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CHAT: Aglaura Press Conference re: graffiti

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imbri
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CHAT: Aglaura Press Conference re: graffiti

The press conference was held tonight in #agluara. Big development is at the end when it was reported that Dale Sprague is missing!!!

The entire log is posted. enjoy.

edited to add:
jdwham = JD Willingham (atty)
pdobbs = Pat Dobbs (mayor)
aglaurachief = Dawn Prufrock (chief of police)

other nicks were asst. players asking questions.

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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2003 10:57 pm

Myssfitz
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SPEC: where Dale may be

I really meant to go to sleep, but....
Here is my SPEC about Dale. I thought of this before the Press Conference, before I knew he was missing. I should have stuck around for the whole press conference. Anyway.

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=6515#6515

Maybe he really does have split personalities or maybe he planned this whole thing. He could have staged the supposed break in to hide from the brothers. There is no real phone number and no real address for Desire Hunter. No way for anyone to "see" him. Please see my letter to Dr. Kendra, posted here:

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=6523#6523

Bruce can't find him either. Here is part of the email in Dale's read only box from March 31st:
Unfortunately, that is all I can remain certain of. Once again, Dale, when I try to talk to you and hear your side of the story, you are nowhere to be found. I drove and walked around Aglaura and its environs for the better part of a day, and stopped at your home a half dozen times. Are you back to barricading yourself against the world, hiding in the dark with your door locked and the shades drawn to keep out reality? If so, perhaps you need to listen to your doctor, and voluntarily return to the hospital for further treatment. I can forgive you many things, Dale, but I cannot forgive your giving in to the darkness. You owe it to the memory of Diana and Meaghan to pull yourself together and carry on. It's obvious once again that you can't do this on your own.

Bruce

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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 12:01 am

Tien_Le
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press conference highlights

I asked in #ctw for highlights since I can't read that long log. Here's what MaggieMae said:
<maggiemae> Hmm... there were copy cat graffiti, that used different materiels
<maggiemae> they say there will be no more incidents since the pattern is complete
<maggiemae> they say two of the incidents happened INSIDE buildings
<maggiemae> they said that a lot of strange people have been intown asking questions about buildins and history
<maggiemae> Dale is now missing...
<maggiemae> I think those are the biggest highlights
<maggiemae> the police were called to Dales house due toa frantic call, btw
<maggiemae> Dale said someone was at the door identifying themselves as the police, but he knew they were not and called the police. When they arrived they found the house deserted and that there were no signs of a struggle.

Thanks, Maggie.

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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 1:44 pm

RPGgame
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Mayors opening speech

Just to make it easier to read here is the mayors opening speech

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[20:06] - [20:11] <jdwham>
Welcome everyone, my name is J.D. Willingham I am the Borough Attorney for Aglaura NJ and will be acting as one of the moderators for this Press Conference Just a few brief rules of order before we begin This will be a moderated chat and you will be given the floor to ask questions one at a time After Mayor Dobbs has made his statement you may PM me for permission to ask your questions and you will be recognized one at a time in the order they are received Remember the topic of this Press Conference is The Graffiti Investigation in Aglaura All of your questions should be centered around that If time allows, we may entertain questions about other relevant topics OK, please keep that in mind as we proceed With that I'd like to introduce the honorable Mayor Pat Dobbs

[20:12] - [20:26] <pdobbs>
Thank you, Doug. And welcome, everyone. I'm not quite used to this interface, so please bear with me while I poke the keys; I'm used to having Lorraine do my typing for me. Aglaura continues to be the center of regional, national, and even international attention and we're hoping this little Press Conference will answer any remaining questions people might have regarding recent events in our town, and the surrounding area so everything around here can return to normal. Before we get to our main topic, I'd like to make a couple announcements regarding upcoming events that I encourage the public to attend. #1 What: The Aglaura Easter Egg Hunt When: 10 AM, Saturday, April 19, 2003 Where: Diana's Grove Recreation Area, Pavillion C (western end of area) This event is free to all Aglaura Borough and Pemberton Township residents under the age of 12 years (kids, please bring your parents!). As many will remember from last year, there will be free pictures with the Easter Bunny, some special free prizes, free food, and even an egg-coloring contest! The event will be kicked off with a special reading of Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" by our very own Head Librarian, Agatha Dobbs!
Really, it's a great time every year. Please join us. #2 What: A Celebratino of Local Artists and Their Works When: April, 2003 (the whole month) Where: Aglaura Public Library The Aglaura Library is hosting an exciting exhibition of artwork, crafts, writing, and multi-media creations from local artists. Some of these works, along with other local artifacts acquired and generously donated by The Hollow Needle Rare Books and Antiques, will be auctioned off at a fundraiser on April 27. The Library asks that any folk that are interested please visit the Library's website, or else contact the Library during business hours for more details. For information regarding The Hollow Needle's fundraiser contributions, please refer to the Spring Guide available on their website.
This promises to be an exciting event! Thank you ladies and gentlemen - now, before moving on to our main topic today, the Aglaura Police Graffiti investigation, I'd like to update you on the situation with our Borough Councilman, Mr. Dale Sprague. I'd like to report that Dale has returned to the local community after a brief period of rest and recuperation, and he is currently re-building his life with the help and support of his local friends and associates. He was invited to participate in this Press Conference but declined out of fears that his presence might distract everyone from our true purpose here today, the Graffiti investigation. Hopefully by now, everyone who was interested in receiving a copy of the official State Police Accident Report from Dale's accident has received one; if not, the Aglaura webmaster, Sam Greene, will making it available online shortly after the Press Conference.
One brief comment about the report in hopes of clarifying a potential question: the report's remark about possible prosecution was in regards to the apparent discrepancies in some of Dale's early statements about the accident. When I first read this, I contacted the local NJ State Police Barracks, and can report to you I have been assured that this has been cleared up - there should be no charges filed against Dale in regards to the accident.
I don't know about you, but I think this is great news! With the filing of the official report and with Dale's return to his role on the Aglaura Borough Council, this should clear up any remaining issues or questions about Dale Sprague and any potential impact on Aglaura. Mr. 42, would you please sit down? Thank you. Now, on to our main purpose for being here, the investigation by the Aglaura Police Department of a series of vandalism incidents in the town in which graffiti was spray-painted or otherwise placed upon both public buildings and private residences in Aglaura. We were hoping to have the Aglaura Chief of Police, Mrs. Dawn Prufrock, here at the Press Conference but she unfortunately has been called away in the line of duty to a local emergency and has been unavailable since earlier this afternoon. . Hopefully she may still make the Press Conference before it is concluded to help field questions from the floor. Nevertheless, Douglas and I have all of the facts at our disposal and will entertain questions shortly. First -- although it is still too early to make a definitive and final statement, we believe that our increased vigilance and patrols, coupled with Tip Line and the ongoing investigatory work, has paid off and potentially ended the spree of vandalism and graffiti. There has not been an incident reported in almost a week, since the last one found at a residence on Winton Pond Road, on the southern edge of Aglaura. . Before that, they were occurring at a rate of one every three or four days. sorry about the misplaced punctuation folks - I'm still getting used to all this typing. just typos, I assure you. Now, all together, we believe that were ten incidents that we can attribute to the same, as of yet, unidentified parties. Actually, I'm wrong - it's been more like ten days, I'm sorry. I forget exactly. Let me continue. There were one or two other incidents that have since been determined to be copy-cat incidents, which have been attributed to a couple of local teenagers. Because of their ages, we will not identify them here but they will be prosecuted for vandalism following standard Aglaura and NJ State procedures.
As I'm sure their parents are relieved, I'd like to report that it has been determined conclusively that these youths were NOT responsible for the other ten incidents. Because it is still an ongoing investigation, however, we are not going to comment on the details that led us to that conclusion but we are convinced that these copy cat incidents are separate from the remaining reports. Now, as I'm sure (at least, I hope) many of you are already aware - we have identified the ten locations still unaccounted for on a special map that is now available on the Aglaura website. We were originally hoping the vandals would stop if they got no media attention, but that had sadly proved not to be the case.
As is evident from this mapping process, you can see that the overall image created by the collected vandalism incidents closely resembles the image itself which has found to make up the graffiti. This is another reason why we are optimistic that we may have seen the last of the incidents.

[20:26] <jdwham>
A brief interruption Mayor, if I may

[20:26] <pdobbs>
Yes, Doug?

[20:26] <jdwham>
I'm going to start making a list of questioners so you may begin PMing me, but please be patient We are all new at this Now Mayor, please continue

[20:27] - [20:30] <pdobbs>
...oh, yes Our own investigators and forensic experts have surmised that the making of the overall pattern may have been the goal of the perpetrators all along. If you look at the map, you will hopefully see what I am talking about. Now that it is done, we probably won't see any additional incidents. We have also been working with these same experts and some resources from surrounding large metropolitan areas to try and determine if the symbol in question is the recognized markings for any known gangs or organizations. So far, I'm sad to report, we have not uncovered any possible connections along these lines. Now please bear with me folks, I am almost done, and I hope this is helpful to you. After thorough documentation of the images and incidents via photography, we have begun the clean-up process which should be complete this week. This, plus the cessation of the incidents themselves should help put this whole thing behind us. Chief Prufrock has assured me that we have several concrete and significant leads we are following up to identify, locate, and prosecute the responsible parties. When we have more that we can release on that, we will. Okay then. I thank you for being patient. At this time, I would like to return the floor to Mr. Willingham, who will open the forum for questions.

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 6:41 pm

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