ARE THESE CRIMINALS RUNNING SCARED?
July 6, 2011
Dear Editor,
Since the two June 2011 letters to Mr. O’Neal’s attorney were posted at The Post & Email, it appears that they have been read by Roane County, Tennessee officials who charged Mr. O’Neal with drug trafficking charges in 2008/09 of which he was convicted and recently sentenced, as well as the false murder charge that they pinned on him in 2009/10 from the 2007 murder. Mr. O’Neal insists that he is not guilty on either charge.
For weeks now I have been wondering why they charged him with the murder of Ronnie “Boone” Cofer in 2009/10 when the murder took place in 2007 of which no investigation appeared to have been conducted based on word from the locals as noted on www.topix.com, many of which were included in the prior letter to Mr. O’Neal’s attorney that was posted at The Post & Email. Also, there does not appear to be any evidence that Mr. O’Neal committed this murder other than some concocted theory from the police. In fact, the locals and the family of the murder victim have stated on the Topix website that they do not believe Mr. O’Neal did this and that the cops just wanted to blame someone.
I just learned today the reason why it appears they wanted to blame Mr. O’Neal specifically. Based on a statement from a witness in the drug trafficking trial who claims she was intimidated by the police to give false testimony and a statement made in the Roane County News last week, the purpose of the murder charge was to make sure Mr. O’Neal did not make bond of the drug trafficking charge in 2009. Apparently, the murder charge was to support the police’s argument to the judge that Mr. O’Neal was a danger to society and should not be let out on bond on the drug trafficking charge. This clearly establishes a motive why Mr. O’Neal is facing this false murder charge.
Secondly, this witness told me recently on the phone that several weeks ago after the first letter to Mr. Shope was posted at The Post & Email, she was contacted on her cell phone by one of the detectives on the drug trafficking case which Mr. O’Neal will be appealing. This detective was told by the witness that she did not want to speak with him. He then texted her repeatedly with compliments to her personally and warnings about not having anything to do with Mr. O’Neal. She ignored his text messages.
Consequently, she feels unsafe since she has since retracted the false testimony that was given as a result of being threatened by the authorities in Roane County several years ago, and has signed a written statement as to what actually took place in that interrogation room back then. I have a copy of her signed statement about the violations of her Constitutional Rights by these authorities during that interrogation. This was also mentioned in my first letter to Mr. O’Neal’s attorney, Mr. Shope.
Since the officials appear to have read the initial letter on the internet or via Mr. O’Neal’s public defender (I’m speculating here), this may explain why this detective is now calling and texting this witness with these kinds of remarks. The case is over, other than the appeal which I don’t even know has been filed yet. So one has to ask why this detective is calling and texting this witness when she clearly does not want to speak with him anymore after that last illegal interrogation.
Also, this witness stated to me that she does not know where the detective obtained her current cell phone number. She believes the only way he could have gotten it was from the Blount County jail where Mr. O’Neal is being held pending a court hearing on the false murder charge. She confirmed that Mr. O’Neal has called her from jail on this cell phone number.
Therefore, the Blount County jail appears to be giving the Roane County Sheriff’s Department detective the phone numbers which Mr. O’Neal calls from jail.
In this instance, I am concerned about this witness being picked up, falsely accused herself as an intimidation tactic (as they had done before) to keep her from standing by her recent statement of what the authorities did to her in that interrogation room several years ago with regard to the violation of her Constitutional Rights and gutter intimidation tactics that should be below law enforcement. Not allowing someone to have an attorney present during questioning, and then not allowing her to remain silent when she was denied an attorney, was clearly needed to intimidate the young mother into making a false statement to prevent them from following through with the threat of putting her in jail and taking her children away from her. The purpose of all this was to gain false statements from her about Mr. O’Neal. This woman had committed no crime and I don’t know how they could legally be requiring her to remain inside that interrogation room while being treated this way. But this is a young woman in Tennessee who obviously did not know her Constitutional Rights. She does now!
And she needs this knowledge since her present reality is like déja vu regarding to the possibility of these intimidation tactics being inflicted upon her again as Mr. O’Neal plans his appeal. Otherwise, why would the detective be calling and texting this witness after all this time when she never gave her number to him nor invited him to do so. Clearly, he went “out of his way” to obtain her cell phone number for this purpose.
Now, Mr. O’Neal has contacted me from jail through a third party whom he calls and then they conference me in on a three-way call. I am not a tech expert, but I am wondering if the detective has my phone number also, both home and cell, which have been used by the third party to call me on behalf of Mr. O’Neal from jail. If this detective has my home number then he also has my address since I have a listed land line.
The question now is this: Do I have to worry also about getting falsely charged with something and jailed in an attempt to shut me down from advocating for Mr. O’Neal? I don’t know. But I am not taking any chances.
I have instructed the above-noted witness to buy a Go Phone with cash and contact me. From there I will be helping her to find a safe place outside of Tennessee to prevent her from being judicially harassed by the Roane County officials as they seek to sabotage Mr. O’Neal’s appeal. This appeal will include depositions and affidavits, some already obtained and in safekeeping and some of which have been illegally confiscated from the cops. These documents expose the corruption on the part of Roane County officials on the drug trafficking. This subject was also addressed in the detective’s recent text messages to this witness which she has saved on her cell phone.
The purpose of my writing this update to you, Editor, is out of wondering “What do I do next?” For reasons I have previously stated in my letters to Mr. O’Neal’s public defender, I am capable of doing only so much to help these poor people who seem to be “on the target list” of the Roane County officials. I also fear that I am now on their target list as well. The only safety net I feel that I have is notifying the media such as your online newspaper and other media outlets for which I have contacts in order to protect myself and this witness from any further judicial harassment…or possible harm.
Last and most importantly, I heard from Mr. O’Neal from the Blount County jail the other day through a third party conference or three-way call. A new inmate in the jail conveyed to Mr. O’Neal that in the last few days, this Roane County detective (I will give you his name via your personal email), has put work out-on-the-street to “pull off Ralph O’Neal.” This detective appears to have read the story at The Post & Email via a link that was placed on the “Harriman Police” forum of the Topix website in the last week, and the instructions to “pull ofF Ralph O’Neal” appear to be a direct result of his becoming aware of The Post & Email’s two June 2011 postings of the letters that went to Mr. O’Neal’s public defender, and of which specifically addressed the corruption in Roane County and how it relates to the charges against Mr. O’Neal. I am wondering just what “pull off Ralph O’Neal” means?
In closing, I again ask for your prayers regarding this matter. Also, you have my permission to post this letter at The Post & Email if you would like. Please contact me if you need any additional information prior to making this letter public information.