Former cop to file suit against multiple entities
Former Ofcr. Dave Dooley from 2009
LAWRENCE CO.—Dave Dooley has become our new hero.
The former journalist-turned-cop has notified various entities, through his attorney (also one of our favorite people—really, we’re not just saying this), H. Kent Heller of Mattoon, that it is his intention to file suit against the various entities of Lawrence County who cost him his job last year when he was arrested and charged with a bogus weapons violation.
We were informed this morning that Dooley is bringing suit against Lawrence County as an entity, the city of Bridgeport, Bridgeport’s idiot mayor Max Schauf, Lawrence County deputy Trent Masterson, and potentially others for violating his civil rights last year when Dooley was arrested and charged with Selling/Giving a Weapon to a person with No Valid Firearms Owner’s Identification Card.
The whole thing has been recounted several times here and in print, but here it is in a nutshell: Dooley was friends with a former soldier, Mark Leroy Boren, and they used to target shoot on weekends. Dooley left his .22 pistol at Boren’s house in November 2010, where there was a subsequent fire that damaged the home heavily. Upon response to it, fire officials found that Boren had an alleged pot grow operation and amounts of other controlled substances in his house, and Boren was busted on that. Dooley, however, was busted about a week and a half later on the weapons charge.
Everyone in the world wondered why this arrest and charge occurred at all. It wasn’t until we at Disclosure learned that Masterson and B’port cop Scott Murray had sat in Lawrence prosecutor Lisa Wade’s office for hours trying to “come up” with something to charge Dooley with did the public get an inkling into the level of corruption that covers Lawrence. Based solely on Bridgeport’s desire to see Dooley off the force as a Bridgeport cop—reportedly because Dooley was uncovering various illegal antics Schauf was involved in—Wade was convinced to charge Dooley with the most ridiculous of counts. It was ridiculous because Dooley neither sold nor gave a weapon to Boren…and, when it finally got into court, Dooley’s attorney, Brian Shinkle, was able to show the judge that Boren did indeed have a valid FOID card. As we predicted when the story broke in December, the case was thrown out. And, as we predicted at that time, it’s now headed to a courtroom so Dooley and recover wages and other compensation lost when Bridgeport finally terminated him.
Bridgeport didn’t terminate him for this incident (we know what the termination cause was but aren’t at liberty to say right now). However, the grief he went through, via what he’s rightfully calling “malicious prosecution,” is enough. We hope he prevails.
It isn’t like Lawrence nor Bridgeport can afford another lawsuit. This is the fifth such one that they will lose, these dating back about 7 years, for the county; and the third such one for Bridgeport. Many ended up in federal court, as this one will likely as well, since it’s a civil rights issue.
We’ve put in a call to Dooley, and will have more on this in the upcoming print version in just under two weeks….pick up your copy for the full story.
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Posted by Jack Howser
on Aug 31 2011. Filed under Breaking, Lawrence.
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I hope Dave Dooley the best on this. I always felt that he was doing a very good job there in Bridgeport and he was shafted. Max Schauf did not want laws enforced for some reason.
Dennis, Thats probably because Max has something a little shady to hide!
Unfortunately that is how things go in Lawrence County. It reminds me of some of those old Western movies where someone honest takes a stand against crooks and corruption and the townspeople are afraid to stand with them.
I hope this case turns out like “High noon” and the honest guy wins.
I always hope the best for the honest guy…in this case I hope he beat the socks of the ones who are corrupt and stole his dignity. Had a guy tell me once that money can’t buy you happiness but it sure is better to cry in a mercedes than it was to cry in a volkswagon. I wish Dooley lots of luck and as I already said hope he beats the socks off of em!
you give them HELL HELLER! And I may have a little job for you Mister Heller come OCT!
Email me at oldiusfartius@gmail.com with any details of that job! I got my guns sighted in and ready to fire on another individual as of now but having more than one job never hurt me! I assure you it isn’t any guns aimed at you tho! LOL!
O.F. Do you know how to turn someone in that is defrauding Social Security? I know of a couple of guys I would like to turn in. One is drawing full disability for years and works nearly full time doing strenuous manual labor.
If they would give me 10% of what these guys are drawing I might become a bounty hunter and make cases against these parasites.
I am sure I could find out Dennis I did find out how to get a workers comp investigation going. Not sure I am gonna get a bounty but the sheer joy of knowing I did the right thing for my community is payment enough in my case! I would say you could simply type in Social Security Fraud in your web browser and come up with some options…I can look for you if you so choose, just let me know. Sorry I was away today was busy makin some people happy at a public event and boy was it a hectic day! My kids had a blast and thats what really matters but dad is tired lol! I should be on here for a while or you can email me at oldiusfartius@gmail.com if you wanna discuss the matters privately.
Dennis I replied to you but my comment is pending moderation if you wanna discuss it email me at oldiusfartius@gmail.com or use your google search and try Social Security Fraud. By the way, concerning the conversation the other day about motorcycles, I never intended on hurting your feelings about that its just I dont understand why we have to wear a seatbelt driving a car and all you have to wear motorcycling is a pair of shades seems kinda odd to say the least…and to think they said they did this for safety? My main gripe is if these laws were in place for safety shouldnt parachutes be mandatory on all aircraft and helmets for bikers and also seatbelts in all buses where our next generation is coming to and from school on a daily basis? No I dont like laws like the seatbelt law and I just like driving the point home that it wasnt safety on their minds when this law was created it was MONEY! Sure that is no surprise to any of us but cut and dried the insurance companies as well as the gubment saw a money maker to make some magic money that even your county uses as a “slush fund” to buy things that are not budgeted nor controlled by the county board, they are only managed by the states atty and the sheriff…sure hope all the states attorneys and sheriffs are as honest as you were but we all know that is probably not the case! Let me know if I can help you in reporting the fraudulent individual(s) who are working and collecting gubment subsidies on a monthly basis! That will help ensure that folks like ourselves will have social security when we get old and retire and need it to live ourselves.
I never got offended at what you said. I never get offended at someone for stating their opinion, I might argue with them but I don’t really get offended.
As I have said before, personally I don’t care if someone doesn’t wear a seatbelt as long as I don’t have to pay their hospital bill or nursing home bill.
Fair enough just wanted to say if I owed you an apology I would certainly give you one because I think you are a great person from what I have seen and certainly dont want any conflict but I suppose I do have a strange way of stating my opinions and sometimes I even realize that after posting them and I certainly didnt aim to sound offensive towards you. Glad you can take me, although sometimes probably with a grain of salt. Like you I love humor and all and of course I love to argue…guess I should become an attorney huh? Nah I am to honest to be an attorney but I guess I do argue well with others…most of the time that is LOL. If you ride just ride safe, I dont think the Link Card covers flowers LOL!
Dennis the Link Card part was just a joke but I do wish you to ride safe as well as any other bikers who are on here. I have many family and friends that use this as a method of transportation also and had one friend who tried to show off for some of his lady friends in downtown Fairfield a couple months back and his rear end was well reddened buy this but the fact is it could have killed him. I told him this was one time I got to see him red assed but he didnt like my comment although he knew I simply meant I was glad he was still on top of the dirt!
@Old Fart, I agree with you. The seat belt law was created strictly to raise revenue. ISP will even drive into the small towns, park in a hidden area and wait for some poor soul to come by without their seat belt strapped. More than likely the trooper needs to up his ticket quota. In today’s economy, I think it’s sick they give tickets for this, but then they will argue “the law is the law”. Obey it or else. I strap the belt on every time I get in the car simply because I don’t want a ticket, but I hate the damn thing. I figure if I pay an annual fee (which they keep raising) for my license plate registration and I own the vehicle, then what I do inside that vehicle is my business. But then, there are a lot of stupid laws on the books that I don’t agree with, but have to live with like everyone else.
Off that stupid subject of seatbelts…did Jack and Ang make it Popcorn Day in Ridgway?
Hannah I agree with that totally and I did come across the wrong way the other day when I sarcastically said something about bikes and other stuff when mentioning this law. You cant very well type out sarcastic tones on here but if the gubment was wanting safety we would have a lot more laws not options in doing so. Since there is more automobiles out there than motorcycles then why not make the target at automobiles…if your after revenue which they are its a big fat DUH! The airliners are in the gubments pockets so deep that having parachutes for all passengers will never happen on the major carriers but probably will happen at some point on the smaller planes. Go figure huh? Anyhow I really dislike rules like these as I personally feel it violates certain constitutional rights that many of our very families went to fight and die for. Now these elected “lawmakers” take our rights away bite by bite.
Ya speaking of ISP I wish to tell a certain member of the ISP force a Very Happy Good Morning this morning and since they showed such a pleasant attitude at a public event I attended yesterday!