Mother of 2 from VERY prominent Richmond family arrested by FBI for child p@rn, exploitation, etc
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I followed this when it happened but not since. What was her conduct while incarcerated? |
Anonymous
Not true!!!! Her brother is in good standing with the Virginia Bar Association and he is a prominent backer and organizer for the state's Democratic Party! I know him - you clearly don't.... |
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I followed this when it happened but not since. What was her conduct while incarcerated?
The United States of America, by and through its attorney, the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, hereby supplements its opposition to the defendant’s Motion for Release from pre-trial detention. As outlined below, the government has recently discovered that the defendant is engaged in ongoing misconduct at the Correctional Treatment Facility (CTF) to avoid having her phone calls monitored. Namely, the defendant has 1) used the PIN numbers of other inmates to place calls in an attempt to evade monitoring by law enforcement; 2) represented to DOC that her father and her brother are her attorneys-of-record in order to include them on DOC’s attorney-client ‘do not record/monitor’ list. These instances of deceptive conduct involving her phone usage further show that the danger posed by the defendant cannot be mitigated by a third-party custodian – particularly a family member. A. The Defendant’s Use of PIN Numbers Belonging to Other CTF Residents On June 29, 2023, during a phone call with her mother, the defendant stated the following: DEFENDANT: Here’s what I am going to do, because I am super sick of every time I give you guys sensitive information, it seems to blow up in my face. I don’t know why it took me so long to figure this out, but I’m going to start calling you from other people’s phones. Why? Because nobody monitors their phones from the prosecution, like they monitor my phone. Haha! So, if you get calls from corrections agencies from people you’ve never heard the name, please accept them. I mean, we’re not gonna call collect, I’m going to use my money. Doesn’t that make sense? Why haven’t I been doing that the past few months? I don’t know. Probably because I’m not used to being in jail. That might be. During a call with her father on July 1, 2023, the defendant and her father had the following exchange: DEFENDANT: The plan is, because I’m sick of….well, there’s some things, there’s plenty of stuff that the prosecution hasn’t overheard, but if you get calls from, I don’t how it comes through, if it comes through saying people at the jail are calling you or whatever, from random people, that’s still me. We’re gonna start – I don’t know why it took me so long to figure this out – I’m gonna start using other people’s phones to call you, they’ll use my phone to call their people, you know what I mean, so that we can talk. DEFENDANT’S FATHER: Oh yeah. Just to confuse the listeners? DEFENDANT: Yeah. Brilliant, isn’t it. DEFENDANT’S FATHER: Brilliant. DEFENDANT: I don’t know why the hell I didn’t think of this earlier. During a call with both of her parents on July 1, 2023, the following exchange occurred: DEFENDANT: I’ll be sure to give you everything…from somebody else’s phone [Laughs]. DEFENDANT’S FATHER: Alright [Laughs]. DEFENDANT: You should hear the stuff that’s rolling around, now that everybody’s…I was like ladies, how does this work? And I got them to test it out with their families. Now people are like, oh my god. Now it’s like [unintelligible]. People are on the phone to family and friends like, ‘they’re coming after you, change your cell phone number, head out of state for awhile.’ I’m like, oh shit. DEFENDANT’S FATHER: [Laughs] DEFENDANT: Yeah exactly. ‘Oh, that Hispanic woman’s talking to the cops.’ I’m like, oh my god. This is not what I intended at all. Yeah, totally. ‘So and so is snitching, get ‘em…’ I just can’t even. DEFENDANT’S MOTHER: Please write this stuff down. I’m not kidding. I have talked to someone and they are very interested in putting together a book. The defendant makes additional, similar references throughout her recorded calls, both prospectively stating that she will “call you on someone else’s line” and discussing having made calls using other resident’s PIN numbers, stating, for example, “that worked pretty well; I didn’t know if I called from someone else’s phone line it says it’s a call from Eleanor.” The government has confirmed that the PIN of a DOC resident named “Shanica Griffin” was used to call the defendant’s father on July 18, 2023; the government is still waiting on both the underlying call recording and information regarding PIN numbers used to place calls to the defendant’s other family members. B. The Defendant’s Representation to DOC that Her Father and Brother Are Her Attorneys-of-Record Andrew Mazzuchelli, the acting General Counsel for DOC, confirmed to undersigned counsel that only attorneys of record for a resident’s underlying criminal case or a pending civil lawsuit are eligible to be placed on a resident’s attorney-client ‘do not record/monitor’ call list. Although both the defendant’s father and her brother are attorneys, neither of them represents the defendant in the pending criminal matter, her custody case, or any pending civil lawsuit known to undersigned counsel. Nonetheless, in September 2023, the defendant appears to have listed both of them as her attorneys of record to DOC, so that her calls to them would be covered under attorney-client privilege and thus unmonitored. On August 23, 2023, the defendant had the following exchange with her brother: DEFENDANT: What is your bar number? DEFENDANT’S BROTHER: Why? DEFENDANT: Because I can put you down as my attorney and then I can talk to you without people listening. I can do the same thing for dad, I just haven’t done it yet. I forgot to. […] DEFENDANT’S BROTHER: [Gives his bar number] DEFENDANT: Do you know what dad’s is? DEFENDANT’S BROTHER: No. DEFENDANT: I’m going to list you as one of my attorneys and then I can…I don’t know how it works exactly but…allegedly the calls to you won’t be monitored, but what do I know. On September 13, 2023, the defendant had the following exchange with her father: DEFENDANT: I need your bar number so that you can be added to a confidential attorney list so that I can call you confidentially. DEFENDANT’S FATHER: Oh interesting. Yeah. [Gives bar number] DEFENDANT: Alright. When somebody calls you, don’t say ‘I’m her dad.’ Ok? They’ll just call you to get permission because you’re an attorney that helps me. DEFENDANT’S FATHER: Ok. The government has confirmed that beginning on September 26, 2023, and continuing to the present, the defendant placed dozens of calls to her father’s number that were free, unrecorded attorney-client calls – despite the fact that he is not her attorney of record and does not represent her. The government is still waiting on information from DOC relating to any attorney-client calls made to the defendant’s brother. The government has also requested the DOC paperwork filled out by the defendant listing her attorneys of record, as well as any representations made to DOC by the defendant’s father and brother regarding their status as her attorneys. C. The Defendant’s Misconduct Shows that She Will Not Abide By Conditions of Release The defendant is currently seeking pretrial release into the custody of her aunt, claiming that her aunt can ensure that the defendant does not access any electronic devices. The defendant further argues that there is no evidence that she would violate any conditions set by the Court should she be released. However, the defendant’s own actions while at CTF undercut this claim. As discussed in the government’s detention memorandum and recent opposition, the defendant simply needs access to a phone to reoffend. The misconduct that she has engaged in at CTF involving phone usage shows her willingness to use deceit and manipulation to evade restrictions placed on her phone access. Moreover, the defendant is willing to involve her family in her misconduct and, in turn, her family has willingly joined in her behavior without hesitation or concern for the rules that the defendant is supposed to abide by.1 In short, the defendant has already demonstrated to the Court that she considers herself above the rules and that, should she be released, she will continue to ignore any strictures placed on her behavior. Given the serious danger that the defendant’s access to a phone poses to children, a third-party custodian – particularly a family member with no monitoring experience – is not sufficient to protect the community. CONCLUSION For all of the reasons set forth above, as well as those set forth in the government’s initial detention memorandum and its opposition to the defendant’s motion for release, a consideration of the evidence in this case and the applicable statutory factors compels the conclusion that the defendant has not rebutted the statutory presumption in favor of detention and should be detained 1 Notably, the defendant’s father was her proposed third-party custodian at the initial detention hearing, at which time he represented to the Magistrate Judge that he would both monitor the defendant and report any violation to the Court. |
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holy shit
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Anonymous
I’ve know EH the SIXTH since he was in K. So nope! Ask him about that prescription pad he stole. |
Anonymous
Which he stole from a friend's house whose father was a doctor, then proceeded to misspell "Ritalin" when trying to get it filled. I can't remember if he was on the way to the river for Senior Week or on his way home (thinking the latter b/c I think he took it from the river house), he took it to a Walgreens in West Point, and the pharmacist called the cops on his ass because a prescription for "Riddalin" was kind of a red flag. He then had his acceptance to UVA rescinded, but somehow (read: his family $$$), he managed to get into W&L a year later. |
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Referring to but not quoting 17:06 because it is such a long post.
Is what you find disturbing the cheating and conniving ? the fact that her family seems happy to go along? or that she just doesn't sound remorseful? Maybe I don't understand the legal implications but this stuff seems like such small potatoes compared to everything from before. Maybe it's impossible to be more horrified than I already was but this doesn't add to it. |
Anonymous
I'm sure you're some lil' Miss Can't Be Wrong. I've known him since before kindergarten - so I may even know you too. Knowing how everyone grew up in the West End of Richmond, I'll bet your record is less than perfect! EH VI shouldn't be thrown into to this mix |
Anonymous
My record is perfect and he’s a dirtbag. Common knowledge. Has been for decades. |
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Anonymous
My experiences with Eppa IV at W&L align with the others who say he’s no angel and not the nicest guy around. Clearly his friends think otherwise, but, of course his friends excuse any wrongdoing, otherwise they’d have to admit they are also morally gray folks. |
Anonymous
| Both the enticement and transportation charges that were dropped have mandatory minimum sentences of 10 years each. The distribution of underage photos charges has a mandatory minimum of 5 years each. The Government usually requires a plea to the most serious charge in exchange for dropping the lesser charges. The plea deal should have been to plead guilty to the enticement charge, since Hoppe brought along a robe and other devices to aid in the abuse and lied to the police stating she was there to stop the abuse. The underage photos charge has less of a stigma than the other two more serious charges and do not reflect the action Hoppe took to travel to the hotel to violate an eight-year-old girl. There is a new safety valve law that allows a judge to disregard mandatory minimum sentences, if the defendant is first time offender. |
Anonymous
| Law enforcement seized the defendant's iPhone from her car. During a search of the phone, law enforcement located conversations with numerous other individuals on encrypted applications in which the defendant discussed grooming and sexual abusing children. In addition, law enforcement located 28 images and 7 videos of child sexual abuse material on the device, including material showing the sexual abuse of toddlers and prepubescent children, as well as children being abused bound and gagged. |
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On February 27, 2023, the defendant asked the UC about the abuse he was perpetrating against his daughter, inquiring “What about you what do you think the next step for you and your daughter will be?” Throughout the defendant's messages with the UC, which continued through March 16, 2023, the defendant expressed an interest in traveling to Washington D.C. from her home in Charlottesville, Virginia in order to sexually abuse the UC's purported 8-year-old daughter with the UC. In particular, the defendant repeatedly stated that she wanted to assist the UC introduce his 8-year-old daughter to sexual activity.
On March 8, 2023, while discussing the sexual abuse that she intended to perpetrate against the UC's daughter, the defendant wrote the following: “a great thing to do is to wake her up by trying new things...that hazy, dreamlike state is perfect to introduce a variety of new things, especially with someone to help with positioning Her body and then you let her fall right back to sleep.” A few days later, on March 12, 2023, while still discussing the plan to travel to D.C. to sexually abuse the UC's purported daughter, the defendant told the UC, “If I were you, I'd start building up Thursday telling her that you know it's going to be super fun we're going to hang out with an old friend of yours. It's going to be like the best night ever blah, blah, blah and then once I get there, obviously, it will take a slight turn. I've loved anal for a long time don't worry I can train her well.” |
Anonymous
Truly horrific. |