As Seen on Zillow for Sale

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/42788-Ivy-St-Murrieta-CA-92562/61285921_zpid/

Home of Warnie Enochs has been for sale for quite a while.

As mentioned on the Zillow site, there were two security gates. These iron gates have since been removed by Enochs, as well as all the outside light fixtures and other misc. items (you can tell they've been removed by an outline of item, and the exposed wires where lights were).

Notice the gazebo circled in RED in the picture? After the trustee's sale on July 21, 2009 this lovely gazebo was taken off the property probably Friday July 24, 2009.

SHAME, SHAME ON YOU WARNIE!

Trustee Sale on Home

As seen recently outside on the gate of the home of Warnie Enochs - notice of Trustee's Sale, which happened on July 21, 2009.

Note that the notice is posted on an iron gate (hard to see, but it's the black thing in the picture.) Warnie has since removed the two gates from the property.

Enochs to Serve Weekends in Jail

Enochs to serve weekends in jail

Rocky Salmon
Special to the Valley News

Friday, February 13th, 2009.
Issue 07, Volume 9.


Warnie Enochs, longtime City Council member and self-proclaimed “champion of the people,” will serve weekends in jail and avoid prison time after a jury convicted him on 12 charges including forgery and preparing false records.

The 59-year-old electrician must attend anger management classes during a five-year probationary period and serve 180 days in county jail. The sentence was handed down Feb. 6 by Judge Douglas E. Weathers.

In his ruling, Weathers said Enochs acted above the law but did not deserve prison time because no one was harmed.

Enochs received more than 35 letters of support from people in the community.

In a probation report, Officer Thomas Singer said Enochs’ actions were “unseemly” and “even disgusting.”

In the report, Enochs’ ex-wife, Julia, told Singer that Warnie shouldn’t be sentenced to prison because he “does not care about the damage done to her and never will.”

Tile contractor George Osmond, a central party in the case, said the prosecution was “overkill.”

Warnie Enochs was elected to City Council in 1995 and served for three years. He lost his attempt for a fourth term during the November elections.

The electrician was arrested in August 2006 after a Riverside County district attorney’s office investigator talked with Julia, who was at that time married to Warnie.

Warnie Enochs was arrested and charged with 13 counts ranging from forgery to falsifying records.

A majority of the convictions were tied to the new home on Trilogy Trails Lane in Murrieta.

Prosecutors said that from late 2003 to February 2005, Enochs forced a longtime business partner to file fake documents in court and threatened others to save thousands of dollars during divorce proceedings.

During the trial, Enochs argued that it was all part of a bad divorce and name-calling.

The district attorney’s office began their investigation when Julia told prosecutors she believed her husband committed fraud during their divorce.

DA investigator Gerald Fox spent 18 months digging through records and interviewing business associates.

Fox said in court documents that Julia came to the DA’s office after she noticed a problem with a letter submitted in court that supported her husband in the divorce proceedings.

The letter was signed by tile contractor George Osmond, but Julia Advertisement
told prosecutors she recognized the signature as her husband’s.

Fox interviewed Osmond, who said he did not sign the letter.

He added that Enochs refused to pay $1,800 that was owed to Osmond for tile work unless Osmond submitted a statement to the court that Julia was having an affair with a man Osmond employed.

Court records show that Enochs believes his wife had an affair at the end of their 15-year marriage.

Osmond told Fox that he didn’t know if Enoch’s allegations were true so he would not sign the letter. Enochs then threatened to break Osmond’s legs if he wouldn’t write Julia was having an affair.

Fox then looked into a $48,000 mechanic’s lien placed on the home by roofer Dan Williams.

Fox said several of the invoices had problems that were common in fraud cases, according to court documents.

Williams admitted to falsifying the contracts and invoices at the request of Warnie Enochs, Fox said in the documents.

Williams said he inflated the cost from $30,000 to $48,000.

Fox said in court documents that Enochs asked Fox to create a fake contract and had it backdated to match the time when construction was going on.

The plan was to lower the value of his new house so his wife would get less money in the divorce proceedings, court records show.

Enochs was also convicted of forging a police officer’s signature on a fix-it ticket.

In August 2002, Enochs was stopped twice by a San Bernardino Sheriff’s Deputy while entertaining friends on a boat on Big Bear Lake.

During the first stop, Enochs flashed a Murrieta Councilman’s badge and told the officer he was an elected official. Enochs was given a warning.

The next day, Enochs was stopped again for having an expired registration and this time he was given a fix-it ticket, court records show.

Julia Enochs told Fox that her husband asked her to use a fake name and sign off on the ticket but she refused.

Instead, he signed it with the signature “Steve Baxter.” Murrieta Police officials told Fox they never employed a Steve Baxter.

Jurors took a day of deliberating to convict Enochs. He was acquitted of an extortion charge.

Warnie Enochs (Photo by Steve Thornton - Staff Photographer The Californian)

Nice picture Warnie!

Warnie did not get re-elected for his 4th term to the Murrieta City Council this past November 2008.

He had Re-elect Warnie! signs all over Murrieta, and at least had the decency to clean then them all up after his election loss.

MURRIETA: Enochs seeks fourth term on City Council

MURRIETA: Enochs seeks fourth term on City Council

By NELSY RODRIGUEZ - Staff Writer

Editor's Note: This is the second in a series profiling six candidates vying for two seats on the Murrieta City Council in the Nov. 4 election.

MURRIETA ---- Though he's served on the City Council in Murrieta for 13 consecutive years, Warnie Enochs said he still has the enthusiasm to keep going.

The 59-year-old electrical contractor and senior elected official is seeking re-election to his fourth consecutive term during the Nov. 4 election in which two seats ---- his included ----- will be up for grabs.

Five other candidates are vying for the four-year terms on the council, including fellow high school teacher Paul Clay, 50; local publisher Nancy Knight, 64; management consultant David Landriscina, 53; Planning Commissioner and telecommunications executive Randon Lane, 39; and incumbent and telecommunications executive Doug McAllister, 49.

While some community residents have called for imposing term limits on council members, Enochs, who has said he favors term limits, said his experience puts him in a unique position to guide the city through what he calls a pivotal moment.

"I'm still doing what I said I would in the beginning," Enochs said. "I listen, care and work hard. That's what qualifies me to run for this next term."

Enochs is most proud of his work to establish the Murrieta Public Library. He said he worked alongside several residents and traveled to other Riverside County cities for examples on how to pull from the county library system and create a city library.

He said his greatest shortcoming as a council member was allowing himself to be pulled into political infighting, which at times created an impasse among leaders at the expense of residents who deserved a functioning governing body. Should he be re-elected, Enochs said, maintaining diplomacy with other council members would be a top priority, as he has experienced firsthand how a dysfunctional council impedes city business.

But he is not without controversy.

Enochs is facing 14 felony counts of forgery, extortion and conspiracy, stemming from a divorce. None of the charges is related to his position as an elected official. A trial is scheduled for September, though several previous court appearances have been postponed as Enochs' attorney is called to argue other cases.

While some residents have called for Enochs to step down, others support his run at re-election. Enochs contends that support proves he has been able to keep his personal and legal life separate from that of the life of a city leader.

"Everybody knows my personal life, of course," he said. "But I feel this is all going to go nowhere. And the perception of me postponing it just because I'm trying to get re-elected is just not true."

Fiscal responsibility would be a main focus in his fourth term, should that day come, he said. Enochs said particularly in times of economic uncertainty, the city must watch every cent.

"We've got to be real careful with our money so we don't do layoffs, or cut back on overtime that our police and fire depend on," Enochs said.

Public safety, Enochs said, is also incredibly important. If elected to his fourth term, Enochs said he would continue to vote in favor of expanding the Police Department and look for ways to stretch dollars to employ more officers until the city reaches the goal of having one officer for every 1,000 residents.

And while other candidates have said they would work to attract medical offices to Murrieta to bring high-paying jobs locally, Enochs takes the position of seeking those offices to provide residents with the medical services they need.

Referencing cooperation between the City Council and a group of doctors who are proposing to bring a physicians' teaching hospital to Murrieta, Enochs said rapid growth is putting more demand on having doctors nearby.

"We do need these beds," he said. "They'll be full."

Contact staff writer Nelsy Rodriguez at (951) 676-4315, Ext. 2626, or nrodriguez@californian.com.

Warnie Enochs

-- Age: 59

-- Occupation: Electrical contractor

-- Civic involvement: City Council, member; Town Hall Association Endowment Board, member; Western Regional Council of Governments, member; Youth Accountability Board, member; Friends of the Murrieta Public Library, member.

-- E-mail: AtoZLighting@yahoo.com.

Councilman calls for Enochs to step down

Councilman calls for Enochs to step down

By: LAURA MITCHELL - Staff Writer

MURRIETA ---- Councilman Doug McAllister is calling for the resignation of Councilman Warnie Enochs, following Enochs' arrest earlier this month on 14 felony counts.

McAllister said Wednesday the arrest has been a distraction for the city and has hurt morale.

Council members are divided on the issue. Enochs, his supporters and Councilman Rick Gibbs say Enochs is innocent until proven guilty. And while McAllister and Mayor Kelly Seyarto agree, they say the charges from the district attorney's office need to be taken seriously.

Enochs was arrested Jan. 10 and is accused of falsifying a "fix-it" ticket signature, threatening two men and submitting a false lien to the court to try to lower the equity of his home. He was released later that day on $20,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Feb. 7. The charges surfaced during a messy divorce between Warnie and Julia Enochs.

"I really wanted Warnie to have the opportunity to take the high road and do the right thing," McAllister said. "I can understand his quandary ---- by doing this is he admitting guilt? But I'm more concerned about the city right now."

McAllister said he would resign "in a heartbeat" if he were in the same circumstances.

Enochs said Wednesday he feels like McAllister is on a "witch hunt."

"I wish the other council members would presume me innocent. That's a right our forefathers fought for," he said.

Murrieta City Attorney John Harper has said there is no legal requirement for Enochs to resign, although if Enochs is convicted of a felony, he would automatically lose his seat on the council.

Robert Stern, president of the Center for Governmental Studies in Los Angeles, said Wednesday that the decision to resign or not in these types of situations should be up to each council member.

"Clearly we have a presumption of innocence until proven guilty," Stern said. "The decision should not be up to the other council members."

Often people do step down because they want to spend all their time fighting the charges, he said. The decision really is made on a case-by-case basis ---- 14 counts is much more serious than one count, Stern said.

"The question is, is he attending meetings and is he able to participate? If he is, then the problem is that there is an embarrassment to the council."

Enochs missed the meeting the night he was arrested, but attended the Jan. 17 meeting and says he plans to keep attending them while his case progresses.

Enochs' supporters say they stand behind him.

"We live in a system where people are innocent until proven guilty," Murrieta resident Robert Ross said Wednesday, saying that McAllister is grandstanding to try to gain political capital.

"I think it's shameful." Ross said.

Mayor Seyarto said Wednesday he understands McAllister's point of view but he suggests the newest member of the council, Gibbs, help the council come up with some form of censure under the city's ethics policy.

Seyarto said that under the current political climate, if he or McAllister attempt to formulate a plan to do something by themselves, such as censure Enochs, it would become a political lightning rod.

"But we just can't ignore that something has transpired here," he said.

Gibbs was elected to the council during a divisive May 3 recall election that ousted then-Mayor Jack van Haaster from office. Seyarto and McAllister were also targeted, but survived the recall, which was supported by Enochs and Councilman Richard Ostling. Leading up to the election, Enochs and Seyarto often argued ---- at times leading van Haaster to have to call for a break while the councilmen cooled off.

Gibbs said it's not for the council to decide if Enochs should resign.

"The court process needs to play out," he said.

It doesn't matter if it is Enochs or another council member in the same situation, people are innocent until proven guilty, he said. Ostling could not be reached Wednesday.

Seyarto agreed that Enochs is innocent until proven guilty, but the bottom line is that people do not just get charged with stuff like this unless there are issues with their behavior.

"Part of this is his own darn fault," he said.

McAllister also said Enochs is innocent until proven guilty ---- however he finds it hard to believe that District Attorney Grover Trask would charge Enochs if any of the accusations were frivolous.

Contact staff writer Laura Mitchell at (951) 676-4315, Ext. 2621, or lmitchell@californian.com.

Investigation finds signs of fraud, forgery

Investigation finds signs of fraud, forgery

COUNCILMAN: Familiar handwriting on a letter sent Warnie Enochs' wife to the district attorney.

11:33 PM PST on Wednesday, January 11, 2006

By ROCKY SALMON and JESSICA ZISKO / The Press-Enterprise

Longtime Murrieta Councilman Warnie Enochs threatened to break a man's legs and forged business contracts as part of a larger scheme to defraud his wife of thousands of dollars during their divorce, according to court documents.

A district attorney's office investigator outlined the tactics in a 19-page search-warrant affidavit obtained Wednesday from Riverside County Superior Court. The affidavit details interviews and evidence collected in a yearlong investigation.

Enochs, 56, was arrested Tuesday on 14 felony counts ranging from extortion to forgery. If he is convicted on all charges, he could be sentenced to as much as eight years in state prison. His arraignment is scheduled for Feb. 7.

"The number of charges are appropriate considering the conduct involved," said Ingrid Wyatt, spokeswoman for the district attorney's office.

Enochs could not be reached for comment Wednesday either by phone or at his Murrieta home. He is a self-employed electrician and the owner of A to Z Lighting.

Sherry Lee Collins, Enochs' divorce attorney, called the charges unfortunate.

Warnie Enochs said in the court documents that he would never forge documents, spread rumors or threaten anyone. In other documents, Enochs said Julia Enochs, his wife, attacked and physically abused him.

Julia Enochs' attorney, Christopher Carter, said he could not discuss the case because it is ongoing.

City officials said Enochs still is a council member. They said they have not spoken to him since the arrest.

Supporters said they consider Enochs a trustworthy politician who truly cares about the community.

The district attorney's office began investigating the matter when Julia Enochs told prosecutors she believed Warnie Enochs had committed fraud during their divorce. Those proceedings began in November 2003 and are continuing.

District attorney's investigator Gerald Fox outlined the 18-month-long investigation in the court records obtained Wednesday.

Fox said Julia Enochs came to the district attorney's office after she read a letter submitted to the court that supported her husband. The letter purported to be from tile contractor George Osmond, but Julia Enochs said she recognized the handwriting in the letter as the same as her husband's.

She called Osmond, who had laid tile in the couple's home on Trilogy Trails Way, and he said he had not written the document. Fox interviewed Osmond, who backed up Julia Enochs' claim.

Osmond said he had completed his job when the Enochs home was vandalized so he did additional work for $1,800. When he asked for his money, Enochs told Osmond he had to submit a statement to the court that Julia Enochs was having an affair with a man Osmond employed.

In court records filed in 2003, Warnie Enochs said his wife had an affair at the end of their 15-year marriage.

Osmond said he wouldn't because he didn't know whether it was true. Osmond also said Warnie Enochs threatened to break his legs if Osmond didn't write that Julia Enochs was having an affair.

He told Fox his declaration is false and his signature forged, the $1,800 was never paid, he said.

Julia Enochs told Fox about a construction dispute that she thought was suspicious.

Fox looked at invoices and a contract provided by roofer Dan Williams and noticed several problems with invoices that Fox said are common in fraud cases.

Fox then interviewed Williams, who said he agreed to falsify the contracts and invoices at Warnie Enochs' suggestion. Williams inflated the cost of repairing the roof to $48,000 from $30,000, according to court records.

Williams did not return phone calls to his business on Wednesday and did not answer his door at home.

Williams told Fox that Enochs asked him to create a fake contract and Enochs signed the document and backdated it to match the time when the construction was going on. The idea was to lower the value of his new house so his wife would get less money in the division of community property.

The two men reached an agreement that Enochs would pay Williams' legal fees for suing his wife and himself, Williams said.

When Williams asked for the $7,000, Williams said Enochs threatened to tell the community that Williams had started a fire at the Lambs Fellowship Free Methodist Church.

Williams and Enochs had been working at the site when a fire destroyed the church.

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Survey

Should Murrieta council member Warnie Enochs set aside his public duties while criminal charges against him are decided in the court system?

Comment

How can you support a code of ethics and accountability and not step down?

It's too bad that divorce laws are favored to women, and men have to resort to crooked tactics to protect what they have worked hard for. If Mr. Enochs and other men got a prenuptial, life would not be so disasterous.

You are innocent until proven guilty. However, here we go again with another public person that if found guilty, which he probably will, is just another crook. Just like some of the San Bernardino County officials and city of Colton council. Some of those fellows ended up doing jail time. When are we going to stop electing crooks? Or is it just the crooks who get into politics and run for public offices? Something to think about.

He should step aside and not take part in any offial actions

The problem is all these people who believe they own this country and the cities they live in can get away with anything. The fact is, he got CAUGHT. I hope the wife gets everything now -- he deserves nothing!

While he is innocent until proven guilty, the charges against him involve moral turpitude. How can the citizens of Murrieta trust him w/ putting the city's best interest first? He should give up his seat as councilman. If he conspires to defraud his wife for money, imagine what he could do to the city of Murrieta!

Everyone is innocent until proven guilty. With that said, I believe that everyone should strive to be constant in thoughts and deeds. During the course of a very difficult RECALL process last year, Councilman Enochs demanded several times that three councilmen targeted for RECALL step down and not put the community through a difficult election.

Councilman Enochs, I think it is time to follow your own advise. It is time to step down!

Who paid for the culvert that made his Trilogy Trail property more usable?

YES! Why would anyone want someone with these kind of charges filed against them to have anything to do with the city's government? Yes, he's innocent until proven guilty, but the fact that there is evidence of wrong doing is enough to question his judgement.

Unreal .... and we wonder why our future generation is messed up? Well, look what they have for leaders.

Wasn't there some sort of code that mayor Enochs supported and the council agreed to, and signed? Something about ethics?