CREDITS THE POST & EMAIL’S REPORTAGE by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 8, 2020) — An unexpected late Christmas card received Wednesday from Shelby County, TN jail inmate Quartez Gary contained a letter in which Gary attributed to The Post & Email’s reporting the lifting of an order restricting him to “stun” handcuffs while in transit. Our […]
AN “ANTI-TRESPASS PROGRAM” WITH DEEP CONNECTIONS by Fergus Nolan, ©2919, blogging at MemphisTruth.org (Dec. 13, 2019) — Disclaimer: The author, Fergus Nolan, has appeared in three Authorizations of Agency. The Broken Windows theory of crime, first proposed in 1982, led to zero tolerance policies in police departments, and legislative strategies like minimum sentencing and three […]
“I AM NOT A LAWYER” by Earley Story, ©2019 (Oct. 11, 2019) —[Editor’s Note: The following was sent as an email to the Tennessee Bar Association (TBA), an individual at the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and this writer containing the three attachments referenced in the email. The Post & Email has reported on Story’s […]
WITNESS IN TONY CARRUTHERS CASE RECANTED TESTIMONY by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 26, 2019) — On Tuesday, The Tennessean reported that Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III filed motions with the state Supreme Court that the death sentences of nine inmates be carried through to execution. Slatery had announced the motions on the official website […]
NINE MONTHS ISN’T ENOUGH? by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 10, 2019) — On Tuesday afternoon, The Post & Email attempted unsuccessfully to reach the press secretary for Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on what we believe is an urgent matter involving the safety and well-being of several Tennessee minor children. The state’s child protective agency, CPS, has […]
“HIGH VOLTAGE STUN/SHOCK CUFFS” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 23, 2019) — Shelby County, TN jail inmate Quartez Gary has contacted The Post & Email for a second time regarding his long-term incarceration which began in June 2015 without an indictment. As The Post & Email has reported for nearly ten years, like most states, Tennessee […]
CLAIM: THERE IS “NO TRUE GRAND JURY IN TENNESSEE” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 14, 2019) — Tennessee inmate Jerome L. Johnson has written a book titled “The CORRUPT Grand Juries: A True Story” which is now available at Amazon in Kindle format. Johnson became interested in the composition and function of Tennessee grand juries in […]
FEDERAL INMATE CURRENTLY IN COUNTY JAIL IN MISSISSIPPI by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 18, 2019) — Last week a reader solved the mystery as to where federal convict Jesse Robert Coop is currently located given a lack of information in Shelby County, TN and the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) last month. In response to our […]
LOST IN THE BUREAUCRACY by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 27, 2019) — Approximately three weeks ago, The Post & Email received a lengthy letter and enclosure from Tennessee resident and federal-level inmate Jesse Robert Coop, who was convicted on eight counts last year stemming from a robbery in Memphis. The letter was sent from the Shelby […]
“IT’S NOTHING BUT A COMEDY SHOW” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 22, 2019) — Acting as his own attorney, former Shelby County sergeant Earley Story attended a hearing Friday in his continued quest to clear his name of a 20-year-old felony conviction which destroyed his career and earning potential, the effects of which he said he […]
RESULTING IN DENIAL OF “DUE PROCESS OF LAW” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 28, 2019) — A lawsuit filed in federal court last fall by six inmates at the Shelby County jail in Memphis, TN claims that citizens of the county are subjected to a “routine ‘rubber stamp’ policy and procedure” after they are arrested and […]
WHY WAS EARLEY STORY CHARGED WITH A CRIME? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 10, 2019) — The National Police Defense Foundation (NPDF) on Sunday issued a press release requesting the launch of an FBI investigation into the 1999 conviction of former Shelby County, TN Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) Sgt. Earley Story on a drug charge. Founded in […]
FORMER JAILER HAS LIVED WITH FALSE FELONY CONVICTION FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 8, 2019) — On Monday morning, former Shelby County, TN Sheriff’s Office sergeant Earley Story attended a hearing at the Shelby County Justice Center, a continuation of a proceeding he requested last fall in an attempt to overturn a […]
FALSELY-ACCUSED FORMER JAIL OFFICER CONTINUES TO SEEK EXONERATION by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 23, 2019) — On Thursday, Memphis resident Earley Story went to the Shelby County courthouse at 201 Poplar Street, accompanied by an acquaintance, to file documents he said should prove him innocent of a 1999 conviction for selling marijuana to an undercover officer […]
TROUBLING PATTERN EMERGES IN 22-YEAR-OLD CONVICTION by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 15, 2019) — Since his 1999 conviction for allegedly selling marijuana to an undercover agent and confidential informant, former Shelby County, TN Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) Sergeant Earley Story has been attempting to clear his name of a crime which evidence indicates he did not commit. […]
EARLEY STORY DETAILS HEARING ON DEFAULT JUDGMENT MOTION, NEW EVIDENCE PRESENTED; EYEWITNESS CORROBORATES by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 12, 2019) — On Monday, The Post & Email reported two new developments in the case of former Shelby County, tn Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) Sergeant Earley Story, who was accused and ultimately convicted in 1999 of selling marijuana to an […]
IN HIS QUEST FOR JUSTICE by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 11, 2019) — On Monday morning, Shelby County, TN resident Earley Story, who maintains he was falsely charged in 1997 for allegedly selling marijuana to an undercover agent, had a hearing in Division VIII of the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center in Memphis with the purpose […]
TRIAL DATE SET FOR DECEMBER 16 by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 1, 2019) — On Wednesday, Memphis resident and “Memphis Truth Commission” blogger Fergus Nolan attended a scheduling hearing in a case filed by two local women claiming civil-rights violations on the part of Shelby County, the City of Memphis, and three assistant prosecutors after they […]
BUT WILL HE RECEIVE A FAIR REVIEW? by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 31, 2019) — On November 15, 2018, The Post & Email published an article detailing a 22+-year effort on the part of Memphis resident Earley Story to clear his name of a felony of which he was convicted in December 1999. The 1997 charge […]
CLAIM: “FALSE ARREST” INCARCERATES MAN FOR ALLEGED ROBBERY by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 12, 2019) — On Wednesday The Post & Email spoke with Memphis, TN resident Lillian King, whose husband, Antonio King, has been incarcerated in the Shelby County jail since April of last year on what she says is the false charge of aggravated […]