“EVIDENCE OF A CRIME” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 3, 2017) — The Post & Email has received a hard copy of a large document package which Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III brought to the McMinn County, TN Justice Center on July 18, 2017 seeking an audience before the grand jury. Tennessee law allows for any citizen […]
“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” […]
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 […]
“IT’S NOT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S JOB; IT’S OUR JOB” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 20, 2017) — In an interview on Sunday afternoon, LCDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) told The Post & Email that the community of Athens, TN is exemplary of government tyranny brought about by inaction and a lack of vigilance on the part […]
“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 […]
WHAT WAS THE RUSH? by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 9, 2014) — An eyewitness to the trial of CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) on Monday, June 23 and Tuesday, June 24 in McMinn County, TN told The Post & Email that she does not believe the 12 jurors could have properly reviewed the evidence provided […]
ATTORNEY: “I’M NOW SCARED TO GO TO THE GRAND JURY” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 22, 2014) — On Monday evening, radio host Dr. Laurie Roth interviewed Atty. Van Irion, who represented CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) on charges filed after Fitzpatrick attempted to bring evidence of criminality on the part of judges and other […]
AND RESPONSE TO MCMINN COUNTY JURY VERDICTS by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 9, 2014) — Some potential donors to a new GoFundMe account for CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) have commented that they are uncomfortable with their identity appearing with a donation. In response, The Post & Email has discovered that a donor has the […]
DENIES HAVING FILED CHARGES by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 18, 2014) — The former grand jury foreman of the McMinn County, TN grand jury, Jeffrey Cunningham, admitted during witness testimony on Monday that despite a presentment accusing defendant Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III of four serious crimes against him, Cunningham never filed a police report or swore […]
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 […]
GRAND JURY FOREMEN, GRAND JURORS, PROSECUTOR MUST TESTIFY by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 9, 2014) — A hearing was held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday at the McMinn County, TN courthouse wherein Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood determined that 22 of 24 subpoenas issued by defense attorney Van Irion would be upheld. On Thursday, deputy prosecutor for […]
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, […]
“A VINDICTIVE PROSECUTION” by Sharon Rondeau (May 30, 2014) — Atty. Van Irion has filed several motions with the McMinn County, TN courthouse in the case of State of Tennessee v. Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, #14CR69, which charged Fitzpatrick with harassment, stalking, aggravated perjury and extortion. On March 18, Fitzpatrick was reading a book while […]
WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE CHARGES? by Sharon Rondeau (May 23, 2014) — On Monday, May 19, at 1:00 p.m. EDT, a hearing was held at the McMinn County, TN courthouse in a case brought by the state against CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) on March 18 of this year. A trial […]
“STOLEN FROM WE THE PEOPLE” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 10, 2014) — For more than four years, The Post & Email has been reporting on systemic government corruption in Tennessee, particularly in the eastern section, which has created a penal colony in which residents are in and out of the criminal court system, sometimes jailed […]
“FROM WHEREVER THEY CHOOSE“ by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 8, 2014) — Earlier on Tuesday, The Post & Email inquired of the McMinn County, TN courthouse staff as to the background of the new grand jury foreman, Larry Wallace, who was appointed by Judge Amy Reedy upon the resignation of the previous foreman early last month. […]
COURT SAYS “NOT PRIVY” TO BACKGROUND OF JUDICIAL APPOINTEE by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 8, 2014) — On March 4, 2014, then-McMinn County, TN grand jury foreman Jeffrey Lane Cunningham resigned his position after having begun a third term, appointed by Criminal Court Judge Amy Armstrong Reedy. In Tennessee, grand jury foremen are not chosen randomly […]
FOLLOWING CIVIL EXCHANGES OF TWO WEEKS AGO by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 3, 2014) — On Thursday afternoon, The Post & Email contacted the McMinn County, TN courthouse to inquire if the new grand jury foreman, Larry Wallace, is the same “Larry Wallace” who served as director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), Chattanooga Police […]