Carol Ann Damico & Ray Brogan Got New Toys
This article written and submitted by Dakota Valkyrie - thanks!
Burney, CA - In November of 2007, Joyce Guzman’s 21-year-old son, Lance Cpl. Kyle Guzman, an Iraq war veteran, was killed by accident during a training exercise. Guzman wasn’t alone when she received word of his death. She had her half sister there to support and help her through this trying time. But the offer of help from her half sister, Carol Ann Damico, 33, and Damico’s boyfriend, Raymond R. Brogan, 41, was definitely not the kind of help she had in mind.
Rather than help Guzman, they helped themselves. Damico and Brogan have been charged in Sacramento federal court with stealing nearly $200,000 in life insurance benefits. They are accused of using the money for their own benefit including buying two boats, a motorcycle and a boob job.
The day after the funeral, the couple conned Joyce Guzman into signing legal documents saying they would handle the paperwork and other affairs that needed tending to. Damico assured her that Guzman should not worry, Brogan would take care of everything, including her bills. A relief for the grief stricken mother.
Several months later, Guzman became suspicious. Any one of a number of things might have tipped her off. Perhaps it was Damico’s newly expanded bustline? Their new furniture? The couple’s joint MySpace has any variety of things that may have been clues: motorcycle, jet skis, a couple of cars and trucks, vacations and day trips. Their MySpace sites makes it clear they have many toys and times they’ve enjoyed since they took over Guzman’s affairs. Enough to make anyone wonder.
When Guzman questioned Brogan, he feigned indignation and insisted he was acting in her best interest by investing her money. She demanded proof and was shown a statement of a trust account that had been established in her name with a balance over $177,000.
Joyce Guzman was apparently not convinced. When authorities became involved, her accounts were examined and the statement scrutinized. The “trust fund” did not exist and checks drawn on Guzman’s account were forged or misappropriated to Damico and Brogan. Brogan’s past also came to light as prior convictions for burglary, transportation of a controlled substance, insufficient check funds, domestic violence and assault with a deadly weapon.
Damico and Brogan made appearances before a U.S. Magistrate Judge who advised them of the charges, penalties and their rights. He ordered Brogan held without bail, given his lengthy criminal record and the circumstances of this case. He ordered Damico released to the custody of her mother with a $50,000 unsecured bond, on the condition that she live with her mother.
What should have been an act of love and concern for a family member has turned into a selfish act that brings more grief. One thing that can’t be taken from Joyce Guzman is the love and pride she has for her son. There should be no such consideration for Damico and Brogan. I wonder if they will make her return the implants?
Yeah, I could totally cut family off. In fact, I don’t see why we don’t recommend that particular course of action more often.
When my mom died, my dad had an especially hard time with it. He ended up co-signing me on all of his accounts (including the one that contained my mother’s death benefits) and eventually gave me power of attorney for a period. I never even thought to take money for my own purposes, and I actually deserved some (dad made up for that eventually).
I just don’t get the, “Oh, but they’re family,” business. Fuck that. This is not family.
Absolutely right.
Amen!
She did get some nice tits out of the deal. I’ll volunteer to remove them myself and return them for a refund. What a piece of shit this chick is! If I were her mother I wouldn’t want her being MY responsibility.
I hear ya sistah!
“his” “her” and “their” myspace?
*puke*
I can’t get enough of these fuckers! Did you see this??
Crossing his fingers and hoping for a response, Raymond finally got an answer back from this Angel. Then they began talking, messaging, video conferancing, and finally wanting to meet, Raymond sets up a plan, it fails, he sets another, it fails, work work work… then Carol Ann decides, “screw this, I am driving to him”, by the way which is 200+ miles away. Arriving at Raymonds place, with excitement, the results… Instant love between the two. Now enjoy our trip down future lane, watch and grow with us as the NEW Brogan family grows…just do us a favor. NO TV PROPOSITIONS. Our life and trials are for free, enjoy and thank you all for stopping by.
No TV propositions??? WTF??
Maybe Sesame Street might want em to teach “D” for “Delusional”
They even have a little memorial blurb about Kyle on one of the myspace pages.
They need to change it to “In memory of that guy who died so we could steal the benefits from his momma.” What assholes.
Money & death do ugly things to people. When I was widowed, I can’t tell you the scum-suckers that came around wanting my husband’s things & part of his meager life insurance (even though our kids were only 2 & 4). I felt like I was literally covered in leeches.
What these two did is even worse. They’re despicable.
while they don’t molest children or murder people, criminals like this are just as evil. They use other people’s pain, people who have lost loved ones or their home, and use it as a way to get money from themselves. You can’t get much lower than that.
OMG I was checking out his myspace. picture albums of all his cars and his “future” cars. *gag* The another album for his “other toys” And of course pics of his babies big fake boobies hanging out all over.
What makes eve MORE disgusting is we know all there cars, toys BS and big tits were STOLEN from a grieving mother. SICK!!!
All the pics of him look vaguely creepy and off-putting. He looks….smarmy and evil.
This just makes me sick to my stomach. There’s no way that poor mother is going to see a dime of that money now. There’s no way those two fucks will ever pay it back no matter what a judge rules >:(
What is up with this asshole’s “some good friends” album in his pictures? Can you say creepy? They look like they are all about to do the dirty with him. *shudders*
These are just despicable human beings. I hope they know that.
Ok, looked at their myspace.
86 pictures of da house, da toys and da rides. She likes to use da a lot.
4 pics of the family and 15 pics of the kids. So 19 pics total pf their “family”
So what’s more important to these scumbags? Christ she has more pics up of her melon tits than the kids. Anyone else notice in the pics of them together she’s always leaning in and hes always leaning away ftom her? Hmmmmmmm. Perhaps he was hanging around because of her half sisters moola? I thinks so.
Materialistic sons of bitches.
What is wrong with people?? Especially family??
I hope they get matching cells!!!
This story is so sad. And unfortunately happens so often. I’ve been a military wife FOREVER. I’ve seen it all. Thanks for posting this by the way. Maybe if just one person reads this they will think twice about signing over their benefits to anyone. I hope someone advised her to contact her local JAG office. Most of the time they suck, but they can usually help.
Is it just me or does this dude look like Don Johnson from Miami Vice.
That’s the first thing I thought when I saw his pic, too!
Tubbs needs to kick his ass.
He look as if he’s had plastic surgery. Maybe Don Johnson was the picture he gave to his surgeon as a guide?
Nobody noticed the ironic “Cha-Ching” on the back of the wave runner? LOL
I wonder if her mother volunteered so she could have Carol Ann as a captive audience to b&tch slap until her trial. Normally we decry maternal beatings on this site, but in this case, it looks like Carol Ann could use a good ass kicking. I love my only daughter (I have two boys also) with all my heart, but if she did something like this (with the fake boobs to boot) then both out of moral indignation and out of my own sadness over my obvious failure as a parent, I’d probably refuse to have her, telling her she’s better off in jail if I’m her only other choice.
So I got a lovely Myspace message today from Carol Ann. It was in response to a bit of hate mail I sent her awhile ago. It reads:
Maybe you shouldn’t believe everything you read and then write people you don’t know or have a clue about!!!!! Just for your information I didn’t have anything to do with it, I just found out what he did. And as far as my truck that is financed with my own money and my tits they are financed too. So I guess you didn’t know as much as you thought! Don’t you think it would have better to get you facts straight before you slander someone!
—————– Original Message —————–
From: Har dee har har
Date: Sep 5, 2008 5:23 AM
You stupid, thieving whore. What kind of lowlife greedy bitch steals from her own family? Profiting off the death of a soldier- what the fuck is wrong with you, skank? If you wanted to buy trucks and melon tits and shit, get a fucking job! Loser.
Bet you won’t be seeing your kids for awhile- how nice that “mommy” chose material things over her babies! Enjoy prison, WhiteDevil! Hahahaha!
Update- Ohhh, so it looks like Raymond’s uncle is now charged as well. And Carol Ann seems to be negotiating a plea deal (Boo!)- she has a hearing in December. Details here:
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/crime/archives/015520.html
Ohhhhh, so Raymond’s uncle Robert has now been charged as well. And it looks like Carol Ann may be negotiating a plea, or is maybe testifying against them? Whatever, she’s guilty. Update here:
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/crime/archives/015520.html
We got email from Carol Ann today as well. Tried to tell me she hadn’t been charged with anything.
Oddly, I didn’t hear back from her after I mentioned her $50K bond. She’s been cordially invited to register and voice her thoughts, but she may have thought better of it.
Her new “about me” section on myspace says she is innocent…ROFLMAO, How can you not know where all that money was coming from.
financed only way you could explain how you got it duh…. dork
34 yr old college students don’t finance those type of trucks !!!
very disturbing you call your nephew your ………… Hero - Makes one wonder how your mind works ?
Heroes In Loving Memory LCPL Kyle Guzman 03-18-86 to 11-21-07 We will alway love you and you will be truely missed Please visit his memorial website http://kyle-guzman.last-memories.com too cheap to pay the $69 lifetime fee … the 14 day webhosting has expired… bitch !!!
The nerve of some people :S really erks me… its bad enough she trusted her HALF sis to handle her affairs … but totally confused as to how a non family member could take care of business without carol and her sister being aware of it don’t you think … your dreaming again Carol DORK!
Here’s what she said when I contacted her on myspace,
Date:
Sep 21, 2008 7:38 PM
Subject:
RE: U know ur a piece of shit, right, cunthahaha!!!!!!!!
Body:
Maybe you shouldn’t believe everything you read and then write people you don’t know or have a clue about!!!!! Just for your information I didn’t have anything to do with it, I just found out what he did. And as far as my truck that is financed with my own money and my tits they are financed too. So I guess you didn’t know as much as you thought! Don’t you think it would have better to get you facts straight before you slander someone or threaten to kick their ass!
—————– Original Message —————–
From: Des
Date: Sep 16, 2008 4:33 PM
Hope SOMeBODY beat your ass, or is planning to.
This what I wrote after she responded
“No, dirty, grimy chick….or not, I said “somebody” should, not me. If U aint dirty, then dude is, and may he get what he gets”