I enjoy filing public-records requests for police-incident reports, affidavits, depositions and other assorted official documents.
It’s like playing the Lottery – often you don’t win, but there’s always a chance you might hit the jackpot, or at least come out a little ahead. And since it doesn’t cost any money, only a couple of minutes to make a phone call or email a boilerplate request, there’s no downside.
This morning, let me share a few of my recent scores (and bust-outs) from assorted inquiries, both good and bad.
First, the good stuff – an application for a criminal complaint in Springfield District Court, against Mass State Police Sgt. Joel Daoust.
This is the trooper accused of pepper-spraying a 41-year-old woman he accused of speeding. He pulled her over and then observed what he deduced to be suspicious behavior.
According to the MSP’s own subsequent report, with Daoust watched her as she searched for her registration and noticed “a black straw or glass pipe with light-colored residue in the coin/card purse briefly before she shoved it back down into the purse.”
The woman was not drunk, she complied with everything the crack trooper ordered, including getting out of her own vehicle. But she did not want to get into his cruiser.
After a bit of verbal back-and-forth, the trooper knocked the sober middle-aged woman over with “an arm-bar takedown, taking (her) forcibly to the ground. (She) appeared shocked, frightened, and crying, and continued to ask, ‘Why are you doing this?’… (The trooper) appeared agitated and maintained a position on top of her. While lying face up on the ground, (she) stated, ‘Please don’t do this to me, honey….”
Remember, this is the State Police’s own report for a criminal complaint, based on body cam footage.
Finally, the woman pleaded with the cop to be let up.
“While crying, she stated, ‘Please, I’ll stand up, I’ll go in your car.’ Sgt. Daoust stated, ‘You’re going to get sprayed.’ (She) stated, ‘Why? I’m not doing anything to you, honey….”
Then he sprayed her in the face. MSP Backup arrived and the intrepid sleuth went back to her car to ferret out her suspected drug stash. Guess what he found.
“Sgt. Daoust stated, ‘Ultimately, what I had thought was drugs and drug paraphernalia ended up being a piece of makeup, and no drugs, drug paraphernalia or weapons were located.’”
Another great collar by the MSP!
It ended up that was Sgt. Daoust being read his Miranda rights. He is now charged with assault and battery and suspended without pay. For the record, he made $148,470 last year. His career year was 2023 — $190,070.
And worth every damn penny of it, obviously! This is what law-enforcement professionals are taught at the academy, how to recognize a criminal mascara stick.
Next, a report from the Boston PD. More laconic than the State Police’s, but I wanted to know the type of sinister, violence-prone Third Worlders that Mayor Wu et al. refuse to allow to be turned over to ICE for deportation.
Meet this 22-year-old Dominican cholo– or should I say neighbor. His name is Cristhofer Figuereo Cuello. You may have seen his name and mugshot in news reports from ICE last week.
The Americans have been trying to deport him, but Mayor Michelle Wu and Gov. Maura Healey won’t hear of it, because he’s their neighbor, although their personal security would call 911 in an instant if he ever got close to either of their homes.
The Democrats say that by ridding civilization of the likes of Cuello, somehow “the community” becomes less safe.
In February of last year, at 1:08 a.m. on a Thursday morning in Dorchester, on Columbia Road, Neighbor Cuello was involved in a traffic dispute with a 29-year-old American woman from Dorchester.
At this point, the BPD begins referring to the noble savage as “Suspect #2.”
“Suspect #2 got out of the front passenger side and walked over to the victim driver’s door attempting to open her door. The victim stated… suspect #2 began hitting her in the face….”
You can see why Democrats want Senor Cuello to remain in the US. He’s only assaulting the American women Americans can no longer be bothered assaulting.
He’s just one of the 167 illegals the City of Boston refused to turn over to law enforcement last year. Guess Michelle showed Trump who the boss is, right?
I just wonder if the foreign thug’s 29-year American female victim now feels “safer,” to use the Democrats’ explanation of why Third World criminals must be allowed to roam free, forever, with no consequences no matter how gruesome the crime.
Finally, an arrest report out of Salem NH, of a Methuen city councilor named Yanilda Santos, recently lugged for drunk driving. The town sent me the police report, but it looks like Santos got the DEI courtesy redactions.
Everything good seems to have been cut out of the incident report. Councilor Santos couldn’t have gotten more of a pass if she’d been pulled over in Lawrence for lacking the enzyme to metabolize alcohol.
Some expurgated excerpts:
“I asked Yanilda how long she had been parked here (one line redacted) then asked Yanilda if she had anything to drink tonight (half a line redacted).
Next, the sidewalk Olympics: “It should be noted that in the middle of the test, Yanilda (two lines redacted).”
Back at the police department, the officer noted, “when I gave Yanilda her phone to call someone to pick her up, she stated out loud without me asking her any questions, something to the effect of,’ (three lines redacted).”
Wow. This is what you call the DEI card – don’t leave home without it, amigos. If I ever get lugged, I ask for no special treatment. Just treat me like Yanilda Santos.
So those are three of my recent adventures in the wonderful world of public records.
Two out of three ain’t bad.