> Correction: The State dropped all of the drug charges after it was  
> proven that I had prescription for all of the drugs, and that they  
> all were provided to me by the Federal Government due to he injuries  
> I sustains while in the military. They took my legally prescribed  
> drugs, which they knew I had prescriptions for, and which were  
> clearly labeled, etc. They only brought me up on drug charges to  
> incite and inflame the case. The Commonwealth also dropped the  
> possession of high capacity firearms changes, and dropped the rocket  
> launcher charges as well. They are correcting the article at this  
> time in regards to the second to last paragraph at this time, and  
> will publish a correction tomorrow.

> Great article, it shows that justice can be obtained in this  
> country, so long as the Citizen knows his rights, and zealously  
> forces the state to actually PROVE the charges. It was proven that I  
> did nothing wrong, not ever, and that I was the only honest person  
> in the transaction.

> -jma

> bernieS wrote:

>> http://www.gloucestertimes.com/local/x234161795/Global-theft-charges-...

>> GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA

>> May 18, 2012
>> Global theft charges dismissed vs. Rockport man

>> By Steven Fletcher
>> Staff Writer

>> ROCKPORT  A Peabody District Court judge has dismissed charges of  
>> larceny and obstruction of justice against a Rockport man who was  
>> accused of failing to deliver counter surveillance equipment to a  
>> Swiss company yesterday  and still faces a number of weapons  
>> charges as well.

>> Judge Richard Mori on Thursday dismissed the theft and obstruction  
>> charges against James Atkinson, 46, of 31R Broadway because the  
>> state prosecutor's witnesses  one from Switzerland and the other  
>> from Tennessee  did not show up for the trial, according to both  
>> Atkinson's attorney and the Essex County district attorney's office.

>> Atkinson had been arrested on the charges in 2009, after two  
>> foreign companies contacted Rockport Police alleging he failed to  
>> deliver on the counter surveillance gear he promised.

>> "When all the evidence and records came together, it irrefutably  
>> proved that I did absolutely nothing wrong," Atkinson said.

>> Carrie Kimball-Monahan, spokeswoman for the Essex County District  
>> Attorney's office, said the charges were dismissed because, without  
>> witnesses, the state couldn't prosecute. The charges have been in  
>> court for 2 1/2 years. Atkinson's attorney, Paul Andrews of Denner  
>> and Pellegrino LLP in Boston, said the state didn't have probable  
>> cause to charge Atkinson in the first place.

>> Atkinson's initial arrest came after a complaint from GAZ Turbine  
>> Services, a Swiss firm that produces technology and equipment for  
>> the oil and gas industry.

>> The Swiss company had contacted the Chamber in an attempt to find  
>> out if Atkinson's purported Granite Island Group was a real  
>> business. The caller told the Chamber that his company purchased  
>> surveillance equipment from Atkinson's company for over $32,000,  
>> but that it never arrived, according to a report written by  
>> Rockport officer Daniel Mahoney. The Chamber contacted police.

>> Atkinson reiterated Thursday that his company serves as a go-
>> between for companies looking to purchase counter surveillance  
>> technology and companies that make it.

>> GAZ Turbine paid him $32,000 for the equipment, and he sent the  
>> money to Tennessee-based Research Electronics International. That  
>> company manufactures and ships the counter surveillance equipment.  
>> Without proper export documents stating the end user of the  
>> electronics, Atkinson said, the company can't ship them.

>> According to Andrews' motion to dismiss the charges, GAZ ordered  
>> the equipment in October 2009. Soon after, Atkinson paid REI for  
>> the equipment, but REI said it needed a letter declaring the end  
>> user of the electronics. GAZ didn't send that letter until Nov. 23,  
>> according to court documents.

>> Stephen Spring of Spring and Spring LLP in Louisiana, Atkinson's  
>> second attorney, said the charges shouldn't have been brought  
>> forward in the first place.

>> "(GAZ) used the police department for extortion, threatening  
>> criminal charges when they're the ones who didn't supply the proper  
>> documents," Spring said.

>> Andrews' motion also cited that, during Rockport Police's  
>> investigation, Atkinson and his attorneys stated that when Mahoney  
>> called him, he did so on a recorded line. A line, they stated,  
>> Mahoney didn't state was recorded until about seven minutes into  
>> the conversation.

>> Atkinson will face trial in Salem District Court on a total of 16  
>> other charges stemming from his arrest, including several charges  
>> of possessing firearms and ammunition without a license, illegally  
>> having Class E prescription drugs, and possessing high-capacity  
>> firearms  among them an M27 rocket launcher. Monahan said there is  
>> no date for that trial set yet.

>> He is also representing himself in his own civil rights suit  
>> targeting the town of Rockport and other defendants in the first  
>> Circuit Court of Appeals.

>> Steven Fletcher may be contacted at 1-978-283-7000 x3455, or sfletc...@gloucestertimes.com
>> . Follow him on Twitter at @stevengdt

>> http://www.gloucestertimes.com/local/x234161795/Global-theft-charges-...

> --
> James M. Atkinson
> President, Scientist and Sr. Engineer
> "Leonardo da Vinci of Bug Sweeps and Spy Hunting"
> Granite Island Group
> jm...@tscm.com
> http://www.tscm.com/
> (978) 546-3803