Tag: Judge Amy Armstrong Reedy
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McMinn County Criminal Court Judge Seals Fitzpatrick “Grand Jury” Report
“IF ELECTED I INTEND TO FOLLOW THE LAW” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 29, 2017) — On Saturday, Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III received in the mail an order from McMinn County, TN Criminal Court Judge Sandra Donaghy indicating that an alleged report produced by a three-person panel of the county “grand jury” was filed “under seal”…
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Fitzpatrick: Former Grand Jury Foreman “Right” in Predicting His Return
“THERE WAS NO BASIS FOR MY ARREST” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 26, 2017) — “One thing Cunningham was right about was that I’d do the same thing again,” said Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III after visiting the McMinn County, TN Justice Center on July 18 to ask to testify to the grand jury. “Cunningham” is Jeffrey…
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Fitzpatrick Disqualifies Three-Member Grand Jury Panel, Requests New Hearing
INVOKES “CONSTITUTIONALLY ASSEMBLED” GRAND JURY by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 21, 2017) — On Thursday, The Post & Email reported that McMinn County, TN resident Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III on Tuesday took a sizable packet of documentation to the county “Justice Center” with the intention of addressing the grand jury about local public corruption which has…
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Walter Fitzpatrick Meets with McMinn County Three-Member Grand Jury Panel
“BEYOND MY ABILITY TO DESCRIBE” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 20, 2017) — On Tuesday, LCDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret) went to the McMinn County, TN Justice Center in Athens where the county grand jury meets monthly to review any petitions presented by citizens and prosecutors alleging crimes and/or corruption within the county. Rhonda Cooley…
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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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Exclusive: 1883 Tennessee Supreme Court Decision: Grand Jury Foreman Chosen From “the Venire”
NOT HANDPICKED BY A JUDGE by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 28, 2015) — A Tennessee Supreme Court case from 1883 indicates that at that time, the foreman of the county grand jury was chosen by the criminal court judge from among the 13 impaneled citizens comprising “the venire,” or grand jury panel. In State of Tennessee…
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State Prison Inmate Describes “Multi-Billion-Dollar Operation Off Taxpayers”
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…
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Special Report: Walter Fitzpatrick Sends Out SOS from Tennessee State Prison pb
“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.…
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Fitzpatrick Appeal Hearing Scheduled for May 19
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…
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Appeal Filed in Fitzpatrick Case
“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…
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Retired Lt. Colonel To File Lawsuit Against Obama if Verdicts Not Vacated Against Fitzpatrick pb
WILL BLACKWOOD “DO THE RIGHT THING?” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 31, 2014) — Intelligence analyst, aviation expert and co-host of the Abel Danger radio show Lt. Col. Field McConnell (Ret.) said on Wednesday that if two “guilty” verdicts against CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) from a McMinn County, TN jury are not vacated by…
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Bank Attorney Files Motion to Quash Subpoena for Former Grand Jury Foreman
FORMER FOREMAN, BANK PRESIDENT & CEO SCHEDULED TO TESTIFY ON MONDAY IN MCMINN COUNTY, TN by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 15, 2014) — On Friday, an attorney for the employer of former McMinn County, TN grand jury foreman Jeffrey Cunningham filed a motion at the McMinn County courthouse to quash a subpoena upheld by Senior Judge…
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Will Blackwood’s Words Come Back to Haunt Him?
“NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE GRAND JURY” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 11, 2014) — More than three years ago, Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III subpoenaed several Tennessee judges to provide copies of any appointing orders for grand jury foremen they had signed over the course of their respective careers. Grand juries are mentioned…
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Fitzpatrick Prosecutor Objects to 24 Subpoenas pb
BUT WHY? by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 8, 2014) — On Thursday, 24 subpoenas were issued and presumably served to individuals residing in Tennessee’s Tenth Judicial District summoning them to appear at a hearing in the case of State of Tennessee v. Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, 14-CR-69, on Monday, June 16, 2014. Fitzpatrick’s attorney, Van Irion,…
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Second Response Received From Tenth Judicial District Criminal Court Judge Candidate
“JUDGE REEDY MUST GO” by Sharon Rondeau (May 5, 2014) — On Friday, The Post & Email received an initial response to an email sent to Sandra Donaghy, Republican candidate for Criminal Court Judge in the Tenth Judicial District of Tennessee, where The Post & Email has exposed systemic judicial corruption over more than four…
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Judge Reedy Responds to The Post & Email…or Does She?
“YOU MAY WISH TO SEEK COMPETENT LEGAL ADVICE” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 28, 2014) — An incumbent criminal court judge running for re-election in Tennessee’s Tenth Judicial District has avoided The Post & Email’s questions regarding the appointment of grand jury foremen in which she has taken part for the last eight years, at a…
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Smear Campaign Directed Against Tennessee Criminal Court Judge Candidate pb
ATTACK AD TAKEN OUT IN THE DAILY POST-ATHENIAN CLAIMS VAN IRION “NOT QUALIFIED” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 26, 2014) — Two Athens, TN attorneys reportedly paid for an advertisement in The Daily Post-Athenian, which serves the local area, with the purpose of convincing citizens of the Tenth Judicial District not to vote for Atty. Van…
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Breaking: Fitzpatrick Bond Reduced to $20,000
“IT WENT WELL” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 24, 2014) — An eyewitness at an arraignment hearing for Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III on Monday contacted The Post & Email at approximately 1:18 p.m. EDT to share her observations on the proceedings, which began at noon and ended approximately 45 minutes later. Fitzpatrick is currently housed at…
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News from Tennessee State Inmate Todd Sweet
JUDGE ROSS “A BIT PERTURBED” by Todd J. Sweet, ©2014 (Mar. 5, 2014) — [Editor’s Note: After a long break, Tennessee inmate Todd J. Sweet sent a letter to The Post & Email with an update on his post-conviction appeal against the Monroe County, TN Criminal Court verdicts rendered in 2010 which convicted him of…
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Fitzpatrick: Tennessee Criminal Courts “A Closed System”
“KNOWING AND WILLFUL INTENT” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 19, 2014) — On Tuesday, Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III went for the sixth time to the McMinn County courthouse with criminal accusations against grand jury foreman Jeff Cunningham, McMinn County Sheriff Joe Guy, members of the district attorney general’s office, and other public officials for perpetrating crimes…