Sunday, February 28, 2010

Kent County judge blasts Norton Shores man accused of bilking process service clients

By Heather Lynn Peters | Muskegon Chronicle
February 26, 2010

MUSKEGON -- A judge blasted a longtime Muskegon County process server Thursday for bilking nearly 200 clients out of money over a six-month period.

Robert A. Ostrander Jr. broke into a locked door as part of a court order to seize the property of the Muskegon CBA team, the Michigan Mayhem, at the L.C. Walker Arena Tuesday, June 20, 2006. Ostrander works as part of Ostrander Legal Services LLC.Robert Ostrander, 62, of 6117 Ridgeview, Norton Shores, was sentenced by Kent County Chief 63rd District Judge Sara Smolenski on one count of false pretenses over $200 but less than $1,000, a one-year misdemeanor.

The charge stems from incidents that occurred in 2008. The case was handled by the Kent County Prosecutor's Office and assigned to a Kent County judge because the Muskegon County 60th District Court had used Ostrander's services.

Ostrander, represented by attorney Shawn Davis, was ordered to pay a total of $3,875.66 in restitution and court fines and costs. Of that, $1,275 was what prosecutors say he overcharged 174 individuals and agencies who hired him over that six months.

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Former Employer: Process Server's Record Clean

Process Server Had Visited Couple Before, Police Say

Fox 5 news - Las Vegas News - February 10, 2010

LAS VEGAS -- A former employer of a man accused of a Las Vegas home invasion shooting spoke out on Wednesday night to set the record straight about the suspect’s past.

Gregory Hover, 40, is accused of killing a man and shooting his wife in the face.

Hover worked as a process server for about six months. Police said they think he was serving papers to possibly case the neighborhood, and then came back later that night to commit the crime.

FOX5 spoke with Hover's employer, Debra Schuff of Junes Legal Service, who said when she found out what happened, she was blind sighted.

“It's not been a very good day," Schuff said.

She said he his on-the-job record was clean.

“He always was a very good server -- never had any concern or issue. I've been doing this a long time. He was licensed by the state," Schuff said.

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

"Serial suer" Estavillo drops all lawsuits, takes down website

Lydia Sung - Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 - Neoseeker

No money, no 15 minutes of fame

You haven't forgotten about ol' Erik Estavillo, have you? Last we heard from this professional/serial suer, he was targeting video game news entities -- talk about biting the hand that feeds. Anyway, we said that we would no longer write about his exploits because of this.

So why are we mentioning his name again? Because Estavillo has announced his decision to drop all lawsuits, against the press and industry.

Apparently, Estavillo's many ailments (OCD, Agoraphobia, Panic Disorder, depression and Crohn's Disease) were finally taking a toll, and he claims his doctors suggested he drop his long list of legal complaints for his own health.

Of course, another major factor is money, which Estavillo was running out of; he could no longer afford the process server fees needed for subpoenaing everyone on the planet, including Bill Gates, Winona Ryder, and Martin Lee Gore (Depeche Mode). Guess his vast life experiences not teach him that legal shenanigans cost lots of money.

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"Serial suer" Estavillo drops all lawsuits, takes down website

Brazilian anchorman Rony Curvelo in tense custody battle with model Maria Vianna over 'legal kidnap'

BY William Sherman - DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER - February 2nd 2010

A wealthy Brazilian anchorman is fighting a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife, a gorgeous New York model he says conned a judge into letting her kidnap their daughter.

Rony Curvelo, 45, says it all started with a misfired e-mail.

He somehow sent to his ex, Maria Vianna, a missive that was meant for his news producer back in Sao Paulo asking whether he should go to Haiti to cover the earthquake.

Vianna, 29, took the e-mail to Manhattan Family Court Judge Gloria Sosa-Lintner and told her she feared Curvelo was planning to take 8-year-old Jennifer, who was in New York visiting her mom, with him.

"I wasn't going to Haiti and I'm not going to Haiti. The whole thing is lies for a legal kidnapping, and so far it's working," said Curvelo, who says he has full custody of the fourth-grader.

"I was shocked, stunned. I was at Kennedy Airport Thursday, waiting for Jennifer so we could go back to Brazil, when a process server gave me papers," said Curvelo.

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