Jesse Dean

Jesse J. Dean, Jr.'s News Forum
Date of the Crime: 9-18-1994
Date of Conviction: 2-6-1997
Case No: 94-506-CR-HURLEY
Sentence: 360 months (30 years), 5 years of supervised release, deportation from USA
for Conspiracy to Import, Importation, Possession, Distribution of 908 Kilograms of Cocaine; Use of a Communication Facility

Jesse Jerome Dean, Jr.

possibly Innocent In the U.S.A. (Florida)

Jesse J. Dean, Jr.
# 44060-004
Federal Correctional Complex
P. O. Box 1031
Coleman, FL 33521-1031
USA

DOB 3-21-1962 (Commonwealth of the Bahamas)

THE CASE

In 1991, I, Jesse Jerome Dean, Jr., a citizen and resident of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, volunteered to become a confidential informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration in Nassau, Bahamas. I was a Senior Radar Controller at the Nassau International Airport. I was instrumental in the seizures of several large shipments of drugs, for which I was paid by the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration).

I soon became acquainted with the owners and operators of a seafood company in South Florida, two brothers, one of whom was a drug-trafficker. As a confidential informant, I sought to but was never able to cause a seizure with his organization, which I was to later learn was a tightly knitted family enterprise. When I eventually learnt that he and several family members had gotten arrested, my efforts came to a stand-still. I then told Agent Shelton that I did not know of any other drug traffickers and I dedicated my free time to solely searching for venture capital. I eventually secured US3$ MILLION from "Bancor of Asia/Asian Bancor", in Manila, the Philippines, for "Daybreak Enterprises", my start-up, commercial crawfishing business.

In 1995, I was suddenly arrested by agents of the DEA and FBI in Florida, as I visited with my girlfriend, son and niece. I was shocked beyond belief! To my amazement, I had been indicted along with eighteen others, in a conspiracy that imported 908 kilograms of cocaine into Fort Lauderdale via Belize! Unbelievable!

During twenty months awaiting trial, I repeatedly rejected "plea bargains" that began at 30 years, then 12 years, then 6 years, finally to a proposed dismissal of the indictment if I pled guilty to using a telephone illegally, which carried a maximum of 48 months.

I alone went to trial, was convicted and sentenced to 30 years! Everyone else pleaded guilty and received lesser sentences. I vigorously professed my innocence then and continuously throughout the next ten years, to now. How could I possibly be charged and convicted for something I knew absolutely nothing about? I was a confidential informant for the DEA! A terrible mistake must have been made!

My "trial" was a complete "rail-road"! The leader of the conspiracy (the drug-trafficker at the seafood company) "testified" (in order to reduce his 30-year sentence and free his wife) that I was his partner from 1987! No matter that when he was arrested, his statements, comprising 33 names, made no mention of me whatsoever! His brother, who was only charged with money-laundering, gave statements which made no mention of any drug-trafficking activities on my behalf. A DEA Special Agent "testified" that I was given instructions which I vigorously denied, whereupon the government magically produced a document, allegedly signed by me, that I had never seen in my life, nor since "trial"!

My defense was known as "entrapment by estoppel, innocent intent or public authority". Simply put, as a confidential informant, I was authorized to engage in activities which would otherwise be criminal; exactly what I had always done!

To my surprise, I learnt at trial that I had allegedly been "deactivated" but not informed - a gross violation of the Department of Justice's own "Guidelines Regarding the Use of Confidential Informants".

To add insult to injury, in 2002, five years after my "trial", I learnt for the first time that the government had supressed information which further exonerated me: I had been previously cleared by a joint U.S./Bahamian investigation; I had been misidentified with one "Jesse L. Dean" of Belleville, Illinois, and the mysterious document that had been used against me at "trial", suddenly did not exist! How convenient!

I presented these newly-discovered documents to Judge Hurley and after initially denying it, he granted my Motion for Reconsideration and referred my claims of fraud upon the court to Magistrate White. Six months later, my case was quietly closed again.

Despite these very detailed showings of both my actual and legal innocence and the fraud that was perpetrated upon me and the court, I remain imprisoned; each and every court that has reviewed my claims has denied me relief, ignoring their own laws, the facts and the truth! Since 1999, I have been representing myself.

Jesse Dean's Family

Documents

Transcript of Motion Prior to Trial Before The Honorable Daniel T.K. Hurley (pdf, 8 pages)
Docket No: 94-506-Cr-HURLEY
West Palm Beach, Florida
January 27, 1997
Immediately before trial the government still wanted to dismiss my case.

Transcript of Cross-Examination of Agent Kevin Stephens (pdf, 2 pages)
Special Agent Kevin Stephens, the agent in charge of "Operation Vestrac", testified that I had nothing to do with the drugs for which I was convicted.

Transcript of Miguel Perez Testimony (pdf, 2 pages)
The Government's star witness, Luis Miguel Perez, testified that I had nothing do with these drugs.

Jesse Dean's Testimony regarding these charges (pdf, 5 pages)

Jesse Dean's Statements at Sentencing (pdf, 7 pages)

Deactivation Report (pdf)
April 28, 1994

Excerpt of the Trial Transcripts (pdf)
Mr. David H. Shelton's and Mr. Jesse J. Dean, Jr.'s Testimonies
February 4, 1997

Excerpt of Defense Closing Arguments (pdf)

Jesse Dean: "My trial transcripts are 547 pages long. The "Motion for Judgement of Acquittal" is an excellent account of the legal charade which led to my wrongful conviction.
Defendant's Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Judgement of Acquittal, or, in the Alternative, a New Trial (pdf, 35 pages)

"Jailed DEA Spy Claims Entrapment" (article, pdf)
by Tosheena Robinson-Blair, Bahama Journal Staff Reporter

Debriefing of Miguel Perez and Discussion of Plea Agreement on March 24, 1995 (pdf, 5 pages)
This was taken almost two years before my "trial". It makes no mention of me or the Bahamas. It was "Exhibit A" in my 2255 but simply ignored.

Court Order Granting Motion For Court To Take Judicial Notice Of Guidelines Regarding The Use Of Confidential Informants (pdf, 1 page)
February 20, 2001

"FBI Rules For Informants" (pdf, 1 page)
Newsweek May 13, 2002

Receipt Of Payment On April 16, 1993 Dated "16/4/93" By Movant (pdf, 1 page)

Response to FOIA Request (pdf, 6 pages)
February 5, 2002

Response To Complaint To DEA (pdf, 2 pages)
May 4, 2004

Joint U.S.-Bahamian Investigation of "Jesse J. Dean, Jr." (pdf, 5 pages)

U.S. Criminal Inquiry RE: "Jesse J. Dean, Jr." (pdf, 2 pages)

Investigative Reports of "Jesse L. Dean" (of Illinois, USA) (pdf, 4 pages)

Order Granting Motion for Reconsideration and Vacating Order Denying Motion Requesting Relief from Judgment (pdf, 3 pages)
August 4, 2004

Letters (pdf)

Office of the Prime Minister, Nassau, The Bahamas, January 28th, 1999

Consulate General, The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, February 26th, 2002

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nassau, The Bahamas, May 8th, 2002

Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, October 22nd, 2002

Consulate General, The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, June 13th, 2003

Office of the Prime Minister, Nassau, The Bahamas, June 3rd, 2004

Consulate General, The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, August 16th, 2004

Consulate General, The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, April 18, 2005

Consulate General, The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, May 20th, 2005

Consulate General, The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, June 21st, 2005

Consulate General, The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, September 8th, 2005

Consulate General, The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, January 23rd, 2006

Consulate General, The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, June 30th, 2006

Congress of the United States, House of Representatives, September 20th, 2006

United States House of Representatives, Congressional Inquiry Form

Congress of the United States, House of Representatives, September 28th, 2006

Consulate General, The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, October 15, 2007

Bahamas Consulate General, Miami, Florida, October 25, 2007

Bahamas Consulate General, Miami, Florida, November 14, 2007

Request For Certificate Of Appealability (pdf, 33 pages)
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
June 2009

Jesse Dean's family

External Links

Jesse Dean's son

Jesse Dean: "All of the evidence of my innocence is on file with the court at http://www.flsd.uscourts.gov, case number 00-2145-CIV-HURLEY.

http://www.pacer.uscourts.gov/
PACER Service Center
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
The PACER Service Center is the Federal Judiciary's centralized registration, billing, and technical support center for electronic access to U.S. District, Bankruptcy, and Appellate court records.

Jesse Dean: "I DID NOT KNOW THAT I HAD BEEN "DEACTIVATED"!! I did not learn until TRIAL that I had been deactivated! DEA Special Agent David H. Shelton ADMITTED at trial that he KNEW that I DID NOT KNOW that I had been deactivated! All of this is against Department of Justice Guidelines which REQUIRE, among many other things, that I be advised of my deactivation, informed of the "cause" and this deactivation be properly documented! Special Agents have ROUTINELY ignored these GUIDELINES so much so that only last September [September 2005], the Office of the Inspector General released a 300+page study about this same problem. The OIG [Office of the Inspector General] found that in 87% of the informant files they studied, Special Agents committed what has been called "COMPLIANCE ERRORS". How can you employ someone, pay them for their services and then terminate them but NOT ADVISE them of their termination? Then, to add insult to injury, you ARREST THEM, CHARGE, CONVICT AND SEND THEM TO PRISON FOR WHAT THEY WERE BEING PAID TO DO?? I HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH THE CRIME FOR WHICH I HAVE BEEN CONVICTED! So, I am BOTH ACTUALLY AND LEGALLY INNOCENT! Regards, JD"

Jesse Dean: " I suggest you visit
http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/0509/final.pdf (pdf, 314 pages)
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of the Inspector General, September 2005
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Compliance with the Attorney General's Investigative Guidelines

...and read "The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Compliance with the Attorney General's Investigative Guidelines", released in September of 2005. Pay careful attention to the sections on "INSTRUCTIONS" [page 79] and "DEACTIVATION" [Deactivation of Confidential Informants, page 88]. You will find it most informative and that it supports my 11-year-old claims. Regards, JD."

http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/foia/naddis.html
NADDIS - Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Information System

http://www.dea.gov/
Drug Enforcement Administration

Miami Herald - September 29, 1994 - 1B LOCAL
DRUG BUST TRASHES FAMILY'S NEW HOME
by David Lyons, Herald Staff Writer
For the FBI, DEA and the U.S. attorney's office, Wednesday was a banner day: The announcement of 19 druggies indicted, a ton of cocaine seized and a major smuggling ring put out of business. For Shari and Joseph Weiner, it was, well, a bust of another color: An alarm and sprinkler system ruined, tools and jewelry missing, rancid food in the fridge, strange men in their new house and nerves jangled beyond repair. The Weiners, as it turns out out, became unwitting bystanders in...
Read on here.

Miami Herald - March 6, 1996 - 2B LOCAL
DRUG DEFENDANT'S WIFE, MAID MURDERED
by Frances Robles, Harold Staff Writer
A West Dade man who was awaiting sentencing for his part in a drug operation came home Monday night to an unspeakable horror: Someone had entered his heavily secured suburban home and killed his wife and his maid and shot two of his dogs. Dead were Mary Michelle Perez, 29, and the family housekeeper, Norma Diaz, 34, of Sweetwater. Elio Perez, 41, arrived at his 4621 SW 133rd Ave. home with his three children and a co-worker about 7 p.m. Monday to find the house ransacked, police said.
Read on here.

http://www.november.org/thewall/cases/dean-j/dean-j.html
Jesse Dean's profile at November.org. The November Coalition is working to end drug injustice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamas
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Commonwealth of the Bahamas

http://www.bahamasb2b.com/news/story.php?title=jesse-dean-needs-your-help#c477
Bahamasb2b.com features visually exciting information-packed pages about the Bahama Islands!
Announcement: Jesse Dean Needs Your Help

http://freejesse.blogspot.com:80/
Jesse Dean's Blog

How you can help

I do NOT need a lawyer. I do have one. I do NOT need a private investigator. It has all been said and shown above. What I really need now is POSITIVE MEDIA PUBLICITY!

As for an email address to where emails to me can be forwarded, send it to: fl_cjr@yahoo.com, ilandbeauty@gmail.com, sandra_deansmith@yahoo.com and derekphoto22@yahoo.com. I am convinced that once my story is publicized, THEN my exoneration will follow soon after.

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