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Lake Forest Councilman Adam Nick drops his defamation lawsuit against Deputy DA Jess Rodriguez

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Editor Posted in Adam Nick, Lake Forest, OC District Attorney, OCDA Leave a comment

The OCDA has published a dismissal statement signed by Deputy District Attorney (DDA) Jess Rodriguez and Lake Forest Council Member Adam Nick.

On Jan. 28, 2016, a judge dismissed with prejudice a civil lawsuit against DDA Rodriguez personally, by defendant Nick, who was previously prosecuted by DDA Rodriguez on behalf of OCDA.

Joint Statement of Adam Nick and Jess Rodriguez

The following joint statement is related to Civil Case No. 30-2015-00817642-CU-DF-CJC. Adam Nick v. Jess Rodriguez. Continue reading→

Nick charged with stealing Voigt’s Lake Forest City Council campaign signs

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Adam Nick, Crime, Lake Forest, OCDA, Republican Party, Scott Voigts Leave a comment

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # 15HM01514

Date: February 11, 2015

LAKE FOREST COUNCILMAN CHARGED WITH ILLEGALLY REMOVING CAMPAIGN SIGNS BELONGING TO ANOTHER COUNCILMAN

NEWPORT BEACH – A Lake Forest councilman was charged today for removing campaign signs on public display belonging to another city councilman. Adam Nick, 50, Lake Forest, is charged with one misdemeanor count of petty theft and one misdemeanor count of receiving stolen property. He is also charged with violating a Lake Forest Municipal Code section regarding campaign signs. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of one year in jail. He is scheduled to be arraigned on March 2, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. in Department H-8, Harbor Justice Center, Newport Beach.

At the time of the crime, Nick was serving as Mayor Pro Tem for the City of Lake Forest. Continue reading→

Poll – Should Lake Forest City Councilman Adam Nick resign?

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, 2016 Elections, Adam Nick, Dave Bass, Dwight Robinson, Lake Forest, Loretta Sanchez, Sherry Walker, Tom Daly 1 Comment

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During a Nov. 4 City Council meeting, Councilman Dave Bass said Nick should voluntarily leave office because police last month named him as a suspect in campaign sign thefts. Now Mayor Dwight Robinson has also asked that Nick resign.

Nick was stopped by deputies at about 2 a.m. Oct. 9 with campaign signs belonging to Councilman Scott Voigts in his car., according to the O.C. Register.

Nick ran as a carpetbagger candidate this November in the 46th Congressional District, which includes the Cities of Anaheim and Santa Ana – and is miles away from Lake Forest. Nick lost by over 14,000 votes to the incumbent, Loretta Sanchez. Continue reading→

Carpetbagging 46th CD candidate Nick caught stealing signs in Lake Forest

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Adam Nick, Dwight Robinson, Lake Forest, Scott Voigts, Sherry Walker Leave a comment

A couple of nights ago, a deputy spotted a black Ford sedan in a no-parking zone near Bake Parkway and Trabuco Road and saw a man with campaign signs climb into the passenger seat. The driver was Lake Forest Mayor Pro Tem Adam Nick, according to the Sheriff’s Department, and in the car were 10 campaign signs belonging to Scott Voigts, a fellow councilman seeking re-election, according to Sarah de Crescenzo at the OC Register.

Calling the incident, at 2 a.m. Thursday, a misunderstanding, Nick said Friday he had taken Voigts’ signs to move them to a better location, though he had not asked his permission to do so. “They’re making something out of nothing,” Nick said. (OC Register) Continue reading→

Woman who helped collect signatures for Lake Forest carpetbagge Walker indicted

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Adam Nick, Cecilia Iglesias, Frances Akhavi, Orange County, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Sherry Walker 3 Comments

Lake Forest carpetbaggers Sherry Walker and Adam Nick

The woman who helped collect nomination signatures for Lake Forest carpetbagger Sherry Walker, Farzaneh Akhavi, 55, aka Frances Akhavi, has been indicted on charges of bank fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering, by a grand jury in Phoenix, Arizona, according to the East Valley Tribune.

Both Walker and Nick changed their names. They are originally from Iran. Walker also became a registered Republican right before running for the 69th Assembly District.

The indictment refers to the victim only by the initials SRG. But court records showed a federal civil lawsuit was filed against Akhavi last month by a California woman named Soraya Ghalchi, who claimed she was defrauded out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in the financial scheme, according to AZ Central. Continue reading→

Formal complaint filed against 69th A.D. carpetbagger Sherry Walker

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Adam Nick, Cecilia Iglesias, Democratic Party, Lake Forest, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Sherry Walker 8 Comments

Lake Forest carpetbaggers Sherry Walker and Adam Nick

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, July 23, 2014

State Assembly candidate may have violated residency requirements and acted to deceive the voters

69th Assembly District candidate Cecilia “Ceci” Iglesias calls for investigation into election irregularities and violations

Santa Ana – Cecilia “Ceci” Iglesias, who narrowly lost in the June 3 Primary Election in the 69th Assembly District, has filed a formal complaint against neophyte Republican candidate Sherry Walker. In a letter to Secretary of State Debra Bowen’s Election Fraud Investigation Unit, Iglesias alleges Walker violated residency requirements and conspired to deceive voters who live in Santa Ana and parts of Anaheim, Garden Grove and Orange. Continue reading→