Les Coffey video
Police chief Sid Adams is wearing a blue shirt and white pants.
Les Coffey
Adams denies the accusations, saying police were simply responding to a call one of Coffey’s tenants, Tek-Mek. The company, which rented space at the mill, claimed Coffey was blocking the entrance to its rented space and preventing it doing business.
Les Coffey’s claims
Coffey is seeking arrest warrants on Adams and others for breaking and entering and for stealing.
According to Coffey, the warrants do not include other officers, who Coffey said, were not aware they were committing a crime. They were simply doing what their boss, police chief Sid Adams, told them to do, he said.
Coffey said he has several hours of video, taken between June 2008 and June 2009, including footage of Adams and other officers entering Peerless Mills on McFarland Avenue and taking property.
Coffey said he turned the video over to the district attorney in June 2009. Coffey claims video recorded on April 24, 2009, shows Adams and other officers moving property and breaking and entering Peerless Mills and stealing property from Coffey and other businesses.
“We have been investigating this for the past year or so,” Coffey said, “and we have enough evidence now to show probable cause of theft and breaking and entering.”
Coffey said the video shows Rossville police officers, under Adams’ direction, move an excavator parked in front of a door at the mill and use it to break down the door.
An excavator is a crane-like machine used in construction.
“It appears some of the ones involved did not know they were stealing,” Coffey said.
Coffey filed the applications for arrest warrants in Walker County Magistrate Court on Monday. Adams is schedule to appear in Walker County Superior Court at the end of September, Coffey said.
Coffey said the police did not have the right to go onto the property, move the equipment, break the door down and enter the building.
“I don’t believe the two uniformed officers (in the video) knew they were committing a crime. They were under the direction of Sid Adams,” Coffey said.
Sid Adams’ response
Adams said video filmed in April 2009 was of Rossville police officers responding to a call from Tek-Mek, one of Peerless Mills’ tenants.
Tek-Mek had been renting space from Coffey at the site and had a machine shop in the mill.
“Eventually it got to a point where a landlord-tenant dispute occurred,” Adams said.
According to Adams, a metal lathe was purchased from Tek-Mek from an outside party and the buyer had gone to the bay door of the Tek-Mek entrance at Peerless Mills to get the metal lathe.
Coffey, Adams said, instructed one of his employees to block the entrance to Tek-Mek with the excavator.
A Tek-Mek employee contacted the Rossville Police Department concerning the entrance being blocked and Rossville police officers responded.
Officers arrived at the scene and asked Coffey’s employees to move the excavator from the entrance. Adams said the employees did not want to move it.
The responding officers then called Adams to the scene and the officers moved the excavator from the door.
According to Adams, no door was broken into, and entrance was made into the facility.
Adams said nothing was taken from the establishment, except for the already purchased metal lathe that was being sold by Tek-Mek.
Since then, Coffey has locked down the building and not allowed Tek-Mek to remove its equipment from the site, Adams said.
Rossville police received a call about two to three weeks ago concerning one of Coffey’s employees cutting up Tek-Mek metal property with a blow torch, the police chief said.
“Someone saw this and called police,” Adams said.
Adams said Coffey sold the metal in Chattanooga for scrap iron. In this case there is warrant application hearing scheduled for Coffey for felony theft by conversion, he said.
Coffey applied for warrants for three of the Tek-Mek employees and those warrant hearings have not occurred yet, Adams said.
Coffey filed warrant applications on Adams, detective Dave Scroggins and another Rossville police officer, Adams said.
Adams said Walker County magistrate judge Jerry Day decided not to issue warrants for Adams, Scroggins and the other officer.
“There is no warrant on anyone at this time,” Adams said.
Tek-Mek warrant hearings are not scheduled either at this time, he said.
Adams said the video that Coffey made was of the officers responding to the call from the Tek-Mek Co.
“Nothing has been established. It is all a landlord-tenant feud,” Adams said.
Another thing to everybody:
Police trying to lock Coffey up after Coffey found out about there doings is pretty messed up though police r just like you and me and everybody else in the world everybody does bad stuff in there life some people get caught some people don't but just because they are police don't mean they always do good things in life, alot of people would want to be police so they could get away with things, police use excessive force all the time but very rarely do they ever face the consequences of there actions because they carry a badge
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When I was 17 the Rossville Police arrested me for attempted burglary when I didn't try to break in the store, the guy I was with did try though I never knew he had intentions of doing so police took our written statements, my statements said i was unaware of the crime he was intending on committing and on video he is trying to break in the store and I leave because I don't want any part of it, well when i go to court for the case the police had there own typed up version of my written statement that said I knew he intended on breaking into the store and I was going to be a lookout blah blah blah and my original statement didn't say such a thing so I had to hire a lawyer get get 1 piece of paper which was my written statement and the case was dismissed the judge and police told me I could not request a paper only a lawyer could do that which is bullshit just the city robbing there people its okay though I believe you have 7 years to bring up an old case and I will definitely be the next person with a lawsuit against them. I have had several run ins with the police some of which being my fault and some not my fault most of Rossville police are strait up dirty police that have a badge that think they can do whatever they want to...
Coffey is the owner of the mill, Technically Tek Mak had 30 days from the day Coffey asked Tek Mak the remove their property from the premises what was left was considered abandoned and on Coffey's property so that would make it Coffey's property right... Yes I believe so...
And as mentioned before I could put money on it the cop operating the machine did not have a license to do so where is the fine for operating the equipment that's like somebody driving a car without a license or with a suspended license he shoulda neva sat in the seat and turned it on they came on Coffey's property he said not to move the machine so why did it get moved that's b/s... cops do whatever they want to because they are part of the government and can get away with it granted not all cops are bad but there are alot of em out there... i see cops do illegal stuff all the time cops run red lights for no reason they will turn the blue lights on just to run a red light not because there responding to a call cops hardly ever use blinkers im putting a dash cam in my car and am going to follow the police around when he dont use his blinker or he is speeding can I pull him over you know make a citizens arrest for traffic violations knowing if it is one of us were getting a ticket so they can get paid its not fair the government treats us like their pimps and we r there hoez they say stuff and don't explain how anything is gonna work and expect us to believe everything and just be okay with it and then in the long run they end up doing more bad then good long story short yes i believe the police were there taking property they should have never put there hands on did the have a warrant to enter the property to remove and other property I'm pretty sure they didn't police is crooked though everybody is out for there self everybody is the same just because they have a uniform on don't mean a thing it don't make them a better person not whatsoever they do stuff just like everybody else does they don't get paid much and most people in the world are not honest just because your a cop don't mean a thing it means you have a job at the police station but when your off duty your doing stuff just like everybody else some cops do good stuff some cops do bad stuff we r human either way though the cop was in the wrong for taking property off Coffey's property the lathe should be returned to Coffey and he should receive some compensation for all the b/s he has to go through with the police...
I don't wanna say to much but just ask the police where the apple pie is watch there face its just a matter of time like i said everybody is crooked everybody :D thanks for the time I know i wrote alot but I know alot and the police will probably be at my door for this post it wouldn't surprise me oh well y'all take care and best advice is to just stay in the house and don't talk to nobody but yourself you can't get into trouble like that
Why don't you answer soem of my many questions?
Give it a shot big guy.
Tek Mak was evicted for not payiing rent on December 08, 2008. The case number is CV-08M1744.Sid Adams received a copy of the writ from Bill Cason of the Walker County Sheriff. The video was take on April 24, 2009 about 4 months after they were evicted. There are other videos that will better show proof they were running a theft ring from the site. Adams had no court order or other legal authority to eneter the site or use the machine. These guys was suppose to be in the machine chop business. What we had stolen were electrical equipment and transformers.
As for us keeping any of Tek Maks stuff the only things they left was trash that was disposed of as trash and paid for as trash to be hauled and dumped. We have no reason to keep a person's property. It would be of no good to us and would be of no value to us as we know nothing about machine shop equipment.
The warrant for Adams and Tek Mak was filed on July 29, 2010. The question is why did they (the city of Rossville) decide to try and have me arrested on August 05, 2010 6 days after my filing. That time frame in itself is very suspect. Unlike the police we took our time and did our work. We actually found some of our stolen goods and have pictures of it at a location in Flintstone. John Roberts and David Rowan occupy that building as well. There was a report made to the Walker County Sheriff concerning the discovery. Only after we obtained these pictures did we proceed with a warrant. On the other hand the police decided to take a warrant for my arrest after I found the goods and had a picture of the stuff.
The entire asbestos scare was nothing more than a hoax that took us almost 2 years to sort through. It was a hoax to prevent us from enetering the space that was being used a storage for stolen goods. Why would a company that is running a legitimate machine shop want to stay in a building they claim was contaminated. We went to court 2 times to get the writ of possesion. We first had to get a court order from Walker Superior Court authorizing us to evict them. That order was isued on September 16, 2008. We later went back to court on December 01, 2010 and received the writ of possesion for non payment of rent. Between September and December Tek Mak paid zero rent. In reality the last rent we received from Tek Mak was June 2008. Roughly 2 months before any issues came up about asbestos. Also we have 15 other renters here and none of them have issues such as this.
Here is another point that needs to be made. The Standard Coosa plant was stripped of electrical wiring during the same time we were hit. Aftek a company in our site had 30,000 dollars worth of electrical wiring stolen during this time frame. Rossville Metals was hit on 2 occasions during all of this. All of these crimes occured while these people were coming onto the property and into Rossville. Of all these crimes the police have made no arrest as far as I know. All of a sudden they find out we have video and no more thefts and no one coming around anymore.
The city is and has been trying to divert the attention from the fact that they made huge mistakes. They need to own up to the mistakes and call in an outside investigator to get to the bottom of it. I am open and willing to allow an outside third party investigator to talk to me and our employees. The city is not as open to such.
Les Coffey
Be mindful that the incident happened in April 2009. Wonder where he ordered the video? China?<<
Apparently he had video.
"Coffey said he turned the video over to the district attorney in June 2009."
The TFP article quotes Coffey "“We waited until we had enough evidence to get a warrant,” Coffey said."
"The warrants for Adams and three Tek-Mak employees were not filed until July 29, 2010. Coffey said he waited until he had video of the incident."
Be mindful that the incident happened in April 2009. Wonder where he ordered the video? China?
Here is an interesting tidbid
"Coffey has filed similar warrants against him in the past and they were dismissed, Adams said."
Sounds like they did not like some of the things going on at the site and made some complaints. You didn't like the noise because you have already been into it with the city so you evicted them. Then they didn't get there stuff out so you kept it, some you scraped and the other you moved to another part of the building. Sounds like a shady buisness to me. The stuff you alledge was stolen, was it former property of Tek Mak?
Mr. Ray Baker aka Feerless biker seems to be trying to spin things in the wrong direction.
Tek Mak was evicted on December 08, 2008. They had no right under Georgia law after that date to re-enter. Anything they may have left was abandoned. That still does not explain the 100s of thousands of dollars worth of electrical equipment they took. The police had no business being there nor did Tek Mak.
Of course they will call the cops to help them. Who is to say that Sid Adams was not getting paid to give the protection.
To answer Feerless bikers questions and point out the flaws in his argument.
The suit Tek Mak filed was dismissed after theit lawyer realized he was caught in the middle of criminal activity. Their lawyer quit the case. They did get two ex-parte orders ( orders based on their sworn statement only) that was later dismissed as well. The fact is these guys were not paying their rent. We asked them to move. In return they started making all kind of outlandish arguments. We have not been fined by all of these agencies they called. Also if things were so bad then why did they not simply move. If the place was contaminated then why did they not move and sue us for damages. Instead the space was not good enough to pay rent on but was good enough to use if they could get it for free. The bottom line is after much time and legal rambling we obtained a valid writ of possesion. Sid Adams received a copy of this writ. They continued to come back on a regular basis and steal stuff. They came back and stole more stuff after the video posted was taken. We called the police numerous times and they would not do anything. We then started videoing. There is many more pictures and videos than what you have seen. They stopped coming back in July 2009 after the city was put on notice we were going to sue them and provided the video to the D.A.
Since the time we turned the video over to the D.A. and noticed the city that we intended on suing they have harrased the crap out of me and our employees. We have all of that on video as well. David Scroggins attempted to get a warrant for my arrest for Theft by Conversion. Jerry Day refused to issue said warrant. Jerry Day has called in an outside judge from Whitfield county. Scroggins trying to take a warrant for my arrest after I filed my application for Adams, and others arrest was another example of retalitory conduct. It has hurt their defense in the civil matter.
Say what you want about my gramar. The facts are the facts. The truth is I never learned how to type. My gramar on the computer has zero to do with the facts. Please don't try and divert the attention from the fact to me not being able to type proper gramar.
Here are some questions for Feerless Rider.
(1) Does Tek Mak have any evidence the equipment belonged to them? (Based on our investigation the equipment they had in the building belonged Scenic Inductries. We sent them a letter asking they remove it. They advised me the equipment was not worth the money to move.)
(2) Excatly what knd of business was Tek Mak in?
(3) Did Tek Mak have a business Lisence?
(4) Did Tek Mak have insurance on the business and the employees?
(5) If they were the innocent party. Then why did OSHA fine them?
(6) Why did their lawyer quit the case abruptly if they were in the right?
(7) Why has their insurer if they have one not paid a cliam for the theft of this machinery and then sued us?
(8) Why did they not go to court and get a court order to obtain the machinery if they were in the right and actually owned the equipment?
The fact is these guys were stealing us blind. We were doing everything within our power to stop the thefts. Placing a piece of heavy machinery in front of a door they had already broken down was not even good enough. They came back and took things as they pleased until Sid Adams and the police found out we had it all on video. Then all of a sudden they disappear. Now 13 months after they realize they are caught and only after we start criminal proceedings the Rossville police want to prosecute me for theft by conversion. Where was that theft by conversion case the last 13 months?
Les Coffey.
The tenant has a limited amount of time to request their property. I believe that four months is much past this time. The landlord is obligated to keep the property safe for a certain amount of time. He\she does NOT have the right to dispose of the property by placing it on the sidewalk. After that, if no request was given, it can be deemed abandoned.
If Tek-Mek was given an eviction notice, then is was their responsibility to remove their property in the time given between eviction notice and actual deadline. Even after, if Tek-Mek had requested their property, it should have been much sooner than four months.
>>Another thought, if your stealing something do you call the police to help you do it?<<
It's happened before. If you're sure the police will act ignorantly or corruptly, then why not? It will lend apparent legitimacy to your actions.
"In this case there is warrant application hearing scheduled for Coffey for felony theft by conversion"
There is your answer. Very Simple. This is a landlord-tenant feud.
and it stems from the tenant reporting the landlord to the EPD over asbestos.
Check out this link.
http://www.newschannel9.com/news/coffey-972290-property-rowan.html
Report you landlord to the EPD and piss him off and then the retaliation begins.
"Les Coffey, cut off his power after he contacted several environmental agencies about Coffey allegedly removing Asbestos and a number of other dangerous chemicals from the property."
"willfully disconnected the electrical power service to Rowan's business"
then the courts did this
"The Order of Contempt goes onto say that Coffey is held in criminal contempt for his constructive eviction of Rowan."
and then the Sheriff's department stepped in -
"It means that he will be arrested, we have an order signed by a superior court judge that authorizes the Sheriff or his lawful Deputies to arrest mr. Coffey," Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson says."
and the article goes on to say this
"And it turns out that this isn't Coffey's first run-in with the law. In Hamilton County alone Coffey has faced a number of charges including Aggravated Criminal Trespassing, Vandalism, Harrassment, Assault, and Passing Worthless Checks."
hope this helps you observantresident it is just a puzzle that needs to be put together.
Speechless10 I'm sure the guys at the mill have a certification to operate the excavator .
It says in the article that the District Attorney has looked at this. What's the ruling from that office?
I'm with fearlessbiker something about this story just doesn't add up.
After the September 08, 2010 hearing you will be able to see even more video that will prove Adams was not just helping them take their stuff as he claims.
Les Coffey
If Tek Mak had not of been evicted then Sid Adams would have been able to get a towing company to haul the equipment away. You have to understand he had no idea anyone was videoing. Also you are linkng to a story by Will Carr on News 9 that was not properly reserached. You want find be being convicted of anything.
Bottom line is did he have a search warrant or court order?
Les Coffey