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Ongoing cover-up Bexar County DA Nico LaHood
     January 2015 to Present day

Bexar County District Attorney Nico LaHood has violated the law and the Texas Public Information Act while 
trying to conceal a criminal conspiracy
 for his corrupt friends. On Nov. 19, 2015 LaHood stated in an official 
open records reply that he has no documents BUT the US Postal Service provided proof that LaHood received 
at least five certified letters detailing years of public/police corruption...LaHood lied, concealed evidence and, 
refused to enforce the TOMA in violation of the law to protect Castro and other friends. 
FaceBook screen-shots
 show that LaHood has been aware of the criminal conspiracy since taking office 
in January 2015 and he has 
attempted to discredit all reports 
by cyber-bullying whistle-blowers in an effort  to protect Mayor / HUD Secretary Julian
Castro, Attorney Michael Bernard ( brother of white house social secretary Jeremy Bernard) , 
 police officers, judges, attorneys, sheriffs, police chiefs and City/County officials.

 On June 16 SAEN reporter Brian Chasnoff published an article detailing the cyber-bullying by DA LaHood targeting 
whistle-blowers reporting criminal activity including the 4 years of illegal meetings Julian Castro participated in 
when citizens were banned to silence their reports of corruption from July 2009 to April 2013.  In July 2016 a
whistle-blower came forward reporting that DA LaHood had taken a bribe to drop criminal charges against
real-estate broker Debra Austin after conversations with  HUD Asst. Deputy Secretary Lourdes Castro Ramirez.
The whistle-blower reported that  Ramirez and other HUD / SAHA officials/employees were given direction to
harass and frame another citizen in retaliation for reporting the criminal acts of Debra Austin who was indicted for
felony theft last year.  On August 15, 2016 LaHood banned whistleblowers from his FB page and deleted ALL
information pertaining  to the ongoing criminal cover-up, a mysterious homicide in the Bexar County jail and reports
of a whistleblower reporting the fact that LaHood took a bribe to drop criminal charges of felony theft. 
On
August 17, 2016 , FBI Agent Fernando Llanos ( 210-225-6741 ) met with members of a national Constitutional
Rights organization and examined PROOF of the ongoing RICO-like criminal conspiracy inside City Hall, SAPD,
BCSO, AACOG and our Courts. On August 20. 2016 the SA Express News published a multi-page expose putting
corrupt DA Nico LaHood at the center of a PONZI scheme stealing millions of dollars from investors including a
family that had just  lost children and friends to a horrific accident.   On August 23, 2016 FBI Agent Fernando Llanos was provided with a CD of information and a link to online info at Castrogate.com concerning the criminal acts of crooked DA LaHood and other illegal activity. On August 24th the SA Express News published another article exposing LaHood's failure to disclose a business interest in official documents / filings or to citizens reporting that they had been defrauded of millions of dollars to him (Documentation is posted on this page - please
scroll  down)  



 LaHood has conspired with other corrupt officials to conceal a DECADE of public/police corruption , the theft/
misuse of tens of millions of OUR dollars, Judicial fraud in the 57
th District Court and Federal Court to hide the
 criminal activity, HUD fraud - case HL-10-0465 at four years of
 illegal city meetings when money / land 
( including the 
federal Courthouse / Hemisfair park property/ land held sacred by Native Americans) 
was illegally transferred in violation of the law after whistleblowers were banned to silence them, City officials' 
refusal to repair the failing 911 Emergency Communications System and the fact that ONE in FOUR 911 calls have 
failed over the past TEN years putting the lives of 1.5 MILLION residents, 31 MILLION Tourists a year,
 MILLIONS of Military Personnel and First Responders at risk.   


LaHood is concealing the fact that SAPD Chief McManus and city attorney Michael Bernard ( brother of White
 House Social Secretary Jeremy Bernard) 
issued at least two illegal, unconstitutional criminal trespass warnings
 barring entry into City Hall and public meetings to silence reports of the illegal cover-up.
They confiscated proof of the criminal activity and swore everyone to secrecy. 
City officials including City
 Manager Sheryl Sculley , Mayor Ivy Taylor, Councilman Cris Medina and Councilman Ray Lopez played along 
with the cover-up and participated in forty-five (45) months of illegal meetings in violation of the Texas Open 
Meeting Act, the Constitution, the City Charter, the Texas Local Government Code and other laws ( July 2009
 to April 2013). 


LaHood has been hiding the fact that City Manger Sheryl Sculley, City Attorney Michael Bernard and others paid
 the law firm of Fitzpatrick & Kosanovich with OUR tax dollars to defraud the 57th District Court 
of Judge
 Antonia Arteaga 
and the Federal Court of Judge Xavier Rodriguez in an effort to conceal the ongoing criminal 
cover-up. 
Judge Antonia Arteaga, attorney Malinda Gaul, attorney Mark Kosanovich, attorney Deborah Klein 
 played along with the Fraud upon our Court and concealed material evidence including the deposition of City CIO 
Richard Varn, Administrative Directive 6.12, a search warrant for the bank records of City IT Manager Jose Medina,
 documents showing the theft of $200,000 by Medina and city vendor Isabel Gonzaba and documents showing
 illegal no-bid contracts .The Federal Probe by the US Attorney - District of New Mexico in 2015 didn’t go far
 enough in exposing the corruption infecting our local government, our police department and our Courts. 
Judge Rodriguez refused to hold a preliminary hearing and call for criminal charges when attorney Shawn
 Fitzpatrick, SAPD Chief McManus, attorney Michael Bernard and Mayor Julian Castro ( representing the City)
 lied and stated that there was no perjury in the 57
th District Court and there ws no criminal conspiracy to 
conceal the ongoing illegal cover-up. 


LaHood has been hiding the fact that City IT Manager Jose Medina and city vendor Isabel Gonzaba ( IG 
Communications / Globalscope) 
engaged in a conspiracy to falsify the invoices and billing records submitted
 to the Government of the United States, the State of Texas, the City of San Antonio, Texas and others via
 numerous Avaya contracts including the Texas Department of Information Resources Avaya contract
. They 
conspired to use various billing systems including the City’s telephone variable billing account, the Avaya 
contract billing account and the State of Texas DIR billing account to inflate the number of hours worked
 on telecommunications support including grant funded projects/orders/service requests and to alter the
 invoices and billing records upon which the payments were based. They engaged in this illegal conduct to
 fraudulently obtain what is estimated at $170,000-$
200,000 during an approximate time frame of 2002-2005.  

Citizens call for the immediate appointment of a Special Prosecutor to oversee criminal investigations in Bexar
 County Texas
 including the investigation and prosecution of Julian Castro as Bexar County District Attorney
 Nico LaHood lies and conceals evidence in an effort to hide an ongoing RICO-like criminal conspiracy 
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Mayor / future HUD Secretary Julian Castro, SAPD Chief William McManus, city attorney Michael Bernard ( brother of White House Social Secretary Jeremy Bernard) , City Manager Sheryl Sculley, the City Council and others banned the law-abiding City's former Telecommunications Manager / whistle-blower from City Hall and public meetings in violation of the US Constitution, the Texas Open Meeting Act and other laws in an effort to silence reports of massive, long-term public / police corruption and other crimes. They refused to provide a reason, due process or time limit for the illegal, unconstitutional ban. The illegal, unconstitutional ban lasted from July 2009 to April 2013- almost four years during which time Castro and other corrupt officials held illegal meetings in violation of the law.......Bexar County DA Nico LaHood conceals evidence and REFUSEs to enforce the TOMA and other laws in an effort to protect his friends inside City Hall, SAPD, BCSO, AACOG and our Courts.
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On June 16, 2016 SA Express News reporter Brian Chasnoff published an article detailing the cyber-bullying by DA LaHood targeting whistle-blowers reporting criminal activity including the 4 years of illegal meetings Julian Castro participated in when citizens were banned to silence their reports of corruption from July 2009 to April 2013.
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On November 19, 2015 DA LaHood responded to an Open records Request asking for ALL correspondence from CAPCWFA and/or John E Foddrill Sr stating that his office had NO documents/records...a LIE.
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The US Postal Service provided proof that DA LaHood's Office received at least five certified letters in 2015 that citizens had sent along with CDs of information detailing the ongoing criminal conspiracy that LaHood is hiding in an effort to protect his friends including HUD Secretary Julian Castro, attorney Michael Bernard ( brother of White House Social Secretary Jeremy Bernard), SAPD Chief William McManus , City Manager Sheryl Sculley and others. ...DA Nico LaHood lied in an effort to conceal evidence and cover up the criminal activity for his friends.
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In June, 2015 DA LaHood, Texas Attorney General Paxton, DPS IG Fleming, FBI Agent Carlisle and others received correspondence, affidavits and documentation detailing almost four years of illegal city council meetings when San Antonio officials banned law-abiding whistleblowers to silence their reports of public/police corruption.....In typical South-Texas fashion nobody responded to the report stating "THIS IS A REPORT OF VIOLATIONS OF LAW"
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In February 2016 US Attorney Durbin, FBI SAC Combs and AG Paxton were sent certified mail providing details of the criminal conspiracy by Bexar County DA LaHood to conceal almost four years of illegal meetings violating the texas Open Meeting Act / US Constitution, Judicial Fraud in the 57th District Court, theft and misuse of tens of millions of dollars, "cooked" books, HUD fraud, state/federal grant fraud , official oppression and other crimes.....we received no reply .
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Federal Judge Hansen stopped the fraud upon his court and held DOJ attorneys accountable for the perjury..we aasked for his assistance in exposing the fraud upon our 57th District Court and Federal Court...We received no reply.
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This FB screenshot shows DA LaHood calling the City's former Telecommunications Manager " FRAUD-rill" , a liar, a coward and a fraud. LaHood denies having 5 certified letters he received in 2015 .
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Screen-shots of LaHood’s public FB page show LaHood and his cronies bulling the City’s former Telecommunications Manager and calling him worthless, a liar, a political hack, the Foddrill type, insignificant, a troll ,a coward , “FRAUD-rill” and other names in an effort to discredit reports of the public / police corruption. Here his cronies make vulgar attacks that LaHood applauds. LaHood attacks the son of the whistleblower as well.
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This FB screenshot shows a citizen reporting the fact that she received a voice message indicating that DA LaHood accepted a bribe from San Antonio Housing Authority - SAHA employees to drop a criminal case and that HUD Deputy Secretary Lourdes Castro Ramirez and others orchestrated retaliatory attacks against her. The HUD IG was contacted concerning these allegations of criminal behavior. The info and voice recording was posted on https://www.facebook.com/Jefsr as well. A video documenting this event is posted below and is posted on-line at https://youtu.be/5__WvFq-tfM.
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8/3/2016....Bexar County DA Nico LaHood continues with his cyber-bullying calling a law-abiding citizen a coward and his reports of criminal activity lies.......
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I, John E. Foddrill Sr, personally spoke face to face with Senator Uresti on several occasions at which time I provided him with details of an ongoing criminal conspiracy involving Bexar County DA Nico LaHood , SAPD Chief McManus and other officials. I was unaware of the business ties Uresti had to LaHood and Uresti never mentioned any such ties to me while I detailed criminal acts committed by LaHood to help conceal years of public / police corruption. I now understand why Uresti feigned interest but did nothing .
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  • Mission Statement
  • DA LaHood cover-up
  • The "VARIABLE" billing account
  • Fraud Upon The Court
  • Texas Open Meetings Violations
  • 911 Failure Scandal
  • HUD Fraud
  • Theft of Public Funds
  • FEDERAL JUDGE XAVIER RODRIGUEZ SCANDAL
  • SEC - Municipal Bond Fraud
  • AACOG Scandal
  • SAPD Raid - July 4, 2011
  • Leticia Van De Putte
  • Audio / Video Recordings
  • FBI & DOJ cover-up
  • County Courthouse Probe
  • COUNCIL ON POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS
  • Murder in the Bexar County Jail
  • MALINDA GAUL
  • FAKE NEWS
  • HUGH MILLER
  • RICHARD VARN
  • MICHAEL ARMSTRONG
  • DEPOSITIONS - kept secret
  • Peter Zanoni
  • Michael Bernard
  • Hank Whitman
  • Link Page