Two disabled men were sentenced in federal court without adequate counsel, to conspiring to burn down a fireproof house in Dallas they had bought as a foreclosure/renovation project. Clear evidence that neither man could have been involved was ignored and they were told they were pleading guilty only to fraud of a false lease, submitted at the direction of appraiser Jackson Fulgham. Mr. Fulgham is known to federal prosecutors in Texas for leading numerous insurance fraud scams. Instead, attorneys substituted papers where the two men had crossed out and initialed changes to the plea and “factual resume” of the events. Documents later submitted to the court had no initialed pages and included serious errors including the wrong date for the home purchase, which both investors in the home would have known and a statement admitting knowledge of arson, to which neither men agreed or signed. It is unclear whether Assistant U.S. Attorney Phelesa Guy or Hancock and Allen’s attorneys actually changed the documents being submitted, or if it was a plan created by all the attorneys.
ATF Special Agent Sharon Whitaker submitted various documents as evidence. She then denied the existence of any part of her evidence that did not fit her story including: extensive phone records showing that neither man was present in Dallas at the time of the fire and credit reports showing previous house renovation projects, she had subpoenaed herself. Neither attorney followed up with serious questioning of her witness testimony. Without a cross examination by Allen’s attorney, John Loza, Judge Fitzwater considered her conflicting evidence and testimony perfectly acceptable.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Phelesa Guy and Stephen Fahey denied the legal documents submitted to the court showing that Hancock had a nine-year history of successful renovations of multiple foreclosure properties in New York and Texas. Phelesa Guy refused to allow the submission of $70,000 in actual credit card and other receipts from renovation purchases. The fact that neither disabled defendant (one mentally disabled and one physically disabled) had ever had any criminal history was not considered. Multiple statements from the insurance company’s investigation stated that the fire was never arson. The prosecutor and the ATF openly denied these statements and refused to allow the evidence to be submitted.
Prosecutor claimed Clint Allen sent his phone to Louisiana to establish an alibi Sprint phone records subpoenaed by the federal prosecutor showed multiple calls to and from Allen’s cell phone during the time that prosecutor claimed phone was in transit to Louisiana – this fact uncovered by the ATF was then denied under oath by the ATF.
Prosecutor claimed that a box phone was used to communicate by the parties to arson.
Defendant stated that he bought a box phone for a neighborhood handyman and he used it for weeks leading up to the fire and for weeks after the fire. The Prosecutor failed to show that the defendant’s story was not true and failed to bring the handyman in as a witness, Hancock’s inadequate lawyer also failed to even contact the handyman.
Prosecutor claimed Clint Allen set fire to the house.
Insurance company investigators found no evidence of arson and stated this in writing on two occasions.
Prosecutor claimed that Hancock purchased two propane tanks to fuel the fire.
Defense showed that one tank was outside and chained to the grill before, during and after the fire. The second tank was located near the center of the fire, but inspection showed it was still full after the fire.
Court-appointed attorney Phillip Linder represented Hancock and refused to meet or speak to him during the weeks leading up to trial. When Linder did contact Hancock, he stated: “stop bothering my office, you are a low priority, public defender case. I get paid s&*% and have to wait up to a year to get paid.” Blaise Hancock was sentenced to almost seven years and Clint Allen sentenced to five years for conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Linder has refused all contact with his client Hancock in the weeks after sentencing and has failed to return calls asking for an appeal by Hancock and his family.
Disabled?? Blaise Hancock is neither mentally or physically disabled. He was well known in the Manhattan gay circle by many as he primarily lived in New York City’s Hell’s kitchen with his partner and traveled to Texas only on occasions. He wrote a few books, including “Be Prepared: The Disaster Readiness Handbook” on how to collect insurance money from properties lost to fire (still available on Amazon and Barness & Noble), but made a living mostly as a TV and film extra.
Well his books were “written” by cobbling together excerpts from similar publications already in print and then passing them off as his own. As for the fire, his claims of innocence are laughable, he plotted and planned the entire fiasco wrongly assuming he’d never get caught. Silly child.
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DISABLED INJUSTICE IN DALLAS
Two disabled men were sentenced in federal court without adequate counsel, to conspiring to burn down a fireproof house in Dallas they had bought as a foreclosure/renovation project. Clear evidence that neither man could have been involved was ignored and they were told they were pleading guilty only to fraud of a false lease, submitted at the direction of appraiser Jackson Fulgham. Mr. Fulgham is known to federal prosecutors in Texas for leading numerous insurance fraud scams. Instead, attorneys substituted papers where the two men had crossed out and initialed changes to the plea and “factual resume” of the events. Documents later submitted to the court had no initialed pages and included serious errors including the wrong date for the home purchase, which both investors in the home would have known and a statement admitting knowledge of arson, to which neither men agreed or signed. It is unclear whether Assistant U.S. Attorney Phelesa Guy or Hancock and Allen’s attorneys actually changed the documents being submitted, or if it was a plan created by all the attorneys.
ATF Special Agent Sharon Whitaker submitted various documents as evidence. She then denied the existence of any part of her evidence that did not fit her story including: extensive phone records showing that neither man was present in Dallas at the time of the fire and credit reports showing previous house renovation projects, she had subpoenaed herself. Neither attorney followed up with serious questioning of her witness testimony. Without a cross examination by Allen’s attorney, John Loza, Judge Fitzwater considered her conflicting evidence and testimony perfectly acceptable.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Phelesa Guy and Stephen Fahey denied the legal documents submitted to the court showing that Hancock had a nine-year history of successful renovations of multiple foreclosure properties in New York and Texas. Phelesa Guy refused to allow the submission of $70,000 in actual credit card and other receipts from renovation purchases. The fact that neither disabled defendant (one mentally disabled and one physically disabled) had ever had any criminal history was not considered. Multiple statements from the insurance company’s investigation stated that the fire was never arson. The prosecutor and the ATF openly denied these statements and refused to allow the evidence to be submitted.
Prosecutor claimed Clint Allen sent his phone to Louisiana to establish an alibi Sprint phone records subpoenaed by the federal prosecutor showed multiple calls to and from Allen’s cell phone during the time that prosecutor claimed phone was in transit to Louisiana – this fact uncovered by the ATF was then denied under oath by the ATF.
Prosecutor claimed that a box phone was used to communicate by the parties to arson.
Defendant stated that he bought a box phone for a neighborhood handyman and he used it for weeks leading up to the fire and for weeks after the fire. The Prosecutor failed to show that the defendant’s story was not true and failed to bring the handyman in as a witness, Hancock’s inadequate lawyer also failed to even contact the handyman.
Prosecutor claimed Clint Allen set fire to the house.
Insurance company investigators found no evidence of arson and stated this in writing on two occasions.
Prosecutor claimed that Hancock purchased two propane tanks to fuel the fire.
Defense showed that one tank was outside and chained to the grill before, during and after the fire. The second tank was located near the center of the fire, but inspection showed it was still full after the fire.
Court-appointed attorney Phillip Linder represented Hancock and refused to meet or speak to him during the weeks leading up to trial. When Linder did contact Hancock, he stated: “stop bothering my office, you are a low priority, public defender case. I get paid s&*% and have to wait up to a year to get paid.” Blaise Hancock was sentenced to almost seven years and Clint Allen sentenced to five years for conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Linder has refused all contact with his client Hancock in the weeks after sentencing and has failed to return calls asking for an appeal by Hancock and his family.
Disabled?? Blaise Hancock is neither mentally or physically disabled. He was well known in the Manhattan gay circle by many as he primarily lived in New York City’s Hell’s kitchen with his partner and traveled to Texas only on occasions. He wrote a few books, including “Be Prepared: The Disaster Readiness Handbook” on how to collect insurance money from properties lost to fire (still available on Amazon and Barness & Noble), but made a living mostly as a TV and film extra.
Well his books were “written” by cobbling together excerpts from similar publications already in print and then passing them off as his own. As for the fire, his claims of innocence are laughable, he plotted and planned the entire fiasco wrongly assuming he’d never get caught. Silly child.