Conspired Stalking Charge
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By Edward Snook
Investigative Reporter

D.A. Tim Thompson

Wallowa County, OR. - Go to www.usobserver.com and read “Frivilous $12 Million Dollar Lawsuit” for much needed background on this case and the many allegations associated with it. Then read “Corruption Costs MILLIONS” on the top front of this edition and you will have much insight into why the stalking charge that Union County District Attorney Tim Thompson is pursuing against Lloyd Trackwell is a blatantly, false criminal charge.

Lloyd Trackwell was investigating Bruce and Venese Hampton, “owners” of the Pocket Ranch in Wallowa County for alleged fraud against the Bank of Missouri. Trackwell was an employee of the bank until the bank’s insurance company “threw him under the bus.” He was an employee of the bank until Umatilla, Oregon Circuit Court Judge Daniel Hill jumped into bed with the Hostetters and the Hamptons and helped them obtain a $2.4 million dollar settlement with the bank’s insurance company - All because Trackwell had found out where the bank’s alleged collateral had ended up, i.e. the Pocket Ranch.

Now, let’s start exposing the blatant corruption in the Trackwell Stalking Case. And, let’s all remember that the US~Observer isn’t investigating Lloyd Trackwell; we are investigating the Hostetters, the Hamptons and the false charges that have been leveled against Trackwell. A fact is a fact, unless you allow people like Rahn Hostetter and Bruce Hampton to turn things around and avoid the fact – They are both true artists at doing this, so stay with me and we will get to the truth about the Trackwell Stalking case.

D.A. Mona Williams

In August of 2010, Rahn and Zach Hostetter reportedly urged Mona Williams to file criminal stalking charges against Lloyd Trackwell. She refused. All three of them knew that Trackwell had been reporting information about alleged crimes to state and federal authorities. Williams declined to prosecute, but when Zach Hostetter filed a civil complaint and gave a copy to Oregon State Police (OSP) Trooper Barry Taft, Williams told Taft that under Oregon law he had no choice but to serve the complaint on Trackwell, because there was probable cause. Taft had numerous contacts with the Hostetters and the Hamptons about the citation, but never attempted to contact Lloyd Trackwell before serving it on him. On May 11, 2011, Taft reportedly testified that he made no attempt to investigate the allegations prior to serving the citation on Trackwell.

Trackwell was served with a criminal citation that ordered him to appear within three days or face arrest. Yet when he appeared, no officer or District Attorney appeared to prosecute the citation. Instead, Zach Hostetter showed up and prosecuted the stalking citation as a “civil matter”.

Judge Daniel Hill

Judge Mendiguran held a 20 minute hearing wherein Bruce Hampton and others testified to facts that were never included in the stalking citiation and which Lloyd Trackwell wasn’t prepared to address. He then issued a temporary stalking order under the criminal stalking statute. Judge West then took over the case and treated it as a ‘civil matter’, even though Lloyd Trackwell had never been served with the civil summons required for every civil lawsuit. In one of the court transcripts that I read in this case, Judge West was rude to Trackwell and continually kept him from talking. This transcript also revealed that the main testimony against Trackwell came from Pastor Bartlow of the Joseph Baptist Church and Bill Bushlen from General Land Office in Joseph. They testified that Trackwell had came to them asking questions about the Hamptons and telling them that the Hamptons were committing crimes. Numerous other people have claimed the very same things about the Hamptons – Should all the others, including a bank president be charged with Stalking? Should La Grande Attorney Cory Larvik be charged with Stalking for sending a letter to Oregon Attorney General John Kroger, wherein he states, “My purpose in writing is to make a formal request for the Oregon Attorney General to step in and take control of the Bruce and Venese Hampton Charitable Trust I and the Bruce and Venese Hampton Charitable Trust II in order to stop the ongoing fraud and to reclaim and preserve the assets of the trusts.”

Even though Bruce Hampton had claimed in a July 2009 deposition that he only spent summers in Wallowa County, he testified that Lloyd Trackwell had driven past his acreage every day for the previous two years. Hamptons house was shown to be over 500 feet from the road and there was no valid evidence of any stalking whatsoever, unless one can construe that speaking with individuals about those you are investigating to be stalking. If this is the case, then I have stalked thousands of people thousands of times – go figure!

Judge Russell West subsequently issued a stalking protection order against Trackwell and ordered Trackwell to pay the Hosetter law firm $3,500 in attorney fees. Trackwell appealed. Trackwell filed a supersedeas bond for the $3,500 judgment and the Hostetter firm filed a SECOND fee application requesting $10,000 in attorney fees for attempts to collect the first $3500 and the appeal has yet to be ruled on. Judge Russell West awarded the Hostetter firm a sizeable chunk of that request and now Lloyd Trackwell is handling his own appeal of the stalking order and the thousands of dollars in attorney fee awards against him.

After the entry of the stalking protection order, Trackwell filed several reports with law enforcement alleging that the Hamptons were now stalking him. Of particular concern to Trackwell was that every time he turned on a cell phone one of the Hamptons, Zach Hostetter or Rahn Hostetter allegedly showed up in a vehicle that followed him. Local sources, including Sheriff Fred Steen confirmed several incidents where this appeared to be the case.

On April 18, 2011, Lloyd Trackwell sent a letter to OSP Captain Travis Hampton complaining about harrassment by OSP officers, including Mark Knapp the husband of Hostetter/Knapp partner Rebecca Knapp.

Lloyd Trackwell

On April 27, 2011, Lloyd Trackwell reported to the Wallowa County Sheriff’s Office that Scott Hampton was following him and that he believed these incidents were triggered by some sort of electronic interception of his cell phone calls. The Hamptons were allegedly stalking Trackwell, following him, showing up wherever he happened to be, and then reporting to law enforcement that Trackwell was violating the stalking protection order.

On April 28, 2011, Trackwell was emailed by OSP Captain Travis Hampton that OSP Sargeant Chris Hawkins would be contacting him shortly to discuss his complaint. On April 29, 2011, Trackwell was waiting to be contacted by Chris Hawkins, and saw Hawkins’ vehicle at Scott Hampton’s house. Trackwell was traveling on a public highway and was over 1000 feet from Scott Hampton’s house, so he pulled over onto the shoulder of the road. Sgt. Chris Hawkins saw Trackwell through binoculars and promptly arrested Trackwell and charged him with violating the stalking protection order. No one ever did speak with Trackwell about his complaint against OSP!

Lloyd Trackwell had objected to Mona Williams handling the prosecution of the alleged stalking order, so Union County prosecutor Tim Thompson took over the prosecution. Thompson actually insisted that the court order Lloyd Trackwell to wear a GPS monitor while he is in Wallowa County—even though he has yet to be convicted of anything! Not content with subjecting Trackwell to this outrage, because Trackwell’s GPS wasn’t tracking him,Thompson recently filed a motion asking the court to jail Trackwell even though the county supplied GPS monitor wasn’t working properly! Thompson did this even after Sheriff Steen confirmed the GPS unit was not functioning properly. You’re getting in pretty deep Mr. Tim Thompson…

Thompson has declined to drop charges even after being informed of the investigation of Hamptons and the Hostetters, because Mona Williams told him that the attorney general wasn’t going to charge them. One has to ask, why Mona Williams, who has a substantial enough conflict of interest with this matter that requires Thompson to handle it, continues to talk to Tim Thompson about the case and shows up at all of the Trackwell hearings. Even more disturbing is her assertion that the Hamptons and the Hostetters won’t be charged! With each day that passes, I document more and more about the conflicts of interest that run deep in Wallowa County and the results that the conflicts produce.

Of equal concern is why Thompson is going after Trackwell when there is no evidence of any Stalking. Who is Thompson doing this for? Wallowa County Sheriff Fred Steen has stated that Trackwell hasn’t stalked anyone and that Trackwell was supplying him with evidence of crimes, so again, why is Thompson falsely prosecuting Trackwell and who is the recipient of Thompson’s favors? Rest assured, I will get to bottom of this conspiracy. At this point I can factually state that Thompson and others are blatantly violating Lloyd Trackwell’s civil rights and I assure Thompson that his complete involvement in this charade of justice will be recorded publicly and permanently… I have never witnessed a more severe case of injustice, nor have I witnessed a more clear case of wasting tax-payer dollars.

This is not only outrageous, it is unbelievable - The state has scheduled a 4-day trial in Wallowa County Circuit Court for October 22-25, 2012. Judge Greg Baxter is to preside over the case.

If I have accomplished anything in my factual exposure of the bad side of Wallowa County, Oregon it is yet to be seen. I would ask each and every citizen to take just a couple minutes and go look in the mirror. While you are looking, realize that Wallowa County, Oregon is where you live, not where this writer lives, and then ask yourself whether you are a spineless, worthless, coward or an American who is responsible and demands accountability. If you fail to look in the mirror, you already have your answer!

We are currently compiling a complete history on Union County District Attorney Tim Thompson and a complete expose of his alleged conspiratorial involvement with others in eastern Oregon. We urge anyone with information on Thompson or others related to these issues to contact Edward Snook at 541-474-7885 or by email to editor@usobserver.com.

Editor’s Note: On September 27, 2012, Lloyd Trackwell was in Wallowa County Circuit Court, with Judge Greg Baxter presiding. Prosecutor Thompson was attempting to have Trackwell jailed for violating the false Stalking Order against him (the hearing was set-over). A witness stated that Hostetter and Hampton were continually smirking at Trackwell, and that Hostetter was attempting to intimidate him. What a damn disgrace!

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