A “CLEAR SETUP” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 9, 2020) — Former Shelby County, TN defendant Earley Story has released a recording obtained from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) which he said depicts the confidential informant in his 1997 case accepting an $850 payment for marijuana from another party who was later said falsely to […]
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Shelby County, TN Inmate: Judge Lifts “Stun” Cuffs Order
CREDITS THE POST & EMAIL’S REPORTAGE by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 8, 2020) — An unexpected late Christmas card received Wednesday from Shelby County, TN jail inmate Quartez Gary contained a letter in which Gary attributed to The Post & Email’s reporting the lifting of an order restricting him to “stun” handcuffs while in transit. Our […]
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Tennessee: Shelby County Inmate Says He is “Thorn in Side” of Judicial System
HAVE JAILERS MADE HIM A “TARGET?” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 25, 2019) — A letter received last week from Shelby County, TN inmate Benjamin Miles dated October 9, 2019 expresses gratitude for The Post & Email’s response to an earlier letter in which Miles described a severe beating by correction officers and hospitalization of which […]
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25-Year Former Inmate Relates Stunning Story of Crime, Punishment, and a New Mission
“I’M BLESSED” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 21, 2019) — On Sunday, The Post & Email interviewed Mr. Andrew Ewing, a former Tennessee prison inmate who spent a quarter-century behind bars under the federal “felony murder” statute as a result of his presence in a place at a time when a murder was committed by someone […]
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Is the Tennessee Attorney General Recommending the Execution of an Innocent Man?
WITNESS IN TONY CARRUTHERS CASE RECANTED TESTIMONY by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 26, 2019) — On Tuesday, The Tennessean reported that Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III filed motions with the state Supreme Court that the death sentences of nine inmates be carried through to execution. Slatery had announced the motions on the official website […]
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Why is Quartez Gary Still in the Shelby County Jail?
“HIGH VOLTAGE STUN/SHOCK CUFFS” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 23, 2019) — Shelby County, TN jail inmate Quartez Gary has contacted The Post & Email for a second time regarding his long-term incarceration which began in June 2015 without an indictment. As The Post & Email has reported for nearly ten years, like most states, Tennessee […]
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Tennessee Inmate Authors Book on “The Corrupt Grand Juries”
CLAIM: THERE IS “NO TRUE GRAND JURY IN TENNESSEE” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 14, 2019) — Tennessee inmate Jerome L. Johnson has written a book titled “The CORRUPT Grand Juries: A True Story” which is now available at Amazon in Kindle format. Johnson became interested in the composition and function of Tennessee grand juries in […]
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Is Government Corruption Jailing Veterans without Due Process?
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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Rutherford County, TN Inmate and Former Marine Calls Out “Corrupt” Grand Jury Practices
ASKS U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO INTERVENE by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 15, 2019) — Several weeks ago, a former U.S. Marine and current Rutherford County, TN Detention Center inmate contacted The Post & Email to expound on what he said is corruption within the county grand jury on several fronts leading to false charges in his […]
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Tennessee Court Refuses to Serve Subpoenas, Consider Exculpatory Evidence
“IT’S NOTHING BUT A COMEDY SHOW” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 22, 2019) — Acting as his own attorney, former Shelby County sergeant Earley Story attended a hearing Friday in his continued quest to clear his name of a 20-year-old felony conviction which destroyed his career and earning potential, the effects of which he said he […]
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Federal Lawsuit: Tennessee Grand Juries “Not Properly Constituted”
RESULTING IN DENIAL OF “DUE PROCESS OF LAW” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 28, 2019) — A lawsuit filed in federal court last fall by six inmates at the Shelby County jail in Memphis, TN claims that citizens of the county are subjected to a “routine ‘rubber stamp’ policy and procedure” after they are arrested and […]
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Can the Court Deny a Clear Miscarriage of Justice?
FALSELY-ACCUSED FORMER JAIL OFFICER CONTINUES TO SEEK EXONERATION by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 23, 2019) — On Thursday, Memphis resident Earley Story went to the Shelby County courthouse at 201 Poplar Street, accompanied by an acquaintance, to file documents he said should prove him innocent of a 1999 conviction for selling marijuana to an undercover officer […]
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Judge is Common Denominator in Former Sergeant’s Quest for Justice
TROUBLING PATTERN EMERGES IN 22-YEAR-OLD CONVICTION by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 15, 2019) — Since his 1999 conviction for allegedly selling marijuana to an undercover agent and confidential informant, former Shelby County, TN Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) Sergeant Earley Story has been attempting to clear his name of a crime which evidence indicates he did not commit. […]
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Memphis, TN: Will There Be Justice for Antonio King?
CLAIM: “FALSE ARREST” INCARCERATES MAN FOR ALLEGED ROBBERY by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 12, 2019) — On Wednesday The Post & Email spoke with Memphis, TN resident Lillian King, whose husband, Antonio King, has been incarcerated in the Shelby County jail since April of last year on what she says is the false charge of aggravated […]
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Why Did Shelby County Remove its Longstanding Grand Jury Foreman?
AND WHAT IS “PROPER PROCEDURE” FOR HER REPLACEMENT? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 26, 2018) — Approximately two weeks ago, The Post & Email came into possession of a court order emanating from the “Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee” indicating that a long-term foreman of the county grand jury, Mary Thomas, was removed from her […]
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Shelby County, TN Jail Inmate Continues to Insist He is Innocent of Murder Charge
“THE INVESTIGATORS SHOULD BE LOCKED-UP” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 1, 2018) — In a letter received on Thursday, Shelby County, TN inmate Datel Taylor reported that his public defender has left her position and that his family has shunned him as a result of a false murder charge. Taylor has contacted us on two previous […]
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Memphis, TN: Federal Lawsuit Filed Against Prosecutors, Police for False Arrests
PLAINTIFFS CLAIM JUDGE PURSUED “PERSONAL VENDETTA” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 6, 2018) — On March 23, 2018, two former co-defendants from Shelby County, TN filed suit in federal court in response to their false arrest, detention and criminal charges based on altered evidence which they were able to prove. The lawsuit was filed at the U.S. […]
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USDA Releases Documents to Horse-Welfare Activist, Ending First Amendment Lawsuit
“THIS IS AS BAD AS IT GETS” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 25, 2018) — On March 21, 2018, horse-welfare activist Clant M. Seay announced on his BillyGoBoy.com website that documents he had sought from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request last September were made available to him […]
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Second Shelby County Former Co-Defendant Tells Her Story
“SOMEBODY WAS DOING A RUSH JOB TO GET US INDICTED” by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 13, 2017) — In an interview on November 11, former Shelby County, TN co-defendant April Malone, caught up in a dragnet of 16 people fueled by the Shelby County District Attorney General‘s office and Memphis Police Department’s Organized Crime Unit (OCU), […]
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Shelby County, TN: Mother of Convicted Inmate Refutes Media Report
IF THE PRESS CANNOT REPORT ACCURATELY, HOW ARE THE PEOPLE TO KNOW? by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 6, 2017) — An article in The Commercial Appeal dated October 29, 2017 contains a number of misstatements, according to the mother of the inmate named in the first paragraph. Kimberly White, mother of Tennessee state inmate Jason Lamar […]