Larry Sinclair Claims Arrest in D.C. a Set-Up

Larry Sinclair has been released from jail. Exactly what charges Sinclair was arrested for at the end of his Wednesday press conference at the National Press Club, reading Sinclair's "explanation" on his site is like hacking one's way through an overgrown thicket of half-truths, innuendo, and contradictions.

Sinclair, who is back posting on his site, LarrySinclair0926, claims his Wednesday arrest at the hands of "plain clothes" D.C. detectives at the end of his press conference was a "set-up". If true, then Sinclair, who has already filed two separate lawsuits in the Federal Courts, has a ready made suit against the D.C. cops and courts and the National Press Club. Yet readers who wish to find out why Sinclair was arrested and on what charge are left with little info.

"So to all those reporting I was taken out in hand cuffs, I assure you I walked
out with no cuffs, carrying my bags from the NPC. I also feel it important to
state that the NPC staff conducted themselves with nothing short of kindness and
professionalism from the moment I arrive to the moment I left." Larry Sinclair
on Wednesday's arrest in D.C.

Sinclair, who claims he wasn't led away in handcuffs, posts that the NPC was in cahoots with the D.C. cops even though Sinclair earlier complimented them for being "professional" and "kind".

"THE NPC WITHOUT A DOUBT HAD MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH DC METRO POLICE TO TAKE ME INTO CUSTODY AFTER THE PC. THEY WERE EVEN PARKED IN OUR (MINE AND THE NPC’S) PLANNED EXIT ROUTE FROM THE BUILDING AFTER THE PC WAS OVER. IT IS CLEAR THE NPC
HAD ARRANGED FOR THE PC TO TAK PLACE AND I WAS EVEN ESCORTED TO THE RESTROOM AND BACK TO AN ENCLOSED ROOM PENDING THE START OF THE PC." Source - Larry Sinclair

Sinclair, who claims he met then State Representative Barack Obama back in November of 1999 for illicit sex and illegal drugs on two separate occasions, was indeed arrested at the end of his National Press Club press conference. Curiously, Sinclair claims he has no idea what the charge(s) was that led him to yesterday's appearance at a Superior Court in Delaware.

AND WHEN I KNOW THE EXACT CHARGE AGAINST ME, I WILL POST IT, UNTIL I AM PROVIDED WITH THAT INFO I SUGGEST YOU TAKE YOUR SELF RIGHTEOUS BS SOMEWHERE ELSE. THE INFO PROVIDED IS JUST WHAT I POST A “RULE 9″ LS Source - Larry Sinclair

Sinclair claims he's unable to "ascertain" what the "charges" are due to the fact that he hasn't been provided a copy of the "warrant, indictment or anything of a formal charge".

The matter in Delaware to the best I have been able to ascertain since even yesterday I have not been provided a copy of the warrant, indictment or anything of a formal charge, is that I interviewed last year with the Wilmington, DE police on a matter that they stated my statements to them were supported by their interviews with others I had no idea they were even speaking with. I was cleared of any illegal activity. Now this same issue from what little was said in court yesterday comes out of a sealed GJ indictment which just so happened to have been conducted a month to a month an a half after I go public about Obama this year and have repeatedly stated I lived in DE last fall.Source - Larry Sinclair

In his original post Sinclair states that not only did he post a personal recognizance bond but that the "charge" was "questionable".

"Upon my return to Delaware, I appeared before a Superior Court Judge at 2:30 pm at which time I was released on PR bond and released. I will say that the charge is questionable at best and after speaking with my Attorney I will allow him/her decide what can and cannot be posted here."

Sinclair, who's past is checkered with past stints in various state prisons on check and credit card fraud charges, had claimed in his press release issued at his press conference that his "trouble with the law" had occurred in the past, a distant 20 years ago.

"I have been convicted and served prison sentences for writing bad checks, forging checks, using stolen credit card numbers in Arizona, Florida, and Colorado. These events occurred over twenty (20) years ago between 1980 thru 1986."

Yet Sinclair has been wanted on a outstanding felony fraud warrant out of Colorado which was issued in 2001. Sinclair is still listed on the Pueblo County Sheriff's Department's "Most Wanted" list. Sinclair's arrest last Wednesday was for a warrant issued out of Delaware from an incident that occurred last fall. Sinclair fails to note the date that this occurred:

Now this same issue from what little was said in court yesterday comes out of a sealed GJ indictment which just so happened to have been conducted a month to a month an a half after I go public about Obama this year and have repeatedly stated I lived in DE last fall.

Sinclair claims his "criminal" activity ceased twenty years ago. Sinclair was incarcerated after 1986. A 1997 article from the Denver Post recounts Sinclair's life of "crime" while serving time in prison under a former name, one La-Rye V. Aliva:

Denver Post March 7, 1997

“Inmate in 2nd month of hunger strike”

“A state prison inmate who has accused guards of physical and mental abuse - and planting a weapon in his cell - has lost about 19 pounds in a hunger strike he started more than a month ago.

State corrections spokeswoman Liz McDonough said inmate La-Rye V. Avila, 34, is being monitored by the infirmary staff at the maximum security Colorado State Penitentiary. She described his condition as “stable, alert and orienteed.” Avila, who started the hunger strike on Feb. 2, is taking some fluids, and “there is some question as to whether he is eating occasionally,” McDonough said.

He was transferred to the infirmary on Feb. 6.

Infirmary officials found no cuts, abrasions or bruises on the inmate that would substantiate his allegation of physical abuse, McDonough said. Guards said they found a shank, or homemade weapon, in his cell.

It was a piece of plasitc food tray with a pointed end.

It was hidden in the track of a sliding door in his cell.

“He is alleging that the staff put it there, and we do have an investigation under way into that allegation,” McDonough said.

Avila was sentenced in Jefferson County in 1987 to 16 years in prison for second-degree forgery.

He will be eligible for parole in 2001.

He has a history of violating prison regulations.

Since his incarceration, Avila has been convicted of 83 violations under the code of penal discipline.

The offenses include refusing to work, making threats, tampering with locks, disobeying a lawful order, theft over $50 and assault, McDonough said.

The lengthy record of violations suggest “he has not institutionalized well,” she said, adding that Avila has served time in prisons in Buena Vista, Delta, Limon and serval facilities in Canon City before being transferred to the state’s maximum security penitentiary in September 1993.Source: Mitch and Nan Show

DBKP wrote about Sinclair's 14 "known" aliases in the state of Colorado in Larry Sinclair: The Fourteen Name Game. Sinclair admitted he legally changed his name back to Larry Sinclair in the late '90's. Sinclair also admitted on the radio show, The Right Perspective, that at the same time he allegedly met up with Senator Obama, he was "running two to three hundred thousand in drugs a month" from Colorado to South Carolina. Hardly a life "free of crime".

Sinclair has a PayPal set up on his website for "donations" and "contributions" to help in his fight to "expose Obama". Sinclair promised to provide "proof" of his alleged encounter with Obama during last Wednesday's press conference. Sinclair "released" the name of the purported limo driver and his own phone numbers. Sinclair then "challenged" everyone to prove his allegations. After 5 months of waiting for Sinclair to provide his own proof DBKP believes it's Sinclair's duty to prove his own allegations and not the other way around.

In summary, Sinclair's "proof" at his press conference was slim to non-existent. The name of the purported limo driver was already known by the media and by those who read Sinclair's comments on various websites. Sinclair's phone numbers proved nothing. Sinclair should be the one providing copies of text messages and the phone number of the other parties he claims contacted him, not the other way around.

Sinclair failed to provide key info on his latest arrest. For someone who asks the public to believe sordid accusations against Senator Obama without solid proof, Sinclair needs to be above board on his ongoing criminal woes. Subterfuge does not suffice.

Sinclair should come clean as to what the charges are in Delaware and not try to palm it off as yet another conspiracy, this time, the D.C. cops and the Delaware courts. Sinclair has the same m.o. in regards to past behavior. He's once again claiming that he and his family face death threats/and or physical harm, this time by way of Obama supporters. In a Motion to Dismiss the 2001 Colorado Warrant Sinclair made the same claim, that he and his family faced "death threats and physical harm" from the people who pressed charges against Sinclair in his felony fraud warrant.

Sinclair's claim that he's been squeaky clean for 20 years is patently false. Sinclair has a felony fraud warrant out of Colorado. Sinclair was recently arrested on charges stemming from an incident this past fall in Delaware. Less than 2 years before Sinclair claims he "met" Senator Obama at an "upscale lounge" near Chicago he was in prison under the name, La-Rye V. Avila, serving a sentence on a forgery conviction. While in prison he was convicted of 83 violations including theft and assault.

Sinclair now contradicts his own statements on his website. Either the National Press Club was "kind and professional" or they "set him up" with the D.C. police. Either he doesn't know what the charges are in his latest arrest in D.C., or the charges are "questionable". Either way he posted a personal recognizance bond.

We will continue to hack our way through the overgrown thicket of Sinclair contradictions, innuendos, and half-truths.

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