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The following is the personal account of one of the
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aggrieved parties, David Garner of Cascade Electronics.
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I personally met John in August or September of 1987 at a
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meeting of Minneapolis computer users that meets Saturdays for
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lunch. We did some trading of computer hardware with no cash
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involved (trading for equal value) until the end of December
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1987. At that time John stated that he could get 200 floppy disk
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drives for $14.00 each. These were used drives that might need
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repair. I paid for these drives in December of 1987.
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The drives did not arrive and in March of 1988 a refund was
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given to me in the form of a credit. From January to the present
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John has purchased $9640.00 in merchandise from me. I gave P.C.
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Information Exchange checks for a total of $16,684.40 from
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January of 1988 to the present.
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During the first part of April 1988 John stated that he had
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a request for a quote from the Minneapolis Public Library for 20
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AT computers. He said that he had all his money tied up in memory
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chip purchases and that he wanted to purchase the hardware from
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me (Cascade Electronics) and pay me when he got paid by the
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library (NET 30 terms). I supplied the hardware to him between
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the 18 of April and the 25 of April as I received the hardware
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from my suppliers. As part of the bid from the library John said
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that all systems must be installed by May 1 1988. Total value of
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the hardware for the 20 systems was $48,700.00
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In this same time frame John asked if I would want to buy
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some 41256-12 memory chips. I agreed to purchase 3000 chips at
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$6.50 each. Delivery was to be made by May. 2 at the latest.
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Payment was made for the memory in the form of cash and hardware
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for a total of $19,500.00
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John was at the users group meeting on April 30. He said the
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chips would arrive Monday by Emery. He also said that all 20
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systems were delivered and installed at the library. He also took
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delivery of two XT cases and 2 XT Power Supplies. No payment was
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made. Total value was $170.00
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On Sunday John called Don Seiford and said that he had an
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offer for his house in Boston and had to fly there Sunday but
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would return on monday morning.
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PC Information Exchange was a local and national hub for the
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FIDONET <TM> network. The system went down sometime that Sunday.
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All 8 lines were busy.
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PC Information Exchange was a subscription service supplied
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by John. People were asked to pay $20.00 for the use of his
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bulletin board. John asked for payment by mailing out statements
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to the people that used the PC Information system.
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By May 4 myself, Don Seiford, and Steve Sherwick were
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starting to worry about John. He never let his system go down and
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he had not talked to anyone that we know of. On May 5 Don Seiford
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talked to some people at John's condo unit and they said that
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they last saw John putting his computer hardware into his truck
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on Sunday (May 1)
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On May 5 and 6 The following was determined :
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HONEYWELL (Where John claimed to work) had no record of him.
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This was confirmed with personnel and security.
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The local Airforce base had no record of him. Also no F-14's
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(which he claimed to fly) are stationed here.
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The Minneapolis Public Library was contacted and reported,
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the library system is in the process of purchasing the hardware
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that was sold to John. PC Information Exchange was asked to
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quote on the hardware but had not responded. The P.O. for the
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library system hardware had not been issued as of May 6,1988.
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On checking John's Condo no one had seen John since Sunday
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April 30 1988.
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John also sold 15,000 memory chips to another Minneapolis
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distributor. They paid 15% down on the order with delivery
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promised by May 2, 1988. No delivery was made. John also
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purchased about $5,000.00 of hardware from the same company on
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Friday April 29 1988. The check was returned marked insufficient
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funds. Total loss to that company is about $20,000. A report has
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been made to the Eden Prairie, MN. Police Dept. (Case #88005145)
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It was also noted that John applied a trailer hitch to his
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truck April 23. Later investigation confirmed he had acquired a
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trailer to carry considerable goods.
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Signed,
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DAVID GARNER
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CASCADE ELECTRONICS INC.
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ROUTE 1 BOX 8
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RANDOLPH MN 55065
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507-645-7997
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If you have information concerning this subject or would care to
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call in confidence please call the above number collect after 5
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P.M. Central Time. Specify to the operator that the subject of
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the call is the John Aleshe affair.
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Police report filed on May 9 1988 with the Goodhue County Sheriff
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ROBERT DISSELL INVESTIGATOR 612-388-8261
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
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The following are serial numbers of some of the stolen hardware:
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Monitors: Color EGA
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MODEL PB1431EG (PACKARD BELL)
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SN 80300770 80300773
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80300778 80301094
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80300771 80300752
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80300789 80301106
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80301195 80300758
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80300780 80301096
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80300767 80301182
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MODEL MBM4175 (GOLD STAR)
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SN 70602265 70602618
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70602763 70602635
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DISK DRIVE
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MODEL ST251 (SEAGATE 40 MEG HARD DRIVE)
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SN 7202 0212 1797 2715
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8674 6599 5915 2425
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0957 9599 7126 0322
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7886 6591 7858
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MODEL MF353B (MITSUBISHI 3.5" FLOPPY)
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SN 8941-8950 AND 7821-7830
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MODEL MF504B (MITSUBISHI 5" 1.2 FLOPPY)
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SN 6021-6030 AND 6081-6090
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