“Unlawful
arrest leads to wrongful conviction”
Before
you read what’s below let me give you a little introduction and food for
thought…
What if you were outside talking amongst friends or
coming out of a super market and you’re approached by a man from behind claiming
to be a police officer, he has no ID, no badge, no hand cuffs and no radio, he
doesn’t call you by your name but proceeds to tell you that he has warrants for
your arrest and that he is off duty but has police staged up the road and needs
you to keep the noise down so not to disturb anyone and to come with him, at
that very moment he takes both his hands and grabs your arm and jerks you to
him saying you know you’re under arrest, don’t resist! What would you do?
My
name is Christopher J. Case. April 1, 2012 I was outside my residence, speaking with my employer, when a
man walked up behind me and tapped me on the shoulder and said “do you remember
me?” I then said “No. I don’t know who the hell you are! “and turned back
around, he then tapped me again and said, “I’m Detective Wade from the Hopewell
Police Department can I talk to you over here for a minute?”
I
saw he was jeans and a Dallas Cowboys’ t-shirt with no badge, no hand cuffs and
no radio, so I said yeah. We get to the back of my employer’s truck and he
never calls me by my name but tells me he has warrants for my arrest and I said
I have warrants? He said yes their not that serious you “probably” just
missed a court date or something that I needed to keep everything low profile;
so not to disturb the neighbors and he would take care of this. I then said do
you have a badge or something and he said no I’m off-duty but I do have police
staged up the road and out of site and at that very moment he takes both his
hands and grabs my right arm and jerks me to him saying “you know your
under arrest, don’t resist!” He is now jerking and dragging me to the main road
as I fight to get free from his hold we reach the top of the road where there
are no police staged as a last resort I grab my clip on pocket knife and
struggle to open it. I then poked at him several times he finally let go. I ran about 10 yards and stopped to turn
around so I could see where my assailant was and to my surprise he was standing
where I left him, as we made eye contact
and still no police in site, you know the ones he allegedly had staged!
Well he darts back at me and tackles me to the ground and we continue to
wrestle around minutes later a single police officer shows up gets out of his
car draws his gun instructs us to ‘freeze’ it was then I would find out Wade
was an actual off duty police officer as they tortured me ‘til other police
showed up to cuff me.
I
was charged with Resisting Arrest, Attempted Capital Murder of a Law
Enforcement Officer, Malicious Wounding of a Law Enforcement Officer and
Obstruction of Justice in the Commission of a violent felony. Oh and get this
the alleged misdemeanor charge that I was on some top 10 most wanted poster for
that all this was over was a trespassing charge that not only carried a $100
fine and 30 days in jail but get this 3 months prior to this incident the
charge had to be dropped because the arresting officer got caught and fired for
exposing his self to ids on a school playground.
So,
I’m a 41-year-old man serving a 31-year prison sentence because a off-duty
officer made bad choice to make an arrest with no id, no badge, no cuffs and no
radio oh and he also didn’t frisk me down. There is so much more to this story. If there
is anyone out there that can find it in their heart to donate money to a great
legal cause please help me reverse this nightmare and get the justice I deserve
lawyers don’t be shy to include your insight on this matter.
Thank you for all your time reading this and for
whatever contribution you may contribute to this much needed struggle for
justice.
For
more detailed information, call my Father Donald Case at 804-539-2847 C or
804-530-3686 H.
I may
be reached at Christopher Case #1120787, River North Correctional Center, 329
Dell Brook Lane, Independence,
VA 24348
You
may also contact my Assistant ReGina Mason, Fido3inrecovery@yahoo.com,
use subject: ‘C. Case’. Or call her at 434-219-9034.
P.S. The
officer went back to work the next day with minor injuries!!
