DOMINOES FALLING AS MCKINN GETS OUT OF JAIL
Phoenix, AZ– Earl Wilcox, an aide to former AZ Governor Janet Napolitano, and the husband of Mary Rose Wilcox, the ex-AZ Boxing Commission chairperson and current Maricopa County Supervisor, has been involved with scandalous folks, most notably Charles Keating, the man who bilked people out of their life savings in a savings and loan scam that sent him to prison. If the indictments are founded, this is not the same Grand Jury that charged promoter and ex-Top Rank front man Peter McKinn with five Felonies, so says a major journalist in Phoenix.
EARL TRIED TO BLACKMAIL AZ COURT JUDGE
It was a few years ago when I first wrote about Wilcox and his going into the chambers of a judge, Carlos Mendoza, and telling him that he “was an aide to the Governor, and that his wife Mary Rose, controlled the court budget.” He did this with Peter McKinn, who was scheduled to appear in Mendoza’s court for the bounced $5,000 check he gave to “Yory Boy” Campas.
INDICTMENT CONFIRMED BY TWO SOURCES, NOT THE CHARGES
Nearing the close of business Wednesday, I was told by two sources, one close to an attorney in the case, that Wilcox had indeed been indicted. A call was made to Albert Flores, the attorney representing Mr. Wilcox, but no one answered the phone. These sources have been rock solid in the past, and yet we have seen or heard nothing official. I followed this up on Thursday AM and the answers I received were ambiguous to say the least.
MCKINN RELEASED TO SELF?
That was the verbiage put forth by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s spokesperson when I called late Wednesday evening. “He was released to himself this morning.” McKinn must enter a plea to five Felony charges on November 15, after his Grand Jury indictment for Fraud, Perjury, Forgery, Grand Theft, as well as Conspiracy. The mere fact that it took him two weeks to get out of jail raises a few questions in my mind. With his one-time flunky Gabe Esqueda turning informant, McKinn, 48, has no choice but to offer up bigger fish. If he doesn’t, and I think he has and will continue to, he is looking at ten years in an Arizona prison.
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