“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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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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Breaking News on George Raudenbush Case From Monroe County, TN
WILL TENNESSEE’S CRIMES AGAINST ITS CITIZENS FINALLY BE THWARTED? by George Raudenbush, ©2016 (Aug. 31, 2016) — [Editor’s Note: The following press release was received late Tuesday from George Raudenbush, a Christian missionary and former Tennessee state inmate whose traffic convictions were reversed by an appellate court in late 2013 resulting from Judge Carroll Lee […]
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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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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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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 […]
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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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Fitzpatrick Case to be Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
AFTER TENNESSEE HIGH COURT REFUSES TO HEAR APPEAL by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 17, 2016) — On November 4, 2015, Atty. Van Irion filed an Application for Permission to Appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court from the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals on behalf of Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, who was incarcerated on August 19, 2014 […]
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Inmate’s Story Echoes Those of Prison Abuse, Fraud, “Cover-Ups”
“NO PERSON IS SAFE” by Anonymous Inmate, NWCX, Tiptonville, TN (Mar. 5, 2016) — The letter below was received by The Post & Email on Friday, March 4 and corroborates the numerous reports received over the last year from other inmates describing prisoners-for-profit schemes and other abuses at NWCX, a Tennessee state prison located in […]
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Inmate Reports Prison Violence, Correction Officer Injured; No Mainstream Media Coverage
“THIS PLACE IS SO CORRUPT” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 17, 2016) — On Tuesday, The Post & Email received a letter from an inmate at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) in Tiptonville, TN, from whom we have heard twice before, describing two inmate stabbings and another of a correction officer at the West Tennessee State […]
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Why Does Walter Fitzpatrick Have “Wounds?”
“BLOOD, INFECTED SORES” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 8, 2016) — Several weeks ago, The Post & Email received two letters from Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, who is an inmate at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) in Tiptonville, TN. Fitzpatrick is serving a three-year sentence for “aggravated perjury” and “extortion” after attempting to inform the McMinn […]
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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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Tea Party Power Hour Interviews The Post & Email About Arpaio Case, Zullo Testimony, Judicial Corruption
WHAT WAS JUDGE’S PURPOSE IN PROBING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT’S WORK? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 18, 2015) — Tea Party Power Hour host Mark Gillar has posted an interview with The Post & Email’s editor on the subject of judicial corruption, specifically as manifested in recent hearings in Melendres, et al v. Arpaio, et al, a civil […]
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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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Fitzpatrick: Tennessee “the Land Where the Law Went to Die”
“A HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED ACT OF IDENTITY THEFT” by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, TDOC #540003 (Dec. 4, 2015) — [Editor’s Note: The following letter was received from the above Tennessee state prison inmate on Thursday, December 3, 2015. Fitzpatrick has been imprisoned since August 19, 2014 for convictions of “aggravated perjury” and “extortion” following his attempted […]