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Extraction Summary
6
People
3
Organizations
2
Locations
2
Events
3
Relationships
3
Quotes
Document Information
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News article / investigative report (part of house oversight committee records)
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Summary
This document appears to be a news article or narrative report included in House Oversight records detailing the obstruction and harassment faced by police investigators (Reiter and Recarey) during the Epstein probe. It highlights a shift in the prosecutor's (Krischer) willingness to prosecute, the leaking of evidence to Epstein's legal team, and the removal of hard drives and surveillance footage from Epstein's home prior to the October 20, 2005 search. The text describes intimidation tactics used against the officers, including stalking, trash theft, and background investigations by private eyes hired by Epstein's defense.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Reiter | Former Police Chief / Investigator |
Investigated Epstein; witnessed change in prosecutor's attitude; subjected to harassment, trash theft, and investigat...
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| Krischer | Former Prosecutor |
Initially wanted to put Epstein away for life, then changed stance to not prosecuting. Currently retired/private prac...
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| Belohlavek | Official (likely prosecutor's office) |
Did not respond to email requests for comment.
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Subject of investigation |
Removed evidence (hard drives/cameras) before search; his lawyers hired PIs to harass police; made donations to polic...
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| Recarey | Police Investigator |
Investigated Epstein; was tailed/stalked; feared for family's safety.
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| Epstein's Assistant | Associate |
Mentioned in phone records (sentence cut off).
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| The Herald |
Newspaper that requested comments from Krischer.
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| Police Department |
Received donations from Epstein.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Source of the document (Footer: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016441).
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Locations (2)
| Location | Context |
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Subject of search warrant; contained hot pink couch and sex toys in bathroom; surveillance equipment removed prior to...
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Reiter's House
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Location where trash was stolen.
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Relationships (3)
Reiter noted Krischer's drastic change in stance regarding prosecution.
Epstein made donations to the department.
Epstein's Lawyers
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Employment
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Private Investigators
Lawyers hired PIs to track Reiter and Recarey.
Key Quotes (3)
"Early on, it became clear that things had changed, from Krischer saying, ‘we’ll put this guy away for life,’ to ‘these are all the reasons why we aren’t going to prosecute this,’"Source
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"It became apparent to me that some of our evidence was being leaked to Epstein’s lawyers, who began to question everything that we had in our probable cause affidavit"Source
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"At some point it became like a cat-and-mouse game. I would stop at a red light and go. I knew they were there, and they knew I knew they were there."Source
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“Early on, it became clear that things had changed, from Krischer saying, ‘we’ll put this guy away for life,’ to ‘these are all the reasons why we aren’t going to prosecute this,’ ” Reiter said.
Krischer, who is now retired and in private practice, did not respond to multiple requests from the Herald for comment. Belohlavek also did not respond to an email sent to her office.
“It became apparent to me that some of our evidence was being leaked to Epstein’s lawyers, who began to question everything that we had in our probable cause affidavit,” Reiter said.
The day of the search on Oct. 20, 2005, they found that most of Epstein’s computer hard drives, surveillance cameras and videos had been removed from the house, leaving loose, dangling wires, according to the police report.
But the girls’ description of the house squared with what detectives found, right down to the hot pink couch and the dresser drawer of sex toys in Epstein’s bathroom.
Reiter said his own trash was disappearing from his house, as his life was put under Epstein’s microscope. Private investigators hired by Epstein’s lawyers even tracked down Reiter’s grade school teachers, the former chief said. Questions were raised about donations that Epstein had made to the police department, even though Reiter had returned one of the donations shortly after the investigation began.
Recarey, meanwhile, said he began to take different routes to and from work, and even switched vehicles because he knew he was being tailed.
“At some point it became like a cat-and-mouse game. I would stop at a red light and go. I knew they were there, and they knew I knew they were there. I was concerned about my kids because I didn’t know if it was someone that they hired just out of prison that would hurt me or my family,” Recarey said.
Despite relentless political pressure, Reiter and Recarey soldiered on, and their determination yielded evidence that supported most of the girls’ allegations, the former cops said. They had phone records that showed Epstein and his assistant,
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