In preparation for Tim Ring's trial, the Maricopa County Attorney's Office engaged in numerous examples of criminal witness and evidence tampering, by and through its government investigators and agents in the Glendale Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

 

As part of MCAO's schemes, prosecutor Alfred Fenzel entered 50 wiretap recordings into evidence as trial exhibits. Many of the wiretap exhibits had been edited to exclude evidence of Tim Ring's innocence.

 

The edited and excluded segments share the common theme of being about business and financial matters, to include the lies repeatedly told to Ring by co-defendant James Greenham about the source of his money.

 

In fact, Greenham had hired a professional escort, named Georgette Montgomery, also known as Georgette Chambers, to role play as his girlfriend for the purpose of lying to Ring. Greenham had told Ring that Georgette was a CEO and business owner, and that she had agreed to loan Greenham money to be used as his matching start-up capital for a construction business with Ring.

 

The importance of these conversations is simply this ~

 

James Greenham would have had no reason to lie to Tim Ring about the source of his money, if Ring had been Greenham's accomplice in the Wells Fargo case.

 

MCAO Trial Exhibit 90 was recorded from a hardwire listening device planted by government agents after making surreptitious entry into James Greenham's apartment. It consists of recordings found on Hardwire Tapes 81, 82, 83, from February 12, 1995.

 

Hardwire Tape 82

JG = James Greenham

TR = Tim Ring _______________________________________________________________

 

* The following conversation was edited and excluded from MCAO Exhibit 90, by Glendale Police Detective Tom Clayton #4472, for the purpose of allowing MCAO Fenzel to falsely argue that Ring had lied in his testimony about Greenham claiming Georgette was a business owner:

 

JG: I'm just remembering something. I have struck gold. You are going to love me for this. Now, you know... did I tell you what Georgette does for a living? She's a, she's a titty dancer, also.

 

TR: What?

 

JG: Yes. Do you know where she works?

 

TR: No.

 

JG: Take a wild fuckin' guess.

 

TR: Tiffany's.

 

JG: No.

 

TR: Babe's.

 

JG: Yes!

 

TR: You're shittin' me!

 

JG: No.

 

TR: She is currently a dancer there?

 

JG: Yeah.

 

TR: Oh my god.

 

JG: Yeah.

 

TR: Alright.

 

JG: Okay. I just wanted to let you know.

 

TR: Doesn't she own some company or something, too?

 

JG: Yeah.

 

TR: Then what the fuck is she titty dancing for?

 

JG: Well, uhm... let me, fuck, I don't know how exactly she explained it to me. I don't fuckin' care.

 

TR: Alright, let me ask you this. When did you find out about that?

 

JG: Last night.

 

TR: So, if we would've been sitting in Babe's that day, and she came walking out...

 

JG: Yeah, I know, I - -

 

TR: Aaaahh!

 

JG: - - I was thinking of that. I was thinking - -

 

TR: Aaaahh!

 

JG: - - that would've been good. And you - -

 

TR: (laughs)

 

(There is an unexplained break in the recording at this moment.) _______________________________________________________________

 

The above excluded conversation continues for over 30 minutes, during which Greenham tells Ring that Georgette only occasionally dances at Babe's Cabaret as a way to meet other bisexual women.

 

MCAO Exhibit 90 included the beginning of a conversation between Ring and Greenham about Ring's interaction with and work for FBI Special Agent Michael Fain, recorded on Hardwire Tape 82:

 

 

TR: Uhm, what else did I have to do on Monday? I had to Chamber-All Fain's guns. I

 

loaded him some ammo today, and the fuck doesn't even show up. The dick. He

 

called me this morning. He said, "Yeah, hey, what's going on?" I said, "I thought we

 

were going shooting this morning." "Well, yeah," he goes, "uh, I thought I'd go to

 

church with my brother and his daughters first, and I'll call you when I get back." This

 

is about 8:30, right? And, I'm like, "How long do you think it'll be?" He goes, "About

 

an hour and a half." I'm like, "Alright." So, 10 o'clock rolls around, nothing. 10:30,

 

nothing. 11 o'clock, nothing. 11:30, nothing. So, I fuckin' call his house, it's on

 

terminal busy. I finally get through and he's like, "Yeah, what's up?" he goes, "What

 

are you doing?" I said, "I'm waiting on you." "Oh, sorry about that," he goes, "I got a

 

couple of leads going on now, and this that. And, you know, I'm supposed to

 

go talk to this dancer that works out in Scottsdale - - _______________________________________________________________

 

* It is at this moment in the conversation that the following was edited and excluded from MCAO Exhibit 90, by GPD Detective Tom Clayton #4472, for the purpose of allowing MCAO Fenzel to falsely argue that Ring had lied in his testimony about the nature and extent of his work for FBI Fain, and about his contact with dancers Mendi Eckert and Angie Poppelreiter:

 

TR: - - that is part of Hugh Horn's operation." It's Hugh Horn's personal

 

girlfriend. She knows everything about his operation. Where he keeps shit,

 

everything, and she wants to cut a deal. So, he's trying to find out where she

 

works, and then he's gonna come to me. Cuz, I told him I've got snitches in a

 

lot of the dance clubs. One, I didn't even know I had. (laughs)

 

JG: True.

 

TR: But, he knows it's in Scottsdale, and he thinks it's Babe's Cabaret.

 

JG: Cuz, there's only, like, three in Scottsdale.

 

TR: Yup. Two on Scottsdale Road.

 

JG: Well, there's only two there, Babe's and the one off of Rural. How much

 

you wanna bet she works for the other one?

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TR: There's one called Seven Seas, too, down at the river bottom.

 

JG: Right, I forgot about that one.

 

TR: Seven Seas. Now, he's done deals in the Seven Seas, and he's done

 

deals in Babe's Cabaret. So, that's why I'm thinking it's one of two, cuz he

 

knows she doesn't work at the Seven Seas. He's already checked that out, so,

 

he's leaning towards Babe's. And, she knows everything. Where he keeps his

 

books, where he keeps his real books, where he keeps his fake books, where

 

he keeps his cash, where he keeps his boat... everything.

 

JG: Oh, god. Wouldn't that be a bitch?

 

TR: If it's the same bitch?

 

JG: Who, Georgette? Oh, god! Oh, fuck!

 

(The conversation continues onto Hardwire Tape 83.)

 

___________________________________________________________________

 

* The following segment was edited and excluded from MCAO Exhibit 90, by

GPD Detective Tom Clayton #4472, for the purpose of allowing MCAO Fenzel

to falsely argue that Ring had lied in his testimony about being given cash by

James Greenham to hold as start-up capital for their construction business:

 

 

TR: Who you calling now?

 

JG: Georgette. See what the fuck she's doing.

 

TR: Well, I'm fuckin' dying to eat, man. I've been waiting all day for you, so we

 

can go eat.

 

JG: Shit.

 

TR: I felt so cheated, man, I was gonna bring you your cash and tell you to get

 

fucked.

 

JG: It ain't my job, dumbass. Show me when. I just got off my own fuckin'

 

mobile. ___________________________________________________________________

 

 

* As Hardwire Tape 83 continues, the following conversation was edited and

excluded from MCAO Exhibit 90, by GPD Detective Tom Clayton #4472, for

the purpose of allowing MCAO Fenzel to falsely argue that Ring had lied in his

testimony about Greenham claiming Georgette was his source of money, and

that she had paid the down payment on his new truck:

 

JG: I didn't tell you what I told, uh, Spiff, huh? I told him that, uh, that, "All my

 

money's fuckin' in, too. You're out of time." The best thing happened to me

 

this morning.

 

TR: With what?

 

JG: I was good in bed, as usual. She was laughing. She goes, "So, what

 

else?" Well, my girlfriend offered to pay for my total fuckin' system.

 

TR: I thought I was going to end up with the - -

 

JG: She fuckin' makes good money, but she... I had to make a fuckin' promise

 

to her. I go... well... she had been saving up to, uh, go to Hawaii. Now I have to

 

take her to Hawaii, because she bought my whole system, like, I'm like, "This,

 

and my truck!" ___________________________________________________________________

 

​

Greenham routinely referred to his construction equipment and gear as being

his "system," and repeats the same reference in other recorded conversations. During trial, Ring testified that he'd met Georgette, and that she had said she was the source of Greenham's matching start-up capital for the construction business.

 

Ring further testified that Georgette had said she'd paid for Greenham's apartment and paid the down payment on Greenham's new truck. In rebuttal to Ring's testimony, MCAO prosecutor Alfred Fenzel called Georgette Chambers to testify, on December 4, 1996:

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DIRECT EXAMINATION ~ By MCAO Alfred Fenzel:

 

Q: Okay. What's your name?

 

A: Georgette Chambers.

 

Q: Have you ever been known by any other name?

 

A: Georgette Montgomery is my maiden name.

 

Q: Do you know a person by the name James Greenham?

 

A: Yes.

 

Q: How do you know a person by the name James Greenham?

 

A: Through an escort company that I used to work for.

 

Q: When did you first meet a person known to you as James Greenham?

 

A: I first met him through that escort company that I used to work for.

 

Q: When was that?

 

A: When? I don't recall exactly when that was.

 

Q: Do you have any idea?

 

A: No.

 

Q: In the beginning of, say, December '94, January and February of '95,

 

 did you know Mr. Greenham?

 

A: I don't recall exactly the dates I met him. I don't know.

 

Q: Is it fair to say it would be sometime in that time period?

 

A: I can't be positive, no.

 

Q: Did you ever know a person by the name of Timothy Ring?

 

A: No.

 

Q: Did you ever discuss with Mr. Greenham giving him money to start a glass

 

block business?

 

A: No, never have.

 

Q: Are you a CEO in any sort of corporation?

 

A: No, not at this present time, no.

 

Q: Did you ever discuss with Mr. Greenham investing any type of

 

money with him?

 

A: No.

 

Q: Other than working for the escort company, did you do anything else?

 

A: I also worked at Babe's.

 

Q: And what is Babe's?

 

A: It's a topless club.

 

Q: Where is it? A: It's on Scottsdale Road and McDowell.

 

Q: When did you work for them?

 

A: Say, through the whole year of '94... 1994.

 

Q: Other than working at the escort service and working at Babe's, did you

 

have any other jobs?

 

A: At that time, or now?

 

Q: At that time?

 

A: No.

 

Q: Did you have - - what were your sources of income when you worked for

 

the escort service and Babe's?

 

A: Sources of income was tips.

 

Q: Salaries you got from those jobs, is that right?

 

A: Yes.

 

Q: Did you have any other sources of income other than those?

 

A: No.

 

 

CROSS - EXAMINATION ~ By Greg Clark:

 

Q: Miss Chambers, you've told us you never met, or know, Mr. Timothy Ring, correct?

 

A: Not to my recollection, right? I don't recall meeting him.

 

Q: Okay. Is it also safe for me to assume that you have no first-hand

 

knowledge of any representation that Mr. Greenham would make to Mr. Ring?

 

A: I'm sorry, I didn't understand the question.

​

Q: Let me ask you this - - you don't know what Mr. Greenham would tell Mr.

 

Ring, or for that matter, any other person, correct?

 

A: No, I guess not. ________________________________________________________________

 

 

Although it might seem like attorney Greg Clark made a good point, he had

failed to review any of the wiretap or hardwire recordings prior to Ring's 1996

trial, leaving him unprepared and unaware of what was available for use in

Ring's defense.

 

In 2008, during Ring's only allowed review of the wiretap and hardwire recordings, it was discovered that Clark had failed to notice that

MCAO had withheld numerous hardwire tapes, to include Hardwire Tape 33,

from Friday, February 3, 1995.

 

Ring's Rule 32 lawyer, Sharmila Roy, obtained a duplicate copy.

 

Upon review, it was discovered that Hardwire Tape 33 was a recording of

James Greenham introducing Tim Ring to Georgette Montgomery, at

Greenham's apartment, corroborating Ring's trial testimony. Had Clark done a proper review of the evidence, he would have known that Hardwire Tape 33 could have been used to either refresh Georgette's memory or disprove her testimony and served as grounds to question her about whether MCAO Fenzel had coached her to lie.

 

Ring had already testified that he had met Georgette at Greenham's apartment,

and that she had claimed she was a CEO, and had agreed to loan Greenham

money to use as his part of the start-up capital for the construction business.

 

However, during the review of Hardwire Tape 33, it was discovered that the

recording was missing the conversation with Georgette about her money.

Upon further examination of the recording, the following sequence of events

was discovered:

 

Shortly after being introduced to Georgette, Ring is heard making a phone

call, identified as Call 584, initiated at 8:52 a.m., according to the MCAO/FBI

wiretap record of Greenham's apartment phone.

 

Then, there is a noticeable break in the hardwire recording.

 

Ring is then heard making another phone call, identified as Call 585, initiated at 9:05 a.m., according to the same MCAO/FBI wiretap record of Greenham's phone.

 

Therefore, according the MCAO/FBI wiretap record, the two calls were

initiated 13 minutes apart. However, those same two calls are initiated only 4

minutes 42 seconds apart on the hardwire recording provided by MCAO.

 

This means there are 8 minutes and 18 seconds missing from the hardwire

recording of the very discussion between Ring and Georgette Montgomery that proves Ring's innocence.

​

 

The obvious question is ~ Why did MCAO tamper with this evidence?

 

 

The answer is simple ~ MCAO recognized that James Greenham would

have had no reason to lie to Tim Ring about the source of his money, if

Ring had been Greenham's accomplice in the Wells Fargo case.

​

 

Additionally, on Hardwire Tape 79, dated February 12, 1995, Georgette was

recorded talking to Greenham about $50,000. This conversation occurred the

same day Greenham was recorded telling Ring that Georgette was the source

of his money, which had been edited and excluded from MCAO Trial Exhibit

90, by GPD Detective Tom Clayton #4472.

 

 

Additional MCAO wiretaps on Greenham's phone, and the hardwire recordings

from inside his apartment, reveal that Georgette was not only an escort

Greenham had hired to lie to Ring about being the source of his money, she

was also Greenham's drug dealer.

 

 

These combined recordings serve as evidence that MCAO prosecutor

Alfred Fenzel suborned perjury from Georgette Chambers during Ring's trial.

 

 

In 2003, former MCAO Deputy County Attorney Bill Culbertson admitted to

Ring's lawyers that County Attorney Richard M. Romley had ordered his staff

of prosecutors to lie in a conspiracy to convict Tim Ring at all costs.

 

 

MCAO's evidence tampering and its other crimes described in this section are

only part of the corruption in this case.  Any one of these examples would

serve as proper legal grounds for an honest judge to dismiss the case against

Ring, in its entirety. However, this is Arizona, where judges exist only to provide cover for the misconduct of police and prosecutors.

 

 

In 2012, during Ring's Rule 32 Post-Conviction Relief evidentiary hearing,

Judge Robert Duber II refused to allow Ring's lawyers to enter any wiretap

recordings into evidence that proved MCAO's evidence tampering and other

misconduct. Ring testified at the hearing about the wiretap edits that excluded evidence of his innocence from MCAO Trial Exhibit 90, and from several other wiretap trial exhibits. Ring also testified about defense attorney Greg Clark's failure to review any of the wiretaps and hardwire recordings, and Clark's failure to discover any of the existing crucial evidence of Ring's innocence.

 

 

Judge Duber ruled that MCAO Fenzel and Greg Clark were both credible in

their denials of any wrongdoing. Judge Duber did not address or even acknowledge Ring's testimony, or any other proof of MCAO's evidence tampering and other criminal misconduct.

 

 

Greg Clark was eventually disbarred, shortly after Ring's conviction, for fraud

and the theft of personal property from his clients, and for lying about it

during the Arizona Bar investigation.

 

 

The Maricopa County Attorney's Office currently remains under

investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice for purposely lying and

presenting false evidence in numerous cases.

 

 

The DOJ has refused to respond to requests for an investigation into MCAO's

corruption in the wrongful conviction of Tim Ring.

 

 

Ring's case is not the only time that Rick Romley's MCAO conspired to convict

and execute innocent Americans. MCAO has a proven history and long record

of misconduct, including intentionally withholding known evidence of a

defendant's innocence. Romley's death penalty prosecutions of Debra Milke

and Ray Krone both serve as proof of a pattern of MCAO corruption, and were

from the same era as Romley's case against Tim Ring.

 

 

This is the truth that won't be found on any Arizona Tourism websites.