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 […]
“THE SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY BROKEN” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 31, 2016) — On October 3, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a review to a petition for a Writ of Certiorari filed by Atty. Van R. Irion, representing petitioner Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III in a case rejected by the Tennessee Supreme Court. The petition was filed […]
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 […]
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 […]
“NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE ALLEGATION” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 13, 2015) — On July 6, The Post & Email reported that a Tennessee resident contacted State Rep. John Forgety‘s office regarding the allegations made in several successive letters by TDOC prisoner #54003, Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, who alleged that an instructor at the Northwest […]
“NAME, RANK, SERIAL NUMBERS…” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 26, 2015) — The Post & Email has just received a mailing from CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.), who is imprisoned at the Northwest Correctional Institution (NWCX) in Tiptonville, TN, stating that on June 19, he was “backed into a corner” by a prison instructor, verbally […]
ATTY. VAN IRION: GRAND JURY WAS DEFECTIVE FROM THE OUTSET by Sharon Rondeau (May 21, 2015) — On Tuesday, oral argument was heard in the appeal of State of Tennessee v. Walter Fitzpatrick, 14CR69, in which CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) was convicted of “aggravated perjury” and “extortion” by a McMinn County, TN trial […]
FACTS, JURISDICTION CALLED INTO QUESTION by Sharon Rondeau (May 6, 2015) — Atty. Van Irion has filed a brief in response to the “Brief of the State of Tennessee” in the case of State of Tennessee v. Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, 14CR69, now on appeal with the Tennessee Criminal Court of Appeals-Eastern Division. Irion filed […]
“THE GRAND JURY IS OPEN TO ANY CITIZEN WHO WANTS TO COME AND APPEAR” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 12, 2015) — The chief prosecutor of Tennessee’s Tenth Judicial District, which includes the counties of McMinn, Monroe, Polk and Bradley, told a local radio show host last month that “the grand jury is open to any […]
WHY MAXIMUM SECURITY? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 22, 2014) — The Post & Email has learned through public records that CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) has been relocated to a prison in the northwest region of Tennessee from the Bledsoe County Correctional Center (BCCX) in Pikeville. The facility where Fitzpatrick is now housed is […]
MOTIONS “NOT WELL TAKEN” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 22, 2014) — Two motions requested by Atty. Van Irion for CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) at a hearing on Monday have been denied by Senior Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood. Irion had filed two briefs asking that judgment be arrested and requesting a new trial for […]
THEN WHY ARE THEY NOT IN THE COURT’S POSSESSION? by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 6, 2014) — In an article dated September 5, 2014, The Post & Email detailed difficulties encountered in obtaining public records under Open Records requests in the state of Tennessee over the last two weeks. As of 1:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, […]
IS $325.75 THE PRICE FOR A VIOLATION OF LAW? by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 3, 2014) — On Wednesday, The Post & Email sent an appeal to an Open Records request made on August 22 which had received no response during the mandatory seven-business-day period. The appeal was faxed to Patty Gaines, “Clerk and Master” of […]
“ALMOST COMPLETE DISCRETION” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 1, 2014) — Filmmaker William F. Fain has released a second video clip from a promo for “The Field Report” featuring Tennessee Attorney Van Irion, who has defended CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) in two cases in which Fitzpatrick has attempted to bring to the public’s attention […]
“CHILLING EFFECT” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 1, 2014) — Filmmaker William F. Fain has released a “snippet” from an upcoming promotional video presentation of “The Field Report” to be hosted by Lt. Col. Field McConnell (USAF-Ret.) pending studio approval. Fain recently told The Post & Email that a sponsor for the series, which will feature […]
FORMER F4/F16 AIR DEFENSE PILOT PLANS LAUNCH OF TELEVISION PROGRAM by William F. Fain and Lt. Col. Field McConnell, USAF (Ret.) (Aug. 30, 2014) — Pending studio approval, Field McConnell will launch a new TV program with filming to start in Nashville, TN with filmmaker William F. Fain. The program will concentrate on exposing wrongs […]
HAS MCMINN COUNTY SILENCED HIM? by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 29, 2014) — 3:21 p.m. EDT – The Post & Email was informed just minutes ago from a reliable source in touch with a source inside the Bledsoe County Correctional Center (BCCX) near Pikeville, TN that CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) is now there. He […]
A “KANGAROO CONVICTION” by a Reader (Aug. 29, 2014) — In response to an article published at The Post & Email on Friday morning, a reader wrote the following letter: If EVER, in the entire history of America, there was a “Kangaroo Conviction” with NO accuser, NO evidence, NO “victim” and the so-called “judge” mocking […]
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN ON FRIDAY MORNING by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 29, 2014) — On Monday, a McMinn County Sheriff’s Office corporal told The Post & Email that a timing error had resulted in CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick’s removal, then return, to the McMinn County “Justice” Center. We were told by a deputy on Tuesday afternoon through […]
NAMES PROSECUTOR, JUDGE AS “DOMESTIC ENEMIES OF THE CONSTITUTION” by Lt. Col. Field McConnell, USAF (Ret.) (Aug. 26, 2014) — [Editor’s Note: The following text is taken from a sworn affidavit prepared by Lt. Col. Field McConnell, USAF (Ret.), who attended the sentencing hearing for CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) last Tuesday in Athens, […]