STATE OF RIDGEWAY
SUPERIOR COURT
STATE OF RIDGEWAY,
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Q6RI5544_BACKUP2,
Defendant.
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Case No.: RSC-CM-_______
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Presiding Judge: Hon. ____________
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Comes forth the State of Ridgeway to seek justice and preserve the dignity of the
state and therein charge the defendant as follows;
COUNT ONE
(Voluntary Manslaughter)
I, Arthur_Chen, a State Attorney duly employed to investigate and prosecute
criminal violations of law in the interest of the State of Ridgeway do find as
follows: On or about March 5th, 2024, within the geographic limits of the City of
Palmer, the defendant, Q6RI5544_BACKUP2, did unlawfully and feloniously
cause the death of WarPowerAct by shooting him while in the heat of passion
during an altercation at Bloxmart, in violation of R.C.C § 3.07 Voluntary
Manslaughter. AGAINST THE PEACE, GOVERNMENT, AND DIGNITY OF
THE STATE.
(R.C.C § 3.07 | Felony | 20 Minutes in Jail)
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STATEMENT OF PROBABLE CAUSE
I am a Police Officer with the Palmer Police Department and currently a detective within
the Special Investigation Unit. As a law enforcement officer, I am empowered to enforce the
state's statutes, and conduct investigations when these statues are violated.
I have been employed within the Palmer Police Department for over three years now as I
was hired on June 25th, 2021. I am currently a Police Officer, and Probationary Detective within
the Special Investigation Unit. I was previously Patrol Group II’s Lieutenant. During this time I
was assigned to work primarily in administrative duties, overlooking the department's second
patrol group. In this capacity I created and sustained multiple successful units, as well as
working in high stress situations as a secondary member of the department’s Tactical Response
Unit. As a member within SIU I’ve performed multiple criminal investigations, conducted
intelligence work, and have worked with other unit members to ensure the security of the Palmer
Police Department. At all times during the field investigation process described in this Affidavit,
I have acted in an official capacity as an peace officer of the Palmer Police Department.
This affidavit is based on my personal knowledge, information provided by other law
enforcement agents, law enforcement records, witness interviews, and my training and
experience. As well as the training and experience of other law enforcement agents.
The information provided in this Affidavit is not each and every fact known to me, but
rather, sufficient information to establish probable cause regarding criminal violations of state
statutes.
On the fifth of March, 2024 the defendant, and his partner were stationed at Bloxmart
while conducting their duties as members of the Ridgeway Credit Union Corporate Security
Division (hereinafter referred as RCU) While transferring money from their armored vehicle to
Bloxmart an individual known as WarPowerAct ran up their vehicle and stole multiple duffle
bags filled with money. WarPowerAct then started to flee from the defendant and his partner,
(End_T1mes) when the defendant and his partner un-holstered their firearms and fired upon Mr.
WarPowerAct. This gunfire striked WarPowerAct killing him. At this point in time lieutenant
AhmadKapalot of the Palmer Police Department drove up upon the scene after witnessing the
events that took place. Mr. AhmadKapalot detained both End_T1mes and the Defendant to
investigate the situation further. During this period AhmadKapalot became glitched and was
unable to complete his arrest on the defendant.
On the the fifth of March, 2024, the Special Investigations Unit of the Palmer Police
Department received a tip against the defendant alleging that he had violated the criminal code.
This case was picked up by myself (AyeeItzSanti) for further investigation; The following has
been discovered through this investigation;
Through the investigation partaken by myself it is my belief that exhibit A, B, and C
build enough probable cause for a prosecution for 3 R. C. C. § 07 of the criminal code.
Exhibit A gives clear proof at 0:03s of the defendant and his partner utilizing firearms to
kill the victim. This can also be seen in exhibit C. Through the interview with multiple witnesses,
and the defendant himself I have been able to gather that this violated not only RCU’s company
policies on the usage of lethal force, but also violated the criminal code.
It is agreed upon by law that all members of the public are afforded the opportunity to
protect themselves from bodily harm from others. In this case the defendant failed to act in what
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may have been his intentions at the time. While talking with the defendant in exhibit B he stated
that he believed that the victim was armed and dangerous because of previous encounters with
the victim. When speaking to the victim he informed me that he did not recall any interactions
with the defendant. iI was unable to confirm whether or not the victim or defendant and victim
had interacted with each other. It is confirmed with exhibit A, and C that the defendant was
unarmed at the point of the interaction with the defendant, and did not have any sort of item on
them that could have been mistaken as a firearm as can be seen in exhibit A from the start.
Through my investigation I believe the defendant was acting in the heat of passion as suggested
by himself during his interview with myself. I believe that the defendant held the belief that self
defense allowed him the ability to fire upon anyone stealing the property from his organization
which he was employed at during this time. This belief may have been held partially because
members of the RCU are not trained in any sort of way in how to deal with encounters such as
these, they are simply reminded every so often about the policies, and whether a member of the
organization decides to read these policies, and how thoroughly they decide to is up to them.
During my investigation process I also found multiple discrepancies with what the defendant was
telling me and what was actually shown within the exhibits. I believe the defendant was not
totally acting within a truthful manner in order to avoid harsh punishment for his actions.
Considering the factors above it is therefore my belief that the defendant should be held
accountable for the violation of 3 R. C. C. § 07 - Voluntary Manslaughter. Probable cause is
established through multiple factors, firstly through the exhibits where clear evidence is shown
of the defendant, and his involvement in the crimes alleged against him. To meet the standard of
Voluntary manslaughter the killing must be conducted in the “heat of passion” which is legal
jargon that means committing an action in reaction to extreme amounts of emotion which may
cloud proper judgment. Probable cause for this is also proven through exhibit B, where the
defendant states himself that his actions were conducted in the heat of passion.
I swear that all statements made in this statement of probable cause are true and correct to the
best of my knowledge under the pains and penalties of perjury.
Affiant /s/ AyeeItzSanti
Special Investigations Unit
Palmer Police Department
Executed:
03/12/2024
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Being authorized to prosecute the offenses charged, I approve this information.
Prosecutor ____________________________
Arthur_Chen
Senior State Attorney
Criminal Division
R. Bar No. 20104
1100 Lakeside Drive
Palmer, R.G. 80013
Counsel of Record
Executed:
04/03/2024
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