CR. P. RULE 3(f)(2) AFFIDAVIT TO ESTABLISH PROBABLE CAUSE
I, Derogatoryyy, being sworn to tell the truth, do depose and state as follows:
INFORMATION AND BACKGROUND
1. I am currently employed as a Special Agent in the Ridgeway State Police, Office
of State Investigations (OSI). I have been officially employed in the OSI since March 9, 2026. I
have been thoroughly trained in preserving evidence, collecting statements, and identifying
criminal activity and behaviors to establish probable cause. I have gained experience in this field
through exposure to criminal behavior and everyday work related to police-related criminal
investigations. I am familiar with the laws of the State of Ridgeway and the legal vehicles
available to the government to enforce violations of law. Using my expertise, I am confident in
my ability to identify and articulate violations of Ridgeway state law for the purpose of
establishing probable cause.
2. Throughout the composition of this Affidavit, I will make references to “civil
service agency” or “civil service agencies” as they are used in 2 R. Stat. § 7201(a).
3. For the purposes as will be shown below, there is probable cause to believe that
JAMESGARDAI (defendant) has committed violations of the Ridgeway Criminal Code in §
6.06 punishable as defined in 2 R. Stat. § 7301. I am submitting this Affidavit in support of a
criminal information against the defendant pursuant to Rid. R. of Crim. P. R. 3(f)(2) and for any
other purpose as defined by law.
4. The statements in this Affidavit are based upon my own personal experience and
observations through this investigation. Since this affidavit is being limited only for the purposes
of establishing probable cause, it does not contain every fact known to me concerning this
investigation. I have set forth only the facts necessary to establish probable cause that the
defendant made an arrest in violation of the Ridgeway Criminal Code in § 6.06.
FACTS OF THE INVESTIGATION
5. On or about March 14, the OSI received a referral from the Ridgeway Department
of Justice (DOJ) to conduct an investigation into an arrest made by the defendant on or about
March 7, 2026 at the County Annex building located within the geographical bounds of Palmer,
State of Ridgeway. The OSI received a video from the DOJ containing about five minutes of
footage recorded at the aforementioned County Annex building, specifically in what appears to
be the DOJ section. After speaking with the victim, SimplyBtz (victim), I received an additional
eleven minutes of video recording showing what appears to precede the arrest even further, still
situated in the County Annex building.
6. On the same date of March 7th, JamesGardai, a police officer for the City of
Palmer, Ridgeway, is seen in the State of Ridgeway Discord server (719751657579347998)
using the mention feature to capture the victim’s attention which is a function used to directly
notify another Discord user of a message. The defendant begins speaking to the victim by asking
“Hey buddy where you at in game [sic],” and then “I want to give you a visit.” The defendant
continues to mention the victim asking his location two additional times.
7. The victim responds to the defendant saying that he was located at the state’s
capitol building. JamesGardai replies “Lying to a law enforcement officer who is attempting to
conduct an investigation is an offense and will result in charges of obstruction of justice.” The
victim said “Lets see you prosecute these charges lol,” and the defendant replies “I will arrest
you in game.”
8. In the first video recording, titled STATES EXHIBIT A - 315.001(A) (exhibit A)
it is depicted that the defendant begins his encounter with the victim by claiming “Did you know
that not answering my questions can be used against you when you are not detained when you do
not explicitly invoke your Fifth Amendment rights?” The defendant readdresses the victim,
saying “Excuse me,” quickly followed by “I am asking you a question.”
9. The defendant asks the victim “Did you run a stop sign or not?” This, and the
comments the defendant made in the State of Ridgeway Discord server, leads me to believe that
the objective of the questioning was not to stop an imminent threat to life. The defendant follows
his question asking “Why did you give me a false place of where you were at?” The defendant
was likely referring to the victim claiming to be located at the state’s capitol building when he
was not. The defendant asks “Would you like to be arrested, son?”
10. The victim made his first verbal statement in his encounter with the defendant
when he said “I expect respectful conduct from you. Referring to me as ‘Boy’ and ‘Son’ is not
compliant with that. I would ask you to refrain.” The defendant quickly asked “Would you like to
be arrested for obstruction?” The victim asked the defendant for a supervisor but the defendant
denied this request and conveyed that this was the victim's “last warning.” The defendant asked
the victim if he would “like to feel the wrath of the House of Gardai.”
11. The defendant issued his first order to the victim to “stand up out of your
(speaking to the victim) seat.” The defendant claimed that he "received an anonymous tip that
you (the victim) ran a stop sign.” The victim said that “tips don’t establish probable cause,” and
the defendant reasserted that he does not “need probable cause to detain you (the victim).”
12. The defendant tells the victim to “put your (the victim’s) hands on the wall,” and
the defendant reasserted this order to be a “lawful order.” The victim did not comply with this
order. The defendant put the victim in handcuff restraints and removed him from the building.
The defendant informed the victim that he was “under arrest for failure to comply.”
PROBABLE CAUSE
13. The victim is a State Attorney in the Ridgeway Department of Justice, Office of
Government & Corruption. The victim’s membership in the DOJ as a State Attorney places him
in a protective class. See 2 R. Stat. § 7201(a). State law prescribes narrow restrictions on when
police officers may effect arrests on members of civil service agencies where “No on-duty law
enforcement officer shall have the authority to arrest, cite, or detain another on-duty civil service
employee except when the following circumstances have been met.” 2 R. Stat. § 7202.
14. The defendant was not “acting under the direction of the Attorney General’s
Office.” 2 R. Stat. § 7202(a). The defendant was not “acting under direct orders from a
supervisory official who has authority over the civil service employee’s department or agency.” 2
R. Stat. § 7202(b). The defendant had not “obtained prior consent from a supervisory member of
the civil service employee’s department or agency.” 2 R. Stat. § 7202(c). I reached this
conclusion after the Attorney General of the State of Ridgeway, Dariel_Powell, confirmed to me
that “Myself (Dariel_Powell), and nobody else in the Department to my knowledge authorized
the arrest of SimplyBtz. Additionally, no contact was attempted with the Department of Justice to
acquire permission.”
15. Without acquiring permission from the DOJ, the defendant was required to have
seen, in order to effect an arrest or detainment, that “The civil service employee is actively
engaged in criminal conduct which constitutes an immediate threat to public safety, or involves
an offense posing a severe threat to life, and there is no reasonable means of obtaining
supervisory consent without endangering public safety or compromising the immediacy of the
law enforcement response.” In this case, no such threat or immediacy exists because the
anonymous tip that the defendant claimed to have received was regarding the victim failing to
yield to a traffic control device, a violation of the Ridgeway vehicle code in § 7.06 which is an
infraction. Even if this action had been inherently a threat to life, the victim was no longer in
control of a motor vehicle but was instead seated inside of a Ridgeway County government
building.
16. I further reached the conclusion that the defendant had no additional probable
cause to qualify as an exception to the victim’s protected class because he stated that the purpose
for placing the victim “under arrest” was for failure to comply which is a misdemeanor violation
of the Ridgeway Criminal Code in § 2.04 codifying as unlawful “the act of disobeying a lawful
order which has been given by a peace officer prior.” This offense was non-violent and did not
entitle the defendant to effect an arrest. There was no violation of state law sufficient for the
defendant to lawfully arrest the victim.
CONCLUSION
17. Violations of the above-entitled regulations in 2 R. Stat. § 7202, et seq are
punishable by way of Official Misconduct, a felony, in violation of the Ridgeway Criminal Code
in § 6.06. I further find that there was no viable legal excuse to permit the arrest of the victim
according to law and that there is probable cause to charge the defendant for a violation of the
Ridgeway Criminal Code in § 6.06.
I affirm that, throughout the composition of this affidavit, any statement, allegation, or
finding has been the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, under the penalties of
perjury and any other punishment consistent with state law. I affix my signature to affirm the
same:
DATED: MARCH, 15, 2026. _____________________________
DEROGATORYYY
Special Agent
Office of State Investigation
Ridgeway State Police
