Leroy Thorpe's 2010 Criminal Conviction

On October 19, 2009, Leroy Thorpe called the 911 dispatcher and falsely claimed that he had a stay away order against Martin Moulton. This 911 call resulted in Thorpe being charged with filing a false police report. On October, 2, 2009 Thorpe made a MPD 911 complaint, when his friend Ernest Peterson stopped by Thorpe's home to encourage Thorpe to drop his initial complaint against Moulton. This was just another complete waste of police time, though it did not result in any additional charges.

Thorpe was tried and convicted of filing a false police report on May 4-5, 2010. He will be on Court ordered probation until mid 2011. The complete transcript of the trial is shown here. Some have claimed that Thorpe pled guilty and was not convicted. The official record shown here shows that the claim that he pled guilty is patently false.

Criminal Trial Transcript (Download pdfs) Key Points from the District of Columbia v. Leroy Thorpe case 2009 CDC 24676, Trial dates May 3-4, 2010 Pages 1-10 911 tape given as evidence Pages 11-20 Thorpe's attorney tries to cast doubt over the validity of the evidence Pages 21-30 Witnesses: Detective Amber Chesla and 2010 ANC2C04 candidate Derrick Barrett Pages 31-40 Closing Arguments, beginnings of Findings of the Court Pages 41-50 Judge finds Thorpe guilty, post judgement motion from defense, Judge agrees to reopen defense case, Thorpe takes stand Pages 51-60 Thorpe on stand, closing argeuments, rebuttal argument, findings of the court Pages 61-70 Thorpe begs and pleads for judge to not convict him, says that the worst thing he can have is a conviction for lying Pages 71-74 Thorpe was put on unsupervised Court ordered probation (search by name) until mid 2011 and was ordered to donate $50 to the victim's fund Thorpe's Attorney E Scott Frison Jr. Esq., Bar No. 478092 Mr. Thorpe's attorney can't seem to keep his facts straight. See here where he stated as a fact that Thorpe made a 911 call on October 19, 2009, and then on May 4, 2010 argues that the prosecution has not proven that Thorpe made the 911 call. It's no wonder Thorpe lost that case. ANC 2C04 Candidate Derrick Barrett ANC2C04 Candidate Derrick Barrett was called as a defense witness; here is his brief testimony. The judge excused the Mr. Barrett because he did not have anything to say which was relevant to the question of whether or not Thorpe made a false police report. MPD Chief Lanier and Deputy Chief Groomes Thorpe threatened to subpoena MPD Chief Lanier and Deputy Chief Groomes if his civil case or criminal case went to trial.

Seriously, is Thorpe the sort of person you would want representing you and your family?