Jeffrey Alan Lash

[cptmarginal]

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-m ... story.html

Gun dealers look to buy arsenal of weapons found at Pacific Palisades home

Jul 23 2015, 3:38 PM

A dead man’s arsenal of weapons discovered inside a Pacific Palisades home is now drawing the interest of gun dealers who are looking to buy some of his stash, an attorney said Thursday.

Harland Braun, who is representing Jeffrey Alan Lash’s fiancee, said he received calls from gun dealers interested in purchasing the now roughly 1,500 firearms -- most of which of were in mint condition -- found stored in the Palisades Drive home.

But Braun quelled any interest in the firearms, saying he advised the gun dealers that they weren’t for sale yet because Los Angeles police were still running background checks on the weapons.

The 6.5 tons of ammunition recovered from the home will likely be destroyed by law enforcement, he said.

Braun’s private investigator is working to catalogue and locate other collections contained in storage lockers throughout the city.

Anyone heard of Harland Braun before?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harland_Braun

Harland W. Braun (born September 21, 1942) is a Los Angeles, California criminal defense attorney. His cases have included successfully defending John Landis and his co-defendant George Folsey, Jr. in the Twilight Zone manslaughter trial, defending Rep. Bobbi Fiedler against bribery charges, successfully defending state criminal charges against one of the officers charged in the Rodney King beating who was convicted in the subsequent federal trial, and defending several officers in the Rampart scandal.[1][2] Braun withdrew himself from representing Robert Blake at his murder trial when Blake gave a television interview against his advice.[3] Other celebrity clients have included Roseanne Barr, Gary Busey, Chris Farley, Lane Garrison, and Dennis Rodman.[4]

Braun attended UCLA and UCLA Law School, and worked in the district attorney's office before becoming a solo practitioner in 1973.[1]

Braun is known for outspoken and flippant remarks in defense of his clients, such as calling the heavy boot an officer wore while kicking King a "ballet slipper."

[cptmarginal]

Then there's this:

http://articles.latimes.com/1990-10-24/ ... _gag-order

Judge Slaps Gag Order on Trial of 7 Deputies

October 24, 1990 | VICTOR MERINA | TIMES STAFF WRITER

The federal judge in the money-skimming trial of seven Los Angeles County sheriff's narcotics officers Tuesday clamped a gag order on participants after a defense attorney persisted in linking the case to allegations that drug money was used to fund Central Intelligence Agency operations.

Harland Braun, who represents Deputy Daniel M. Garner, had told reporters--without providing evidence--that the U.S. government was laundering drug money for South American cartels and siphoning some of the cash for its own clandestine operations abroad.

In contesting an attempt by prosecutors to restrain himself and others from talking to the media, Braun has claimed in court papers that in 1986 his client searched the Southern California home of a CIA agent who had ties to a major drug- and money-laundering ring.

According to Braun, the unnamed suspect acknowledged that he was a CIA agent and the narcotics officers discovered "numerous documents indicating that drug money was being used to purchase military equipment for Central America." In particular, he said, deputies found links to the funding of Contra rebels fighting the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua.

Shortly after deputies seized the documents and booked the material as evidence, however, federal agents "swooped down" on the Sheriff's Department headquarters and removed the recovered property, as well as other records of the search and seizure, Braun said.

One officer who was at the search scene with Garner, but asked not to be identified, told The Times that the suspect asked the deputies if he could make a phone call to his CIA contact in Virginia. He purportedly was allowed to make the call.

"It was strange, because here we are chasing this drug dealer and we end up with this guy," said the officer, who added that the man was not arrested because no drugs were found at his home.

Peter Earnest, a CIA spokesman in Washington, said the agency's policy was not to comment on anything under litigation. However, without commenting specifically on the allegations contained in Braun's affidavit, Earnest added: "The CIA has not and has never been directly involved in laundering drug money."

[...]

Probe of CIA Rekindles Interest in Old Drug Case - September 28, 1996

[8bitagent]

Every day the news is flooded with crazy stories. Just today it was "NASA finally found a new Earth" and another movie mass shooting and this and that and more shark attacks...

But the 'decomposed guy found in car with zillions of guns" thing really creeped me out. Partly because it feels right out of the new season of True Detective.
And also, because...well Los Angeles. Which has such a cursed topology. But yeah this is definitely a really wtf story even if the guy died of natural causes.
Has a single person in America privately had so many guns?

[Luther Blissett]

Then there's this:

http://articles.latimes.com/1990-10-24/ ... _gag-order

Judge Slaps Gag Order on Trial of 7 Deputies

October 24, 1990 | VICTOR MERINA | TIMES STAFF WRITER

The federal judge in the money-skimming trial of seven Los Angeles County sheriff's narcotics officers Tuesday clamped a gag order on participants after a defense attorney persisted in linking the case to allegations that drug money was used to fund Central Intelligence Agency operations.

Harland Braun, who represents Deputy Daniel M. Garner, had told reporters--without providing evidence--that the U.S. government was laundering drug money for South American cartels and siphoning some of the cash for its own clandestine operations abroad.

In contesting an attempt by prosecutors to restrain himself and others from talking to the media, Braun has claimed in court papers that in 1986 his client searched the Southern California home of a CIA agent who had ties to a major drug- and money-laundering ring.

According to Braun, the unnamed suspect acknowledged that he was a CIA agent and the narcotics officers discovered "numerous documents indicating that drug money was being used to purchase military equipment for Central America." In particular, he said, deputies found links to the funding of Contra rebels fighting the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua.

Shortly after deputies seized the documents and booked the material as evidence, however, federal agents "swooped down" on the Sheriff's Department headquarters and removed the recovered property, as well as other records of the search and seizure, Braun said.

One officer who was at the search scene with Garner, but asked not to be identified, told The Times that the suspect asked the deputies if he could make a phone call to his CIA contact in Virginia. He purportedly was allowed to make the call.

"It was strange, because here we are chasing this drug dealer and we end up with this guy," said the officer, who added that the man was not arrested because no drugs were found at his home.

Peter Earnest, a CIA spokesman in Washington, said the agency's policy was not to comment on anything under litigation. However, without commenting specifically on the allegations contained in Braun's affidavit, Earnest added: "The CIA has not and has never been directly involved in laundering drug money."

[...]

Probe of CIA Rekindles Interest in Old Drug Case - September 28, 1996

This is interesting and I'm not sure how to grok it. The only old posts on here about Harland Braun is one by American Dream:
viewtopic.php?p=315436#p315436

…Michael's response was written just seven days later on August 15, 2005. The letter was 8 pages long. Many of the pages were consumed with an A to Z list of people that Michael wanted me to research that he indicated were tied into his many stories. Michael also discussed his opinions about a wide range of individuals; he discussed Senator Diane Feinstein and her connection to the Cabazon events, deceased investigative reporter Gary Webb, high profile defense attorney Harlan Braun and key Cabazon figure Jimmy Hughes.…
Correspondence between Michael Riconosciuto and this reporter between September and November 2006 documented Michael’s renewed interest in connecting Philip Arthur Thompson to the murder of Riconosciuto’s “banker” Paul Morasca in 1982. It became apparent that Michael was centering on trying to establish that high profile attorney Harlan Braun, who had reported the discovery of Morasca’s body to the San Francisco Police Department, had represented Riconosciuto. It was important that Michael establish that there was a conflict of interest because allegedly Braun had represented Thompson and Riconosciuto at the same time. Braun denied this in a letter he addressed to this reporter.

On November 10, 2006 Braun’s letter was forwarded to Michael Riconosciuto at FCI Allenwood, Whitedeer, PA. This reporter’s cover letter to Michael accompanying the Braun letter stated the following:

Enclosed please find Harland Braun's four-page letter composed and mailed on November 7, 2006 in response to my enclosed letter to him dated October 19, 2006. I received Mr. Braun's letter yesterday, November 9, 2006.

Quite frankly I have never received such a straight forward letter from an attorney. Let's face it, lawyers are not known for their directness.

I can only guess why you would need this information but following my thoughts, I have also enclosed for your information a copy of the Coroner's Register on Paul Morasca finalized January 18, 1982 and signed off by San Francisco's famous Medical Examiner Dr. Boyd Stephens. Unfortunately Dr. Stephens died several years ago.

Please note under HISTORY OF CASE: "The deceased, age about 30, resided at 1205 Kearny Street. According to information received from Inspector P. Sander of homicide, on 1-14-82 at about 1218 hours, he received a telephone call from Mr. H. Braun, an attorney in Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. Braun stated that he had just talked to a man on the phone, who refused to identify himself, but said a body could be found at 1205 Kearny Street in San Francisco, California. The caller further stated that he had found the body on the evening of 1-13-82 and fled San Francisco in a state of panic.

On January 5, 2007 Vern Pierson was sworn in as the new El Dorado County District Attorney. Although Pierson had emailed this reporter expressing a specific interest in the Thompson case, the prosecution of Philip Arthur Thompson stayed on the same course it had been under District Attorney Gary Lacy.…

Super interesting. So Harland Braun is tangentially connected to the Dark Alliance and Oklahoma City. This is like an old 90s wall of crazy.

[Asta]

The Man Who Fell to Earth

[Wombaticus Rex]

Has a single person in America privately had so many guns?

I'm not sure. We had a local cop, Phil Ciotti, get busted with an underground gun locker built into his garage. ATF was in his parking lot for a fucking week. They had to rent U-Hauls to get it out, and they had to rent out a local Lodge hall to process it all. The total haul for that was only 570 firearms, though. 1,200 is fucking scale.

I also recall that infamous NYPD "Instagram Raid" on the dealer with an apartment full of assault weapons (and cocaine because, hey, of course) -- that was the biggest seizure in NYC history and it was only 250 or so.

If anyone has beaten Lash's record, they're from Texas, Nevada, Utah or Idaho. Guaranteed.

[Luther Blissett]

So Dawn VadBunker, Nebron's employee and apparent friend, is still missing, presumably left behind in Oregon? Is she at the Neal compound?

[zangtang]

no Michigan?

I vote agent provocateur (fo'sho defo), multiple alphabet agencies, reserving judgement on the half-alien hybrid AT PRESENT cos hey....I dont
like to make a move too soon!......

Cannot remember where (cult rapture?) I read about someone - an eyewitness, a bystander, swearing blind (but dont recall it being an affadavit or testimony)
that prior to (pretty sure it was the Rodney King thing) LA riots they witnessed a person/s - believe they said CIA - how did they know that? - distributing weapons - as in handing out assault rifles to strangers on the streets.
Seemed to be implying they were driving around in the car with him/them......it was just a snippet, nothing watertight....straight outta RAW's operation mindfuck.........

Thas the 1st thing i thought when i read how many guns he had stashed...................plus
14 veer-hickles is going some, even for a petrolhead.......
'dreely reely like the transcript of the girlfriend interrogation !

[PufPuf93]

Facebook of friend / employee (Dawn Vadbunker) who went missing to Oregon with Lash's girl friend: https://www.facebook.com/surfing.gypsy

Facebook of Laura Vadbunker, adopted mother of Dawn and one source of alien hybrid explanation: https://www.facebook.com/vadbunker

Facebook of Jim Curry, recent ex-husband of Dawn: https://www.facebook.com/jim.curry.52

Jim Curry married Dawn in 2014. She left him in June 2015. He came home and she and her stuff was gone. The marriage was annulled July 3, 2015.

Dawn was legally adopted by the Vadbunkers in the past year. Dawn is 39 years old.

The facebooks are interestingly weird and curious if one spends some time.

I began following this story as another woman gone missing case, albeit weird (what sparked my interest, had been following the story of the woman kidnapped from Vallejo that the VPD thought was a hoax, even after the FBI had arrested the kidnapper - an ex-marine, Harvard Law School grad, Harvard professor, recently disbarred CA attorney, Ocean 11 wanabe criminal). Then the Lash death and gun arsenal story emerged and the Dawn Vadbunker disappearance was connected.

Dawn has allegedly been found in Oregon and wrote a letter to adopted stepmother and has talked to LE but has not returned to CA nor has there been any contact or evidence of her safety aside from letter to Laura Hadbunker and talking to LE).

I am highly entertained amused and curious.

Guns CIA Aliens. Lions Tigers Bears. Oh my.

[PufPuf93]

no Michigan?

I vote agent provocateur (fo'sho defo), multiple alphabet agencies, reserving judgement on the half-alien hybrid AT PRESENT cos hey....I dont
like to make a move too soon!......

Cannot remember where (cult rapture?) I read about someone - an eyewitness, a bystander, swearing blind (but dont recall it being an affadavit or testimony)
that prior to (pretty sure it was the Rodney King thing) LA riots they witnessed a person/s - believe they said CIA - how did they know that? - distributing weapons - as in handing out assault rifles to strangers on the streets.
Seemed to be implying they were driving around in the car with him/them......it was just a snippet, nothing watertight....straight outta RAW's operation mindfuck.........

Thas the 1st thing i thought when i read how many guns he had stashed...................plus
14 veer-hickles is going some, even for a petrolhead.......
'dreely reely like the transcript of the girlfriend interrogation !

I was just entering the post before.

There is a tenuous Michigan connection.

There is a woman who posted on Jim Curry's facebook who traveled to Michigan with Dawn and thought at the time it strange that Dawn wanted to buy life insurance on her.

I spent hours looking at facebooks linked to the three facebooks I posted.

[PufPuf93]

Here is thread at websleuths about Dawn Hadbunker gone missing:

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showth ... -July-2015

Note this was prior to Lash's arsenal hitting the news and before attorney Braun went to LE on behalf of Lash's gf re: the body in car. The gone missing story was in international media (UK Daily News) before the discovery of Lash's body.

Here is thread at websleuths about Lash and arms and etc.:

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showth ... Man-s-Home

Websleuths was my jumping off point for looking at this weirdness.

[zangtang]

purely for clarity : my 'no Michigan?' wasnt questioning wherabouts of Vadbunker but Wombat's previous post re record-breaking personal gun stash :

"If anyone has beaten Lash's record, they're from Texas, Nevada, Utah or Idaho. Guaranteed."

- I'm led to believe Michigan has a fair few camo-toting hoary machinegun aficionados who
may or may not double up as CIs for divers unnamed alphabet shit-stirrers to
protect your freedoms & defeat the ZOG & keep the blood pure etcetera......................

[Luther Blissett]

Just took a screenshot of the ex-husband's Facebook page - this is her daughter commenting.



TONS of interesting stuff from him - like Catherine telling him once that she didn't know about the $230,000 in cash hidden in the house. He had never heard the theory that Lash was a human-alien hybrid.

[PufPuf93]

purely for clarity : my 'no Michigan?' wasnt questioning wherabouts of Vadbunker but Wombat's previous post re record-breaking personal gun stash :

"If anyone has beaten Lash's record, they're from Texas, Nevada, Utah or Idaho. Guaranteed."

- I'm led to believe Michigan has a fair few camo-toting hoary machinegun aficionados who
may or may not double up as CIs for divers unnamed alphabet shit-stirrers to
protect your freedoms & defeat the ZOG & keep the blood pure etcetera......................

Oops didn't catch that, I riffed off of the facebook mention of a road trip to Michigan with Dawn.

[PufPuf93]

Just took a screenshot of the ex-husband's Facebook page - this is her daughter commenting.



TONS of interesting stuff from him - like Catherine telling him once that she didn't know about the $230,000 in cash hidden in the house. He had never heard the theory that Lash was a human-alien hybrid.

Jim Curry appears to be a nice guy that is not involved but rather WTFed over the events and well-supported by friends and family as evidenced in facebook.

I read a theory that perhaps Dan Vadbunker and Lash's gf were maybe one person with dual (or more) identity -- this being the reason why Dawn has not made direct contact with her friends and family in CA and that there are no pictures nor web presence for the gf.