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Case 2:07-cv-02513-GMS Document 1507-10 Filed 10/30/15 Page 2 of 8

MARICOPA COUNTY SHERIFF S OFFICE

To:

Michele Iafrate

and

From:

Bill Knight

Deputy

Chief

emorandum

Monitoring Team Bureau of Internal Oversight

Subject:

Joseph M. Arpaio, Sheriff

Production of Records

Request

Delivered

Monday

April

27th,

2015

Date:

Below is a breakdown of the Court requested documents, by itemized number, supplied to MCSO on April 2?1\

2015 and the subsequent response associated with each request. Each Court request

is

initiated with an ITR

designation followed by a number. The response by MCSO will be indented and italicized to the ITR designation.

ITR

1:

Complete copy

of

confidential informant file, including payment receipts, purchase receipts, and any

memoranda or written documents identifying Dennis Montgomery as a confidential informant or confidential

source.

Confidential informant file was obtained in its entirety, including payment vouchers,

for

Dennis

Montgomery from Sgt. Travis Anglin

at

the Special Investigations Division on April 2ih, 2015. A copy of

this file was provided to Monitor Anders

and

Counsel Michele Iafrate on April 2ih, 2015.

ITR

2:

Copies of any memoranda, payment receipts, cashed checks, payment records to or from Dennis

Montgomery.

This was provided

to

Monitor Anders

and

Counsel Michele Iafrate on April 2ih, 2015 as

part

of the

confidential informant file from TR 1 obtained from Sgt. Travis Anglin.

ITR 3: Copies of any memoranda or emails in which Sheriff Arpaio was the recipient, sender or copied in which

Dennis Montgomery

is

the subject or

is

mentioned in the communication.

my

Lake, assistant

to

Sheriff Arpaio, produced an email string between he

and

Larry Klayman that

is

uploaded to the monitoring team document request transfer folder under the file name, "Sheriff email

with Klayman TR 3 .

ITR

4:

Copies of any memoranda, contracts, agreements, and any emails between Tim Casey and Dennis

Montgomery, and between Tim Casey and individuals hired as investigators associated with the Seattle,

Washington activities referred to in the article by Stephen Lemons in the Phoenix New Times, dated June

4,

2014.

No documents responsive to this request.

ITR

5:

Copies of any materials and work product pertaining to any investigation involving Judge G. Murray

Snow by MCSO, its agents or individuals hired by Sheriff Arpaio or agents or counsel for Sheriff Arpaio.

File was obtained from

Chief Deputy Gerard Sheridan on April 2ih, 2015 and provided to Monitor

Anders

and

Counsel Michele Iafrate on the same day. This request has been supplemented on May 6th

2015 by information obtained from Sherif f Arpaio.

The

information is uploaded to the monitoring team

document request transfer folder under the file name, "Grissom files obtained from Arpaio 5-6-15 TR

5".

ITR

6:

Copies

of

any materials and work product pertaining to any investigation relating to Attorney General

Eric Holder by MCSO, its agents or individuals hired by Sheriff Arpaio or agents or counsel for Sheriff Arpaio.

No documents responsive to this request please refer to TR 10, Sgt. Travis Anglin file obtained on April

29th 2015.

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file provided under TR 1. There are no other Cl's thus no further documentation responsive

to

this

request. Information provided to Monitor Anders and Counsel Michele Iafrate on April 2ih, 2015.

ITR

39:

All information known about the destruction, relocation, erasure, overwriting, deletion, disposal, or

similar activity associated with evidence, records, reports and logs related or associated directly, indirectly,

officially or unofficially the Seattle, Washington activities referred to in the Phoenix New Times article by

Stephen Lemons, dated June 4, 2014, and/or associated with any investigation, research, surveillance

o

any judge

and/or their family members and/or their associates.

No documents responsive

to

this request.

ITR

40:

Page 20 o the transcribed interview o Attorney Mary Ann McKessy, which was omitted from the

transcript supplied by MCSO to monitor on April 24, 2015.

Document supplied to Monitor Anders and Counsel Michele Iafrate on April 2ih, 2015.

ITR 41: Memo or email from Chief Deputy Sheridan or other command level officer to PSB regarding

circumstances or direction to interview McKessy.

Documentation under request #2 from April 2lh, 2015 provided to Monitor Anders and Counsel Michele

Iafrate on same date.

ITR

42:

Audio and transcript o audio o any and all telephone calls between Sgt. Tennyson and Deputy Brian

Mackiewicz, to include the phone call subsequent to Sgt. Tennyson s interview with Mary Ann Mckessy.

Documentation under request #2 from April 2lh, 2015 provided to Monitor Anders and Counsel Michele

Iafrate on same date.

ITR 43: Complete file

o

the IA investigation

o

the complaint made by Mary Ann McKessy on Deputy Brian

Mackiewicz.

No administrative PSB investigation has been initiated on this complaint. The Criminal PSB case (still

ongoing) was provided under request #2 from April 2lh, 2015 to Monitor Anders and Counsel Michele

Iafrate on the same date. The Criminal PSB case is further being supplemented due to additional

information obtained from McKessy on April

28th

2015 by Lt. Kim Seagraves. The supplemental

information is uploaded to the monitoring team document request transfer folder under the file names

"MELC199293_McKessey Ph Call, MELC199292_McKessey 2, MELC19929l_McKessey 1,

MELC199128-199290_Lt. Seagraves McKessey 3 4-28-15, MELC199076-199127_Lt. Seagraves

McKessey 2 4-28-15, MELC199075_Lt. Seagraves McKessey 1 4-28-15 and MELC198782-

199074_McKessy Images 04. 28.15

.

ITR 44: Copies o worksheets and time accounting records for Michael Zullo in his capacity as a posse member.

This is a repeat request of TR

12.

There are no documents responsive to this request.

ITR 45: Video and audio recordings, and transcripts o any interview o Mary Ann McKessy conducted after

August 22, 2014.

Lt. Seagraves had further communication with Mary Ann McKessy on April 28th 2015 along with

documentation supplied by McKessy to Seagraves. This information is uploaded to the monitoring team

document request transfer folder under the file names "MELC199293 _McKessey Ph Call,

MELC199292_McKessey

2,

MELC19929l_McKessey 1, MELC199128-199290_Lt. Seagraves McKessey

3 4-28-15, MELC199076-199127_Lt. Seagraves McKessey 2 4-28-15, MELC199075_Lt. Seagraves

McKessey 1 4-28-15 andMELC198782-199074_McKessy Images 04.28.15".

ITR 46: Any and all written communication, including emails, between Lt. Seagraves or any other MCSO member

and Mary Ann McKessy, which occurred after 11:07 AM, April 10, 2015.

Lt. Seagraves advised she supplemented a conversation she had with McKessy on page 4 of her report

after the date mentioned above. Monitor Anders and Counsel were provided with this supplement as part

ofrequest 2datedApril 2lh, 2015.

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