More than anything, Flothe needed to go before a Judge and get a search warrant for Robert Hansen and the things of his life. All his work — and that of the APD, other Alaska State Troopers and the D.A.’s Office — was now coming to fruition.
As always, things didn’t go exactly as planned, but this time they were just speedbumps put up by the ever-vigilant watchdogs at OSPA. And when they went before Judge Victor Carlson, he didn’t hesitate to give Flothe the go ahead. It was a day Glenn Flothe would never forget. Still, there was so much more to do.
10-21-83 to 10-26-83: HANSEN 48 page affidavit for search warrant reviewed by Sergeant Flothe, D.A. Gail Voigtlander and Office of Special Prosecution, (OSPA), then re-typed and re-reviewed.
10-26-83: Sergeant Flothe, D.A. Gail Voigtlander met with Judge Carlson, obtain eight search warrants; Bakery, residence, pickup, Camper, Buick, Subaru, Airplane and HANSEN’s person, search warrants to be served on 10-27-83.
Judge Victor Carlson (in Chambers, March, 1983)
“It was October 26th, a Wednesday, when Glenn Flothe and Gail Voigtlander made their trek to OSPA. They corralled a staff member into taking a look at the affidavit. It got tedious. The attorney looked at a section, mentioned a court case that might have a bearing on the question, then moved to the next section and did the same thing. There were Supreme Court decisions they should take a look at, they were told, and other questions they should research.
Generally, though, the attorney said they had a warrant good enough to take to a judge. Finally.
That very day they took their warrant to Judge Victor Carlson. At their request, they met in chambers. Flothe didn’t want anyone learning about the search warrant early, and would ask that the search warrant be sealed by the judge.”
Excerpt From: Walter Gilmour & Leland E. Hale. “Butcher, Baker.”
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