Section IV: Dane County Protection of Violent Criminals

October 20th, 2011 Homicide at 802 Vera Court

Attachment #67 is part of an October 17, 2011 court filing.  It was asserted that a criminal clique headed by Ashton Davis and Darell Fowler, used 802 Vera Court in Madison as a safe-house to stash their guns and the fruits of their crimes.  Also alleged was that this same criminal clique had committed an armed robbery on February 4, 2011 at 1818 Fordem Avenue.  Further alleged was that Madison Detective Thomas Helgren had systematically obscured the criminality of both Davis and Fowler.

The filing was addressed in open court on October 19^th.  The very next day a homicide connected to 802 Vera Court took place, as shown in attachment #68, the Wisconsin State Journal article of October 21, 2011.  This article made no mention of the court filing of October 17^th and what took place in court on October 19^th.

However, the six individuals charged with the murder connected to 802 Vera Court are all members of the criminal clique headed by Davis and Fowler.  Two are Fowler’s first cousins.  One of those charged was a Shon Hamilton, in whose apartment the robbery was planned that lead to the eventual murder of Michael Keith, as shown in the next piece.