Tag: Earley Story
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Can 27 Years of Lies be Dispelled?
by Sharon Rondeau (May 3, 2024) — On April 11, The Post & Email reported on a lawsuit filed pro se by former Shelby County, TN Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Earley Story with the intention of obtaining the pension he would have received had he not been wrongfully terminated in 1997 as a result of false…
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Mystery Envelope Remains Sealed
by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 11, 2024) — In late February, former Shelby County, TN Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Earley Story received an unexpected envelope from Tony Carruthers, a Tennessee inmate relegated to death row after a conviction for allegedly murdering three Memphis residents in 1994. In September 2019, then-Tennessee Atty. Gen. Herbert H. Slatery filed a…
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Will Earley Story Finally Get His Due?
by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 6, 2024) — On Monday morning, former Shelby County, TN Sheriff’s Office deputy Earley Story went to court for the first time in regard to his bid to obtain the pension he would have received had he not been terminated from his position as a sheriff’s office sergeant following a false…
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County Claims 25-Year Case Record “Destroyed,” Yet New Evidence Continues to Emerge
by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 19, 2022) — The 1997 prosecution of Shelby County, TN Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Earley Story on a felony drug charge continues to yield documents Story has never seen, defying the prosecution’s contention that the case file was “destroyed” in 2005. Last month, Story was unexpectedly handed a document dated April 28,…
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Will New Prosecutor Make a Difference in Former Law-Enforcement Officer’s False Conviction?
by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 3, 2022) — On Thursday, former Shelby County, TN Sheriff’s deputy Earley Story, who was falsely-accused in 1997 of selling marijuana to an undercover informant and convicted in 1999, asked the 30th Judicial District to file his complaint over the wrongful conviction in his ongoing quest to clear his name after…
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Of Alleged Drug Sale Leading to Conviction, Former Defendant Says, “I Was Nowhere Around”
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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Tennessee: Falsely-Convicted Former Sergeant Tells His Story on Noogaradio
“THERE’S A LOT OF EVIDENCE…THAT PROVES I’M INNOCENT” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 7, 2020) — On Thursday afternoon, “Noogaradio” host David Tulis spoke with former Shelby County, TN Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) sergeant Earley Story, whose narrative The Post & Email began reporting in late 2018. Story was working as a Shelby County jailer in the…
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Harassment from the Tennessee Bar Association
“I AM NOT A LAWYER” by Earley Story, ©2019 (Oct. 11, 2019) —[Editor’s Note: The following was sent as an email to the Tennessee Bar Association (TBA), an individual at the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and this writer containing the three attachments referenced in the email. The Post & Email has reported on Story’s…
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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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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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Hearing Scheduled in 20-Year-Old False Conviction Case Requesting Judge’s Recusal
“HE KNOWS ME VERY WELL” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 7, 2019) — On Friday, former Shelby County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) deputy Earley Story attended a hearing at the Shelby County Criminal Court in a proceeding stemming from his request to show that exculpatory evidence was withheld from his defense counsel in 1999, the year he…
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Exclusive: NPDF Receives Congressional Response to Request for Review of 20-Year-Old Conviction
“I WANT THEM TO DO THE RIGHT THING” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 21, 2019) — On Wednesday evening, National Police Defense Foundation (NPDF) Founder and Executive Director Joseph Occhipinti informed this writer that he received a response from an aide to Rep. Steve Cohen to his request for an FBI investigation into the arrest and…
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National Police Defense Foundation Calls Upon FBI, Elected Officials to Probe Conviction of Former Shelby County Officer
WHY WAS EARLEY STORY CHARGED WITH A CRIME? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 10, 2019) — The National Police Defense Foundation (NPDF) on Sunday issued a press release requesting the launch of an FBI investigation into the 1999 conviction of former Shelby County, TN Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) Sgt. Earley Story on a drug charge. Founded in…
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How Can Justice Occur with a Compromised Judge?
FORMER JAILER HAS LIVED WITH FALSE FELONY CONVICTION FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 8, 2019) — On Monday morning, former Shelby County, TN Sheriff’s Office sergeant Earley Story attended a hearing at the Shelby County Justice Center, a continuation of a proceeding he requested last fall in an attempt to overturn a…
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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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Does the Judge Have an Agenda in this Case?
EARLEY STORY DETAILS HEARING ON DEFAULT JUDGMENT MOTION, NEW EVIDENCE PRESENTED; EYEWITNESS CORROBORATES by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 12, 2019) — On Monday, The Post & Email reported two new developments in the case of former Shelby County, tn Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) Sergeant Earley Story, who was accused and ultimately convicted in 1999 of selling marijuana to an…
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Exclusive: National Police-Defense Organization Supports Former Shelby County, TN Officer Earley Story
IN HIS QUEST FOR JUSTICE by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 11, 2019) — On Monday morning, Shelby County, TN resident Earley Story, who maintains he was falsely charged in 1997 for allegedly selling marijuana to an undercover agent, had a hearing in Division VIII of the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center in Memphis with the purpose…
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Shelby County, TN: Former Law-Enforcement Officer Requests Expedited Hearing Based on “New Evidence” in 22-Year-Old Conviction
BUT WILL HE RECEIVE A FAIR REVIEW? by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 31, 2019) — On November 15, 2018, The Post & Email published an article detailing a 22+-year effort on the part of Memphis resident Earley Story to clear his name of a felony of which he was convicted in December 1999. The 1997 charge…