UPDATE: JULY 31 1:09am
Just before 4pm today I dropped-off this note addressed to David Lauren at the Cheshire County Attorney office.
I had previously called and left a voicemail with Lauren and inquired how best to point out to him some content I think relevant to the threat he and his colleagues have levied at me for the victimless act of parking my truck on a clear street.
The post I indicated in the note is this post: http://KeeneCopBlock.org/386
2013.07.30
ATTN: David Lauren
Re: “State of N.H. vs. Peter Eyre, No. 499-2013-CR-00803” and the statement communicated to me on July 25, 2013 by Jean Hawkins Kilham, seeking “reciprocal discovery for any evidence” related to the ransom note left on my vehicle on March 23, 2013 by Lesley Collier, please see the post:
http://KeeneCopBlock.org/386
Specifically,
> the embedded b&w video entitled “2013 03 23 Lesley Collier leaves ransom note on vehicle”
[the direct link to that video is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWvlUv8u8Ok]
and
> the three screenshots from wunderground.com that show the weather in Keene, NH on the dates March 21-23, 2013
Thanks for your time.
It’s my hope that justice will be arrived at through reason and logic.
Your neighbor,
-Pete Eyre
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This post was published originally at KeeneCopBlock.org
On March 23, 2013 I found a ransom note left on my Tahoe by Lesley Collier, who wears badge #198 of the Keene Police Department. Collier claims that I owe the “City of Keene” 15FRNs, which I dispute.
Most-important: I did not harm anyone.
Collier and David Lauren, who is now pursing this in legaland, have yet to identify a victim. If there’s no victim there’s no crime, thus I don’t have an obligation to make anyone whole.
I put-forth this commonsensical perspective to Ed Burke in Keene District Court in early May.
I was told to return on August 19th. However, since I plan to be on the road on the 19th with the Police Accountability Tour, I motioned for an earlier date (as well as a dismissal based on the frivolous nature of the claim) and was told to appear at District Court in Keene the morning of August 6th.
Individuals Involved
Lesley Collier – Keene Police employee who levied ransom- (603) 357-9813
David Lauren – assistant Cheshire County attorney – (603) 352-0056
Ed Burke – man wearing black robe in legaland – (855) 212-1234
Jim Cemorelis – Keene police employee and prosecutor – (603) 357-9813
Pete Eyre – Tahoe owner who allegedly victimized the “state of New Hampshire”
If Collier or Lauren are able to point to a victim, or to property that I damaged, then I’ll gladly make right. I believe personal responsibility to be a paramount character trait.
Yet as it stands, the only justification given for this attempted shake-down is some text penned by folks who I’ve never met, which claims that parking in certain spots isn’t acceptable during certain times. That text – dressed-up in the legalese of Keene ordinances 94-95 – pertained to overnight parking [read in embedded document below].
I never signed that text. It is not a contract to which I’m beholden. Further, the ransom note was left on my vehicle on March 23, 2013 – that day and the days prior were all precipitation free – meaning there was no snow that needed to be cleared from the roads.
Zero precip in Keene on March 21, 2013
Zero precip in Keene on March 22, 2013
Zero precip in Keene on March 23, 2013
The video below shows a clear Leverett St.
Collier appears at 1:05 and places a ransom note on my truck. He drives off around 1:23 and a minute later I appear (with a friend).
Based on their actions demonstrated thus far, one may rightly claim that Collier and Lauren – far from being motivated out of an interest to help those they claim to serve – are driven first and foremost by revenue generation.
That shouldn’t sit well with anyone, including Collier and Lauren themselves. They’re not just doing a job, they are responsible for their actions.
As I concluded on my post from May, Why a Ransom Levied Won’t be Paid:
As we each conclude that we shouldn’t apologize for actions that harmed no one, that we don’t owe a debt to make some fictitious entity whole, the sooner we live free of individuals claiming the right to initiate force.
We’ll see what happens. If the threat levied isn’t dropped I expect to sit half a day or a day in a cage. Hopefully it gets some folks to think. At least I know I’m being true to my conscience.
The embedded document below was sent to me by Jean Hawkins Kilham (who, after the August date change, was handed this off to her colleague Lauren) . It looks like their colleagues know me better than myself it lists page 8 that my speech is “Southern Drawl” … It looks like they’re targeting a different person – yet another reason the ransom levied at me is moot.
