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Wagstaffe: Ayres Chapter is Closed

Original post made by Chapter is closed, another community, on May 12, 2016

In writing a post supportive of the victims in response to DA Steve Wagstaffe's comment that "this chapter is closed", the Almanac deleted it, and locked the thread.

Their rationale:

[Post removed. Don't use Town Square to make accusations of criminal conduct against named persons who have not been charged.]

Almanac Editor, do you expect Wagstaffe to charge himself, since only the DA can charge anyone? Then we can criticize his behavior? Isn't that unrealistic?

You should think a bit harder about the double standards you are using to protect Wagstaffe.

Ask the victims what Wagstaffe has done to them, and then decide if you should continue protecting him from criticism.

Support the victims.

Comments (4)

Posted by Truth
a resident of Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks
on May 12, 2016 at 8:53 am

I did not see the Chapter is Closed thread that was deleted. alas. I can tell you that the chapter is NOT closed for the hundreds and hundreds of juvenile boys that San Mateo County sent to Ayres from 1963-2003, including from the San Mateo DA's office, who were raped and forced to perform sexual acts on Ayres and threatened that if they did not comply Ayres would make their evaluations so bad that he would make sure they were locked up for the rest of their lives. Most of these juveniles, 11, 12 , 13 years old ,from broken families, became so damaged by what Ayres did to them that most of them as adults are serving sentences that are are three times longer than what Ayres ever got.
But fortunately little little, the former juvenile victims that San Mateo County- including the DA's office has tried to silence, are coming forward to parole boards to talk about the abuse.

We have received stories that juveniles who complained that Ayres molested them at Hillcrest juvenile hall in the 60s, 70s and 80s were thrown into the "hole"- isolation unit, as punishment. At Ayres' sentencing, I read a letter from one of these juveniles from the 1970s, who said Ayres called in the goons when the boy fought him off. Court observers noticed that the reading of this letter by the juvenile victim of Ayres made prosecutors in the courtroom angry. Why is that?

Well, we received credible reports that the San Mateo DA's office received a complaint from an attorney for a juvenile back in 1990 that Ayres had molested his client, and the prosecutor- who became a juvenile judge- denied that Ayres could have molested the boy as she was referring boys to him through the DA's office. Ayres even talks about the DA's office sending him boys.And the judges, the DA's office, Childrens' Services, Hillcrest ALL ignored the victims' complaints about Ayres.

We would ask that reporters in San Mateo County stand up for the juveniles who have been silenced and attacked by San Mateo County, and encourage them to speak up. No, the chapter is NOT closed but boy would the District of San Mateo County sure wishes it was. He's probably quaking in his boots as to what is about to come out.


Posted by Truth
a resident of Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks
on May 12, 2016 at 6:00 pm

Will the Almanac be doing a story on this? Seeing as they were the only news outlet who asked Wagstaffe why his office never notified victims of parole, it would be nice if they pursued this further. Why weren't victims notified of Ayres' death, when Wagstaffe routinely notifies the press about deaths in prison of inmates no one's ever heard of?Someone's got to hold Wagstaffe accountable for his office's long history of violating Marsy's Law. So what's up,
Almanac? Are you doing a story on this or not?


Posted by Truth
a resident of Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks
on May 12, 2016 at 6:22 pm

Is DA Wagstaffe still angry that the Ayres victims hired a private investigator to prove that Ayres was competent to stand trial in 2011? Is he punishing them for fighting back against him?


Posted by Truth
a resident of Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks
on Jun 8, 2016 at 7:04 pm

For the love of God: now Wagstaffe is the president-elect of the California District Attorneys Association?

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