X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00800000 X-Mozilla-Keys: Message-ID: <5429B89B.5060908@sbcglobal.net> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:52:59 -0700 From: Richard Childers User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:10.0.3) Gecko/20120327 Thunderbird/10.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Frank Wilson Subject: Re: Fwd: Regarding ALAN ATTAR, CDCR#: 504792 References: <53CB3D53.5030204@sbcglobal.net> <54273549.7040709@sbcglobal.net> <1412020122.17597.YahooMailNeo@web181006.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1412020122.17597.YahooMailNeo@web181006.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My car is parked in his parking space; remind me when you'll be here, and I'll move, so you have a better place to park, right in front. Regards, ~richard On 09/29/14 12:48, Frank Wilson wrote: > Richard, > > This is good information I will forward to his brother. Last night I told Alan you were concerned for him and he greatly appreciated that and was glad you had his jacket. Hopefully we can talk more this Saturday when we attempt to move out the rest of his belongings. > > Thanks, > > Frank > > > > > On Saturday, September 27, 2014 3:08 PM, Richard Childers wrote: > > > > Frank, > > It was nice talking to you today. Alan and his brother are fortunate > to have you in their lives. > > Below is the email I sent to the Humboldt County Public Defender. > > I never received any acknowledgement or reply, and it does not seem > as if the county's legal system cares about bedbugs - or justice, > for that matter. > > I have been in communication with the Humboldt County Department of > Health& Human Services, as well as the Fortuna building > inspector. They are interested in the problem but somewhat limited > in their ability to do anything without the cooperation of the > apartment owners, who live in Southern California - the complex > owners moved to California, as > "refugees" from Louisiana, after the hurricane and flood a few years > ago. > > (I say 'refugees' because they apparently arrived with enough money > to go shopping for apartment complexes, and because I suspect that > the revenue from the apartment complex is being invested elsewhere. > It's sure not being invested in Humboldt County.) > > I'd like to talk to Alan, or his brother, about the legal > ramifications of this situation. There are indications that the > owner and the manager conspired to conceal this infestation from the > residents of the apartment, as well as those whom occupied the > apartments, later. My apartment, I learned, was empty for eight > months while they tried to get rid of the bedbugs, themselves, while > concealing it from the exterminator that came on the premises once a > month to spray for cockroaches. There's no way an apartment could be > empty for eight months and not generating revenue without the owners > knowing why. > > Lawyers in Humboldt County seem to lean away from renters unless > they can pony up city quantities of cash, up front. But if we > coordinated our efforts, it's likely we could find adequate legal > representation, and respond to the tort that has been inflicted upon > us. > > Alan's family, and my family, and other families, as damaged > parties, all have common cause - if we care to make something of > this. > > > Regards, > > ~richard > > Richard Childers > 707-725-7995 (phone) > fscked@sbcglobal.net (email) > http://www.linkedin.com/in/fscked (web) > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Regarding ALAN ATTAR, CDCR#: 504792 > Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 20:53:55 -0700 > From: Richard Childers mailto:fscked@sbcglobal.net > To: krobinson@co.humboldt.ca.us > > > > To whom it may concern, > > I was in the apartment beneath Alan during the past two weeks > immediately before his arrest. > > I have a half a dozen text messages from him that are pretty crazy. > > They mention cockroaches. I think he was referring to bedbugs. > > I think the bedbugs drove him crazy. > > I thought you'd appreciate knowing this, seeing as you will be > handling > his defense. > > Over the past two or three weeks I have been fiercely agitating for > the > management of the apartment to do something after my wife and I > diagnosed bedbugs in our apartment and a little questioning finally, > grudgingly, revealed that there had recently been an infestation of > bedbugs in our apartment. > > The management has been sloooowly responding but it's mostly been > protecting themselves from blame - and so I can see how someone less > stable and less solidly connected to the local community and its > resources might lose it. > > Here's a snapshot: Accurate Exterminator, of Fortuna, confirmed they > are > bedbugs. An inspector from the county confirmed they were bedbugs. > City > of Fortuna thinks they are bedbugs. Woods Extermination thinks they > are > bedbugs. Terminex thinks they are bedbugs. The County Department of > Agriculture thinks they are bedbugs. > > Professional Pest Management was seeking a second opinion as of a > few > days ago. By my calculations PPM is approximately 2000 (TWO > THOUSAND) > times less responsive than the county department of agriculture. > > I can see how someone might go postal, in circumstances like those. > > If you talk to Alan ... tell him I have his jacket. The nice one, > from > Argentina. I'll save it for him. He threw it out the window. As far > as I > know, his apartment is sealed, and nobody is going in or out. > > But I'd fumigate the apartment, before I went in there. It's pretty > dank, from what I saw. > > It's likely that the bedbug problem was made much worse by the woman > he > was living with, who was always bringing stuff home. They might have > fought about it. This may have contributed to the restraining order > that > she got against Alan - that is, she was creating a health and safety > problem, and it drove him justifiably crazy. > > Frankly, the concealment of the bedbug problem has mushroomed into a > huge issue. The police response to Alan's breakdown involved four > FPD, > three CHP, and two unmarked police vehicles, with at least 10 or 12 > officers, armed with M16s. That was expensive. And it's turning out > that > EVERY SINGLE BUILDING is infested. It's a major failure of public > health. Someone should be punished. > > I'm not sure Alan Attar is that person, though. > > Call me if you have any questions. > > > Regards, > > ~richard > > Richard Childers > 707-725-7995 > http://www.linkedin.com/in/fscked > fscked@sbcglobal.net > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Regarding ALAN ATTAR, CDCR#: 504792 > Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 20:53:55 -0700 > From: Richard Childers mailto:fscked@sbcglobal.net > To: krobinson@co.humboldt.ca.us > > > To whom it may concern, I was in the apartment beneath Alan during the past two weeks > immediately before his arrest. I have a half a dozen text messages from him that are pretty crazy. They mention cockroaches. I think he was referring to bedbugs. I think the bedbugs drove him crazy. I thought you'd appreciate knowing this, seeing as you will be handling > his defense. Over the past two or three weeks I have been fiercely agitating for the > management of the apartment to do something after my wife and I > diagnosed bedbugs in our apartment and a little questioning finally, > grudgingly, revealed that there had recently been an infestation of > bedbugs in our apartment. The management has been sloooowly responding but it's mostly been > protecting themselves from blame - and so I can see how someone less > stable and less solidly connected to the local community and its > resources might lose it. Here's a snapshot: Accurate Exterminator, of Fortuna, confirmed they are > bedbugs. An inspector from the county confirmed they were bedbugs. City > of Fortuna thinks they are bedbugs. Woods Extermination thinks they are > bedbugs. Terminex thinks they are bedbugs. The County Department of > Agriculture thinks they are bedbugs. Professional Pest Management was seeking a second opinion as of a few > days ago. By my calculations PPM is approximately 2000 (TWO THOUSAND) > times less responsive than the county department of agriculture. I can see how someone might go postal, in circumstances like those. If you talk to Alan ... tell him I have his jacket. The nice one, from > Argentina. I'll save it for him. He threw it out the window. As far as I > know, his apartment is sealed, and nobody is going in or out. But I'd fumigate the apartment, before I went in there. It's pretty > dank, from what I saw. It's likely that the bedbug problem was made much worse by the woman he > was living with, who was always bringing stuff home. They might have > fought about it. This may have contributed to the restraining order that > she got against Alan - that is, she was creating a health and safety > problem, and it drove him justifiably crazy. Frankly, the concealment of the bedbug problem has mushroomed into a > huge issue. The police response to Alan's breakdown involved four FPD, > three CHP, and two unmarked police vehicles, with at least 10 or 12 > officers, armed with M16s. That was expensive. And it's turning out that > EVERY SINGLE BUILDING is infested. It's a major failure of public > health. Someone should be punished. I'm not sure Alan Attar is that person, though. Call me if you have any questions. Regards, ~richard Richard Childers > 707-725-7995 http://www.linkedin.com/in/fscked fscked@sbcglobal.net