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woman held a press conference today searching for answers Paige coffee has been missing for 9 months now her family
says she would never have left without telling them the reward for information now up to $5,000 Kendall forward live in
Cleveland now with more details on this Kendall Aaron Paige was last scen here at surveillance video at the Ste yard
Commons 7 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 is a
wonderful young lady she's very close to her family after 9 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 is no way she would go over 9 months without contacting her family
Paige was last spotted on May 7th on stard common 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 um she she was just a great girl Paige now 28 years old lived in Cleveland and
worked in Macedonia at torid a wom's clothing boutique she attended Youngstown State and visited her
grandmother in bratel often bratel police now investigating searching for answers and they say no tip is too small
it's extremely unusual that 9 months have passed and no one has heard or seen Paige coffee the
reward now up to $55,000 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 agony ganizing over these last 9 months now we showed you her picture
there but she's about 5'8 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 Common so if you have any information or
know where she might be contact Crime Stoppers or brat all police reporting live is sard's Commons pel forward 19
[Music] News [Music] Paige coffee 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 PA's mother tretta 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 tretta 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 in the two High School sweethearts divorced this in
2016 after the marriage Paige was living back in the Greater Cleveland area then
in 20 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 2 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 PA's personality began to change all of her life she was always the chatter box 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 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 Braton Hol now we are not liking what we are seeing here are we captain no I don't like anytime 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 uid Police Department was out front knocking on tetta'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 tetta's home because the address listed on PA's driver's license was still tra's home address the officer
asked the obviously concerned mother if she had any idea why the police found PA'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
tretta 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
tretta 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 uid 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 PA'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 tretta 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 PA's handwriting in which she is confessing to shooting PJ in the
head so now the police are involved once again regarding Paige 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 PA'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 boot so 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 are 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 now Paige got out of the
car and walked away and that's the last time tretta saw her daughter the next day Paige text her mom asking her to add
$30 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 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 tretta 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 tretta that at this time on May 5th they verified that Paige
and PJ were staying at a cheap motel in Copley Township near anran Ohio hotel motel but they got evicted and on the
6th they left the motel police are going to tell PA's mother tretta that on Monday May 6th 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 6:00 p.m. 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 paig 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 while 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 has 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 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 end 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 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 paig 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 12th of 2017 the court record 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 26th
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 for time served
in other words all he got was probation yeah slap on the WR this is surprising and horrifying because PJ already had a
record we found three separate arrests in 2011 in kyoga 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 say implied it was it was implied cuz 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 mild 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 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
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cheers to you Captain cheers to all the people in the back on May 17th tretta went to the Braton all police department
and filed a missing person's Report with the sergeant on duty the incident report
dated May 17th 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 Braton 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 may be 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 p.m. 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 cuz we're so worried about her where do you see her at the last time
you seen her PJ's response is 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 change 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 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 they're 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 H we broke
up a while ago not really for sure nine months after PA's disappearance the FBI and the Braton Hall police held a press
conference to announce a $55,000 reward in exchange for information about PA's whereabouts now during the conference
the then Braton Hol 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 paig we strongly
believe that someone in this community has a vital piece of information that law enforcement needs end quote despite
this seemingly interested involvement by BPD the chief made it clear that they were not 100% on board with Foul Play
having be fallen Paige right he said that Paige actually lives in Cleveland and the Braton Hall police were just
helping out because Paige's grandmother lives in bratel that's horeshit 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 want to point out a couple things here before we move on that Braton all police 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 got to recognize that you're dealing with a serious situation
now could she be on a beach that I guess that's possible does 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 Braton all Ohio it's like they don't
want to take full responsibility and I understand law enforcement's you is 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 Braton 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 Braton all'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 I suspect that it's probably not the case but it is information that has made its way to law
enforcement well and 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 covered 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 Paige 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 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 l why cuz 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 Paige's 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 BS 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 Pages
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 9 months after 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 29th 2020 at approximately 2:39 p.m. officers and
detectives of the Willoughby Hills Police Department responded to a call for two people passed out in a vehicle
at the bishop Shell gas station located at 2770 Bishop Road in Willoughby Hills Ohio which is in Lake County yeah I
actually know this area pretty well cuz they 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 mhm 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 anywhere 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 the driver's seat and she slumped to the left neither individual
was moving so using his baton he tapping on the window and again yelling into the
vehicle but both occupants remained 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 for entry ultimately proved unnecessary as the female in the driver's seat eventually sat up and she
seemed to be partially conscious at the officer's 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 as 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 has 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 con concerns with the others on the scene that we might have a 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 Jin 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 fell unresponsive again with the assistance of emergency medical technicians and the
fire department personnel on the scene the officer removed Mason from the vehicle and a gun dropped from his pants
officer Mino 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 and until they pull him out and a gun falls out of his his pants well again he's
controlling an 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 vehicles occupants were taken into custody the vehicle was impounded well
un fairness 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 xlax M 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 9 mm ammunition a digital scale an open
bottle of Bombay dry Jin and a gun holster the weapon was identified as a Taurus model
PT111 Millennium G2 9mm caliber pistol serial number tjp 22624 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 of this was super bad for PJ but good for the rest of us right
because we're going to 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
late 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 had crossed eight lines which gave the fed's 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 and I believe once the feds get involved
that you can tack on 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 to trinetta they were looking for information on PA's whereabouts as
well or looking for items belonging to Paige right there they found one of Paige's cell phones now investigators
question PJ about this but he's refused to discuss the phone he's refused to discuss Paige with law enforcement yeah
cuz he's guilty of something at PJ's initial appearance court appearance this took place on April 24th he waved 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 PJ be held without bond the judge permitted PJ
to be released on $20,000 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 p.m. and before 8:00 a.m. 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 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 9:02 p.m. 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 up at 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 scumback he's
probably the reason why Paige is missing yeah you don't want the scumbag at your house well this is interesting
too and this report also o 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 pja 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 and filed in the court records but our friends out there in listener land and
Parts Unknown well well their poor little earballs will get bored and spit out their airbuds 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 US 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 L 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 leading on this guy at all a 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 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 play so oh yeah I
ple 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 anyway they should hit him with more charges
right so 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 conmen 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 abusive relationship look I've never never been in that kind of
situation I I wouldn'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 um valued and taken care of and if you feel like you're in a bad
situation call this number 1 1800799 safe that's 1 1800799 safe and goodby 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 PA and what about her family what is her family supposed to do
now again the the current chief of police at Braton 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 cof's case as well so
what else is going on or 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 subpoena
PJ's phone records to see where he was in the hours and days after the Home Depot outing on May 7th
2019 yeah we we have PA'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 subpoena
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 PJ whether that's a friend or acquaintance or a
family member he told told somebody something cuz he's a known liar and he and he's probably lied so much that he
can't even stop himself from lying and he's going to get caught in one of those lies well and we've already seen that
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 PA'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 5' 8 in tall 230 lbs 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
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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

Paige Coffey, missing since May 2019, had a controlling relationship with PJ, raising concerns about her safety and well-being.

Key points

Paige's Disappearance. Paige Coffey has been missing for 9 months, and her family is desperate for answers. "The reward for information now up to $5,000."
The Purse Incident. A police officer returns Paige's lost purse to her mother, raising concerns about her well-being. "It's not good when you can't get a hold of a loved one."
PJ's Shocking Claim. PJ texts Paige's mother claiming Paige shot him in the head, sending a photo as proof. "Say what?"
Final Sightings. Surveillance footage shows Paige and PJ together at Home Depot, but after that, she disappears. "Poof, Paige is gone."
Paige's Troubling Relationship. Paige was involved with PJ, who had a violent history and controlled her life.
Missing Person's Report Filed. Trinetta filed a missing person's report after not hearing from Paige for weeks.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

It's been agony agonizing over these last 9 months.

Family's emotional struggle during Paige's disappearance

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Tension

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