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CASE NO.: COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES FOR ASSAULT, BATTERY, FALSE IMPRISONMENT, TRESPASS TO REAL PROPERTY, TRESPASS TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, CONVERSION AND INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS
Pete BennettDecember 01, 2014City of Palo Alto, CNET SCANDAL, contra Costa Bar Association, Home Invasion, Private Equity
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The Witness Murders of Contra Costa County
The Convicts and Felons
Connecting Paul Pelosi to GaganMcCoy to a long list of attempts on Pete Bennett's life.
The Couples Unbelievable
The Power Couples and Pete Bennett
Pelosi hired an attorney connected to a law firm that represented Dr. Kim Fang of Alamo CA. Dr. Fang sued Bennett in 1987 where his witness was murdered in 2000 then Fang while being represented Attorney William Gagen was murdered. The home invasion robbery brought Contra Costa Sherrif Deputies to my door. Guilt by litigation. A few years later or less the witness intimidation began.
Peter Bennett
Telephone: (925) 705-1812
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
In Pro Per
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
PETE BENNETT
Plaintiff,
v.
GARY COLLINS, and DOES 1-20, inclusive,
Defendants.
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CASE NO.:
COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES FOR ASSAULT, BATTERY, FALSE IMPRISONMENT,
TRESPASS TO REAL PROPERTY, TRESPASS TO PERSONAL PROPERTY,
CONVERSION AND INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS
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Plaintiff alleges:
GENERAL ALLEGATIONS
1. Defendant Gary Collins is an individual. Plaintiff Pete Bennett
is informed and believes that, at all times herein mentioned, defendant
Gary Collins was a resident of Contra Costa County , California .
2. Defendants Doe 1 through Doe 20, inclusive, are sued herein under
fictitious names. Their true names and capacities are unknown to
plaintiff. When their true names and capacities are ascertained, plaintiff
will amend this complaint by inserting their true names and capacities
herein. Plaintiff is informed and believes and thereon alleges that
each of the fictitiously named defendants is responsible in some manner
for the occurrences herein alleged, and that plaintiff's damages as herein
alleged were proximately caused by those defendants. Each reference in
this complaint to ''defendant,'' ''defendants,'' or a specifically named
defendant refers also to all defendants sued under fictitious names.
3. Plaintiff is informed and believes and thereon alleges that at all
times herein mentioned each of the defendants, including all defendants
sued under fictitious names, was the agent and employee of each of the
remaining defendants, and in doing the things hereinafter alleged, was
acting within the course and scope of this agency and employment.
FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION
(Assault)
4. Plaintiff incorporates paragraphs 1 through 3 this Complaint as if the
same were fully stated herein.
5. On or about September 21, 2004, defendant Gary Collins came to plaintiff
Pete Bennett’s residence at 161 Valle Vista Drive in Danville , California . Defendant Gary Collins menacingly approached and yelled threatening
and offensive words at plaintiff, including threats of death and bodily
harm. Further, defendant Gary Collins attempted to strike and did, in
fact, strike plaintiff, thereby inflicting bodily harm upon plaintiff.
6. In doing the acts as alleged above, defendant intended to cause plaintiff
an apprehension of a harmful or an offensive contact with plaintiff's
person.
7. As a result of defendant's acts as alleged above, plaintiff, in fact, was
placed in great apprehension of a harmful contact with plaintiff's
person.
8. At no time did plaintiff consent to any of the acts of defendant alleged
above.
9. As a proximate result of the acts of defendant as alleged above,
plaintiff suffered physical injuries to his elbow, shoulder, arm, knee, leg
and chest.
10. As a proximate result of the acts of defendant as alleged above,
plaintiff was hurt and injured in his health, strength, and activity,
sustaining injury to his nervous system and person, all of which have
caused, and continue to cause, plaintiff great mental, physical, and nervous
pain and suffering. As a result of these injuries, plaintiff has
suffered general damages.
11. As a further proximate result of defendant's acts, plaintiff has been
damaged in that he has been required to expend money and incur obligations
for medical services and treatment reasonably required in the treatment and
relief of the injuries herein alleged.
12. As a further proximate result of the acts of defendant, plaintiff has
incurred medical and related expenses.
13. Plaintiff is informed and believes that, as a further proximate result
of the acts of defendant, plaintiff will continue to incur medical and
related expenses.
14. As a further proximate result of the acts of defendant, plaintiff was
prevented from participating in his usual occupation and thereby lost
earnings to his damage.
15. Plaintiff is informed and believes that, as a further proximate result
of the acts of defendant, plaintiff's present and future earning capacity
has been impaired.
16. The aforementioned conduct of defendant was willful and malicious and
was intended to oppress and cause injury to plaintiff. Plaintiff is
therefore entitled to an award of punitive damages.
SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION
(Battery )
17. Plaintiff incorporates paragraphs 1 through 3 and 8 through 16 of
this Complaint as if the same were fully stated herein.
18. On or about September 21, 2004, defendant Gary Collins came to plaintiff
Pete Bennett’s residence at 161 Valle Vista Drive in Danville , California . Defendant Gary Collins struck plaintiff with his hands on multiple
occasions and threw plaintiff to the ground. Defendant Gary Collins
pinned plaintiff to the ground by pressing his knees into plaintiff’s chest
while plaintiff was on his back on the ground.
19. In doing the acts as alleged above, defendant acted with the intent
to make a contact with plaintiff's person.
THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION
(False Imprisonment)
20. Plaintiff incorporates paragraphs 1 through 3 and 9 through 16 of this
Complaint as if the same were fully stated herein.
21. On or
about September 21, 2004, defendant Gary Collins used physical force and
threats of violence, including death threats, to confine plaintiff for a
period of time, against his will and without his consent. Following
this period of detention, defendant released plaintiff without charging him
with any crime or taking him before a magistrate.
22.
Immediately prior to the acts of defendant herein alleged, plaintiff had
been peacefully working in the study in his residence, located
at 161 Valle Vista Drive in Danville , California .
23.
Plaintiff did not steal, nor was he in the process of stealing, any property
belonging to defendant or anyone else, nor had he committed any crime
against defendant or anyone else.
24. In
imprisoning plaintiff, defendant acted with deliberate malice and for the
purpose of harassing plaintiff and causing plaintiff physical and emotional
harm.
FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(Trespass to Real Property)
25. Plaintiff incorporates paragraphs 1 through 3 and 9 through 16 of this
Complaint as if the same were fully stated herein.
26. On or about September 21, 2004, defendant Gary Collins intentionally
entered a residence located at 161 Valle Vista Drive in Danville , California of which plaintiff is the occupant and possessor.
27. Plaintiff did not give defendant permission for the entry and, in fact,
defendant entered plaintiff’s residence despite plaintiff’s explicit demands
for defendant to leave.
FIFTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(Trespass to Personal Property)
28. Plaintiff incorporates paragraphs 1 through 3 of this Complaint as if
the same were fully stated herein.
29. On or about September 21, 2004, defendant Gary Collins, without
plaintiff's consent, threw plaintiff into an antique table owned by
plaintiff.
30. In
doing the acts above, defendant proximately caused damage to said
table. Plaintiff is informed and believes that the cost to replace
or repair said table is approximately $400.00.
31. The aforementioned conduct of defendant was willful and malicious and
was intended to oppress plaintiff. Plaintiff is therefore entitled to an
award of punitive damages.
SIXTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(Conversion)
32.
Plaintiff incorporates paragraphs 1 through 3 of this Complaint as if the
same were fully stated herein.
33. At
all times herein mentioned, and in particular on or about September 21,
2004, plaintiff was, and still is, the owner and was, and still is, entitled
to the possession of the following personal property, namely: an antique
table.
34. Plaintiff is informed and believes that on or about September 21, 2004
and at 161 Valle Vista Drive in Danville , California , the property described above had an approximate value of $400.00.
35. On or
about September 21, 2004, defendant Gary Collins, without plaintiff’s
consent, intentionally damaged said antique table by throwing plaintiff into
it, all to plaintiff’s detriment.
36. The
aforementioned conduct of defendant was willful and malicious and was
intended to oppress plaintiff. Plaintiff is therefore entitled to an award
of punitive damages.
SEVENTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(Intentional Infliction Emotional Distress)
37. Plaintiff incorporates paragraphs 1 through 36 of this Complaint as if
the same were fully stated herein.
38. Defendant’s actions of physically attacking plaintiff, verbally
intimidating plaintiff, damaging plaintiff’s personal property and
trespassing on plaintiff’s real property, as alleged in this Complaint, were
knowing, intentional, and willful, and done with a reckless disregard of the
probability of causing plaintiff emotional distress.
39. As a proximate result of defendant’s conduct, as alleged in this
complaint, plaintiff suffered severe mental anguish and emotional and
physical distress, all to his general damages.
40. In
acting in the manner described in this Complaint, defendant’s conduct was
malicious and oppressive, and was carried out in willful and conscious
disregard of plaintiff’s rights and safety and subjected plaintiff to
cruel and unjust hardship.
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
WHEREFORE, plaintiff Pete Bennett demands against defendants, and each of
them, as follows:
1. For general damages according to proof;
2. For medical and related expenses according to proof;
3. For lost earnings, past and future, according to proof;
4. For punitive damages;
5. For interest as allowed by law;
6. For costs of suit herein incurred; and
7. For such other and further relief as the court may deem proper.
Dated:
________________________
Peter Bennett
In Pro Per
Bay Area homicide cold cases grow chillier as clues disappear, police resources dwindle
Bay Area homicide cold cases grow chillier as clues disappear, police resources dwindle
By Natalie Neysa Alund
Bay Area News Group
Former San Mateo police detective and current officer Anthony
Riccardi, left, and Sgt. Rick Decker look through evidence from a
1952 homicide cold case at the San Mateo Police Department
headquarters in San Mateo, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014.
Thomas Keen, a national dog track owner, was killed by a car bomb
as he sat in his Cadillac. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group))
As 9-year-old Beth Ringheim struggled to make sense of the gruesome
murder scene in her father's Dublin home, she formed a terrifying
question: Who would do such a thing? Nearly three decades later,
neither she -- nor Alameda County Sheriff's Office homicide
detectives -- have any idea.
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By contrast, the file of Castro Valley's 1938 homicide of a Jane Doe
has been checked out of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office evidence
room countless times -- sometimes for actual developments in the
case, such as a man's 1944 confession to shooting her (his story
didn't pan out). Most recently, in 2001, an investigator had the
case notes transcribed because the paperwork was deteriorating.
Detective Jason Hawks noticed the homicide date on her file on the
first day he took over the department's Cold Case Unit in July, and
he was curious enough to open it up. The file contained faded
newspaper clippings from when the woman's badly decomposed body,
unearthed from a shallow grave by wild animals, was discovered by a
dentist and his wife picnicking in Castro Valley's Redwood Canyon.
"I mean, 1938. It's kind of unbelievable," he said. "I'm trying to
think of how old my grandmother would be back then.
"We never had a real suspect with this one and with these ancient
cold cases, with no biological evidence on file, there's not much
left to go on."
It's rare in such an old case for there to be any evidence that can
benefit from modern DNA analysis.
The oldest cold case in the Bay Area is the 1924 San Francisco
robbery and strangulation of Angelo Domenichini, a 69-year-old
retired produce merchant who loved to flash his cash and jewels.
Sometimes cases remain open because investigators think they know
what happened -- if only they could get the evidence.
That's the situation with Oakland's oldest case, the 1964 deaths of
Betty Martin, 43, and her daughter, Carolyn, 18, found hog-tied and
strangled inside their Crocker Highlands house. Carolyn was raped.
The prime suspect -- an acquaintance of Carolyn's -- is dead.
San Mateo's oldest case is the 1952 dynamite car-bombing of Tom
Keen, who built the country's first dog-racing track in Belmont in
the late 1930s. Keen also invented a device to show the odds and
projected payoff before a race, and police at the time were
convinced he was targeted by Mafia gangsters because he resisted
pressure to rig the device in their favor. Tellingly, Keen had
connections to Al Capone, on whose property outside Chicago he
helped build a dog-racing track.
But police could never pinpoint suspects.
"Anything that's been kept quiet for more than 50, 60 years likely
involves the Mafia, and typically people don't talk when the mob is
involved," said Officer Anthony Riccardi. "Ever."
Concord police have a detailed theory behind their oldest case, the
arson that killed five Walker siblings on Sept. 8, 1968.
Their lone suspect, Concord native John Sapp, was 15 at the time and
had just been released from juvenile hall. Police believe his target
was the man who incarcerated him, a Contra Costa Superior Court
judge who lived a few doors down from the Walkers in nearby Clayton,
Concord police Detective Sgt. Steve Chiabotti said.
At least the suspect is not at large; Sapp is on death row for three
other murders. But Carolyn Walker Shaw, the only child to survive
the fire that broke out as she and her siblings slept, still
worries.
"There's always been fear of going public," said Shaw, 52. "It's
like, who did it? Are they still around and would they want to harm
us again?"
The Bay Area cases may be frozen, but for many survivors, the
memories burn as brightly as they ever did.
"Tonight I'm sleepless on yet another anniversary of my mother's
murder, still waiting for justice to be served," Wendy Rose wrote
earlier this year on a Facebook page she set up for her mother,
marking the 35th anniversary of the day -- Jan. 19, 1979 -- that
Clara Rose, 31, was found shot in the Los Gatos townhome where she
lived with her two children and fiance.
Rose set up the page hoping someone, anyone, who knows something
will step forward.
"Unless something new breaks or someone confesses, I fear Mother's
case will remain frozen forever," she wrote.
As long as witnesses are alive and technology improves,
investigators say there is still a chance.
"Even if it takes years ... the most rewarding aspect of this job is
making an arrest and sharing the news with the victim's family,"
Hoyer said.
It happens. Last year the Alameda County Sheriff's Office solved the
Dec. 28, 1990, case of Stephen Rudiger, 43, who was found stabbed to
death at an East Bay Regional Parks on Dec. 28, 1990.
The case was cold until 2010, when authorities said they received a
tip that Rudiger was killed in his Castro Valley home, not in the
park. By combining old and new evidence with the power of DNA
technology, investigators were able to link the slaying to his
ex-wife, Cheryl Ann Drace, 58, of San Leandro, and her new husband,
William Joseph DeVincenzi, 52, who were later charged with murder.
The case of Harve Ringheim and his wife warmed up in 2011 after
detectives ran new DNA samples that proved at least two men were
involved in the slayings, which police believe were murder for hire.
The DNA samples were not complete enough for identification or to
run through DNA databases, but detectives say forensic technology
improvements mean they might be able to one day.
"Somebody out there knows everything," said Beth Ringheim, who is
grateful for the work investigators are doing. But she finds it hard
to be optimistic. "The cemetery is all we have, no answers, (and
I'm) losing hope."
Contact Natalie Neysa Alund at 510-293-2469. Follow her at Twitter.com/nataliealund.