I-Team: New Developments in Process Server Investigation
Posted: Aug 10, 2010
LAS VEGAS -- There are new developments and a new arrest in the ongoing investigation into a process serving company and the court system.
That company, On Scene Mediation, now has two employees under suspicion of falsifying court documents and putting upwards of 20,000 cases at risk. It could cost $150,000 in taxpayer money to sort through the cases involved.
The company owner and employee are accused of saying they served papers but didn't. Maurice Carroll, a former Metro police officer, was running the company out of his North Las Vegas home. He is facing 35 felonies and a court date next week.
Visalia Coleman, one of Carroll's employees, is facing eight charges. She was arrested after a traffic stop on Monday. Metro and the courts say the two and other workers at On Scene Mediation lied on court documents about serving papers.
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I-Team: New Developments in Process Server Investigation
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Saturday, August 7, 2010
Hearing master may look into process server's case
By JEFF GERMAN
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL - August 6, 2010
Process server accused of not delivering court papers in debt collection lawsuits
A process serving scandal in Las Vegas Justice Court is so extensive it requires a special hearing master to determine if the rights of thousands of civil case defendants were harmed, court officials said Thursday.
"The number of cases that may be involved is overwhelming," Justice of the Peace Melissa Saragosa said. "The court is very concerned about default judgments that may have been wrongly entered based on fraudulent affidavits. We are still trying to get a handle on the situation to determine how far it extends and what the court may be able to do in response."
Court Executive Officer Steve Grierson said officials plan to ask the county for $60,000 to hire a hearing master, and may need more money if the damage assessment requires additional work.
At the center of the process serving scandal is Maurice Carroll, a 41-year-old former Las Vegas police officer, and his company, On Scene Mediations, which authorities believe has operated without a license since 2003.
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Hearing master may look into process server's case
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL - August 6, 2010
Process server accused of not delivering court papers in debt collection lawsuits
A process serving scandal in Las Vegas Justice Court is so extensive it requires a special hearing master to determine if the rights of thousands of civil case defendants were harmed, court officials said Thursday.
"The number of cases that may be involved is overwhelming," Justice of the Peace Melissa Saragosa said. "The court is very concerned about default judgments that may have been wrongly entered based on fraudulent affidavits. We are still trying to get a handle on the situation to determine how far it extends and what the court may be able to do in response."
Court Executive Officer Steve Grierson said officials plan to ask the county for $60,000 to hire a hearing master, and may need more money if the damage assessment requires additional work.
At the center of the process serving scandal is Maurice Carroll, a 41-year-old former Las Vegas police officer, and his company, On Scene Mediations, which authorities believe has operated without a license since 2003.
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Hearing master may look into process server's case
Friday, July 30, 2010
Arrest Warrant Issued for Process Server
I-Team: Company May Have Lied About Serving Court Papers
Posted: Jul 30, 2010
LAS VEGAS -- An arrest warrant has been issued for a process server accused of falsifying paperwork in dozens of cases and potentially hundreds more, in what police called a scheme to defraud the courts.
Former Las Vegas Metro police officer Maurice Carroll is wanted by police for 35 counts of perjury, false filing of paperwork and obtaining money under false pretenses. Metro says he said he served people with legal papers, but didn't.
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Arrest Warrant Issued for Process Server
Posted: Jul 30, 2010
LAS VEGAS -- An arrest warrant has been issued for a process server accused of falsifying paperwork in dozens of cases and potentially hundreds more, in what police called a scheme to defraud the courts.
Former Las Vegas Metro police officer Maurice Carroll is wanted by police for 35 counts of perjury, false filing of paperwork and obtaining money under false pretenses. Metro says he said he served people with legal papers, but didn't.
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Arrest Warrant Issued for Process Server
Friday, July 23, 2010
Jury bribing suspect Darine Chely denied lower bond
By Vanessa Miller, Camera Staff Writer Posted: 07/23/2010
A 51-year-old Boulder woman accused of trying to bribe a juror during her April trial and then attempting to flee the country was denied a lower bond this morning, despite her pleas that she has significant emotional and physical health issues that she needs to treat.
Darine Chely is being held at the Boulder County Jail on a combined $625,000 bond for three separate cases, including one in which she's accused of bribing a juror and another stemming from a February arrest in which she's suspected of theft and witness-tampering charges.
Her attorney, Scott McComas, told a Boulder County District Court judge that Chely has enough equity in her house to meet a lower bond, which she needs to deal with some “pretty serious” emotional health and physical issues.
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Jury bribing suspect Darine Chely denied lower bond
A 51-year-old Boulder woman accused of trying to bribe a juror during her April trial and then attempting to flee the country was denied a lower bond this morning, despite her pleas that she has significant emotional and physical health issues that she needs to treat.
Darine Chely is being held at the Boulder County Jail on a combined $625,000 bond for three separate cases, including one in which she's accused of bribing a juror and another stemming from a February arrest in which she's suspected of theft and witness-tampering charges.
Her attorney, Scott McComas, told a Boulder County District Court judge that Chely has enough equity in her house to meet a lower bond, which she needs to deal with some “pretty serious” emotional health and physical issues.
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Jury bribing suspect Darine Chely denied lower bond
Friday, July 16, 2010
Melissa Etheridge Was Expecting a Call From the Kids, Got Served Instead
Thu., Jul. 15, 2010 6:03 PM PDT by Natalie Finn
www.eonline.com
A process server didn't come to Melissa Etheridge's window, but his arrival at the door of her hotel room wasn't particularly welcome, either.
"In a ploy to have me served, and mistakenly believing that by serving me I would have to dismiss my Petition, [Tammy Lynn Michaels] used our children as pawns," Etheridge states in a declaration released Thursday in which she describes how she was presented with her ex's petition for sole custody of their 3-year-old twins.
The Grammy and Oscar winner says Michaels told her the kids were going to meet Etheridge at her hotel. "Finally, I received a text message...stating, 'My plans changed, sorry,'" the singer recounts.
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Melissa Etheridge Was Expecting a Call From the Kids, Got Served Instead
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A process server didn't come to Melissa Etheridge's window, but his arrival at the door of her hotel room wasn't particularly welcome, either.
"In a ploy to have me served, and mistakenly believing that by serving me I would have to dismiss my Petition, [Tammy Lynn Michaels] used our children as pawns," Etheridge states in a declaration released Thursday in which she describes how she was presented with her ex's petition for sole custody of their 3-year-old twins.
The Grammy and Oscar winner says Michaels told her the kids were going to meet Etheridge at her hotel. "Finally, I received a text message...stating, 'My plans changed, sorry,'" the singer recounts.
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Melissa Etheridge Was Expecting a Call From the Kids, Got Served Instead
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