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Trail of illegal trailer recordedThis article was originally published in the the Amador Ledger Dispatch on February 7, 1999, and is reproduced here with its permission. By Diane Smith The memorandum reads: "SUBJECT: Illegal trailer with additions, 17560 Bosse Road, APN36-010-039-00. The memo, written to Amador Code Enforcement Officer Linda Van Fleck by Dale Woodard, Chief Building Inspector, is dated Feb. 29, 1996. It concerns a complaint made by the new owner of that address, who was having trouble evicting John Malmquist, the stepson of former owner Paul Bosse. Reportedly, it was partly John Malmquist's word that caused California Highway Patrol investigator, Russell Moore to bring in two large excavators to excavate holes on the front portion of what was the Bosse Ranch. Malmquist, who Robert Womack couldn't get to leave after the sale in 1996, together with his trailer and strewn auto parts, told authorities this month that Womack had buried an illegal trailer. The earth movers were supposedly called in to find evidence to bring against Robert Womack in an ongoing investigation which started as allegations he had illegally removed a gas tank in Jackson. The removal was done under City of Jackson permit. There were also reports that environmental protections agency helicopters also hovered, during earth moving day, over the property on which Mr. and Mrs. Luke Womack are raising their family. The younger Womacks were told to clean up the mess left by Moore's diggings. A number of batteries excavated by the heavy equipment were ordered to be gathered up and taken to the dump. The batteries and car parts were allegedly left by Richard Malmquist. Moore, whose investigative expertise was outlined in the search warrant affidavit, failed to investigate the location of the family water main. During the two day dig for criminal evidence at the ranch, the family was without water, not once but twice when the large excavators broke the water main. Numerous buckets of water were then poured out onto the ground before the excavator was moved a few yards over, to begin a new hole. The rains came and the mud caused streams from the excavations. Luke Womack was told to get his father to "seed and straw" the area. Luke Womack does not own earth moving equipment for the necessary cleanup. Records and on-site inspections began back in December of 1995 by chief building inspector, Dale Woodard, who informed the environmental health planning departments of possible illegal structures and sanitary systems. In the following month, January 1996, Woodard gave a 30 day extension to come into compliance. Womack had been trying and now the county was asked to help. Woodard wrote in a Jan 24, 1996 memo that a power shut-off would be the next step in getting Malmquist out so illegal conditions could be corrected. Two days later Woodard asked Pacific Gas and Electric to terminate power based on six electrical violations. Land Use director Gary Clark received a copy of the letters. Linda Van Vleck, County code enforcement officer was asked by Woodard in a Feb. 29, 1996 memo, to start proceedings to remove Malmquist's illegal trailer, septic system and other non-compliant effects from the Bosse property. Power had been shut off but Malmquist's effects were still there. On May 2, 1996, the Womack children's trust, K.R.L. was served 10 different citations by the Amador County District Attorney's Office regarding the violations. Not wanting a lawsuit to get the problems corrected, Robert Womack spoke to Paul Bosse again, asking for help. By Feb. 3 1997, county records show, the cars were still a nuisance and the subjects of demands by Van Vleck for removal by the county abandoned vehicle abatement authority. Robert Womack, representing the interests of K.R.L. then went it alone, hauling and cleaning the landscape of car parts and other junk and pushing over the illegal paint booth in which county employee cars had been serviced. Malmquist finally left but he appears to have surfaced in Womack's life again as the tipster to the CHP and district attorney prosecutor Irey's investigation. Copyright © 1999 Amador Ledger Dispatch |
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