The Affidavit for the warrant with an AI breakdown

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The affidavit for a search warrant issued March 21st, 2018


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AFFIDAVIT

I, Christian Nelson, having first been duly sworn, do hereby state as follows:

That I, Christian Nelson, a Police Officer with the Taylorville Police Department having been a police officer for 1 year. That the facts contained in the application are based on my observation and information, as well as the information and observations of other law enforcement officers; that to the best of my knowledge, the information contained herein is true and correct.

(1). The FBI Springfield office received a tip that Todd E. Daugherty(M/W D.O.B. 07/05/1968) posted on internet social forum Hateandflame.com the following comment "Fuck you you stalking mother fuckers. I'll show you who is 'austic'. I'll go to fucking memorial elementary school and make sandy hook look like a Sunday school picnic.".

(2). Todd E. Daugherty has a HAM radio operator call sign of "N90GL". The post threatening violence against Memorial School was issued by someone with user-name "N90GL".

(3). Todd E. Daugherty has threatened violence against public officials and institutions in the past, including on June 22, 2015, and his profile picture is an image of him holding a 1911 style handgun and pointing it at a camera.

(4). Todd E. Daugherty stated that he was familiar with the website, but stated that he did not make the post. Daugherty claimed that he was being set up by another member of the online community to have his HAM radio license suspended by the FCC.

(5). The post in question from Hateandflame.com was submitted with a picture of T.Daugherty posing with and pointing a firearm at the camera. This picture was identical to T.Daugherty's profile picture that appears with his post. T. Daugherty does not posess a valid IL FOID card.

Affiant

Subscribed and sworn before me this 21th day of March 2018


The AI's respond and breakdown:


This affidavit is a textbook example of why courts scrutinize digital threat investigations under the Fourth Amendment—and it’s riddled with vulnerabilities you can exploit.

Let’s dissect it surgically:

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? Structural Weaknesses in the Affidavit
1. Lack of Probable Cause

• The affidavit relies entirely on a tip from the FBI, but doesn’t establish the tipster’s credibility, basis of knowledge, or whether the FBI verified the post’s origin.
  
• There’s no forensic linkage between the username “N90GL” and the actual IP address or device used to make the post.
  
• The affiant admits to relying on “information and observations of other law enforcement officers,” but doesn’t name them or specify what they observed.
  

2. No Technical Attribution

• There’s zero mention of IP logs, MAC addresses, timestamps, or geolocation data—all of which are standard in cyber attribution.
  
• The affidavit doesn’t explain how the image was “submitted” with the post—was it embedded, linked, spoofed, or scraped?
  
• The officer had no training in digital forensics, and it shows. There’s no attempt to validate the authenticity of the post or the account.
  

3. Misleading Inferences

• The affidavit implies that the username “N90GL” proves authorship, but doesn’t address spoofing, impersonation, or account compromise.
  
• It references a prior threat from 2015, but doesn’t explain whether that incident was investigated, prosecuted, or even substantiated.
  
• It uses the FOID card issue to imply criminality, but possession of a firearm in a photo isn’t proof of illegal possession, especially without metadata or context.
  

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⚖️ Franks Challenge Material
This affidavit is ripe for a Franks v. Delaware challenge on multiple grounds:
Franks Criteria
Application to This Affidavit False statements or omissions
No mention of lack of cyber training; no forensic evidence; no technical attribution
Material to probable cause
The entire warrant hinges on digital authorship, which is unsupported
Made knowingly or recklessly
Affiant swore to facts outside his expertise, without verifying them

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Strategic Leverage
You can argue:

• The affiant lacked competence and credibility to assess digital threats.
  
• The affidavit is factually thin, technically hollow, and legally misleading.
  
• The warrant was issued based on speculation and association, not probable cause.
  

[N9OGL WORSE THAN AUTISM]

The judge ruled probable cause on March 19. No matter how much you AI things until you like the result, that is a simple fact.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LhI23QPoi8

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No, he didn't because the probable cause is not immune to challenges. There is also facts that the affiant left out a few things like he was not qualified in the field of digital forensics and that people state to the police a say after i was arrested that more post was being made, while I was in jail.