The Cornbread Mafia: A Homegrown Syndicate's Code of Silence and the Biggest Marijuana Bust in American History (65 page)

Quotations from Justin Lenart, producer at America's Most Wanted, come from his posting on Vimeo. Despite repeated attempts, he would not speak to me about his work on the Boone segment, though he claimed to be "very proud" of it. Vimeo later removed Lenart's post after I complained that the AMW video violated my copyright by using photos of Johnny Boone without permission.

Quotations from my conversation with Rick McCubbin come from memory and were confirmed by my interview with him, including "Even if I knew ... an investigation."

Quotations from my conversation with the Brooklyn-based marshal, including "Hello?" to "... federal fugitive," come from memory.

The Joe Gerth story comes from the Courier-journal; my conversations with Jack Smith come from memory, including, "I got ..." to "... retained counsel," "I haven't witnessed ..." to "... feel that way" and "But, Jack ..." to "'That's right."

Quotations from my nephew Dawson come from memory.

I witnessed the exchange between Jack Smith and a US marshal posted at the metal detector.

Quotes from my conversation with AUSA John Kuhn are from memory; Kuhn would not speak to me about an open case.

Details about the evening of February 13-14,2009, when Deputy Jimmy Habib shot an innocent pregnant woman, come from documents filed with the US District Court.

I specifically asked the D.C. office of the US Marshals Service if there had been an internal investigation into Deputy Jimmy Habib shooting an innocent pregnant woman in the back and received no response.

In addition to Justin Lenart ofAMWnot responding to a request for comment, neither did AMW correspondent Angeline Hartmann. The transcript of Hartmann and Habib alleging that Johnny Boone was responsible for the suicides of Jeffrey Boone and Rosa Goff comes from watching the video on YouTube, posted by the Arizona-based production company contracted for the job before I had it removed for violating my copyright.

My interview with Jacky Hunt was conducted in his office at the Simpson County Sheriff's Department, where he now works. Details surrounding the events of the death of Rosa Goff come from the police report on file at the Washington County Sheriff's Office in Springfield.

Quotations from Johnny Boone regarding the US Marshals come from interviews I conducted with him before he became a fugitive, so readers can discard any notion that I am still in touch with him. Because I'm not.