Formal Ethics Complaint regarding Rep. John Martin’s Conduct: 
To Maine House of Representatives ethics oversight committee, 
 
I am requesting that the ethics committee investigate the unethical conduct of Representative 
John Martin for his misuse and abuse of power regarding: 
1. 2014 – 2015, Rep. John Martin attempted to influence Assistant District Attorney James 
Mitchell of the Caribou DA’s Office by telling him to dismiss all of the charges of a criminal 
investigation, a 2012/2013 Allagash Warden Service Undercover Operation “Operation Red 
Meat.” Rep. Martin followed the prosecution of the cases through the court system and 
attempted to influence the presiding Judge, Honorable Judge E. Allen Hunter, by writing a 
letter to influence the fine and jail sentence of defendants (Both ADA Mitchell and Judge 
Hunter were men of integrity and were not influenced, See Court Transcripts). 
 
2. 2015 – 2016, Rep. John Martin made it known through his legislative circles that he was 
going to go after Warden Service’s Special Investigative Unit (Undercover Operations). Rep. 
Martin told fellow legislators that he was planning to introduce a law prohibiting an 
Undercover Operative from violating Title 12 laws (Making covert operations impossible to 
conduct). Rep. Martin made it known again through his legislative circles that he needed to 
create support for his upcoming bill. Rep. John Martin communicated and conspired with a 
reporter, “story teller” Colin Woodard to create a fabricated false story against Warden 
Service and their Special Investigations Unit.  On May 8, 2016, the initial false story was 
printed titled “North Woods Lawless” significantly and publically exposing Warden Service’s 
Covert Operations.  Rep. Martin’s plan was successful at creating a false narrative causing 
the intended public outcry. Likewise, State Senators and Representatives also reacted as if 
the false story was true. In a knee jerk reaction, politicians responded to fix the fictionally 
created problem. On June 1, 2016, I.F. &W.’s legislative committee conducted a public fact 
finding hearing that again highly exposed Warden Service’s Undercover Operations. 
 
Rep. John Martin’s Motives:   I am still unsure of Rep. Martin’s exact motives.  I am unsure if he was 
offended Warden Service conducted the investigation in his area without him knowing, if he was 
offended because he was unable to influence the Prosecutor or the Judge, if he was offended because 
he was distantly related to some of the defendants, or if his motives were just simply for his own 
personal political advantage. 
Results of Rep. John Martin’s Misconduct:  Warden Service as an organization was wrongfully and 
falsely publically discredited. Warden Service’s most effective tool at apprehending Maine’s worst of the 
worst wildlife violators may have been irreversibly damaged making future operations too unsafe for 
officers to conduct. The unethical public exposing of my identity as a Covert Operative to include a 
photograph of me in two separate news articles insured my inability to ever work covert investigations 
in Maine again. Regarding our natural resources Warden Service is charged to protect, it will likely be 

 impossible to measure the enormous negative impact Rep. John Martin caused to our Maine wildlife for 
future generations. 
The two most damaging consequences of Rep. Martin’s misconduct to me personally was to my 
family. My wife and my children that still live in Maine are in constant fear of retaliation from past UC 
investigation defendants (20 years of Undercover Investigations). My son shares the same name, 
William Livezey, causing him to be harassed and contacted inappropriately. The false stories created a 
feeding frenzy by the public that also empowered and emboldened criminals of several past 
investigations.  My reputation was publically persecuted by the false allegations in the multiple front 
page stories printed in the Portland Press Herald and other media outlets. I have held a leadership 
position at my local church in a small northern Maine community for many years as well as teaching the 
high school Sunday School class and being the leader of the church’s Youth Group. My character and 
integrity that Rep. John Martin conspired to destroy through the false articles is in my opinion, real 
“Outrageous Conduct.” It is also my opinion that these circumstances are examples of unethical misuses 
of Rep. Martin’s government powers. 
I am a conservative republican but it is important to know that I would have forwarded this 
complaint regardless if Rep. John Martin was a republican, democrat, or independent. The false stories 
and public persecution has taught me one valuable lesson, “Not to fear men or what men can say or 
do.” 
The attorneys I have been communicating with have asked me to go through the false articles 
line by line and document each false accusation (Attached are three documents containing the refuted 
false points). I will forward all additional information obtained through any testimony or depositions 
regarding Rep. Martin’s conduct as a result of the legal process of holding the PPH accountable as well.  
Thank you in advance for investigating this complaint, sincerely 
William R. Livezey 
   
Attachments; 
1. Document containing a chronological list of SIU investigations I conducted since 1996 
2. 3 Documents refuting the false information point by point in three of the printed PPH fictitious 
articles.