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 […]
“IT TOOK ABOUT 30-40 MINUTES TO DESTROY THE CELL” by LCDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.), TDOC Inmate #540003 (Jan. 15, 2016) — [Editor’s Note: The following letter was received on Friday, January 15, 2016 and details an ongoing situation of which The Post & Email has been aware and about which it has recently […]
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 […]
FITZPATRICK: EVIL MUST BE CONQUERED, NOT TOLERATED by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, TDOC #540003, ©2015 (Dec. 9, 2015) — [Editor’s Note: the following is the remainder of a report received by Tennessee prison inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III last week, the first part of which was published on December 4. The subject matter is the evolution […]
LACK OF MEDICAL, DENTAL CARE; PRISONERS-FOR-PROFIT by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 29, 2015) — Since Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III was sent to prison in August of last year, The Post & Email has received letters from many inmates, some of whom write to us on a regular basis about their cases, prison conditions, forced participation in […]
BUT DISCIPLINARY BOARD HEARING REINSTATED by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 8, 2015) — In a letter received on Monday, Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III described his new environment after having been suddenly relocated within the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) as a “return to a state of normalcy.” After reporting strip searches and seizures of letters and articles […]
BUT ARE WE SURPRISED? by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 6, 2015) — On Monday morning, a Tennessee citizen who last week contacted State Rep. John Forgety’s office regarding allegations made by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III that he was threatened with assault by a prison instructor at the Northwest Correctional Center (NWCX) has received a response. In […]
“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 […]
“A REPLICA OF NAZI GERMANY” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 16, 2015) — The following letter has been placed in Tuesday morning’s mail to the two recipients indicated in response to a series of letters received from CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) describing increasing threats, intimidation, unwarranted write-ups, the unmet need for medical and dental […]
“I NEED TO BE SET FREE” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 4, 2015) — On Wednesday, The Post & Email received a letter from CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.), who is incarcerated at the Northwest Correctional Center (NWCX) in Tiptonville, TN and whose exposure of local government corruption has been covered extensively by this publication. […]
HAS BLACKWOOD “LEARNED HIS LESSON?” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 3, 2015) — Acting on a tip from a reliable source, on Wednesday The Post & Email contacted the office of Senior Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood to inquire if Blackwood is still serving on the bench. We reached his assistant, Mindy, with whom we have spoken […]
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 […]
BUT “PAROLE” WAS NOT THE ISSUE by Sharon Rondeau (May 12, 2015) — On March 3, The Post & Email received and published a copy of a letter written by a high school friend of LCDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.), who was sent to state prison in Tennessee last summer on convictions of “aggravated […]
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 […]
SENT TO PRISON FOR EXPOSING GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION by Sharon Rondeau, h/t KP (Mar. 12, 2015) — A video released by Abel Danger Productions about the saga of CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) in his discovery of Tennessee judicial corruption is now posted on YouTube. On February 28, the video was uploaded to an article […]
“AN UNLAWFUL LEGAL SYSTEM” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 28, 2015) — A long-anticipated video depicting corruption within county grand juries and the judiciary as a whole throughout the state of Tennessee as discovered by CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) has been released. Released by Abel Danger Productions, the footage tells the story of how […]
“THE GRAND JURY IS WHAT MAKES US A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 9, 2015) — On Thursday, a 25-page appeal was filed with the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, Eastern Division, on behalf of CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.), who was convicted last June of “aggravated perjury” and “extortion” after he brought […]
“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 […]
PROJECT IN PROGRESS TO “CHANGE STORIES AND LIVES” OF VETERANS by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 12, 2014) — In a video released on Tuesday, Lt. Col. Field McConnell (USAF-Ret.) discussed distinguished veterans of the U.S. military; current military leadership; the death of former football star and U.S. Army Ranger Pat Tillman; CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III […]
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 […]