Email received from friend: I received this letter, written by California attorney David Scharf, from a list member

in Arizona, who wanted me to know what the LA Sheriff's Department member had done to endanger her best friend, Patrice Teuton, and Ms. Teuton's children in Orange County, California. The Lynwood, CA, Sheriff's Detective Julio Jove, who spearheaded the raid, and whose illegal actions are detailed in this letter, is the same detective "Only One" who was acquitted of shooting and killing an unarmed young man in the back. The dead man's son was awarded almost a million dollars: http://southgate-lynwood.patch.com/groups/police-andfire/p/lynwood-boy-whose-father-was-killed-by-deputy-gets-nearly-1-million To: Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey: Our firm has been retained to represent Ms. Patrice Teuton. Century Division LASD officers arrested Ms. Teuton on 3/20/14 in her home in Laguna Hills, Orange County pursuant to an investigation conducted by Dep. Julio Jove. She posted 20k bond and was released with an appearance date for 4/16/14 in Dept. M-69 Metro. Since the case was not on calendar in M-69, I contacted the Metro DA's office. I was advised that the case had been rejected "for further investigation" or an "office hearing" and Ms. Teuton would be notified via letter of the determination. I requested contact information for the filing deputy but was told that, they would contact us. I am extremely concerned for the safety of Ms. Teuton. She was arrested in this matter at the behest of her estranged husband, Mark Teuton. He has been stalking and harassing her since she filed for divorce over two years ago. He has been threatening to have her arrested and claiming that he would "see her in jail" since 1/8/13 when a Permanent Protective Order was issued forbidding him from all contact with Patrice and her 14 year old daughter Natalie and ordering him to pay 16k/month in family support. The order and proof of service are attached. For several years, Dr. Paul C. in Laguna Niguel has been treating Mark Teuton for severe psychiatric disorders. Dr. C. recently breached his duty of confidentiality to advise Patrice that he now believes Mark Teuton poses a serious threat to her safety and to take action to protect herself and her daughter. I personally spoke with Dr. C. and he advised me that in his professional opinion, Mark Teuton is a criminal sociopath capable of anything including, extreme acts of violence and perversion. Patrice is the target. Dr. C. also stated that characteristic manifestations of Mark's disorder include falsely claiming that the target of his obsession is victimizing him. It is important to note that according to Dr. C., Mark Teuton is a sociopath who is extremely adept at lying and presents as a charming and engaging individual. Mark Teuton is also an attorney familiar with the court system. Dr. C. is available via cell phone at (949) XXX-XXXX He is expecting a call from law enforcement. This document serves as an advisement that Patrice Teuton is seeking the assistance of the LADA to protect her from Mark Teuton as he poses an immediate threat to her life. This request is made directly to the DA because the conduct of Dep. Jove and other Century Division LASD

personnel in this investigation has directly aided and abetted the harassment of Ms. Teuton as explained below. Ms. Teuton was originally written off by LASD because of her frantic behavior and claims that are "typical" of contentious divorce proceedings. He said/she said. However, Ms. Teuton is legitimately terrified (who wouldn't be after that warning from the psychiatrist?). Making matters far worse, she was reduced to an emotional state bordering on hysteria because of the conduct of LASD personnel, including Dep. Jove and Sgt. Duran. For reasons unknown at this time, Dep. Jove has deliberately violated the law, deliberately violated LASD departmental policy, deliberately ignored exculpatory evidence and knowingly placed Patrice Teuton and her daughter in immediate danger. Apparently, sometime in early March, Mark Teuton told Dep. Jove of the Century Division LASD that Patrice had stolen two laptops, an apple desktop computer and a painting ("Springtime in NY.") from his vehicle. He also claimed that he and Patrice were divorced. Mark set up this claim when he previously contacted Patrice in violation of the protective order and told her she could get her adult sons belongings, which Mark had previously stolen, from the car. When Patrice learned that Jove was investigating her for something, she contacted Jove around 3/17/14, asked him what was going on and whether he had any questions for her. Jove said no he had no questions. Patrice knew that Mark must be behind this and advised Jove that her husband, Mark Teuton was stalking and harassing her and that she had a protective order in place against Mark. Based on the claims made by Mark Teuton, ignoring completely all evidence that Teuton was lying and without asking a single question of Patrice, Jove obtained a Ramey warrant arrested my client and searched her home in Laguna Hills, Orange County under the claim that he had a search warrant. I have repeatedly asked for a copy of the warrant and the return, which LASD has failed to provide. Items of Patrices personal property were taken. Of course, Mark and Patrice are still married and as such any property is community property. In the divorce proceeding, Ms. Teuton was given sole control over the residence and all of their belongings. Moreover, she has receipts for the purchase of the property Mark claimed she stole that was taken by deputies during the search. She advised Dep. Jove and Sgt. Duran of this fact at the time of the search but was ignored. One of the items Mark claimed was stolen from him taken by Jove during the search was Ms. Teuton's personal desktop Apple Computer. This computer contained all of Ms. Teuton's personal information, correspondence, passwords, emails etc. The receipt for the purchase of the computer is attached naming Patrice Teuton as the sole purchaser after the legal separation took place. Another item he apparently claimed she stole that was taken by Jove is Springtime in NY the picture hanging over her mantel purchased by her. The receipt for that is attached as well. Ms. Teuton again advised Duran and Jove of the protective order prohibiting Mark Teuton from contacting either her or her daughter in any way and yet after the search was completed in a meeting arranged by Jove, my client's 14 year old daughter, Natalie was placed in the custody of Mark Teuton's girlfriend, a complete stranger, who then attempted to coerce Natalie into going to see her father just inside the Ralphs where Jove had delivered Natalie to this woman. This type of third party contact is absolutely prohibited under the protective order and Jove deliberately facilitated it when he knew of the order's existence.

Jove has also made my clients address public and informed Mark Teuton. My clients addre ss was confidential and she had gone to great pains to avoid having Mark find it. She moved herself and her daughter into Lauras House a domestic violence shelter after the protective order was granted out of fear of Mark. She eventually left Lauras house and followed instructions on how to obtain a confidential residence. Jove brought Mark to her residence when he telephoned Mark after the search to come pick up Natalie. The first person to return to the residence after the search was Natalie and she discovered that the back door had been unlocked and left open after she had locked it upon leaving at the conclusion of the search. After searching the residence to see if anything else was missing it was discovered that my clients black book containing all of her passwords and account information along with two binders containing documentation proving misconduct by Mark Teuton assembled for the divorce proceedings had been taken. After seizing my client's property under the claim of a warrant, Dep. Jove took her computer and her other property and immediately gave it to Mark Teuton. Releasing property that has been obtained under a search warrant is a blatant violation of the law and LASD policy. Property obtained under a warrant is deemed in the custody of the magistrate. Violation of these provisions of the Penal Code by law enforcement is a crime itself and this case presents an excellent example of why the laws violated by Jove exist. Attached you will find the return to the search warrant that Jove filed with the Downey court on March 27th, 2014. Despite repeatedly requesting the warrant docs from Century Division, we had to obtain this copy from the clerk in Downey, the clerk stated that something is not right with this warrant but refused to say anything more. I don't know what the clerk meant yet but I will find out. Aside from that fact, in the warrant return Jove swore under oath before Magistrate Deborah Cole that "All of the property taken by virtue of said warrant will be retained in my custody subject to the order of this court" When he swore that oath he had already unlawfully given all of Patrice's property that was taken by virtue of said warrant to Mark Teuton. PC 129 states: "Every person who, being required by law to make any return, statement, or report, under oath, willfully makes and delivers any such return, statement, or report, purporting to be under oath, knowing the same to be false in any particular, is guilty of perjury, whether such oath was in fact taken or not." Where is the property taken under the warrant now? We have repeatedly demanded its return. Did Jove scramble to get it back? The simple fact is that Patrice Teuton's life is in danger and Jove has been facilitating a stalker with his violations of law and perjury. For more information regarding the danger posed by Mark Teuton please contact Deputy Allemande of the Orange County Sheriff's Department. I have been informed that Allemande told Patrice, "I have been at your house many times, I have arrested Mark and had him inside my car. I drove to Extended Stay America and served him the proof of service for the TRO. I know Mark. You need to protect yourself because Mark will kill you in seconds and I can't get here for minutes." Time is of the essence and Century Division still has not arrested Mark for violation of PC 102 which states: "Every person who willfully takes or attempts to take, or assists any person in

taking or attempting to take, from the custody of any officer or person, any personal property which such officer or person has in his charge under any process of law, is guilty of a misdemeanor." Mark clearly took property from the custody of Jove, which Jove had in his charge under process of law. For that matter, Jove assisted Mark in taking property he had in his charge under process of law. The crime of violation of PC 102 has been committed regardless of whether Jove believed Mark owned the property, regardless of whether Jove got it back and regardless of whether it actually belongs to Mark (which it obviously does not). It is believed that while Patrice was still in jail trying to post bail, Mark Teuton gained access to her home and stole the black book and the two binders containing documentary evidence obtained by Patrice proving Mark was actively hiding assets intended for use in the final divorce trial. No one else on earth would have any interest in these items and only Mark would know that there would be no one at the residence while Patrice was being arrested. It is significant to note that for no apparent reason Jove deactivated the security camera recording system installed by Patrice during the search. It is known that Mark Teuton immediately took Patrices computer to the Apple Store in South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa and through guile and manipulation convinced the clerks to give him Patrices password. He then unlawfully accessed her computer and likely duplicated the drive giving him unlimited access to information that can be used to harass and stalk her. Apple personnel advised my client that the password had been given to Mark Teuton and these Apple personnel are available as witnesses. They remember Mark well because he engaged in such bizzare and threatening behavior to get the password. I have repeatedly attempted to contact both Wendy Segall of the Stalking and Threat Assessment Division and Leonard Torrealba of the Metro Division via email explaining the concerns expressed herein. I have received no response other than an email from Ms. Segall that simply stated D. Thus far the Los Angeles District Attorneys office has expressed zero interest in protecting Ms. Teuton or in helping her to achieve justice in any way for the terrible wrongs done to her in the name of the law. I have not even received so much as a courtesy notice that anyone cares at all. Apparently, the press and the media are far more interested than the District Attorneys office in Deputy Sheriffs that commit perjury, assist homicidal stalkers and engage in the videotaped execution of a man in Lynnwood. David Scharf State Bar No. 170083 Attorney for Ms. Teuton GRAVITAS LAW GROUP APC David J. Scharf Esq. 1953 E. Chapman Ave. Fullerton Ca. 92831 Ph: 949.887.4589 Fax: 949.429.2249