“WE NEED NATIONAL ATTENTION” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 19, 2015) — On July 14, The Post & Email published an article from a Tennessee state prison inmate which described his observations of violence at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) located in Tiptonville, TN. According to the inmate, dangerous gangs dictate the daily operation of the […]
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 […]
DOES “HAND-PICKING” COMPROMISE OBJECTIVITY? by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 9, 2015) — On Tuesday, The Post & Email spoke with Tipton County, TN clerk Mike Forbess regarding the selection of Tipton County grand jurors. Forbess serves as clerk of court for the Circuit, General Sessions and Juvenile Courts of Tipton County, which is located in the […]
“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 […]
FINDING: EACH JUDICIAL DISTRICT CONDUCTS BUSINESS INDEPENDENTLY by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 29, 2014) — On Monday, The Post & Email reported that a group of citizens had applied and been granted one or more hearings by the Davidson County, TN grand jury earlier this year concerning an allegation that Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey and Speaker […]
NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE ANSWERS…OR WANTS TO SUPPLY THEM by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 5, 2014) — For two weeks, The Post & Email has sought copies of surety bond certificates for court clerks in McMinn and Monroe Counties, TN by means of an Open Records request. The mandatory response period for open records requests […]
“ALMOST COMPLETE DISCRETION” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 1, 2014) — Filmmaker William F. Fain has released a second video clip from a promo for “The Field Report” featuring Tennessee Attorney Van Irion, who has defended CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) in two cases in which Fitzpatrick has attempted to bring to the public’s attention […]
“A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC?” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 22, 2014) — In checking the McMinn County Sheriff’s Department website for inmates, an entry on Friday morning indicates that CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) was moved at 7:54 a.m. EDT. The destination location is not noted. The Post & Email searched on the website for the […]
BUT HOW MANY ARE “LAW ENFORCEMENT?” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 19, 2014) — The Post & Email received a report from an individual on the way to the McMinn County courthouse on Tuesday morning for the sentencing hearing for CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) stating that the courthouse is “loaded with people.” While not […]
ABUSE OF POWER LEADS TO PROSECUTION OF THE INNOCENT by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 17, 2014) — Marvin William Young is being prosecuted for two invented crimes by the corrupt Monroe County, TN judiciary, including the members of the grand jury who issued an indictment without any evidence. More than two years ago, Young discovered that […]
HAS JUDICIAL CORRUPTION MET ITS MATCH? by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 12, 2014) — The Abel Danger radio show held a special episode on Tuesday to announce that William Fain of William Fain Productions has agreed to provide video coverage of the August 18 prayer breakfast, barbecue, and August 19 sentencing hearing for CDR Walter Francis […]
INDICTED, CHARGED, CONVICTED AND SOON TO BE SENTENCED, WITHOUT A VICTIM by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 11, 2014) — The State of Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole has admitted that in the case of Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, 14-CR-69, in which Fitzpatrick was found guilty of “aggravated perjury” and “extortion,” there was no victim. In […]
“STRENGTH COMES IN NUMBERS” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 10, 2014) — Marvin William Young has been wrongly accused of “especially aggravated kidnapping” and “aggravated burglary” in a criminal racket involving the Monroe County, TN grand jury, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, and Judge Carroll Lee Ross. Several weeks ago, The Post & Email attempted to speak […]
YOUNG, FITZPATRICK, ELLINGTON CASES THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG IN DECADES-OLD CULTURE OF CORRUPTION AIDED AND ABETTED BY JUDGES, SHERIFFS, JURORS, AND LOCAL AGENTS by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 21, 2014) — The following letter was mailed to FBI Director James B. Comey on Monday, July 14, 2014. The Post & Email will advise if a […]
PROSECUTORIAL CORRUPTION NOT ACTED UPON by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 16, 2014) — The following letter was sent to Tennessee Attorney General Robert E. Cooper, Jr., who determined in March of last year that then-District Attorney General R. Steven Bebb for Tennessee’s Tenth Judicial District had not committed offenses which rose to the level of criminality. The […]
“THEY’RE GOING TO LOCK ME UP IN JAIL” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 12, 2014) — On Saturday, a falsely-accused defendant in Monroe County, TN, Marvin William Young, was notified by mail that because a hearing on his request for a restraining order against Larry David Godwin did not result in his presentation of proper “evidence,” […]
“THERE IS NO HONOR AMONG THIEVES” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 8, 2014) — In preparing an article on the case of Marvin William Young, who has been accused of “especially aggravated kidnapping” and “aggravated burglary” by the Monroe County, TN Sheriff’s Department and “unlawful carry or poss. of a firearm” by the Tellico Plains Police […]
“WE’RE REAPING WHAT WE SOW AS PEOPLE” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 28, 2014) — As a result of corruption involving a Tennessee criminal court judge, the Tenth Judicial District prosecutor’s office, and a man who seized an inheritance from his wife who died under highly suspicious circumstances, Marvin Young has been falsely accused by Monroe […]
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 […]
“NOTHING I HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF IS TRUE” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 10, 2014) — On Monday, June 16, a hearing will be held in State of Tennessee v. Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, 14-CR-69, to determine if the Tenth Judicial District should pursue the case or if a special prosecutor should be appointed. Fitzpatrick’s attorney, […]