REAL Official Oppression in Pelican Bay

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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/n...
Kaufman sheriff's candidate calls theft story 'dirty tricks'
Crime or punishment? That's the question a candidate for Kaufman County sheriff is asking.
Accused of stealing equipment off his squad car when he resigned as chief of police in the Tarrant County town of Pelican Bay last summer, Eddie Frankum Jr. insists he's not a thief, just a victim of politics.
"It's dirty tricks," said Mr. Frankum, 36. "I have no doubt in my mind."
His opponent in the March Republican primary, incumbent sheriff and retired Texas Ranger Capt. David Byrnes, dismissed the conspiracy theory.
He said that when Mr. Frankum's successor, Pelican Bay Chief Gilbert Towns Jr., told him about the arrest warrant for Mr. Frankum, he did what he would have done with any wanted felon.
"We had been talking back and forth," Mr. Byrnes said. Chief Towns "advised me that there was a warrant outstanding.
"We attempted to arrest Mr. Frankum, but we never made contact."
A day or two later, Mr. Byrnes said, he learned that Mr. Frankum had turned himself in, and the warrant was no longer in effect. The Tarrant County district attorney's office said no case is pending.
Mr. Frankum said a shop that originally installed the equipment also removed the gear – lights, a radio, a siren and related switches – when he resigned after 20 months as chief.
According to his contract with the city, the city was to pay for the removal. When he hadn't been paid by the city after several weeks, the shop owner told Mr. Frankum he was going to sell the equipment.
Mr. Frankum said he picked up the box of equipment, which he said was worth about $500, and called Mayor Sandy Tolbert to arrange its return.
Mr. Tolbert confirmed that they had set a date to meet.
"He was not trying to steal it," Mr. Tolbert said.
Mr. Frankum, who lives about 75 miles away from Pelican Bay in Forney, said he got a letter Dec. 21 from Chief Towns, demanding that he return the equipment that day or face charges. The letter was dated Dec. 14.
He produced a copy of an e-mail he said he sent to Mr. Tolbert that day.
In the e-mail, he wrote: "I don't want the equipment. I don't want a hard time and I am not going to drive to Pelican Bay at 5:00 PM on Friday before Christmas. Please call me ... and lets [sic] get this worked out. Thank you."
Mr. Frankum said he learned the arrest warrant had been issued for theft by a public servant of $1,500 to $20,000 about four hours after he filed as a candidate with the Kaufman County Republican Party on Jan. 2.
The charge is a third-degree felony punishable by two to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Mr. Frankum's wife delivered the equipment to Mr. Tolbert that day, and they took it to Pelican Bay police headquarters.
While he was at the Tarrant County courthouse the next day with his attorney, Mr. Frankum said, he learned that Kaufman County deputies and a Texas Ranger were looking for him in Forney to arrest him.
Mr. Frankum believes a Ranger also helped Mr. Towns with the probable-cause warrant.
"They wanted to arrest me and put my picture in the paper down there," Mr. Frankum said.
"We were consulted," said Texas Ranger Richard Sweaney, commander of Ranger Company B.
"We did not do any investigation."
Chief Towns did not return repeated phone calls seeking comment.

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Terry Grisham, a spokesman for the Tarrant County Sheriff's Department, confirmed that a probable-cause warrant was issued by the Pelican Bay police for Mr. Frankum and that he came to the courthouse and posted bond the afternoon of Jan. 3.
Although the warrant showed a bond of $1,500, Mr. Frankum produced a receipt for $45 and said that was all he paid after his attorney explained the situation to the judge who had signed the warrant. He said the court was unable to produce a copy of the warrant or the affidavit.
Mr. Grisham said that if a judge finds probable cause based on an officer's sworn affidavit that a person may have committed a crime, a warrant is issued and that person has to post bond.
"Then you take it to the district attorney, and he will decide whether to file a criminal case," Mr. Grisham said.
David Montague, spokesman for the Tarrant County district attorney's office, said Friday that "There is no case pending. Nothing has been filed in the courts through the district attorney's office."
The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education shows Mr. Frankum with nine years as a reserve and regular officer with several departments. The records show him with one complaint investigated and dismissed in 1997.
According to the commission, he left Pelican Bay with a clean F-5, or separation report.
State law requires agencies to show on an officer's F-5 if he or she resigned in lieu of being fired.
"I believe if I wasn't running for sheriff, none of this would have happened," Mr. Frankum said.

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[Abuse of Office Statutes]

http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/PE...

§ 39.03. Official Oppression

(a) A public servant acting under color of his office or employment commits an offense if he:

(1) intentionally subjects another to mistreatment or to arrest, detention, search, seizure, dispossession, assessment, or lien that he knows is unlawful;

(2) intentionally denies or impedes another in the exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power, or immunity, knowing his conduct is unlawful; or

(3) intentionally subjects another to sexual harassment.

(b) For purposes of this section, a public servant acts under color of his office or employment if he acts or purports to act in an official capacity or takes advantage of such actual or purported capacity.

(c) In this section, "sexual harassment" means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, submission to which is made a term or condition of a person's exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power, or immunity, either explicitly or implicitly.

Sec. 39.06. MISUSE OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION.(a) A public servant commits an offense if, in reliance on information to which he has access by virtue of his office or employment and that has not been made public, he:

(1) acquires or aids another to acquire a pecuniary interest in any property, transaction, or enterprise that may be affected by the information;

(2) speculates or aids another to speculate on the basis of the information; or

(3) as a public servant, including as a principal of a school, coerces another into suppressing or failing to report that information to a law enforcement agency.

(b) A public servant commits an offense if with intent to obtain a benefit or with intent to harm or defraud another, he discloses or uses information for a nongovernmental purpose that:

(1) he has access to by means of his office or employment; and

(2) has not been made public.

(c) A person commits an offense if, with intent to obtain a benefit or with intent to harm or defraud another, he solicits or receives from a public servant information that:

(1) the public servant has access to by means of his office or employment; and

(2) has not been made public.

(d) In this section, "information that has not been made public" means any information to which the public does not generally have access, and that is prohibited from disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.

(e) Except as provided by Subsection (f), an offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.

(f) An offense under Subsection (a)(3) is a Class C misdemeanor.

[Crap]

It seems the old Frankum has yet again avoided being charged for his dirty deeds. But charma is *itch. What goes around comes around.
He again blames RMC for what he has done. she did what was required as an elected official. Of course he got an outstanding F5, his buddy, former mayor Tom Reed was in his back pocket.
This is a load of CRAP!!

[Abuse IN Office]

Crap wrote:

It seems the old Frankum has yet again avoided being charged for his dirty deeds. But charma is *itch. What goes around comes around.
He again blames RMC for what he has done. she did what was required as an elected official. Of course he got an outstanding F5, his buddy, former mayor Tom Reed was in his back pocket.
This is a load of CRAP!!

Again, WTF is CHARMA??? And charmin is itchy? I never liked the way it left toilet paper squiggles all over the place, yuck.

And "what goes around, comes around." And you have spread so much worthless CRAP around, Mrs. Crap, I mean RMC, that your debt is WAY past due.

"This is a load of crap!!" all right, Mrs. Crap. But thanks again for pointing out the obvious.

I knew if I posted this news story you neglected to post yourself here without a comment, RMC would crawl out of her straight jacket and rubber room to dispute it.

Funny how RMC posted like 10 topics about naughty chief Frankum and his terrible Official Oppression here, but this news post implying you and puppet chief Towns were involved in doing the same thing that you were accusing Frankum of, went unreported by the honest and truthful RMC with nothing to hide. I wonder just how many other hidden skeletons we can dig out of your past without even trying very hard?

[Crap]

Dig on Frankum, you're only digging your own grave. One day, someone will make you answer for ALL your dirty deeds, it may happen to you personally or to someone you love. Just be careful what hate you spread, it may be on your own bread.
Only you Frankum would bother to post this report, especially since we don't get the Dallas News, just trying to build yourself up, but your own skeletons are about to come rolling out and want that be a hoot!! LOL

[Abuse AFTER Office]

Crap wrote:

Dig on Frankum, you're only digging your own grave. One day, someone will make you answer for ALL your dirty deeds, it may happen to you personally or to someone you love. Just be careful what hate you spread, it may be on your own bread.
Only you Frankum would bother to post this report, especially since we don't get the Dallas News, just trying to build yourself up, but your own skeletons are about to come rolling out and want that be a hoot!! LOL

What will be a "HOOT" is when your skeletons all come rolling out, and I think I know where you buried a few, Mrs. Crap, I mean RMC.

Nice threats against your old pal Frankum though, really. Shows what a true maniac you really are, RMC. And hadn't you used similar threats like these against others who posted here and dared to disagree with your highness? Yea, you have.

Just remember that "WE" are all laughing AT YOU not WITH YOU, RMC.

The CRAP don't fall far from the outhouse, does it Mrs. CRAP?

[RMC]

final comment on Citizens on patrol

but do enjoy yourself!

[unwanted attacks]

abuse..., you know what the word means, this was your M.O. all the time while in office. some where, some day, BOOM, it all blows up in your face and we will all be watching and laughing. are you too cheap to have your IP address in the US? we don't care about this former crooked chief, old news for an old story. just too bad the DA didn't have the nerve to follow through with bringing you down.