Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:09 PM
Liberal_in_LA (28,657 posts)
Irvine parents planted drugs on school volunteer, police say
Source: LA times
Irvine parents planted drugs on school volunteer, police say An Irvine couple who became upset with a parent volunteer at their son’s elementary school have been arrested and charged with conspiring to frame her by planting drugs in her car and calling police. Kent and Jill Easter, both 38 and both attorneys, are charged with three felonies. If convicted they could face up to three years in state prison. Orange County prosecutors say the story began in 2010 when Jill Easter was angered by the unnamed school volunteer, whom she accused of not properly supervising their son. In retaliation, the Easters allegedly hatched a plot to have the volunteer arrested. Kent Easter, authorities say, drove to the volunteer’s home shortly after midnight on Feb. 16, 2011, and left a bag of prescription pain medication and marijuana in plain sight in the volunteer’s unlocked car. Read more: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/06/irvine-parents-school-volunteer-drugs.html
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| Liberal_in_LA | Jun 2012 | OP | |
| madaboutharry | Jun 2012 | #1 | |
| oberliner | Jun 2012 | #9 | |
| Liberal_in_LA | Jun 2012 | #12 | |
| obamanut2012 | Jun 2012 | #26 | |
| cstanleytech | Jun 2012 | #2 | |
| Poll_Blind | Jun 2012 | #3 | |
| southernyankeebelle | Jun 2012 | #7 | |
| proud2BlibKansan | Jun 2012 | #4 | |
| HangOnKids | Jun 2012 | #5 | |
| Archae | Jun 2012 | #6 | |
| oberliner | Jun 2012 | #10 | |
| alfredo | Jun 2012 | #18 | |
| ButterflyBlood | Jun 2012 | #43 | |
| alfredo | Jun 2012 | #48 | |
| shanti | Jun 2012 | #28 | |
| AnotherMcIntosh | Jun 2012 | #8 | |
| clang1 | Jun 2012 | #19 | |
| panzerfaust | Jun 2012 | #35 | |
| azurnoir | Jun 2012 | #11 | |
| meeksgeek | Jun 2012 | #13 | |
| tawadi | Jun 2012 | #37 | |
| winstars | Jun 2012 | #14 | |
| freshwest | Jun 2012 | #15 | |
| bluestateguy | Jun 2012 | #16 | |
| McCamy Taylor | Jun 2012 | #17 | |
| bitchkitty | Jun 2012 | #24 | |
| progressivebydesign | Jun 2012 | #20 | |
| Javaman | Jun 2012 | #21 | |
| Blue_Tires | Jun 2012 | #22 | |
| KurtNYC | Jun 2012 | #23 | |
| obamanut2012 | Jun 2012 | #25 | |
| L0oniX | Jun 2012 | #27 | |
| Blue_Tires | Jun 2012 | #29 | |
| L0oniX | Jun 2012 | #31 | |
| 4th law of robotics | Jun 2012 | #30 | |
| JHB | Jun 2012 | #32 | |
| wordpix | Jun 2012 | #38 | |
| hunter | Jun 2012 | #33 | |
| Dyedinthewoolliberal | Jun 2012 | #34 | |
| IndyJones | Jun 2012 | #41 | |
| tawadi | Jun 2012 | #36 | |
| Quantess | Jun 2012 | #39 | |
| Liberal_in_LA | Jun 2012 | #42 | |
| IndyJones | Jun 2012 | #40 | |
| winstars | Jun 2012 | #44 | |
| IndyJones | Jun 2012 | #45 | |
| winstars | Jun 2012 | #46 | |
| IndyJones | Jun 2012 | #47 |
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:12 PM
madaboutharry (21,228 posts)
1. All that time studying for the bar exam...down the drain.
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They are going to lose everything. Including their ability to practice law after they are disbarred by the state of California.
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Response to madaboutharry (Reply #1)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:34 PM
oberliner (22,121 posts)
9. Not to mention a 15 year career as a lawyer
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What a dumb thing to do.
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Response to oberliner (Reply #9)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:48 PM
Liberal_in_LA (28,657 posts)
12. if cops hadn't been suspicious, school volunteer would have lost so much more
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Reply #12)
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 11:10 AM
obamanut2012 (9,971 posts)
26. This
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:14 PM
cstanleytech (5,295 posts)
2. If convicted on top of that they
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should have to also serve the maximum time the victim potentially faced if convicted imo.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:17 PM
Poll_Blind (23,185 posts)
3. Stop for a second and think if they'd gotten away with it.
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Response to Poll_Blind (Reply #3)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:23 PM
southernyankeebelle (10,690 posts)
7. I was thinking how many innocent people have been accused of something like this especially
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people in the Law field. Man this couple will loose everything. What was so bad that they had to go so far. After all the child lived.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:18 PM
proud2BlibKansan (96,374 posts)
4. Wow.
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I knew a school employee who had something similar happen to him. A kid turned in a bag of marijuana to the office, claiming he had found it in this employee's coat pocket. The principal called the police, they fingerprinted the bag and found only the kid's prints.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:19 PM
HangOnKids (2,487 posts)
5. Holy Shite What Scuz Weasels
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"Jill Easter was angered by the unnamed school volunteer, whom she accused of not properly supervising their son." This sounds like a load of pants. My take is the volunteer and Mr Easter might have had a bit of a fling, and Jill told her bunny hopping hubby (Mr Easter) that he better agree to this crazy plan.
YMMV. |
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:19 PM
Archae (26,363 posts)
6. Any bets as to how these two vote?
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Response to Archae (Reply #6)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:36 PM
oberliner (22,121 posts)
10. Lawyers do tend to lean Dem
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But they are from Irvine/Newport Beach so that tends to favor the Republican side.
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Response to oberliner (Reply #10)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 08:28 PM
alfredo (46,554 posts)
18. Corporate lawyers?
Response to alfredo (Reply #18)
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 01:09 AM
ButterflyBlood (12,286 posts)
43. Corporate lawyers actually prefer Democrats in office so they get more business
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If Republicans de-regulate things their clients get in trouble less and don't have to hire them as much. It's the same way attorneys that specialize in DUIs love it when DUI laws are toughened.
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Response to ButterflyBlood (Reply #43)
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 06:30 PM
alfredo (46,554 posts)
48. True, but well placed bribes, will pay off if and when their man wins.
Response to Archae (Reply #6)
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 11:26 AM
shanti (16,657 posts)
28. it's the OC
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take a wild guess. i'm originally from central OC, but our family was always dem, and not the norm for the area. the further south you go though (and irvine is south county), the more red it gets.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:31 PM
AnotherMcIntosh (7,520 posts)
8. With their legal training, didn't they know that only cops can plant drugs?
Response to AnotherMcIntosh (Reply #8)
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 12:04 AM
clang1 (884 posts)
19. Loool. Glad that the police were suspicious. Things could have been very bad.
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n/t
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Response to AnotherMcIntosh (Reply #8)
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 09:54 AM
panzerfaust (2,703 posts)
35. "Is our lawyers learning?" comes to mind??
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:39 PM
azurnoir (26,604 posts)
11. wow I'd luv to know the back story on this
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but I'm glad they got caught yes indeed
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 07:08 PM
meeksgeek (186 posts)
13. The more of these stories I read
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The less I find them hard to believe. It's turning me into a very cynical person.
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Response to meeksgeek (Reply #13)
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 10:20 AM
tawadi (1,994 posts)
37. The more of these stories I read, the more I believe them. eom
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 07:12 PM
winstars (1,213 posts)
14. West Coast Zimmerman's??? Just as fucking stupid to me!!! nt
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 07:17 PM
freshwest (31,394 posts)
15. Attorneys know better than to do this, they should be locked up a long time.
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 08:16 PM
bluestateguy (40,060 posts)
16. DESpicable
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and they have exposed themselves to a lawsuit, and will likely be disbarred.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 08:21 PM
McCamy Taylor (13,710 posts)
17. Guess they were not criminal attorneys or they would have known that
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the police would check the bags for fingerprints and if hers were not on them they would not be able to charge her with possession even if they were in her car.
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Response to McCamy Taylor (Reply #17)
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 10:38 AM
bitchkitty (6,793 posts)
24. ???
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I don't know where you got that information, but that's simply not true. They don't have to find fingerprints to charge someone with a crime.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 12:55 AM
progressivebydesign (19,363 posts)
20. Wow, extreme helicopter parents. n/t
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 09:45 AM
Javaman (40,608 posts)
21. Well there's a couple of morons who cooked up a "genius" idea.
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I wonder how long until the are disbarred, aside from serving time?
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 10:03 AM
Blue_Tires (31,659 posts)
22. Petty, illegal and unethical behavior from attorneys?
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Stop the presses!
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 10:31 AM
KurtNYC (12,055 posts)
23. They wanted "proper supervision" and now they're going to get it.
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Personally.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 10:47 AM
obamanut2012 (9,971 posts)
25. State prison and disbarred, and I hope the victim sues
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I hope she sues and gets everything they own.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 11:22 AM
L0oniX (17,327 posts)
27. I'm sure they'd be welcome in the police force.
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Last edited Wed Jun 20, 2012, 11:23 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1) ...and they could have just put some soap in the car.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014147356 |
Response to L0oniX (Reply #27)
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 12:14 PM
Blue_Tires (31,659 posts)
29. I don't think this kind of stunt is new to them, either
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I'm curious to know if they've employed other "gray area" solutions to get favorable judgments in cases...
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Response to Blue_Tires (Reply #29)
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 12:35 PM
L0oniX (17,327 posts)
31. They nailed a group of cops here for planting drugs and thieft.
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http://www.sptimes.com/News/061800/State/Crime__in_the_name_of.shtml
Delta officers conducted an illegal search of a Bradenton motel room and stole $9,000 from a man, who filed a complaint with the Sheriff's Office. Later, deputies planted crack cocaine in the man's car as retaliation for the complaint. Delta agents routinely obtained search warrants based on lies: If drugs had been bought outside a house, Delta officers would say the buy had taken place inside the home and get a search warrant for the house. The officers brought crack with them on busts. If they didn't find any in the homes or pockets of the people they were trying to arrest, they would plant it. Fabricating cases wasn't the only aim. The agents wanted to use seizure laws to take cars and other property from their victims. |
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 12:18 PM
4th law of robotics (6,801 posts)
30. Sociopaths
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Very lucky for the volunteer that they were caught. Very lucky.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 12:59 PM
JHB (17,800 posts)
32. I'm kind of curious about the nature of the alleged "improper supervision" of the kid...
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I mean, what exactly was the alleged issue that they thought this was the way to resolve it?
Is it something I can wrap my head around if I squint real hard and wave my arms around to get the best reception on an old rabbit-ear TV antenna? Or just appalling, jaw-dropping hubris? My bet's on the latter. |
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 02:39 PM
hunter (16,098 posts)
33. Dirt here:
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http://abovethelaw.com/2012/06/a-law-firm-partner-and-his-boalt-hall-wife-stand-accused-of-planting-drugs-on-an-elementary-school-volunteer
Other web links have been scrubbed, but abovethelaw posts Easter's Linkedin profile, which is still up: Kent's most recent successes for his clients have included:
Winning the complete dismissal of a multimillion dollar M&A lawsuit on summary judgment, which was upheld by the California Court of Appeal Successfully representing a publicly traded defense contractor in favorably resolving three Department of Justice investigations, without any actions or charges being brought. Defeating attempts to preliminarily enjoin the sale of an Orange County public company to a private equity buyer, permitting the sale to close as scheduled Winning the complete dismissal with prejudice of federal Fair Credit Act claims in a class action against an Orange County mortgage lender Successfully representing several Orange County and Bay Area companies in SEC investigations which concluded without any enforcement action Winning at trial on behalf of a Southern California company in a dissenting shareholder appraisal action Specialties Business Litigation Securities Litigation Mergers and Acquisitions Corporate Governance Intellectual Property Some unsavory business there... and his wife's email address is "licensetojill" Poor kid. It's terrifying imaging what might have happened to the classroom volunteer if these two loons had got away with this. I taught for a short time, and aside from the underfunding and lack of resources, it was the parents, not their kids who made the job miserable. |
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 09:41 AM
Dyedinthewoolliberal (6,452 posts)
34. The problem I have with the story
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is there is no depth to it. The parents were upset at the volunteer. What did the volunteer do to make them think this was a good idea? I guess it proves no matter how educated a person can get, some are still DUMB!
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Response to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Reply #34)
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 05:36 PM
IndyJones (1,061 posts)
41. Here is a copy of the complaint they filed when they tried to sue the volunteer in March 2010.
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 10:19 AM
tawadi (1,994 posts)
36. Hope they take their ability to practice law away, at the very least. eom
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 02:06 PM
Quantess (23,927 posts)
39. Mom had some cosmetic procedures
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Looks to me like an eye lift and lip collagen.
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Response to Quantess (Reply #39)
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 08:15 PM
Liberal_in_LA (28,657 posts)
42. she sure did!
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 05:34 PM
IndyJones (1,061 posts)
40. IT GETS BETTER: Jill Easter is an author. Check out her book on Amazon!
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http://www.amazon.com/Holding-House-Ava-Bjork/dp/0983555907/ref=la_B004OM0EGU_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340229016&sr=1-1
Her pen name is Ava Bjork. Ever dream about the perfect crime? Sean Howser and his friends have discovered it. Sean is a rising mixed-martial arts star with a troubled past and a major gambling problem. When his debts and his life spin out of control, two of his college friends offer him a solution: act as the muscle in a foolproof international kidnapping. The crime is shockingly simple and one hundred percent possible-no one will get hurt, and there's no way they can get caught. Sean and his friends can't wait to start living the good life. But, when unforeseen events cause their dream crime to unravel into a nightmare, the friends soon become the subjects of an international manhunt. |
Response to IndyJones (Reply #40)
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 02:35 AM
winstars (1,213 posts)
44. Phony positive reviews for the book and 1 new funny review given the authors...
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new circumstances...
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Response to winstars (Reply #44)
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 02:46 AM
IndyJones (1,061 posts)
45. I was going to post her mug shot in the "customer pictures" but since it's not my photo to
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distribute, didn't think I could. But dang, that couple really deserves what they get now. You have to be pretty evil to do what they did. They are a couple of bullies who felt entitled to always get their way. I feel for their kids.
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Response to IndyJones (Reply #45)
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 02:57 AM
winstars (1,213 posts)
46. Did you leave a "review" of her book on Amazon??? nt
Response to winstars (Reply #46)
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 03:04 AM
IndyJones (1,061 posts)
47. No. I only review items I've purchased. I'm not dishonest like she is. And I'm not going
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to ever purchase her book.
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