Hot or Not: Are You on Feds' JWP List?

By Robert Wilonsky Thu., Jul. 7 2011 at 1:42 PM

Photo by Sam Merten

Willis Johnson

Looks like at 11:18 this morning, John Wiley Price attorney Billy Ravkind, or someone in his office, faxed to Channel 5 the search warrant issued on June 24 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Stickney. It's a seven-page catalog of everyone and everything with whom the county commissioner's done bidness since 2001 and spells out in great detail everything the feds wanted when they searched his home and office last week, including address books, bank records and photos of his birthday party fund-raisers and KwaanzaFests.

Says the doc, the government is combing through Price's electronic data for info "related to violations" of myriad sections of U.S. Code, including theft or bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, tax evasion and money laundering.

Read it for yourself here. But here's the list of names mentioned in the warrant: Kathy Nealy, Willis Johnson, state Sen. Royce West, Millennium 2000 owner Karen Manning, tax attorney DeMetris Sampson, Jon Edmonds, Pettis Norman, Provident Realty president Leon Backes, Brenda Jackson, Regina Watts and W.O. Henry. Among the businesses named: Hillwood, Perot Systems, Walmart, HKS, American Airlines, Gold Metal Recyclers, Wai-Wize (which is Willis Johnson) and ... the SALT team. Sadly, no mention of Shoot-zie.

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RTGolden

Tell the Feds, since they're combing county records anyway, to keep a sharp eye out for that missing $35mill... er $6mill....uh... $500k....well hell, tell 'em to look for any money that might have slipped between the cracks over at the Bond dept.

Glynn

Am I right, I see at least 8 counts that they are looking at.... is that right?

Grubbspaul

I won't be satisfied until JWP makes a public amends to Joe Bob Briggs The Drive In Movie Critic for demanding that the Times Herald fire JBB and run him outta town all the way to El Lay! What was done to tear down the largest truck stop of all time pales in comparison to what was done to the drive in movie bidness and to a leader in Texas culture, Mister Joseph Robert Briggs. May Gawd have mercy on JWP's soul and chitlins.

Alpone

Is that a picture of Royce West or a potato head?

pencil

Dat's Willis "DaCrooner" Johnson, soon to be Willis "SingingLikeACanary" Johnson.

Guest

Black Glove Boxing = Black Gloves Promotions = Jon Edmonds

http://www.blackglovespromotio...http://www.corporationwiki.com...

El Rey

Royce better watch out! Senate Rule 4.10.Any member who shall receive or offer a bribe or who shall suffer his or her vote to be influenced by promise or preferment of reward shall on conviction be expelled. (Also see Section 36.02, Texas Penal Code.)(edited to correct duplication error)

Jack E. Jett

Is there anyway to apply for some $ for festivus for the rest of us?

Guest

HKS?

http://www.txcn.com/sharedcont...http://www.worldarchitecturene...

Robert Wilonsky

At our weekly editorial meeting, Schutze and I were discussing how some of the best dot-connecting on the JWP story has taken place in the comments on Unfair Park. Our MANY thanks.

Montemalone

I hope I never piss off any of these folks.There's no where to hide.

Guest

MMS/Male Man = Dapheny Fain

http://twitter.com/#!/MMSpro2

dallascounty_ex_employee

Dapheny Fain works for the county but all she does on county computer is work on her side business MMS/Male Man.

Phelps

I hope the FBI has Karen Manning on a no-international-flights list, or they may be asking Brazil to send her to us, pretty-please with sugar on top.

Guest

Atos Origin?

http://www.dallasarena.com/L09... (pp. 35-57)

Guest

Wal-Mart?

http://www.dallasarena.com/L09...

And to think, posters on this very forum give poor Betty a hard time when they should be trying to understand what the hell she's talking about since she seems to be right all the time....

Bob

It says in the warrant that the Feds wants pics of the attendees of KwaanzaFest's VIP reception. Wanna know why? It might have something to do with the sponsorship levels, http://bit.ly/n1RxO4, and who provided that money. Oh, lookie here. The sponsorship money was handled by Kathy Nealey.

DuckDuckGoose

The days this first broke, Channel 5 was VERY specific regarding the Kwanza Fest.

Posted on their website "NBC DFW sponsored Kwanzafest the past two years but has not been involved in the group’s financing." Heh.

Robert Wilonsky

Good thing Jim decided not to go with that Platinum package. He was this close.

Dr. Burlough

The FBI office is Stemmons at NW Highway, with the address of One Justice Way.

We'll have to take shifts during the day, park in the shade, see how many of those show up with lawyers to discuss a plea to something real light in exchange for their testimony against bigger fish.

Dixe Beer For Breakfast

Whatever it takes to get to....the Kingfish

Heywood U Buzzoff

Shoot-zie must be on another subpoena -- something about telling at folks to get off his lawn while waving a shot gun. Or was it accidentally kicking old ladies and puppies with his liberal knee-jerk reaction superpower.

El Rey

Nope. They are looking into his issues relating to Gertrude Stein.