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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Fitzpatrick: Americans Must Take Responsibility for Corruption in their Own Communities
“IT’S NOT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S JOB; IT’S OUR JOB” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 20, 2017) — In an interview on Sunday afternoon, LCDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) told The Post & Email that the community of Athens, TN is exemplary of government tyranny brought about by inaction and a lack of vigilance on the part […]
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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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Whistleblower Inmate “Quickly” Dropped from Pro-Social Life Skills Class
AFTER FILING COMPLAINT, THREATENING TO EXPOSE ALLEGED SCHEME BY PRISON TO GARNER FEDERAL DOLLARS by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 18, 2017) — An inmate at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Complex (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN who recently blew the whistle on his placement in and ineligibility for the Pro-Social Life Skills class reports that his enrollment was […]
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Report: Three Riots in Shelby County Jail Since October, Officer “Briefly Held Hostage”
INMATE ALLEGES “3 RIOTS AND ONE PEACEFUL PROTEST” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 2, 2017) — Last week, The Post & Email received a letter dated January 18, 2017 in which an inmate at the Shelby County jail in Memphis, TN conveyed a heretofore unreported story to this publication of three “riots” plus a “peaceful” protest […]
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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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The Post & Email Contacts the Trump Transition Team about “Big Lick” Horse Cruelty
DOES “BUSINESS” OUTWEIGH SUFFERING? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 20, 2016) — On Tuesday morning at 9:09 AM EST, the following message was sent through the Trump transition team website, greatagain.gov: Good morning. I have contacted you before on the topic of government corruption to which my newspaper, The Post & Email, has been dedicated to […]
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Will Shelby County, TN Prosecutors be Disciplined?
“JUSTICE HAS TO COME AT SOME POINT” by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 19, 2016) — Two recent letters received from inmates at the Shelby County, TN jail reported that Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich was under some type of investigation for conduct associated with her duties as the chief prosecutor for Tennessee’s 30th Judicial […]
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The Post & Email Contacts the Presidential Transition Team
TENNESSEE, MILITARY, GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 13, 2016) — On Sunday morning, this writer sent the following message through the “Share Your Ideas” portal at the Presidential Transition Team website, greatagain.gov: I plan to continue my now-seven-year work at The Post & Email, an online newspaper which is citizen-driven, focusing on constitutional issues […]
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U.S. Supreme Court and Some States Clash on Life Sentences Without Parole for Juveniles
“CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT?” by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 1, 2016) — A letter received on Thursday from a Tennessee prison inmate highlighted the inconsistency between Tennessee state law and two U.S. Supreme Court decisions issued in 2012 and this past January, respectively, regarding life sentences for those who were under the age of 18 when […]
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Walter Fitzpatrick Ejected From Witness Stand by Tennessee “Judge,” Part 2
“MR. COFFEE IS ON THE RECORD” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 26, 2016) — On Sunday, The Post & Email published an article containing the first part of a letter from Tennessee inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III describing his short-lived testimony in Shelby County on August 16 in response to a subpoena from inmate Jerome L. […]
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Walter Fitzpatrick Ejected From Witness Stand by Tennessee “Judge,” Part 1
SHELBY COUNTY JUDGE “ASSUMED THE ROLE OF PROSECUTING ATTORNEY” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 25, 2016) — Approximately two weeks ago, The Post & Email received a lengthy letter from U.S. Navy veteran and Tennessee inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III describing a hearing which took place in Shelby County, TN on August 16 for which he […]
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How Can So Many Corroborating First-Hand Accounts be “Inaccurate?”
IS “IMPRESSION” MORE IMPORTANT THAN TRUTH? by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 20, 2016) — Since the first week of May, The Post & Email has been reporting on what has been described as abnormal and dangerous conditions at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Complex (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN. The new prison opened on January 6 of this […]
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Shelby County, TN Claims it Has No Grand Jury Foreman Appointing Orders for the Past Eight Years…
BUT AT LEAST ONE EXISTS by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 14, 2016) — For nearly seven years, The Post & Email has reported on the practice of Tennessee criminal court judges’ selection of the foreman of each county grand jury by personal preference rather than from the legally-impaneled jury pool. Potential members of both grand juries […]
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Shelby County, TN Charges Inmate “Indigency” Fee, Other Fines Totaling More than $16,000
“AN EMBEZZLEMENT SCHEME” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 6, 2016) — A Tennessee prison inmate has reported to The Post & Email that the Shelby County Criminal Court has assessed him for more than $16,000 in fees, fines and taxes, including a $37.50 fee for being “Indigent.” The roster of fees, dated October 14, 2013, lists […]
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Walter Fitzpatrick Breaks His Silence
“ROUGH AND ROUGHED” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 8, 2016) — After nearly two months, The Post & Email on Tuesday received two letters from Tennessee inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III. One was five pages and the other 15, with the second a follow-up to the first. Nearly two years ago, Fitzpatrick was sentenced to three […]
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Tennessee Prison Confirms Walter Fitzpatrick “Still Here”
HEALTH AND WELFARE UNKNOWN by Sharon Rondeau (May 25, 2016) — Following approximately six weeks of silence from Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, The Post & Email contacted the West Tennessee State Penitentiary (WTSP) on Wednesday afternoon to inquire into his well-being. We were able to reach a female correction […]
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Appellate Court Reverses and Remands Lower Court’s Action in Maryland Case Alleging Obama Identity Fraud
NEXT STEP: PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI by Sharon Rondeau (May 10, 2016) — Former Washington, DC-area attorney Montgomery Blair Sibley reported on his blog on Tuesday that a three-judge panel of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals issued an April 28 opinion reversing a lower court’s ruling stating that Sibley was not entitled to […]
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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 […]