1 PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS:
JANET NAPOLITANO
2 Attorney General
(Firm State Bar No. 14000)
3 SHERRY K. STEPHENS
State Bar No. 006458
4 CAROLYN K. PASSAMONTE
State Bar No. 014589
5 Assistant Attorneys General
1275 West Washington
6 Phoenix, AZ 85007
(602) 542-3881
7
8 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA
9 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MARICOPA
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11 STATE OF ARIZONA, No. CR 2001-___________
12 Plaintiff, 48 SGJ 37
13 vs. INDICTMENT
14 WILLIAM PIERRE CROTTS (A), CHARGING VIOLATIONS OF:
15 THOMAS DALE GRABINSKI (B), COUNTS 1, 2 (Defendants A, B, C, D)
and COUNT 3 (All Defendants)
16 LAWRENCE DWAIN HOOVER (C), Fraudulent Schemes and Artifices
A.R.S. § 13-2310
17 HAROLD DEWAYNE FRIEND (D), Each a Class 2 felony
18 AND COUNTS 4 thru 30 (Defendants A, B, C,
D)
19 RICHARD LEE ROLFES (E), COUNTS 24-30 (Defendant E)
Theft
20 Defendants. A.R.S. §§ 13-1801, 1802(A)(1)(2)(3)
Each a Class 2 felony
21 COUNT 31 (Defendants A, B, C, D)
22 COUNT 32 (Defendant E)
Illegally Conducting an Enterprise
23 A.R.S. §§ 13-2312, 13-2301
Class 3 felony
24 A.R.S. §§ 13-301 through 306 and §§13-
25 701, 702, 801, 802, 804, 901
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27 The Arizona State Grand Jury accuses WILLIAM PIERRE CROTTS (A), THOMAS DALE
28 GRABINSKI (B), LAWRENCE DWAIN HOOVER (C), HAROLD DEWAYNE FRIEND (D), AND
1 RICHARD LEE ROLFES (E), charging that in or from Maricopa County, Arizona:
2 COUNT ONE
3 Between approximately January 1, 1994 and August 31, 1999, the defendants WILLIAM
4 PIERRE CROTTS (A), THOMAS DALE GRABINSKI (B), LAWRENCE DWAIN HOOVER (C)
SNIPPETS:
Attorney General (Firm State Bar No. 14000)
PIERRE CROTTS, THOMAS DALE GRABINSKI, LAWRENCE DWAIN HOOVER
AND HAROLD DEWAYNE FRIEND, acting as accomplices to each other and others
employed by or associated with the Baptist Foundation of Arizona, Arizona Southern Baptist
New Church Ventures, Inc., Christian Financial Partners, Inc., A.L.O., Inc., or E.V.I.G.,
pursuant to a scheme or artifice to defraud, knowingly obtained a benefit of approximately
million by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, promises or material
Said conduct occurred when investment funds were obtained from individuals by
11 use of false or fraudulent pretenses or by falsely representing or omitting material
12 regarding one or more of the following: the true financial condition of the Baptist
17 Foundation of Arizona were backed by adequate specific collateral.
Said conduct occurred when investment funds were obtained from individuals by use
Baptist New Church Ventures, Inc.; how Arizona Southern Baptist New Church Ventures, Inc. 5
14 HAROLD DEWAYNE FRIEND AND RICHARD LEE ROLFES,
8-31-95 330 accounts
12 8-1-96 - BFA-Maximum Value Performance Note-Series $36,197,00
18 AND HAROLD DEWAYNE FRIEND, while employed by or associated with an enterprise,
21 conducted through racketeering.
indirectly in the conduct of that enterprise knowing it was being conducted through
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