As the final sentences are handed out in the public corruption cases I began to wonder about two other criminal cases with political connections. The first case is City Representative Ann Morgan Lilly. As expected in a corrupt laden city like El Paso, the local police department is keeping this case hidden behind the illusion of an “ongoing investigation”. As I wrote in “Ann Morgan Lilly’s Legal Woes and Police Special Treatment”, Ann Morgan Lilly was accused of assault on October 21, 2013. And just like the 2005 incident the public record is nonexistent as the investigation is being conducted by a special unit of the police department. As before, the likely outcome of her case will probably disappear into oblivion. However, that got me thinking about another useful idiot; Jaime Abeytia’s criminal case.
You probably remember that on February 8, 2013 Jaime Abeytia was arrested for showing nude pictures of his common law wife to two 17 year old daughters. Originally the case involved two charges, one of tampering with a computer and the other for showing explicit images to a minor. Subsequently the Felony charge was reduced to a misdemeanor also for showing pornographic images to a minor on June 6, 2013.
In two previous blog posts I detailed Jaime Abeytia’s extensive criminal record. You can read more about them at “Jaime Abeytia: Useful Idiot Extraordinaire” and “Jaime Abeytia: Just Another Symptom of El Paso Corruption”. Interestingly as much research as I had conducted into Abeytia the latest batch of court records that I reviewed in preparation for this post showed even more activities by Jaime Abeytia that were investigated by the police department although apparently no charges were filed.
In reviewing the records for the May 13, 2013 crimes he is charged with I came across two other allegations of criminal activity.
According to an El Paso Police Report identified as 12-136025; Jaime Abeytia was investigated for criminal mischief (>$50<$500) on May 15, 2012.
Another police report (12-185173) alleges that Jaime Abeytia was accused of “Burglary of Habitation” on July 3, 2012.
Both cases identify the alleged victim as his common law wife and the existence of these two additional allegations had not been made public prior to my post today.
According to the complaint affidavit Abeyita had hacked into his wife’s Gmail account and then he “discovered that the Victim’s mother had saved explicit digital photos, videos, and emails that she had sent to other men”. Allegedly he then sent himself copies of the emails and locked his wife out of her account.
Jaime Abeytia then allegedly showed the nude pictures of his wife he had stolen to two daughters, both 17 years old at the time. The criminal complaint states that Abeytia’s common law wife had never shared her password or given him access to her email account.
In light of his extensive criminal record, Jaime Abeytia is still drawing a $47,890 pay check from the taxpayers’ of the community at the behest of Vince Perez.
According to the court documents on his pending case; the district attorney offered Jaime Abeytia a plea agreement calling for about six months in jail, 24 months of probation, 100 hours of community service and a $2,000 fine, of which $1,500 is probated. In addition, the district attorney’s office is asking that Jaime Abeytia may not have unsupervised contact with any minor children as well as random alcohol and drug testing.
At this point, from what I can tell from the court documents it appears that Jaime Abeytia has refused the plea agreement and is currently scheduled to go to court on March 4, 2014.
As if this wasn’t egregious enough, consider the following.
On February 23, 2012, Vince Perez issued a press statement in regards to arrest of Willie Gandara. In it Perez states that in order “to break this cycle of failed leadership, the people of Precinct 3 must demand greater accountability of candidates seeking to represent them in public office”. Perez adds “I remain committed to fighting for new leadership to restore integrity to the office of County Commissioner Precinct 3”.
Oh, and I almost forgot, as of yesterday, December 5, 2013, the Maricopa County’s warrants website shows an outstanding warrant for Jaime’s arrest for failure to pay child support.
In light of all this the obvious question becomes where is Vince Perez’ self-proclaimed demand for “greater accountability” of county officials when he keeps a criminal currently facing two criminal charges and was investigated on two additional charges by the police?
Makes me wonder about your questionable citizenship status. Ever get that worked out?
There is nothing to work out, I am a proud citizen of the Republic of Mexico. Oh, and I am not a criminal.
Thanks for visiting my blog,
Martín
This is something the residents of Vince Perez’ district need to remember when he runs again. And Mr. Abeytia will get more than $47,890 in the next across-the-board pay increase at the county, which our taxes are being raised to fund.
Vince Perez must go if he wants to keep this Jaime Abeytia around. That guy is a serious scum bag and needs to be locked up.
Martin,
There is no “Republic of Mexico”.
There is though a “United Mexican States”.
MEXICO is ashamed of you!!! Go back to El Salvador!!!
The legal name of México is Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Former president Calderon suggested that the country officially change its name to simply “México” in 2012. As Mexicans we normally use the term “México”. México is a federal constitutional republic and thus I used the term The Republic of Mexico because I expected you to nitpick my response. Obviously your only interest in coming to my blog is an attempt at silencing me. Give it up. And before you go on a tirade about my decision to live in the US, like many expatriates (I know it’s a big word, you might want to look it up) including US citizens I reside in a country that is not my own for my own legal reasons. Now if you would like to have a constructive discussion about policy, government, immigration, technology or general topics you are welcome on my blog. If on the other hand you don’t like what I have to say feel free to go back to your own website and express yourself however you like.
By the way, I changed your nickname because obviously you are not the individual who’s name you used.
Martín
You have no idea what you are talking about! What happened to “innocent until proven guilty.” You have only looked at one side of your so called investigation. Vince and his guys are doing excellent work in our precinct more than any other commissioner has ever done!! Someone needs to investigate you and I’ll bet you have something hiding in your closet. If anything you are the idiot! If you are a citizen of Mexico go back to your own country and get a job!!!!
LAW
Please list the excellent things being done in your precinct.
And please be specific.
Thank you.
“Jaime Abeytia was arrested for showing nude pictures of his common law wife to two 17 year old daughters.”
Come on Martin! Why can’t a father share a common interest with his children? What’s wrong with that?
Jaime is a posterboy for the “move-military-retirement-age-to-sixty” movement.