Search Warrant Affidavit — United States v. David Staveley (Dkt. 11-1, D.R.I. No. 1:20-cr-00074)

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U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island · No. 1:20-cr-00074-WES-LDA · Doc. 11-1 · 2020-05-11 · Docket on CourtListener

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Affidavit of Christina Grady 
 
 
I, Christina Grady, hereby do depose and state as follows: 
1. I have been a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 
approximately nine years. I am assigned to the investigation of David Adler 
Staveley (“Staveley”), a/k/a “Kurt Sanborn.” 
 
2. On the morning of May 8, 2020, I received a telephone call from C.P., a 
woman who resides in Essex, Connecticut. C.P. informed me that she had 
recently been in a brief romantic relationship with Staveley, who told her that 
he was an “Intelligence Officer” with the United States Navy. C.P. further 
told me that she had ended her relationship with Staveley following his arrest 
on the current charges and was concerned for her safety after reading 
publicly available reporting about defendant’s prior conduct toward women. 
She further stated that Staveley had been text messaging and calling her 
regularly since his arrest. I advised C.P. to contact local law enforcement if 
she had concerns for her safety. 
 
3. At approximately 1:20 p.m. on May 8, 2020, I received another telephone call 
from C.P. C.P. told me that Staveley had just shown up at her house in Essex, 
Connecticut shortly beforehand. C.P. told me that she allowed Staveley into 
her house where they had a brief conversation before she informed him that 
she had advised a female law enforcement officer of her concerns about him. 
Staveley asked her not to let the law enforcement officer know he had come 
to her house and left. C.P. again expressed great concern for her safety. 
 
4. On May 9, 2020, C.P. forwarded me dozens of text messages Staveley sent her 
from May 6, 2020 through May 8, 2020. These text messages generally 
concerned Staveley’s desire to resume their relationship and his denials of 
guilt in the pending matter. He also claimed that he was not the “Kurt 
Sanborn” mentioned in the articles C.P. had earlier read. 
 
5. C.P. also provided me with a text message exchange she had with Scott 
Wisner (“Wisner”) during the day of May 9, 2020.  Wisner is a Detective with 
the Connecticut State Police. According to C.P., she had earlier told Wisner 
about her fear of Staveley and that when Staveley arrived at her house 
unexpectedly, she alerted Wisner by text message to ensure her safety. I have 
reviewed the text messages sent on May 9, 2020 between C.P. and Wisner 
between the hours of 11:56 a.m. and 3:54 p.m. At one point during this text 
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exchange (the exact time does not appear on the particular text message), C.P. 
wrote: “He’s at my house he just showed up” and then “He’s leaving said 
fight say anything can you call fbi boston please.” Wisner then sent a text CP: 
“You should ask him to leave, and if you need police call 911 and advise that 
there’s an unwanted party there.” C.P. replied to this text by writing: “He left. 
Said not to tell I’m Calling fbi now. Omg I’m shaking holy carp [crap].”   
 
 
 
 
 
Federal Bureau of Investigation 
(signed electronically) 
Dated: May 11, 2020 
              
 
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