October 27th 2017 | Testimony from Twin Peaks Biker Trials

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Warning – Graphic Content – Viewer Discretion Advised and Parental Guidance Required

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Officer of the Court James Head – Waco Police Department

What is the Grand Juries role in a community?
Art. 20.07. FOREMAN SHALL PRESIDE. The foreman shall preside over the sessions of the grand jury, and conduct its business and proceedings in an orderly manner. He may appoint one or more members of the body to act as clerks for the grand jury.

Art. 20.09. DUTIES OF GRAND JURY. The grand jury shall inquire into all offenses liable to indictment of which any member may have knowledge, or of which they shall be informed by the attorney representing the State, or any other credible person.

WPD James Head playing card
WPD James Head playing card

Waco police detective named foreman of grand jury that may hear Twin Peaks cases

Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2015 6:01 pm By TOMMY WITHERSPOON twitherspoon@wacotrib.com

A Waco police detective was selected Wednesday to preside over a new McLennan County grand jury that could be the panel that considers the Twin Peaks shootings.

The grand jury was selected using the new state-mandated random method.

James Head, a 34-year police veteran who has spent 26 years with Waco PD, was among the first 14 on the panel qualified to serve on the grand jury and, beyond that, 19th State District Judge Ralph Strother selected Head to serve as the foreman.

After the 12 members of the grand jury, plus two alternates, were chosen, Head, wearing his police badge and service pistol, entered the grand jury chambers with the others to begin considering about 100 criminal cases presented by the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office.

This panel, which will meet twice a month for the next three months, could consider indictments against the 177 bikers arrested in the wake of the May 17 Twin Peaks shootout that left nine dead and 20 wounded. A grand jury, at some point, also will review Waco police officers’ actions in response to the melee that broke out between rival biker groups that day.

But former Appeals Court Justice Jan Patterson, justice in residence at Baylor Law School and a former federal prosecutor who has years of experience with grand juries, said the detective’s service could be problematic.

Of course, it is up to the judge, but it would be very difficult for a police officer to serve,” she said. “All of the cases the grand jury considers are criminal cases, and in many circumstances, a police officer will know the parties. It may be difficult to be impartial, and I would think it will be difficult, as well, to appear impartial, which are both important functions for a grand jury.””

From LinkedIn resume:

Waco Police Department

October 1988 – Present (27 years 10 months)

“I started police work in 1979 as a reserve police officer with the city of Beverly Hills, Texas. I then started working for them full time in 1981. I later went to the city of Robinson, Texas for almost a year and then went to work for the Waco Police Department in 1988. I worked two years in patrol and then went to CID where I have worked ever since. I am currently working in the Theft Unit of the Neighborhood Services Section of Waco PD.”

October 26th 2017 | Testimony from Twin Peaks Biker Trials

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Officer of the Court – Waco Police Department Ben Rush

Officer of the Court Benjamin Rush has had a roller coaster of a life on the streets of Waco, at home, and in and out of the courtrooms of McLennan County. His wife, former Hallsburg teacher Patricia Rush, should be a felon for her improper relationship with one of her 13 year old male students, as court reports show from 2013. She is not required to register as a sex offender, nor did she do any prison time, all swept away with a stroke of the pen, for everyone except the victim(s).

The plea bargain with the attorney general’s office will not require Rush to register as a sex offender and calls for her to receive deferred probation for eight years. If Rush, 40, successfully completes deferred probation, she will not have a conviction on her record.

Rush pleaded guilty to recklessly causing non-specified “mental injury” to the boy.

In exchange for her guilty plea, the attorney general’s office will dismiss eight counts remaining against Rush.

Her attorney, Bill Johnston, said Rush is glad to have this unfortunate chapter in her life resolved.

WPD Officer Ben Rush in Court 10-23-17
WPD Officer Ben Rush in Court 10-23-17

Being in the courtroom alone could trigger this mans P.T.S.D. from what he has been through. Merely thinking of his wife calling, desperate to find out if her insurance policy would be needed, must have been dramatic, correction, traumatic for them.

Rush goes on to state several things that the District Attorney needed to get on the record, such as did Rush recognize a man on a blue motorcycle, with a white helmet, riding gloves, and black rims on his tires.

Officer of the Court Rush did not recognize the white helmeted rider on the blue bike, Reyna continued on in his requests to describe what was shown on the large courtroom video screen. Rush’s dash-cam video shows him moving from the parking lot across the small road from where both Don Carlos, and Twin Peaks parking areas shared a grassy median separating the two businesses properties.

Rush’s dash-cam follows his team as they bound down the median. Watch more of the Testimony from October, 23rd 2017 on a few different news stations archived on this site for historical purposes.

October 25th 2017 Testimony from Twin Peaks Biker Trials

Morning Testimony in the Twin Peaks Biker Trials in Waco, Texas.

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Second part of Testimony in the Twin Peaks Biker Trials in Waco, Texas.

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Some of this video footage will be overlapping due to the live feed aspect, and the recording process. None of these videos are edited, simply archived for future reference. Hopefully Americans will want to know more about the largest political ambush in American History.

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October 24th 2017 Testimony from Twin Peaks Biker Trials

KCEN’s brief coverage of the morning testimony from a bartender/waitress from Twin Peaks

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Testimony for WPD Officer Samuel Key.
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KWTX coverage of the morning testimony from Waco Police Department S.W.A.T. team member and Army Veteran Micheal “the Butcher” Bucher.

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October 23rd 2017 Testimony from Twin Peaks Biker Trials

This video was from the morning session of the Twin Peaks trial in McLennan County Texas on 10/23/2017.
Testimony after the first break from Waco Police Department on October 23, 2017.

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Notes:
Officer of the Court – Waco Police Department Ben Rush on the stand, to which he describes the turmoil of the day and starts to weep, and shortly there after Reyna asks for a recess to set up the video.
After the break Rush again describes his patrol units position in the Central Texas Market Place parking lot, and at 40:00 Abel Reyna questions Rush by asking if
“Jason Davis is Nikki Stones ‘field training officer'” in the video playing for the jury. He responds yes, earlier he commented on how new she was. (Interesting to have a brand new patrol officer training on such an important event where WPD are at the ready with automatic weapons.)

Second Round of testimony on 10-23-2017

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Officer of the Court | DEA Agent | Ellis County Sheriff’s Deputy | Richard “Chip” Hundley

*Authors correction of “Iron Order” changed to “Iron Circle.” Also added more information on Texas Iron Circle – July 5th, 2017 12:26pm CST.

Mexia, Texas Detective | M.C. Club “Gang” Investigator | Arson Investigator | DEA Agent | and now Ellis County Sheriff’s Deputy – Richard “Chip” Hundley

Detective Hundley Mexia Texas Police Department
Detective Hundley Mexia Texas Police Department

If there is one single person who is responsible for setting up the Bandidos of Texas with the least physical evidence to date, it will be Iron Order Circle Riding Club member Chip Hundley. He was quoted as saying:

“This is probably the No. 1 most violent incident that’s happened in the history of outlaw motorcycle gangs in the United States,” said Richard Hundley, a Mexia police detective who has investigated biker gangs for 17 years. “This is war.
Because of biker gangs’ history of relatively low-level violence, Texas authorities in recent years have placed them on the “back burner” and focused more on border security and cartels, Hundley said. “It takes a lot of resources if you’re really going to investigate these guys — financially, wiretaps, undercover,” he said.

But Hundley, the Mexia detective who has gone undercover in biker gangs, said the Bandidos pressure smaller clubs to join the confederation and pay dues to it, which they use for their group. That’s why the Cossacks refused to join the confederation, he said.

“It’s organized crime at its finest,” Hundley said of the Bandidos. The CoCI is “a motorcycle activist group; however, it’s a fine line. It was made by the Bandidos for the Bandidos, and of course they give money to motorcycle rights to make everyone happy and then they’re lining their pockets with it, no doubt.” – Naomi Martin of the Dallas News May 23, 2015

Ellis County Texas Sheriff Deputies July 2016
Ellis County Texas Sheriff Deputies July 2016 – Hundley is the far right picture.

Sheriff Johnny Brown swears in four Deputies

Waxahachie, Texas – July 14, 2016

Ellis County Sheriff Johnny Brown recently swore in four Deputies. The Deputies are:

Richard “Chip” Hundley, who received his peace officer license in October 1993, most recently served with the Mexia Police Department. Hundley previously served with the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office and is assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division.”

Police detective Chip Hundley is seeing changes in the Mexia Police Department that indicate positive outcomes for lowering crime in the city. According to the Mexia Newspaper from 2014
Hundley has been a police officer the past 22 years and holds a Master Peace Officer license. He started working for Mexia in 1990 as a firefighter, then became an arson investigator. He left the city to work as a detective for the Hill County Sheriff’s Office, then as an undercover narcotics investigator for the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant over Narcotics, then was assistant commander of the Governor’s Texas Narcotics Control Program Task Force. With that program, he covered south Dallas and Tarrant counties.
Even after returning to Mexia in 2007 to work as a detective at the Police Department, he has also served as task force officer for the Drug Enforcement Agency.”

 

In 2014 Steve Cook and Chip Hundley were chatting it up on facebook about a recent hunting trip that Chip took.

The original color picture from facebook was photocopied after being printed. Chip Hundley's Facebook picture
The original color picture from facebook was photocopied after being printed. Chip Hundley’s Facebook picture
chip hundley duckhunting facebook 11 09 14 Steve Cook comment
chip hundley duck hunting facebook 11 09 14 Steve Cook comment

 

Iron Order Circle rider Chip Hundley has spent the last 9 years of his life trying to set up the Bandidos for an array of non-crimes and has always fallen short of any convictions. His role in the Twin Peaks Ambush started with his friendship with Steve Cook, the head of the International Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Association. (if you google it and go to their site, your computer will have malware installed on it and your phones will be tracked.)

He arrested Kris Rhyne, former Cossack, for drugs in 2014, and Hundley got him to instigate his brothers in turning dislike into hate to set up the events leading up to Twin Peaks. His uncle Jacob Rhyne, along with Jacob Reese shot an unarmed man, Mohawk, and Chip Hundley is responsible for his death, Steve Cook and John Woosnam are responsible and guilty of Misprision of felony, Organized Crime, and Murder.

Texas Iron Circle “MC” (*Technically a Riding Club) presents CLEAT with a check for the fallen officers memorial in Austin, Texas. Interesting enough there is at least one Cossack with a CLEAT attorney, Nate Farish is represented by Rob Swanton. Rob is brothers with WPD CIO Patrick Swanton. There are also at least 3 current Iron Circle riders that work at the McLennan County Detention Center. The McLennan chapter vice president is the son of the Major in charge of inmates at the county jail. The main source of information for WPD to lead up the training for Twin Peaks 2015 was Shawn Board, Iron Circle “Dome.” Dome’s ole lady was acting supervisor for TABC in 2015 whilst using her maiden name.

Rob Swanton, who is representing Nate Christian Farish, 30, said he also doesn’t plan to take on any additional suspects in the Twin Peaks case.

“I don’t know how you can possibly represent more than one person without a potential conflict of interest,” he said.”

Iron Circle Texas Check to CLEAT
Iron Circle Texas Check to CLEAT

The next chapter in the Hundley playbook, is sort of a big deal, as he is on the subpoena list in Tarrant County for Robert Stover. Mr. Stover is accused of crimes in Tarrant County Texas in connection to the Gators Jam Inn incident where Cossacks and Wino’s MC members were meeting in 2014 and a man was shot, and the highest ranking Bandido MC member was found guilty of his shooting and sentenced to 45 years in TDCJ, even though witnesses specifically state that the man with the tattoos on his face (referring to Howard Baker – President of a Dallas area Bandido chapter) was not there at the time of the shooting, although he was pulling into the parking lot. Nate Farrish was across the street watching the rival club pull into the parking lot, on a Friday night in 2014. Sounds very familiar to Waco in 2015.

Mr. Baker recently filed an appeal and is waiting on his former law team to admit that their lack of objecting to 8 hours of testimony with NOT ONE single objection did not provide Mr. Baker Due Process with effective counsel. Mr. Baker is innocent of the charges against him, as is Mr. Stover.

Sometimes things are family affairs. Like the cousins in the District Attorneys office.

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Officer of the Court | Lt. Steven D. Schwartz

DPS Lt. Steven Schwartz seen here in an early DPS photo
DPS Lt. Steven Schwartz seen here in an early DPS photo
Lt. Steven Schwartz Aug 25th McLennan County Court States Witness
Lt. Steven Schwartz Aug 25th McLennan County Court States Witness
Tommy Witherspoon of the Waco Tribune Tweets - English Trial
Tommy Witherspoon of the Waco Tribune Tweets – English Trial

Steven Schwartz went from observing the Cossacks on the front porch on the East side of Twin Peaks (facing 35) to the North side of Twin peaks, which would be Don Carlos side.

Lt. Schwartz was in position on the East Side of Twin Peaks, then moves North
Lt. Schwartz was in position on the East Side of Twin Peaks, then moves North

Lt. Steven Schwartz Testimony – English Trial- watching Twin Peaks patio

(from the Aging Rebel Article – Texas DPS Version)  “During the briefing, surveillance observed a large group of Cossack members at Twin Peaks in and around the patio area. A decision was made during the briefing by Lieutenant Schwartz not to send undercover Special Agents into the restaurant. A decision was made for Special Agents to pair up to conduct surveillance of the area and gather intelligence. Special Agent Frost and Dale were in one vehicle with Lieutenant Schwartz, Special Agent Ledbetter and Overcast were paired and Special Agent Gerik and Detective Rogers were paired.”

Lt. Steven Schwartz says he saw support groups at the Flying J Truck Stop

(from Aging Rebel Article – Texas DPS Version) “On 05-17-15 at about 10:30 AM, Special Agent Frost drove by Twin Peaks parking lot and observed what appeared to be employee’s only at the restaurant. Special Agent Frost proceeded to the DPS CID briefing location which was the Flying J Truck Stop parking lot located at 2409 South New Road in Waco. Once at the Flying J, Special Agent Frost met with Special Agents Cory Ledbetter, Justin Overcast, Mark Gerik, Chris Dale and Lieutenant Schwartz. While in the parking lot, Special Agents observed a large number of unknown motorcycle club or OMG members walking around and through the parking lot conducting what appeared to be counter surveillance. Special Agents moved the briefing to another location.”

Lt. Steven D.  Schwartz of Texas Department of Public Safety – Special Agent

William & Morgan English Trial - McLennan County
William & Morgan English Trial – McLennan County

Lt. Steven Schwartz Testimony at Yager trial 8/24/15
At another trial this week for Bandido’s Chaplain Lawrence Yager, Lt. Steven Schwartz testified that when he went into Twin peaks that “it was like a tornado went through a gun and knife store.”

For the third trial against the Bandidos in which Schwartz testified against another member from out of state, it seems that Schwartz’ only role is to present false, conflicting, and slanderous information against one Motorcycle Club and leaving the other’s role alone.

Lt. Schwartz States Witness for Warren trial
Lt. Schwartz States Witness for Warren trial – Says “Parking lot looked like a Tornado went through a gun and knife store.”

(from Aging Rebel Article – Texas DPS Version) “Once information was confirmed that only the patio was rented and the main portion of the restaurant would be open to the public, a decision was made to have Special Agents working in undercover capacity to be inside the restaurant. These Special Agents would be inside the restaurant to conduct surveillance and gather intelligence from inside the restaurant. A CID Operational Plan was completed and will be maintained at the Waco DPS CID Office.”

Special Agents entered the parking lot of the Central Texas Market Place and began monitoring Twin Peaks at around 11:40 A.M. on 05-17-15. At approximately 12:24 P.M. Special Agent Gerik reported gunshots from the parking lot of Twin Peaks. Special Agents responded and assisted the Waco Police Department in securing individuals, administering first aid and securing the perimeter around Twin Peaks.”

Officer of the Court | Sgt. Cory J. Ledbetter | AKA Red Boots

There have been several attempts to properly identify the Law Enforcement and Undercover Officers within the Motorcycle Clubs involved in the Twin Peaks Ambush, and most have been unsuccessful due to the fact that the agents in question look very similar.
Let’s start with the most famous UC of them all, ole Red Boots.

DPS at Twin Peaks May 17th, 2015
Law enforcement officers talk to a man near the parking lot of a Twin Peaks Restaurant Sunday, May 17, 2015, in Waco, Texas, after a shooting involving rival biker gangs. Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton told KWTX-TV there were multiple victims after gunfire erupted between the gang members. (Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune Herald via AP)

cory.ledbetter@dps.texas.gov Sgt. Cory Ledbetter BREATH TEST OPERATOR CERTIFICATION RECORD, breathalyzer certifications from 2011. Ledbetter started with DPS in January 07, 2002 (13 years ago) down in the Victoria, Texas area.

Cory Ledbetter Victoria TX – 2011

Cory Ledbetter Victoria TX
Cory Ledbetter Victoria TX

Here is a picture of Cory Ledbetter from 2011 from the Victoria Advocate. From this picture of Cory Ledbetter he looks very much like a person seen at the scene of a crime in Waco, Tx. on May 17th, 2015.

With a beard this person would look very similar to the now infamous Red Boots.

Cory J Ledbetter DPS
Cory J Ledbetter DPS 2011

 

The resemblance is very unsettling to any potential witnesses who might have seen 3 different men up close, but at separate times and/or at different places.

 

Cory J Ledbetter is Red Boots
Cory J Ledbetter is Red Boots

Aging Rebel reported the following in the article titled – Texas DPS Version: “On 05-17-15 at about 10:30 AM, Special Agent Frost drove by Twin Peaks parking lot and observed what appeared to be employee’s only at the restaurant. Special Agent Frost proceeded to the DPS CID briefing location which was the Flying J Truck Stop parking lot located at 2409 South New Road in Waco. Once at the Flying J, Special Agent Frost met with Special Agents Cory Ledbetter, Justin Overcast, Mark Gerik, Chris Dale and Lieutenant Schwartz. While in the parking lot, Special Agents observed a large number of unknown motorcycle club or OMG members walking around and through the parking lot conducting what appeared to be counter surveillance. Special Agents moved the briefing to another location.”