missing: January 2008 Archives

The fresh face of the Whittier PD has apparently moved onto greener pastures. Officer Diana Salazar, who has been Whittier PD's PIO, is no longer with the department, according to sources in the police station.

We're told she's working "for another agency now." No idea which agency that is... we'll follow this story as warranted.

I received the email below from Jude Lopez this a.m. As you might remember Lopez's daughter Jennifer Dejongh  her boyfriend and her three children fled their DIamond Bar home after she was ordered to relinquish custody of the children to U.S. Rep. Gary Miller and his wife Cathy.

The Millers are the paternal grandparents of Lopez's three boys. Their son is the boys' father. Authorities said they believe Dejongh fled to Las Vegas, but if Lopez's letter is accurate, they really have no idea where she might be. MIller has not commented on the case since it was originally reported.

Here's the email.

I came to Boston to visit my nephew and attend a conference on Battered Women in Albany, New York when I discovered that I was in a police state not unlike Nazi Germany.  Upon my arrival at Logan International Airport in Boston Massachusetts, I was picked up by my nephew Anthony Norton. 

The police followed us to his apartment.  My nephew went down the block to get me some coffee.  Five minutes later, two U. S. Marshals and six officers of the Boston Police Department came into his home and began searching the premises and questioning me on the whereabouts of the children and my daughter. 

They detained and searched my nephew (in front of the Dunkin Donuts a block from his home) for weapons and kept him in a police car and questioned him for an hour.  After we showed them proof of our intentions in Boston, they left after apologizing for the intrusion. 

We were followed to the conference which was 173 miles away.  And, we were watched at the hotel where the conference was being held.  We were also followed on the way back to my nephew's apartment on Sunday evening. I don't know what else in in store for me or my nephew.  

I plan to go back to my home in Diamond Bar, CA on Monday but that may be delayed because of inclement weather.  If anyone thinks they have any privacy rights, they better think again.  Congressman Gary Miller will use his money and influence to destroy you if you cross him even if it violates your constitutional rights. 

Jude Lopez