TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

It was early in July of 2002 that I first spoke to Paul Duprat, aka "The Defective? Detective". I knew who he was & I offered to sign his petition since he was running for office. We spoke briefly & he told me that people have got to stop being made to be afraid to talk.

The following week we spoke briefly again & Paul introduced me to Ken Lawless(who writes stories & is the only one who writes about Paul & the only paper to print the articles is the Old North End Rag) & told me that Ken's son was murdered by drug dealers & there have never been any arrests.

The next week Paul told me many things that were going on in the community. It was difficult for me to take it all in since I don't know specifics, but am fully aware of the drug problem. He stated to me, "If you are truly an advocate, I need help with a couple of homicides."

Not often being asked that, I told him I was going on vacation in a week. I asked him for his website & he then told me(:.duckgramz.. www.geocities.com/paulduprat..) to stay in touch & I said I would.

I did not see Paul again until early Sept.& asked him if he knew Cindy Wood. He thought for a moment & said he knew the name but had never met her. I told him that she was the daughter of a co-worker of mine & that Cindy was best friends with Crystal Jean Jones. My co-
worker, Annette Walker became very emotional when she saw Crystal's name on his website when I was looking at it at work. Annette told me that she believed that Jose Rodriquez was behind Crystal's murder. She also told me that she had a tape of Crystal singing & reading a poem that she wrote when she was visiting Cindy.

Since I work full time at UHC, I would only see the Detective on Saturdays. He later asked me to attend the closing arguments for the Beverly Holland trial when I asked him if it was open to the public. I took the day off & did attend but didn't expect to see Paul there. We sat together & eventually he introduced me to Kathleen Wright & her son Michael. Mrs. Wright being the mother of Crystal Jones. I spoke to Mrs.Wright about Mrs. Walker thinking they knew each other. I found out that they never met, but Mrs. Wright told me how fond Cindy she was & that she was always good to all of her children.

The Detective had given his file on Beverly Holland to her attorney Betsy Hibbitts since the prosecution would not talk to him. Ms. Hibbitts did not know that Holland had been in a car accident. Beverly Holland had confirmed what was in Paul's file & it was his hope that he would later be able to talk to Holland to find out what she knew. Eventually, Paul's communication with Ms. Hibbitts ended when she no longer acknowledged him.

During the trial, Paul asked me to go the Criminal court & read his file to see if their were any names I might know & to let him know if I believe as he does to close his file since it contains names of victims & informants. He gave me his private phone number to call him after I read the file. It was a couple of days later that I was able to see the file since it was not were it was supposed to be at the time I requested it. I called him & told him that I did not recognize any of the names & he told me that was a good thing.

I spoke to Mrs. Walker at work & said that she should meet with Mrs. Wright. The Detective agreed that the two of them should meet & we both worked to get that to happen. Mrs. Walker later told me that her husband did not want her any where near the Detective since he did not like him & that she would put her family in danger. Mrs. Walker did give me the tape of Crystal to give to her mother via Paul. Paul made copies of the tape & sent them to the States Attorney & the Secretary of State suggesting that they pick up Cindy Wood & question her about who was around at the time the tape was made. Cindy is presently in Albany NY doing her trade & is on heroin. During the time of Beverly Holland's trial, Cindy's family did not hear from her for several months prior & they did not know if she were alive or dead.

Later on in September, Paul had asked me to be at Uncommon Grounds to witness an interview of one of the girls by Kelly Reardon (reporter for channel 22 news). While there Paul introduced me to his fiend Highway & Kelly Reardon. Ms. Reardon asked me questions about Cindy Wood & I told her what I knew. The girls did not show up. There was supposed to be three of them.

We spent the next few hours on the street & I saw Kathy Wright & was surprised to see her smiling since two of her sons (Danny & Jesse) were arrested for murder. She was telling Paul that the Medical Examiner proved that the bullet that killed the drug dealer did not come from her son's guns. She later told me that she was being evicted from her apartment. She got the notice the morning after the arrest since it was part of his release deal for Danny not to be in her apartment. Mrs. Wright also thanked me for getting the tape of Crystal & that she loved listening to her voice.

Paul later spotted Nadine Barton (whose daughter Lamorra was murdered) & brought her over to introduce her to Mrs. Wright & told them that they needed to meet somewhere to talk & connect the dots. He also mentioned other women they should get together with & between them they could all have a class action suit against the authorities.

Nadine Barton & I became friendly & Paul wanted her help in uncovering evidence. He asked me to go with her to the Federal court so she could get a form so she could testify at the sentencing of Beverly Holland. We first went to the fifth floor & the man there told Nadine he had never heard of such a form but gave her the date of January 2 for Holland's sentencing. He then told us to go to the third floor & ask them for the form. When Nadine asked the woman on the third floor for the form, she picked up the phone & within two minutes the door to the left of us opened & there stood a man & a woman. They introduced themselves as William Darrow (prosecutor) & Amy Stearns (victims advocate). Ms. Stearns asked who I was & I told her I was a friend. We then followed them down the hall to their office. Mr. Darrow told Nadine he was very sorry about her daughter. Nadine didn't want any sympathy & wanted to know why Beverly Holland was allowed to walk the streets after they had so much information on her & what about her 48 arrests. Mr. Darrow then made a very stupid statement as far as I am concerned. He said that the 48 arrests were all in NY for prostitution & in NY that's considered almost legal or acceptable there & is not taken seriously. We both informed him that we were both from NY. Nadine went on about Beverly being tired of using her own body for drugs & that she decided to use others to get her drugs. She also told them that her daughter did not want to go to NY & that she was forced & or threatened. She wanted to know where they were when her daughter died & that the police never informed her that her daughter died.

Somewhere about this time, Ms. Stearns pointed at me & said "weren't you at the trial?" & I said "yes I was". Nadine started to get upset & got ready to leave when Mr. Darrow asked her if she had any information or if she knew anyone that was willing to talk. She told him she wouldn't give him any names or information & I told him that there were three girls willing to talk but that Paul wasn't able to get protection for them or their families.

Sometime in November, Nadine went to her lawyers office to get the pictures of her daughters accident & she was told that they tore them up & that she would have to send for them & they gave her the wrong address in which to send for them.

Nadine had called me & I told her that they destroyed evidence & that was illegal. She said she did not have the $150 for the pictures. Paul was the one who found out how much she paid for them & uncovered other information that Nadine was never told about. Nadine's lawyers were O'Neill, Crawford & Green. Sometime after her visit, Paul noticed that Crawfords name was taken off of the firms name.

In early December Nadine called me to meet after work. While we were having dinner, she told me she went to see Sam Hemingway of the "Free Press". Apparently, he had called her while she was in the women's shelter to tell her that he saw pictures of Stevo transporting girls to NY & other information regarding her daughters accident & she wanted him to confirm this, but she said he looked scared, but looked like he wanted to tell her something, but couldn't..

Nadine & I went back later in the week to see Mr. Hemingway. She wanted a witness to see the look on his face when he spoke to her. When we got there, the receptionist called his office & got no answer. She said he could be downstairs here in the back & called someone to check on it. She was told that he wasn't around & that the lights in his office were off.

Nadine told me that she believed that Beverly Holland killed her daughter because if she didn't take her to NY, she was going to talk & if she took her to NY, she would call her father who was a NY cop so Holland could not afford to let Lamorra live.

Paul Duprat was able to get Kelly Reardon to do an in depth interview of three mothers to be put on channel 22 news. The three consisted of Mrs.. Wright, Nadine Barton & one other whose name I do not know. The interview was aired for two nights but was only a very condensed version. Paul asked Nadine to bring a tape to Ms. Reardon & get a copy of the entire interview (which Paul was present for). When Nadine called Ms. Reardon, she was told that they taped over the interview & hung up on her.

Paul then got Emily Stone from the "Free Press" to interview Nadine at Uncommon Grounds. After writing down only Nadine's name, Ms. Stone put away her pen & pad & would not take any more information down.

Unfortunately after all of this, Nadine informed Ray Quan that Paul was investigating him & did so in Paul's presence. Paul got angry & told Nadine that he didn't need to be put in danger. (Ray Quan is a confirmed member of Los Solitos & was part of the "crew" that was arrested for attempted murder outside of Old Club Toast. Nadine was waiting for me the next day & said she had to talk to me & that there was a lot of things that happened the day before. We went to eat & she was totally off the wall & I wasn't able to piece together what she was telling me. She told me that Paul was angry with her & I told her that I would call him. She finally started to calm down & we discussed other things.

I called Paul & told him that Nadine was off the wall & he said he wasn't surprised & that he had a very bad day. He told me about Nadine telling Ray Quan & I remarked what a stupid thing to do. I knew now that I had to distance myself from her although I had gotten tickets for the two of us from WJOY to go on the tour to see the Xmas lights.

The next day Nadine was again waiting for me & I told her I was angry about what she did & said she told Paul she was sorry. I told her it was to late & that I was going home & not hanging out with her. While she was waiting with me for my bus, I noticed three black men coming across the street & they were watching Nadine very closely. I for the most part just watched her face & the serious look on it. I did not turn to look at the men since they were standing to close to us. This happened on Dec. 11.

On Friday Dec. 13, I was hoping that Nadine would not show up for the tour, but she did.

When I left work to meet her, I noticed a tall black male (who I have seen on Church & Cherry St.s) & thought he's is not here to see a doctor. Maybe I thought he was waiting for someone & dismissed it from my mind until I left UHC & noticed him following me. He wore a long black coat with the collar turned all the up & a navy knit hat. The only thing that moved were his eyes watching me & he did not try to hide it. I pretended at first that I was not going to get on the bus nor did he move to board the bus. At the last minute, I ran for the bus & he came right behind me. He got off at Church St. & started to follow me until a white male ran up to him complaining about someone.

I must have decided to ignore it since I didn't want to have words with Nadine before the bus trip. We had dinner first & had fun on the tour.

When I got home, there was a message from Paul to call him. I did & he suggested that I not socialize with Nadine anymore & that he also informed Mrs. Wright since he was uncovering information about her & that she was not an innocent bystander. I told him about the three men that I saw & said if I were to guess, one of them was Bernard.(that was based on a description I heard only). I couldn't believe that I did not even remember to tell Paul about being followed after work.

The next day, I realized it affected me more than I realized & I looked for Paul (since it was Saturday) & couldn't find him & I needed to talk to him.

When I finally got home, there were two messages from Nadine. I didn't want to call her back, but she called me again & I started to yell at her. She told me that she would never do that to me. I told her that it wasn't Paul who told him where I worked. I also told her that they have seen me with Paul many times & that I never posed a threat to them, but that they will follow me now, I have to believe that they think I'm a threat. She started to crumble over the phone & said that she would still pray for me & Paul.

I finally called Paul on Sunday night & he got upset when I told him I was being followed. He said that should never have happened & that I was to stay away from everyone & it just wasn't worth the risk. He kept asking how I was & I told him I was better then the day before.

He told me to speak to security at work & see if they had pictures (I was told that the pictures are very bad & you cannot see anything on the film). He also told me to talk to Matt Young from Howard Services & to get as many people as I can to watch out for me.

The following week a co-worker of mine drove me home. On Friday though I decided that I wanted to go back to my normal routine. I went to the bus stop & a few minutes later I saw a black man come out from behind a house that I knew he would not have any business in that house. He wore a dark jacket with NIKE across the back & a white knit hat with orange stripes on it. When I boarded the bus, I asked the driver if he had ever seen the man before & he said no. I told him I believed I was being followed. He told me to call CCTA. When we got to Cherry St. the driver told me to go to the booth & talk to John & tell him what's going on.

When I got off the bus, I noticed that the man was standing up against the corner of the Old Navy building on the Cherry St. side. Another man wearing a dark blue knit hat came up & started to talk to him while he was watching me. The man with the blue hat jumped on the bus I was on at the last minute. I don't know if he wanted to see where I got off. Nadine knows where I live. This happened on December 20, 2002.

I called Paul & told him that if they were going to keep following me, then let's do what needs to be done. Paul told me to call William Darrow & speak only to him & Ms. Stearns. He told me that he had just mailed out a package to Mr. Darrow & that it would be better if Mr. Darrow read those papers first before he spoke to me. On Monday 12/16/02 I called Mr. Darrow & he told me that I should talk to the police. I told him that the Detective said he was the only one I was to talk to. Mr. Darrow told me he would call me after he received the package.

He did call me back about 2pm & told me that he hadn't received the package & that he hoped it wouldn't be more about the Rodriquez case.

When I didn't hear from Mr. Darrow the next day, I called about 2:30 & was told he was in Rutland for the day & I told the man that I would call the next day. Eventually I got a call when I was out from Amy Stearns. We finally connected after I got home. She told me that Mr. Darrow received the package & had read it & gave it to her to read. She said that it was hard to read & that they didn't understand it. She continued that Paul wrote his thoughts down & implied that maybe he needed help of some kind & asked why he doesn't send information to the police. I told her that he sends information to all of you & has been doing so for years & you never pay attention. I also told her that if they had any problems with him, that he was very approachable to talk to & that they could invite him to their office. Ms. Stearns then said a Detective would have to be present & I said he would welcome that. She then suggested I stay away from everyone, including Paul & that she hoped I would stay safe.

THE FOLLOWING IS AN UPDATED ACCOUNT OF MY COMPLAINT

I will inject an incident that happened that I did not include in the first part of my complaint that I stated to Lt. Kathleen Stubbings of the BPD. On December 21, 2002 as I left my house to go downtown, I crossed the street to the bus stop. A housemate of mine was already there waiting for the bus. The bus stop is at the end of a driveway and just as I got there, I heard a very loud motor of a car starting. I looked up the hill which is between apartments to the left and a professional building to the right. The car started down the hill very slowly. It was a very old car and had 2 very dark skinned black men in the front. It continued very slowly and as the car passed me, the man on the passenger side just kept looking at me. I remember that he had very large bumps all over his face. I became a little uneasy since I believed that he wanted me to know that he was watching me. The car moved so slowly that he could have gotten out and removed the license plate and handed it to me and got back in the car without breaking a sweat. I never looked at the license plate since I was watching their faces so intently. After they got into the street they turned to the left and did not pick up any speed. I thought they might turn around and I thought that this might turn out to be a drive by shooting and wondered what was the best way to get my housemate to the ground and hope that neither of us gets shot, but they kept on going. I do believe that wanted me to know that they were watching. I'm bad with makes of cars but the color was blue and this happened about 10:30 am.

The sentencing for Beverly Holland was finally held on March 21, 2003 at !0;30am after being cancelled twice. It was an eventful morning. Betsy Hibbitts (defense attorney for Beverly Holland) ignored Paul in the hallway even though they had much to say to each other after the trial. Amy Sterns (victims advocate) passed us three times and did not acknowledge us until after Paul went into the courtroom to take his seat. Ken Lawless and I stayed in the hallway talking when Ms. Stearns walked by, smiled and said hello to me. I mentioned to Ken that she had passed me three times before and would not look at me. Ken said it's because Paul left that she said hello. He thought she was the defense attorney and I told him no, she's the victims advocate to which he said "I'm a victim" and I said "yes you are." We then entered to courtroom and sat next to Paul with Ken sitting between us.

Prosecutor William Darrow came over to me and asked me if Nadine was going to be there. I told him I had no way of knowing that and that we (Paul and I) had to break from her and that he received my complaint. Mr. Darrow would not acknowledge Paul's presence. Soon after, Kathy Wright came in to our surprise. Even Paul didn't know she was back in town. He greeted her and I gave her a hug. She said she was back in VT and that she got her old job back.

The proceedings started after Judge Sessions came in and both sides went thru some very technical things. Somewhere during the proceedings Judge Sessions stated that this was a drug ring and not a sex ring. I thought that's what Paul has been saying all along and that it should have been tried as a drug ring. Holland seemed to be amused much of the time and then Judge Sessions gave her a chance to address the court and she did. She claimed to be innocent of the charges and that all the girls came to her and she did not go to them. She said she cared about them and took care of them. She ended her statement yelling "PRAISE THE LORD" and "HALLELUJAH". Judge Sessions was not impressed. He told her that he had never sentenced anyone with 55 convictions. He went on to say that he had never tried as evil a case as this in his 71/2 years on the bench. The judge had also told Ms. Holland the she had not even once shown any remorse or regret for what she had done and that she brought to Burlington the NY urban blight and that Vermonters no longer had the sense of safety they once enjoyed.

During much of the session I noticed that Betsy Hibbitts had her arm around Holland and that she kept whispering in her ear over and over again. Ms. Hibbitts did the same thing at the trial. I had to wonder what she had to whisper to Beverly about so much.

After Beverly gave her statement to the court, Mr. Darrow spoke to Kathy Wright. Ms. Wright got up to tell the judge that Beverly isn't the nice person she portrays herself to be and that she (Beverly) herself beat Christal (Ms. Wright's daughter) the summer before her murder and that she was told by a few people, and she believed them, that Beverly was indeed involved with Christal's murder. At that I noticed that Beverly shot Ms. Wright a very sharp glance. That makes me concerned for Ms. Wright since Beverly can reach out from behind bars. I later stated that concern to Paul and he told me I was justified to feel that.

Respectfully Submitted,

Judy Greensmith