Formal Complaing of K.U. Police Officres Michael Riner's Prejury in Federal Court

7/26/2019 Formal Complaing of K.U. Police Officres Michael Riner's Prejury in Federal Court

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IVKANs'f\s

Office of Public Safety

October 8, 2008

Carrie and Guy Neighbors

1904 Massachusetts Street

La\-vTcnce

Ka..isas 66044

.

Dear Mr.

&

Mrs. Neighbors,

On September 16, 2008, you delivered a written complaint to the University ofKansas Public

Safety Office. Captain Schuyler Bailey was the department representative who received your

complaint. Y< ur complaint alleges that on August 13,2008, a member

of

the University of

Kansas Public Safety Office, Detective Michael Riner, committed perjury during testimony in

Federal court.

By way of this letter, I am notifying you that your complaint has been provided to the U.S.

Attorney's Office. That office is the appropriate investigative agency to receive a complaint

of

alleged perjury in Federal court. The following individual may be contacted should you wish to

provide any further information regarding your complaint against Detective Michael Riner:

AUSA Marietta Parker

500 State Ave.

Suite 360

Kansas City, Kansas 66101

913-551-6730

marietta.parker(a),usdoj. gOY

Director

RVO/sp

cc: Marietta Parker

{L 1

3126 /}Offlce of Public Safety

Public Safety Building I 1501 Crestl ine Drive, 5uite 120 I Lawrence, K5 66049

(785) 864-5900 I

Fax

(785) 864-5211 I www.ku.edu/-kucops
http://www.ku.edu/-kucopshttp://www.ku.edu/-kucops


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Formalcomplaint.

Formal requestforaninvestigationintotheactionsof theKansasUniversity'spolice

department.

TheArrestandsearch

of

theYellowHouseStoreownersGuyandCarrie

NeighborsheadedbyDetectiveMichael Riner.

Allegations:

FederalPerjury,

Theft

duringtheexecution

of

asearchwarrant,Constitutionalrights

violations,Violation

of5th

Amendmentrights,Conspiracy,ExecutionofaFederalarrestina

Statecase Investigation,selectiveprosecution,vindictiveprosecution,unconstitutional

discriminationin theadministration

of

apenalstatute.Color

of

Lawviolations.Denial

of

equalprotection

of

thelaw.Violation

of

dueprocess.

On ThursdayAugust

8th

DetectiveMikeRinercameinto

the

TheYellowHousestore, 1904

Massachusetts,LawrenceKansas. (Abusiness thatbuysandsellssecond=handgoods.)

BecauseaLaptopcomputerthatwassoldon Ebayhad been reportedstolen byan

.employee

of

theUniversityofKansas.

OwnersGuyandCarrieNeighborsturnedovertheLaptopandshowedDetectiveRinerthe

sellers form

thatthe

customer"RobertSamples"hadfilled

out.

DetectiveRinerwasshown

two

sellersforllls, includingtheone

that

Mr.SamplessignedwhensellingtheLaptopin

question.Hetooknotesfromboth

the

sellersforms.While

takingthe

notesDetectiveRiner

verballyquestionedthefact

that

3laptopswerelistedon thesellersformandwhenshown

. '- '"

thesecondsellersformcommented "thattherewasapatternhere."Consideringthefalse

allegationsinapendingcaseCarrieNeighborsdid

notwantto

makeany

statementswithout

herattorney.

On Fridayat appx. 10:30AMAugust

9th

DetectiveRinerreturned

to

theYellowHouseStore

withareceiptfor theseized laptopand requestedcopiesofthesellersforms thatMr.

Sampleshadsigned.

AtthattimeMr.Neighbors

Attorney

Cheryl Pilatehad

not

yetbeennotifiedofherclients

contactwith

the

police,

or the

situationanddue

to

apending indictmentandbondinvolving

anothercaseMr.Neighbors

felt

it wouldbebest

to

haverepresentationofcounsel.

Atthat

pointMr. NeighborsinvokedhisFifthAmendment

right

andrequested

that

hebe

allowed

to

waituntilMondaywhenhecouldgothroughhis

attorneyto

turnoverthe

paperwork

or

answerany

more

questionsinvolvingthecase.

Afewhours laterat appx.4pmthePostal InspectorDavidNitzobtainedaFederalarrest

warrant. Executionofthearrestwarrantwasassisted bypoliceOfficerJayBialek,Detective

Rinerand otherofficers

fromKU

Policeand LKP showed

upat

thebusiness.TheFederal

arrestwarrantwas forObstructionof Justice,concealingarecord,andimpairmentofan

officialproceedinginviolation

ofTitle

18,UnitedStatesCode$1512(c)andsearch

warrant.

Duringtheexecutionofthesearchwarrantthestoresurveillancetapewasstolen bythe

--- policeandablanktape

that

wasabrandnotused

bythe

businesswas

put

in itsplace.


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. ~ . On August 13, 2008 Detective Riner testified in a hearing before Federal Judge James

O'Hara on behalf of

the

Government. Mr. Riner falsely testified

that

he had

not

seen

the

sellers form that was presented in court. He also testified

that

he had destroyed, and

shredded his field notes in the ongoing Federal Investigation prior to the hearing. His

testimony was in

contrast to the

Warrant for arrest case number

0 8 ~ M J - 8 0 7 7 - 0 1 - J P O

Page 4 paragraph 10. Which clearly states

that

detective Riner was shown documents

pertaining

to

the seller Robert Samples. Terra Morehead then testified in court on Monday

Aug.

18th that

Detective Riner had found the notes,

that

he earlier had testified on Aug.

13th

were shredded and

that

she had seen them.

The Neighbors were accused of and falsely arrested for concealing the documents, and

obstructing the investigation on Friday Aug. 8th.

Yet on Monday August 11th, 2008 Using the information provided

to

the Detective by the

Neighbors, Robert Samples was arrested by University Detective Mike Riner in connection to

the stolen laptops.

The arrest of Robert Samples was made based on the information provided on

the

sellers

forms that was shown to Detective Riner by the defendants Guy and Carrie Neighbors.

Again a contradiction

to

Detective Riner's

testimony

in Federal court on Aug. 13th, 2008 he

had not seen

the

sellers form, and the concealment of the forms had impaired the

investigation a d warranted the

arrest

and

imprisonment

of

the

defendants.

This arrest has denied and punished the Neighbors for demanding

their

Constitutional right

to have counsel present when being questioned by police. This resulted in both Guy and

Carrie Neighbors being locked up for a total of 12 days. Starting in Douglas County Jail, and

transferred

to

the CC Leavenworth maximum security prison Detention Center. Guys

attorney

was

not

even notified until

after

the arrest.

In Conclusion

This case clearly shows a conspiracy

to

deceive the courts and selective prosecution. The

fact

that

Lawrence Police officers Jay Bialek, Mickey Rantz, and Postal Inspector David Nitz

participated in the execution of an arrest and search involving A University police

department Investigation involving a

theft

at the University shows prosecutorial policy had a

discriminatory effect

and

that

it was motivated

by

a discriminatory purpose.


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untitled

Detective

Mike Riner has had an obvious vendetta against the yellow House business

for many

years.

Detective Mike Riner confiscated a

KU

band uniform that a dumpster diver sold the

Yellow House approximately 12

years

ago. The owner of the business carrie Neighbors

at the time called KU and they informed

her that

the uniforms are

turned

in

by the

students

at the

end of the year. I f a student fails to return

the

uniform they are

charged for i t .

With this information carrie told detective Riner that obviously the student

had

already paid

for i t

and

since i t

was found in a

trash

dumpster

the

uniform obviously

did

not qualify as stolen property and therefore the university's band department

should reimburse her

the

$40 she had paid for i t .

This angered Detective Riner,he did not agree the university should have to

reimburse the

business

and he confiscated the uniform. Judging by Detective Riners

public

statements

using the name MichaelJ

Detective

Riner has held a grudge against

the business ever since. Blogging under the user name MichaelJ on public forums

Lawrence Journal world and larryville.com to demoralize the

business

and i ts owners,

make fun

of

them and make reference

to this case in

blogs

dating

back to 2006.

Detective Riner under the user

name

MichaelJ

refers

to the business owner as

"Bitchy" in one of

his

posts

in

reference to

the

band uniform incident. And in

an,.other

post

refers to the

business

as

"the felon

house"

We

believe

that

detective

Mike

Riners Grudge towards

the

business

owners has

interfered with his abil i ty to be impartial as a

witness

and investigator and

clearly sets

the path for

his motivation

to be

dishonest

while

giving

testimony

under oath d u r i n ~ the detention hearing, in united

States

of America vs.

Uy

Neighbors &

Catrle e i ~ h b o r s case

no. 08-MJ-8077-01j02-JPO.

Falsely

claiming under

oath

and

contrary

to hlS report to

not

have been

shown

the paperwork

in question

and

claiming the notes associated with the paperwork were shredded. But then

the

prosecutor

Terra Morehead

later

test ified that Riner had found the shredded notes

and she had seen them. claiming the

sellers

form

was

concealed and participating

in

the arrest

of Guy

and carrie Neighbors on Friday Aug. 8Th, then on Monday August

11Th using the information provided to him by Carrie and Guy Neighbors from the

paperwork

he

test ified

was

concealed,

he

arrested Robert samples.

We are

requesting

an FBI investigation into

the actions

of the

officials

presiding

over

this case.

For constitutional rights violations against Guy and carrie

Neighbors including

but not

limited to color of law violations,

oath of

office

violations

and

selective vindictive

prosecution.

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Hello. Captain Bailey

These are just a few of the post that have been posted on the Ijworld blog site. These post

are from Michaelj, he also post information about

the

yellow house case on larryville form.

As you can see some

of

these post are very un-professional and we feel like these post

clearly show

that

Detective Riner has a vendetta against the yellow house business and it s

owners.

At

one

point

detective Riner

says

who hasn t lied

to

frame poor yellow house

One would have though K.U. personnel would

treat

official business

of the

dept. as

confidential.

This kind

of

unethical conduct is what we have been dealing with since Dec.

of OS

As

a law enforcement officer ethical standards should

be

high, and

I ll

tell you

after

sitting in

the court room and listening to officer Riner just flat out lie just blew me away.

Officer Riner was the officer who came into the yellow house to get the band uniform and

that

was a very long

time

ago. Mr. Riner also mentioned he was going to retire soon and he

made posts stating

this

fact on the internet. Professional competence is a obligation shared

by all law enforcement officers, when officers act in this

manor it

affects the fairness,

courtesy, and dignity

of

the very public in which the officer took a oath to serve.

The prosecutors has indicted the yellow house business owners again

(for

the 4th time) this

.

time

based on Mr. Riner s lie s in court.

Mr. Riner s false

testimony

was

the

factor used

to arrest

the business owners Guy and

Carrie Neighbors on Aug. 8th and the business owners were held in federal prison for 12

days. Now

the

government is coming after he business owners again.

I wonder

if ~

Riner is proud to

be

a police officer today.

I will make sure you receive a copy

of

the new indictment.

To: [email protected]

Subject: michaelJ posts

Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:01 :06 -0600

30 April 2008 at 9:03 a.m.

Suggest removal

Michael] (Anonymous) says

..
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Muti wrote: ' .....1

thought

on the article about the uniform, they wanted KU to reimburse

them

the (maybe $40)

that

they paid

for

it.

KU refused and LPD took

it.'

Wrong! I know

the

KU Cop who spotted the uniform hanging in

the

shop and he's the one

who seized

it.

On

2

plead guilty to

selling stolen goods

29 April 2008 at 6:53 p.m.

Suggest removal

MichaelJ (Anonymous) says

I haven't seen a .44 automag,

but

I once saw a KU Band Uniform. And it WAS in

'felon house!

On 2 plead guilty to

selling

stolen goods


Wow, this is an interesting twist on things

isn't

it.

I

wonder how

many

undercover

FBI agents are

lurking

here, just waiting

to

assist in the

massive conspiracy

against

YH

'Mr. Ludwig perjured himself during

testimony,

and will be held accountable

for

his lies.'

my

gosh, who HASN'T lied

to frame

poor

YH?

Anyone?

f

you

haven't

lied

to

hurt

YH

f

please

raise your hand. Anyone??????????????

On 2 plead guilty to

selling stolen

goods

7 February 2008 at

6:57

p.m.

Suggest removal


I heard

they

once bought a KU Band Uniform from someone .... would

that

be a

tipoff that

it

might not

be a kosher purchase? When did

KU

ever sell

that

kind

of

stuff? Someone

told

me

r they

were kinda bitchy when

they

had to give the uniform back too! sheesh

....

On olice swear in 5 officers


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Yellow House wrote: 'The real FBI from Topeka is

currently

investigating the Yellow House

complaints!'

I ll

be the Kansas City FBI would

be

interested to know

they aren t

'real']

On Police swe r in 5 o.fficers


I remember going into Yellow House one time and saw a complete official KU Band Uniform

hanging from the

shelves. I really doubt KU sells those uniforms

On

Officers seen

removing items from

Yellow House

Documents

Formal Complaing of K.U. Police Officres Michael Riner's Prejury in Federal Court