Lieutenant Dave Messmore
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We felt it was a neighborhood problem. We didn't feel like it was a federal government problem, and I'd worked with the FBI before, and this isn't their forte.
We felt it was a neighborhood problem. We didn't feel like it was a federal government problem, and I'd worked with the FBI before, and this isn't their forte.
Or we weren't in the right area, right? The preserve is enormous.
Or we weren't in the right area, right? The preserve is enormous.
They had some hardcore environmental leanings and had some light criminal history.
They had some hardcore environmental leanings and had some light criminal history.
He lived up against a preserve in an old house and was kind of a hermit. They'd been there for a long time. Development had gone on around him.
He lived up against a preserve in an old house and was kind of a hermit. They'd been there for a long time. Development had gone on around him.
We spent a lot of time surveilling him, watching him, doing everything we could. We did search warrants. We looked at his trash. We did all kinds of stuff.
We spent a lot of time surveilling him, watching him, doing everything we could. We did search warrants. We looked at his trash. We did all kinds of stuff.
People were upset, scared, fearful.
People were upset, scared, fearful.
Think about every aspect of your life that that day changed. I mean, my God, that's real terrorism.
Think about every aspect of your life that that day changed. I mean, my God, that's real terrorism.
I went 30 years with Collier, trying to convince him that his dad was a liar. And he'd say, well, maybe he'll get out and he can live with me.
I went 30 years with Collier, trying to convince him that his dad was a liar. And he'd say, well, maybe he'll get out and he can live with me.
I said, oh, that's a good idea. I said, it's just a matter of time until he kills you. You're the one that testified against him. If you think he doesn't forget that, you're very, very mistaken.
I said, oh, that's a good idea. I said, it's just a matter of time until he kills you. You're the one that testified against him. If you think he doesn't forget that, you're very, very mistaken.
We just got hooked on him and really liked him.
We just got hooked on him and really liked him.