Tennessee Waltz Not What It Seems -
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Published on: 4/28/2007
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The Mid-South Tribune asked the U.S. Attorney's Office for a copy of the indictment papers on Timothy Willis, the felon-turned-government informer.
The Tribune was told by a spokesman that the U.S. Attorney's Office did not have the indictment papers "here" - meaning at the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The Tribune was told this statement on several occasions.
After some investigation, the Tribune did get Timothy Willis' grand jury indictment papers, which were in the basement of the federal court building in Jackson, Mississippi.
Why Jackson, Mississippi?
Not only did The Mid-South Tribune discover that Willis came from Jackson, Mississippi but that while he was supposed to have been under house arrest or euphemistically called ‘home sentencing', Willis was in Memphis, Tennessee, and he was a registered lobbyist in 2001 in the state of Tennessee.
But back to this later.
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At best the U.S. Attorney's Office seemed concerned when this newspaper began asking for a copy of Timothy Willis' indictment papers, which heightened this reporter's curiosity even more?
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Tennessee Waltz was a five-year operation (conspiracy) which did not begin with E-Cycle Management, Inc., a phony company set up by the TBI and FBI, to bait politicians to pass a bill in the Tennessee General Assembly, but rather the ‘five-year-operation' started back as far as 2000 in Shelby County Juvenile Court Clerk's office with the felon-turned-government informer, Timothy Willis, making contact with an African American who was a member of the Republican Party, Darrell Catron.
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Timothy Willis has been called the federal government's informer in the Tennessee Waltz sting that caught in its nest political luminaries: State Rep.
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But right now back to government informer Timothy Willis.
To reiterate, The Mid-South Tribune asked the U.S. Attorney's Office for Timothy Willis' grand jury indictment papers, but was told by a spokesman that Willis' indictment papers were not "here"-- meaning in the Memphis federal court U.S. Attorney's office.
A second time the Tribune asked and was told that the indictment papers were not in "this office"— again, meaning the U.S. Attorney's office in Memphis.
Also, the Tribune asked what federal prison did Willis serve his time?
The U.S. Attorney's Office did not give an answer, which is logical, seeing that Willis is the government's informer.
As stated earlier, after some research, The Mid-South Tribune discovered that Willis' grand jury indictment papers were in the basement of the federal court building in Jackson, Mississippi.
Along with other documents pertaining to Willis.
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A 2002 court motion on Willis' behalf to "set-aside" his sentence shows that Willis sought out the services of Javier Michael Bailey, a Memphis attorney and son of Shelby County Commissioner Walter Bailey instead of Jordan.
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Javier Michael Bailey put forth the "set-aside" motion on January 7, 2002 in which Federal Court Judge Tom S. Lee denied the motion, which seemed odd at best, because Bailey was asking for Willis to serve his time under house arrest when Willis was supposed to have already been under ‘home supervision' according to papers The Mid-South Tribune got of concerning Willis' imprisonment terms.
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And seeing that Willis' May 8, 2001 trial was scheduled for Judge Lee's court, it would seem that the Judge himself would have known that ‘home supervision' which amounts to ‘house arrest' had already been imposed on Willis, except Willis wasn't home in Jackson, Mississippi but rather in Memphis, Tennessee conducting business as a registered lobbyist and ‘hooking up' with Michael Hooks, Jr., Barry Myers, and Darrell Catron—all of whom are African American as is Willis.
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And seeing that Willis' May 8, 2001 trial was scheduled for Judge Lee's court, it would seem that the Judge himself would have known that ‘home supervision' which amounts to ‘house arrest' had already been imposed on Willis, except Willis wasn't home in Jackson, Mississippi but rather in Memphis, Tennessee conducting business as a registered lobbyist and ‘hooking up' with Michael Hooks, Jr., Barry Myers, and Darrell Catron—all of whom are African American as is Willis.
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Hooks, Jr. was the big fish at this point and Willis had the bait: a lobbying firm to get a contract for his services as a consultant as well.
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The judge himself had formally signed the papers on December 7, 2001, but the house arrest on Willis was imposed on Nov. 30, 2001.
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However, since Willis was a government felon-turned informer, Bailey might not have known that Willis' house sentencing had already been imposed in Jackson, Mississippi as far back as Nov. 30, 2001.
Why would he?
Seeing that Willis was roaming free—in Memphis, Tennessee—being introduced or introducing himself to the movers and shakers in the Black political fabric, mainly to members of the Hooks and Ford families.
Willis' "Criminal Case Cover Sheet" shows that Willis' address was 5840 Ridgewood Rd., Apt. MM97, Jackson, Mississippi 39211.
The "Criminal Case Cover Sheet" is dated February 12, 2001.
Later, arraignment papers show that Willis' address is 545 South Main Street, Apt. 450, Memphis, TN 38103 and the arraignment papers were filed on March 21, 2001.
Yet, Willis' "Judgment in a Criminal Case" documents will show that at the time of imposing his sentence on Nov. 30, 2001 that Willis's address was listed at 1124 Island Place, Memphis, TN 38103—an address that shows up again in 2004 when Willis registers again as a Tennessee lobbyist with a company called Memphis Development.
The "Judgment in a Criminal Case" documents with the 1124 Island Place, Memphis, TN address were filed on Dec. 10, 2001.
However, in 2001 Willis was registered as a Tennessee lobbyist with his company, T. Willis & Associates, a company which pops up on Catron's federal information sheet and in Michael Hooks, Jr.'s grand jury indictment charges.
The bottom line being that all the while Willis is supposed to be under house arrest or serving time, he has been uprooted and sent to Memphis, Tennessee to specifically make acquaintance with members of the Hooks and Ford family, beginning with Michael Hooks, Jr. via Darrell Catron.
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Of course, Willis' trek to Memphis began as early as 2000 when he ‘hooked-up' with Darrell Catron, a young Black Republican, who worked in the Juvenile Court Clerk's office.
The Mid-South Tribune constructed time lines from 2000 to 2005 from grand jury indictments and from other documents, with the knowledge that Timothy Willis and his brother, Willie Willis, Jr., were accused of committing credit card fraud from 1996-1997, totaling $43,519.10, which landed them in federal court.
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Michael Hooks, Jr.'s indictment shows that "from on or about March 2, 2001 up to and including on or about December 26, 2001 ...with Timothy Willis and Darrell S. Catron to commit an offense against the United States, that is, to embezzle, steal, obtain by fraud and otherwise without authority knowingly convert to the use of another person, and to intentionally misapply property that was valued at $5,000 or more ...
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Why was Willis even registered as a lobbyist in Tennessee in the 2001 and 2004 rostrums?
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In looking for Timothy Willis, the Tribune also asked if Timothy Willis was a lobbyist with BGR, and was told by the receptionist that no such person was there.
It seems that no one knows where Willis has gone from his Memphis' address.
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If one had listened carefully in the Roscoe Dixon trial, one would note that Dixon talked excessively in his early testimony about lobbying and of Willis along with Barry Myers approaching him—Dixon-- about having the first African American lobbying firm in Nashville, TN.
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Aforementioned, records show that Willis was registered as a lobbyist in 2001 on the Tennessee Lobbyist rostrum, along with his company T. Willis & Associates.
To re-emphasize, Willis was registered as a lobbyist in 2001 while he was supposed to have been under home sentencing in Jackson, MS. In 2004, Willis pops up again as a lobbyist with Memphis Development Partners which bears the address of 119 S. Main Street, Suite 432, Memphis, TN 38103.
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Willis initially ‘Hooked up' with Michael Hooks, Jr., a member in his peer— about the same age, male, black, in politics-- in getting Hooks, Jr. involved in T. Willis & Associates, a lobbying company which had to have had some type of money to provide the set up—the bait.
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It was Myers who brought Willis to Dixon in 2004.
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And keep in mind, Willis was a registered lobbyist in Tennessee in 2001, and again he shows up on the Tennessee lobbyist rostrum again in 2004; thus, the 2004 is the next phase of Tennessee Waltz which was not wholly about the E-Cycle fake company.
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After all, a known African American felon (Timothy Willis) was used to bait black politicos in Tennessee Walt
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