IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE STATUTE by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 12, 2017) — On Tuesday, the “McMinn County, TN Criminal Court” selected new trial jurors for the remainder of calendar-year 2017. The “court” is expressed with quotation marks as a result of a set of laws passed in 1984 by the Tennessee legislature ordering the county […]
BUT NOT IN MCMINN OR MONROE COUNTIES by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 27, 2014) — On September 26, 2014, the Davidson County, TN grand jury issued a report covering a three-month period in which it stated that “charges should be brought against Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey and Speaker of the House Beth Hardwell [sic]” for allegedly […]
“VIGILANTE” JUSTICE by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 26, 2014) — On Tuesday, The Post & Email was informed by a highly credible source that the district attorney general’s office for the Tenth Judicial District of Tennessee had filed a motion to revoke the bond for Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III tied to a case in Monroe County […]
WHAT IS THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 2, 2013) — As reported by The Post & Email exclusively last week, for the first time ever, a Tennessee deputy attorney general has declared a public policy position admitting that the “foreperson” of all grand juries in Tennessee is IS NOT A JUROR as Tennessee […]
DEFENSE ATTORNEY ARGUES “NECESSITY” DEFENSE FOR FITZPATRICK by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 21, 2013) — On Wednesday, a hearing for CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) was held at the Tennessee Appeals Court in Knoxville, TN during which Fitzpatrick’s attorney, Van Irion, informed the three-judge panel that Fitzpatrick had removed papers from the Monroe County courthouse on […]
WALTER FRANCIS FITZPATRICK, III VINDICATED by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 8, 2013) — The Knoxville News Sentinel is reporting that more than 900 cases resulting in convictions in Davidson County, TN may have to be retried because the grand jury foreman was ineligible to hold the position during his three-month tenure. The acting foreman, Eugene Grayer, […]
“THEY’RE NOT PUBLIC RECORDS” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 5, 2012) — A Motions hearing held on October 3 in a case brought against LCDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) for allegedly “tampering with government records” in the “Monroe County Criminal Court” revealed numerous violations of procedure, state statute, due process, court rules and the Fifth […]
FITZPATRICK REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 29, 2012) — A Motions hearing is scheduled in the case of “tampering with government records” against Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III at which his attorney, Van Irion, will appear for the first time. The hearing is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. at the Monroe County courthouse at 105 […]
HAVE GRAND JURY MEMBERS EVER READ THE LAW? by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 20, 2012) — On Tuesday, August 21, Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III plans to go to the “McMinn County grand jury” with evidence of corruption within the Tenth Judicial District of Tennessee. The grand jury is scheduled to convene at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, […]
WHAT IS “INTEGRITY?” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 10, 2012) — The Post & Email has filed an ethics complaint against Tennessee Tenth Judicial District Assistant District Attorney General Paul D. Rush. Rush stated in writing that “Sharon Rondeau,” as editor of The Post & Email, has no “ethics” or “integrity,” which we contend is libel […]
STATUTES ARE ROUTINELY SUPPLANTED BY CASE LAW, PRECEDENT, AND COURT RULES July 27, 2012 Chief Justice Cornelia A. Clark Tennessee Supreme Court 401 Seventh Avenue North Nashville, TN 37219-1407 Dear Chief Justice Clark: I am writing as the editor of The Post & Email, an electronic newspaper which focuses on government corruption as many […]
JUDICIAL OPINIONS CONTRADICT STATE STATUTES by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 13, 2012) — On June 28, 2012, a hearing took place in the “Monroe County Criminal Court” on a charge against Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III of “tampering with government records” set forth in Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA) 39-16-504. As on a previous hearing on May 4, […]
“THE INDICTMENT CURES ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE WARRANT” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 7, 2012) — “Once the indictment comes down, that’s just the end of it,” said Judge Walter C. Kurtz, who is presiding over a case brought against Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III by an illegal county criminal court, the most recent hearing for which […]
TENNESSEE JUDGE AND PROSECUTOR CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE A LIE by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 5, 2012) — Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, who is defending himself against a charge of tampering with government documents, received a statement in the mail today from Judge Walter C. Kurtz in an apparent response to his citation last week of the […]
EXPOSED CRIMINALITY RAISES PROSECUTION’S IRE by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 3, 2012) — On June 28, 2012, Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III attended a hearing regarding an accusation made against him of “tampering with government records” on December 7, 2011 by someone as yet unidentified in Monroe County, TN. Fitzpatrick has told The Post & Email that […]
“THE GOVERNMENT IS REMAINING SILENT” by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Jun. 22, 2012) — [Editor’s Note: In the following interview,Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III expounds on his discovery of laws passed in 1984 which were intended to reorganize the trial court system in the state of Tennessee. The laws were never observed, and it is unknown […]
WHAT WILL TODAY’S TENNESSEE LEGISLATORS DO? from a reader and resident of Tennessee (Jun. 17, 2012) — [Editor’s Note: A registered voter in Tennessee sent the following to her state representative, Phillip Johnson, after reading our report from Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III regarding laws passed in 1984 by the Tennessee General Assembly ordering the courts […]
DISCOVERED BY WALTER FITZPATRICK LAST MONTH by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 15, 2012) — A report in the Knoxville News Sentinel dated June 14, 2012 described a courtroom scene whereby Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood refused to recuse himself in the case of two heinous murders committed in 2007 which are scheduled to be reheard because the […]
JUDGES HAVE ESTABLISHED THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT IN ONE STATE…AND WHERE ELSE? by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Jun. 5, 2012) — [Editor’s Note: The Post & Email has been reporting on the discovery made by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, who has been systematically exposing judicial corruption in the state of Tennessee for at least the last […]
THEFT OF OVER $10,000 IS A “CLASS C FELONY” IN TENNESSEE by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 17, 2012) —The Post & Email had originally prepared the following article in late February but withheld it pending a police investigation which now appears unlikely. On April 2, 2012, we contacted the Sweetwater Police Department to inquire as to […]