IS THIS PROPER SERVICE? by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 1, 2011) – The Post & Email has learned that Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputies have paid at least two recent visits to the home of Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III. Neighbors in the area reported seeing sheriff’s deputies at his home in Sweetwater on Friday, at about noontime, […]
SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT CONFISCATES INMATES’ FUNDS; COURT RECEIVES MONEY BUT FAILS TO DELIVER THE GOODS by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 27, 2011) — The Post & Email has contacted the Knoxville office of the FBI regarding money which was sent to Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III while he was incarcerated in the Monroe County jail but never turned […]
PROPERTY LOCKER COMPROMISED AND UNREPORTED; JIM MILLER CASE NOT INVESTIGATED; GRAND JURY FOREMAN INTERROGATES INMATES…HOW MUCH LONGER? by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 29, 2010) — Just about noontime today, one of the deputies here approached me and asked me if I wanted to make a phone call to somebody to make arrangements for a suit for […]
SO HOW LONG UNTIL THE FBI ARRIVES? by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 28, 2010) — A telephone call from Walter Fitzpatrick at the Monroe County jail at 7:15 p.m. yielded the following discoveries: LCDR FITZPATRICK: This is huge. It was a rumor before but was substantiated last night: Mr. Pettway was here in the jailhouse in […]
THERE IS STRENGTH IN NUMBERS by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 11, 2010) — During the last few days, several more people have come forward to tell their stories of physical abuse, unwarranted incarceration, and the violation of their constitutional rights perpetrated by the Monroe County, TN Sheriff’s Department. These stories are extremely disturbing. The pain and […]
“WE’RE STACKED LIKE CORDWOOD IN HERE” by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 8, 2010) — The following is a transcription of a telephone call from LCDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, who contacted The Post & Email today at approximately 10:33 a.m. LCDR FITZPATRICK: The news of the day is that I was moved last night at about […]
“IT’S SET FOR 68 ALL YEAR ROUND, MA’AM” by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 8, 2010) — The Post & Email called the Monroe County jail today at 11:13 a.m. A woman named Danielle answered the phone. When we inquired as to why the temperature in the jail was so cold, she said she was unable to […]
SO WHERE IS THE FBI? by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 4, 2010) — LCDR Walter Fitzpatrick, III called The Post & Email today and reported on inmates’ access to materials to prepare for their own defense as well as more details on the detention facility where he has been held for the last eight days after […]