[meteorite-list] Legal issues concerning Mike Farmer

From: Dr. Richard Daniels <dr.richard.daniels_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 06:09:41 -0500
Message-ID: <42b6000e0710030409x56c3706asbf8368a2cc9dfc40_at_mail.gmail.com>

Mike has publically accused me of commiting a crime and attempting to
ruin my professional standing in a community of professionals by
sending e-mails to a United States audience of professional people on
a United States server. This is considered slander. I believe American
laws apply regardless of where I reside. I am still an American
citizen. Mr. Farmer can expect a summons when the lawyers have
finished their legal research. Additionally, I will start legal action
here in Peru for the crimes I believe that he comitted. Since he
quelled my efforts to save the crater and meteorite by his actions, I
am redirecting my efforts to this legal issue. To all of the following
statements I have proof or a high degree of proof.


Crime #1 tresspassing
Failure to ask the owner's permission to trespass is considered a
crime. I had negotiated to purchase the land the crater surrounding
the crater, but not the crater itself in the interest of science. The
land owner and I agreed to the price of $25,000. The deal was
consumated with a hand shake. In Peru as in the United States it is
considered a legal transaction. And anyone failing to ask permission
is guilty of tresspassing under property right laws. I believe it is
common practice for professional meteorite hunters to as permission
first. I asked permission when I first arrived out of respect. It was
this statement to Mr. Farmer when I told him I could have had him
arrested for trespassing. That too is recorded in e-mail
corrospondence with the list.


Crime #2 Buying stolen property

Mr. Farmer knew before-hand the police has meteorites and that these
meteorite could have been considered stolen under both countries laws.
A dated e-mail is in possession of the list-members. However, this
presents a unique situation. After the meteorite struck, people called
the police thinking that an airplane had crashed. People closest to
the site started to complain of illness. The police gathered these
strange gray fragments and took them back to the police station. Seven
policemen started to complain of the same symptoms. They didn't know
at the time what these fragments were or how dangerous they might be.
If it had, in reality, been a nuclear powered satellite (if one even
exists) these heroic police might be dead by now. It was the
scientists from the Max Schreir Planetarium in Bolivia that asked the
police if they could by some stones from them. It's quite possible
that they sold others to the University of San Augustin in Arequipa,
Peru.but I am unaware of any transaction. I purchased the large stone
explaining to the police that I wanted to donate it to scientific
instutions in Peru and the United States. They sold me a stone. Mr.
Farmer solicited the police to sell him a stone. To this he has
already admitted. Since he knew these were stolen from my e-mail. He
had prior knowledge and was fully aware. To date, Mr. Farmer and I are
the only two Americans to have stones from this fall.


Crime #3 Conspiracy to commit Grand Larceny
Mr. Farmer made suggestions to currently persons unknown (but will be
found) of how the meteorite might be extracted at night, privately and
without government support. This is conspiracy to comit grand larceny.
 His statement was reported to the police by a person of conscience.
Although these people are poor, they have religion and are basically
honest.

He essentially admitted to the crime when he made the statement that
the police wanted him to leave when he had purchased stones from them
the day before. Mike was the goose that laid the golden egg. The price
he paid the police has not been determined but it is expected to be
quite large since the police already had a relative worth of the
stones.

Sidenote: If I was a policeman in Desag and a man was paying me money
for rocks, I would protect this walking ATM and try to keep him safe
and protected. I would also want to keep him around as long as
possible.

A bigger part of the problem is that it is believed that he posted
flyers throughout the town, saying he would pay big money for rocks
which is a common technique Mr. Farmer uses. His Columbia expedition
stated that he posted hundreds of flyers. Upon reading the flyers, the
dirt-poor people of Desaguadero literally ran to the crater to find
rocks and swamed the scene. He also told people that there was a very
valuable meteorite worth thousands and thousands of dollars buried in
the crater. This in turn caused other people to protest the municpal
offices, demanding the government dig out the meteorite. The mayor of
Desaguadero tried to comply with the wishes of the people. Especially
since this is an election year. It was a crude attempt at best, but
nevertheless an attempt.

This, almost full-scale uprising and protest drew the attention of the
people of Puno. The regional government petitioned the Ministry of the
Interior to declare the area government property. The property is now
cordoned off and police guards posted. Last night on the National news
channel reported that 3 American wanted to steal the meteorite in
Desaguadero. This is all the information I have to date...

Randall

a.k.a Dr. Richard Daniels (My father's first name & Jack Daniels last)
Received on Wed 03 Oct 2007 07:09:41 AM PDT