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The Program of 5.30.17 - 2 Hours with Jeff
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Here is memcon I wrote regarding telephone conversation with Maine Deputy
Attorney General Lisa Marchese. She is #2 in the state, directly under
Janet Mills, Attorney General. May 29, 2017. This conversation followed
Sam's conversation. I was napping, since I get no sleep at night anymore,
and a friend of Sam's came and woke me up and said "You'd better
get on phone immediately, with deputy AG. I went down and Sam said to
Marchese "I'm putting my Mom on phone so you can talk to her."
Marchese said: "I don't want to talk to your mother."
Well, I was on phone and after she said that I started to talk to her.
She either lied or when you read my question or statement, did NOT respond.
At that point I would move on to the next question/fact, until I finally
said "thanks for listening" and hung up.
She is the person who sat in on the murderer's Grand Jury hearing and
allowed the lies, defamation of character of Sam and other witnesses,
and mostly irrelevant information which should never have been allowed
in the court room.
The case was originally out of the Cumberland County, Me. District Attorney
Anderson's office, with all her crew of lying Asst. DA's, but due to DA
knowing they couldn't win against us, she moved it to the Atty General's
office, which couldn't win it either UNTIL initial Portland Police Dept's
report, which was EXCELLENT, and said "probable cause for at least
elevated aggravated assault charges against Fred Dodge, was TRASHED, and
Sam, for first time, became a defendant, with Fred of "criminal threatening
with a dangerous weapon" and "reckless conduct with a dangerous
weapon". Both are FELONY charges.
Sam had up until that time in ALL affidavits, etc. been considered "victim".
He did nothing except sit in his chair on the porch, with a gun, not even
pointing it at Fred who had trespassed on his porch, attacked him, and
ultimately shot him through femoral artery. And then left Sam, in a pool
of blood, to bleed out.
From: Charlotte Iserbyt <dumbdown00@yahoo.com
Subject: Fw: Correspondence with
Portland Press Herald
To: cschechrman@pressherald.com,
sgreenlee@pressherald.com
emurphy@pressherald.com
Date: Monday, May 22, 2017, 9:34
Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt
Former Senior Policy Advisor
U.S. Department of Education
https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Charlotte_Thomson_Iserbyt
Please read the May 10, 2017 letter I sent, in my son, Sam's stead, to
Cumberland County, Maine District
Attorney Stephanie Anderson, regarding the case related to mishandling
(malicious prosecution) of the Frederick Otis Dodge attempted murder
of my son, Samuel Thomson Iserbyt.
(Letter is at very bottom of this email).
Before I get started, let me bring to your attention (below) what we consider
KEY to acceptance of our account of the Fred Dodge murder attempt, which
are in addition to all the Witness Statements that incriminate Fred Dodge,
and in any reasonable person's judgment, prove without a doubt that Fred
Dodge planned and carried out the murderous attack non Sam Iserbyt last
Memorial Day, May 30, 2016.
The eye witness, Alyssa Conley, in her call to 911,gave an account of
the incident as it took place (in real time).
Other witnesses stated that they saw Dodge coming down Chadwick Street,
brandishing a gun,
threatening, with foul language, to murder Sam, and when he arrived at
Sam's porch steps, taking out his gun and pointing it at him.
Why were none of these witnesses called to testify at either Sam’s or
Fred’s grand jury hearings?
Why were the two policemen, first at scene of the crime, Sgts. Goodale
and Bennis not called to testify at either Sam’s or Fred’s grand jury
hearings? It was Sgt. Bennis who questioned Sam regarding “who shot you”
and got following response from Sam: “Fred Dodge”. Yes,
the jury was “perhaps” given or read parts of their statements (we do
not know for certain), but were jury members given copies of their statements?
Since neither Goodale nor Bennis were present in the courtroom jury
members were unable to ask questions of them.
According to ADA Johnathan Sahrbeck, with whom Sam, our attorney, and
I met a few days before Sam's Grand Jury Hearing testimony in early
November 2016, Asst.District Attorney (name removed for obvious reasons)
said (date not given):
"Maybe we should take another look. I may have been mistaken."
( ) honest statement followed her decision taken four
months (?) earlier (July 15, 2016) NOT to prosecute Fred Dodge since
she, for the state, could not get a unanimous jury.
Reason: the state did not have enough evidence to prosecute.
(Above comments by ADA Sahrbeck were transcribed from Charlotte Iserbyt
shorthand notes taken the day of the meeting with ADA Sahrbeck.) We are
unaware of whether or not that meeting was taped by the office of
the DA. However, shorthand does NOT lie. )
The ADA’s initial statement (above) that the state did
not have enough evidence to prosecute flew in the face of the numerous
witness (including eye witness) statements given to the Portland Police
Dept. the night of the incident.
Sgt. Det. Dean Goodale, who was Superintendent of the Investigation and
subsequently in charge of the Police Report,, told me, a couple of days
after the incident, that there were quite a few people mingling on street
that night since weather was beautiful and that he had the opportunity
to talk to them and they all corroborated Sam's story regarding what had
happened. This corroboration was followed up by signed witness statements
attached to the PPD Report.
Acceptance by DA of Fred Dodge account that “Sam shot himself in the leg.”
This false account was cooked up by Fred Dodge prior to his attack on
Sam, using Sam's gun (which, by the way, was just one of the pieces of
evidence NEVER tested for finger prints or DNA!!!)
Assistant Attorney General Lisa Marchese told me (Charlotte) on the phone
May 24, 2017 at 5 p.m. that there was no evidence to be tested!!!!!!!!!!
(click on Image #2 below for photo of Sam's blood drenched jeans (which
were also not tested). A cracked cell phone was also NOT tested.
Most important of all is fact Sam’s gun (one Fred used to shoot Sam) was
NEVER tested!!!!!!!
Dodge's pre-attempted murder "cooked up" account was called into PPD on
Fred’s cell phone several minutes after he shot Sam (who he told Det.
Dunham “was his lifelong friend”...not true. Do you leave your lifelong
friend dying in a pool of blood?
This “Sam shot himself in the leg” account was also, curiously enough,
the account relayed to the WestEnd Neighborhood Association, by whom (?)
which included it in its website minutes of its WENA meeting June 8, 2016.
http: wenamaine.org meeting-minutes-jun-2016 the following text:
"The recent shooting on Chadwick Street appears to have been a self-inflicted
wound. No arrests have been made. The wounded person is known to PPD but
is not expected to be an imminent threat to the neighborhood even after
his long recovery."
Was it legal for the WENA to publish on its website Fred Dodge's version
of the incident, i.e., that Sam, an accomplished Marine Corps rifleman
and combat veteran, had shot himself in the leg one week (+) BEFORE the
Portland Police Dept. had completed its official report which DID NOT
STATE that Sam had shot himself in the leg?
PPD Report implicated Dodge in what it considered elevated/aggravated
assault with a deadly weapon.
Was it legal for the WENA website to allow Dodge'saccount to go public
eight (8) days prior to the official PPD Report which included a
very different account regarding what happened, according to Sgt.
Bennis, first on the crime scene, who reported Sam’s response to his question
"Who shot you" as follows: "Fred Dodge."
Fred Dodge Lies:
Transcript of Fred Dodge testimony at Grand Jury hearing in early December
2016 contains 50+ pages of foul language, irrelevant, lying testimony,
defamation of Sam's character, as well defamation of character of other
witnesses, etc.
ADA Sahrbeck refrained from stopping Fred,other than a very few times.
Dodge’s lying testimony should have been thrown out due to its total irrelevance
to what lead up to, and what actuallyhappened Memorial Day May 30, 2016.
Sam’s testimony, on the other hand, at his Grand Jury hearing, taken one
month earlier, was in stark contrast to Fred's testimony. Sam told
the truth and nothing but the truth since he, the injured, had absolutely
nothing to hide, having committed no crime whatsoever.
Detective Dunham,who interrogated Fred Dodge the night of Dodge attack
on Sam,vociferously charged Fred with lying several times during the interview.
He also, for some
very, very bizarre reason, told Fred"not to lose any sleep over this!"
Dunham also, interestingly enough, retired several weeks after the incident.
Delay in calling for ambulance (EMS)
EMS was not notified until 8:55p.m.,22 minutes after Sam gunshot wound
through the femoral artery. Police Dept. Despatch Protocol across the
nation calls for IMMEDIATE EMS response to gun shot wounds.
Who, exactly, was responsible for the delay which resulted in Sam being
one minute from death?
Had Sam not lived three houses (one half a block) from hospital,he would
have been dead on arrival.
My son, Samuel Iserbyt, and I, have been involved in trying to get the
truth Out regarding two murder attempts on Sam between November 2015 and
Memorial Day, May 30, 2016.
The first plan to murder Sam isknown as the "pop in the head" incident
in November 2015.
The police audio tape provided Sam, by mistake, in District Attorney
Discovery materials, is included as Attachment #1 to this email.
Listen carefully... First comment by Ptlmn Hurley “If he had moved
I would have popped him in the head...that was my plan” is followed up
by another most curious statement by Patrolman Ryder "This is not FEDERAL
anymore". Also included is comment “Graham (Hults) and the Chief
are on the phone
Sam was successful, without an attorney, in getting Asst. District Attorney
Jennifer Ackerman to dismiss “cooked up” charges related to Sam’s curious
October 2015 misdemeanor charge which resulted in above"pop in the head"
incident and audiotape.
Matt Byrne, one of your journalists,covered the most recent May 30, 2016
(Memorial Day)incident. We have had nothing but cooperation from Matt
related to this recent incident. We have recently been in touch with Ed
Murphy, who has been equally cooperative.
Both of you (top PPH and BDN editors)have undoubtedly been advised regarding
our wish to have The Portland Press Herald and the Bangor Daily News do
extensive, truthful coverage of the most recent 2016 Memorial Day tragic
incident which will affect negatively the rest ofmy son's lifeand what
is left of mine, as well.
Up front, Sam and I want both of you to know we have the highest regard
and respect for several Portland Police Dept. officers and detectives
who were present at the crime scene the night of the attempted murder
ncident and who were in chargeof the official PPD Report.
What has bothered us for many months is District AttorneyAnderson’s malicious
prosecution of the case: her trashing of theoriginal excellent PPD Report
which included Alyssa Conley’s eye witness recorded statement, as well
as other witness statements, all of which related To and corroborated
my son's version of Fred Dodge's pre-planned attempt to murder him on
May 30, 2016.
This email is quite urgent since Samand I have waited many months for
the truth to be told, truth which affects not only Sam and me, his mother,
and all his family, but all the citizens of the City of Portland, Maine
and of the United States of America.
Why? Because Sam, from the timeof the shooting and throughout the pas
tyear, has had all relevant constitutional rights denied him, including
American citizens' right to defend themselves and their property with
a firearm.
Frederick Otis Dodge is fortunate indeed that Sam did not react by shooting
him. Sam just remained sitting in a chair on his porch, warned Fred with
a laser dot (the use of the laser dot, according to national police journals
,prevents eight out of 10 incidents.) Fred ignored the warning,walked
up the porch stairs grabbed Sam's gun from him, pressed into Sam's femoral
artery and pulled the trigger. Witness statements attest to the fact that
they saw Dodge walked up the street, threatening with foul language to
murder Sam.
Dodge, who attempted to murder my son, was not arrested, nor charged witany
crime the evening of May 30,2016, even though Det.Dunhaobjected several
times toDodge’s lies during interrogation at PPD Hdqs.
The transcript of Fred Dodge Grand Jury
Hearing testimony, taken last November, 2016, includes not only irrelevant
statements and defamation of Sam’s character,but many outright lies.
Sam and I want simple answers to two questions:
1. Why was Fred Dodge not arrested, charged and thrown in jail the night
of May 30,2016?
2. Was it legal for DA Anderson to trash the original Portland Police
Department’s excellent Report of the incident and to accept Fred
Dodge’s lying version of the incident included in his Grand Jury Testimony?
Dodge was the only person who could have been involved in the elevated
aggravated assault, which caused Sam to be close to death upon arrivalat
the hospital.
District Attorney Anderson’s malicious prosecution, due to her anger over
Sam’s delivery of a Tort Claim against the entire City of Portland,
post Dodge attempt on his life,
resulted in the quite “clever” steered Grand Jury indictmentof Fred and
Sam on two identical felony charges. Sam had, up until Anderson’s reframing
of the charges, been considered by PPD as “victim”.
Anderson reframed the charges so that Sam became co-equal with Fred as
“defendant”. Then, in order to get Fred off, DA Anderson and Sam’s
prosecutor, Robert (Bud) Ellis had to get Sam to accept same deal "dismissalwith
prejudice” which included Fifth Amendment "which guaranteed neither of
them would have to testify against himself in any future trial.”
Sam's lawyer, who knew Sam did not want to accept such a dismissal, cooperated
with Sam’s prosecutor, Asst. Attorney General Robert (Bud) Ellis in the
crafting of the deal since Ellis knew full well he could never go to upcoming
jury trial and get a unanimous jury, since Sam would have for the first
time been able to get all witness statements,photos of bloody wound and
clothes, brokencell phone, gun etc. before the Jury and Judge.
It is obvious to anyfair-minded person that much injustice has been dealt
to not only Sam and me, but to persons in the Portland Police Dept. who
know exactly what happened 2016 Memorial Day.
Two attempted murders of an innocent taxpaying property owner citizen
within eight months is not something citizens of Portland will accept
easily. Could be the citizens, if informed of the above truthful account,
might demand a thorough house cleaning of the City of Portland, from top
to bottom? Why should they wait until the following well known saying
becomes more and more the case in the wonderful city of Portland, Maine?
“You’ll know it’s true when it happens to you?”
Please respond to this email or call either Sam or me:
207-522-8150 and
207-807-2107.
It is our opinion that only a face-to-face meeting with both of us, preferably
at Sam's house, scene of crime,will allow you to understand the depth
of the story, to understand that my son ,a U.S. Marine with active combat
duty in Gulf War I, a taxpaying home owner in the City of Portland, was
the innocent victim of two attempted murders over a period of six months,
both of which have been criminally swept under the rug by the District
Attorney's office. LETTER TO D.A ANDERSON: May 11, 2017 Dear District
Attorney Anderson: As the mother of Sam Iserbyt, I request you seriously
rethink the injustice your office has rendered to not just my son and
the Portland Police Department (the trashing of the excellent PPD Report
related to my son's attempted murder by Frederick Otis Dodge on Memorial
Day, 2016) but to all citizens of Portland, Maine, who could themselves
be victimized by Fred Dodge, who was never charged with crime, and who
now, one year later, due to prosecutorial misconduct resulting in a steered
jury hearing, continues free to walk the streets of Portland, with a firearm.
How would you feel, as an 86-year old mother, receiving a phone call at
12:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 31, 2016 from a neurosurgeon, telling you that
your son had been shot through the femoral artery, survived surgery, and
is in intensive care at Maine Medical? You may recall my email to Lts.
Beaumont and Sweatt, sent shortly after the incident, in which I requested
a meeting with you and others to discuss what I at that time considered
the mishandling by your office of the attempted murder of my son by Fred
Dodge. Not receiving a response from you or anyone else in your office
naturally resulted in a healthy dose of skepticism on my part regarding
the handling of the incident. Having, from the with the fallout very beginning,
been involved in Sam's case, attempting to deal (medical, psychological,
and legal) of two very serious murder attempts and subsequent cover-ups,
I feel compelled to offer to you Sam's solution to the above-stated injustice:
Sam is willing to drop the planned TORT claim against the City of Portland
if you will very simply reconsider your office questionable activity related
to the handling of the incident May 30, 2016, and prosecute Fred Dodge
for Elevated Aggravated Assault in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. Sam asks
that your office prosecute language in the PPD Report: Affadavit: I, Detective
Detective Kelly Gorham, duly sworn law enforcement officer for the Portland
Police Department, hereby state under oath and upon penalties and pains
of perjury that there is probable cause to believe that..All of which
constitute evidence of the crimes of Elevated Aggravated Assault in violation
of 17-A M.R.S.A. 208-B. The following action by your office would be a
good starting point: Resurrect the original excellent 2016 Portland Police
Department Report which included (1) eye witness statement from Alyssa
Conley, (the 911 caller) who saw the potentially deadly confrontation
and my son's dropping to the deck; (2) statement from Sgt. Michael Bennis,
who, thank God, took it upon himself to apply a tourniquet to stop bleeding,
elicited from Sam fact that Fred Dodge shot him; as well as (3) statements
from many other witnesses who documented, in detail, Dodge's coming down
a weapon and threatening to murder Sam. The aforementioned witness statements
are all you ever needed to put Dodge in jail the night of the incident.
Ordinarily the person, in this case, Fred Dodge, who was not the injured
party, who fled the scene of the crime, with a gun in hand, leaving my
son bleeding to death, would be arrested! For some very weird reason,
the decision to release Dodge was made at the highest level, prior to
Det. Dunham's interrogation of Dodge, during which Dunham vociferously
challenged Dodge's lies. (Interrogation included in Discovery). Maybe
you should be willing to take another look the case as suggested at one
point by ADA Sheridan, and prosecute Frederick Otis Dodge under Elevated
Aggravated Assault in violation of 17-M.R.S.A. Sec. 208-B. Conviction
of Dodge would assure the citizens of Portland that he is no longer free
to roam the streets of Portland, Maine, with a gun. Your office should
be willing to admit that it made a huge mistake when it replaced honest
original Police Dept. Report with Fred Otis Dodge's lying version of what
happened, to the effect that Samuel Iserbyt, an experienced U.S. Marine
Corps rifleman, and Gulf War I combat veteran, shot himself in the leg.
Why is the version of Dodge, in our opinion, the criminal in this case,
who shot Sam through the femoral artery and, of utmost importance, left
Sam to bleed to death, being accepted over those of my son, the victim;
Ms. Conley; Sgt. Bennis; and others, which are included in the subsequently
trashed excellent PPD Report? How on earth can you, Ms. Anderson, the
District Attorney for the largest county in Maine, be complicit in the
rewriting of the original charges, a rewriting which does not relate in
any way to what happened on my son's porch last Memorial Day? (Some Wall!).
How on earth can any of you working in your office sleep at night when
you know how ADA Sahrbeck, under whose instructions (?), steered the Grand
Jury hearing in order to issue identical indictments (Felonies) for Fred
Dodge and Sam. As you know, Fred Dodge was given Neal Duffett, an accomplished
public defender (Maine taxpayer-funded) while Sam, who was, according
to the doctor who operated on him, one minute from death upon arrival
at hospital, has had to pay huge legal and medical/hospital bills? Sam,
prior to your illegal unconstitutional actions, had never been considered
other than a victim. You threw my Sam, under the bus with the criminal
, Fred Dodge, and made Sam into a “defendant”: Changed his prior status
of “victim” to “defendant”. Sam, from very beginning to end of this horrible
saga, has had all applicable U.S. Constitutional rights violated, including:
Amendment 1: Congress shall lmake no law respecting an estasblishment
of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably
to assemble, and to petition the Govrnment for a redress of grievances.
Amendment II: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security
of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall
not be infringed.
Amendment IV: The right of the poeople to be secure in their persons,
houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures,
shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon orbably cause,
supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place
to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment VI: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy
the right to a speedy and pulic trial, by an impartial jury of the State
and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district
shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the
nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses
against him, to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his
favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
Amendment VIII: Excessive bail shall not be r equried, nor excessive
fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted
Amendment X: The powers not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the
States respectively, or to the people.
Amendment XIV: Section 1. All persons or naturalized
in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens
of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State
shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities
of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person
of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; not deny to
any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
the right to own and use a gun to defend himself and his property. Also,
as you know, and of utmost importance, Sam did NOT react to Fred threats,
his trespass on Sam's property with a gun, by shooting Fred Dodge. Sam
didn't even get out of his chair!!! Sam intends to pursue justice not
just for himself, but for the taxpayers/citizens of Portland, and for
his country. As you know, he has served his country, in combat, as an
active duty U.S. Marine during Gulf War I. (Sam saved over twenty lives
of U.S. Marine Corps compatriots in a special operations mission.) How
ironic can it be that Sam survived intense combat in that war, only to
come home to find himself under attack (two murderous attempts over a
period of 6 months...one on PPD audio) in Portland, Maine, where he is
a homeowner and taxpayer, and where he has committed no crime whatsoever?
Please respond to this letter. Thank you in advance. Sincerely, Charlotte
Thomson Iserbyt 519 River Road Dresden, ME 04342 207-737-4730 dumbdown00@yahoo.com
deliberatedumbingdown.com P.S. As you know, this whole saga started when
Sam called Police Chief Michael Sauschuck Sam’s concerns over Police Officer
Safety issues. P.P.S., Please send me Attorney Janet Mills direct, not
website, email address. Thanks. Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt Former Senior
Policy Advisor U.S. Department of Education
Following text added after email sent to D.A. Anderson. It is for the
use of interested citizens who may wish to help in publicizing this story.
Please pass this on to Maine Senator Angus King and Maine Governor Paul
LePage, both of whom may not be aware of the case, but whose offices were
informed several months ago. Neither Sam nor I have received any communication
(reaction/response) to the information in this email .
Thank you
Also, we need an experienced constitutional lawyer to continue litigation
related to this case. Please email Charlotte with any suggestions:
dumbdown00@yahoo.com
Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt
Former Senior Policy Advisor
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.deliberatedumbingdown.com
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