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Well geeze how can anyone keep all this straight anyway. I need to read it several times. Don't they think its time to put the guy away, he is obviously not going to stop.

Informed,

If you're so 'informed' then tell us whats wrong...

I know these people and they are definitely getting what they deserve, finally!

Matt,
Replogle's Lawyer is John Patrick Dolan. He was lawyer for former Desert Hot Springs Police Officer Dennis Deckert.
According to KPSP and KESQ, Niroula's defense is that Lambert Sexually assaulted him; they claim there was an out of court agreement. Replogle claims he got caught up but didnt know about what had happened. He is now claiming he was conned by Niroula.
Somehow, I don't believe this. Even for an assault, no elderly man is going to give away everything he has.

Defense attorney John Dolan, who represents Replogle, said outside the courtroom that Lambert's body has not been found.

"I haven't seen any crime scene evidence," Dolan said. "I haven't seen any physical evidence."

Dolan said Replogle is a lawyer who is in "good standing with the State Bar" and was "caught up in a scam."

The attorney claimed that Replogle represented Niroula in a sexual assault lawsuit against Lambert. Niroula alleged that Lambert sexually assaulted him, Dolan said.

Replogle created a settlement agreement between the two, which Niroula brought to Lambert for him to sign in Palm Springs before the retiree went missing, according to Dolan.

The other men's lawyers declined to comment on the case.

Lambert was reported missing on Dec. 7 by a friend, who had last seen him on Nov. 30, police said. The friend told police that he received a voice mail message from Lambert on Dec. 4 asking for a call back but got no answer when he did so.

Detectives went to Lambert's home in the 300 block of Camino Norte and found the mailbox full and his silver 2004 Mercedes-Benz missing from the driveway.

Palm Springs police Detective Simon Min, who prepared a declaration in support of an arrest warrant, said that shortly after Lambert went missing, investigators learned the retiree's house was quickly being sold for an amount "significantly less than the value of the home."

Min wrote that Replogle forged Lambert's signature to create a power of attorney document and used his own fingerprint to notarize them, which San Francisco police traced back to Replogle.

That document, which was created in San Francisco, was then used to withdraw money from Lambert's accounts and in the sale of his home, the detective said.

Niroula's name is on the sale of the home for $298,000 and on other notary documents, according to the declaration. A judge subsequently halted the sale of the home when police began investigating Lambert's disappearance.

Garcia was in possession of Lambert's debit card and was seen at several San Francisco and Palm Springs banks withdrawing varying amounts several times last December, according to Min.

Several large sums were also apparently wired from Lambert's account to Niroula in an amount totaling $210,509 between Dec. 11-12, according to Min.

Niroula paid Bustamante $30,000 to "clean out" Lambert's home and move the retiree's vehicle to his home in Daly City, according to the declaration.

Bustamante told investigators he had met Niroula and befriended him while working at the Jet Bar in San Francisco, Min wrote.

On Jan. 7, police responded to a report that someone was stealing items from Lambert's home and intercepted a U-Haul truck being used to move the property, according to Min.

The investigation led police to Bustamante, who was staying at the Motel 6 Downtown Palm Springs. He admitted to investigators he was "at Lambert's residence attempting to `clean it out"' and take the property to San Francisco, Min wrote.

During an interview with investigators, Bustamante named the four defendants "as subjects involved in Clifford Lambert's disappearance," according to Min. The men are all connected to Niroula, who previously dated Garcia and is currently dating Replogle, Min wrote.

Both Manning and Niroula were out on bail on a felony case in Northern California when the power of attorney was signed over to them, according to Min.

Niroula, a Nepalese citizen in the United States on a student visa, has two active felony theft and fraud cases in Marin and San Francisco counties. Manning, who is an art dealer, and Niroula are both suspects in one of those cases.

A. Nonymous----all you did was copy and paste another article. It all just comes down to is that all these men are gulity! They all worked together in doing this crime. And HELLO, if Replogle was Danny's attorney in a case for sexaul assualt against White and then he is handling a case where Niroula is accusing Lambert of the same thing. Replogle knew exactly what he was doing. And if you are an attorney who is good with the SF Bar Association give his own finger prints for a power of attorney! All the signs are there! These guys knew what they were doing but got creedy and sloppy. From my experience with Garcia, he will take action in everything then disappear like he wasn't involved. That is his motive. And if Garcia and Niroula were involved romatically who wouldn't say they were still romatically involved even though reports say Niroula and Replogle were. PEOPLE wake up,,,,they killed Lambert and now they are all shaking in their boots cuz they GOT CAUGHT!

These guys are all snakes and they have become their own charmer. I am confident that they will all be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I agree with Mr. Torres. I knew Cliff and I do not believe that he did anything with that monster that wasn't consensual if even that.