Criminal Justice
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 years in prison.
Judge Brown’s Two Lies in Boyne Trial
We examined how Judge Peter L. Brown buried the Counterman standard in 145 pages of jury instructions in the Paul Boyne cyberstalking trial — stating once the constitutional protection at the heart of the defense, while repeating prosecution-favorable elements eighteen times each.
The Stench from the Bench
Senior Judge Maureen Skerda pulls a dirty trick to bury the Penn State prosecutors scandal
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.
