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FYI
Two police reports and some heretofore unpublished information.
Report #1 / 3-31-2014:
From the POLICE REPORT (#1) record. For the record.
"ELJUANA RETURNED TO CAMELBACK CONSIGN & DESIGN ON SUNDAY AT NOON WAITED FOR TWO HOURS, UNTIL 2:00 PM FOR MIKE TO GIVE HER BACK HER PROPERTY. BUT MIKE FAILED TO RETURN ANY OF THE ITEMS.
"WHILE ELJUANA WAITED FOR MIKE TO SHOW UP WITH HER PROPERTY SHE STATE A MALE WHO IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS (INVESTIGATIVE LEAD-1) NORM, MIKE'S PARTNER IN THE ART DEAL TOLD HER HE KNEW ALL ABOUT HER AND STATED WHERE SHE LIVED AND OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT HER ONLY MIKE WHOULD KNOW. ELJUANA HAD NEVER HEARD OF NORM BEFORE AND DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS ANY PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THE SALE OF HER PAINTINGS. AS SHE LEFT THE PROPERTY, SHE WROTE DOWN THE LICENSE PLATE TO NORMS CAR A BMW BEARING AZ PLATE 694SYJ. THE LICENSE PLATE IS REGISTERED TO NORMAN DWAYNE WOODMANSEE.
"ELJUANA WANTED TO FILE A POLICE REPORT WITH THE PHOENIX POLICE DEPARTMENT REGARDING THIS SITUATION BECAUSE SHE BELIEVES MIKE HAD STOLEN HER PAINTINGS THROUGH FRAUDULENT MEANS AND WILL NOT RETURN THE ITEMS OR GIVE HER THE PROCEEDS FROM THE ALLEGED SALE OF THE PAINTINGS."
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Eljuana was QUITE fortunate. When I tried to get the police to write a report on the theft of my items and the failure to pay me the proceeds from reported sales, in October of the previous year, they just refused. "It's a civil matter," I was told. "We can't do anything."
Moreover, for reasons that remain a mystery to me, the Arizona Republic picked up her story and ran with it. To my delight.
The fact that it completely ignored my plight and the plight of other victims with similar stories - like that of Mr. Lossi, covered in Report #2 below - with nearly identical characteristics leaves me puzzled and even a bit disgusted. After all, of late virtually every day during the TV news, I see a segment featuring Veronica Sanchez talking about how Call 12 for Action will take on the big fish to help protect the small ones, or something along those lines.
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Who is Mike's self-described partner, Norman Dwayne Woodmansee, in the art deal that allegedly turned into attempted art theft?
Or what?
UPDATE...
It appears that Norman Dwayne Woodmansee is a local and presumably successful businessman, active in real estate.
That might explain where (some of) the $35,000 came from that went into Mike Burns's pocket. Anglen's article doesn't clarify how much the art picker, Joe Michaels, paid Burns out of his own pocket. The article states:
"(Joe) Michaels confirmed telling Levine that he brought at least one other investor into the deal and that the investor gave Burns the money. According to the story Michaels told, Burns sold the painting and never paid the investors."
Please see: CONSIGNMENT VAMPIRE UPDATE UPDATED (8/31/14)
Report #2 / 5-1-2014:
From the POLICE REPORT (#2) record. For the record.
"ON 4-24-14 AT APPROXIMAELY 1200 HOURS V1 ROGER LOSSI DISCOVERED 10 ITEMS MISSING FROM CAMELBACK CONSIGN AND DESIGN (OWNER IL1 MICHAEL BURNS) WHEN HE WENT TO PICK UP HIS PROPERTY AFTER THE BUSINESS WAS LOCKED OUT AT 1030 E. CAMELBACK ROAD.
"ON 5-1-14 AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 HOURS I WAS DISPATCHED TO BLACK MOUNTAINT PRECINCT REFRENCE A WALK IN THEFT REPORT. UPON ARRIVAL I CONTACTED V1 RODGER LOSSI. ROGER TOLD ME THE FOLLOWING.
"ROGER SAID HE HAD APPROXIMATELY 38,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF ANTIQUES ON CONSIGNMENT AT CAMELBACK CONSIGN AND DESIGN AT 1030 E. CAMELBACK ROAD. ROGER SAID THE OWNER IS IL1 MICHAEL BURNS. ROGER SAID THE BUSINESS WAS RECENTLY LOCKED OUT DUE TO FINANCIAL REASONS. BUT HE WAS GRANTED ACCESS BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO GET HIS PROPERTY BACK. ROGER SAID ON 4-24-14 AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 HOURS HE ENTERED THE BUSINESS AND OVER THE COURSE OF 2 DAYS PICKED UP MOST OF HIS PROPERTY. ROGER SAID 10 ITEMS WERE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR. ROGER SAID THESE ITEMS WERE VALUED IN TOTAL OF $7, 515.
"ROGER SAID ON 4-14-14 HE RECEIVED A CHECK FROM IL1 MICHAEL BURNS WHICH TURNED OUT TO HAVE INSUFFICIENT FUNDS. ROGER SAID HE IS WORKING WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE INSUFFICIENT FUNDS CHECK.
"ROGER SAID HE CAN NOT GET A HOLD OF MICHAEL AND HE IS LEAVING FOR PHODE ISLAND FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE HE IS A "WINTER VISITOR".
ROGER WANTED A REPORT DONE FOR THEFT AS HE CANNOT FIND HIS PROPERTY AND CANNOT GET AHOLD OF MICHAEL AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS.
"ROGER SAID SEVERAL NEWS AGENCIES HAVE BEEN DOING INVESTIGATIVE STORIES ON MIKE BURNS AND CAMELBACK CONSIGN AND DESIGN."
SUPPLEMENT / PAGE 1 / 5-5-2014:
From the POLICE SUPPLEMENT (#1) record. For the record.
"REPORT DISPOSITION: UNFOUNDED.... THIS CASE IS A CONTRACT DISPUTE AND IS A CIVIL MATTER. THIS CASE IS UNFOUNDED AND CLOSED..."
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I don't know if the truth will set you free. But fuss loud enough with a big 'nough bunch a friends and I swear folks 'll do near anything to get you to shut up. Fast as they can.
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