SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

ci.

PFOEATION OFFICER'S REPORT

TgE PMPLE OF TEE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Y.S.

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ccii'\/

REPORT SEOUENCE

cou FIT

OEFENOANT'S NAME(S)

RANCHO

KARL JOSEPH DITOI"I}'IASO

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COURT CASE NO

JUDGE

UHLER

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CUCA}ICD{GA

24365-02

DEST. R-4
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ADDRESS (PRESENT,/RELEASE}

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PROBATION NO.

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RACE

MALE

CITIZENSHIP STATUS

OEFENSE ATTY.

NO.

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TYPE REPORT

MAIN NO.

XX-

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A21208567
CUSTODY
oAYs rN JAIL THIS CASE 3 13
KI esluateD D vERtFtED
BooKlNG No. 010830 L344

OFFICE

PROSECUTOR

Probation and sentence

Pre-Conviction (131.3 CCP)
Deferred Entry of Judgement

STATUS,/RELEASE OATE

Post sentence

Diversidn (Specify)

PRESENT OFFENSE: LEGAL HISTORY

CHARGED with the crimes ot (INCLUDE PRIORS. ENHANCEMEN:'5 OR SPECIAL
couNT r: 187(A) PC (SECOND DEGREE IVIURDER )

CIRCUMSTANCES)

FILED.

San Bernardino County Clerk

CONVICTED Of thE CTiMES Of

COUNT

(INCI-UOE PRIORS. ENHANCEMENTS OR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES}

DATE OF CONVICTION/BEFEFRAL

CONVICTED BY

COUNT(S} CONTINUEO TO

s-L7 -O2

JURY

COUNT

P & S FOR OISPOSITION

S OF INFORMATION

PROPOSEO PLEA AGREEMENT

NONE REPORTED

COURT DOCKET
TIME(S}

OATE(S) OF OFFENSE

4-t3-92

DEFENDANT:
(

SEE PRIOR
RECORD

sEcTroN)

UNKNOWN

tr
tr
tr

seNrerucED To srATE pRrsoN/couNTy JAIL oN

N/A
oN pRoBATroN EI PENDTNG pRoBArroN

vroLATroN El

CASE

peNomro NEw cAsE (

SBCo)

ON PAROLE.REMAINING TIME

BECOMMENDATION:

E pnogerrox 6

DENIAL

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isEsENr oFFENSE:
' ''icoruttt'l uE*o)

OF INFOP.MATICI{ (thl, qlgal

CRII{E

REPORT

iTilTrrM
JoSEPH
B-31-01 | uNxuowtl I xanr'
DITOMMASO

187

(A)

Pc

UNKNOWN HOTEL

IN

RANCHO CUCAMONGA

SBCO

ISHERI FF

Fwvo24365-01 P/G tO CHARGE OF 192(A) PC

AND 207(A) PC: SENTENCING
HEARING SCHEDUTED FOR 6_28-02

ELIZABETH LYNN

I
o

0
1

R ELEVANT CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE OFFENSE;

ELEMENTSANDRELtsVANIUII{UUMSIANI.;ESUFIH!,UI-FEN5E:

AVAILABLE INFORMATION OBTAINED INDICATES DEFENDANT WAS

THE IMPRESSTON THAT

ROpIANTICALLY

MrNOR

HIS

INVOIVED.

SPOUSE AND

VICTIM PHITLIP PERRY

REPORTS INDICATE

To SET UP AN APPOINTMENT

WERE

TttE DEFENDANI TOLD CODEFENDANT

WITH THE VICTIM ON APRIL

13, 1992.

ST.

oN

THAT DATE, DEFENDANT I'IINOR I"IET WITH THE VICTIT{ AT THE

CATHOLIC CHURCH AT 1367 EAST 15TH STREET'

DEFENDANT ['lINOR REQUESTED THE

HER TO ANOTHER LOCATION TO ASSTST HER WITH CAR TROUBLE. THE VICTM wAS

UNDER

IN UPtAND.

JOSEPH'S

REPORTEDLY'

VICTIM TEAVE THE LOCATION TO

ACCO]IPANY

KITLED AT THE OTHER LOCATION BY ANOTHER T,IALE ACCOMPTTCE. VICTIM

SUSTAINED

GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE UPPER BACK

AREA. THE DEFENDANT THEN

l,lET WITH THE OrHER I{ALE ACCOMPTICE, THE FOtIOWING DAY, AND THE VICTIT'I'S
BODY WAS TRANSPORTED TO

TfJUANA'

MEXTCO.

AVAILABLE INFORMATION INDICATES THE DEFENDANT AND

ACCOMPLICES LETT THE

VICTIM'S

BODY

TWO

IN THE VICTII'I'S 1985 WHITE CHRYSLER:

FIFTH AyENUE. REPORTS TNDICATE THE UNITED S?ATES CUSTOI"IS DEPARTI\,IENT

RECORDED

A VEHIC!E

REGISTERED TO THE DEFENDANT'

A I99I AI'IERICAN JEEPI

LICENSE NUI{BER 201R247, CROSSED FROM MEXICO, INTO THE STATE OF CALIE ORNIA

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( DITOI4I"IASO

/99i
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souncgs oF INFORMATION

V ICT

[M:

(thlr p.gc'

CR ME DOCUMENT
couNr(s)

NAME

PERRY (AGE 44)

PHILLIP MARC

fi[ffienoPER TY
tOSS OF LTE.E

LOSS (TYPE

COST

COUNTS

II

III

AND

/ ETCJ

iiffiffiEace
UNDETERMTNED
RESTITUTION ALREAOY

Loss: l-Ti vEs 3

ViffiErerEl'tENT:
THE CAUSE

n.,o

I r,rge

APPLIED FOR VICTIM RESTITUTI.cN FUNO

NO

AN AUTOPSY WAS

OE DEATH [{AS A

PERFORI'IED ON

GUNSHOT vIoUND TO

THE VICTIM. REPORTS TNDICATE

THE CHEST. THERE

WAS ANl

ENTRANCE VJOUND TO THE UPPER tEFT BACK WHICH EXITED ALONG THE

THE VICTII"I'S RIGHT

"

THE VTCTII'1'S NEXT.OF-KTN, WIFE CHRISIINA PERRY,

BE SUB}ITTTING A

THAT STATEMENT

OF

LOWER JAW.

CONTACTED TELEPTIONICALLY ON JUNE

WOULD

LINE

7, 2OO2. MRS. PERRY INDf

VER,tsAL STATEMENT

IN

WRITTNG TO

W.AS

CATED SHE

?HE COURT.

ONCE

IS

OBTAINEDI TT WILL BE ATTACHED FOR THE COURTIS

IN

TERI,IS OF EINANCIAT COSTSI MRS. PERRY INDICATED THERE

CONSIDERATION.

WERE COSTS FOR FUNERAT EXPENSES. ItlRS. PERRY FURTHER INDICATED THAT

BOTH SHE AND TV0O OF HER CHILDREN DID OBTAIN COUNSELING- I"IRS. PERRY ADDED

THAT SHE AND TIIE CHITDREN ATTENDED COUNSELING SESSIONS IN j.992

COUNSELING

IS STILT

NEEDED FOR THE THREE OF

HAS BEEN VTORKING WTTH

R

r+ava TNSURANCE

rO

COVEEI

^rogrvr
RESTttuitOru'

UNKNOWN [--i

vfCrfUrS

-4-

ves

E*o

TO

DATEI I'IRS. PERRY

A RESTITUTION SPECIALTST WITH fHE SAN

OF VIC;I

RESTITUTION

THEM.

AND

BERNARDINO

(coNTTNUED PAGE FoUR)

i67Iu vrcrr"rs I vlcrrM(s) Nor

IFtED oF P&s HEARTNG

S'z=s I*o

INSURANCE CC MPANV NAM E.iADORESS/T E LEPHO

E NO.

UNKNOWN

SECTION 119I.16NEXT-OF-KIN NOTIFIED PURSUANT EO PENAL CODEVICTIM

LIST CCNTINU=S NE>:;

(prromunso)

?5P?253 - ?rcb-',itSl. (."2v )"9?\

PAG=

VICTIM'S StaTEMEIUg - COnrftlU

DISTRICT gafORNEY'S OFFTCE, I"1S. KRISTfNE C. THORNBERRY. TO DATE,

TOrAt AMOUNT oF THE MONETARY RESTITUTION CTAIM HAS YET TO BE

DISCLOSED-

MRS. pERRy ) -

t,
.)

THUS FARr THE MONETARY CLATMS HAVE BEEN APPROXTMATEtY $99O

$630 FoR MENTAL HEALTH

EXPENSES FOR THE DAUGHTER

THERE HAS ALSO BEEN

A CtArM

OF THE VICTII'I AND

SUBMI'TTED

IN THE AI'IOUNE oF

9360 FOR r,lRS. PERRY. I'IRS. PERRY AISO INDICATED SHE PAID
OUT oF pOCKEf AT A COUNSETTNG AGENCY BACK IN tgg|.

I
I

THE

EOR. COUNSELTNG

MRS. PERRY INDICATED SHE WOULD TRY TO OBTAIN STATEMENTS

10

FR9M HER gHILDREN AND SHOUTD THOSE STATEI,IENTS BE OBTAINED PRTOR

11

COURT pROCEEDINGS, THEY

t2

I,IRS. PERRY CHILDREN ARE NOW AGES 24' 26' 28 AND 30'

13

14
15
16
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18
19

20
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1'82

WfLt BE ATIACHED

TO

THE

FOR THE COURTTS CONSIDERATTON.

souaces oF INFORMATION (thlt D.Fl

CII

PRIOR RECORD:

SYSTEM;

FBI

RECORDS; SBCO COUR?

DOCUMENTS

AKA'S: KARL JOSEPH BRAGG; KARL JOSEPH

DTTOI1MASO

JUVENILE HISTORY:
NONE FOUND.

ADULT HTSTORY:

8-31-01 i3*,38illlHil?,*85ilild'311f,;;? i#tXT-3I-,,,,,*3311' '*]*,,

DEGREE); 2O7(A) PC (TTONR,PPING)

CASE

l2-ZB-Ol

(DrTol'lMrASo

75P?258 - Prob

?HTS REFERS TO

THE

FILED IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CASE NUMBER FSBOO33O56;

CHARGE: 487(D) pC; 182(A)(1) pC; FouR COUNTS OF 10851(A)

vc (raxn vEHrctE !{ITHouT owNERts coNsENT/vEHIcLE THEFT);
FOUR COUNTS OF 529 PC (TAT.SN PERSONATION OF ANOTHER TN
pRrvATE); FOUR COUNTS Or 470(D) PC (FORGERY) - CASE
PENDING: NEXT SCHEDULED COURT DATE 7-9-02, DMSION R-4:
DISPO/RESET I]EARING

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lgsc

(Rev' 5/98)

souRcES OF IXFORMATIOX (thit Page)

H I STORY:

PERSONAL

DEFENDANT

swsraucE ABU 5E:

of alcohol or controlled substance
No record, indication, or admission

Occasional social or experimental

See

below:

tndication

acknowledged.

use of

admission of significant substance abuse problem.

Referred to Narcotic Evaluator D

abuse.

ytt D

Narcotic Evaluator's

ruo

report attached

ln f orrn atlon
Additional lntorrt
THE DEFENDANT RELATES HIS INITTAL INVOLVET,IENE WITH

19 OR 20 YEARS OF AGE.

NARCOTICS BEGAN WHEN HE WAS APPROXIMATETY

INDISATES HE USED MARIJUANA AND METHAMPHETAMINE SOCTALLY DURING THAT

PERIOD OF

OR EOUR

TIME. HE SAYS HE TRIED SPEED ONCE AGAIN IN 1996I

HE DENIED EVER BEING ADDI CTED

TII{ES.

fO

HE

I'IAYBE THREE

METHAMPHETAI"IINE OR

}lARIJUANA.

IN

IS

ONLY

REGARDS TO ALCOHOTTC BEVERAGES, DEFENDANT REPORTS HE

A SOCIAT USER OF ALCOHOt.

i-

PHYSICJL

MENTAL

EMONONAL HEALTH:

No indication or <laim of iignificant

below:

lndication

physical

/ mental / emotronal health problem.

/ claim of significant

physical

mental / emotional health problem'

Additional lnformation DEFENDANT SAYS HE SUFFERS WTTH

ULCERS. HE REPORTS

HE HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED TN THE PAST TTIE PRESCRIPTIONS ''ZANTEX"

" TAGAI"IET

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(OrroliMaso)

5/98)
76P7258 - Prob. 19SC (Rev'

AND

PENSONIAU.

SOURCES

HISTORY:

(CONTINU

ED)

OF INFORMATTON (thlr

D.9c)

DEFENDANT
TVPE RESIOENCE

HOTEL

EESIDENCE

LASr FlvE YEARs

Efsr-Dfi-rffiB'LrTY

MORTGAGE/RENT

LENGTH OF
OCCUPANCY

DAYS

SAME

Additionallnformation THE DEFENDANT REpoRTs HE wAs BoRN

TO THE UNION

oF

HE TNDICATES

HIS

FATHER AND MOTHER LATER DIVORCED.

HE REPORTS HTS

STEPFATHER HAD TWO

BUT HE LEGALLy CHANGED HrS NAME

IN 1994

EIGHT

CHIIDREN, TONY AND ELTZABETH.

NAME OF SPOUSE / PFI ESENT COHAB IT ANT

JESSICA ELAINA DE LA GUZ DITO|,II,IASO

MARRTED

SUPPORTED

Additionallnformation DEFENDANT REPORTS HE IvtARRf ED JESSICA

IN JA11AICA. HE ADDS THE TWO OP THEIVI HAD

8Y

SfX. HE ADDS HIS

AGE

WIFE

ON SEPTEMBER 9 , 7999

BEEN TOGETHER SINCE

REpORTS TWO cSIIDRFN WERE BORN TO THEIR UNTON,

ANDREA

BRAGG

TWO

YEARS

gfpRIANI

JOSE

AND TOOK ON THE IAST NAIIE OF

(coNTTNUED PAGE NINE)

NO. OF CHILOREN THIS UNTON

OF UNION

MOTHER.

HIS tEGAt NAME WAS KARL JOSEPH

MARITAL STATUS

MARRIAGE / PARENf HOOD

HE ADDS HIS

HIS ADOLESCENCE. HE SAYS HIS STEPFATHER IS

DEFENDANT TNDICATES

UEr.rCf

rN Los ANGEIES, cALTFoRNTA

KARL AND NINA BRAGG. HE REPORIS HE HAS T9{O BROTHERS.

THEN RET,IARRIED DURTNG

BRAI'IBItA.

CAME.TO COUNTY,, FRoM

STATE./ FROM

NATIVE

GOOD

WIFE AND TliP CHILDRH!

UNDETERM.

CAME TO

RESIOES W ITH/RELATIONSH

AtSo

1994.

HE

ANABELLA THREE; AND

CARED FOR HER STEP-DAUGHTER,

WISS, wHo IS 14 YEARS OF AGE.

DEFENDANT REPORIS

IN 1989.

HE

HOWEVER' HE REPORTS FIE AND

ErEy CoNIINIIED TO

LM

WAS PREVIOUSLY T,IARRIED

LISA

SEPARATED

TO IISA

IN 199OI

BRAGG

ALTIIOUGH

UNDER THE SAUE R@F AS ROOMMATES. DE'B{DAI.TI STATES

IISA

ONE DAUGHTER, ELISE WHO NOW RESfDES WITH HIS MOTHER, NINA BRAMBItA.
FORMAL EDUCATION: oEFENDANT SAY5 TIE GRADUATED FR9ITI UPTAND HIGH SCHOOL
SOUTH BAY BUSINESS COLLEGE AND CALIFORNIA
IN 1986. HE SAYS HE ATTENDED
(Car,-pOf,y),
AND EyENTUALLY EARNED A BACETELOR I S
UNIVERSITY
riteCnNfCaf,
F ARTS (e.e.) DEGREE rN BUSINESS AND FTNANCTNG IN 1989-

-8-

DITol'ltvlAso

76P725a' Prob' 19SC {Bev' 5/981

HAD

PERSONAL HISTORY,/RESTDENCE
o

HIS

CONTTNUED:

GRANDFATHERT "DfTOMUASO,

',ATERNAL

DEFENDANT RELATES

"

IIE HAS TIVED IN RANCHO CUCA}IONGA

FOR

HE

AND

THE PAST SEVERAT YEARS. HE REPORTS AT THE TTME OF HTS ARRESTI

HIS WIFE AND CHItDREN

BEEN EVICTED.

7
8

I
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11

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13

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16

L7
18
19

20
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23

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WERE

LMNG IN A

HOTEL BECAUSE THEy HAD PREVIOUSLY

SOURCES

PERSONAL HISTOFY:

DEFENDANT

(coNTlNU ED,

$ eueloveo
SEtF-EMPtOYE]
I luxer.rpuovEo

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

EMPLOYER AWAREOF PRESENT OFFENSE

REFERRED TO \^/ORK FURI.OISH

El *ra'

Elres EIno
OCCUPATION

YER /ADoREss,/ PHoNE

ffi

OF INFORMAT ION (thlr D.gal

PRESIDENT,

fJves

CITAIRMAN

13

$2, OOO-3, Ooo

YEARS

EMPLOYMENT STABILITY
ISST 5 YEARS

Dno

6RO55 MONTHLY WAGE

PEli IC,O OF EMPLO YT\tENI

TYPES OF PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

SEE

GOOD

BELOW

l--'l ut*ventPteo

l-l veRrrreo

AdditiONAIINfOrMAtiON THE DEFENDANT RETATES

SINCE 1989.

HfS FfRST

FOR TVso yEARs-

HE HAS BEEN IN BUSTNESS FOR HIT'ISEIF

COMPANY, "B&B ASSOCfATES,

HE RELATES

"

REMAfNED

IN

IN 1992' HE FORMED THE "I,IERCANTItE

EXISTENCE
CORPORATION."

HE SAYS HE HAs BEEN SEtF-Er{PLOYED AS lHE PRESTDENT/CHAIRMAN OF "MERCANTTLE

SINCE ]aggz. HE

I.IORTGAGE"

NORTH ARROWHEAD AVENUE

REPORTS

HIS LAST BUSINESS

IN THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO.

FINANCIAL STATUS

ffivalur
1995 CHEvy SUBURBAN ESTIMATED vAtUE $8,000

iilElulEs,,esittraarEo

AMoUNT (MoNTHLY)

Additional lnformation

ecrtvtrv flYEs
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GANG

D--L

<

A^^ '|F

- '^61

Elno

EST. TOTAL ASSETS

NONE

NONE

EI'IPLOYMENT

Name of Gang

AT 2702

(CONTTNUNO PAGE 11)

$2,000-3 , oo0
SECONDARY INCOME SOURCE(S)

PRI'V'ARY INCOME SOURCE

.rtrg1a<g

WAS LOCATED

PERSONAt HISToRy,/EMPLoYMENT

HE SAyS HE

9{ORKED

WITH

CONTINUED:

COMPANY

BY THE NAME OE 'SEIECT REAI ESTATE.

"

ItE REpORTS HE WORKED WITH A I'1S. TENNEY FOR THE PASI IHREE OR FOUR YEARS.
giOUtD FIND CUSTOMERS FOR REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES
HE STATES MS. TENNEY

AND HE V{OUtD

WORK

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7

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19

20

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23

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TO ASSIST EHE CUSTO}IERS I{ITH FINANCE

'

DEFENDANTJ

J-Jry
THE DEFENDANT DECTINED TO COI'IMENT AND TNDICATED

.)

NO STATEMENT TO SUBMIT TO THE

HE

HAD

COURT'

INTERESTED PARTIES:

4
5

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF I S DEPARTI,IENT:

THE INVESTTGATING OFFICER, SERGEANT ROSERT DE.AN, II]AS

CONT.ACTED TELEPHONf CALLY ON JUNE

7, 2OO2. HE SUBI/TITTED TtiE

.D

STATEMENT

IN I{RITING AI$D ASKED THAT THE

BODY OF THE R.EPORT.

r0

AS

FOLLOVilS

TiiE

STATEMENT

IS

STATEMENT

DATED JUNE

FOLLO?!ING

BE INCLUDED IN

10, 2OO2

AND

THE

IT IS

"rN

I1

I'IAY

2001,

AND

AT THE REQUEST OF THE VTCTIM'S

t2

PA}4ILYI THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFFIS HOMICTDE DETAIT R,E-OPEI{ED

13

TIIE INVESfIGATION INTO THE

74

I"IURDER

OF

DEACON

UNSOLVED

APRIT 13TH I 1992 KIDNAPPING AND

PI]ILL]P PERRY. AT TIIE TIME OF HIS DEATH' PHILLTP

AT ST.

S CATIIOLIC

IN

15

PERRY WAS

16

CATIFORNIA. EE wAs tilARRrED AND HAD FOUR CHILDREN. PERRY

17

RoT,IANTTCALLY INVOtVED WITH

18

PARISHIONERS. THE AFFI-IR BETWEEN THEM LASTED SEVERAL MONTHS. IN

19

ApRrr ot tggz, PHTLLIP PERRY

20

TiIEIR

DEACON

WHEN KAR.L

pERRy -v[.qs HAVING WISH

.)Q

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CHURCH

UPLAND

BECAI1E

LISA BRAGG, ONE OF HIS }IARR]ED

AND

LISA

BRAGG AGREED

TO DMRCE

SpOUSES SO THEY COULD GET YTARRIED-

2L

22

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DI

TOYTASSO FOUND

i:is WIFE, DI

OUT ABOUT TIIE

TOFiASSO, ALONG WITH

AE

FAIR TiiAT

HIS STEP-SISTER,

I
2

ELIZABETH

MTNOR, AND DI

CONSPIRED

TOGETHER TO KIDNAP AND MURDER

BUSINESS PARTNER, SCOTT HARRISON/

TOMASSOTS

PHILTIP

PERRY.

THE EVTDENCE DEVELOPED DURING THE ENSUTNG FIVE.MONTH

INVESTIGATION AND DI TOI'IASSOIS SUBSEQUENT TRIAT' REVEALED THAT KARL

DI

HARRISON, TO MEET WITH PHITLIP PERRY AT

oN THE EVENING OF APRIL 13, 1992. ELIZABETH MINOR SET UP THE tvlEE?rNG
WITH PERRY Atr KARL DI TOIVIASSOIS BEHEST AND UNDER THE PRETENSE THAT SHE

TOMASSO SENT

HIS STEP-SISTER, EtTZABETH MrNoR, AND AN

ST.

ARMED SCOTT

JOSEPIT'S CHURCH

IN

UPLAND

NEEDED SOME COUNSELTNG. AFTER SPEAK]NG TO DEACON PERRY THAT EVENTNG,

10

MTNOR LURED PERRY FROM THE CHURCII UNDER THE RUSE THAT HER CAR' PARKED

11

t2

TO AN ISOLATED SIDE STREET

13

DROPPED OFF

t'f
la

HARRISON, WHOM MINOR.KNE9! WOULD BE HIDING

15

HER AND PERRY TO ARRTVE' PULTED

SHORT DISTANCE AWAYI NEEDED

A JUI{P-START. MINOR THEN DIRECTED PERRY

WHERE

SHE HAD PREVTOUSLY PARKED HER CAR AND

scorT HARRISON. APTER PERRY

16

GOT OUT OE

IN

HrS CAR'

SCOTT

THE BUSHES WAITING FOR

GUN ON PERRY AND ATTACKED HIM.

HARRISON DUCT TAPED PERRYIS MOUTH AND FORCED PERRY INTO

t7

THE BACK SEAT OF HIS

18

WITH PERRY AS MINOR GOT INTO THE DRIVERTS SEAT AND DROVE THE THREE OF

i9
z0

zl
)9

THEM

IN

CAR.

HARRISON THEN CLIMBED INTO

THE BACK SEAT

AI,{AY; WHILE THEY ELED IN PERRYIS CARI IIARRISON SHOT

THE

BASK.

PERRY ONCE

MINOR THEN DROVE HARRISON AND THE NOW DECEASED PHILLfP

BY KARI DI TOI'1ASSO. PERRYTS CAR

pERRy, TO A VACANT CONDOMINIUI'I

OWNED

AND BODY WERE illDDEN OVERNIGHT

IN THE CONDO}4INIUM GARAGE.

)Q

CATLED

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(Prtoumeso)

76c92G . PROB. 5A :"e2

A PAY

PHONE AND TOLD

T4INOR EHEN

HIM TITAT PERRY WAS DEAD '

THE FOLLOWING I'IORNING, ETIZABETH MINOR FLED TO UTAH.

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4
D

KARt DI TOI'IASSO, SCOTT HARRISON AND ROBERT MINOR, ETIZABETH MINOR'S

HUSBAND ALt MET AT DI TOI'IASSOrS CONDOI'{INIUM FOR THE PURPOSE OF
DISpOSING OF DI TOI'IASSO'S BODY AND CAR. HARRISON DROVE PERRY'S CAR WITH
pERRy'S BODf STUFFED IN THE FLOORBOARD OF THE BACK SEAT WHftE KARL

TN DI TOI'IASSOIS JEEP'

TRIO

THE

DI TOMASSO AND ROBERT MTNOR

DROVE

CRoSSED THE,INTERNATIONAL BORDER WITH PERRY'S BODY CONCEALED BEN]EATH

BAGS OF CLOfHTNG

10

AND ROBERr MINOR ABANDONED PERRY'S CAR WITH

11

AND THEN RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES

THE

TI/OO CARS SOUTH FROM RANCHO CUCAI"IONGA

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T,IEXICO,

DI

DOCUT"IENTED

TO I'IEXICO AND CROSSED

IN THE BACK SEAT OF PERRYIS CAR. DITOMASSO'

IN DI

WHEN THE THREE CROSSED BACK

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13

FOLTOWED

HfS

BODY

TOT'IASSO I

INIO

HARRISON

INSfDE IN TIJUANA

S JEEP.

THE UNITED STATES

FROM

TOI'IASSOIS JEEPIS TICENSE PTATES WERE RECORDED AND

BY CUSTOMS AUTHOR.ITIES AS HAVING ENTERED THE UNITED STATES

L4I 1992.

15

DURING THE AFTERNOON ON APRIL

16

TIJIIANA, D! TOMASSO, HARRISON

l7

CHEVRON CREDTf CARDS FOR GASOTINE PURCHASES

DURTNG THE

AND ROBERT MINOR USED PERRYTS I'IOBILE AND

IN

ONTARTO AND SAN DTEGO.

AFTER RETURNING TO THE UNTTED STATES I

I8

TRIP TO AND E.ROI{

DI

TO}'IASSO

19

I,IAItED TWO FORGED AND FALSIFIED TETTERS TO PERRYIS WIFE AND PASTOR'

20

THESE TETTERSI SUPPOSEDLY AUTHORIZED BY PHTLLIP PERRY' WERE INTENDED

2L

TO CONVINCE PERRYIS WIFE AND PASTOR THAT HE WAS GOING AWAY AND WOULD

22

NEyER RETURN. DI TOMASSOTS AND HARRISONTS DNA AS WELL

te

FINGERPRINTS WERE FOUND ON THESE FICTITIOUS

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?6C692G - PP-OB. 5A 1'2

AS DI

LETTERS. DI

TOITiASSO'S

TOI,IASSO ALSO

CONVINCED

HIS

MOTHER

TO WRITE AN 'ALIBT LETTER'' FOR HIS JEEP, WHTCH

(,

'INVESTIGATING AUTHORITIES
THE
WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE SUBSTANTIATED TO

WHEREABOUTS

oF HIS

VEHICTE ON APRIT

L4, 1992.

WHEN DETECTTVES QUESTIONED

Dr TOI'IASSO

rN 1992

ABOUT HIS

DI TOT'IASSO LIED AND DENIED

KNOWLEDGE OF PERRYIS DISAPPEARANCEI

KNOWING ABOUS

AN ATTEI{PT TO SUBSTANTTATE HIS ACTIVITTES AND VIHEREABOUTS ON APRIL ].,

1992

IT.

DI

TOI'1ASSO ALSO

ANY

FALSIFlED HIS IAPPOINTMENT BOOK ' IN

DURING

THIS INVESTIGATIONI DETECTIVES HAVE

TEARNED KARL

10

DI TOMASSO AND ETIZABETH flINOR ARE ACCOMPLTSHED LIARS. DI rOI'1ASSO IS

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DI TOI1ASSO AND MrNOR I'IAINTAINED THEIR SItENCE,, AND THEREEORE THEIR

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15

SELF-ADT,IITTED PATHOTOGICAL

REEDOII, EOR

10 YEARS.

IIAR.

AFTER ACCOPIPLISI]ING THEIR CRIME'

THEY NEVER ADMITTED THEIR INVOLVEI{ENT

CRIME OR CAI'IE FORWARD WTTH INFORMATION ABOUT

CONFRONTED

IT UNEIL

IN THIS

CORNERED AND

BY DETECTTVES SOME 10 YEARS tATER.

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AT THE TI}{E OF HIS

ARREST

I DI TOMASSO WAS AISO A SUSPECT

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IN A VARIETY oF

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INVESTIGATED BY SAND CAT DETECTIVES,

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THOSE CI]ARGES ARE CURRENTLY PENDTNG UNDER CASE NUI'IBER FSBO33O56.

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it

OTHER FRAUDULENT CRII"IINAL

ACTIVITIES THAT

WERE BETNG

A REGIONAL AUTO THEFT TASK FORCE.

DURING THE DI TOI{ASSOIS CONFINEI'{ENTI INVESTIGATORS LEARNED

THAT HE HAS ATTEI'IPTED TO MANIPUTATE

HIS FRIENDSI NE]GITBORS AND RELATIVES

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INTO I,IANUFACTURING FATSIFTED EVTDENCE AND TAPE'RECORDED INTERVIEWS.

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SrNcE DI TOMASSO'S ARREST, HE HAS CONTINUED TO tIE, PIINIMIZE HIS

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RESP6NSIp;TLTTY FOR MASTER-MINDING PERRY'S

THOSE HE GAINS CONFIDENCE

I"IURDER,

I
I

IIASBEEN SEEING

MONfTORED

BEEN TRYTNG

ADDRESS

DI

IN. SINCE HIS

HIS

TOI'1ASSO HAS TEARNED THAT

JAIL

AND

GET

HIS

AND HAS MANIPULATED

CONVICTION FOR PERRY'!S

CURRENT

WIFE, JESSICA DE LA

CRUZ,

!ilIio !]M{I TO DISNETIIAND WIIH HER AND THEIR CHILDREN.

PASTOR

TETEPHONE

ro

T'IURDER

CAttS

MADE

BY Df

TOMASSO REVEALED THAT

tiE

HAS

REIATTVES TO FIND OUT VIHAT THE PASTOR'S NAME,

:"::::-:-:'JJ':::T

vERy coNNrvrNG AND MANT,,LA?rNG

pERSONALITY. HE fS THE TYPE OF PERSON

10

ACCoI'lpLrSH HIS CRIMINAL ACTS FOR HrM WHILE ATTEMPTTNG TO MTNIMIzE EIS

1l

TNVOIVEI',1ENT AND RESPONSIBILfTY.

1,

ETIZABETH },IINOR

13
L4

t5

WHO EMPLOYS OTHERS ?O

INITIATLY tTED

ABOUT HER INVOLVEMENT IN

THIS CRII,1E- AFTER SHE WAS CHARGED, SHE CONTINUED TO I'IINfMIZE HER
RESpONSIBILITy FOR PERRY'S KIDNAPPfNG BY rl{PLyING TIIAT DI TOIvIASSO
VICTIMIZED

HAD

HER.

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BASED ON THE EGREGRIOUS, CALCUTATED AND CONSPIRATORTAL

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NAIURE oE. THIS CRIME, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT BOTH KARL DI TOI,IASSO

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ELfZABETH I{INOR HAVE ESCAPED JUSTICE POR OVER 10

.9

P95ITION OF TEIS DEPARTMENT TIiAT BOTH KARL DI TOMASSO AND ETIZABETH

I,TINOR RECEIVE TI1E I'lAXfllUt'I SENTENCE POSSIBLE FOR THE 1992 KIDNAPPfNG

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i1

AND T,IURDER OE DEACON

PI:ItLIP

YEARS

r IT IS

THE

PERRY.'

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BASED ON

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1,B9

AVAItABtE INFORI'IATION, THE DEFENDANT

WAS

AND

INSSRUyENTAt rN SEEKING OUT THE ASSfSEANCE OF HIS STEP-SISTER AND A

MALE ACCOI{PLlCE rN CARRYING OUT THE DEATII OF ANOTHERT VICTIII PHILLIp

PERRY. A VICTIMI

WHOM ATTENDED

THE SAME CHURCH OF THE DEFENDANT t S

S'OUSE. A gpOUSE WHOI'I TilE DEFENDANT REPORTEDLY BETIEVED WAS

ROMANTICALLy INVOIVED WITH THE VICTTM. THE VICTIM, WHO DIED.AS THE

RESULT

A VICTII,,I

GUNSHOT WOUNDI WAS MARRIEDI AND

oF A

WHO 9{AS WEII-KNOWN

a

IN

THE COII}IUNITY,

LARGF. CONSTRUCTTON COMPANY AS

FATHER

PURCHASING

WORKED FOR

DEEENDANT, HIMSEIF, AT THAT TII*IE WAS PRODUCTIVE

10

REpORTEDLy

11

DURING

TTllS

GRADUATET WHO OWNED

COURSE OF

HIS

FOUR TEENAGERS.

IN THE CHURCHT AND

A COtIEGE

OF

WHo

AGENT. THE

IN THE COMMUNITY AS

OWN MORTGAGE

WELL,

BUSINESS-

THIS PROBATION INVESTTGATIONI THE DEFENDANT

SPOKE

BRIEFLY oF HIS MARRTAGE TO HIS EX-WTFE, AND INDICATED THEY SEPARATED

IN 1990, ALTHOUGH THEY CONTINUED TO LM TOGETHER AS ROOI{MATES. THIS

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IT DIFFICULT tO

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OUE SUCH

tb
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MAKES

DETERMINE WHY HE WOUTD CONSPIRE WITH OTHERS TO CARRY

CALTOUS

ACT' AN ACT

WHICH WAS PREI'IEDITATED AND CATCULATED.

FIRST, THE VICTIM IS KTLLED, THEN THE VICTII{IS BODY IS TRANSPORTED TO

I"IEXICO. THE BoDY REI'IAINED IN A VEHICTE FOB THREE DAYS ON A RESIDENTIAL
STREET. A VEHICLE REGTSTERED EO THE DEFENDANT IS RECORDED RE.ENTERING
THE UNITED STA$ ES, A DAY AFTER THE VICTIIjI IS TURED AWAY FROI"I THE CHURCH

(Hrs sTEpsIsTER), JUST ABOUI A

AND THE CRIIVIE REI'IAINED UNSOTVED UNTIL NOW. AN ACT

:0

wrrH AN ACCOIIPLICE OF THE

:1

DECADE HAS pASSED,

)4,

oF SILENCE lssf

)o

TIME TO HOLD THIS DEFENDANT FULTY ACCOUNTA'BLE FOR THE CRfF{E THAT TooK

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DEFENDANT

HAS CREATED TURMOIT FOR THE VICTIMTS

FAMILy.

IT IS

NOW

AGO.

TO ASSURE THAT THE DEFENDANT

PLACE OVER

THREAT TO ANY OTHERS TN THE COI'IMUNTTY

HE SHOULD BE

By tAw.

DECADE

REMOVED FROM

WItt NOT BE

IN THE FUTURE, IT IS FEIT

THAT

THIS COI'IMUNITY EOR THE I'IAXII"IUM TIME PRESCRIBED

SENTENCTNG CONSIDERATIONS :

DEFENDANT

THE CIRCUMSTANCES TN AGGRAVATTON PER RULE 421 APPEAR

IS INETIGIBLE

FOR PROBATION.

?_

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TO BE AS FOLLOWS:

1.

THE CRIME INVOTVED GREAT VIOLENCEI GREAT BODILY

HARMI THREAT OF GREAT BODTLY HARM, OR OTHER ACTS
DTSCLOSING A HIGII DEGREE OF CRUELTY, VICIOUSNESS
OR CALTOUSNESS.

2.

THE DEFENDANT INDUCED OTIIERS TO PARTICTPATE IN

THE COI'IMISSION OF THE CRTME OR OCCUPIED A POSITTON
OF LEADERSHIP OR DOMTNANCE OF OTHER PARTICIPANTS

r0
11

L2

IN ITS

I3

3.

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15

COMMISSION.

THE PLANNINGI SOPHISTTCATION OR PROFESSIONALIS}i

WITH WHICH THE CRIME VIAS CARRIED OUT I OR OTHER
FACTSI INDICATE PREMEDITATION..

IN MITIGATION:

16

CIRCUMSTANCES

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THE PROBATION OFFICER HAS REVIEW JUDICIAT COUNCIT RUtE

:

18

SHoUtDTHEcoURToRDERSTATEPRrSoN,TIIEMAxIMU[,1EER}1

19

20
2L

WOUTD

BE APPROPRIATE.

RECOMI{ENDATION

.rg

23

IT TS RECOMMENDED
ORDER DEFENDANT

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THAT PROBATTON BE DENTED; THAT

THE

COURT

IO PAY RESTITUTION TO TI1E VICTII'IS PURSUANT TO SECTION

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Lzoz. pENAr, coDE; pAy ?#Ot REsrrrurroN FrNE

tZOz.4 pENAL

CoDE.

nispecrr;gLLY

SUBMITTED,

RICHARD SHUMSKY'
CHIEF PROBATTON OFFTCER

puRSUANT

ro'sEcrroN

5
6

BY
7

ITCHETTI DEPUTY
ARNELL
AREA OFFfCE
VALTEY
POIIONA

(eo9) 468-4516

r HAVE READ AND CONSTDERED

THE FOREGOING REPORT OF THE

10

PROBATTON OE'FICER.

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s wrr,r,rg

aag-asoa

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(SUBMITTED 6-L4-O2)

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irvpeo

6-L8-o2)

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18
19
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1/92

OE THE SUPERIOR

COURT

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

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RECSHT{ENDED T ERtlS AUD C0NDI I I0N

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SPEND

FIRST-.--DAYSA,IOI\ITHS

IN COUNTYJAIL

TERIIS OF DEFERRED ENTRY

T-] NOTTO

S_-----PLUS

JUDGHE}JI

BE ELIGIBLE FoR coUNTY PARoLE.

:

WORK FL'RLoUGH PROGMM RECOMMENDED'

pAy A F1NE OF

rT

-02

PENALTY ASSESSMENT (t48t P. C. & 76000 G. C.) THROUGH THE PROBAT1ON OFFICER.

3i5ffiH'FEEPURSUANTTo1137L5H&ScoDE(550FoRFAcHH&SVlot-ATloN)THRoUGHTHE

A MANNER AS INSTRUCTED
oAv ptrqrrTr rnox TO THE VtCnM(S) PURSUANTTO 1202.4 P.C. lN AMOUNT OF S-nN
1203.1 P.c. MINIMUM PAYMENT oF RESTITUTIoN To
INCLUDING
A
SERVICE
CHARGE
PER
oFFlcER
b? rifiiOiliiFioBAT|ON

S-.
gf,STITUrlON FINE PURSUANT TO 1202.4 P.C. lN A MANNER AS INSTRUCTED BY THE COURT/PRO3ATION OFFICER.
S_
I rOfnU aMOUT.IT TO INCLUD= A SERVICE CHARGE lN THE AMOUMf OF S-,
DIVERSION RESTITUTION FEE lN AN AMOUNT AND MANNER AS TNSTRUCTED BY THE CoURT/PRoBATIoN
pAy S_

BE

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tf

pAy

oFFlc=R-

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g3 NOT DRTNK OR pOSSEss ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVEMGE AND STAY oUT OF PL-ACES WHERE THEY ARE THE CHI=F lT=tvl OF SAL=.
\^/lTH
NoT uSE OR pOSSESS ANY NARCOTICS, DANGEROUS OR RES'IRICTED DRUGS OR ASSOCIATED PARAPHERNALIA,
=XCEPT
AND STAY A\4'AY FROM PI-ACES W-IERE USERS. BUYERS OR SELLERS CONGREGATE.
VALID PRESCRIF ,T1ON.
El . . nO1. aSSoclATE 1671fH P=RSONS KNovuN BY YoU T-o BENARCOIIC OR DRUG USERS OR SELLEBS
t] SUBMTT TO pERtODIC ANTI-NARCOTIC TESTS/ALCOHOL TESTS AS DIRECTED BY THE PROBATION oFFIC=R oR ANY CTH=R Faic=
OFFIC=R,.
lN POSSESSION; NOT WRITE ANY PORTION OF ANY CHECKS: AND NOT HAVE SANK ACCOUn-T UPoN \^JHlcri
HAVE NO 31ANK CH*CKS
il

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yOU htAy DRAW CH=CKS. NOT USE OR POSSESS OR APPLY FOR ANY CREDIT OR ATM CARD.
AWAY FROII
NOT ASSOCTATE wTi{/sTAY
paOBATION OFFIC=R lN A PI-AN FOR
COOpERATE 1a71TH
DEpEND=NTS AS DIRECTED BY PROBATION oFFlcER.
SUppoRT

OR EMPLOYMENTAS APPROVED BY PROBATIoN OFFICER.

SEEKAND MAINTAIN TRAINING, SCHOOLING
RESIDENCE ATALL TIMES.
ADVISED
OF
YOUR
KE=p pROBA1ON OFFICER
COURTTO
BE RETURNED TO DEPARTMENT OF tvlOTOR VEHICLES.
LICENSE TO CLERK OF
SURRENDER DRIVER.S
DRNE A MOTOR VEHICLE UNLESS IaWFULLY LICENSED AND INSURED.
NOT

ANY DANG=ROUS OR DEADLYWEAPONS.

Ef NOT OwN, USE OR pOSSESS
PROPERTY
UNDER YOUR CONTROL TO SEARCH oR SEIZURE AT ANY TIME OF THE DA.Y oR NIGHT 3Y
AND
srJ3MrT yOUR pERSoN
E] iIi
oFFlcER WITH OR WTHOUT A WARMNT oR PROBABLE CAUSE.
OR
OTH=R.
PEACE
ijrrtcfn
i;ioa-anOr.l
ORDERS. RULES AND REGUI-ATIONS OF THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT AND OF TH= COUR.T.

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OBEy ALL LAryS. OBEY ALL

STAT=DTO BE
US= 9NLY Y9UR TRUE NAME.
REPORTTO THE

WITHIN
IF YoU

LSVE TH.CoUNTRY. DO NOT REENTER TH= UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY.

oFFtcERWTHIN

IF YOU

DO RETURN. REPbRT TO THE PROBATION

AND PRESENT DOCUMENTATTON WHICH PROVES YOU ARE rN TH= UNrr=D STATES LEGAI-LY.

OF PRO3ATION:
ADDTTIONAL CONDTTIONS

RECOMMENDATION OTH=R THAN TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PROtsATION

f-l
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lS GRANT=D, lT tS RECotvllil=t,lD=D THAT TH= COURT D=TERrillNE DEF=Nf.qNT'S A3lLlTY

COST OF TNCARC=p,AT1ON:_IF_PROSAiON
TO S=CTION i203.ic P=NAL CoD=.
PUP.SUA}'IT
CCST OF Ii{CAAC=RATION

iOl.ri

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