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<DIV><FONT size=4>Jennifer,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Thank you very much for your short but helpful timeline on the
child molester Steven Sitler case. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Your timeline raises some interesting questions, a few of
which follow below are addressed to you as the LCSD PIO. I would
appreciate that your responses to these questions be copied to all of Vision
2020 since I am communicating with you through that forum and this topic is one
of very high public concern.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><FONT size=4>
<DIV><BR><FONT color=#0000ff>On what date did Sitler first confess his
pedophilic acts to local law enforcement authorities?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>To what agency and to whom?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Were there more than one confession to law enforcement
authorities? If so, on what dates were these made, to what agency, and to
whom?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>On what date(s) was the Latah County Prosecutor first
made aware of this confession or confessions?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Is it true that Sitler's confession indicated that he
molested other children in the same family of the single victim from whence his
conviction arose?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Is it true that his confession indicates that he may
have sexually molested as many as 120 children?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>On what date was Sitler first arrested or a criminal
complaint issued? Was there an arrest or a criminal complaint? Was
there ever bail request or set? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Please tells the dates of when Sitler first was jailed
(including pre-conviction incarceration).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>After his initial conviction, was he sent to the
penitentiary?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>When did he start his post conviction sojourn in the
Latah County Jail?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Is it true that he is allowed to drive himself
unescorted to both Pullman and Clarkston for "counseling?"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Is it true that he was recently allowed to go
unescorted by local law enforcement to renew his driver's license?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Where else has he been allowed to go unescorted by
local law enforcement?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>When he is out unescorted does he wear any kind of
working electronic monitoring devices?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Does the LCSD intend to widely circulate posters with
Sitler's photo asking for parents of other possible victims to communicate with
the LCSD?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thank you in advance for your time and effort to keep the citizens of Latah
County informed.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></FONT><FONT size=4>
<DIV><BR>Wayne A. Fox<BR>1009 Karen Lane<BR>PO Box 9421<BR>Moscow, ID
83843</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>(208) 882-7975<BR><A
href="mailto:waf@moscow.com">waf@moscow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=jmcfarland@latah.id.us href="mailto:jmcfarland@latah.id.us">Jennifer
McFarland</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 07, 2006 9:24 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] shamelessness</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Visionaries,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">I have received many emails off line and
have read several rebukes of the Sheriffs Office on line regarding the Sitler
case. Before explaining some of the facts of his case in general, I will
explain how we deal with reports of sex abuse insofar as our release to the
media and to the public is concerned.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">When we receive a report about sex abuse
of a minor (most of the codes defined in Title 18 Section 15 of the Idaho
Criminal Code) it is placed on the call log under the appropriate heading, Lewd
Conduct, Sex Abuse, etc. The name(s) of the reporting parties and the
victims are blacked out on the press/public view log (the printed copy that is
faxed to news agencies, etc.). The investigator (or deputy assigned to the
case) also flags the case noting something along the lines of Do not release,
under investigation. There are a number of reasons for this but primarily
because we do not want to tip the suspect off that we are on to him/her before
we can assemble a strategic plan, so to speak, about how we are going to best
investigate the case. It bears mentioning as well that we attempt to keep
details about cases as close to our chest as possible before a judgment is made
in these cases to protect victims from the press and from an aggressive
public. The next day the press reads the log and calls our office and asks
what we can say about the Sex Abuse case reported the previous day. We
tell them (essentially): Not much. We received a report of sex abuse of a
6 year-old in Potlatch. The case is under investigation but look to the
court records to see when an affidavit is filed. Affidavits are court
records and are open to view. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Part of the reason we do this is because I
do not have the time or the resources to follow-up for the media about
stories. I also am not in the loop once a case has been handed over to the
PA for a charging decision (indeed, the investigator is often not in the loop,
either, unless follow-up investigation is needed or unless the case goes to
trial). <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">I was instated as the PIO at LCSO in
mid-January, 2005, shortly after Sheriff Rausch took office. Prior to my
taking the position, press releases about any subject or arrest were rarely
circulated out of the Sheriffs Office. I published the first Hot Sheet in
February. Since I started doing the sheets, I have always only published
detailed items about the arrests our agency makes (as well as little safety tips
or items of interest). The press releases regarding crimes have generally
gone out after an arrest has been made or after a warrant has been issued (i.e.
Rossignol).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Speaking specifically of the Sitler case
let me offer this time-line based off the reports from the
investigators:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">3/10/2005 The victims family
learned of the abuse and immediately confronted Sitler, their attorney, and
their pastor (the pastor is never mentioned by name in the report). The
attorney and the pastor both advise the family to report the crime to law
enforcement and offer to help the family make the
report.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">3/11/2005 The victims father along
with his attorney come into the Sheriffs Office to make the report. The
investigator is assured that the victims are no longer in danger (suspect no
longer has access to the children) and that they are being adequately protected
by their family, thus no exigency is assigned to the case based on this and
other facts, so an interview date is set for3/15/2005, when a sex-abuse
interviewer is available.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">3/15/2005 First set of victims are
interviewed by a forensic interviewer. Other alleged victims are identified and
calls are made to those family(ies).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=red size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: red">3/15/2005 LCSO is first aware that
Sitler has retained an attorney.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">3/16/2005 <st1:place
w:st="on">Colville</st1:place> authorities are notified about the case and are
made aware of Sitlers presence in their community.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">3/15/2005 to 5/17/2005 Attempts to
interview additional victims go without fruition.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">5/18/2005 Case is reviewed and submitted
for prosecution on 18-1508 and 18-1506.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">6/28/2005 An affidavit is filed requesting
a warrant on one charge of 18-1508. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">No other case information exists in the
LCSO case file regarding any action in the case after 6/28/2005, except that he
was brought into our jail on 9/26/2005, meaning that by that point the case was
under the PAs offices prevue and that (as highlighted in red above) the case
was already being discussed at the attorney level as opposed to at the
investigatory level.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">No indication was made anywhere in the
case file that anyone did not report things in a timely manner in accordance
with law. There are also no indications of obstruction in the case
file.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">I will continue to issue the Hot Sheet
indicating arrests made by our deputies in our county. The press will
continue to be told to look for affidavits filed with the court. I will
continue to aid the investigators plight to adequately investigate cases
without interference that is prohibitive to them solving their cases.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">--Jennifer<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<DIV>
<P><FONT face=Georgia color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">PIO Jennifer L.
McFarland<BR><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Latah</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Sheriff's
Office<BR>Public Information Officer<BR><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on">PO Box</st1:Street> 8068</st1:address><BR><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">83843</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><BR>(208) 882-2216<BR>Fax (208)
883-2281<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><A
href="http://www.latah.id.us/Dept/Sheriff_Main.htm"><FONT face=Georgia
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">http://www.latah.id.us/Dept/Sheriff_Main.htm</SPAN></FONT></A><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Georgia color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Truth is the summit
of being; justice is the application of it to affairs.<BR>***Ralph Waldo
Emerson<BR><BR> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV>
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