James D. Clark
Grillo Denied Bail Because He Might Use a Telephone
A judge found Grillo won't flee and didn't obstruct justice. He denied bail anyway — because Grillo might pick up a telephone.
Leo Grillo Saved 1,500 Animals. Now He's the One in a Cage.
A 77-year-old animal sanctuary founder is held without bail on a kidnapping that never happened, on the word of an informant facing his own fraud case.
Leo Grillo, Founder of DELTA Rescue, May Die in Custody, Doctor Warns!
A UCLA cardiologist says jail may kill 77-year-old Leo Grillo. The case keeping him there rests on a fraud suspect cutting his own deal
The Setup: FBI Built Kidnapping Case Against Leo Grillo Based on Gold Swindler James D. Clark
Leo Grillo, 77, founded the world’s largest no-kill animal sanctuary. He has no criminal record. He sits in federal detention on the word of James Clark — a gold dealer who stole $6 million from…
Clark for Grillo: The Trade the FBI Made and the Question It Never Asked
James D. Clark delivered gold. He stole some too. He took their money. He told them the gold was coming. It did not come for 118 people. He stole $6,333,973.74. A thief. That made him a good…
FBI Informant James D. Clark PT 3: The Gold Wasn’t There
This is part three of FBI Informant, the story of James D. Clark, the man to whom the FBI gave a pass his crimes, so he could entrap Leo Grillo.
FBI Informant PT 2: The Clark Family Buz
This is the second in a series on James D. Clark, the FBI informant who manufactured an attempted kidnapping case against Leo Grillo, 77, founder of DELTA Rescue, the world’s largest no-kill…
James D. Clark FBI Informant: Pt 1: The Trade
THE INFORMANT SERIES
1,000 Dogs Will Die If the FBI Wins This Case
Leo Grillo, Founder of World’s Largest No-Kill Sanctuary, Is Being Railroaded
Feds Indict Grillo: DELTA Rescue Founder Faces Kidnapping Charge Based on Fraudster’s Entrapment
On March 13, 2026, the United States government indicted Leo Grillo, 77, founder of DELTA Rescue, an animal sanctuary in Acton, California, on a charge of attempted kidnapping. He faces up to 20…
LA Times Got the Grillo Kidnap Story Wrong
The LA Times Reported Leo Grillo’s Arrest and Missed the Important Facts
FBI Setup? DELTA Rescue’s Founder Arrested
Leo Grillo is a former client of the author. Frank Parlato has previously published investigative reporting on the civil case underlying this matter.