Siskiyou County District Attorney review: District attorney, J. Kirk Andrus lets his friends commit crimes without being prosecuted

Kirk Andrus refused to prosecute Daniel Deppen for committing fraud against my family. The fraud crime had led to a series of violent crimes, including burglary, vandalism, sabotage and arson that burned our home to the ground. A second arson fire was set on our property six months later. I had death threats made against me, guns pulled on me and shots fired on me. The corruption in Siskiyou County is pervasive. Criminals who know that they have the Sheriffs, judges and DA in their pockets understand that they will never have to face accountability for anything they do. As a result, Deppen and Phelps have both been obstructing my family's driveway that serves as our deeded easement road. For the past five years, we have mostly been prevented from driving in or out. We also risk being shot at and other harassment if we go to our property.

Deppen committed mail fraud by using the US Post Office to con the two elderly women who sold him his property into signing a corrective deed that removed my family's easement clause from Deppen's property description. The corrective deed was also a fraud because such documents are intended to correct minor errors, such as a misspelled name, and NOT to alter the terms of the agreement. Deppen is a real estate broker and certainly knew that he was using the document to do something unlawful and improper. An easement cannot be terminated unilaterally, which is what Deppen has attempted to do. I am currently engaged in a lawsuit against Deppen and his friend, Don Phelps for them conducting a five year campaign on threats, harassment and abuse. Deppen and Phelps are lawless criminals that have no concern for anyone but themselves. Both Deppen and Phelps are connected to the corrupt power structure in Siskiyou County, CA, including J. Kirk Adrus. I was denied a restraining order against Deppen and Phelps (after they had threatened to kill me) by one of the corrupt judges in the county, who dismissed my case with prejudice. The judge presiding over my lawsuit has given Deppen and Phelps favorable rulings on every issue, even though the judge had to violate the law to do so.

After ignoring my pleas for help for several weeks, I was finally allowed to meet with two deputies (Doug Dahman and Crystal Thomas) in DA Andus' office. The two deputies reviewed my family's legal documents and said that it appeared as if a fraud had been committed. I was told that I would be contacted after a couple of weeks but I never heard from the deputies again and they refused to return my calls/messages. It appears as though the only reason the deputies met with me was to get copies of my legal documents to give to Deppen and Phelps. Deppen's and Phelps' attorney (Darrin Mercier) admitted in a letter that they had done no title research. I paid $800 for title reports for Deppen's property and for my family's property. I believe the deputy DAs gave copies of those reports to Deppen and Phelps. I sent a certified letter to DA Andrus, asking for assurance that my family's property documents were not shared with the adverse parties in our cas. Andrus did not respond to the letter. I later discovered that Phelps' son, James V. Phelps, was also a deputy in the DA's Office. That information should have been disclosed to me by the deputies I met with but it was not disclosed to me at any time.