Ummm- he is the secretary-treasurer of the Suffolk Detectives Association. He wrote the letter to the editor of a newspaper in response to the bashing of the detectives working the case. He wasn't "asked" to write it by the SCPD or the government.
I will repost a copy of the letter in the discussion about he 911 calls. There is no way he is lying or covering anything up as Hawkshaw suggests without any proof. The letter he wrote has been burried by many of the people who think SG was murdered because it paints a dark picture about SG and how she acted.
SeaSlug, thanks for clearing that up for me. I seem to have underestimated the detectives dedication to the people of Suffolk County. It takes a real heroic figure to go public to inform the people about a 911 call his own Department refuses to release. I guess even with 25+ years of service, Det.Stephan has never been intimidated by protocols.
I only wished Det.Stephan would have taken pen to hand and write a letter to Newsday when the Suffolk DA turned his murder investigation upside down. He could have complained that the DA stood in his way to solving the murder of Peter Ghattas, 9/24/03, a police witness that was cooperating with the police department and the district attorney.
He should have questioned why the DA sent an assistant DA with him, to Florida to fetch a prime suspect in the murder of Ghattas. Did the DA send an assistant to make sure Joe Careccias rights were protected? Careccia asked for an attorney before he spoke to the detectives and ADA Prudenti. Maybe the ADA had to go with them because certain detectives are known to be hard of hearing and may have missed Careccia asking for his attorney. God, forbid, the detectives got a shot at him before the ADA was able to stop them.
I also wonder if Stephan apologized to Mr.Careccia for tearing away this high school drop-out from his lucrative mortgage/bank fraud schemes. Careccia, at the time of his being persuaded to come back to NY owned and operated: Washington Funding; Globe Mortgage Network; Globe Realty Network; Globe Credit Solutions, and Globe Title Services. Not bad for a high school drop-out.
The Ghattas murder has never been solved, at least to my knowledge it hasnt. During the trial of my son in law on January, 2006, Stephans former detective partner was called to testify in the case. He didnt have a clue as to why he was called. He still might not know
but I do. When the detective was asked by Mr.Gianelli his opinion whether Careccia is a suspect in this murder, the detective replied : I would say he IS a GOOD suspect. (emph added). He didnt say he WAS a good suspect, he said he IS a good suspect. Now this is three years after the fact.
Did Det.Stephan find it strange that the DA was going to, and did give Careccia a free pass of 5 years probation and allow him to return to Florida and resume his illegal activities when he was a prime suspect in the murder of a police witness? Did he ask the DA how such a man could be given a free pass, a man that confessed to 38 violent felonies, including: Arson of an occupied building for hire; two home invasions with torture and injury; countless burglaries, not to mention his involvement in a large drug operation right outside of his HQ where Ghattas was murdered.
I only wonder if Det. Stephan isnt invited to ADAs annual party on his 47 Yacht fishing boat snuggled in a slip in Hampton Bays. I wonder if he knows who pays for that party? And does he think this is ethical? What do they discuss at that party? Maybe they are gloating over their accomplishments each year.
I would think such a dedicated officer might have taken an interest as to why a nefarious scoundrel of the likes of Careccia exchanged a jail sentence with a cop that was framed for crimes he didnt do. Maybe it is because Careccia was the neighbor of Spotas Boy Toy Chief Investigator, now Chief of Department James Burke. Maybe Stephan just didnt want to rock the boat and let the whole fleet sink.
But thanks to the Detective and SS for clearing the 911 call for us.