DOJ-OGR-00018315.pdf

Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 749 Filed 08/10/22 Page 214 of 236 1118 LC3Cmax7 Dawson - direct 1 A. Detective Recarey obtained a search warrant from the courts. 2 3 Q. What was your role in the search that day? 4 A. I was assigned to assist in searching the house, the guest quarters, and the cabana. 5 6 Q. Who else do you remember participating in the search that day? 7 8 A. The majority of the criminal investigation unit, which was Sergeant George Frick (ph.), Detective Joseph Recarey, 9 10 Detective Allen Dix (ph.), Detective Jennifer Sandman (ph.), 11 Detective Tom Mellenchuck (ph.), I believe Officer Michael 12 Bates was also present. 13 Q. To your understanding, what types of evidence was your team looking for during the search? 14 15 A. We were looking for massage tables, massage oils, we were looking for sex toys, we were looking for correspondence and 16 17 anything that held correspondence - computers, phones, notebooks, phone message books, journals, calendars. 18 19 Q. What do you remember happening when you first arrived at Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach residence that day? 20 21 A. I remember them knocking on the door, asking everybody to come out of the house, at which time, three gentlemen came out 22 23 of the house. I stood guard with the gentleman, had Detective Recarey read the search warrant to one of the gentlemen there. 24 25 Q. Do you know who those people were? SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00018315