“I HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED IRREFUTABLE PROOF…” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 17, 2018) — On November 5, 2018, a defendant in a 4+-year-long criminal case whose charge was ultimately dropped by the government last year filed a second complaint against a Roane County, TN assistant prosecutor after noting a stunning revelation discovered through a recent public-records […]
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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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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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Former Tennessee Defendant Whose Case Dismissed Excoriates Government Operatives
“WE ARE ALL INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY” by Roy Cook, Roane County, TN Citizen (Jul. 3, 2017) — [Editor’s Note: The following letter was sent by email on Monday evening to the Tennesse Ninth Judicial District Public Defender’s office lead attorney Kim Nelson; criminal court clerk Kathi Hamilton; and five attorneys, each of whom was […]
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Exclusive: Four-Year-Old Roane County, TN Criminal Case Dismissed
“DON’T GIVE IN; IT’S WORTH THE FIGHT” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 28, 2017) — On Monday, a case arising in April 2013 accusing Roy E. Cook of “extortion” was dismissed in the Roane County, TN Criminal Court by Judge Jeffery H. Wicks of Tennessee’s Ninth Judicial District. The allegation of extortion was made by Cook’s […]
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Four Years Later, Roane County, TN Extortion Charge Remains Unresolved
DEFENDANT FILES MOTION TO DISMISS FOR PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 12, 2017) — With four defense attorneys and nearly four years behind him, Roane County, TN defendant Roy Cook has filed a Motion to Dismiss the case against him on the grounds of prosecutorial misconduct. After his fourth attorney withdrew from the case […]
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Roane County, TN Defendant Assigned Fifth Defense Attorney in Three-Year-Old Extortion Case
“I DID NOT ASK HIM TO QUIT, YOUR HONOR” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 28, 2016) — A hearing last Friday in a Roane County, TN courtroom resulted in the assignment of a fifth defense attorney to Roy Cook, whose “extortion” case has spanned three and one-half years without a trial. The Post & Email began […]
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Defendant in Longstanding Criminal Case Files Complaints Against Two Former Defense Attorneys and Prosecutor
FOR WHOM DO THEY WORK? by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 28, 2016) — On August 18, 2016, a Roane County, TN defendant filed three complaints with the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility (BOPR) against two of three former defense counsels and the prosecutor, Roane County Deputy Attorney General Robert Edwards. Edwards is a deputy prosecutor working […]
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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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Tennessee Defendant Takes Prosecutor to Task for Incompetence, Alleged Evidence-Tampering
“BE SPECIFIC” by Sharon Rondeau (May 3, 2016) — On April 20, The Post & Email published an update on the case of State of Tennessee v. Roy Cook, a case emanating from Roane County which has entered its fourth year without a trial or resolution. Cook alleges that the prosecution has withheld exculpatory evidence […]
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Roane County, TN Defendant Tells Judge: “I Would Like a Competent Attorney Who is Not Corrupt”
FOUR-YEAR-OLD CASE CONTINUES WITH NO ANSWERS AS TO WHY EVIDENCE “EVIDENTLY” TAMPERED WITH by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 20, 2016) — On Friday, Roane County, TN citizen Roy Cook attended a scheduled hearing in a case arising in April 2013 charging him with extortion which has not yet gone to trial. Roane County is one of […]
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Roane County, TN Prosecution of Extortion Case Nearing Its Fourth Year
THREE ATTORNEYS REFUSE TO FILE MOTION TO DISMISS by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 13, 2016) — On April 25, 2013, Roane County, TN citizen Roy Cook was indicted by the county grand jury on one count of “extortion,” a charge brought forward by his twin brother, Andrew Cook, who resides in Costa Rica. Roane County is […]
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Tennessee Judge Grants Permission for The Post & Email to Record Court Hearing
IN STATE OF TENNESSEE V. ROY COOK by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 26, 2015) — At the conclusion of court proceedings on August 18 at the Roane County, TN courthouse in Kingston in the case of State of Tennessee v. Roy Cook, a new hearing date was set for November 16 during which Cook’s allegations against […]
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Roane County, TN “Extortion” Case Scheduled for Hearing on Alleged Brady Violations
DO TENNESSEE PROSECUTORS FOLLOW THE LAW OR CREATE THEIR OWN? by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 18, 2015) — On Friday, a hearing took place in the prosecution of Roy Cook of Roane County, TN, on a charge of “extortion” dating back to April 2013. In a previous article dated June 27, The Post & Email reported […]
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Roane County, TN Man Pushing for Trial Amidst Prosecutorial and Judicial Disarray
“I DIDN’T START THIS FIGHT” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 27, 2015) — In March, The Post & Email learned of a case brought against a Roane County, TN man, Roy Cook, by his twin brother Andrew, resulting in a grand jury indictment for extortion. Ninth Judicial District chief prosecutor Russell Johnson is pursuing the indictment […]