2-12-98 As was typical Bob Denison, though named as a Co-Executor in Billy Wayne Denison’s will who passed away in May 1997, (Bob’s step father) Isaac Castro and John Denison manipulated the Courts and had Bob’s Co-Executorship right to Billy Wayne’s assets taken from him, totally, all approved and authorized by Stonewall County Judge Bobby McGough. (See attached)

Despite the order for John to put up a Bond of $80,000 he failed to do so, yet he was granted all privileges and total access to Billy Wayne’s assets which included oil Royalty holdings that Bob’s mother had given to Billy Wayne as his separate property. This act happened right after John had caused Bob’s foreclosure of his property in Stonewall County (see ’97 Sequence of Events).
 

FEBRUARY 98 SPENDING SPREE

FEB & MARCH 98 JOHN PAYS HIMSELF HANDSOMELY

APRIL 98 SPENDING SPREE

In addition to the transfers from the estate account to his personal account John Denison paid himself very well at a time when the Aspermont Bank note was due.

A reminder to all: John Denison did not send Bob Denison any monies for years and years and years. John kept it all for himself. DA Mike Fouts, are you paying attention?

In April of 1998 John Transferred $2,375.00 to his personal account from the Estate account, all transfers were undisclosed in the accounting produced in May 2002 4 YEARS LATER.

APRIL 98 BANK STATEMENT WAS PRODUCED BUT WE RECEIVED NO CHECK COPIES

In May 98 bank statement John transferred to his personal account from the Estate account (never disclosed) $2,675.00 plus the checks he wrote payable to himself from the Estate account. The bank had just sent to him the notice of default and threat of foreclosure on 1240 Acres of the ranch.

3-14-98 TX CATTLE RAISERS CK

It has been say that Nero set the fires in Rome then fiddled is instrument while it burned.

On 3-15-98 With plenty of money coming into the estate through oil royalties, hunting, and farming, having sold the bulk of the cattle on the ranch and while keeping the newest purchases for himself John Denison defaulted on the note that encumbered only 2 sections of land (1240 Acres) with the bank of Aspermont.

In addition to the massive amount of money he paid to himself, he used estate funds for his personal needs such as groceries, utilities, personal health insurance for himself and his wife and kids.

Explanation on quality and condition of checks presented here. I apologize for the condition presented. The check evidence are exact copies from Microfilm that the Aspermont Bank provided to us. Many times the copies were very dark and I took the time to try to lighten them with my copier. Other times the copies were extremely light, so I would try to darken them some. I found it was necessary to write along the side notes and commentary for the more difficult ones to read. The Aspermont Bank charged us thousands of dollars (around $4,000) for these lovely copies. The reason we were able to get them at all was because John Denison in the beginning used his personal account to place Estate funds. So though the checks were difficult to read they are a blessing in my ability to expose how abusive John and his wife with the funds he paid to himself while the ranch was in trouble due to his own personal greed.

By July 98 John had switched over to the Hamlin Bank so we no longer were able to have access to his personal account. But what has been learned prior is shocking. Signed Jackie Keenan

MARCH 98 DRUG RUN  MARCH 98 WHILE IN DEFAULT ON ESTATE NOTE


The check copies presented here are not all the checks written by John and Sonia Denison. They are merely a small sampling of their run away spending at the expense of the Estate. John and Sonia wrote thousands of checks, many very tiny amounts payable to the convenience stores using Estate funds as well as their personal checking account. Cigarettes, drinks, snack foods and fuel. They always labeled them GRO and FUEL regardless of what it was they were buying. Of course no receipts were ever presented. "My checks are my Receipts" proclaimed John Denison. Most importantly this expose was to show how abusive John Denison was with estate funds while he was in default with the Aspermont bank.

It is my personal belief that this default was a deliberate act to shift the entire banking and debt service to the Hamlin National bank under the tutelage of attorney Isaac M. Castro. John and Sonia Denison were FAMOUS for being bad creditors. The Taylor County DA’s office had Sonia on speed dial she was so bad about writing hot checks. John rarely paid creditors even when it was estate business. We have viewed letters from Creditors pleading for their money, even in small amounts.

John changed cell phones repeatedly because he would never pay them, the bills would mount into the thousands of dollars. Eventually he even used the name of Fuzz Baldwin (Bob's grandfather) to set up an cell phone account. Anytime they could not pay or drag out the business people who were kind enough to extend credit to them they would do so. There are very few businesses that they did business with that did not at least experience a bounce check at the very least when they did bother to write a check. District Attorney Mike Fouts has got to be aware of these two, but for reasons undisclosed John and Sonia were allowed to blaze a path through the businesses of rural Texas, leaving in their path a swath of unpaid bills. Evidence supports my statements, signed Jackie Keenan

See Attached

 

"These are just a sampling of acts of embezzling John Denison performed as executor of the estate in which Bob Denison was a 50% beneficiary. It is important for me to point out that in addition to these transfers of funds directly into John's account. He also wrote checks to himself for thousands and thousands of Dollars. In reviewing his personal checks provided to us by the Aspermont Bank his grocery expenditures, Wal-Mart expenditures, and convenience store expenditures also added up to thousands of dollars. These expenses were also as massive when it came to the Estate checking account. The monies spent were for John Denison and his family and very rarely was it to 'run the ranch'. John cites his checks are his receipts and they are proof enough of Massive embezzling. Yet Bob's pleas for justice fell on deaf ears, repeatedly. Signed Jackie Keenan

 

MARCH 98 OUT THEN IN EMBEZZLING

APRIL 98 OUT THEN IN EMBEZZLING

APRIL 98 DRUG RUNS

APRIL & MAY 98 OUT THEN IN EMBEZZLING.

MAY & JUNE 98 OUT THEN IN EMBEZZLING FUNDS

 Attorney Isaac Castro worked to get the estate's holdings in the hands of the Hamlin National Bank. Castro KNEW John was wasting away the estate, in fact he and the Hamlin Bank relied on him to do just that. John Denison was the perfect candidate for default thereby assuring the Hamlin Bank and Isaac Castro that eventually John Denison would default and they could foreclose on the entire ranch.

First they had to gain John's confidence so they cut a deal with the Aspermont Bank. On 9-1-98 the Aspermont Bank renewed and extended the defaulted note on the 1240 acres for one year. (see attached)

In the mean time Hamlin Bank had John open his personal checking AND the Estate’s checking account with their bank, while John left the Aspermont Estate account open but not used.

Part of the lure to John was the promise of a loan to purchase new cattle in the amount of $250,000 AND a brand new Dodge Pickup all bankrolled at the Hamlin National Bank using the Estate's 6200 acres of land as collateral. By June 1999 the note with Aspermont was paid off by Hamlin Bank and a new note was created in the amount of $550,000 indebting the bulk of the ranch. What a coup for the Bank and Castro. (See attached)

In addition to these acts Fraud is being committed all over the place for example:

“Meanwhile, back at the ranch, John Denison is moving estate money around from the Aspermont Bank to the Hamlin Bank, but his plan is not to let the Aspermont bank know so he begins to pull out cash from the Aspermont Bank. He pulls out SO MUCH that it becomes depleted so here is how he resolves it. (see attached)





JULY 98 COWBOY CLOTHES FOR JOHN

7-16-98 John & Sonia are in Hillsboro, TX using estate funds to buy "office supplies", at Wal-Mart no receipts. John tells the Court "My checks are my receipts". Hillsboro is between Ft. Worth and Waco near their drug supplier Dr. Healing (I have evidence). This is the same date below where they are on the Border of Mexico buying a 1989 Black Cadillac. (Wal-Mart is typically a good source for them to get their prescriptions filled all over the country. 7-11-98 every indebted cowboy with no cattle needs a hat, so John bought a new hat at Heads or Tails in Haskell, TX courtesy of the Estate checkbook.

On 7-18-98 John and Sonia are in West, TX (a town near Waco) having more work done on the Cadillac. West, TX is also where their drug dealing Doctor Healing practiced.


7-22-98 Cadillac Caper

Photo taken 2 years later in 2000
 

JULY 98 JOHN ROUNDS UP CASH FOR CADILLAC BUYING TRIP

THE PURCHASE

ESTATE ACCT PAYS FOR THEIR DRUGS JUNE & JULY 98

7-25-98 New Clothes paid with estate funds to go with a new car purchase. Sonia's memo justifies the purchase saying "funeral clothes for John". NEW CLOTHES

8-2-98 John pays for insurance for the Cadillac with Estate funds

2000 receipt 2 YEARS LATER: Once again, John disobeyed court order to not use estate funds for personal purchases



When it comes to John Denison, dates, check numbers and other telling numbers are manipulated for reasons known only to mysterious John.

For example: the 'invoice' from the dealership in Edenburg, TX (located along the Mexican border at the bottom TIP of Texas). The invoice indicates John purchased the 89 Cadillac on 7-22-98 with mileage at 115,738. YET a week PRIOR on 7-16-98 John has the same Cadillac in the repair shop in Abilene, TX (West Texas, the middle of Texas. Using the Estate check book he pays to have a new air conditioning system installed for $766.53 with the mileage indicating 117,178 miles, a differentiation of mileage of 1440 miles between the 2 documents. It is an 8 hour drive from Abilene, TX to Edenburg, TX Near McAllen (see map)(approximately 400 miles one way)

JOHN DENISON SAYS MY CHECKS ARE MY RECEIPTS

On 7-18-98 John and Sonia are in West, TX (a town near Waco) having more work done on the Cadillac

7-16-98 JOHN SPRUCES UP SONIA'S CADILLAC W ESTATE MONIES

7-16-98 ESTATE FUNDS TO REPAIR SONIA'S CADILLAC

JULY 98 DRUG BUYS

John had previously liquidated the cattle on the ranch except a few he kept back for his 'personal stock' (stolen from the estate). (We have evidence) John's attorney in Court, encouraged John in his testimony, to give false witness by implying John had shopped all over the state of Texas looking for cattle for the ranch. (see BELOW) In reality John was in serious default on a note at the Aspermont Bank in the amount of $230,000 plus $20,000 interest and was in NO position to purchase any cattle during that time. It was all a ruse to cover-up ongoing theft of the estate coffers by John Denison, aided and abetted by attorneys for the 'estate'.

This was all done during the same time frame attorney Isaac Castro had already negotiated with the Aspermont Bank to renew the delinquent note with the promise by the Hamlin National Bank (Castro's client) to cover the note if Aspermont would 'renew and extend' the note until the following year. This was all done in secrecy.

John and Sonia were out running around Texas buying prescription drugs and having a good ol' time using the royalty income from the Estate. Thousands of checks were written, none for the purpose of 'running the ranch'. What's to run if you have just sold off all the cattle?

JOHN AND SONIA ABUSE DEBT TO LOCAL BUSINESS

8-28-98 Mittie Dunham sent John a notice requesting payment due of over $1100.00. See attached for how John and Sonia handled their creditors as representatives for the Baldwin Ranch. See attached

LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE JOHN DENISON TESTIMONY

December 9, 1998

With respect to the Estate and the property taxes, John Denison began to show his color in this arena as well. Unbeknownst by Bob the Stonewall County taxing authorities began to sue the Estate for non payment of taxes. Their firs suit was filed in December 1998 for the non payment of 1997 property taxes. For those of you that don’t know the taxing authority are pretty aggressive about seizing property that has unpaid taxes on it. In addition to that within 6 months of delinquency your expenses nearly double when they charge penalties and interest. The attorney representing the County was Bruce Medley. His name will become important as the years go by for his role in sitting on the side of wrong (shameful).

John’s pattern for not paying debt is in full swing.

Attorney Isaac Castro identified himself as the ‘attorney for the Estate’ but he never acted FOR the benefit of the estate and Bob Denison. When Stonewall County sued the Estate for non payment of property taxes. He actually responded to the suit with these words, CASTRO SUBMITS ORIGINAL ANSWER DENIAL ESTATE OWED TAXES