben@courts.state.mn.us) makes it into the Register of Actions for Case No. 27-CR-20-4801 State of Minnesota vs KENNETH JOHN HARTGER? Inquiring minds want to know, don't they? And will Judicial Officer Robben refer this matter to either Chief 4th Judicial Officer Toddrick Barnette for administrative investigation or to law enforcement for criminal investigation? Hmm? Inquiring minds really want to know, don't they? You do know that it is a matter of the public record that your former judicial officer Fred Karasov famously reported criminal misconduct by an Eden Prairie Detective Travis Serafin to law enforcement for criminal investigation, don't you? So, why oh why should Kenneth Hartger expect any less of your 4th Judicial Officer Patrick D. Robben?
Oh, please consider this my records request for your 4th Judicial District personnel policy and procedure manual. Or whatever you call the readily available, free, electronic, public data dealing with personnel matters and administrative investigations for the 4th Judicial District.
Terry Dean, Nemmers 320-283-5713
P..S. Is Chief 4th Judicial Officer Toddrick Barnette going to contact Ken and tell him to report any evidence he has of criminal misconduct of public officer or employee to law enforcement? Hmm? Inquiring minds really, really want to know, don't they?
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/609.43 609.43 MISCONDUCT OF PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE. 609.43 MISCONDUCT OF PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE. A public officer or employee who does any of the following, for which no other sentence is specifically provided by law, may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both: (1) intentionally fails or refuses to perform a known mandatory, nondiscretionary, ministerial duty of the office or employment within the time or in the manner required by law; or
http://www.mncourts.gov/About-The-Courts/Overview/JudicialDirectory/Bio.aspx?id=346 Chief Judge Toddrick Barnette Hennepin County Courthouse Fourth Judicial District (612) 348-2040 Email Chambers Phone: (612) 348-7797 Reporter: (612) 596-2870 – for transcript requests only Law Clerk: (612) 348-5243 Judicial Clerk: (612) 543-1199
http://www.mncourts.gov/About-The-Courts/Overview/JudicialDirectory/Bio.aspx?id=321 Judge Patrick D. Robben Hennepin County Courthouse Fourth Judicial District (612) 348-2040 Email Chambers Phone: (612) 348-0198 Reporter: (612) 596-2870 – for transcript requests only Law Clerk: (612) 348-0172 Judicial Clerk: (612) 348-0198
March 29, 2018 Chief James DeMann Eden Prairie Police Department 8080 Mitchell Road Eden Prairie, MN 55344 RE: State v. Timothy Holmes (27-CR-17-23450) & Detective Travis Serafin Dear Chief DeMann, I would like to bring to your attention a matter of concern to me involving one of your detectives that occurred at a suppression hearing involving a serious case, Timothy Holmes. Mr. Holmes was charged with Third Degree Murder and First Degree Drug Sale after providing drugs to someone who died of an overdose. The investigator assigned to this case was Travis Serafin. During the course of the investigation, he applied for a search warrant to search Mr. Holmes and his residence. That search warrant (Exhibit C) was signed by Judge Jay Quam. As you can see, Detective Serafin never requested to search the vehicles at that residence, and the authorization to search the vehicles was specifically crossed out by Detective Serafin. Detective Serafin apparently realized that he forgot to include the vehicles in the first search warrant so he prepared another search warrant (Exhibit B) which was identical to Exhibit C in every respect except that he also requested to search any vehicles associated with the residence (he requested to search for other things that are not relevant here). What he did then, from everything I can tell from reviewing the two search warrants and listening to his direct and cross-examination, was take the signed search authorization from Judge Quam and then simply added that page to the new search warrant request without bringing it to Judge Quam for review or signing. As you can see from the two search warrants, the search warrant affidavit form signed by Judge Quam is identical in every way, including the judge's signature, Detective Serafin's signature and the date. You can also see that the search warrant authorization pages of the two search warrants are also identical, including the fact that the authorization to search the motor vehicles was still crossed out (crossed out by Detective Serafin) which is further evidence that hesimply made a copy of the first search warrant authorization and affidavit pages and included them in the second search warrant which was never presented to Judge Quam. What this means is that he searched the vehicles at that residence when he knew he did not have prior judicial authorization and mislead everyone by representing that he got Judge Quam's authority to search the vehicles. Maybe Detective Serafin will have another explanation for what happened, and I'll leave it up to you to decide what happened in this case. I do not think Detective Serafin has appeared in my courtroom before, and I have nothing against him personally, but it's important that things like this do not happen in the future. The parties knew I was prepared to suppress the evidence (drugs) found in the car and the case eventually settled. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, Fred Karasov Judge of District Court
Register of Actions Case No. 27-CR-20-4801 State of Minnesota vs KENNETH JOHN HARTGER § § § § § Case Type: Crim/Traf Mandatory Date Filed: 02/22/2020 Location: Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Ridgedale Party Information Lead Attorneys Defendant HARTGER, KENNETH JOHN Male DOB: 09/28/1992 Pro Se EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55344 Jurisdiction State of Minnesota JESSE DAVID BERGLUND 612-436-7465(W) Case Information Charges: HARTGER, KENNETH JOHN Statute Level Date Disposition Level of Sentence 1. Obstruct Legal Process-Interfere w/Peace Officer 609.50.1(2) Misdemeanor 02/21/2020 Events & Orders of the Court OTHER EVENTS AND HEARINGS 02/22/2020 Tab Charge E-Filed 02/24/2020 Law Enforcement Notice of Release and Appearance Index # 1 03/11/2020 Arraignment (9:15 AM) (Judicial Officer Abrams, Ronald L.) 03/11/2020 Reset by Court to 03/11/2020 Result: Held Off the Record 03/11/2020 Statement of Rights Index # 2 03/11/2020 Application for Public Defender Index # 3 03/11/2020 Order Denying Public Defender Index # 4 (Judicial Officer: Abrams, Ronald L. ) 03/11/2020 Notice of Hearing Index # 5 03/11/2020 Motion to Dismiss Index # 6 03/11/2020 Application for Public Defender Index # 7 03/11/2020 Exhibit List Index # 8 03/11/2020 e-Service HARTGER, KENNETH JOHN Served 03/11/2020 03/11/2020 e-Service HARTGER, KENNETH JOHN Served 03/11/2020 03/11/2020 e-Service HARTGER, KENNETH JOHN Served 03/11/2020 05/04/2020 Pandemic Notice of Cancelled or Rescheduled Hearing Index # 9 05/04/2020 Pandemic Event 06/05/2020 Returned Mail Index # 10 08/06/2020 Pandemic Notice of Cancelled or Rescheduled Hearing Index # 11 08/24/2020 Returned Mail Index # 12 08/26/2020 Arraignment (1:30 PM) (Judicial Officer Robben, Patrick D.) 05/20/2020 Reset by Court to 08/26/2020 08/26/2020 Reset by Court to 08/26/2020
6 Attachments: Judge-Fred-Karasov-Letter-Travis-Serafin_NoAttachments.pdf, City Of Eden Prairie’s & Prosecutor’s Willful Refusal To Comply With Mn Statute 13.82 & Dept. of Administration’s Advisory Opinion 18-005_082420_315pm.pdf, City Of Eden Prairie’s & Prosecutor’s Willful Refusal To Comply With Mn Statute 13.82 & Dept. of Administration’s Advisory Opinion 18-005_082420_336pm.pdf, City Of Eden Prairie’s & Prosecutor’s Willful Refusal To Comply With Mn Statute 13.82 & Dept. of Administration’s Advisory Opinion 18-005_082420_735pm.pdf, City Of Eden Prairie’s & Prosecutor’s Willful Refusal To Comply With Mn Statute 13.82 & Dept. of Administration’s Advisory Opinion 18-005_082420_749pm.pdf, City Of Eden Prairie’s & Prosecutor’s Willful Refusal To Comply With Mn Statute 13.82 & Dept. of Administration’s Advisory Opinion 18-005_082420_805pm.pdf
Chief Judicial Officer Toddrick Barnette's Staff Member Charles Rooney Acknowledged Receipt Of Hartgers' Complaint, Didn't He?
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date: Aug 25, 2020, 11:17 AM
subject: Fwd: City Of Eden Prairie’s & Prosecutor’s Willful Refusal To Comply With Mn Statute 13.82 & Dept. of Administration’s Advisory Opinion 18-005 In Regard To Subject Data AKA Criminal Investigative Data AKA Discovery For Case No. 27-CR-20-4801 State of Minnesota vs Kenneth John Hartger
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to: Ken Hartger Kj0928@yahoo.com,
sarah.lindahl-pfieffer@courts.state.mn.us,
toddrick.barnette@courts.state.mn.us,
patrick.robben@courts.state.mn.us,
rcase@edenprairie.org,
schacherer@hutchinsonleader.com,
rminske@swpub.com,
jberglund@grjn.com,
Gregory Weber gweber@edenprairie.org,
charles.rooney@courts.state.mn.us
date: Aug 26, 2020, 9:37 AM
subject: City Of Eden Prairie’s & Prosecutor’s Willful Refusal To Comply With Mn Statute 13.82 & Dept. of Administration’s Advisory Opinion 18-005 In Regard To Subject Data AKA Criminal Investigative Data AKA Discovery For Case No. 27-CR-20-4801 State of Minnesota vs Kenneth John Hartger
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Sarah Lindahl-Pfieffer, Judicial District Administrator (612) 596-9600:
Exactly when is Kenneth Hatger going to receive his file stamped copies of the letter aka complaint via his electronic filing account that he submitted to you, Hennepin Co. Judicial Officer Patrick D. Robben and Chief Judicial Officer Toddrick Barnette on 08-24-20? Hmm? Inquiring minds want to know, don't they? Oh did Chief Judicial Officer Toddrick Barnette officer of the court Charles Rooney notify you that he did acknowledge receipt of Ken's letter aka complaint and attached evidence on 08-25-20? And Rooney was klnd, courteous and helpful enough to provide me with your new phone number 612-596-9600, wasn't he?
You wouldn't be trying to interfere with Ken's communications with the Hennepin court like the corrupt Dakota County officers of the court were doing in Ken's estranged wife, Jessica's case, would you? Did you know that when Jessica submitted the attached complaint against her Public Defender (aka Public Pretender, right?) Kevin Shea that the filing magically and mysteriously came back as an old Register of Actions? See link and attachments, okay?
So when is Ken's letter aka complaint going to be filed into the Register of Actions for Case No. 27-CR-20-4801 State of Minnesota vs KENNETH JOHN HARTGER? Five (5) minutes from never? Hmm? Inquiring minds really want to know, don't they?
Terry Dean, Nemmers 320-283-5716
P.S. What is the status of my public data request for personnel policies and administrative investigations, huh?
Case No. 27-CR-20-4801 State of Minnesota vs KENNETH JOHN HARTGER
08/06/2020 Pandemic Notice of Cancelled or Rescheduled Hearing Index # 11
08/24/2020 Returned Mail Index # 12 08/26/2020 Arraignment (1:30 PM) (Judicial Officer Robben, Patrick D.)
05/20/2020 Reset by Court to 08/26/2020
08/26/2020 Reset by Court to 08/26/2020
from: Lion News lionnews00@gmail.com to: charles.rooney@courts.state.mn.us date: Aug 25, 2020, 11:17 AM subject: Fwd: City Of Eden Prairie’s & Prosecutor’s Willful Refusal To Comply With Mn Statute 13.82 & Dept. of Administration’s Advisory Opinion 18-005 In Regard To Subject Data AKA Criminal Investigative Data AKA Discovery For Case No. 27-CR-20-4801 State of Minnesota vs Kenneth John Hartger mailed-by: gmail.com 2 Attachements: Ken_Hartger_Signed_Complaint.pdf, Ken_Hartger_Complaint_Evidence_Case_No. 27-CR-20-4801.pdf
How to Receive Documents Served Through the eFS System When a document is served through the eFS System, the recipient will receive an email containing a link to the document (unless the recipient has disabled the email notification feature for his or her eFS System account). The document will be available for download for 30 days after the date of service. The recipient is responsible for downloading a copy of the document within that time. All litigants are responsible for their own record-keeping. The eFS System is not a case management system for litigants, and should not be relied upon by any litigant to gain access to documents. Litigants who do not retain copies of documents they file or timely download copies of documents served upon them will not be able to obtain additional copies of the documents through the eFS System, and will need to contact local court administration to obtain copies. Statutory copy fees may apply. Public court documents may be reviewed without charge at courthouse public access terminals at any courthouse in Minnesota, and government agencies can use MGA to access court documents. Minnesota District Court Registered User Guide for Electronic Filing Revised February 10, 2020
http://www.mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/media/scao_library/eFS/Minnesota-District-Court-Registered-User-Guide.pdf
Ken Hartger's Complaint To Judicial Officer Robben? City Of Eden Prairie’s & Prosecutor’s Willful Refusal To Comply With Mn Statute 13.82 & Dept. of Administration’s Advisory Opinion 18-005 In Regard To Subject Data AKA Criminal Investigative Data AKA Discovery For Case No. 27-CR-20-4801 State of Minnesota vs Kenneth John Hartger? How About We Ask Robben To Put His Crooked Officers Of The Court Under Oath In Regard To The Fraudulent $321.93 Bill? Hey Did You Know That Chief Judicial Officer Toddrick Barnette's Staff Member Charles Rooney Acknowledged Receipt Of Hartgers' Complaint?
http://lionnews00.blogspot.com/2020/08/ken-hartgers-city-of-eden-prairies.html
From: efilingmail@tylerhost.net Date: Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 3:07 PM Subject: EFILING ACCEPTED Case 19HA-CR-19-2768, State of Minnesota vs Jessica Danielle Hartger To: <jhartger01@hamline.edu> Your filing and/or other actions resulting from your filing may not be immediately available for viewing in Minnesota Public Access (MPA). This message was automatically generated. Do not reply to this e-mail. Your submission in case 19HA-CR-19-2768, State of Minnesota vs Jessica Danielle Hartger has been accepted. Comment from Court Reviewer: Envelope Number: 15483838 Filing Code: Other Document Filing Description: * Date Submitted: 8/21/2020 10:46 AM CST Date Accepted: 8/21/2020 3:07 PM CST Service Status: There were no services for this filing. View document https://minnesota.tylerhost.net/ViewDocuments.aspx?FID=becb92ee-2c7b-4541-8582-02f57af4d2a7
6 Attachments: City Of Eden Prairie’s & Prosecutor’s Willful Refusal To Comply With Mn Statute 13.82 & Dept. of Administration’s Advisory Opinion 18-005_082520_730am.pdf, FELONY.pdf, Fwd_ EFILING ACCEPTED Case 19HA-CR-19-2768, State of Minnesota vs Jessica Danielle Hartger_082120_406pm.pdf, Hartger_Complaint_Pub_Defender_Kevin_Shea.pdf, Ken_Hartger_Complaint_Evidence_Case_No. 27-CR-20-4801.pdf, Ken_Hartger_Signed_Complaint.pdf
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