Gun violence restraining orders
are meant to protect the public
from dangerous gun owners.
So you might think the names of
the gun owners should be public,
but that's not always the
case as CBS hates David.
Gottfredson reports some gun violence
restraining orders are kept secret.
Good afternoon,
we're on the record in the matter of
the San Diego Police Department versus
LM. CBS8 started looking into secret
gun violence restraining orders after
the San Diego City attorney filed
1 underseal against Larry Milioti,
only identifying him by his initials LM.
I can tell you that I've read the gun
violence restraining order statute.
There's no place in there which says that
you have to use initials instead of the.
Full name of the person
attorney Gene Iredale says California
law allows police agencies to file gun
violence restraining orders in civil
court in order to confiscate a person's
firearms if they are found to be a
danger to themselves or the community.
It's designed to prevent unnecessary harm
or death by persons who are dangerous.
San Diego City Attorney Mara
Elliott has filed more than a dozen
gun violence restraining orders.
Under seal with the name of the gun
owner only identified by their initials
after the issuance and service of
the temporary restraining order,
there is no basis for continuing
to have this made secret
take this case. Filed in July by
the city attorney against TC with
his name and address redacted,
it alleges he posted violent
threats on social media under the
name the Liberal Terminator quote.
Respondent is possibly plotting to commit.
Violent acts against Muslims,
Jews, African Americans,
LGBTQI, community members,
politicians and liberals.
I believe respondent would be
involved in a mass casualty event.
Soon, a San Diego police detective
wrote in the restraining order petition.
77 on behalf of Mr Carruthers and
Your Honor, we have a change of plea.
Turns out, TC also has a related
misdemeanor criminal case where
his name is not redacted.
Does your client, Timothy Carruthers, waive
his constitutional right to a jury trial?
23 year old Timothy Carruthers Junior
pleaded guilty in December to having
a concealed firearm in a vehicle.
And he is in agreement that if he destroyed
Carruthers, gun violence,
restraining order is still pending.
The city attorney also filed gun
violence restraining orders against
four men involved in this anti Trump
rally last year in Pacific Beach.
Again, their names redacted.
Judge Anthony Campagna ordered CBS 8
not to show their faces in court, even
though this proceeding may
be filmed and broadcast.
Your faces will be tiled,
but again, all four men are named
in a criminal case where they are
charged with conspiracy to riot.
This is Jeremy Wade. I am here they are.
39 year old Jeremy White.
20 year old Brian Rivera 27 year old
Ferraz Martin Taleb and this man.
30 year old Luis Mora who we caught up
with as he exited the downtown courthouse
with the reason for recording
before. For the news,
their criminal cases and their
secret gun violence restraining
order cases are still ongoing.
We trained all the judges
and they were 100% on board
last year, City Attorney Mara Elliott
received $1,000,000 in state funding to
train other agencies on the proper way
to file gun violence restraining orders.
Elliott released a written statement
saying her office files gun violence
restraining orders under seal.
To quote protect minors. Crime victims,
ongoing criminal investigations,
and law enforcement personnel
who served the order.
But once a gun violence
restraining order is sealed,
it stays sealed unless a member of
the public or the news media hires an
attorney and goes to court to unseal it,
the fact is that unless they show the
justification for continuing to have
it sealed, it should be unsealed.
The city attorney points out that the
vast majority of gun violence restraining
orders are not sealed and the office is
working on a plan whereby those secret
gun violence restraining orders would
automatically get unsealed after the
initial court appearance of the gun owner,
David Gottfredson. CBS 8.