Enochs and the DA
There is a good article on the front page of this month's Insider about whether Councilman Warnie Enochs should step down in the face of the criminal charges against him. I decided to boil it down a bit and get the gist.
The first of his infractions, based on a timeline in the article indicate that Enochs might have had problems with expired boat registration at Big Bear Lake, and that he had forged a Murrieta police officer's signature to sign off on the fix-it ticket. The kicker here is that the expired registration that was signed off was supposedly completed two months later.
Forgery?
He also seems to have problems stemming from a contract that he (A to Z Lighting) and Dan Williams (Dans roofing) entered into to roof Enochs' house. They both had agreements with Lamb's Fellowship for electrical and roofing, respectively. The church under construction was burned in a range fire, and it is implied that Enochs threatened to implicate Williams in the fire if he did not sign a mechanic's lien for $48,000. Whether this lien applied to Lamb's Fellowship or Enochs' house was not indicated.
Extortion?
He refused to pay an $18,000 bill from George Osmond for tile work on his house, accusing one of Osmond's employees of sleeping with his wife. He allegedly tried to get Osmond to sign a statement outlining the affair, and Osmond, who might not be inclined to intrude on his employee's peccadillos, refused. Enoch's is said to have threatened him with bodily injury, and when that tactic didn't work, he wrote his own statement and forged Osmond's signature to it.
Forgery again and assault?
In a meeting with Williams and his attorney, Enochs was asked to sign a statement claiming that Dan's roofing had left the church site long before the fire. Enochs then reportedly told the two men that he would sign only if paid to do so. No amount was specified, and with no payment forthcoming, he left without signing.
Soliciting bribery?
This was apparently all the Couty DA needed to obtain a warrant, this after an earlier meeting with the DA where Enochs denied all charges. Looking at the nature of these charges and the amount of hearsay involved, It appears to me that the DA might have an uphill fight. It'll be hard to deny that fix-it ticket, though. The DA is reported to have 14 felony charges aimed at Enochs; is expired boat registration a felony?
The first of his infractions, based on a timeline in the article indicate that Enochs might have had problems with expired boat registration at Big Bear Lake, and that he had forged a Murrieta police officer's signature to sign off on the fix-it ticket. The kicker here is that the expired registration that was signed off was supposedly completed two months later.
Forgery?
He also seems to have problems stemming from a contract that he (A to Z Lighting) and Dan Williams (Dans roofing) entered into to roof Enochs' house. They both had agreements with Lamb's Fellowship for electrical and roofing, respectively. The church under construction was burned in a range fire, and it is implied that Enochs threatened to implicate Williams in the fire if he did not sign a mechanic's lien for $48,000. Whether this lien applied to Lamb's Fellowship or Enochs' house was not indicated.
Extortion?
He refused to pay an $18,000 bill from George Osmond for tile work on his house, accusing one of Osmond's employees of sleeping with his wife. He allegedly tried to get Osmond to sign a statement outlining the affair, and Osmond, who might not be inclined to intrude on his employee's peccadillos, refused. Enoch's is said to have threatened him with bodily injury, and when that tactic didn't work, he wrote his own statement and forged Osmond's signature to it.
Forgery again and assault?
In a meeting with Williams and his attorney, Enochs was asked to sign a statement claiming that Dan's roofing had left the church site long before the fire. Enochs then reportedly told the two men that he would sign only if paid to do so. No amount was specified, and with no payment forthcoming, he left without signing.
Soliciting bribery?
This was apparently all the Couty DA needed to obtain a warrant, this after an earlier meeting with the DA where Enochs denied all charges. Looking at the nature of these charges and the amount of hearsay involved, It appears to me that the DA might have an uphill fight. It'll be hard to deny that fix-it ticket, though. The DA is reported to have 14 felony charges aimed at Enochs; is expired boat registration a felony?
posted by J. L. Kunkle at
Thursday, February 09, 2006
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