Randall Miles Cook criminal case in which he plead guilty to child endangerment, the victim was his own grand- daughter, is cited in a decision made by the State of California's Bureau of Real Estate.
In September 2014, Tricia Parkhurst, Deputy Real Estate Commissioner, made the accusation" in a lawsuit filed to revoke Cook's real estate license due to conviction of a crime. The decision was entered by default because Cook failed to file a Notice of Defense in time and as of January 2015, Cook 's licenses were revoked under Part I of Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code.
He is no longer a member of the Humboldt Association of Realtors. As far as I know, he is still a member of the Ingomar Club.I heard he had been kicked out but that has not been substantiated and I left a message for the General Manager.
I have a copy of the lawsuit and decision and in it is stated that the they had no record of Cook notifying them that he had been convicted of a crime. The Bureau of Real Estate plans to recover costs of the investigation and prosecution.
This blog is the only one to cover this case, for months.
If you read my previous posts, you will see how Cook's family treated their own daughter-in-law, the victim's mother. I was harassed via Facebook by someone threatening me for my coverage of this case. Cook tried to get out of being in jail, and got back on SWAP after I notified the jail's operation officer of his conviction, which the family and Cook hid from the jail.
Previous posts:
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2013/12/randy-cook-local-realtor-guilty-of.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/05/randy-cook-swap-revoked-hopefully-yes.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/10/more-allegations-of-child-molestation.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/05/next-court-date-for-randall-miles-cook.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/06/randall-miles-cook-expected-to-be.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/05/on-march-20-he-gets-270-days-on-march.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/03/local-realtor-randy-cook-sentenced-to.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/03/randy-cook-to-be-sentenced-today.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/05/randy-cook-told-to-turn-himself-in-to.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/05/randy-cook-booked-back-in-custody.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/02/sentencing-for-randy-cook-will-be-on.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/02/personal-perspectives-on-cook-case.html
It is actually spelled "realtor". Most in the real estate business say real i tor on their ads though so it's no wonder you got it wrong. But as a terrible speller I have no room to criticize. I really just wanted to thank you again for covering the courts. I have 5 radio stations to run so there is no time for me to sit through these trials and the rest of the media seems to have ceded that territory to you my friend.
ReplyDeleteI second the motion... although it should be mentioned I don't have any radio stations to run.
DeleteThird! Was this really not covered in any print, radio, TV or other blogs? If that's the case, the hypocrisy is world-class.
DeleteNo it was not covered anywhere else Mitch. The original story ran for months. I knew who Randall Cook was and unfortunately, the last plea deal was in stone when I started covering it. It still made a difference. He got jail time and could not do SWAP.
DeleteI hope if it is covered this time, the rest of the media acknowledges who covered and broke and exposed a Republican, a man who claims to be Christian and a prominent business man.
The Tuluwat Examiner is great about giving credit.
Actually, I take responsibility for the typo. Covering so many cases and often, two or three going on at the same time, I post from my smart phone. I will fix the typo :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Tom for the comment. Courts are my area of expertise so I enjoy it and we all have our niche. No way, I could handle five radio stations.
MOLA, glad to see you comment again. I was wondering if you had been following the trials, tribulations and drama of our local courts.
ReplyDeleteThank you for covering this story, John. Let us hope the rest of the media will follow your lead and report about cases no matter how unpleasant.
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