On this exciting adventure of Cocktails & Popcorn, we have Robert Carmack, who was previously wearing a FBI wire that led us to a property he sold he got from City Council, where he reneged on the acquisition where he filed a
lis pendens, but never followed through with the quiet title, filing the certificate of judgment, and the quit claim deed.
My question is the original transaction.
How did the city acquire the property in the first place?
Was it a tax foreclosure, donation, abandonment, and was the Detroit Land Bank Authority, Detroit Economic Development Corporation, Michigan State Housing Development Authority, involved, in some shape or form?
Oh, wait.
The Detroit Land Bank Authority is a named defendant in his federal lawsuit, separate and distinct, I guess, from the bribery case of Gabe Leland, where
he was working with FBI wearing a wire tap. (emphasis added).
Ssshhh.... this is how you know we are dealing with "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) because the Larry Garcia is currently defending the City in another action in federal court with the Detroit Land Bank Authority as a defendant in a False Claims Act case for stealin'.
I have provided,
below, the federal complaint of Carmack v. Detroit Land Bank Authority,
et al.
FUN FACT! WAYNE COUNTY HAS NO LAW MANDATING THE REGISTRATION OF ANY REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTION
Lis pendens has a 60 day life cycle but the
Michigan Licensing And Regulatory Affairs Corporation Division seems to have their own thing going on over there.
LIS PENDENS
2015284232 |
Rec Date: 07/01/2015
L: 52323 P: 887, ... | Grantor: B&C LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PLTF | Grantee: CITY OF DETROIT DEFT |
| Muni: DETROIT, ... | Address: 5851 W JEFFERSON, ... | Tax ID: 16/000006.002, ... | Sur Unit: PRIVATE CLAIM Sur#: 39, ... |
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LIEN
2013205933 |
Rec Date: 04/01/2013
L: 50659 P: 355, ... | Grantor: TRASK MARK PLTF | Grantee: CARMACK ROBERT DEFT, B&C LAND DEVELOPMENT CORP DEFT, KOCH TODD DEFT |
| Muni: DETROIT | Address: 615 S WEST END | Tax ID: 18/009575-81 | Subd: PLAT OF SUB OF P C 718 FOR THE HEIRS OF LEONARD LENNOX Liber: 68DD Page: 111 Lot: 9 |
| | |
LIEN
2013426974 |
Rec Date: 10/04/2013
L: 51096 P: 1240, ... | Grantor: TRASK MARK | Grantee: CARMACK ROBERT, B&C LAND DEVELOPMENT CORP , KOCH TODD |
| Muni: DETROIT, ... | Address: 7751 MELVILLE, ... | Tax ID: 18/000269, ... | Subd: MCMILLANS 13/55 Liber: 13 Page: 55 Lot: 130, ... |
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https://www.waynecountylandrecords.com/recorder/eagleweb/docSearchResults.jsp?searchId=0
This is just about as far as I am going with this since there seems to be missing documents in the chain of command with the complete property record because Carmack
I pulled the
City Council record (p 1618)
Planning & Development Department
June 15, 2007
Honorable City Council:
Re: Amendment to Sales Resolution.
Development: 7751 Melville.
On April 27, 2007, your Honorable
Body authorized the sale of the abovecaptioned
property via a Development
Agreement to B&C Land Development, a
Michigan Corporation, for the purpose of
constructing a 160,000 square foot modular
housing/manufacturing facility with
parking.
It has come to our attention that the
name of the legal entity and the sales resolution
were issued in error. Accordingly,
the sale to B&C Land Development, a
Michigan Corporation should be amended
to show B & C Land Development
Corporation, a Michigan Corporation. This
developer possesses the qualifications
and has indicated potential financial
resources necessary to acquire and
develop the site.
We, therefore request that your
Honorable Body adopt the attached resolution
and authorize an amendment to the
sales resolution to reflect a name change
and that the Planning & Development
Department’s Director, or his authorized
designee, be authorized to issue a quit
claim deed to the property and such other
documents as may be necessary to effect
the sale, for the amount of $250,000.
A Waiver of Reconsideration is
Requested.
Respectfully submitted,
DOUGLASS J. DIGGS
Director
By Council Member Collins:
Resolved, That in accordance with the
foregoing communication, the authority to
execute an agreement to purchase and
develop the property known as 7751
Melville to B&C Land Development, a
Michigan Corporation;
Be amended to reflect a name change
from B&C Land Development, a Michigan
Corporation to B & C Land Development
Corporation, a Michigan Corporation and
that the Planning and Development
Department’s Director, or his authorized
designee, be authorized to issue a quit
claim deed for the property more particularly
described in the attached Exhibit A,
with a Waiver of Reconsideration, and
such other documents as may be necessary
to effect the sale to B & C Land
Development Corporation, a Michigan
Corporation, for the amount of $250,000.
Exhibit A
Land in the City of Detroit, County of
Wayne and State of Michigan being part
of Private Claim 67 lying South of Melville,
West of Crossley and East of Wabash
Railroad on the North-South Line of
Vacated Gould Street extended, being all
of Lots 130 thru 137 all inclusive and Lots
149 thru 152 all inclusive and Vacated
Anderson Avenue and the alleys adjacent;
“McMillan’s Subdivision” of part of
P. C. 67 known as the Field Farm lying
North of River St., Springwells, Wayne
Co., Mich. Rec’d L. 13, P. 55 Plats, W.C.R.
Containing approximately 463,493 square
feet more or less.
Adopted as follows:
Yeas — Council Members S. Cockrel,
Collins, Conyers, Jones, Kenyatta,
Reeves, Tinsley-Talabi, Watson, and
President K. Cockrel, Jr. — 9.
Nays — None.
*WAIVER OF RECONSIDERATION
(No. 7), per Motions before Adjournment.
Who was he supposed to write the check out to, considering the fact that the Detroit Land Bank Authority never incorporated?
So, anyway, instead of utilizing social media, Carmack rents out a driveable billboard like a big screen youtube show and gets slammed with libel and slander of a public official, exactly what is going on with another public official no one wants to talk about.
Mike Duggan deserves due process and so does Carmack for exercising his right to free speech.
Then, that led us to
Gabe Leland and campaign money extortion; which led us to
Elisa Grubbs, and her rogue ass crew, but I am going to stop here.
I want to watch them all awaken to the finally comprehend this historic lesson in morality:
Do not be mean to my Sweetie. Period.
Detroit — A businessman locked in a legal battle with the city was arraigned Thursday on four felony charges connected to the alleged theft of a $1 million property from the city of Detroit.
Robert Carmack, 59, of Woodhaven, appeared via video before 36th District Court Magistrate Bari Blake Wood on charges of false pretenses with intent to defraud $100,000 or more, and three counts of uttering and publishing a document affecting real property tied to a decade-old land deal. The charges were filed on Tuesday.
The false pretenses charge carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, according to state statute. Uttering and publishing carries a penalty of up to 14 years.
Carmack's attorney, Mike Rataj, argued Thursday that the charges against his client — who has been locked in a legal battle with Detroit and a public feud with Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan — are retaliatory.
Rataj turned over Carmack's passport to prosecutors during the hearing, noting that Carmack has three minor children, a business in the city and no plans to go anywhere.
"Mr. Carmack has been in the news. He has obviously been at war, so to speak, with the mayor of Detroit," Rataj said. "He intends to vigorously defend these charges, which I deem as retaliatory."
The charges stem from the March 2, 2016, sale of property that's also the subject of a civil lawsuit filed by Detroit in June alleging the land was "fraudulently sold" by the auto shop owner.
"If you review the public record over the last couple of weeks there's a theme that's been developed in this town. That is, if you push back or you challenge this administration one of two things happen; you either end up charged with a crime or you are under criminal investigation," Rataj, who is also representing the city's
fire union head in a criminal investigation being pursued by the Detroit Police Department, told reporters. "That's what's going on here. It's almost like you've got mob bosses running this town."
Detroit Corporation Counsel Lawrence Garcia noted Thursday that the case was sent to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office a year ago.
Later, Wayne County asked the state Attorney General to appoint another agency due to a conflict of interest. It was then referred to the Genesee County Prosecutor's Office.
“We have full confidence in the professional ability of the Genesee County Prosecutor’s office to handle this matter appropriately," Garcia said in an emailed statement.
In court Thursday, Genesee County Assistant Prosecutor Patrick McComb also denied the assertion of retaliation, saying that the felony claims against Carmack were "independently reviewed" by Genesee County.
"The Genesee County Prosecutor felt charges were in order and we can prove it beyond a reasonable doubt," he said. "Our belief is that he did a million-dollar deal on a piece of real estate that he never had title to."
Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said he determined just over a week ago that there was probable cause and a warrant should be issued.
"Even though we're both elected officials, I don't even know Mike Duggan," Leyton said.
Bond was set at $50,000, 10 percent. Carmack is due back in court on Dec. 28 for a probable cause conference. A preliminary examination is Jan. 4.
In its June lawsuit, the city alleges Carmack had filed a property transfer affidavit with the Detroit assessor's office making a company he owns — B & C Land Development Corp. — the property's taxpayer ahead of a sale to another firm, Moby Dick Ventures LLC.
On March 2, 2016, the city contends, Carmack sold the 10-acre property on Melville for $1 million.
Leyton said that the city uncovered the sale while researching Moby Dick Ventures, an out-of-state investor that wanted to purchase other land in Detroit.
Rataj said Carmack acquired the property from Detroit and that there are details that Genesee County isn't aware of.
"There's a time and a place for that to come out," he said.
On April 27, 2007, Detroit's City Council approved the land sale for $250,000, but Carmack failed to complete it. payment and sign the documents. As a result, the land has been in city ownership ever since, officials with the city have said.
The city contends Carmack in 2016 took the old draft documents from 2007 and used them to fraudulently represent that he owned the property before selling it to the investor.
Carmack made headlines in November after airing private investigator footage of the mayor's comings and goings on a billboard truck outside City Hall. The footage, obtained by a private investigator hired by Carmack, showed the mayor visiting a condominium in Novi and separately showed a woman arriving there on other occasions.
Late last month, Duggan convened a news conference to announce he'd asked the Michigan State Police to open an investigation into Carmack's actions — allegedly in retaliation for the city's refusal to drop its property lawsuit against him — have amounted to extortion.
State police on Thursday said that it does not have an active investigation
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