Arrested During Trial!

Michael was in court on Thursday to hear that the Judge, who had heard his preliminary trial two weeks earlier, found that there was enough evidence to bind him over for a jury trial on 8 of the ten charges filed against him for various counts of car theft and check fraud. This came as no surprise to anyone, least of all Michael's flamboyant attorney, Evan Ginsburg.

As soon as the judge was finished ordering him back for an arraignment on February 24, the attending bailiff, who is also a deputy sheriff, ordered Michael to stand up and slapped the bracelets on him. Michael was arrested on the warrant that was issued against him for failing to appear at the judgment debtor examination I was conducting in an attempt to collect the half a million dollars that he, his wife Shanney Gallegos Osborn, and Harold Gregg owe me. At last word, the Sheriff's office was preparing to pick up Shanney at her mother's La Habra home on a warrant issued for her own failure to appear.

Michael spent almost three hours in a holding cell while waiting for an available judge to deal with this development which, to say the least, came as a complete shock to Mike. Unlucky for him, Commissioner Leverson ended up attending to the charge. Leverson, who was already familiar with Michael's tendency to not show up for court, reprimanded Michael for "having no respect for judicial authority". He ordered Michael held on $50,000 bail and ordered him to appear in Commissioner Myers courtroom the next morning to answer for his multiple failures to appear in her courtroom for the judgment debtor exam.

After spending the night as a guest of the county, Michael bailed out at 6:00am and headed to Commissioner Myers courtroom where he was ordered back to complete my examination of him on April 15.

A note to Shanney and Harold: Ask not for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Harold Gregg Learns I'm Not Screwing Around

Well Michael finally showed up for his Judgment Debtor exam yesterday and I think he figured out that he was playing games for no reason. The exam is relatively painless, unless you are lying, and Mike was actually pretty cooperative. Harold Gregg, however, had quite a scare.

We all know how Harold likes to pretend he is a lawyer. He did it again yesterday when he stood up in front of the judge and announced that he was representing Michael. What he didn't know was that 24 hours earlier, I had filed a 7 page brief and about 100 pages of exhibits with the court and the District Attorney's office, documenting that for several years Harold has been practicing law without a license. It's not like Harold wasn't warned. I told him on September 17, when he showed up for Michael's last scheduled exam, that if he played lawyer I would go to the DA.

Anyway, as soon as he announced himself, the Judge (actually Court Commissioner but we'll call her a Judge) cut him off and told him that he was not an attorney and that he would not be able to represent Michael. At that point, I directed the Judge's attention to my brief which specifically referenced the law that would require the Judge to find Harold in Contempt of Court. The Judge agreed to read the brief and the law during the recess and ordered Harold back into the courtroom at 11:00am to hear her determination. While Michael and I proceeded with the exam, Harold sweated over the copy of the brief that I presented to him in the court and he was visibly upset and worried.

After the recess, the Judge called Harold and I forward and while she agreed that Harold needed to be referred to the DA, she thought it would be difficult to find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt for his actions in her courtroom. For that reason, she didn't find him in Contempt of Court.

Harold let out an audible sigh of relief. Maybe now he finally gets it.

Mikey Shamelessly Uses His Child as a Shield Again

Also: Harold Gregg Pretends to be a Lawyer Again

There is no end to Michael's use of his children as a shield, excuse, or to serve any other purpose that benefits his criminal ways. I guess I must be getting to him because he is crying to the police, the courts and anybody else that won't listen to him. Amongst his latest preposterous accusations, and there are many, is that I am emailing and texting his teenage daughter. Note to Michael: of the two of us, I am not the one who is a shameless, despicable user of people. The truth is that his daughter from a previous "marriage", emailed me in August after Googling her father and finding this website. I won't stoop to Michael's level and post her email, but the police do have it, along with my response, which apologized to her for having to find out about her father in this way. She assured me that she had long known about her father's dishonest traits.

Oh and by the way Michael, it is not illegal to email a minor. Just ask your "lawyer" Harold Gregg.

So Michael, being the coward that he is, didn't show up in court again today because he figured he was about to be arrested again (note the foreshadowing here). He sent his infamous lackey and stooge, Harold Gregg in his stead to represent him. Harold, who likes to play lawyer, pleaded Michael's baseless stories of my so-called harassing of his daughter, family, ex-"wife " and current "wife" Shanney (who by the way owes me half a million dollars) all the while trying to turn the court's attention from the fact that Mike was not in court AGAIN. I objected to Harold even standing up because HE IS NOT A LAWYER and had no basis for representing Mike. The Commissioner of the Court eventually agreed and ordered Michael's arrest warrant again with bail set at $50,000. She wouldn't agree to have Michael charged with Criminal Contempt of Court even though I showed her that she was allowing Michael to make a mockery of her court. The good news is however, that I did get the DA to agree to charge him with contempt and look into referring Harold to the US Attorney's Office for Impersonating an Attorney. Harold claimed, on the record, to being In-House Counsel to a number of Mike's companies and insisted to the court that he was an attorney. He even brought a purported certificate from the Supreme Court of Ohio to show that he was a member of the State's Bar, however the fact that the certificate was not authenticated, said that he was inactive, has not been a licensed attorney in any State since the 70s, and even testified in his recent deposition that he was not a licensed attorney means that HAROLD GREGG IS NOT A LAWYER. Get it now Harold? Probably not.

Speaking of his deposition testimony, Harold told today's court that he never testified that he was not a licensed attorney. I guess that certified transcript I have was concocted by the court reporter.

So next for Michael is Monday's Preliminary Hearing on his 6 criminal charges including two counts of Automobile Theft in Fullerton Court . His esteemed "lawyer" Harold Gregg will not be representing him there as Michael has retained the services of the Public Defender. Expect Michael to try some stunt to get those proceedings delayed.

In the meantime, Mike's Preliminary Trial in Las Vegas for charges of Larceny has been set for November 17. He has retained Craig Mueller to represent him there. Mr. Mueller is well known in Las Vegas for providing aid and comfort (in the way of legal representation) to those who bounce checks to casinos and has had some success in that arena. The Venetian is not happy with the Clark County DA's slipshod handling of Michael's release without bail after spending 7 years as a Fugitive From Justice.

Michael Plays Musical Courtrooms

Back from this website's temporary hiatus, it's time for the update of the Michael Osborn World Courtroom tour.

We last visited our hero as he lied to another judge at his August 20, 2009 Santa Ana Court arraignment for being a Fugitive From Justice in Nevada. At that hearing he promised the judge that he would appear in Nevada within two weeks and then be back with Attorney John Nicholson representing him. Michael must have read this guy's name somewhere because this is the third or fourth time he has promised to retain Mr. Nicholson and yet we have never seen him standing beside Mike. Anyway, the Judge orders Mike to be back on September 2. On that date, Mike calls the court and says he is in Nevada turning himself in at that very moment with, now get this, "Attorney" Harold Gregg. Those of you who know Harold know that the last time he was a lawyer was for about 20 minutes in Ohio in the 70s. The Judge is pissed but cuts Mike some slack (again) and orders him back on September 9. On that date Mike actually does turn himself in to Nevada court, which is confirmed by the Court. This means that not only does he make a mockery of the Santa Ana Court but they actually have to dismiss the charges of Being a Fugitive From Justice. Once again the court allows Mike to play it like a piano.

Now it's September 9 and Mike's in Nevada to answer a Criminal Complaint filed by the Venetian. Seems that on March 22 and 23, 2000 (two days after his daughter was born in LA) Mike bounced $85,000 worth of markers to the casino. Markers are checks, and the casino gave him almost two years to make good before filing the complaint. Now being that the casinos are the lifeblood of Nevada, you would think that the DA wouldn't screw around with a big time larcenist like Mike, but those idiots release him on his own recognizance. After 7 years of waiting for him, setting bail at $100,000 and trying to get him extradited from Orange County, they let him go without bail. And they don't even tell The Venetian that they have him. You can guess how The Venetian feels about all this. Now the Clark County DA expects him to return for his preliminary hearing. Good luck!

The day after the Clark County DA's debacle, Mike is due in Fullerton for his arraignment on the two counts of automobile theft (amongst other charges). The Public Defender (what happened to Mr. Nicholson?) files a Motion to continue the arraignment because Mike is in Nevada on the other complaint. In the meantime, I file a brief with the court and let them know that Mike is not in custody, was released the day before, and there is no reason for him not to show up in Fullerton. I also provide a laundry list of Michael's past indiscretions and how he likes to play games with court dates. So the DA and the court are going to have none of this delay game and order Michael to get his ass into court. He pleads "not guilty" to all the charges against him and a Pre Trial is set for September 21 while the Preliminary Hearing is set for September 24.

Next on the court calendar is Michael's September 17th date with me for the 9th attempt at his Judgment Debtor examination. Shanney Osborn (Gallegos) is still at large with a warrant out for her arrest because she is avoiding her examination.

Coming up is the San Diego Court's order for Mike to appear because he is in violation of his probation there for (you guessed it) writing bad checks. And any minute now there will be new charges in Orange County for more bad checks.

Shame on Embassy Suites

On July 22, Brea, CA Police arrested Michael after he passed $3,000 worth of bad checks to the Brea Embassy Suites, where he, Shanney and the kids had been guests of the hotel (literally since they hadn't paid) for at least a month since being evicted from their Fullerton Home for nonpayment of rent. The hotel called police after finding my website which confirmed to the hotel that Michael is a fraudster and a con artist.

Brea police arrested Michael (who checked in under "Ison") as a fugitive on a very old Nevada warrant for Larceny. The Clark County (Nevada) District Attorney had made it known to authorities in Orange County that they were very much interested in making Mike's acquaintance.

The problem is now the hotel has decided not to pursue charges of check fraud and/or innkeeper fraud themselves, reportedly because they do not want to go to court. Shame on Embassy Suites! How is anybody going to stop this crook from passing more bad checks if all the victims don't step forward? Let's all urge them to file a complaint with the Brea Police/Orange County DA. I plan to forward this posting to the Legal Departments of Embassy Suites and parent company Hilton Corporation.

And while we're talking about this, why hasn't Principal Capital Group's old landlord, BH Properties stepped forward with their $77,000 bad check?

Mike Goes For A Two-fer

Michael showed up for his arraignment today accompanied by his sidekick and whipping-boy Harold Gregg. Today's story to the judge was that he had arranged for a voluntary turn-in to the Clark County DA (he hasn't) and that he was due to report to Nevada within two weeks. Since today's hearing was in respect to Michael being a fugitive from justice, (the Clark County DA has been waiting several years to charge him with Larceny), the judge agreed to continue the arraignment until September 2. After being told about the Grand Theft Auto charges also laid against Michael, the judge ordered his $50,000 bail held, and was quick to admonish him that he must return on the September 2 date.

From that hearing, Michael quickly turned him self into Department 64 on the outstanding warrant for his failure to appear for my Judgment Debtor Examination. He was ordered back for that examination on September 17.

Mr. Osborn's courtroom dance card is certainly filling up quickly for the month of September. Within the next few days, he will have to explain his probation violations to his San Diego officer.

Fugitive From Justice, Michael Osborn, Back in Court Thursday

Everyone's favorite con man is scheduled to appear on Thursday in Department C57 of the Orange County Central Justice Center, Santa Ana for an arraignment leading to an extradition hearing. It seems that the State of Nevada has a several year old warrant for Michael, and are awaiting his arrival so that he can face charges of Larceny. Bail has been set by the Clark County District Attorney at $100,000.

Apparently, Michael was ordered to Thursday's hearing as a condition of his bail, following his arrest for defrauding the Embassy Suites Brea location. A bad check given by Michael in lieu of payment to the hotel, led to the arrest by Brea police who, upon investigating him, found that the Fullerton PD was cooperating with the Clark County DA.

Following the Brea arrest, bail was set at $50,000 and Michael was able to secure Steven Mehr & Scott Mehr Bail Bonds to put up a bond for him. He reportedly paid for their services with a check. There is no word on whether that check cleared, but apparently Michael is a good customer, as the Mehr Brothers once again posted a bond, this time following his arrest for 2 counts of Grand Theft Auto, amongst other charges. On that occasion, bail was set at $100,000 and Michael was ordered to appear for an arraignment on September 10.

Does anybody else think that this is starting to becoming ridiculous?

Osborn Dragged Away From San Diego in Handcuffs

Here's the latest on Michael's arrest for car theft. As previously reported, the cars' anti-theft devices were used to locate Michael and the vehicles in San Diego, reportedly at a friend's home. The Orange County Theft Task Force drove down from Buena Park and slapped the bracelets on Michael and hauled away the vehicles. For the second time in less than a month, he had to post a bond to get out of the slam, this time for $100,000.

Question: Here's a guy who writes 100s of $1000s in bad checks and yet he comes up with $150,000 bail, which must have required payment of $15,000 to the bondsman. Where is he getting this money? Some have come up with the conclusion that he has a bondsman in his back pocket.

Arraignment is set for September 10 in Fullerton. It would be good to see some of his victims at the courthouse that day to tell their story to the Deputy DA. For more information, email me.

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