RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN GRAND JURY ABSENT DURING “MEETING” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 20, 2019) — On Monday, The Post & Email published an article based on documents received from a former U.S. Marine incarcerated in the Rutherford County, TN jail awaiting trial on a number of charges which he maintains are false. His larger purpose […]
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Former Tennessee Defendant Renews Complaint Against Deputy Prosecutor
WHEN IS EVIDENCE “SUFFICIENT?” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 29, 2018) — In the case of State of Tennessee v. Roy Cook, 2013-CR-197, which was dismissed by the prosecution in June of last year, the question of information missing from an email exchanged between Cook’s accuser and the prosecutor was left unresolved. The case began in […]
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Fitzpatrick Details Mueller’s “Criminal Conduct,” Then and Now
FORMER FBI DIRECTOR, NOW SPECIAL COUNSEL, RESPONSIBLE FOR 2010 “MADISONVILLE HOAX” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 10, 2018) — On Thursday, The Post & Email published the first in what will be a series of articles emanating from an interview with LCDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret) resulting from a meeting with his congressman’s staffer in […]
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Former Tennessee Defendant’s Complaints Against Two Attorneys, Two Prosecutors Advance to Next Level
“IF ROY HADN’T DONE THOSE ARTICLES, THEY WOULD HAVE DISMISSED THE COMPLAINT” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 6, 2017) — A four-year-old Roane County, TN extortion case closed without a trial in late June continues to reveal new information which the former defendant, Roy Cook, is pursuing through the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility (BOPR) in […]
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McMinn County Criminal Court Judge Seals Fitzpatrick “Grand Jury” Report
“IF ELECTED I INTEND TO FOLLOW THE LAW” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 29, 2017) — On Saturday, Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III received in the mail an order from McMinn County, TN Criminal Court Judge Sandra Donaghy indicating that an alleged report produced by a three-person panel of the county “grand jury” was filed “under seal” […]
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Fitzpatrick: Former Grand Jury Foreman “Right” in Predicting His Return
“THERE WAS NO BASIS FOR MY ARREST” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 26, 2017) — “One thing Cunningham was right about was that I’d do the same thing again,” said Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III after visiting the McMinn County, TN Justice Center on July 18 to ask to testify to the grand jury. “Cunningham” is Jeffrey […]
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Fitzpatrick Disqualifies Three-Member Grand Jury Panel, Requests New Hearing
INVOKES “CONSTITUTIONALLY ASSEMBLED” GRAND JURY by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 21, 2017) — On Thursday, The Post & Email reported that McMinn County, TN resident Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III on Tuesday took a sizable packet of documentation to the county “Justice Center” with the intention of addressing the grand jury about local public corruption which has […]
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Walter Fitzpatrick Meets with McMinn County Three-Member Grand Jury Panel
“BEYOND MY ABILITY TO DESCRIBE” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 20, 2017) — On Tuesday, LCDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret) went to the McMinn County, TN Justice Center in Athens where the county grand jury meets monthly to review any petitions presented by citizens and prosecutors alleging crimes and/or corruption within the county. Rhonda Cooley […]
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McMinn County, TN Judge Neglects to Properly Vet Prospective Jurors
IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE STATUTE by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 12, 2017) — On Tuesday, the “McMinn County, TN Criminal Court” selected new trial jurors for the remainder of calendar-year 2017. The “court” is expressed with quotation marks as a result of a set of laws passed in 1984 by the Tennessee legislature ordering the county […]
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Is Judge Sandra Donaghy Another Amy Reedy?
HAND-SELECTION OF GRAND JURY FOREMAN CONTINUES UNABATED by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 21, 2017) — Through an Open Records request, on Monday Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III received a copy of the McMinn County, TN public grand jury notice showing that the grand jury would convene at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday. He additionally received copies of grand […]
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How Does Athens Federal Community Bank “Salute” Veterans?
BANK PRESIDENT & CEO, FORMER GRAND JURY FOREMAN, ADMITTED VETERAN DID NOT COMMIT PERJURY by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 14, 2017) — A sign saying “We Salute Our Vets” outside of the Athens Federal Community Bank in Athens, TN is belied by the actions of the bank’s president and CEO, Jeffrey L. Cunningham, who was the […]
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Does a Tennessee District Attorney Have the Right to Influence the Board of Parole?
“THEY DON’T CARE AND THEY WON’T CORRECT IT” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 22, 2016) — Over the past 30 days, The Post & Email received two letters from TDOC inmate Jimmy Newell claiming that despite his agreement to take a plea deal in a 2014 case involving theft of property and having served twice the […]
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Tennessee Case Now in Its Fourth Year Illustrates Fifth, Sixth Amendment Violations
“THERE’S NO INCENTIVE TO DO IT RIGHT IF THERE’S NO PUNISHMENT FOR DOING IT WRONG” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 22, 2016) — For nearly a year, The Post & Email has been reporting about the case of State of Tennessee v. Roy Cook, 2013-CR-197, in which the defendant’s twin brother, Andrew, accused him of extortion […]
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Is the Media Protecting Certain Presidential Candidates…
WHILE CONTINUING TO SHIELD OBAMA? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 26, 2016) — A columnist for The Washington Times has apparently been fired for having stated in a tweet will that he has personal knowledge of an allegation made against presidential candidate Ted Cruz in the media on Thursday. The Times issued three tweets on Friday […]
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Monroe County, TN: Prosecutor Moves to Public Defender’s Office
BUT SHOULD HE REPRESENT THOSE HE CLAIMED WERE CRIMINALS? by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 24, 2016) — A trial scheduled to begin on Tuesday, January 26, in Monroe County, TN of defendant Marvin William Young may be postponed as a result of the prosecutor, Paul D. Rush, having joined the judicial district’s public defender’s office within […]
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Appeal Filed in Fitzpatrick Case to Tennessee Supreme Court
CAN A PETITIONER FOR “REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES” BE TRIED AND CONVICTED OF EXTORTION? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 11, 2015) — Knoxville attorney Van Irion has filed an appeal in the case of State of Tennessee v. Walter Francis Fitzpatrick III to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Fitzpatrick Appeal to TN Supreme Court Fitzpatrick was convicted of […]
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Exclusive: 1883 Tennessee Supreme Court Decision: Grand Jury Foreman Chosen From “the Venire”
NOT HANDPICKED BY A JUDGE by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 28, 2015) — A Tennessee Supreme Court case from 1883 indicates that at that time, the foreman of the county grand jury was chosen by the criminal court judge from among the 13 impaneled citizens comprising “the venire,” or grand jury panel. In State of Tennessee […]
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Report: Tipton County, TN: 50 Grand Jury Indictments Produced After Only Three Cases Presented
“LOCKING PEOPLE UP LEFT AND RIGHT” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 19, 2015) — Last week, a professional involved in Tennessee’s 25th Judicial District court system told a local private individual that “they’re basically locking people up left and right, getting people out on bond and within a week, rearrest them, revoke their bond and increase […]
