TWO LRPD OFFICERS SUSPENDED DUE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENTS

Two Little Rock Police officers have been placed on leave and are subject of internal investigations as a result of two unrelated domestic violence incidents.

Officer Ahmed "Jack" Soliman, a/k/a Ahmed Hassa Soliman-Motawie, and Det. Terry McDaniel  have been relieved of duty and are on paid leave pending the outcome of the internal investigations and associated criminal proceedings.

Somalian-Motawie's troubles came to a head back on September 23, 2018. He got into an argument with an ex-girlfriend, Kristen Giggleman and sometime during the encounter he grabbed a knife and intentionally cut himself. The report suggests that Soliman-Motawie might have been stalking her.

KRISTEN GIGGLEMAN - SOLIMAN-MOTAWIE'S VICTIM

 

 

You can view the complete report by clicking here.

Somalian-Motawie's had been recently divorced from his wife Kathryn. The decree from their divorce was filed on May 21, 2018.

You can view the complaint for divorce his wife filed by clicking here and the decree by clicking here.

Giggleman subsequently filed a complaint against Somalian-Motawie and he was charged with Domestic Battering 3 Degree and arrested. The judge in the matter, Hugh Finkelstein, issued a no contact order on October 11, 2018 and had Somalian-Motawie surrender his passport (we have sent a FOI request for filings in this case, but have not yet received the records).

On  October 21, 2018, Somalian-Motawie really screwed the pooch and violated the order of protection. He went to the residence of a relative of Giggleman's which was in violation of the no contact order issued October 11th.

 

You can view the complete report by clicking here.

Somalian-Motawie was arrested again (we have sent a FOI request for filings in this case, but have not yet received the records).

Stay tuned for updates about Somalian-Motawie.

Now to the matter of Det. Terry McDaniel. His domestic abuse case involves Lori Gore, the mother of his two children.

LORI GORE - McDANIEL'S VICTIM

On December 19, 2018, Gore called LRPD after McDaniel tried to kick her door in and then broke a window of her residence and threatened to "beat her ass and hide her where nobody could ever find her". 

We assume a homicide detective could possibly do that - hide a body that is.

You can view the full report by clicking here.

Gore subsequently filed for an order of protection against McDaniel, which was temporarily granted by Judge Michael Reif. A hearing will be held on January 16th at 10:00 am on the matter (we have sent a FOI request for filings in this case, but have not yet received the records)

NOTICE TO McDANIEL ABOUT THE HEARING FOR THE ORDER OF PROTECTION

McDaniel also filed a lawsuit against Gore. In it he claims she filed a false police report about the domestic abuse incident. McDaniel also claims she uses drugs and fake identification.

Apparently McDaniel might have violated a few of LRPD's General Orders and Rules and Regulations in his relationship with her if his allegations are true and he never filed a report about her. Shenanigans all around. 

McDaniel has shot and killed at least two men during his time with LRPD. One of those killings almost caused a riot. The circumstances surrounding both shooting were questionable.

We have obtained videos from LRPD of when they responded to calls from both victims. We will have edited versions posted as soon as possible.

Check back for updates.

***UPDATE - 01/07/19 1:00PM***

We received the court filings for the Order of Protection case involving Det. McDaniel. This is from the affidavit of Ms. Gore.

 

LRPD IDENTIFIES TWO OFFICERS CAUGHT DRIFTING IN THEIR POLICE SUV'S IN A 10 FITNESS PARKING LOT - THE INCIDENT WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO BY A CITIZEN

LRPD OFFICERS FALLS & WATSON - Photos courtesy of the Bordeaux/Racop Transparency Project

At approximately 3:53 a.m. on Sunday December 16th, two LRPD SUV's were observed drifting in the parking lot of 10 Fitness at University and Col. Glenn.

Their hijinks was caught on video by a Little Rock citizen.

LRPD has identified the two officers as Quinton Falls and Brooke Watson.

These buffons violated LRPD Rules and Regulations.

They also violated some LRPD General Orders as well.

 We will post updates as information becomes available.

LAST TERM MAYOR STODOLA CAUGHT IN ANOTHER LIE - BOARD WILL VOTE TONIGHT TO BUMP UP HIS RETIREMENT BENEFITS

We posted back on November 9th that last term mayor Mark Stodola was seeking a bump in salary during his last weeks in office to reap higher retirement benefits.

You can read that post by clicking here.

Thanks to the Arkansas Times and Max Brantley's Arkansas blog, we learned late yesterday that a proposed ordinance is to be voted on at tonight's reconvened board meeting that would do just what we said and more.  

In addition to the salary bump during Stodola's last weeks in office, if he kicks the bucket before his ailing wife, she will get widows benefits.

We have sent a request for records about the proposed ordinance and which board members have proposed it.

You do not want to miss watching the live stream of the reconvened board meeting on the city's YouTube channel tonight.  It should prove painful for last term mayor Stodola.

By the way, chicken-shit last term mayor Stodola never followed up on that email request for all the times our publisher has been wrong.  

Maybe he should use that city paid health insurance and get a testosterone booster to help his vanishing balls issue.

***UPDATE 12/11/18 10:23AM***

Human Resources Director Stacey Witherell has provided the smoking gun that proves last term mayor Mark Stolda is a lying piece of shit and needs to be run out of town on a rail after the public tars and feathers him.

   

LITTLE ROCK MAYOR'S RACE RUN-OFF OFFERS LITTLE CHOICE AND SHOWS NO POTENTIAL FOR CHANGE

KURRUS & SCOTT -  TWO TURDS IN A BUCKET

The two shill candidates in the mayor's race run-off are trying to convince voters of why they should be elected.

We are going to give you some reasons why you should stay home and not waste your time voting for either of them as a protest against bad government.

In spite of what both candidates have said, the city is run by the City Manager and the Board of Directors.  It will take a vote of the people to change that.

The mayor can make proclamations, break tie votes and cut ribbons at openings, but real power lies with the city manager who has control of city funds and the ability to hire and fire employees, with the consent of the board which can fire the city manager.

Howard Kurrus (yes, his real name is Howard) is supported by the Little Rock Fraternal Order of Police, a group headed by a piece of shit that has no business wearing a badge. 

JOHN "SMACKMYBITCHUP" GILCHRIST - LRFOP PRESIDENT

The LRFOP president has a documented history of domestic violence and was once fired from LRPD in part for untruthfulness. 

Gilchrest got his job back via the stacked Civil Service Commission.

Glichrist donated $500.00 to Kurrus.

Gilchrist used his position with LRFOP to try and smear Frank Scott, Jr. Howard did little to protest until after the damage was done.

CNN ran a story about the Willie Horton style attempt to smear Scott.

Fine folks backing Kurrus and remember most all LRPD officers and FOP members don't even reside or vote in Little Rock.

They support him because he thinks LRPD can investigate itself and a citizens review committee is not needed.

Kurrus see no problems with at large members, in spite of a scholarly study by Hendrix College that points out that at-large positions put white males in office as opposed to ward elections that put females and minorities in office. You can read that study by clicking here.

Kurrus came into the race after Stodola dropped out. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know that he got in as Stodola's replacement at the urging of business leaders and the Chamber of Commerce.

Kurrus took campaign contributions from the Chamber of Commerce fronted political action committee.  The CoC gets $300k from the city with no stings attached as to how it is spent and there is no accounting of how the funds are used.  

Kurrus also accepted funds from the Arkansas Realtors PAC , a group that fights against laws for tenant rights. 

That's not a surprise as Kurrus is an owner of a property company and has more in common with shitty landlords than the tenants that fall prey to them.

Kurrus also accepted illegal campaign contributions from two business entities a violation of Arkansas laws. This was documented on a Campaign Contribution and Expenditure report he filed on October 30th.

 

KURRUS SIGNED HIS CCE HIMSELF

Kurrus is an attorney and officer of the court and should know better.  His CCE lists that he has no campaign treasurer to blame.

Kurrus filed an amended CCE on  November 1st, but the violation still stands as the fund were accepted in the first place.

We have filed a complaint with the Arkansas Ethics Commission concerning Kurrus' acceptance of the illegal funds.

We filed one earlier in the year against a judicial candidate for the same thing, the funds in that case were also returned but the Ethics Commission found he violated the law and imposes sanctions. You can read about that case by clicking here.

Kurrus touts his experience on the Little Rock School Board, the one that was in charge of the district when it failed and went under state control.

He touts that he is a leader because he was appointed by Johnny Key, the unqualified head of the Arkansas Department of Education. Key could only obtain that position after the law was changed to permit his unqualified ass to hold it.

Guess what?  The same thing had to be done for lawyer Kurrus. He was not qualified to hold the position of a school district superintendent and a waiver was made by the unqualified Director of the Department of Education. 

Kurrus often states he was fired as LRSD superintendent by Key.

Nope. Read this and then watch the press conference where his departure is discussed. Don't laugh at the single person clapping.

Reverend Frank Scott, Jr. (by the way, we could not find that associate pastor Rev. Scott has any ministerial credentials filed in Pulaski County)is just as bad as Kurrus, maybe worse.

Lets start off with a bang.

Scott has a secret that he does not want anyone to know about and he had the records from his criminal case sealed to keep folks from knowing about his dirty secret. 

We had a tip that Scott was pulled over by the Arkansas State Police for a possible driving while intoxicated offense. A video of the traffic stop allegedly shows Scott acting in a belligerent manner dropping the race and and then the commission card (He was a Highway Commission at the time according to our source). Nothing like a public official trying to use their position to influence another public official, in this instance a law enforcement officer.

So we fired off a Freedom of information request to the Arkansas State Police:

 We got a rapid fire response back:

What the State Police said speaks volumes - records responsive to our request are EXEMPT. Exempt under a section of the Arkansas Code, the CRIMINAL CODE more specifically.

We cannot say for certain what the criminal charges were against Scott and the disposition of the case. UPDATE: a confidential source that has access to the sealed records told us that the charges involved DWI & prostitution. "Rev." Scott continues to ignore our requests for comments. To clear this matter up all he has to do is come clean. #ItsTime.

Rev. Scott isn't saying either. He refused to respond to a request for a comment or explanation.

Rev. Scott also took that dirty money for the Arkansas Realtors PAC.  He justified his taking the dirty money from a group that fights against tenant rights by saying he could take campaign funds from folks he didn't agree with - no problems there.

We will remind Rev. Scott of this verse:

Can the church say amen?  
Rev. Scott also used campaign funds to pay for a lot of airline tickets.

Wonder if he used that expensive piece of luggage he got from fellow highway commissioners when he was booted off?

https://www.scribd.com/document/372972064/Frank-Scott-s-Expense-Gifts-From-Arkansas-Highway-Department

It's unfortunate that we have poor choices for our next mayor.

Boycott the ballot and don't vote for either of these shills.