media inquiry - FINAL REQUEST

Jason Haap Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 11:08 AM

To: mayor@villageofschillerpark.com
Cc: Lee Cary

Sent via e-mail and faxed to (847)671-3564

media inquiry - FINAL REQUEST

The Hon. Anna Montana

Schiller Park Village Hall
9526 W. Irving Park Rd.
Schiller Park, IL 60176

Dear Mayor Montana,

We have not received any response our e-mails and faxes of July 18 & 21, copied below. In the event that we do
receive a written reply by the end of today from you or from your representative, the Beacon will publish our multiple
inquiries to you and will report that you failed to respond.

Thanks for your consideration and we hope to receive your answers to our questions.

Jason Haap
The Cincinnati Beacon
http://www.CincinnatiBeacon.com
FAX: (214)481-6464

Cc: Lee Cary, Andrew Breitbart’s Big Journalism

Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:49 AM,

Sent via e-mail and faxed to (847)671-3564

media inquiry - 2ND REQUEST, PLS ADVISE

Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 12:03 PM,

The Hon. Anna Montana

Schiller Park Village Hall
9526 W. Irving Park Rd.
Schiller Park, IL 60176

Dear Mayor Montana,

We're reporting a follow-up to an article we published last week that involves an officer employed by the Schiller
Park Police Department. We’d appreciate you reviewing the following material and then providing us with
answers to two brief questions.
From “SALF whistleblower’s atty: IL cop’s ‘fraud and perjury’ led to her indictment!,” Cincinnati Beacon, July 15,
2010: http://bit.ly/aJ8leB

For almost four - that’s right - four years, (Annabel) Melongo has been facing criminal charges that she
supposedly destroyed (the Schiller Park-based Save-A-Life Foundation’s) computer files…On July 6,
Melongo’s attorney J. Nicholas Albukerk filed a Motion to Dismiss on the grounds that “the indictment
was procured through fraud and perjury given by the State’s witness, Detective William Martin…At both
the original January 2007 (grand jury) indictment and the subsequent May 2008 indictment, Schiller
Park Police Officer William Martin offered material testimony that he knew to be untrue.”

The text of the above-referenced Motion, filed July 6 with the Cook County Circuit Court’s Criminal Division, is
published in full on the Beacon’s website: http://bit.ly/aJ8leB

For your convenience, here’s a link to a copy of the original Motion and attached exhibits: http://bit.ly/9Fz4gk

For more background, you may wish to review, “The Cook County Jail Inmate the Chicago Papers Are Working
Hard to Forget” by Lee “Archy” Cary published July 12, 2010 by Andrew Breitbart’s Big Journalism: http://bit.ly
/aPFRhW

Here are our questions:

1) After reviewing the materials, do you have any concerns about the allegations in the Motion regarding
Detective Martin?

2) Do you intend to present this information to any other Schiller Park officials for review? If so, which officials?

Please feel free to provide any additional comments.

Thanks for your consideration and we look forward to receiving your answers, preferably by end of the day
Tuesday July 20. If you need more time, please advise and we’ll do our best to accommodate your schedule.

Sincerely,

Jason Haap
The Cincinnati Beacon
http://www.CincinnatiBeacon.com

Cc: Lee Cary, Andrew Breitbart’s Big Journalism