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[Music] foreign the family of a missing 28 year old woman held a press conference today
searching for answers Paige coffee has been missing for nine months now her family says she would never have left
without telling them the reward for information now up to five thousand dollars Kendall forward live in
Cleveland now with more details on this Kendall Aaron page was last seen here at
surveillance video at the steel yard Commons seven months ago on May 7th now her family hoping someone somewhere
might have some information on where she is now they say she was so close to her
family and she never would have wandered off without telling them Paige was a wonderful young lady she was
very close to her family after nine months Paige coffey's family still searching for her still searching for
answers her aunt with Paige's heartbroken mother standing by her side says she never would have left without
telling her family Paige has a very close relationship with her parents her grandparents brothers and cousins and
there was no way she would go over nine months without contacting her family Paige was last spotted on May 7th on
Steelyard Commons surveillance video her family saw her just a week prior her aunt describes her as reliable and
dependable an art lover with a great personality her disappearance is completely unlike her and she knows
something is wrong there would be no reason for her to just walk away that we could think of
she she was just a great girl Paige now 28 years old lived in Cleveland and worked in Macedonia at Torrid a woman's
clothing boutique she attended Youngstown State and visited her grandmother in bratnal often Bratton all
police now investigating searching for answers and they say no tip is too small it's extremely unusual
that nine months have passed and no one has heard or seen Paige coffee the reward now up to five thousand dollars
for information to find Paige her family begging for some sort of information to
help bring her home no no tip is too small um it's been agonizing over these last
nine months now we showed you her picture there but she's about five eight and also has a tattoo on her arm of
piano keys again this was the last place she was spotted on surveillance video here at Steelyard Commons if you have
any information or know where she might be contact Crime Stoppers or brat and all police reporting live is still yards
Commons tunnel forward 19 News [Music] Paige Coffey is a young woman who grew up in the Cleveland Ohio area she
graduated from Charles Brush High School in 2010 and enrolled at North Coast College
Paige wanted to study fashion merchandising something that she loved and something that came naturally to her
she worked throughout her teens and 20s at various retail stores and women's fashion retailers at least one that is
located in the steel yard Commons shopping area which is in the Greater Cleveland area Paige is one of those
young women who is always trying new hairstyles experimenting with makeup and wearing carefully curated outfits
prolific selfies of her show a young woman who rarely Smiles for the camera yet looks as though she's enjoying
herself Paige is very close with her mother her aunt and her cousins she spoke with them daily if not several
times a day her aunt says she is very artistic outgoing reliable and dependable Paige's mother trinetta
Williamson who we spoke with at length and who is the major source of information for this episode said that
Paige is super outgoing a talker someone who is friendly and bubbly mother and daughter share a loving relationship
they were very close in 2012 when Paige was still young she got married to someone who we will call tea coffee the
two met in high school Paige's mother trinetta was against the marriage because she thought that the two were
too young she wanted Paige to focus on College and her career Paige and T got hitched anyway and moved to Hawaii where
he was stationed with the Army but the young couple struggled and the two High School sweethearts divorced this in
2016. after the marriage Paige was living back in the Greater Cleveland area then in 2017 Paige met someone she
started dating Patrick Samar Mason Jr he was in his mid-20s from the Greater Cleveland area they dated on and off for
about two years and this is where trinetta says Paige started to change according to Paige's mother she could
tell early on in this relationship that Patrick was pretty controlling yeah Patrick goes by the nickname of PJ so we
will refer to him mostly As PJ throughout this episode Paige stopped posting on her social media and her last
Facebook post was in early March 2017 she told her family that PJ would check her Instagram account and see what she
was doing and who she was talking to and with this Page's personality began to change all of her life she was always
the Chatterbox now she was becoming closed off hardly speaking at all and some would say she was becoming rather
secretive Paige started dropping out of touch with her family and friends for days at a
time she was unreachable and then later would say that she lost her phone or it was
broken her family would get her a new phone so they could keep in touch and time and
time again the replacement phone would break or get lost yeah if you Google signs of a controlling boyfriend the
first thing that pops up is that they increasingly isolate you from friends and family the phone always seems to be
the first cut off point for these types Yeah by this time Captain we have Paige she's living in a house on Oak Shore
Drive in bratnall now we are not liking what we are seeing here are we captain no I don't like any time I hear about
somebody being isolated within a relationship no so now in our timeline we are in the early 2019 time frame
March and April of 2019 to be more on point this is when something incredibly alarming happens things start to get
scary this is when an officer from the South Euclid Police Department was out front knocking on trinetta's door when
she answered the officer said that he was there to return a lost and found purse that belonged to a page coffee and
asking if she was there now trinetta told the officer that Paige no longer lived there but it makes sense that they
went to trinetta's home because the address listed on Paige's driver's license was still trinetta's home
address the officer asked the obviously concerned mother if she had any idea why
the police found Paige's purse full of personal items on the side of the highway trinetta said no it didn't make
any sense the officer asked trinetta if she could get in touch with Paige as the officer
would like to ask her some questions mainly to make sure that the young woman was all right
trinetta explained how Paige had recently become distant from the family and how she was very difficult to get a
hold of telling him she didn't really respond to text or even pick up the phone when called the officer left the
purse with trinetta and before leaving took an incident report to document the situation now Paige's purse was actually
recovered by Macedonia police which is nearby they gave it to the South Euclid Police because of the address listed on
the driver's license found inside this making the situation even more of a big question
mark for both police but more importantly Paige's family so now because of this whole weird purse thing
Paige's family is just perplexed and extremely concerned for Paige's well-being it's not good when you can't
get a hold of a loved one and then police show up at your front door because they found her purse full of
personal items on the side of the freeway no that's a very bad sign now if that wasn't weird enough for you well
then check your head because things are going to go from scary to very strange with the quickness because on that same
very day and even though PJ knew trinetta did not like him one bit trinetta receives a text from PJ so PJ
is texting trinetta and boy does he have a story to tell PJ told her that Paige had shot him in the head say what
minutes later trinetta receives a photo of PJ's bloodied head a few minutes go by and then boom
another photo this time he sent her a photo of a handwritten note it's a note in Paige's handwriting in
which she is confessing to shooting PJ in the head so now the police are involved once
again regarding page this is on the same day as the purse incident the police intervene and ended up
putting Paige in the hospital for a psych evaluation because she was completely hysterical so Captain even
though we have this note that appears to be Paige's handwriting a note saying she
shot PJ in the head right it looks like this whole incident is not so cut and dried it's more complicated than that
and a little confusing to boots right palava one of the sergeants told Paige's family that he feared a murder suicide
was in the future for these two well because these people were so abusive and controlling and they manipulate you
a lot of times you don't feel like there's any way out yeah and it's not really clear exactly what happened here
in this situation now one thing that is fact is PJ actually had bullet fragments
in his head so he was shot but so was his car his car was shot up so he was shot too
but no one was really for sure who actually fired those shots the hospital would be a chance for Paige
to get away from PJ and out of what is clearly a horrible situation even if she did shoot him in the head which I don't
think that he she did this is clearly not a good situation for anybody right while in the hospital Paige told her mom
that PJ forced her to write The Gunshot note at gunpoint and we know that his car had been shot up that portion of the
story was on the news and at least one eyewitness confirmed bullet holes on his vehicle
so it looks to me like PJ is in it with somebody else he's got something else going on here
and he might be using this situation where he's already controlling this young woman who's in a air quotes
relationship with him and he's going to use her as the scapegoat for why he ends up shot forcing her to write
a note at gunpoint well this is some wild [ __ ] in April Paige was released from the hospital now she told her mom
that she was trying to get away from PJ and while it is unclear as to the details it appears that the two
eventually reconciled and unfortunately within a month Paige would be gone but there's some more interesting events
leading up to her disappearance this takes us to Tuesday April 30th 2019. this is when Paige asked her mother to
give her a ride to Oakwood Village trinetta did not ask Paige what she was doing there or what she intended to do
there because she knew PJ lived in that area Paige knew that her mom did not approve of PJ's treatment of her and
wanted to hear nothing about him and of course trinetta was upset about the choices that Paige was making and she
let Paige know about it a page got out of the car and walked away and that's the last time trinetta saw her daughter
the next day Paige text her mom asking her to add thirty dollars to a cash app card
after the stay in the hospital Paige was without a vehicle and without a job it appears that the only thing she
thought she had at that time was PJ and her mom unfortunately for reasons we won't
pretend to understand it looks like she was choosing PJ and because of this she is becoming more and more isolated and
this was because PJ wanted her all to himself here's some proof from a series of text we found one between her friends
that says quote Paige told me before he took her phone and didn't want her to have a job he wants to make her life so
shorty that she has no choice but to always need him yeah he's a real piece of [ __ ] on May 5th trinetta got a phone
call from a Work Connection of pages who was trying to get in touch with her she texted Paige to let her know this
but got no response police later told trinetta that at this time on May 5th they verified that Paige and PJ were
staying at a cheap motel and Copley Township near Akron Ohio hotel but they got evicted and on the sixth they left
the motel police are going to tell Paige's mother trinetta that on Monday May 6 she went to work with PJ right so
she's not working at this time we know that but PJ is working he's a landscaper and well she was working at a boutique
right not after she got out of the hospital well right but this is another way to
control her now she doesn't have her own money and hey we know that she loves fashion we know that she wants to study
fashion what better place to learn about the business than a boutique well separate her from anything that she
loves so what we do know is that they were together on this Monday May 6th now the following day Tuesday May 7th police
knew that PJ went to see his probation officer for a required check-in they found surveillance footage of Paige and
PJ together at a Home Depot in Steelyard Commons this is a large shopping area in
Cleveland they each purchased something records show that Paige bought a candy bar and
PJ bought a Snickers and some brake fluid and they left the store together unfortunately there are no surveillance
cameras outside of the store that show where Paige and PJ went when they walked out
so no one really knows where they went after that or really what happened after that
police say that Paige's phone pinged that evening this is May 7th around 6 PM now police will not comment on the cell
phone activity after that the obvious inference here Captain is twofold for me one we know police have all of the cell
phone science and information which leads us to number two that they are likely keeping this
information Hush Hush as it's crucial to their investigation and holds evidentiary value right
we have been told from Paige's family that after this she never contacted her family again
and after the 7th of May her phone went right to voicemail she has never posted on social media
since then and law enforcement says that Paige coffee has not used her social security number she's not used her cash
app or card she's not made any electronic payments it seems like after this trip to the
Home Depot where we have them both on surveillance footage in the store together
poof Paige is gone after that do we have a record of what her financial transactions were before then did she
transfer money to PJ I don't believe that she did so or if she did they're just not
reporting it correct her family and the police have that information that's not information that we have so who is this
PJ right who is this PJ character we already said his real name is Patrick Samar Mason Jr and I'm just taking a
wild guess here Captain but I would be willing to bet all of the beer in the garage fridge that the Mason family are
probably very thankful that this guy is not going by his birth name or throwing that last name of Mason around too much
in fact if they are smart well then they won't have anything to do with him at all
don't drop by here on Christmas Patrick Samar Mason Jr or PJ the doors are closed now this case is received
virtually zero media attention and so your boys here in the garage decided to step in we dug up some background
information on PJ because well federal court documents are publicly available in 2020 Patrick Samar Mason Jr or PJ was
29 years old he dropped out of high school after his junior year but went on to get his GED and he even had two
semesters of college where he had an overall GPA of 3.0 surprisingly apparently he had a psych evaluation at
some point and it was determined that quote though he has a number of mental health diagnoses he is not
intellectually disabled and quote but he has a lengthy criminal history dating back to when he was 17 years old right
so he's mediocre at school but an overachiever at being a [ __ ] bag his job juvenile adjudications include a
traffic-related offense theft related offenses and failure to comply he has four prior adult felony
convictions involving burglary and robbery and he has a misdemeanor convictions involving theft domestic
violence and menacing and to no one's surprise PJ has been arrested for domestic violence toward the women that
he has dated this even prior to Paige but it wasn't just pushing or shoving here is what the courts say
he was charged by Cleveland Police for aggravated menacing on January 12 of 2017. the court records stated domestic
violence high risk and a refer to a psych referral as well a no contact order was issued in this situation
prohibiting PJ from having any contact from or with the victim or better said domestic violence Survivor
then on January 26 2017 PJ was again charged with domestic violence and also unlawful restraint
an arrest warrant was issued and he was arrested on September 16th so it looks like he was on the run for quite some
time PJ was found guilty and received a sentence of 180 days 166 days suspended 14 days credit four
times served in other words all he got was probation yeah slap on the wrist this is surprising and horrifying
because PJ already had a record we found three separate arrests in 2011 in Cuyahoga County for burglary theft
aggravated theft aggravated robbery a firearm was used and Grand Theft he did about 10 months in prison for those
charges he was arrested in the same county in 2014 for complicity to burglary and
obstructing official business usually that means like during the course of an investigation he
he may have lied to the police or did something of that nature right and he did time for those charges as well long
story short here Captain PJ is and was bad news and Paige was mixed up with him and had been withdrawing from her family
and seemingly falling increasingly under PJ's control she didn't tell her mother the worst of
it but Paige sent electronic messages to one of her friends telling her the things that PJ had done to her now he is
not named specifically in these messages which we viewed but her friend knew who
Paige was talking about in these messages and the messages applied it was it was implied because they were
obviously in a relationship that's right and the messages say I'll read from the
transcript here the friend says hey Mama how you been girly Paige replies girl shitty but I'm a survivor friend says
what's going on Paige replies I got a divorce two years ago jumped into a relationship got dogged and humiliated
then into another one where for two years he nearly killed me I've been shot at strangled stabbed beat burnt with
Milds raped and embarrassed and I still tried to stay I had to ask myself why just out of
that now so I'm trying to get my [ __ ] together So based off of this here Captain it
sounds like this is kind of fleshing out what we already knew was a terrible situation but she's adding some horrific
details to that and it sounds like she thinks that she's out of this relationship at this time
when she's having a conversation with her friend but that's why it's so hard to leave these abusive situations
because when you think you're out that's probably the most dangerous time for you
well and the thing is we say leave but we often see in these situations that person is not allowed to leave
now this was not just a case of a domineering boyfriend this was violent physical abuse
and then after May 7th Paige seemingly vanished no one heard from her after that for about a week trinetta said she
was concerned because it was so unlike her daughter to be completely out of touch for that long and no call or visit
on Mother's Day May 11th this is when trinetta really knew something was very very wrong even if Paige was furious at
her mother for objecting to the PJ situation she would have at least called her on Mother's Day if she could
now desperate on May 16th trinetta called PJ and he told her that he and Paige were not together anymore and he
had not seen her in weeks now trinetta knew that this was a lie so she called PJ's mother whom PJ sometimes
stayed with and she said that they had not seen Paige in months [Music] foreign [Music]
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back on May 17th trinetta went to the brattonal police department and filed a missing persons report with the sergeant
on duty the incident report dated May 17 2019 reflects that trinetta told the sergeant that she had not had any
contact with her daughter in more than two weeks and she believed her to be in the company of Patrick Samar Mason Jr or
PJ so Bratton all police took on the case but noted in the report that there was friction between mother and daughter
over the boyfriend it also notes that Paige is bipolar and maybe off of her meds they asked trinetta if Paige was
depressed and she answered yes at times this in my opinion had a good and unfortunate result both good and
unfortunate right one the good is a missing person's alert for Paige was issued at that time but it read that she
might be in danger because of a change in mental status this was something that I and her family
disagrees with even if Paige was struggling mentally she would not have ever just dropped off of the face of the
Earth and stopped all contact with them then frustrated about the total void of information about Paige and trying to
get information out of PJ trinetta had her goddaughter Vanessa call PJ this call took place on May 20th 2019 at 9 32
pm and it was recorded now we made a transcript of this conversation as best as we could make it out it
starts off saying hey it's Vanessa again I just got a quick question because we're so worried about her where do you
see her at the last time you've seen her PJ's responses left her downtown last time I seen her I went to court I was
coming downtown he seems to be saying that Paige went to court with him he could not remember
which day whether it was a Tuesday or a Wednesday right we know that it was in fact that Tuesday
Vanessa then asked you went to court together PJ says no she I went to court though I can't quite
make out everything he's saying there Vanessa then says because we don't know why she hasn't called or anything you
all get into an argument or something PJ says no and something else which is inaudible Vanessa then says have you
checked up on her at all PJ says I text her a couple of times I called her a couple times he says something else that
I can't understand and then says changed her number she was talking a bunch of crazy stuff
Vanessa says do you know where she could possibly be she's usually with you all of the time
PJ says no she ain't with me we broke up I don't know how long ago and then it says something else which I can't
understand Vanessa then says and she was downtown question mark when question mark to which PJ says Monday or
Tuesday now as you can put together based off of that PJ's basically sticking to his story that he has no
idea where Paige is at this time the family knows that she's missing and he says that they've broken up and
he hasn't seen her in a while or so on according to his words this despite the fact that the police have verified that
Paige and PJ were together at the hotel they were together at his work and they were together at the Home Depot
so this takes place on that Sunday Monday and Tuesday May 5th through May 7th of 2019
there together he claims we're not together I don't know when it was that I last saw her boom she disappears right
after being with him well the first red flag is that his memory is so fuzzy I don't
really remember and we broke up a while ago not really for sure nine months after Paige's disappearance the FBI and
the Bratton all police held a press conference to announce a five thousand dollar reward in exchange for
information about Paige's whereabouts now during the conference the then Bratton all police chief noted that it
was unusual for Paige to be out of contact with her family and stated quote numerous investigative leads have been
conducted but to date nothing has led to the location of Paige we strongly believe that someone in this community
has a vital piece of information that law enforcement needs and quote despite this seemingly interested involvement by
BPD the chief made it clear that they were not 100 percent on board with Foul Play having befallen Paige right he said
that Paige actually lives in Cleveland and the Bratton Hall police were just helping out because Paige's grandmother
lives in Bratton oh that's horseshit the FBI was just assisting he said for all they know Paige could be sitting on a
beach actually his words were for all they know Paige could be sitting on a sunny beach somewhere I do want to point
out a couple things here before we move on that Bratton all police it's if you watch
that press conference and this is very unfortunate this takes place nine months after she's been missing so if you you
could believe whatever you want the day or two after she no one can get a hold of her but after nine months has gone by
and she's not popped up or not returned to her family you gotta recognize that you're dealing with a serious situation
now could she be on a beach that I guess that's possible does anybody think that
no so why he bothered to go out of his way to say that seems a little weird and also saying that they're just helping
out because Paige actually lives in Cleveland it depends on who you talk to if you want to say that the the hotel
where they were staying is where she was living then I guess but in all reality no she was last living in your community
in Bratton all Ohio it's like they don't want to take full responsibility and I understand law enforcement's you know is
it possible that she just said you know what life sucks and I'm going to move away sure but no no activity
on her bank cards just she has money sitting in a bank and she's just not going to take any of it out well at this
same press conference Paige's aunt was she speaks right after the chief does and makes it very clear that Paige is
not sitting on a sunny beach somewhere she says quote she would never have just walked away from her family
and friends she said all they have is speculation but they know that something happened to Paige she said I've known
her her whole 28 years she would not put family through this she spoke to her mom
all of the time end quote Now trinetta does not believe that the brat and all police and the FBI have done nearly
enough to try to find her daughter a detective did acknowledge to her that Paige appeared to have battered woman
syndrome bratnal's new police chief has been much more helpful and tells trinetta that the case is being actively
worked and everything I can see Captain I'm very confident that this is actively
being worked and a recent tip which is now in the hands of BPD and the FBI came in and says that there's a chance
that Paige was trafficked and she's in the San Jose area this is something that could be true but I I suspect that it's
probably not the case but it is information that has made its way to law enforcement well again at
first she wasn't reported as an endangered missing I hope she is now because if this tip is is somewhat true
yeah she's alive but she's in a a dangerous situation and it hurts me to say this because I've met some of her
family and I I'm picturing you know I want to have something positive to offer them
some light at the end of the tunnel here but none of the information that that we
are digging up or that has made its way to law enforcement none of it is a good result none of it is anything that
anybody wants to hear about one of their loved ones now in regard to the tip that
I'm talking about this could be a good tip I guess but again the information we've uncovered is screaming loud and
clear that the answers likely are much closer to home because as you will see the sources of this information are
close to home more importantly close to Patrick Samar Mason Jr and that is PJ's sister
who told a cousin that after page vanished PJ torched his GMC truck and got a new
one I mean that sounds suspicious yeah that's a huge red flag I mean why would you set fire to your vehicle
uh insurance fraud or maybe to cover up evidence well thankfully the cousin reported this to the police
so the police passed along that information to trinetta saying hey we're looking for this guy's truck we've we've
received some credible information that he torched it after your daughter disappeared right he's telling us that
he sold it but can't provide any proof of that and on top of that there's no record of the sale of a vehicle with
that VIN so the truck is missing and everybody's looking for this truck well you know his initials shouldn't be
PJ they should be BS because this guy is full of [ __ ] I mean he wants to sit there and say I don't know
last time I saw her I haven't seen her for weeks and then we know that's a lie because he saw her on Sunday and Monday
and on Tuesday and now he's saying oh yeah I sold this vehicle but there's no proof that he sold the vehicle just
another [ __ ] lie this guy's serving up horseshit sandwiches yeah and I'm jumping out of the line my friend they
stink stink in November of 2020 Pages family received communication from a man named Devon this is PJ's half brother
well I'm glad you're bringing this up because let's be clear this is PJ Mr B asks himself this is his family coming
forward they know what kind of creep this guy is and they're coming forward with
information and and that's what's going to solve this case is them coming forward with information friends of his
acquaintances of his this guy has told somebody something well and listen to this this is Devon again a family member
of PJs who's reaching out to Paige's family because he's concerned and he says to the family quote I really wish
the best for you all and I really had deep feelings for Paige and it's still bothering me that no one knows anything
about her whereabouts and then goes on to say quote last thing I heard about PJ is he was in
Oakwood jail being held without bond for trying to choke out and smother the girl
that he was with most recently end quote let's be clear this is a relationship that he took on after Paige is missing
it's not a relationship it's a relationship and he is locked up for now abusing this person so this guy's got a
history of violence and he's got a history of domestic violence that doesn't seem to end now this information
that came forward from the half-brother was true so he was locked up at that time PJ was and he found himself in
federal court this again about nine months after page disappeared PJ was arrested again but this time with
another young woman and we're going to read from the court record describing this incident but it's rather
interesting so bear with me here captain and it says on January 29 2020 and approximately 2 39 PM officers and
detectives of the Willoughby Hills Police Department responded to a call all for two people passed out in a
vehicle at the bishop Shell gas station located at 2770 Bishop Road and Willoughby Hills Ohio which is in Lake
County yeah I actually know this area pretty well because I used to play at Willoughby Brewing Company so shout out
to those guys great beer by the way I wish we were sitting there right now the car in question was parked next to the
gas pumps with the engine turned off officer Craig Anderson says that he was already on the scene
when officer Mino arrived and was attempting to wake the subjects by yelling into the vehicle
wake up officer Anderson's police cruiser was parked in front of the vehicle so if these two wake up and
decide to take off they're not going anymore what losers officer Mino says as he approached he noticed that the
windows were fogged up and he could barely make out the outline of the people inside he could tell that we have
a male seated in the passenger seat who slumped to the right and a female who was in the
driver's seat and she slumped to the left neither individual was moving so using his baton he's tapping on the
window and again yelling into the vehicle but both occupants remain unconscious and unresponsive
he says that he planned to break the window to gain entry to the vehicle because he believed that the occupants
had overdosed on drugs or blacked out from alcohol they could need medical assistance or died of stupidity but
forced entry ultimately proved unnecessary as the female in the driver's seat eventually sat up
and she seemed to be partially conscious at the officers urging she manages to unlock the door eventually
the officer Mino opened the passenger side door he looked into the vehicle and observed
Mason we know his PJ still unconscious he says that he was breathing but was not responsive to efforts to try to wake
him the vehicle omitted a strong smell of alcohol and officer Mino observed that Mason's
hand was over a black gun holster later the officer testified that this was a red flag that a weapon might be present
in the vehicle and he is heard on the video recording you know they're recording this from the
the dash cam is recording this or or body body camera is recording this you can hear the officer sharing his
concerns with the others on the scene that we might have a gun in this vehicle he says that he also noticed ammunition
on the floor of the vehicle as well as an open container of gin located on the console he continued to try to wake
Mason or PJ and administered a sternal rub which temporarily caused Mason to open his eyes before he felt
unresponsive again with the assistance of emergency medical technicians in the fire department personnel on the scene
the officer removed Mason from the vehicle and a gun dropped from his pants officer Amino took Mason to the ground
to render Aid as he verbally signaled that he had discovered a gun this guy PJ is beyond a dirt bag well whatever he
had consumed that day either the driver the female driver she was either unwilling to communicate
that to police or or just didn't know so they're able to wake her they're not able to wake him until they pull him out
and a gun falls out of his his pants well again he's controlling and abusive for all we know he drugged her well once
that weapon is secured Mason is then detained and the officers run his license where they quickly determined
that he had outstanding warrants so he's under arrest at this time outstanding warrants and carrying a gun the female
driver was also arrested and taken into custody as she was believed to be intoxicated and became belligerent and
combative with the officers because both of the vehicle's occupants were taken into custody the vehicle was
impounded well unfairness to her they did wake her up okay so PJ is drunk and passed out at a gas station and when
police are able to wake him up this gun Falls from his pants Smooth Move ex-lax but here's the court record of the car's
inventory which I think you'll find interesting an inventory of the contents of the vehicle and on Mason's person
revealed a 30-round magazine loose rounds of nine millimeter ammunition a digital scale an open bottle of Bombay
dry gin and a gun holster the weapon was identified as a Taurus model pt-111 Millennium G2 nine millimeter caliber
pistol serial number tjp22624 special agent Corey Miles with the ATF is the one that wrote that
report and took the inventory of the contents of that vehicle and the items found on Mason on PJ so all this was
super bad for PJ but good for the rest of us right because we're gonna lock this dude up but not because PJ can't
handle his liquor and was passed out in public it was because as a multiple felon he's prohibited from being in
possession of a firearm so PJ was initially charged in Lake County Ohio for what will end up being federal gun
charges and this comes about after they do their due diligence the police were able to show that the gun PJ was found
with at cross state lines which gave the feds jurisdiction over this whole mess because PJ was in violation of laws
prohibiting him from possessing a weapon that had been transported via Interstate
Commerce yeah I believe once the feds get involved that you can tack on some years for this crime a Federal
indictment against PJ was filed on April 22nd the complaint upshot is that PJ violated
federal laws against being a felon in possession of a firearm and also specifically against felons convicted of
domestic violence of possessing a firearm the 2017 conviction for domestic violence served as a predicate offense
for count two of the indictment after his arrest police searched PJ's house according to trinetta they were looking
for information on pages whereabouts as well or looking for items belonging to Paige right there they
found one of pages cell phones now investigators questioned PJ about this but he's refused to discuss the phone
he's refused to discuss Paige with law enforcement yeah because he's guilty of something at PJ's initial appearance
court appearance this took place on April 24th he waived his right to a preliminary hearing now the Magistrate
Judge found that there was sufficient evidence to proceed and the matter was bound over to the grand jury to
determine whether there was probable cause to proceed to trial although the federal prosecutor
requested that pjb held without bond the judge permitted PJ to be released on twenty thousand dollars unsecured Bond
but there were conditions PJ had to submit to the supervision of United States pre-trial services and he had to
wear an electronic monitoring bracelet and abide by a curfew that precluded him from leaving his grandparents residence
after 6 30 pm and before 8 am this guy is a known criminal this guy is a known liar you're going to give him
any privilege shame on you you know what's going to happen well it didn't take long for PJ to
violate the conditions of this Bond of course not right uh and a warrant was issued for his
arrest and according to the status report filed by the pre-trial Services it states that on May 18th of 2020 PJ
left his home without authorization at 902 PM this breaking the curfew and the police were called by his grandparents
again kudos to his family for stepping in and alerting the police hey he's he's not supposed to be out at
this time he's left our home hold on the family should have spoke about the trial
and said look you don't set bond for this guy because nobody wants him on their property we don't want him at our
house yeah why would you want to take the risk of that he's abusive towards women he's a liar he's a scumbag he's
probably the reason why Paige is missing yeah you don't want to scumbag at your house well this is interesting too and
this report also provided that the following day PJ's sister and girlfriend went to the Oakwood Village Police
Department making separate complaints about PJ his girlfriend reported that PJ strangled her and placed a pillow over
her face to prevent her from screaming PJ's sister reported that he had been calling and threatening her
so he's continuing his Dirty Deeds beating up women and he's also threatening his own family according to
these complaints yeah and that's why every individual that has talked to him or has information about Paige needs to
come forward to law enforcement and tell them what they know about the scumbag PJ
was taken into custody on May 29th the Magistrate Judge conducted a hearing to consider whether he should revoke PJ's
Bond and send him to jail while awaiting trial or whether he should let PJ stay out on Bond and the judge decided to
lock PJ up now well that's common sense right yeah I could read for you Captain the paragraphs written by the judge and
filed in the court records but our friends out there in listener land in Parts Unknown well well their poor
little ear balls will get bored and spit out their earbuds but amongst other things basically the judge is confirming
what we and the courts seem to already know simply put this chump exhibits A History of Violence and it's not safe to
have him anywhere other than locked up so good like we said Common Sense his bond is revoked and he is now in the
custody of the U.S Marshals PJ filed a motion to reinstate his bond and revoke the Magistrate's order basically
appealing the decision motion denied that makes three women now that we know of whom PJ has strangled or suffocated
Patrick Samar Mason Jr is a danger to society and as the captain says a big piece of [ __ ]
and good news with Mason sitting in the pen waiting for trial the government didn't waste
any time proceeding at a pre-trial hearing PJ's attorney reported to his client that the government had presented
a written proposed plea agreement there was a lot of wrangling over this but eventually the government agreed to
basically reduce the base offense level charges resulting in a bit less time for PJ
at a November 12 2020 hearing the government announced that it agreed that PJ's base offense level would result in
a guideline range of 51 to 63 months prison time Mason's attorney indicated that with that change Mason would accept
the plea agreement and enter a plea of guilty to count two of the indictment and count one would be dropped which is
a gift for him again they shouldn't go leaning on this guy at all a known abuser of women a known liar a known
Criminal give a Max time for everything and not only that Captain there's there's
evidence there's things suggesting here that this man is much more guilty of things that he's never even been charged
with right so that should be all done right well not quite because on February 10th of 2021 the court received a letter
from PJ's attorney this is this this guy I don't know how he got a 3.0 grade average for those two semesters maybe he
maybe you got points just for showing up or something anyway this letter is requesting that he
wants to withdraw his guilty plea so oh yeah I plead guilty I admit that I'm guilty you give me the sentence and
now I you know what I changed my mind I'm not guilty anymore yeah well again it was it was a mistake to plead down
the deal anyways they should hit him with more charges right I mean basically this guy's full of it
and the court borrowed my beer goggles and saw right through his BS again request denied but it's sad we all go
through this life on our journey and we're looking for somebody that that makes us feel good about life makes us
feel good about ourselves and sometimes these guys get involved with these women
and they're con men and they talk a good little game and then they start manipulating them and they start like I
said divide and conquer you know separate them from their family people deserve to be happy people
deserve to be in healthy relationships if you feel that you're in an abusive relationship
look I've never never been in that kind of situation I I won't even know where you know to begin other than to tell you
that you deserve better than this you deserve to be treated correctly you deserve to be valued and taken care of
and if you feel like you're in a bad situation call this number 1-800-799 safe that's
1-800-799 safe and goodbye you Captain for putting that number out there that is the domestic violence support line if
anybody out there listening needs some type of support do not hesitate to call them so in short Captain what we have
here is PJ is in prison thank the Lord he can't hurt anyone else at least on the outside and he can't pass out at any
more gas stations and you don't want to pass out in prison from what I hear yeah
but what about Paige and what about her family what is her family supposed to do
now again the the current chief of police at brat and all says the case is active says the case is being worked in
a meeting with the FBI agents assigned to the case Unfortunately they told her family that Paige is likely deceased
the question is is anyone working to find her or find out what happened to her is what I want to know
and what about PJ I think there's some other things going on with him we we said that yes he was charged by the feds
for this gun charge yeah but the FBI is still investigating him and seems to be involved in Paige coffey's
case as well so what else is going on or what else was he up to we still don't know who shot up PJ's car
or how he got shot and what about his GMC truck that he torched after Paige vanished has anyone subpoenaed PJ's
phone records to see where he was in the hours and days after the Home Depot outing on May 7
2019. yeah we we have Paige's cell phone information and law enforcement has that and again
they're very tight-lipped on some of that information that they have but have they looked into PJ's phone records
that's what you want to look at here or have they looked at his employer's records to see if he missed any work
after the 7th of May will we ever have answers to all of these questions yeah I'd be very
interested to see if they subpoenaed his cell phone records not so much for him calling people but maybe
GPS on his phone and did he go to a field somewhere or a wooded area to possibly dispose of a body these are
serious questions um or that's what I would be interested to know if if they have received this
information and again I believe this case will be solved and it'll be by somebody that has talked
to BJ whether that's a friend or acquaintance or a family member he told somebody something
because he's a known liar and he and he's probably lied so much that he can't even
stop himself from lying I think he's going to get caught in one of those lies well and we've already seen some of his
family turn in information and pass along information to the proper channels I feel like we need some more of that
family to come forward that as you pointed out I think there's somebody out there that knows something somebody can
fill in some of these blanks here and again we've met Paige's family they're lovely people
they're wonderful people we wish them the very best this is not a good situation at all and there's not
a whole lot of Hope here but they deserve to have some answers now Paige is described as five foot eight inches
tall 230 pounds with brown eyes and black hair she has a tattoo of piano keys on her arm anyone with any
information at all please please call 216-622-6842 [Music] foreign [Music] I could just kiss all your faces make
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The Bratenahl Police Department and the F.B.I. need your help for information. Paige Coffey has been missing since May of 2019. She was 27 at the time. Paige is an African American female with black hair and brown eyes. She is 5 foot 8 inches tall and weighs about 230 pounds. She has a tattoo of piano keys on her arm. Anyone with information of Paige’s whereabouts or any activities involving Paige in May of 2019 are very much needed to help her family and this investigation. The F.B.I. is also seeking any information about Paige’s former boyfriend Patrick Samar Mason Jr. or PJ. Anyone with any information at all should call 216-622-6842.

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Brief Summary

The episode covers the disappearance of Paige Coffey and her troubled relationship with Patrick Samar Mason Jr., raising concerns about her safety and ongoing investigation.

Key points

Paige Coffey's Disappearance. Paige has been missing for nine months, and her family is desperate for answers.
The Alarming Purse Incident. A police officer returns Paige's purse found on the side of the highway, raising concerns.
PJ's Disturbing Texts. On the same day as the purse incident, PJ texts Paige's mother claiming Paige shot him.
Paige's Disturbing Messages. Paige confides in a friend about her abusive relationship with PJ, revealing horrific details.
Mother's Day Concern. Paige's mother, Trinetta, realizes something is wrong when Paige doesn't contact her on Mother's Day.
Missing Persons Report Filed. Trinetta files a missing persons report after losing contact with Paige for weeks.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

No tip is too small.

Family's plea for information on Paige's whereabouts

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Tension

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