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Corruption Exposed at Maine State Police By Joshua Gray, Private Detective - Boston, MA In 2011 a Massachusetts Private Investigator came to Maine
to do training with a licensed Maine Private Investigator. The Massachusetts PI
arrived at the case early and spent 40 minutes on the assignment by himself. The
video footage that was obtained led to an Insurance fraud case against a Maine
resident who was committing fraud. The investigator then applied for a Maine PI
License. In 2013 and then again in 2014 another Massachusetts PI
company sent two unlicensed investigators to illegally work assignments. They
spent four days and 33.5 hours conducting surveillance and obtaining video
footage. They made no effort to obtain a valid Maine PI License. One of these PI’s was charged with a crime and went through
a three year legal process, the others were not charged. They all cooperated
fully with the Maine State Police Investigation. Can you guess who was charged
with a crime and who was not? Most likely you guessed wrong! The first investigator was
charged with working in Maine without a valid PI licensed, went through a three
year court process, was vindicated when the case against him was dismissed and
then had his Maine PI license application denied in retaliation for winning in
court. The other PI’s were not charged. The first investigator was making every
effort to follow all Maine State Laws. The other PI’s were blatantly ignoring
Maine PI Laws. The Maine State Police troopers who investigated each case were
the exact same people. Their names are Lt. Scott Ireland, Det. David Pelletier
and Sgt. Michael Johnston. These men elevated themselves to Judge, Jury and
Executioner in both cases and ignored the constitutional judicial process. The
worst part about it, these troopers have a history of misapplying the law,
frivolous investigations and Internal Affairs trouble. The Private Investigator in the first case was me. My name
in Joshua Gray and I have been a private investigator for over a decade. I have
held PI licenses in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York and New
Jersey. I am known to have a high level of success with surveillance assignments
and have earned awards and compliments from many in the industry. I have
thousands of followers on social media and often contacted by other PI’s for
advice. I’ve built up a successful practice and worked hard to be placed on the
‘approved vendors list’ of some large Insurance companies. When I started
receiving more assignments than I could handle myself, I would sub-contract them
to local investigators. If the PI did not work the assignments according to my
high standards, I would offer to go on a case with them and give them pointers.
That is what I was doing in 2011 when I came to Maine. The licensed Maine PI
that I was meeting was late and I ended up spending 40 minutes on the case by
myself. The Massachusetts PI who worked one of the other cases was
Dylan McLoud who came to Maine on June 23 through June 24, 2014 specifically to
illegally work a case without a valid PI License. Mr. McLoud worked the case for
a total of nineteen and a half (19.5) hours, obtained some video footage of a
Maine resident and produced a surveillance report with his findings. His direct
supervisor, James (Jim) Collins, of East Coast Investigative Services, Inc. has
been in the industry for over 30 years and is a former Federal Drug Enforcement
Administration officer. Mr. Collins is well connected in the Massachusetts
political scene and is an executive board member of the Massachusetts Private
Detectives Association and Legislative committee. Mr. Collins claims to have
been involved in political lobbying efforts that have “raised the standards in
the Private Investigation profession.” Both Dylan McLoud and Jim Collins knew
that it was illegal to work in Maine without a valid PI license and yet they did
it anyway. A second investigator from East Coast Investigative Services came to
Maine in October of 2013 and conducted 14 hours of surveillance over a two day
period. He is also not licensed in Maine. Licensed Maine Investigator Bob Doyon became aware of this
illegal activity in September of 2015 and performed his civic duty by making the
Maine State Police aware. He did this at significant risk to himself and his
livelihood. Mr. Doyon’s employer (who I have chosen to not name) hired Jim
Collins as a sub-contractor and was potentially also in trouble as its illegal
to hire an unlicensed company to perform PI work in Maine. Reporting your own
employer for possible wrongdoing takes a great deal of courage, but was the
right thing to do. Mr. Doyon presented the State Police Investigators with
evidence to support Mr. McLouds Surveillance on the aforementioned dates and
other information that clearly showed wrongdoing. It was a cut and dry case of
working in Maine without a PI License.
On January 5, 2016, Mr Doyon learned Maine State Police had
concluded the investigation and had decided to not charge either Mr. McLoud or
Mr. Collins with a crime, however chose to issue them a warning. In a
conversation with Mr. Doyon, Det. Pelletier stated “Does everyone who violates
the law deserves to be charged”. Later when Mr. Doyon was on a conference call
with Lt. Scott Ireland, Det. David Pelletier and Sgt. Michael Johnston, Sgt.
Johnston told him they decided to not file criminal charges due to Mr. Collins
and Mr. McLoud’s cooperation with the investigation. This news was understandably confusing to Mr. Doyon as just
a few years ago, he was under investigation by the same troopers for obtaining
video footage from a camouflage position. Mr. Doyon was also aware of my (Joshua
Gray) case where they filed charges against me for coming to Maine to do
training with a PI. He also knew of other cases where criminal charges were
filed that had less evidence. It made no sense that the State Police would not
file charges against Mr. McLoud and Mr. Collins. In my experience when a
government worker does something that does not make sense, there is a good
chance of corruption. We may be able to dismiss this possibility if that was the
only time they made a questionable decision. However in the case of Lt. Scott
Ireland, Det. David Pelletier and Sgt. Michael Johnston, there is a history of
questionable decisions. Lt. Scott Ireland and Det. David Pelletier where recently
under an Internal Affairs investigation where they were both caught lying to Lt.
Anna Love of Maine State Police Internal Affairs. I have found unethical
connections between Lt. Ireland and Michael Harrington, owner of Merrill’s
Investigations & Security, one of the largest PI firms in Maine. In Fact Lt.
Ireland nominated Mr. Harrington to be the chairman of the Private Investigator
oversight board in Maine. Meaning that Mr. Harrington was on an oversight board
that regulates himself, an example of blatant corruption they are not even
trying to hide. Perhaps the reason they commit corruption so openly, is because
Maine State Police do not have a citizen oversight committee to hold them
accountable. The person in the Attorney General’s office who is responsible for
State Police Oversight is Brian MacMaster, who is friends with Lt. Scott Ireland
and has a lake house next to Mr. Michael Harrington. I could document even more
corruption, however in the interest of time, I will simply say, there is no
doubt in my mind that Lt. Ireland, Det. Pelletier, Sgt, Johnston and Mr.
Harrington are corrupt and need to be exposed. Lt. Scott Ireland and his gang of corrupt troopers have
decided they are Judge, Jury and Executioner. In my case they decided I was
guilty despite Judge Jeffery Hjelm dismissing the charges against me. In Mr. Bob
Doyon’s case, they decided he was guilty despite no supporting evidence to prove
their case. In Mr. Dylan McLoud’s case, they decided he was innocent despite
having overwhelming evidence of his and Mr. Jim Collin’s guilt. The only way to
explain this seemingly illogical pattern is when you accept they are corrupt.
When you look at this case through the eyes of corrupt political connections, it
makes perfect sense. Keep in mind that Mr. Jim Collins is very politically
connected in Massachusetts. It only makes sense that some politician in
Massachusetts pressured some politician in Maine who told Lt. Ireland to not
prosecute. Good police look at the law as black and white, you’re either guilty
or innocent, and apply that philosophy fairly and evenly. Corrupt police don’t
care about the law, the constitution or the judicial process and apply the law
based on political pressures and influence. It’s overwhelmingly obvious where
Lt. Scott Ireland, Det. David Pelletier and Sgt. Michael Johnston fall. When I was going through the Maine Justice system, it was
often relayed to me that Maine State Police were trying to crack down on out of
state companies coming to Maine to work cases. They were concerned that it would
take work away from duly licensed Maine Investigators. However when they had the
chance to prosecute a company that was clearly sending unlicensed Investigators
to Maine, they decided to let them go. When I came to Maine to do training with
a licensed Investigator who I was giving work to, they decided to come after me
with everything they had. Does that sound fair to any rational person! However
after Justice Jeffrey Hjelm dismissed the charges, they retaliated against me by
contacting my largest client and telling them I was under an ‘ongoing
investigation’. This caused me to lose that client. That was not enough damage
to me, they also denied my PI application in Maine. They seemed to stop a
nothing to make sure that I could not be licensed in Maine when I did nothing
wrong, however would not even prosecute some investigators that were clearly
breaking Maine PI Laws. It is infuriating and completely unfair. There is a
special place in Hell for people like Lt. Scott W Ireland, Det. David Pelletier
and Sgt. Michael Johnston.
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