Two California lawyers have been arrested in a bizarre alleged conspiracy to plant drugs in the car of the PTA president of their child’s school. Lawyers Kent Wycliffe Easter, 38, and Jill Bjorkholm Easter, 38, targeted Kelli Peters because they felt she treated her son poorly by locking him outside of the school for 20 minutes. They are accused of putting Vicodin, Percocet, marijuana, and a used marijuana pipe behind the front seat of her car to frame her.
The police received a tip on February 16, 2011 from a concerned parent, told an Irvine police dispatcher that he had seen a woman driving erratically and parking at Plaza Vista School. What was a bit suspicious is that the citizen also knew her license plate, name, and witnessed her hiding drugs behind the seat. Police pulled Peters from the school and found the drugs. When she denied knowledge of the drugs, they traced the call to a Newport beach hotel and then found a surveillance tape of the business center where the call originated. The tape showed Kent Easter.
Both Easters were arrested on charges of false imprisonment, conspiracy to falsely report a crime and conspiracy to procure the false arrest of the elementary-school parent volunteer.
Kent Easter is a law graduate of the University of California-Los Angeles while Jill Easter is a graduate from the University of California-Berkeley law school.
Kent Easter is accused of driving to the volunteer’s home after midnight to plant the drugs.
Notably, in 2010, Kent Easter filed a civil suit on his son’s behalf against a volunteer organization associated with Plaza Vista Elementary School in Irvine. The complaint states that Jill Easter arrived at the then-first grade child’s school to pick him up after a tennis lesson and found that he had been locked outside for nearly 20 minutes. Ironically, it sought damages for claimed false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress but was later dismissed.
Jill Easter also filed a restraining order against Peters, alleging that Peters was “harassing and stalking” her and her son, and had “threatened to kill me.”
The police say that they have text messages between the lawyers throughout the conspiracy. That is particularly bizarre. You go to the business center of a hotel to make the call but they leave a trail of text messages with your wife. Given the past legal actions against Peters, police would likely go to the Easters first if they suspected a frame up.
The situation looks rather bleak for the Easters who are going to loose custody, go to jail, and be stripped of their licenses in quick succession.
Source: LA Times
Dredd,
I have never complained about your linking to your own blog or to any others. Your last comment leading off with my comment would seem to imply so.
I expect a retraction or an apology.
I also, if you read again, in my comment made clear that it was a friendly inquiry looking for info on something I found from here as improbable.
So what’s the problem. Go back to fighting with those who called you a “blog whore”. I was not and never have been one of them.
And to repeat my oriqinal punch line: there must ba a
waiting list at DOJ. Is there?
Why are people assuming the kid was actually locked out for 20 minutes? Anyone stupid/crazy enough to pull this stunt is capable of either lying about their motivation of believing a BS story from their crotch fruit.
_IF_ the story were true the parents would have had a lot better recourse than this. With any luck HHS will take the kid(s) from them even after they get out of the slammer & put them with responsible parents.
Matt Johnson 1, June 21, 2012 at 11:58 am
Dredd 1, June 21, 2012 at 10:06 am
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I haven’t been in California since 1982. I didn’t have that much difficulty when I was there.
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That is anecdotal.
Rely on expert sources for your final judgment, because sometimes personal experience can blind us to the greater reality around us.
idealist707 1, June 21, 2012 at 11:10 am
Dredd,
“California, so far, is planting false evidence capitol of the U.S.eh? … one police department, the LAPD planted drugs on over 400 victims, most of whom had been in prison for years before being released when the federal courts ordered the DOJ to take over the LAPD and clean it up.”
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You are kidding of course as to this happening. Got a link or several? In all friendliness, when did the DOJ ever clean up a metropolitan police department?
And were any imprisoned be releaaed and/or retried. How
many went to jail for these deeds, as a result of the cleanup?
Too good to be true. How long is the queue at the DOJ?
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Correction ….
Here is a link to a report about the feds taking over, and some of the results:
(Harvard Study of LAPD Oversight by Federal Government). If you are not convinced by that, ask for more and I may comply.
A commenter here complains when I provide links and now complaints when I don’t.
Sheesh.
idealist707 1, June 21, 2012 at 11:10 am
Dredd,
“California, so far, is planting false evidence capitol of the U.S.eh? … one police department, the LAPD planted drugs on over 400 victims, most of whom had been in prison for years before being released when the federal courts ordered the DOJ to take over the LAPD and clean it up.”
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You are kidding of course as to this happening. Got a link or several? In all friendliness, when did the DOJ ever clean up a metropolitan police department?
And were any imprisoned be releaaed and/or retried. How
many went to jail for these deeds, as a result of the cleanup?
Too good to be true. How long is the queue at the DOJ?
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Here is a link to a report about the feds taking over, and some of the results:
idealist707 1, June 21, 2012 at 11:10 am
Dredd,
“California, so far, is planting false evidence capitol of the U.S.eh? … one police department, the LAPD planted drugs on over 400 victims, most of whom had been in prison for years before being released when the federal courts ordered the DOJ to take over the LAPD and clean it up.”
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You are kidding of course as to this happening. Got a link or several? In all friendliness, when did the DOJ ever clean up a metropolitan police department?
And were any imprisoned be releaaed and/or retried. How
many went to jail for these deeds, as a result of the cleanup?
Too good to be true. How long is the queue at the DOJ?
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Here is one segment of it Rampart Scandal and here is another.
Two links is the max allowed on this blog.
Dredd 1, June 21, 2012 at 10:06 am
California, so far, is planting false evidence capitol of the U.S.eh? … one police department, the LAPD planted drugs on over 400 victims, most of whom had been in prison for years before being released when the federal courts ordered the DOJ to take over the LAPD and clean it up.
They even shot some victims then planted guns and drugs on the dead bodies.
These lawyers were well aware of that scenario evidently.
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I haven’t been in California since 1982. I didn’t have that much difficulty when I was there.
The women in the photo on the left looks crazy. The guy in the photo on the right looks like he might be lusting after the crazy one. This Easter Parade in Irvine looks to be par for the course.
Dredd,
“California, so far, is planting false evidence capitol of the U.S.eh? … one police department, the LAPD planted drugs on over 400 victims, most of whom had been in prison for years before being released when the federal courts ordered the DOJ to take over the LAPD and clean it up.”
—————————
You are kidding of course as to this happening. Got a link or several? In all friendliness, when did the DOJ ever clean up a metropolitan police department?
And were any imprisoned be releaaed and/or retried. How
many went to jail for these deeds, as a result of the cleanup?
Too good to be true. How long is the queue at the DOJ?
She graduated from Boalt Hall? One of John Yoo’s prize pupils?
I agree Gene. It seems to be a strange charge under these circumstances, but maybe someone who does criminal work can clue us in. These two braniacs need some alone time behind bars. I wonder what the story is about the child being left alone outside the school? That does sound serious.
I agree with takesthecake. The parents reaction was nutty but why was the child left outside alone?
Wonder where they found the evidence to plant
Matt Johnson 1, June 21, 2012 at 9:56 am
Are you sure they aren’t from Texas? I got into it in California, but none of them were lawyers.
There was a mild confrontation with somebody in Amarillo once. I doubt very much he was a lawyer.
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California, so far, is planting false evidence capitol of the U.S.eh? … one police department, the LAPD planted drugs on over 400 victims, most of whom had been in prison for years before being released when the federal courts ordered the DOJ to take over the LAPD and clean it up.
They even shot some victims then planted guns and drugs on the dead bodies.
These lawyers were well aware of that scenario evidently.
I’m not seeing the false imprisonment charge unless it stems from the volunteer being held by police during the investigation. Anyone?
Are you sure they aren’t from Texas? I got into it in California, but none of them were lawyers.
There was a mild confrontation with somebody in Amarillo once. I doubt very much he was a lawyer.
… disbarred …
They can always get a job as a cop should they get barred.
Granted the parents are crazy, but leaving a 6- 7- yearild outside by himself for 20 minutes? The school is lucky nothing happened to him.
Rocket Science like this needs to be left to the professionals, such as Leo’s……