IS $325.75 THE PRICE FOR A VIOLATION OF LAW? by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 3, 2014) — On Wednesday, The Post & Email sent an appeal to an Open Records request made on August 22 which had received no response during the mandatory seven-business-day period. The appeal was faxed to Patty Gaines, “Clerk and Master” of […]
REQUEST FOR AUDIO RECORDING FALLS ON DEAF EARS by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 3, 2014) — On August 22, The Post & Email submitted an Open Records Request to McMinn County, TN court clerks Sherry Anderson and Pat Newman for an audio and/or transcript of the August 19 sentencing hearing for CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III […]
TWO FELONY CONVICTIONS WITHOUT A POLICE REPORT? by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 30, 2014) — On June 24, 2014, CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick was convicted of “aggravated perjury” and “extortion” by a McMinn County jury of his “peers” after attempting to submit a petition to the grand jury detailing evidence of crime on the part of […]
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 […]