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Surrounding the JonBenet Ramsey Murder case
A Personal View Of The
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Surrounding the JonBenet Ramsey Murder case
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Legal Cases State of Colorado vs Craig Allen Lewis | |
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| December 20, 1999 State of Colorado vs Craig Allen Lewis Charged with Commercial Bribery and Extortion. Charges dropped November 8, 2000 in exchange For $100,000 donation to Colorado Journalism School |
| Craig Allen Lewis, 44 was the news editor of the Globe in Boca Raton, Florida. Thomas C. Miller, 48 is a former criminal defense attorney, a handwriting analyst and a writer. He is accused of introducing Lewis, 44, to J. Don Vacca, a former Denver police officer who is an expert in forensic documents and who was examining the ransom note on behalf of JonBenet's parents, John and Patsy Ramsey. Thomas Miller was charged with commercial bribery in connection with the alleged attempt to buy a copy of the ransom note for $30,000 from the handwriting expert for the Globe tabloid. He was being accused of working as a broker for the Globe on that illegal ransom-note deal that took place on April 1, 1997. Lewis was indited on December 20, 1999 and the evidence against Lewis includes several items seized during a search of Tom Miller's home in Boulder specifically his personal diary that was found when a warrant was served on Judith Phillip's home where the diary was kept. The "criminal bribery" charge is based on accusations that Miller and Lewis were inducing an employee to break confidentiality with an employer. In the extortion case, Lewis is accused of sending photographs in August 1998 to Steve Thomas' home in a threat to publish photographs of Thomas' deceased mother along with a story that she comitted suicide. The pictures showed Thomas' mother and his aunt, each deceased. Accompanying them was a letter asking Thomas to grant the Globe an interview. Delays in Craig Lewis' indictment were because the Globe "sought to enjoin the grand jury's investigations on grounds that Lewis's conduct was protected by the First Amendment basically saying he was just trying to do his job as a reporter. On November 8, 2000, the Globe agreed to donate $100,000 to the University of Colorado journalism school in exchange for elimination of bribery and extortion charges against Lewis. VARIOUS DATES AND HAPPENINGS: April 1, 1997 (Tuesday): From media reports....Miller met Don Vacca on April 1, 1997, in the lower level of Vacca's Jefferson County home. Miller was accompanied Craig Lewis who was introduced to Vacca as a "representative of a large corporation.'' Lewis offered Vacca $30,000 for the note and showed a large, stuffed manila envelope. April 8, 1997 (Tuesday): From media reports...."The unidentified man (Craig Lewis) called Vacca three days later and left a message. On April 8, 1997, the unidentified man returned to Vacca's home and asked again to purchase a copy of the note. "He offered more money and asked that if money wasn't of interest to Mr. Vacca, what would be?'' the affidavit states." The man was told to leave and as he drove off, Vacca wrote down the car's license plate number. Vacca traced the license plate to the Hertz rental-car office at Denver International Airport. Investigators determined Lewis rented the car April 4-9, 1997. December 14, 1999 (Tuesday): District Judge Christopher J. Munch ruled prosecutors can use the seized diary of Tom Miller that might implicate Lewis in the April 1, 1997, attempt to purchase a copy of the ransom note for $30,000. April 14, 2000 (Friday): Craig Lewis' attorney argued several motions, including "whether the grand jury was properly instructed and the constitutionality of all the statutes." November 8, 2000 (Wednesday): On November 8, 2000, the Globe agreed to donate $100,000 to the University of Colorado journalism school in exchange for elimination of bribery and extortion charges against Lewis. |
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