Former Washoe County Sheriff’s Sergeant Dennis Carry is facing seven felony charges, including bigamy – being married to two different people at the same time.
Carry is also accused of burglary, forgery, surreptitious intrusion of privacy, giving false evidence and perjury.
The case goes back to 2019 when Reno police started investigating Carry. He is alleged to have broken into the Washoe County courthouse to modify married records in an attempt to cover up his dual marriages.
The Reno Police Department and City of Reno said this document is 100% confidential, and Washoe County District Court Judge Kathleen Drakulich agreed, even though This Is Reno obtained the unreacted affidavit from Reno Justice Court. The Nevada Supreme Court June 2023 ordered Drakulich to reconsider her decision.
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DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF ARREST WARRANT
STATE OF NEVADA )
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COUNTY OF WASHOE )
1. I, Detective Sergeant Trenton Johnson, do hereby declare under penalty of
perjury that the assertions of this declaration are true:
2. Your affiant, Detective Sergeant Trenton Johnson, is a duly authorized and
acting peace officer employed by the Reno Police Department and assigned to the
Fraud Unit. I have been a sworn peace officer for over 16 years with the City of
Reno and have been assigned to the Fraud Unit for four years. During this time, I
have participated in numerous investigations of Fraud and Financial crimes, and by
virtue of this experience, have become familiar with the common methods of
operation of criminals engaged in forgery and fraud. That while acting in that
capacity, your affiant has become familiar with facts and circumstances involved in
the investigation into the alleged crimes of Bigamy, Forgery, Burglary, Offering
False Evidence, Unauthorized Surreptitious Intrusion of Privacy by Listening
Device Prohibited, and Perjury, felony violations of N.R.S. 201.160, 205.090,
250.060, 199.210, and 200.650. These crimes were committed by Dennis Carry
through the period of November 2017 through April 2019 in Reno, Washoe County,
Nevada and are documented under Reno Police Department Case numbers 18-
26148 and 19-6812.
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Case No.: RCR2021-111229
Agency Nos.: RP18-026148 & RP19-006812
DA No.: 21-1113
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Higginbotham to prosecute sexual predators and on-line child pornographers. They
worked closely together for several years and began a dating relationship after her
divorce to her then husband, Scott Higginbotham. Carla and her previous husband
had a daughter, who lives with Carla.
Carla later s
they were dating but was convinced by Dennis that his and Wendy's marriage was
no longer intimate and they were in the process of getting an undisputed divorce.
Carla believed that Dennis was in a monogamous relationship with her, Carla,
during this time.
the while that Dennis
simultaneously maintained his marriage to Wendy and evinced Wendy of a
continued monogamous marriage where he was living at home with her and their
son Wendy described that at no time during the dual relationships did she
and Dennis have any marital discord and never spoke of separation.
Dennis used his work to excuse his absence from both women for large
periods of time to conduct after hours investigations and travel for training and
teaching while he was actually staying with the other woman.
On September 17, 2015, Dennis rented an apartment at South Virginia
Street the Alexander Apartments in South Reno. Only Carla knew about
this and stated that it was further evidence to her that Dennis was indeed in the
process of divorcing his wife and no longer in an intimate relationship with Wendy.
Wendy was not aware that Dennis had rented an apartment until many years later.
Dennis later told me that at the time he rented this apartment he never again slept
at the house where Wendy and resided, and that for all intents
and purposes, he had left his wife for Carla.
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As Dennis' relationship with Carla progressed, they eventually moved into
016. In
January of 2017 Dennis was hired as a NCJTC Associate with the Fox Valley Tech
School and continued to travel throughout the United States and the world teaching
computer forensics and online child sexual predator investigations.
In 2017, Dennis and Carla agreed to purchase a home together and began
seeking out financing options and real estate to purchase a home together. It was
during this time that Carla stated she and Dennis agreed to get married. According
to Carla, although Dennis never formally proposed to her, she wanted some
relational security with Dennis to make such a large financial commitment in
buying a home. Carla described Dennis telling her that he was still working on the
divorce documents through this period; however, Wendy was making excuses to not
sign the documents. Throughout the process of them purchasing a home, emails
(obtained through search warrants) indicated the lenders and real estate agents
were requiring documentation as evidence to qualify for the home loan and
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marital status and why his name was still on the deed to the Ct house
with Wendy. To all of which Dennis responded that he was in the process of
divorcing Wendy and would provide them with the correct documentation in time
for closing of the new home.
Wendy maintained that she had no idea that Dennis was in a relationship
with another woman during these years nor did she have any idea that he had any
intention of divorcing her. Wendy provided several examples of text messaging
between her and Dennis that depicted a healthy and loving relationship void of any
discord. Further the texts indicated that she had no reason to believe that he did
not live with her, as they depicted expectations for his return home after shifts and
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Dennis to Wendy:
Wendy to Dennis:
Dennis to Wendy:
Wendy to Dennis:
Dennis to Wendy:
Wendy to Dennis: in auto pay, the address that is
being serviced, and that you are the only person who can access that account. The
Dennis to Wendy:
Wendy to Dennis: rs like I said. But they found the
information very easily with yo
Dennis to Wendy:
Additionally on October 21, 2017, Wendy and Dennis had the following text
exchange:
Wendy to Dennis:
Dennis to Wendy: account with the correct SSN or
Wendy to Dennis:
Dennis to Wendy:
Wendy to Dennis:
In the latter part of 2017 while Carla and Dennis were still trying to obtain
statements and divorce proceedings for the pending purchase of their home, Dennis
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told Carla that Wendy had signed a quitclaim releasing her interest into their new
house. Carla stated that she never saw this quitclaim. While speaking with notary
Lisa Hallmark with North Ameri
account, Lisa described the interaction with Dennis to have been unusual. Lisa
thought it was odd that Dennis was still married and yet purchasing a home with
another woman. She noted that he refused to pro
address, or phone number. Dennis had previously told the title company and lender
that his wife had signed a quitclaim and requested that they accept it however it
was not notarized. When he was told they could not proceed with the purchase of
the home without a divorce decree or quitclaim signed and notarized, Dennis
requested to speak to her supervisor, Roberta Crown. Roberta reported that Dennis
asked her to forgo the requirement for a quitclaim or divorce decree in this
circumstance, and she told them they could not, citing that Nevada is a community
property state, and it is required by law to proceed. Roberta also stated this was an
unusual request. Her office went as far as to offer to meet with his wife to sign the
papers, but he would not provide contact information.
e p c e the e o eo ecor e
In January 2018, Dennis began having problems with his supervisor, FBI
Special Agent Hickok, on the FBI task force regarding his processing of evidence in
a Cold Case homicide outside of his jurisdiction. At that time, Dennis was reporting
to Lieutenant Max Brokaw and Captain Pat Lee of the Special Operations Division
at the Washoe County Sheriff's Office, as well. Captain Lee later stated that he was
managing the conflict between Dennis and FBI Special Agent Hickok.
On January 20, 2018, WCSO emails recovered from his assigned work email
of dcarry@washoecounty.us and an Amazon purchase confirmation obtained by
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Additionally to l
several of these recordings were also located having been downloaded to his work
computers. After accessing Dennis' iPhone through the use of a search warrant, an
additional recording from Captain Lee's office was recovered depicting a vantage
point under Captain Lee's desk on February 8, 2018. Additional recording file links
from his computer suggested that the device remained in place and was recording
through at least March 9, 2018.
Second Judicial District Court Records showed that Dennis filled out an
application for an E-Flex account on March 9, 2018. This account gives access to
applicants for divorce proceedings to file electronically to the court. It was later
learned that no documents were ever uploaded to this account. Dennis later stated
to me that he created this account to check on the status of his purported submitted
divorce documents which he could not find on th
is contradicted by the purported divorce initiating documents that were purportedly
marked as filed with the courts after the date he opened this account.
On March 17, 2018, Dennis expired his lease with the Alexander Apartments.
Dennis stated that although he had been living with Carla since 2016, he had
maintained the apartment to run a bitcoin mining operation.
and added "WMC Signature".
e t m t om ot y t u m
On March 28, 2018, emails received on his undercover Gmail account of
gmail.com (obtained through a search warrant) showed confirmations
that he created a profile with the National Notary Association under the name of
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left the title office that afternoon without Dennis. Dennis then requested Lisa
Hallmark respond with him to his and Wendy's home at Court to
assist in notarizing a quitclaim with Wendy. Lisa described this as highly unusual
as she has never done this outside of the office before. She hesitantly agreed and
brought another member of the office with her to the Court address
at about 4:15 p.m. that afternoon. Dennis, Wendy, and Lisa all described the
incident in their subsequent interviews.
Wendy stated that she had come home from work and that Dennis came to
the house with a female notary. Dennis told her that she needed to sign papers to
release her interest in a home that he was buying. Wendy did not understand why
he would be buying a home and why he did not want her to be on that paperwork.
Wendy became upset and started crying. She stated that the notary had to leave the
house and step outside several times so that Dennis could attempt to calm her
down. Wendy stated that the notary explained that the paperwork would release
any financial rights she would have to the property Dennis was buying. Wendy
stated that she was distraught over the situation and did not understand why he
wanted to buy a house without her but signed the document because he wanted her
to. At no time did the notary or Dennis divulge any information about Carla being a
co-purchaser of the property in question. She stated that he kept telling her it is
Lisa said when she arrived at the address, she was met by Dennis who
invited her in. She described Wendy sitting at the table crying and inconsolable.
Lisa began to explain what the papers were for, but Wendy would not stop crying.
Dennis asked her, Lisa, to step outside for a moment and then he invited her back
in. Wendy was still crying when Dennis asked her to step outside again. Lisa did
not hear the conversation between Dennis and Wendy while she was outside. The
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third time he invited her into the house, Lisa asked Wendy if she understood what
Wendy was signing. Wendy acknowledged that she understood, and Wendy signed
the quitclaim. Lisa left and did not have any further contact with any members of
the contract.
upset about finding out he was buying a home but stated that he had talked to her
prior to the March 29
really, really pissed. And, and at that point was where it kinda went where she
said are you asking' me for, for a divorce, and I said yes. And, uh, uh, and then it
just kinda, just kinda went, w
the notary had to leave several times because Wendy was mad. Wendy refused to
sign the papers at first and then she provided her ID and signed the papers in front
of the notary. Dennis said at that point that the information about the property he
and Carla were buying was on the paperwork. He also said that his and Carla's
name were also on the paperwork. Dennis had no explanation for why Wendy had
such a strong and adverse reaction to signing this quitclaim after he claimed that
she had already purportedly signed a quitclaim to this same property in the latter
half of 2017.
In contrast to Dennis' statement, the quitclaim on file with the Washoe
County Assessor's Office did not provide information about Dennis being a married
man nor did it provide Carla Higginbotham's name as a co-buyer. This information
ew home. The quitclaim
only listed a lot number in the subdivision in question and does not give an address
of the home being built.
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Carla stated that she later learned of the contentious interaction with Wendy
through Dennis' statements. She said that that weekend she began moving into
their new house with Dennis where they both have resided from then on.
On April 16, 2018, Carla won a federal judgeship and began the process of
a United
States Magistrate Judge in Reno, Nevada. Carla stated that she and Dennis had
been making plans to get married on May 24, 2018 in San Francisco, CA. She
stated that she was still aware that Dennis was legally married at that time and
that he would need a decree of divorce prior to their wedding date to present to the
court so that they could get a marriage certificate.
On April 18, 2018, a case number in the Second Judicial District Court was
drawn by a clerk in error while electronically archiving old cases. This case number,
DV18 - 00651, was subsequently deleted from the system by the court and remained
vacant on their publicly accessed website.
was subsequently deleted from his phone.
On April 25, 2018, Wendy's boss accessed the Washoe County Assessor's
website and found the deed of trust for Dennis and Carlas' new home which
indicated that Dennis was a married man and Carla was an unmarried woman.
Further, it gave the address and lot number of their new home which matched the
lot number on the quitclaim she signed on March 29, 2018.
Wendy stated that this was the first time that she had ever heard of Carla
Higginbotham and that she conducted an online search for evidence of Carla and
Dennis' relationship. She found a wedding registry on theknot.com which depicted
that Dennis and Carla were due to be married on May 24, 2018.
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activity shows that he accessed the first and second floors of the building and
gained access to the Civil Court area on the first floor as well as accessed the judge's
chambers of the Justice Court on the second floor. Dennis later admitted to this
activity and purported that he was conducting a walkthrough in anticipation of
conducting a later surveillance into a suspect who was downloading child
pornography from public WiFi in the area of the courthouse.
On May 20, 2018, Wendy learned that the online wedding registry at
theknot.com had reappeared. She confronted Dennis and he again denied any plans
of getting married and that he was not in a relationship with Carla Higginbotham.
Wendy stated that Dennis then told her that he was leaving that following week on
a work-related trip to Jackpot, Nevada with the DEA to serve a search warrant.
On May 22, 2018 at 5:53 p.m., D
an unrelated Second Judicial District Court document that depicted how certified
stamps and filing stamps are applied to court paperwork.
en e te e Re o u tice Co a o er a ree May 22 20 8
Later that same evening at 9:11 p.m., a dedicated WCSO laptop which
controls a SRT device (a device used to identify WiFi networks and MAC numbers of
devices in the immediate area) was logged onto for the first time since 2016. At 9:13
p.m. the same day, while the court was closed and again Dennis was off duty and
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Reno Justice Court at 1 South Sierra Street through the judges entrance to the
basement parking area. His badge activity shows that he then accessed the judges
building from the judges elevator lobby area at 9:19 p.m. This is the Second
Judicial District Family Court judge's chambers and courtroom area. This area
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includes the chambers of Judge David Humke and has open access to multiple
offices that are unsecured containin
stamps for Second Judicial District Court, certified copy stamps
that are identical to the ones used on Dennis and Wend
Petition for Divorce, and other divorce initiating documents provided to me and the
San Francisco Family Court by Dennis as purportedly real.
At 10:21 p.m., the dedicated laptop to the SRT machine showed that it was
logged off and powered down. From the time of 9:19 p.m., when he accessed the
third floor, to the time of 10:59 p.
the surveillance control room of the courthouse in the basement, his iPhone XS
Max logged his physical activity. The phone depicted that Dennis walked a total of
1010 steps for an equivalent of 0.487 miles
badge showed that he exited the judges parking area at 11:01 pm.
access badge showed that he
accessed 911 Parr Boulevard, the Washoe County Sheriff's Office front lobby door.
His badge activity showed that he entered his ICAC office entrance door at 11:17
p.m. At 11:31 p.m., wnloaded two
depicted a 2002 and 2001 quitclaim signed by Judge David Humke. The 2001
quitclaim signature of Judge Humke is an exact match to the signature on what
was later identified as the purported decree of divorce used by Dennis to obtain his
marriage certificate with Carla the following day.
On May 23, 2018, Dennis and Carla left Reno for San Francisco. Carla stated
that she saw the decree of divorce for Wendy and Dennis prior to them leaving and
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she verified that Judge Humke had signed it and that it was a certified copy from
the Washoe County Second Judicial District Court.
a a a
On May 23, 2018, Dennis and Carla presented the purported decree of
divorce and application for marriage to the San Francisco Family Court and
obtained a marriage certificate to be married the following day on May 24, 2018 in
San Francisco County.
On the same day Dennis and Wendy had the following text exchange:
Dennis to Wendy:
Wendy to Dennis: , of cou
potatoes that th
petes jackpot nv 2018 and the search was subsequently deleted. This search
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Jackpot Nevada. The same photo was then sent to Wendy via text from Dennis at
8:47 a.m. with the text stating:
Dennis to Wendy: d).
On May 24, 2018, Dennis and Carla were married in the San Francisco
Monday, May 28, 2018. During this time, Dennis and Wendy had the following text
exchange on May 25, 2018:
Wendy to Dennis:
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Dennis to Wendy: -
whip ;-
Wendy to Dennis:
A
On May 26, 2018, they had the following exchange of texts:
Wendy to Dennis:
Dennis to Wendy: (Several animated images sent with hearts and kisses)
Dennis to Wendy:
On May 27, 2018, they had the following exchange of texts:
Wendy to Dennis:
more often. Daily if possible! I desire your touch, I yearn to feel you fill my body, I
enveloping each other
were possible. I want you, all of you, deep and long as possible. As soon as possible.
Dennis to Wendy: -))) oh god yes;-
On May 28, 2018, Dennis returned from his Mini Moon with Carla and had
the following text exchange with Wendy:
Dennis to Wendy
Wendy to Dennis:
Wendy to Dennis:
Dennis to Wendy
Wendy to Dennis:
Dennis to Wendy:
Wendy to Dennis ng the tub jets so a bubble bath can be in my (or our)
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Over the course of the next couple of days, Dennis convinced Wendy that he
had made a mistake marrying Carla and that he wanted to stay in an intimate
relationship with her, Wendy.
On June 9, 2018, Wendy texted Dennis at 5:03 p.m. asking him if he had
ended his relationship with Carla and told her, Carla, that he was staying in a
relationship with her, Wendy. Wendy stated that throughout that month Dennis
had convinced her that he was committed to her and that they continued an
intimate relationship to include Dennis continuing to live at their house on
Court. Text messages provided by Wendy showed that Dennis and her were
maintaining an ongoing sexual relationship through this time.
W n a a e
On July 24, 2018 while Dennis was in Baltimore, Maryland on a purported
work trip, Wendy conducted unsuccessful searches in a
Courts in Nevada for the decree of divorce that Dennis had reportedly filed to
divorce her in the last year. On July 27, 2018, Wendy went to the Washoe County
Second Judicial District Courthouse and requested to see a decree of divorce which
will I stop
exted
problem and it could be real big. I know we can figure it out together. But we need
Where are you and why haven't you reached out to me? I feel that there is
something wrong, and you not communicating makes it worse. Are you in a
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hospital? Are you injured or is the pneumonia back? Please reach out and stop this
torcher! Maybe Carla knows, please d
a rats buttuti what time it is, call when you
On July 29, 2018 at 6:19 p.m., Dennis' iTunes account showed the purchase of
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On July 29, 2018 at 9:35 p.m., Wendy s
email address. This email outlined a timeline of events of her discovering Dennis
d not locate the divorce decree in
question and that she believed she was still married to Dennis. She ended the
Carla stated that she subsequently confronted Dennis about the contact with
Wendy. Carla stated that Dennis convinced her that Wendy was a scorned ex-wife
the capability of exporting text threads from a cell phone, including deleted text
messages. On July 30, 2018 at 8:40 a.m., Carla sent an email to Dennis that read,
from the la
encryption password for the phone and, therefore, could not export text messages.
- - I am
need some time to process some of this. Can you forward me any pictures of your
recent text? I just need to see it in writing- I need to know that he is lying to me so
if he tried to claim it isn't true I will know it. I am so sorry. I am so so sorry. I just
don't know what to say or do.
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At 3:06 p.m. that afternoon, Dennis sent an email to Wendy with only a title
At 8:03 p.m. and I talked. I
believe he is lying to me and I told him we are over. I am so sorry you are going
through all of this. I honestly thought your marriage was over or I would not have
Wendy replied to Carla,
umstances.
My mom says we might have been good friends. What do you think he is lying
about? I will show you whatever you want me to if you need the verification. Again,
so sorry, but I'm glad that you are thankful that I reached out to you. I couldn't hold
hated so much. True hate. Obviously well-
yelled at right now. I
and she needed to know. Unfortunately you could not be trusted to uphold your
word and tell her yourself so I had to fallow through on mine and tell her. You let
me down. You lied as recently as last night to me. Was I just a side fuck for you?
Did you mean anything that you said to me? You were here all weekend with Carla.
You have been with her for four years! FOUR YEARS! And you you signed my name
e 7 was used to log
onto his undercover iTunes account associated to dennisjreno@gmail.com. At 7:57
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a.m. that same day, his iTunes account showed the purchase of an app called
its
users through remote servers run by the service, hiding the user's IP address and
encrypting all the data transmitted through the connection. This service also allows
the user to choose from a limited number of cities where the company has servers
that the user can choose to make their IP network appear to be located. Users could
simultaneously connect an unlimited number of devices.
On August 1, 2018, a T-
of 443-554-1339 was purchased in Baltimore Maryland. This SIM card was then
cell Apple iPhone XS Max (his
account associated to dennisjreno@gmail.com had the user's name changed from
On August 2, 2018, Dennis provided Carla 30 days of purported text
messaging between himself and Wendy via screenshot captures. He provided them
to her via text as he was still in Baltimore, MD. Carla stated that Dennis explained
to her his phone was set to delete texts over 30 days old and that is why he could
not provide her text from the last 6 months between he and Wendy. In total, 27
screenshots were sent to Carla from Dennis. These screenshots depict that he had
purportedly sent Wendy 27 text messages and 1 photo. In response, Wendy had
undeleted texts in this same time frame, Dennis had sent her 146 texts and 67
photos, videos, and gifs. In response, Wendy sent him 243 texts and 40 photos and
emojis).
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nv o he v i y o t g n D
W n
Upon closer inspection and in comparison to the corresponding text threads
between
screenshot texts Dennis sent to Carla from his cell phone, which were dated July 6,
Wendy that did not appear on the
A further comparison showed that of the screenshot texts dated July 17, 2018
that Dennis sent to Carla, there were an additional three inserted texts on Dennis'
side of the exchange and one inserted text from Wendy.
On the screenshot texts dated July 6, 2018 that Dennis sent to Carla, the
inserted text appeared to narrate from Dennis to Wendy stating that he would not
respond to her sexual advances, he had no intent to mess things up at home, he was
in love with Carla, and he had a life that he wants now. Further, there is an
inserted text from Wendy to Dennis on the screenshot indicating he should forgive
her and that she deserved that for all these years.
Upon examining the screenshots of these purported messages between
Wendy and Dennis sent to Carla, I noted that the screenshot changes in
dimensional resolution from 1125 x 2436 pixels to 296 x 640 pixels (Of the 27
screenshots provided by Carla, all were this higher resolution except the two images
from July 6th Images 8 and 9 and the one image on July 17th image 18). Based
on my training and experience with cell phones, it appeared that these lower pixel
resolution screenshots were taken from a different model cell phone that does not
have the same resolution capability for screenshots or were altered in some way
that changed the pixelation. This text exchange depicted in the screen shots sent
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providing her the 27 screenshots. He did, however, deny ever inserting falsified
texts between the two, into the threads that Carla saw.)
With further observations of the texts from July 17, 2018, I again saw what
the screenshots provided. Again the dimensional pixilation was the same change,
messages for the purpose of the screenshot. These texts, again, did not exist on
phone. The content of these texts, again, depicted Dennis telling
Wendy that he would not respond to her advances and that she needs to move on.
(These inserted texts are the only purported content of Dennis telling Wendy to stop
pursuing him and that he is with Carla now.)
Carla told me that once Dennis returned from Baltimore, MD in August they
reconciled their marriage and he convinced her that he was divorced from Wendy
and that she was still trying to break up their marriage. Carla stated that the
evidence of the purported text messages on the dates of July 6, 2018 and July 17,
2018 proved to her that Dennis was telling the truth. Carla stayed with Dennis and
ne.
Wendy described Dennis not coming home to their address on
Court ever again (after July 30, 2018). She stated that she had text correspondence
with Dennis a few times in August 2018. She said that amongst her texts and
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wanted help for him and their marriage.
On November 16, 2018, Wendy reached out to a former acquaintance of hers
her statements to Undersheriff Susan Schilling who found that if true, there may
have been felony crimes committed. Schilling forwarded the matter to the Reno
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In January of 2019, I was assigned this case for follow-up. On January 4,
2019, I met with Wendy Carry who provided the details of her marriage to Dennis
and their life together. She elaborated on discovering his marriage with Carla and
how she believed that she may still be married to Dennis. On January 8, 2019, I
again met with Wendy who provided me a jump-drive with various supporting
documentation of her continued marriage to Dennis. She additionally supplied
several years worth of screenshots from her cell phone depicting conversations
between her and Dennis. These documents included financial statements from
Bank of America, PayPal, and TD Ameritrade that show both Dennis' and Wendy's
name on the accounts as well as listing their home on Ct as the address
on file through September 2018.
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On January 9, 2018 at 1:30 p.m., I met with Carla in her Judges Chambers in
the US District Courthouse at 400 South Virginia Street. I explained to Carla the
nature of my investigation and that I was hoping to get her assistance in
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interaction with Wendy. Carla stated that she and Dennis were indeed married and
are currently residing with each other. She further indicated that she knows of
Wendy as Dennis' ex-wife and that she believed Wendy had tried to break up their
marriage in July of 2018 by saying that she, Wendy, was still married to Dennis
and that they were still in a relationship. Carla explained to me that she and
Dennis were married on May 24, 2018 in San Francisco. She said that they did have
the divorce paperwork at the time of obtaining the marriage license and that she
signature and had seen Wendy's signature (Carla later modified this statement and
did not recall if she had actually seen
though she had told Wendy that she had. She additionally stated that she had only
seen the Decree of Divorce with Judge Humke's signature on it prior to their
wedding). Carla told me at that time she believed Dennis to have had their divorce
sealed in the Second Judicial District Court, State of Nevada, Washoe County.
Following the interview with Carla I phoned Dennis Carry on his cell phone,
which went to voicemail, and I left a message. I requested he call me about an
ongoing investigation.
On January 9, 2019 at 6:24 p.m., Dennis' Dropbox account shows activity
Dennis texted me on January 10, 2019 that he would call me when he could.
Dennis then texted me later that day on January 15, 2019 at 5:36 p.m.,
requested to meet with him on Friday of that week. Dennis agreed, however made
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I again attempted to make contact with Dennis on January 22nd by texting
him, asking if he was able to meet that week. The text went unanswered. On
January 24, 2019 I unintentionally ran into Dennis at Starbucks at 4798 Caughlin
Parkway Reno Nevada 89519. I approached Dennis and told him that I had been
trying to make arrangements to meet with him in reference to this investigation.
Dennis was working on his Mac laptop computer at the time of our interaction and
remained seated to speak with me. He explained to me that he was still feeling ill
and could not meet. He assured me that he would be in contact when he felt better.
Dennis stated that he had taken several days off from work because of his illness
which is unlike him. Dennis appeared to have trouble speaking while having a
coughing fit during our conversation.
, 2019, Dennis left for an
additional forensic training in Fredericksburg, VA, and he did not return until
Saturday, February 9, 2019.
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While Dennis was at this training on February 6, 2019, I had the
opportunity to meet again with Carla at her office. I provided more details of my
investigation and accusations being made by Wendy. Carla reiterated to me that
she had told Dennis prior to the wedding that they should postpone the wedding
because Wendy would not sign the divorce decree, and Carla felt that it was getting
too close to the wedding. Carla stated that Dennis refused to postpone the wedding,
stating that he would take care of it.
In early May 2018, Dennis told Carla that Wendy had signed the Joint
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Carla told him to take it to the courthouse himself as the process would take too
long if done by way of the paralegal.
Carla stated that on May 23, 2018, she and Dennis drove to San Francisco,
California and presented the certified copy of the divorce decree to the San
Francisco Family Court. The court accepted the document as real and provided a
marriage license to Carla and Dennis. Carla stated they were married on May 24,
2018. She said that they spent the rest of the Memorial Day weekend in San
Francisco on an abbreviated honeymoon, returning Monday, May 28, 2018.
Carla stated that upon their return and since March 29, 2018, she and
Dennis have lived together at Court, Reno, Nevada.
I explained to Carla that neither Wendy nor I have been able to find the
Decree of Divorce on file with the Washoe County Second Judicial District Court.
Carla stat
fact that Dennis is a WCSO Sergeant and that she is a Federal Judge, therefore
wanting to keep their personal life private. Carla further stated that a marriage
license could not be obtained in the San Francisco Family court if one of the parties
had been recently divorced, without a signed Certified Copy of the Decree of
Divorce.
I stressed the importance of obtaining the decree of divorce and the initiating
documents, including the joint petition for divorce that she and Dennis had used to
obtain the marriage license in May of 2018. Carla stated that Dennis was currently
out of town and that upon his return on February 9, 2019, she would have him
provide a scanned copy of the divorce documents. Carla later informed me that
Dennis told her he kept the original copies of the divorce decree and joint separation
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She added that he stated a thumb drive containing the scanned digital copies was in
a lock box at his office as well.
I asked Carla if there was any reason why Dennis was delaying his meeting
with me. Carla indicated that she would stress to him the importance of meeting
with me and providing the documentation in question.
On February 6, 2019 at 4:41 p.m., I received a text message from Dennis that
can't carry a conversation for than two minutes without coughing uncontrollably
and my entire diaphragm hurting. I'm a little better as of today and yesterday
week.
On February 7, 2019, I received two emails from Carla. The first contained
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described having obtained these from Dennis on August 2, 2018 via text message
which she had saved to her Macbook.
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Certified Copy of Divorce Decree necessary for a marriage license if divorced within
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parties wishing to get married within 90 days of a divorce.
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consent to discipline, reference honorable David H
Carla's email stated that she did not believe Wendy was telling the truth and
that the evidence provided to her by Dennis suggested that Wendy had been
pursuing Dennis, and Dennis had been placating her, but on several occasions he
confronted her about her advances. She specifically cited text messages on July 6,
2018 and July 17, 2018 where Wendy was supposedly making passes at Dennis and
that he responded to her asking her to stop and that he was with Carla now.
The second email I received from Carla on this date contained 14 emails
continuing love for Dennis. Carla stated in this email that she obtained this
evidence from Dennis' phone and had forwarded it to herself. Additionally, the
email that she, Carla, received from Wendy on July 29, 2018 was attached to this
email as well.
was
subsequently deleted. This search is significant as Dennis later stated that he had
purportedly paid the third party company who purportedly obtained the certified
copies of his divorce paperwork through the Washoe County District Court with a
money order.
On February 7, 2019 at 12:04 p.m., Carla emailed Dennis stating that she
found and saved. It is plain to me that he needs to see your side as well. These
emails underscore
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On February 10, 2019 at 12:17 p.m., De
Washoe County Sheriff's Office shows that he ran an advanced search for the name
ured three photos of a red
cree of divorce from the Second Judicial
District court. GPS data embedded in the photo showed that he was at the 10 Torr
Distillery and Brewing Company at the corner of Mill and High Street.
On the same day at 5:22 p.m. Dennis' iPhone showed SMS activity with a
paid information mining service, Whooster. (A service that provides identifying
information related to phone numbers and names by texting the search parameters
to the Whooster phone number) The SMS activity showed an outgoing text from
Whooster gave
an automated response for 6 different identities found with those search
to the Whooster service for
-683-7721
response that that phone number is a T-Mobile number, but the service did not
have it associated with any persons. These searches are significant as this phone
number was identified as a previous number associated with Michael Gillmann by
his caretaker, as well that this number was listed on the Declaration of Resident
Witness of the divorce initiating documents provided by Dennis.
At 5:41 p.m. the same day, Dennis had the following text exchange with
Carla:
Dennis to Carla: U get
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The same day, February 10, 2019 at 6:35 p.m., Dennis arrived at Washoe
County Sheriff's Office.
At 6:41 p.m. the PDF file "D-2 Joint Petition for Divorce with no Minor
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purported
-00651 stamp). This file is a 27-page
D-2 packet from the Second Judicial District Court website and is available online.
The packet was partially completed and contained all of the instructions from the
packet that detailed how to fill out the petition. It had information related to Wendy
mation as well as Wendy's initials on the joint petition
for divorce and Wendy's signature without a date filled in. (Of note was the absence
Declaration of Resident
Witness had the purported signature of Michael Gillmann. The case number stamp
with DV18-00651 had been placed on all of the initiating documents.
At 6:58 p.m., his work email received an email from the printer/ scanner
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to be the initiating documents of divorce and the decree of divorce with the same
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initials affixed to the Joint Petition for divorce as well as his signature in blue ink
on the Joint Petition and the Request for Submission pages. This copy also now had
Department 14 handwritten onto the first page of the Decree of Divorce.
At 7:01 p.m., Denni
This 27-page document appears to be identical to the "D-2 Joint Petition for Divorce
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saved to his computer.
At 7:11 p.m., his work email received an email from WCSO_SOD titled
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Decree of Divorce signed by Judge Humke. This decree appears to have the red
e artifact variations as seen in the
decree of divorce that he had photographed a few hours earlier) as well as the court
filing stamp dated May 9, 2018. This version of the decree of divorce had a
handwritten case number on it of DV18-009162 (not a case number on file with the
Second Judicial District Court). This version of the decree of divorce had the same
dates and identifying information for Dennis and Wendy that later appears on the
purported Decree of Divorce that Dennis presented to me. (This appears to be a scan
of the physical
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May 9, 2018. This stamp did not have a court employee's initials or signature
affixed to it. This stamp has the same fading patterns found on all of the
documents of the purported initiating documents and decree of divorce that were
presented to me by Dennis.
created/ saved a 13-page PDF file with no title. This document is identical to
Petition for Divorce, and the date of 04/12/2018 next to their signatures on the
signing page of the Joint Petition for Divorce. The two-page Decree of Divorce had
been removed from this version.
At 7:44 p.m., his work email received an email from WCSO_SOD titled,
-page attachment that was identical to the
untitled PDF that was saved to his flash drive. This version however now had the
Request for Submission placed in order before the Joint Petition for Divorce. It also
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Carla to Dennis:
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email attachment from earlier but this version now had the
the stamp. Additionally, on the first page of the decree of divorce the handwritten
case number had been replaced with a new case number that appears to be
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paperwork.
At 8:22 p.m., Dennis was seen on video surveillance leaving his office area
carrying multiple white papers in his hand. He exited the building and drove away
in his Jeep Cherokee.
That same day, February 10, 2019 at 9:05 p.m., Carla emailed me a 15-page
PDF document of the initiating documents and Decree of Divorce for Dennis and
Dennis has a certified copy with the court's embossed stamp on the final decree.
On February 11, 2019 at 12:42 p.m., Carla sent the following text to Dennis:
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he set a time and date with you as soon as possible - no more claims you are putting
On February 11, 2019 at 4:45 p.m., Dennis texted me indicating that he had a
doctor appointment but could meet sometime that week.
On February 12, 2019 at 9 a.m., I met with Second Judicial District Court
representatives, Julie Wise and Michelle Purdy, at the filing office located at 75
Court Street, Reno, NV. I provided them a printed copy of the divorce documents
provided by Carla on February 10, 2019 via email. I requested to know if they were
me that I would need to submit a public information request for the information. On
February 12, 2019 I provided Jacqueline Bryant, the Clerk of Court and Court
Administrator for the Second Judicial District Court, a public information request
for this information.
On February 12, 2019 Carla learned that Dennis had purportedly used a
third party co
You TOLD ME YOU WENT AND FILED YOURSELF. How did you pay with a
money order through an online company? I
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you the same now. You left our whole future and life up to chance with some third
party vendor that sounds like a scam - money order, really? I feel like all that you
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was the right - albeit maybe -
actually used that company - and never brought it up again - really makes me think
and look at you differently. You are so smart. You investigate fraud cases. And yet,
you used some unknown company only located in Las Vegas to deal with what was
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where the problem is so it can be fixed. I do think the certified copies are real. They
is some logical explanation that can be pointed to in order to fix this. At a minimum
it shows unequivocally that you did believe you filed, you did get file stamped copies
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On February 13, 2019 at 9:08 a.m., Dennis texted me and indicated he was
willing to meet at approximately 3 p.m. that day. We made final arrangements to
meet at 3:30 p.m. that day at the Napa-Sonoma restaurant on South Virginia
Street.
Prior to the interview with Dennis, I received an email from Jacqueline
Bryant stating that the listed divorce case number does not exist with their courts.
The email continued that neither Dennis Carry nor Wendy Carry had any divorce
documentation on file in Washoe County and that no such documentation was filed
-flex user
agreement associated to Dennis Carry attached to the email. This E-Flex user
agreement was filled out and received by the court via stamp on March 9, 2018.
There were no documents in the account.
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On February 13, 2019 at 3:20 p.m., Detective Lieutenant Zach Thew and I
met with Dennis Carry at 7671 S. Virginia Street, Reno, NV, the Napa-Sonoma
Restaurant for a consensual interview. Dennis arrived carrying a manilla folder
with documents inside. He stated that he was suffering from some type of lung
issue and that his voice was affected by it. Dennis consented to an audio recorded
interview. Dennis stated that no one at his department had compelled him to meet
with me and that he understood he had rights as any civilian would. I asked him to
provide me a brief history of his relationship with Wendy. Dennis explained that he
met Wendy in high school and they got married in November of 1996 in South Lake
Tahoe, California. He stated that she had one son , who was 26 years old (at
the time of the interview). I asked Dennis to describe how they became separated
and when it all started. Dennis stated that she had an affair a couple years after
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task force. Carla would prosecute his cases at a federal level. He said that they had
a professional relationship for several years prior to dating, and during this time,
Carla went through her own divorce. They began dating several years after meeting
each other, and they had been in a dating relationship for several years since then.
Dennis was unable to recall dates. He believed that he moved in with Carla the
year that her daughter, Tatum, lived in the dorms and that he lived predominantly
with Carla during that time while still maintaining the apartment. Dennis
described not having ever gone back to the Red Gulch house to spend the night after
he initially moved out.
I asked Dennis if he maintained a sexual relationship with Wendy after
having moved in with Carla. Dennis stated that he did not. He said that they
maintained a personal relationship that was close and that they would hold each
other, sometimes in bed, but they did not have sexual intercourse. Dennis cited that
he was trying to keep Wendy's spirits up. Dennis did say Wendy continued to
pursue him through this time. I asked him about the emails Carla had forwarded to
me. He said that he was very surprised by some of the things Wendy was doing. He
said that his responses to her were just trying to cheer her up.
I asked Dennis specifically about the divorce paperwork. Dennis stated that
when he found out Maholis had traveled with them, Wendy and , to Utah, in
what he believed was 2016 or 2017, he decided to have Wendy served with the
divorce papers. He said he sought out a company to serve her with, and he ended up
using this company. He said that he gave them a payment for their services to
start the divorce process. He said they did not get back to him for some time and
that at one point he had told them to hold off on going forward with the process.
Dennis could not recall any time frames related to this transaction. Dennis told me
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Wendy several times that it's easy to get a divorce in Nevada, that only one person
needs to file for the divorce, and that the other party would be served. He believed
that after filing for divorce there would be a six-month waiting period, depending on
whether or not the parties contested the divorce. I asked Dennis if Wendy was
contesting the divorce and he replied that she was not contesting it at that time, but
she was not being very clear. He then stated that he hadn't told her that he had
started the process to begin with. Dennis said that things started to get better
between him and Wendy which is why he asked them to stop the process. He said
he did not know what would happen between him and Carla and that he wanted to
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Dennis said that he stayed with her, Wendy, because he did not want her to feel
abandoned.
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Red Gulch house because it is paid off. He fully expected Wendy to have moved out
of Reno after the divorce because he believed that she did not like it here.
Dennis continued to describe his use of the company, Divorce Services and
Paralegal Nevada, to file the divorce papers. He said that he had found many places
to consider, and he used Google to look at their costs and reviews. He did not want
to use an actual attorney because he did not want the divorce to become messy. He
said that he and Wendy never argued, and they never really fought. He described it
as just having fallen out of love.
Dennis continued that he had spent time investigating each of these
companies. He said that he searched the Secretary of State's office website to see
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for a cashier's check or money orders which made him believe the company was
legitimate. He said he mailed them to an address in Las Vegas. Dennis stated that
he had received some type of confirmation after this and that he also received a
notification that he should be expecting something from whatever the court was in
Clark County. Dennis said that this company was only going to file the divorce
paperwork on his behalf to the courts. Dennis described the process as an online
submission. He said that he filled out the names and addresses on the forms and
then he uploaded it to them. He said that it did not require a signature at first and
that the company would file the forms electronically and in person after he
uploaded them. I clarified with Dennis whether it was Clark County he meant. He
said that it was Washoe also and that the company files in both counties. Dennis
seemed confused on this issue and could not clarify whether or not he remembered
them saying they could file the papers in both counties or that they can file
electronically or in person.
Dennis gave more detail as to the payment that he made. He said that he
paid them $800 in money orders that he got from the 7-Eleven here in Reno,
Nevada by the University near the Waldorf.
Dennis said that the confirmation of receipts from the company came in the
form of emails that he has. He also said that he had notifications from the company
via text that they would occasionally send. Dennis said that the company would
send certified copies to him, and then, they would additionally send text messages
saying the copies were on their way and that he should receive them within 5
business days.
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about the paperwork and that her responses made reference to everything being his
anyway, specifically referring to the house. I asked Dennis about when she signed
the quitclaim, and he said that Wendy had actually signed a quitclaim prior to the
incident on March 29, 2018. He said that it was after July of 2017 when he and
Carla were told by the title company that because he was still married, he would
need a quitclaim. Dennis said that the title company would not take the original
quitclaim because it was not notarized. This was why Dennis had to bring a notary
to the house on March 29, 2018 for her to sign a new quitclaim. Dennis said that
Wendy was very upset about finding out he was buying a home, but stated that he
had talked to her prior to the March 29, 2018 date about it. He described her
react
went where she said are you asking' me for, for a divorce, and I said yes. And, uh,
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she was so upset the notary had to leave several times because Wendy was mad.
Wendy refused to sign the papers at first and then she provided her ID and signed
the papers in front of the notary. Dennis did say at this point that the information
about the property he and Carla were buying was on the paperwork. He also said
that his and Carla's name were also on the paperwork.
Dennis said that he went back to the house several times because he
described Wendy as being distraught. He further offered that she probably would
not remember anything during this time, such as conversations. He said she
stopped eating and that sometimes she would be just shaking in bed. Dennis said it
was two to three weeks later when Wendy signed the divorce papers.
Dennis stated that he had prepared the documents in advance. He had
downloaded them from the district court website in a packet form. Dennis stated
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that he actually had several copies of the downloaded form because he had
downloaded it multiple times for previous attempts. He cited one of those times was
in November of 2017 when he thought he was going to file for divorce. He said that
he kept getting pushed off, referring to Wendy. He said that there are places on the
form to type in names and addresses, and then there are multiple places to sign and
initial.
I informed Dennis at that time that I had received the email copies of the
divorce paperwork he was talking about. Dennis told me that the packet was
incomplete and that there was an additional addendum to the divorce as well as a
Dennis stated that he had seen both of them because both he and
Wendy had to initial them. He said that the addendum was an explanation of the
division of their belongings. Dennis described the addendum as giving them the
ability to negotiate. He said they had conversations about dividing their
belongings, from giving her half of his retirement, and house to her taking the
house and not the retirement. They had further conversations about health
insurance and alimony.
I further inquired about the divorce documents that I received in the email on
February 10, 2019 from Carla. Specifically I asked about how the papers were
signed by Wendy. Dennis said that he does not recall the specific date they had the
conversation about splitting their assets, but he went to the house and
found Wendy in bed. They talked about not using a lawyer to proceed. He said the
day they actually signed the papers was a different day. He said on the day they
signed the papers, they were at the house. He stated that he witnessed
Wendy sign the divorce papers and clarified that there were no witnesses to the
signing of the papers.
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Dennis acknowledged the fact that Wendy and he needed to be divorced prior
to Carla and his wedding. He said that Carla offered several times to postpone the
wedding because she knew that Wendy had not signed the divorce papers yet. He
also believed that Wendy would not sign the papers in time. Stating that he
believed after they were filed it would take three days or longer to get certified
Dennis described knowing that Judge Humke was in between suspensions during
this time and he had a conversation with Carla about it. He considered requesting a
change of courts, however, was told by the company in question that the filing was
complete and that he would be receiving his certified copies.
I asked Dennis about the submission process of the forms to the alleged
company. Dennis described having downloaded forms in a packet format. He said
the company had them listed on the website, the same as the Second Judicial
District Family Court had. He stated that once downloaded he and Wendy filled
them out and signed them. He said that he
through a link on the website. Dennis further stated that during this time he went
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account. He said that he did this because when he was on the website for the court
reference to the divorce case. He stated that he did not recall the time that he
obtained the case number but did search for it on the website. Dennis said that he
believed the reason he could not find any information on the website was because he
had requested the filing to be sealed. He said he did this out of discretion and that
he did not want Reno Cop Watch to have this information. Dennis identified
himself as being so private that even people at his work did not know about his and
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had stopped going to social functions with him for several years by that point and
attributed her absence from his work events to her dislike for law enforcement, as a
result of many negative interactions with them through her life.
Dennis said that he created the E-flex account for both the purpose of looking
on the website for information involving his divorce and to potentially file the
papers himself. He said that because the company was not getting back to him, he
and Carla were frustrated. Carla encouraged him to file it himself at the
courthouse. He stated that he did not want to go into the courthouse for personal
matters and so he created the account. Dennis described having threatened the
company stating that they were committing fraud if they did not return his money
and get back to him. He said the company ultimately responded to him stating that
it had been filed.
I clarified with Dennis that he had never gone into the courthouse to file the
documents himself nor had he filed electronically online, to which he stated was
correct. He said that he had gone into the courthouse to do a search for the papers
on file, but they did not have them, stating to him they did not exist. Dennis told
me that during his petition to the company to have the documents sealed he did
research on the laws and expressed to the company that because he is a police
officer he needed to have the documents sealed. Dennis stated that he knows these
filings are public documents and stated to me that the protections of police officers
can override that. He said that is why he believed he could never find information
on his divorce both in person and online with the courts.
Dennis said that the first set of documents received from the company were
only the Decree of Divorce. Which was necessary for him to have to obtain a
marriage license in California.
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He stated that he did request from the company again (January 2019) a new
set of papers because he thought he had lost the originals and that he needed the
complete set of papers. He stated he made this second request when he learned of
this investigation and was attempting to provide evidence of his divorce. Dennis
said that he received the divorce packet a few days later. He stated that this
packet did not contain the request to seal the filing nor the divorce addendum that
he said he had uploaded to their website via the link. This is the version he had
Carla forward to me via email on February 10, 2019.
Referencing back to the initial obtaining of the Decree of Divorce in May
2018, Dennis stated that he received a first class US Postal Service envelope at his
work from Las Vegas which had the decree in it with a receipt for his payment. He
said that prior to receiving this decree in the mail he had received a text message
saying that the certified copies were on their way.
Dennis stated that Carla did not know that he had not filed the papers
himself but at one point did tell her that he was dealing with a company. He
described being out of town on the date that it was actually filed with the courts. He
stated that he was at the Hague in the Netherlands during this time of the filing.
He said ironically that is also the same time that Wendy reached out to Carla.
Dennis stated that it was the week before the wedding when the first
certified copy showed up. Dennis then took two items from his manilla folder. One,
a certified copy of the Decree of Divorce and the other a complete set of Divorce
Papers (including the Decree of Divorce) that I had received in the email on
February 10th. He stated that the Date of the certifications are located on the back
of the last page. I could see that on the lone Decree of Divorce there was an
embossed stamp with an overlaying ink stamp, with handwritten initials and a date
indicating that it was certified on May 15, 2018. I asked Dennis if this was the
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paperwork he presented to the family court in San Francisco. He verified that it
On the complete divorce packet, I could see that it had a similar embossed
stamp, ink stamp and additional hand-written initials and a different date of
January 15, 2019. Although Dennis would not allow me to take the certified copies
as evidence, stating that he wished to retain them as they were his evidence of
innocence, Dennis did allow me to take photographs of the certified copies. He did
allow me to take the paid invoice that he had received in the mail with the certified
copies.
I asked Dennis where the divorce addendum was located. Dennis stated that
he still had the copy that he had uploaded. I asked if Wendy had signed it; he stated
that he did not believe so but that she had initialed it. I reviewed the documents
that he had displayed to me, and I c
the last page of the Joint Petition for Divorce. Dennis further stated that the
request to have it sealed should be with the rest of the packet as well. He did note
that Carla had told him not to have it sealed because it would take longer.
I clarified with Dennis that the company in question, Divorce Services and
Paralegal Nevada had provided him these two certified copies. He said that they
had, and he was expecting more copies. He said that the initial contract between
him and the company was for what he believed to be eight certified copies. Dennis
verified that his work address is his mailing address for this company, and both sets
of certified copies were received at the Washoe County Sheriff's Office in the mail
room. He stated that even though this came as a first class U.S. postal envelope
there should be tracking numbers specific to the Cyber Crimes Unit. Dennis
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to it. He said that the company's name was not spelled out but had its initials of
DSPNV. He originally thought that it was from DPS (Department of Public Safety).
Dennis said that he never received a tracking number from the company.
Dennis then displayed to me his iPhone, he showed me a text that he
reportedly received from the company. He described to me that the text I could see
is what it says. Certified documents. Thank you for using Divorce Services and
Paralegal Nevada. Your requested documents are on the way and should arrive
Dennis said that we can see the January 15, 2019 date on the back of the certified
copy of the divorce paperwork. He said that this text was in response to his
previous request for additional certified copies. I asked Dennis what phone number
this text came from; Dennis replied that it was not a phone number but a short code
number for text code of 410 - 100 - 0 4 8. I asked Dennis if the name Mike Johnson
meant anything to him and he said that he did not know Mike Johnson and that he
had never worked with him.
I asked Dennis about specific accusations that Wendy was making.
Specifically that she was led to believe that she was in an intimate relationship
with him following his wedding on May 24, 2018. I asked him to describe Wendy's
behavior at that point in time. Dennis described Wendy as being a completely
different person and was doing everything to try and get him back. Dennis stated
that he believed in some ways they were actually closer in their relationship during
this time compared to before.
I asked Dennis about the night of July 30, 2018 when Carla had confronted
him about Wendy. Dennis said that he did not know why Wendy would email Carla
out of the blue. He did not know why she would try and portray him as a liar and
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then at the same time try and maintain a relationship with him. Dennis described
having maintained a social relationship with Wendy up to that point.
I asked Dennis why Wendy is claiming to not have signed the papers in
question. Dennis stated that he does not know why she is not telling the truth about
this. He said that he believed Wendy may not have thought he would file the
papers, and stated he may have led her to believe that but he does not recall.
Dennis said that he has tried to locate the paperwork at the courthouse, but
the court could not find any of it.
Dennis stated he believed that because there were legitimate case numbers
before and after the case number that was drawn for his purported filing, and
because the dates and times were proximate to his case number, the mere fact that
this case number was absent was suspect. He said he believed his case may have
ectronic filing error with this
company. Dennis went as far as to say he and Carla even discussed the possibility
that the court was lying to them.
Dennis was asked if he ever inquired to the purported company why they can
get a certified copy but the court can't see that it's there. Dennis explained that the
company told him that so many things get filed all the time that sometimes
documents will get filed and then basically stacked with another docket. He
tever, the actual courtroom or the,
then do stuff and, an
I again asked why the company could order certified copies but the courts
the paperwork.
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with, with, uh, um, with a couple of the judges or a couple of the officers, so they,
it was gonna be done in time. So they said, no, no problem. We, ya know, we work
very closely with the, with, with certain judges and, and, and things get expedited
I asked Dennis how they communicated this to him, whether through email
or phone. Dennis stated that he was provided this information via email just like
the times he received confirmations from them.
Dennis was asked if he had records of the phone calls, the emails, and copies
of the uploaded items. Dennis stated that he did. He said the copies uploaded were
the same as the ones in his possession but did not have the stamps. Lieutenant
I'm going through every, everything I have. Unfortunately, like with me, I mean
everything's encrypted or maybe backed up here. It might be on that drive or that.
Lieutenant Thew inquired to which email address he used to communicate
with the purported company, and Dennis said he might have used multiple different
email addresses to communicate with them. He gave an example of using his phone
to respond to emails and it may respond from his county email versus his personal
email. Dennis did say that he has the emails printed out somewhere, as well as
saved digitally.
I asked Dennis to provide us with all of these records that would explain why
the papers are not on file. Dennis then referred to a different text that he stated
Thank you for your request. We researched your request and confirmed additional
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copies have been requested by you. Ple, please excuse the
image of a text message. Before I was allowed to take a closer look at it Dennis
pulled the phone away from my view and stated that he would forward it to me. I
agreed, and then requested additionally for all correspondence as well as copies of
the divorce addendum between he and Wendy as well as the text message we just
spoke of.
I then inquired about the screenshots of text messages between him and
Wendy that Carla had provided to me. I asked him if he took the screenshots
himself. Dennis originally stated that she had taken them from his phone. He then
clarified that he does not recall whether he sent them to her or not. I confronted
Dennis at that time about the fact that the screenshots he provided to Carla were
different from the screenshots that Wendy had provided me on her phone. Dennis
provided that it is not uncommon to get a text from Wendy, and he would delete
that text because he viewed it as being manipulative.
Dennis was then informed that due to the circumstances of the case it was
likely that the Washoe County District Court would be requesting his access badge
be revoked until the investigation could come to a conclusion. Dennis was then
asked whether or not he had been in the filing office during the times related to the
creation of the divorce documents. Dennis gave multiple scenarios where he had
been in the court buildings downtown. He then was specifically asked about his
badge being used to access the court buildings. Dennis then stated that they use the
court for surveillance. Dennis then described an investigation that he had
conducted in the courthouse related to a sex offender, William Baraja, who was
using the public internet at the Java Jungle to download child pronography. He
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said they had used electronics to identify and track him. Dennis said that during
that operation he did not believe he would have been inside of 75 Court Street, but
alluded to having been in 1 South Sierra Street. He referenced the aforementioned
investigation and said he would have had to have found a place to set up a large
Pelican case and hours of sitting near the offices with windows facing the river. He
urt rooms.
I again asked Dennis to forward all records of communication between him
and the purported company to me as soon as he had them. He at this time stated
that he had already ordered through the company several more certified copies. He
said they were en route, and he would notify me when they arrived.
On February 13, 2019 at 6:17 p.m. after the interview, Dennis and I had the
following text exchange:
Dennis to Johnson
communication records between myself and the filing company. 2. The additional
certified copy when it comes? 3. Try and look up if any tracking exists on the
Johnson to Dennis: d keep the envelopes
of the receiving certified copies. Also if you had the addendum about the terms of
the divorce. I appreciate it
search was subsequently deleted.
c D t v t o e e e t t y
On February 19, 2019, I again met with Julie Wise and Michelle Purdy at the
Second Judicial District Court filing office located at 75 Court Street, Reno, Nevada.
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They described that there are two locations for the Second Judicial District Family
Courts. One, is the Second Judicial District Family Court on the third floor of the
north tower at 1 S. Sierra Street where there are multiple departments of this court
Street. They further explained that family court documents, like uncontested
divorce documents, could be filed in person or by mail at 75 Court Street. This
initiated, filed, and archived at this location.
I showed Julie and Michelle the photographs of the embossed seal on the
divorce decree and related paperwork that Dennis had in his possession. Michelle
has 19 years of experience with the filing office, and she relayed to me that she
believed the divorce decree to be fraudulent. Michelle identified the process of
utilizing an embossed stamp and ink stamp. She stated the correct procedure in
which filing clerks were trained was to place the ink stamp on the paper first with
their initials, and then they were trained to place the embossed stamp over the ink
stamp. Michelle provided a piece of paper with the correct sequence of stamps as
well as the incorrect sequence of stamps. She stated that based on her training and
experience, the photographs I provided depicted an embossed label and ink stamp
that where applied in the incorrect sequence and the person applying them did not
have training with the stamping process.
Michelle further described the first page of the divorce decree to be
inappro
can be sealed but the divorce decree itself is not sealed as it does not contain any
details of the divorce.
Michelle further explained her observations of the divorce decree, stating
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stamp in several years. She stated the filing office at 75 Court Street, which would
handle all mail-
stamp and also could be filed electronically. Michelle provided examples of both and
pointed out that the new file stamp that had been in use for two to three years,
included the time of the filing, while the old stamp did not include the time. She
indicated that there are two archived similar stamps in their office behind secure
doors on a carousel which clerks have access to at 75 Court Street but were not in
use.
by Dennis was mostly predominant over in the judicial chambers of 1 South Sierra
Street. They indicated that the Judicial Assistants at 1 S. Sierra Street did
currently use this older style stamp and there were documents on file from their
offices in 2018 and 2019 that would have this stamp.
Julie stated that although the ink stamps were readily available in all of
Second Judicial Washoe courts, the embossing stamps were only located in the
judicial offices at 75 Court Street, 1 South Sierra Street, and Jan Evans detention
facility.
I asked both Michelle and Julie how it was possible that the case number
DV18 00651 is not on file with the courts. Julie showed me how open-source
information on their webpage allows for any person to search online for DV case
numbers. Julie showed me how a person can look at a range of case numbers for
any period of time and identify a missing case number in the sequence. Julie had
looked into the circumstances as to why this case number had been deleted and
found that it was drawn in error during the process of scanning and archiving an
old divorce case from 1920. She indicated that a clerk archiving that case had
deleted upon realizing the error. This act of deletion permanently removed the
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On February 22, 2019 at 2:45 p.m., I met with Wendy at Starbucks at 1610
Robb Dr, Reno, NV. I had with me a printed copy of the divorce paperwork that I
had obtained on February 10, 2019 in an email from Carla. I presented this packet
to her and asked her if she had ever seen it. Upon initial observation Wendy was
astonished that it existed and immediately turned to the Joint Declaration of
Divorce. Wendy was visibly upset and shaking. As she scanned the document, she
stated that she had not initialed this document where her purported initials were
marked to indicate that she has given up her rights to receive
level of stress and panic elevated quickly, and she asked why she would give up her
right to alimony. Wendy was clearly distraught when she saw her purported
signature on page 8. Wendy immediately stated that she did not sign this document
and that she had never seen this document before.
I asked Wendy about the Declaration of Resident Witness form signed by
Michael Gillmann. Wendy stated that she did not know who that was.
I asked Wendy about Dennis and Carla's statements that she had had an
affair with a Greek man. Wendy described her relationship with this man, later
identified as Michai -again-off-again affair that had
existed intermittently throughout her marriage with Dennis. She indicated that her
relationship with Maholis was a direct result of the loneliness she felt in her
relationship with Dennis, however she had no intention to, nor did she and Maholis
ever discuss, her and Dennis divorcing for any reason.
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A Reno Police Department police report search for Gillmann was conducted
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o resides at 1545 Zolezzi Lane, Reno, NV 89511. Additionally, on page
2 of this same document his
however, the correct spelling for Mike Gillmann is used in this report.
Tiburon police history with Gillmann showed him to have multiple felony
convictions and was required to register with the local police department as an ex-
felon. Gillmann also showed to be deceased, dying of apparent seizures and other
medical issues in September 2018 (Reference WCSO 18-4586). I obtained 4
different convicted person registrations with the Reno Police Department for
Gillmann, all of which contain his signature. I additionally obtained a work
application from the Reno Police Department for Gillmann that has his signature. I
(and listed
property record form from January 2017 that contains four separate signatures
from Gillmann, and one Nevada medical marijuana registry cardholder application
with his signature from November 7, 2017. All of these aforementioned signatures
were compared and appear to be consistent with one another in style and spelling.
All si
accompanied with his signature.
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When reviewing the Declaration of Resident Witness, purportedly signed by
Gillmann on November 14, 2017, my observations suggest that this signature is
nothing like the consistent signatures on the 8 other documents, to include one of
those signatures signed within days of this purported document being signed
(Nevada medical marijuana registry cardholder application).
On February 27, 2019, I met with Mary
friend, Beau Duckett, were the
only two that drove Gillmann around in the last two years of his life. She stated
that she lived with Gillmann, and she was his primary caregiver. She indicated that
he suffered from seizures and was unable to drive since 2016. Mary stated that she
had never taken Gillmann to the Alexander apartments on S. Virginia Street. Mary
indicated that Gillmann did not have any friends by the name of Dennis and that
the only law-enforcement officer he had contact with was a female at Adult Parole
and Probation. Mary indicated that the phone number listed on the Declaration of
Resident Witness of (775) 683 7721 is an old cell phone number for Gillmann, but
at that time of the purported signature on the resident witness form, that phone
had been disconnected earlier in the year and was not in use.
Additionally, I spoke to Beau on the cell phone after speaking with Mary and
he provided the same information that he had been best friends with Gillmann for
most of his life and that he dro
license in 2016. Beau stated that he had never driven Gillmann to the Alexander
apartments on S. Virginia Street. He further stated that he did not know Gillmann
to have any associates or friends by the name of Dennis. He also stated that the
only law-enforcement officer Gillmann knew was his probation officer.
On February 28, 2019 at 7:51 a.m., I sent an email to Dennis
wondering how everything is going and if you were able to find any of the other
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At 11:11 a.m. on February 28, 2019, Carla and Dennis had the following text
exchange:
Carla to Dennis:
Dennis to Carla:
Carla to Dennis: ors to
n v w a C y
At 11:15 a.m. on February 28, 2019, I again met with Carla at her office for a
third interview. I attempted to ascertain additional details in the case, requested a
taped in
I presented Carla with the screenshots from We
(The screenshots provided by Wendy on her purple and white jump drive were
utilized). The screenshots of the texts were information that Carla had originally
requested from Wendy in their communication in July of 2018. Wendy did give me
During this interview, I disclosed to Carla that to date my investigation has
not revealed the validity of any company purporting to be Divorce Services and
Paralegal
provided by Dennis has never been associated with that company or similar
companies.
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Additionally, I explained to Carla the discrepancies in the screenshots from
her Dropbox account that Dennis had provided her with text messages between him
and Wendy. I verified with Carla that those text messages were received via text
uploaded them to her Dropbox account that she had shared with me. She said that
she received them originally from his phone on August 2, 2018.
In reference to the divorce paperwork, specifically the Declaration of Resident
Witness, where an individual by the name of Michael Gillmann had signed the
paperwork. I asked Carla how she or Dennis knew Michael. Carla said that Dennis
was acquainted with him while living at the Alexander Apartments, but she had
never met him.
By the completion of this interview, Carla was upset at the content I had
presented to her and stated that she was due to have dinner with Dennis and her
daughter that evening, but she could not bring herself to face him at that time. She
said that she would be getting a motel room and then leave the next day for her
in California for the weekend. She told me that Dennis was due to
leave on a business trip that Sunday and he would be gone for the remainder of the
following week. Carla did agree to a taped interview the following day before
leaving. Previous to this interview I had told Carla that I understood she would
share the information in our discussions with Dennis; however at the end of this
interview, I requested that she preserve the details that we discussed that
afternoon so that I may have an opportunity to interview Dennis again.
At 11:18 a.m. that day, while I was meeting with Carla, Dennis emailed me,
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under his desk. (Lt. Brokaw and Cpt. Lee were being updated with the progress of
this investigation through this time)
At 12:19 p.m., Dennis' iPhone launched the Southwest app.
After the interview at 12:27 p.m., Dennis and Carla had the following text
exchange:
Dennis to Carla:
Carla to Dennis:
tonight. We will just do it when Tatum gets back. I need to get the Mercedes. Where
At 12:57 p.m C
On February 28, 2019 sometime between 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., Carla
responded to her house to pack some bags. She told me that Dennis arrived, and
they had an argument. She disclosed to me that she provided him with the
information from our interview that day. She said prior to her leaving, Dennis had
left their residence. She did not indicate where he would be going to. Carla called
me from the road after their argument and stated that she was in a safe place and
would be staying away from the home that night.
That same evening, February 28, 2019 from 8:29 p.m. through 9:54 p.m.,
Dennis and Carla had the following text exchange where Carla confronted Dennis
about the text messages I had shown her in the previous meeting:
Carla to Dennis:
Carla to Dennis
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Carla to Dennis: asked you if you flirted with her and you denied it. You asked
her to send pics and told her how sexy. She asked about your fantasies and you sent
pics of girls on lingerie with the hands tied with silk ties. You told me you went to
see that movie with her thinking would be there but only when you got there
tickets. You had sex with her that night and talked about it in the texts. You would
ask for more when she would say
honest
Dennis to Carla:
or anything. How Is this all fake? How is it
Carla to Dennis:
what really has been happening all these years with her. I assumed you still had
sex with her in the beginning and when you were still liv
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over there and spending time with her. I kn
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Carla to Dennis: I just need to know
the truth. The texts were not made
Dennis to Carla:
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me - all of the ones that showed got flirting and enjoying her p
Dennis to Carla:
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about what
Carla to Dennis:
we have to actually file an annulment or what. But we will have to address that
Dennis to Carla:
Carla to Dennis:
Dennis to Carla:
Carla to Dennis:
Carla to Dennis:
de up texts of you asking for more
sexy pics - like you did with me - or the same type of fantasy pics you sent to me, the
same type of stockings you like - talking about whip cream on her. I saw them. I
know they are real. It explains why you would not gi
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Dennis to Carla:
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Carla to Dennis:
Dennis to Carla: e the send and receive can include multiple accounts and
devices.
Dennis to Carla:
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Carla to Dennis: bout me until this
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living there and just working all hours of the night and traveling etc. please just tell
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there or spending time
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Dennis to Carla:
screenshots from the purported suspect company that he later shows me on March
8, 2019 at our second interview.)
Dennis to Carla:
Dennis to Carla:
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Dennis to Carla: No-
Carla to Dennis:
Dennis to Carla: (Dennis sends a screenshot of a purported email response from him
to DSPNV to Carla/ the Email shows to have been sent that day at 7pm)
Carla to Dennis:
Carla to Dennis
Dennis to Carla: Before dapnv is was Nevadasivorce
Carla to Dennis:
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the screen capture at 7 p.m.)
Our taped interview started at approximately 12:11 p.m. Carla provided a
brief description of her previous marriage having married her first husband in
1995, Scott Higginbotham. She further described her current marriage with Dennis
Carry in detail. Carla did add during this interview that she did not believe she had
ever seen any of the initiating documents to the divorce, prior to January or
February of this year. She said she was confident that she only had seen the Decree
of Divorce just prior to the wedding.
She additionally provided info that Dennis was leaving town from Sunday
through Thursday; she was annulling their marriage and leaving that day for LA to
visit her mom for weekend. She again agreed not to pass on investigative details
that I spoke to her about.
On the evening of Friday, March 1, 2019 at 6:48 p.m., I received a text
message from Dennis requesting the phone
to your patrol SGT office to drop to crap off later. I know they are usually around. If
not I'll onded to Dennis via text the phone
number he requested as well as a request to have him drop off the material to me
the following week. He agreed and stated that he would be out of town until
Thursday, March 7, 2019 but would be available later that afternoon or on Friday,
March 8, 2019. He indicated that he would at least email the documents this
weekend so I could review. I did not receive any additional emails from Dennis after
this text communication.
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Knowing that the purported certified copies of the divorce I had seen that
were produced by Dennis on February 13th, 2019 could only have been created by
accessing the Second Judicial District Court offices, and in conjunction with his own
statements that he had indeed been in the courthouse for a surveillance operation
during the last year, I contacted Corey Pena with Washoe County IT (Information
Technology). I requested that he interrogate the access badge assigned to Dennis as
a d
November 1, 2017 through March 4, 2019 for the locations of 75 Court Street and 1
S. Sierra Street. The results of this report are the same as the report generated and
provided by the Washoe County Sheriff's Office.
On March 5, 2019 at 7:15 p.m., I met with Corey Pena and Alicia Lerud, the
Assistant Court Administrator for the Washoe County Second Judicial District
Family Court, at 1 South Sierra St., the Mills Lane Court House. Corey provided
floor plans for the building as well as the access card report for Dennis Carry.
Corey and Alicia allowed me to take a video as I walked through the courthouse
tracking the access card report provided by Corey.
the court houses at 1 S. Sierra Street and 75 Court St., he was never shown to use
his badge to access 75 Court Street. However, he did access 1 S. Sierra Street on
three dates.
-public areas within the building
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courts were closed and indicated that entry was made into the east facing main
entrance off of Sierra Street. The access path then proceeded to the employee
elevators on the main floor, with the next areas accessed being on the second floor
towards Justice Court. The next accesses were down in the Civil court filing area on
the first floor; then, the access path continued through the north east stairwell and
then to the second-
civil court and in the
stamps for Jacqueline Bryant nor were there Second Judicial District Court
embossing stamps on these floors.
Street is on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 (the day before leaving for San Francisco for his
hours. The first access, indicating access from outside into the building, in the
evening was at 9:13 p.m. for the basement roll up door off of Island Avenue. The
and then on to the third-floor where the Family Division of the Second Judicial
District Court is located. The third fl
showed to be accessed at 9:19 p.m. and allowed access to offices and hallways in the
non-public secured areas of the court. The next access is 1 hour and 40 minutes
later in the basement to exit the rollup doors back onto Island Avenue (this access
was done at 11:01 p.m.). A review of the third floor showed that there were
embossing stamps for Second Judicial District Court, certified copy stamps from
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I collected several examples of the embossed and ink stamps on blank white
paper and could see that they are the same types of stamps used in the creation of
rom this court.
Sierra Street during this timeframe of query was on May 31, 2018 (seven days after
his wedding). This was done during business hours and the first-floor elevator lobby
and elevators were accessed with his badge. No further access was noted that day.
n t o t D ce e v ce n Pa Nev
As of March 1, 2019, an internet search for the company entit
ronym had not revealed any webpages on the
Internet. I entered the URL of DSPNV.com on the internet, and it showed that it
I could locate no available reviews for this company. A check with the
name or any similar name that had a license to do business in the state of Nevada.
The Better Business Bureau website did not show this to be an existing or valid
business nor were there records of any fraud alerts with this company name being
used. The Clark County business license office showed that the address listed on
the invoice provided to me by Carry had several businesses, none of which were the
company in question. Additionally, the business license office for Clark County did
not show this company as valid.
The State Bar of Nevada who maintains a working list of lawyers and
paralegals that prepare legal documents did not have on file any company with the
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I have reviewed the invoice provided by Dennis on February 13, 2019,
claimed he was doing business. My initial observations were that there was no
phone number listed for the company or suite number for the address on the invoice
of 101 Convention Center Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89109. A simple Google search of the
address showed that this was a large building with multiple businesses inside.
There was no listing of the company at this address.
The actual case number on this invoice was wrong. The invoice depicted the
case in question to be DV19 00651. There are misspellings on the invoice as well
as the accounting summary was misaligned. Further follow up from the
management of the 101 Convention Center Dr. address showed that they had never
done business with nor have they ever rented office space to any company with the
at this location did
state that Davinci Virtual rents virtual space at this address for remotely located
companies doing business in Las Vegas, NV. Davinci Virtual was contacted and
had never done business
Dennis to show that he had used a company to file his divorce paperwork and that
this company provided him with certified copies had shown to be untraceable or had
not been received by March 7, 2019.
Dennis had not followed through with providing the purported text message
he showed me on his cell phone when we met, nor with forwarding any, but one
l correspondence between him and the company
that he claimed existed.
The certified copies of divorce between Wendy and Dennis presented to me by
Dennis, which he and Carla presented as real to the San Francisco Family Court on
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May 23, 2018 to obtain a marriage license, had shown to not be on file with the
Second Judicial District Court.
The purported Joint Petition for Divorce and the Declaration of Resident
Witness which was reportedly provided to the company, DSPNV, by Dennis, are
contested as real by dy Carry.
The provided certified copies to Dennis, from DSPNV, had shown to be forged by the
expert opinion of the courts and not on file with the Second Judicial District Court.
n o w a
xperience, and because I believed that
he had the potential and ability to continue to create false evidence in this case and
potentially destroy remaining evidence in digital and physical form, on March 7,
2019, I applied to the Reno Justice Court for a search warrant. The search warrant
applied to 1675 Verdi Vista Court, Reno; the ICAC (Internet Crimes Against
Children) office located in the Washoe County Sheriff's Office at 911 Parr
Boulevard; the person of Dennis Carry; the cellular telephone corresponding to
number (775) 772 - 5315; and any other cellular telephone, computer, or digital
storage device such as an external hard drive flash drive that could contain the
target evidence found on Denni
the 911 Parr Boulevard ICAC office of Dennis Carry.
On March 7, 2019, that search warrant was authorized by Judge Pierre
Hascheff of the Reno Justice Court. The affidavit in support of that warrant was
ordered sealed.
n w o De y
On March 8, 2019 at 10:45 a.m., I met with Dennis Carry again at 7671
South Virginia Street, the Napa-Sonoma Restaurant, for a consensual interview.