72 HOURS
WITHOUT A JUDGE.
Teddy Miller was a business owner and pillar of the community. For years, he owned businesses, employed individuals, donated his time to local charities, and made decisions that made a difference in the community around him. He had never been arrested a day in his life. He had never spent an hour in jail.
Despite everything, FBI Agent Aaron Lee treated him as if he were a career criminal. Instead of taking him to a judge, where he would have immediately been given bond as required by law, Lee took his time with the arrest and then took Teddy straight to a maximum-security cell, where he would stay for 72 hours.
LEE BROKE RULE 5 OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
AND VIOLATED TEDDY MILLER'S CIVIL RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS.
When an individual is arrested, they are required to be taken straight to a judge for an initial hearing, where they are in most cases to be released on bond pending trial or a detention hearing.
“WITHOUT UNNECESSARY DELAY.”
LEE TOOK TEDDY TO JAIL.
WHEN TEDDY WAS DROPPED OFF, THE JAIL ASKED WHERE THE COURT ORDER WAS
FOR HIM TO BE HELD.
Lee's answer:
THE PAPERWORK DIDN'T EXIST.
BUT THEY TOOK HIS WORD FOR IT.
72 HOURS TO TORTURE HIM
AND GAIN “EVIDENCE.”
Then, at the request of the prosecution, Teddy was once again illegally detained... but that's for another section.
WHILE TEDDY WAS STILL WAITING TO SEE A JUDGE,
THEY WERE RECORDING HIM.
Every jail call mentioned by the prosecution in the court documents came from this same period, before Teddy ever reached his first appearance. Those calls were used at his detention hearing, in the warrants, and to give him obstruction charges.
AUGUST 11.
TWO OBSTRUCTION COUNTS.
Teddy was still inside the jail. He had not reached his August 12 initial appearance. Yet the conduct the government later turned into two separate obstruction charges was dated August 11, right in the middle of those 72 hours.
COUNT 15: CELL PHONE.
BOTH: AUGUST 11.
THEN LEE PUT THOSE JAIL CONVERSATIONS
IN A SEARCH-WARRANT AFFIDAVIT.
The later warrant affidavit expressly describes Teddy's communications from South Central Regional Jail “since his arrest on August 9, 2024,” then quotes the conversations about his phone, backpack, passwords and Firefox.
THEY RECORDED HIM.
THEN LEE PUT THOSE CALLS IN A WARRANT.
THE FBI DOESN'T GET A
“WAIT AS LONG AS I WANT TO” RULE.
The Supreme Court has held that a judicial probable-cause determination must occur within 48 hours in a worst case scenario. Beyond that point, the government bears the burden of demonstrating a bona fide emergency or other extraordinary circumstance.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER SECTION.
TEDDY WAS DENIED MEDICAL CARE
AND IT ALMOST KILLED HIM.
Teddy entered custody with a serious leg infection after a recent hospitalization days prior. His wife provided the prescribed medication he needed and the dosing instructions to Agent Lee.
Instead, Teddy was completely denied the medication and any medical treatment. During the detention, his condition very quickly deteriorated into severe pain, fever, vomiting, and difficulty walking, ultimately progressing to sepsis.
72 HOURS.
TEDDY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON.
Teddy had no idea what was going on, his family was told nothing, he wasn't shown any paperwork, provided a lawyer, and he was denied all medical care and his normal prescriptions for 72 hours.
AND THAT WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING...