Anyway, see if you can follow along this very convoluted case. Back in March 2015, Muller and another man broke into the home of Denise Huskins and her bf, Aaron Quinn. Quinn was drugged and tied up. Denise was taken and a ransom of just $8,500 was requested. However, Denise was released 2 days later down in Huntington Beach Calif, her home town. Vallejo Police investigate and cannot find any evidence of a break in nor of a kidnapping. Fast forward to this past June, in Dublin California, 2 people break into another home and attempt a robbery or kidnapping but get foiled in the attempt and low and behold one of the kidnappers turns out to be disgraced Attorney Matthew Muller. Now the FBI investigate and serve a search warrant on a storage unit in Vallejo that belonged to Muller and inside they find 4 drones, a wireless 4 channel video camera, and pair of pliers with the handle taped over (that's a burglary tool). Federal Prosecutors have charged Muller with the Huskin kidnapping.
Muller was fired from his job as and Immigration Attorney because he took a $1,250 dollar retainer for an immigration case and then failed to file the green card application. Muller is a Marine Vet, attended Harvard Law School, (just like President and Mrs. Obama), and even taught Law School at Harvard after he obtained his JD degree. Muller was a member of the California Bar Association, but was disbarred for failing to pay dues. Muller's attorney, Thomas Johnson, has said his client suffers from bipolar disorder and will plead not guilty to the kidnapping charge. He has already entered that plea to the attempted robbery and assault charges, according to Johnson.
The kidnapping and attempted
robbery showed similarities to a 2009 home invasion in Palo Alto, police
Lt. Zach Perron said. Investigators had considered Muller a suspect but
did not have enough evidence to recommend charges.
Palo
Alto detectives plan to go through evidence collected during Muller's
arrest in June for any potential links to the 2009 home invasion.
"Crimes
like these are exceptionally rare in any city but especially in a small
city," Perron said. "It was a very troubling case for us from the get
go."
The FBI has said Muller
may be responsible for additional crimes, but spokeswoman Gina Swankie,
citing an ongoing investigation, declined to elaborate.
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