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  • Report:  #134451

Complaint Review: Niagara Falls Police Department and Timothy Lundquist Prosecutor

Niagara Falls Police Department And The Niagara County Prosecutor Unethical legal practices ripoff Lock Port New York

  • Reported By:
    buffalo New York
  • Submitted:
    Thu, March 10, 2005
  • Updated:
    Thu, March 17, 2005
  • Niagara Falls Police Department and Timothy Lundquist , Prosecutor
    175 Hawley Street
    Lock Port, New York
    U.S.A.
  • Phone:
    716-4397022
  • Category:

My son was accused of murdering his friend by 2 people that were the legal tenents of record where his friends body remained in the basement for 2 weeks. The two accusors not only claimed not to know the body was in the basement but they have have family and friends on the Niagarafalls Police force and in the Niagara County court. The female occupant of the house was never arrested or charged because the Procesecutor states that there is no eveidence linking her to the murder,and even though her boy friend was eventially, because he claims that he assisted my son with removing the body from thier basement, he is being charged with a class A misdemeanor, his mother is a Niagara falls police detective.

Statements given by the two of them are contrictory and not supportive to each other and there has been no eveidence linking my son to the murder either which was proven by d.n.a and phorensics, however he has been incarcerated for almost a year and inspite of the lack of evidence the prosecutor is attempting to charge him with murder to spare the two of them. I have copies of the discovery regarding the case for any one that can help.

There is no way anyone could not know a body was in their basement, especially since they are the occupants of the house and my son was merely a visitor. We live in Buffalo New York where son would have fled had he committed the murder, He was down the street from where the body was found at the time of his arrest. The girl was killed on June 14th someone used her cash card on the 15th and ironically the computers at the store where it used was down, but most importantly my son knew the deceased 7 years and his accusors only knew him 7 months.
The stange thing about the city of Niagara Falls and Lockport is that the residence are either Police Officers, Lawyers, Or Judges or welfare, s.s.i reciepients or drugdealers and as strange as it may seem, inspite of their social and economic differences they are either blood related or friends which means that if we do not get help from an outside, neutral, objective source my son doesn't stand a chance.

I am a single parent paying my youngest childs way through college, I also have custody of my son's oldest son, so unfortunately I cannot afford to pay an attorney $25,000.00 and $200,000.00 bail. I would sincerely appreciate any assistance or suggestions, again I have all of the documention for review from the onset of his arrest, preliminary hearing and phorensic reports.
I look forward to hearing from you!!

Yasmin
buffalo, New York
U.S.A.

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Timothy

Valparaiso,
Indiana,
U.S.A.

The best advice: get a lawyer any way you can

#2Consumer Comment

Thu, March 17, 2005

Yasmin, the bottom line is that your son needs legal representation. Nobody here can give you any advice that will be of any help, other than to help you find an attorney for your son.

If there is true financial hardship, the court must appoint a lawyer free of charge. Unfortunately, you (or rather, your son if he is an adult) will probably have to show a complete lack of resources to qualify for a free attorney. The state would sooner see a defendant sell his home than use the limited funds of the public defender program.

At any rate, I would begin by looking around for legal assistance outfits in your area. Search for "legal aid" or "legal assistance" in your location wither on-line or in the phone book. They may not be able to provide you with free assistance, but they may be able to refer you to an attorney who can work with you on terms suited to your finances.

If your son does not yet have an attorney, he would be well advised to cease all communications with police and prosecutors. Speaking with them at this point could only hurt his case, and they will take full advantage of the fact that he doesn't have an attorney to keep him from incriminating himself.

It's not very often that a prosecutor will so much as try to bring a case on blatantly insufficient evidence. I hate to say it, but, statistically speaking, there is a better chance that you are having a hard time facing the reality of your son's behavior than there is some vast conspiracy taking place. That's not to say that he is guilty, and I certainly hope he is not, but delusion won't get you anywhere. I hope I'm not being too insensitive, but I know how a mother's love can cloud a mother's eyes.

Best of luck!

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