Criminal Case 2006

There should have never been a criminal case. Criminal charges were brought against me at the hand of Pete telling his attorney Guttman to "do whatever it takes to make Mark Turner go away".  This was stated in Guttman's testimony.  Guttman, together with Pete's other attorneys conspired to have me arrested when I refused to accept their offer to settle my civil suit against them.  Pete's attorneys compiled 4 books of endless billable hours of research and delivered them to the Escambia County Sheriff's Department.  The allegations made against my wife and me did not claim Pete Moore as a victim.  The allegations made against my wife and me were criminal.  How does a civil law firm practice criminal law without a criminal attorney on staff?  See Video Here 

Who paid for all those billable hours?   Investigator Busbee met with me and my civil attorney Jim Chase during a taped interview...See Sheriff Dept.Video in "Evidence that should have been shown”.  Jim and I both thought this meeting was to go over my tax returns to prove that I, not my brother, owned the business.  This was already proven to the attorneys for the Bank of Pensacola.  That is why they released the checks to me not my brother.  Criminal charges were filed against me to block my civil case and to this day continue to deprive me of my civil rights. 

The criminal case started around July 6th 2006 in the state of Florida.  They have tried their best to break me spiritually, emotionally and financially.  The torture they have put my family through is difficult to explain.  Imagine no health insurance for your children.  Imagine going from perfect credit to a foreclosure on your home and repossession of your 500 SL and boat.  My wife was arrested and declared a "flight risk" so that her bond could be set at $250,000.  She has lived here since the age of 9-years old and is a licensed professional in 2 counties.  I have been married to her since 1984.  Let's talk about a flight risk...Do you remember the astronaut in the love triangle?  The one who wore the diaper and had everything to commit murder and dispose of the body in the trunk of her car?  Her bond was $15,000...same state.  She could leave the planet!  She paid $1500, my wife wife paid $25,000.  My bond was $15,000.  Dirty Pool!  It gets worse...I had to pay $50,000 for her to go in front of the judge only for Russ to say "The state does not plan on pursuing Mrs. Turner any further, we will refer her to other agencies".  Will you allow them to arrest my wife again?  I need your help.  And Pete and his attorneys mock me when I shed a tear under such stress.

Read more about their emotional torture on my LINKS PAGE.

Now I am not the first person that this has happened to. Many others fall victim to select prosecution in states across the US.  What I have described to you is legal extortion using the racketeering act. The racketeering act was originally designed for organized crime like the Mafia.  This would allow prosecutors the power charge them with a larger sentence if it could be proven that they committed the same crime more than once.  In my case this is what Russ used to make me face a 90 year sentence.  Because of the power and influence that Pete Moor had with the local law enforcement and other agencies, they railroaded me into criminal trial which potentially gave me 3-life sentences.  They charged me with Theft of over $100,000 even though they never did the Math.

They charged me with Money Laundering because I chose to protect it by putting it in an attorney's Trust Account.  When it was evident that Pete had stolen my business, my attorney Jim Chase said "The money in the Trust Account belongs to you".  He advised me to pay the vendors that the company owed and to try to get started over while the civil suit was being filed against Pete for civil theft.  This should have all been civil.  I didn't go after Pete criminally.

IMPORTANT:  PETE DID NOT SUE ME CIVILLY AND DID NOT FILE CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST ME.  HE KNEW HE ROBBED ME.

When I asked a prosecuting attorney if I could file charges against my brother David for stealing a $40,000 deposit, my checkbook, title file and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cars, motor homes, etc...he informed me the State Attorney's Office does not do "Tit for Tat".  I believed this man because even Sheriff's officer Busbee, on video, said

"My job is to build a case against YOU.  The finger is pointing at YOU".

I tried to simplify things for him and explained my tax returns reflected David had no ownership in my company.  David's tax returns did not reflect he had any ownership in my company.  Busbee said "I know, I told your brother he had serious tax problems if this was his claim".  So I tried to simplify even more.  I am a simple man.  I asked him to let me explain.  I mortgage my home and buy an apple cart.  Then I buy all the apples.  And I let you eat from the apple cart with me.  Then I give you a check and send you to buy a license to sell apples.  Do you now own my apple cart?"  You will see this conversation on the end of the Sherriff's video in Evidence That Should Have Been Shown.

The State also provided me with a copy of the check I wrote to buy the license.  David  admits on tape that he back ordered my company's stock certificates and admits he back dated the stock.  Also, if you check closely, you will find Busbee was a next door neighbor to one of the so called victims, Christensen.  The State actually provided me with the evidence that proved I previously paid Christensen and he admits it on the stand.  They had that evidence but chose to still charge me with theft.

Most people facing a 90 year sentence plea to a lesser charge because the lesser charge can be a matter of months. I am NOT GUILTY! My offer was 11 months and 15 days on the low end and 90 years on the high end. But, this was not the first time Prosecutor Edgar has forced people to admit to something they weren’t guilty of. He did it to me in the 1990’s and I refused to let him do it to me again.  They had exculpatory evidence but ignored it knowing if the judge granted their motions of limine, they could block my defense...and they did.  But your only beat when you quit fighting.  I am no quiter. 

I was found guilty by a jury not of my peers.  My key witness was threatened if he took the stand.  My defense attorney told the judge, me and my wife that this trial could take up to 2-months.  He chose to make his defense in 2 days.  Motion hearings are missing from my public defender's Books of Appeal.  Why?  Because, my defense attorney filed my appeal and apparently, whoever files the appeal, orders the Books of Appeal.  I had numerous witnesses that were never called.  See People Involved.  Testimony was blocked.  Evidence was blocked.  My Defense was blocked.