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"On Sundays, James Fletcher of Palisade regularly may have passed Don Moseman in the hallways of Canyon View Vineyard Church in Grand Junction.
On a Saturday in June, Fletcher believes he illegally was arrested by Moseman.
Fletcher said he thought he wasn’t angry anymore at Moseman, the now-former Colorado State Patrol trooper at the heart of a massive probe that is questioning the integrity of years of drunken-driving prosecutions in Mesa County.
“I had to give that anger back to God ... I believe in that Bible verse that says ‘vengeance is mine,’ ” said Fletcher, 51, owner of Jay Max Sales, a mining and drilling-industry parts business.
“I had a peace about things, but last night I couldn’t sleep,” he said. “It still kind of bugged me that it all happened.”
In a letter dated Dec. 1, Moseman’s last day with the State Patrol after a career that spanned two decades, State Patrol Maj. Barry Bratt wrote to Fletcher.
“An extensive investigation has been conducted into your concerns surrounding your arrest on June 25, 2011,” Bratt wrote in the letter. “It is my finding that mistakes were made in this investigation. I apologize to you on behalf of the agency that the trooper did not uphold the high expectations of the Colorado State Patrol. Please be assured that this incident will be handled in accordance with the rules and procedures established by the State Personnel System to ensure it does not happen again....”
(Paul Shockley)
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So where were the D.A.'s all these years of this trooper?
We have law. We have cops. We have arrests. We have charges. We have prosecutors whose only job is to sort out the law to make sure everything on all sides is in order. There is no white hat serving of fighting crime, that's what people like former Trooper Moseman do. Not the lawyers. So where were those lawyers all these years of this guy?
If you've ever had a loved one or friend or employee that's had to deal with DUI you know how rough it is. $10,000 bucks easy and years of problems. And the stain is forever. Mr. Fletcher couldn't sleep because he's been wronged in one of the worst possible ways. Doesn't sound like the blame is all on Moseman.
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