EX CITY MANAGER JOE FELZ ACCUSED OF DUI AND HIT AND RUN
It took almost four months for former City Manager Joe Felz to be charged with two misdemeanor counts for DUI and hit and run accident that occurred in the wee hours of November 9th 2016.
It certainly provides evidence that the decision made by Dan Hughes our former Police Chief and now a head security honcho for the Disneyland Resorts in Anaheim, can now be officially called into question.
What was that decision? It was to ignore the evidence that an officer on the scene said he smelled alcohol on the breath of Joe Felz and that Mr. Felz left the scene of an accident with damages.
Is this just another example of how the Fullerton Police Department throws serious criminal matters under the rug? If so, can we as a people of laws tolerate those at the highest level of law enforcement abusing the power of their position?
Now the real question to be asked is this: Will the Orange County District Attorney’s office file charges against former Fullerton Police Chief Dan Hughes for failure to arrest a high level City Employee; ignoring evidence that Joe Felz had committed one or more crimes? Clearly, by allowing his officers to not carry out their sworn duty under the law, former Police Chief Dan Hughes also committed a crime that has much more serious ramifications than the hit and run accident itself.
Dan Hughes
We commend District Attorney Tony Rackauckas for having his office finally file charges against Joe Felz. However, his job is not yet done. For there is probable cause to charge Dan Hughes for failing to uphold the law when he apparently directed the officers at the scene to drive Joe Felz home rather than arrest him.
We are now waiting for the Orange County District Attorney to prove to us that there can only be one set of laws for all Americans and that those laws must be administered fairly and objectively. We anxiously wait for him to take the right action, the ethical action and the correct legal action by filing criminal charges of obstruction and any other statutes that may have been broken by our former City Police Chief Dan Hughes? Listen to Dan Hughes after he tried to frame Barry Levinson. This is the same police cheif that made sure a drunk driver got a ride from police to his house instead of jail and is now 2nd in command at Disneyland security. In my opinion Dan Hughes belongs in jail.
P.S. I truly hope that the Disney Corporation will also do the right thing and reconsider the recent placement of Dan Hughes in a very high position of authority in its Security Organization. As a good corporate citizen, the failure to reconsider its recent hire will at the very least call into question their judgment. At worst it will send a signal that the Disney Corporation apparently accepts a code of conduct by a high-level management employee that is not worthy of the Disney name.
#1 by Fullerton-The Most Corrupt City in California on March 9, 2017 - 6:59 am
The so-called “objective” former Police Chief stated that people think Mr. Levinson is crazy and unstable and that he could hate Mr. Levinson but not to worry for he stated that he can be objective dealing with the same Mr. Levinson. I can tell all of you one thing and that is you would have to be crazy to believe that former Police Chief Dan Hughes was objective with the investigation that he admitted he lead from start to finish.
I like to know how many other investigations that Police Chief Dan Hughes personally lead during the time he was in the role of Police Chief? The answer is probably zero. I believe Dan Hughes has shown that he can be very vindictive, very dishonest and very willing to ignore the facts to go after someone he stated he hates. The fact that he has such a high position of power in the Security Division of the Disney Corporation should be very scary to all that visit their properties.
#2 by Anonymous on March 20, 2017 - 7:58 am
The DA has the case on Felz now so the fix is in. Felz will plea down to a wet reckless and pay a fine. Felz walks with fat pension and small fine- End of story.