I signed in today with my emails and the headlines of the first that I opened was of a small child caught in crossfire of a shooting in Brooklyn, New York Sunday, April 11. She is 5-years-old and the bullet penetrated her leg. Her mother saw her baby go down and a fear deeper than anything imaginable gripped her, I’m sure. As the spray of bullets continued, one man saw the child and grabbed her up taking her inside with him.
I do not understand how any person can be so cold and vengeful to shoot into an area where small children are playing outside. The child’s mother said Mimi is now scared to go outside. That is a tragedy. I pray Mimi’s family will seek help for her to overcome her fear.
Two young men were also shot, and fortunately, they didn’t have life-threatening injuries either. Whether or not they were the intended victims, I don’t know. According to the author of the article - Witnesses saw a gunman get out of a silver Nissan before firing. Police believe another man returned fire before both fled the scene.
http://wcbstv.com/local/child.shot.brooklyn.2.1625528.html
The number of shootings with little children in the line of fire has increased. Shooters are getting bolder, firing their weapons in daytime where many witnesses can see them. Stopping and exiting their vehicles to do their murdering deeds, walking into malls and shooting into large crowds and putting the lives of our children in danger is a deliberate and horrific act of violence. To rape, beat and murder a child is the act of cowardliness and those who perpetrates the act are uncaring individuals and should go to prison for the rest of their natural lives. I, for one, am sick of reading of stray bullets harming people, especially little children. When a person pulls the trigger of a gun, they are fully aware the bullet can harm and kill someone other than the individual they intended to shoot. The law should not allow child killers the privilege of ever knowing freedom.
I have conflicting feelings with the whole gun issue. I do believe people (law-abiding adults) have the right to own guns. But, how can LE win the battle against guns on the streets in the hands of young people when we read of rights to carry them in bars, malls, and churches are being renewed. This is not the 1800s! The more we make the guns readily available then the more for young people to have access to, and the more killings and shooting by stray bullets of innocent people we’ll read of on a daily basis. Young teens are not legally supposed to have a gun in their possession but that doesn’t mean they can’t get their hands on them. The more violence in the world, seemingly condoned since jail time is so few years, the more young people think the only way to solve problems is by an act of violence.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Rage And Child Abuse
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Self doubt can breed the seeds of anger and denial. And as anger fills pits deep inside the soul and rages, it solidifies itself into a wall of unconquerable insecurities, the need to control. I can't comprehend why; all I know is it’s all built around actions and reactions. Usually, it’s an action that breaks through already previously singed crevices. Sadly, the reactions to these self insecurities become harsher and define rage.
Perhaps, the self doubts begin as a fight in the soul and a person becomes frustrated, emotionally distraught? Oh well! Some things are burdens to carry but they are necessary burdens so we can grow and become better persons. We’ve all passed through that ‘what next’ channel but we cannot allow the negatives to become the defining factor in whom we are. And, for it to be used as an excuse, the cause, for people to commit unspeakable violence is unfathomable. It isn’t an excuse! No excuse exists for abusing or taking the life of innocent children.
Our children, all children, are the future of this world. Even as this piece is being read, a child is being abused, severely beaten, raped, or murdered. Think about it. It’s a true sad fact. And, I repeat my belief, absolutely no excuse exists for these despicable actions. No doubts, insecurities, anger nor rages are viable excuses to abuse a child.
Matthew Wayne Lightbody, Jr., of Brick, N.J., has second-degree counts of aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child lodged against him. He let his anger take over common sense and compassion. The child is in critical condition. His precious victim: A nine-month-old female. His excuse - He was playing aggressively with the baby. (My immediate thought- how can a nine-month-old baby play aggressively?)
http://www.app.com/article/20100322/NEWS/100322091/9-month-old-girl-from-Brick-critically-injured-by-caregiver-police-say
Curtis Leon Copeland, of Denton Co., TX asked a neighbor call 911. He told the neighbor a child had fainted. When EMS arrived the child was unresponsive and bleeding. According to doctors, the child had severe head trauma, a broken pelvis and broken thoracic vertebrae. Evidence also suggested he had been sexually abused.
Copeland has been charged with capital murder. His precious victim: a three-year-old boy. His excuse - Mom did it. According to Copeland the mother had advised the child had fallen down a flight of stairs prior to her bring her children to his home. He stated in his police interview that the child was slower than usual, had a bruised eye, and he’d noticed an oval shape bruise on the child’s back when he bathed him. (My immediate thought- not a vulgar word was thought but it's still not repeatable on this blog)
http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2010/apr/03/man-charged-in-childs-death/
Sharon Nicole Worthy, of Denton Co., TX was charged with injury to a child. She was at the hospital giving birth to her third son when the child was sexually abused and severely beaten. However, she was allegedly present when Curtis Leon Copeland pushed the child in the back and caused him to fall face first onto the floor. Allegedly, Worthy did nothing to protect the child or seek assistance for injuries. Her precious victim: Her three-year-old son. Her excuse: According to the article author, she gave several explanations. (My immediate thought: Her last name is not a hint that she exemplifies good parenting - more so it's - Is lack of maternal instinct an excuse? )
Worthy has had numerous dealings with the child protective services involving bad parenting due to her abuse and the neglect of her children. Her three children all have different fathers. The victim’s father is currently in prison. Worthy wasn’t supposed to have contact with Copeland because he was a convicted felon and had spent time in prison due to the convictions.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/Murdered-childs-mom-arrested-in-Denton-County-89890672.html
Jamille Hardy of Taylors, S.C., was charged with bodily injury on a child. The child is in critical condition. His precious victim: His four-year-old foster-son. His excuse - The boy wouldn’t eat.
Allegedly, Hardy was trying to get his son to eat his dinner but the boy tried to run away. Hardy said he pushed the child. His foster-son is in critical condition with brain and bodily injuries. (My immediate thought - From being pushed?)
http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=85837&catid=2
Check the included links for more details on these tragic stories. One is just as appalling as the others.
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Self doubt can breed the seeds of anger and denial. And as anger fills pits deep inside the soul and rages, it solidifies itself into a wall of unconquerable insecurities, the need to control. I can't comprehend why; all I know is it’s all built around actions and reactions. Usually, it’s an action that breaks through already previously singed crevices. Sadly, the reactions to these self insecurities become harsher and define rage.
Perhaps, the self doubts begin as a fight in the soul and a person becomes frustrated, emotionally distraught? Oh well! Some things are burdens to carry but they are necessary burdens so we can grow and become better persons. We’ve all passed through that ‘what next’ channel but we cannot allow the negatives to become the defining factor in whom we are. And, for it to be used as an excuse, the cause, for people to commit unspeakable violence is unfathomable. It isn’t an excuse! No excuse exists for abusing or taking the life of innocent children.
Our children, all children, are the future of this world. Even as this piece is being read, a child is being abused, severely beaten, raped, or murdered. Think about it. It’s a true sad fact. And, I repeat my belief, absolutely no excuse exists for these despicable actions. No doubts, insecurities, anger nor rages are viable excuses to abuse a child.
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Matthew Wayne Lightbody, Jr., of Brick, N.J., has second-degree counts of aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child lodged against him. He let his anger take over common sense and compassion. The child is in critical condition. His precious victim: A nine-month-old female. His excuse - He was playing aggressively with the baby. (My immediate thought- how can a nine-month-old baby play aggressively?)
http://www.app.com/article/20100322/NEWS/100322091/9-month-old-girl-from-Brick-critically-injured-by-caregiver-police-say
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Curtis Leon Copeland, of Denton Co., TX asked a neighbor call 911. He told the neighbor a child had fainted. When EMS arrived the child was unresponsive and bleeding. According to doctors, the child had severe head trauma, a broken pelvis and broken thoracic vertebrae. Evidence also suggested he had been sexually abused.
Copeland has been charged with capital murder. His precious victim: a three-year-old boy. His excuse - Mom did it. According to Copeland the mother had advised the child had fallen down a flight of stairs prior to her bring her children to his home. He stated in his police interview that the child was slower than usual, had a bruised eye, and he’d noticed an oval shape bruise on the child’s back when he bathed him. (My immediate thought- not a vulgar word was thought but it's still not repeatable on this blog)
http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2010/apr/03/man-charged-in-childs-death/
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Sharon Nicole Worthy, of Denton Co., TX was charged with injury to a child. She was at the hospital giving birth to her third son when the child was sexually abused and severely beaten. However, she was allegedly present when Curtis Leon Copeland pushed the child in the back and caused him to fall face first onto the floor. Allegedly, Worthy did nothing to protect the child or seek assistance for injuries. Her precious victim: Her three-year-old son. Her excuse: According to the article author, she gave several explanations. (My immediate thought: Her last name is not a hint that she exemplifies good parenting - more so it's - Is lack of maternal instinct an excuse? )
Worthy has had numerous dealings with the child protective services involving bad parenting due to her abuse and the neglect of her children. Her three children all have different fathers. The victim’s father is currently in prison. Worthy wasn’t supposed to have contact with Copeland because he was a convicted felon and had spent time in prison due to the convictions.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/Murdered-childs-mom-arrested-in-Denton-County-89890672.html
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Jamille Hardy of Taylors, S.C., was charged with bodily injury on a child. The child is in critical condition. His precious victim: His four-year-old foster-son. His excuse - The boy wouldn’t eat.
Allegedly, Hardy was trying to get his son to eat his dinner but the boy tried to run away. Hardy said he pushed the child. His foster-son is in critical condition with brain and bodily injuries. (My immediate thought - From being pushed?)
http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=85837&catid=2
Check the included links for more details on these tragic stories. One is just as appalling as the others.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
The Disappearance of Danielle T. Brown
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Sheriff Larry Campbell is obviously being very careful with what he reports to the public concerning the searches and the ongoing investigation. So please understand if this piece reads scattered.
When Danielle T. Brown, age 21, was first reported missing (and for several weeks thereafter), they said she left her home on Springfield Rd. in Leon, Co., FL with her ex-boyfriend Elijah James around 8:30 p.m. on Friday, February 5, 2010. Danielle was allegedly taking Mr. James to his mother’s home on King Post Way located in northeast Leon Co., FL off Miccosukee Rd. The drive to that residence from her home would’ve taken approximately an hour depending on traffic flow and red light stops. To travel from King Post Way to Pavo, Ga dump site would take about another 20 minutes.
Katherine Poole, a long time friend of Danielle, stated that Danielle and Elijah James, age 35, had been friends since Danielle was around 16-years-old and they had lived together in the past. (Allegedly, and according to court documents, they lived together in 2007 on Sundown Road for six months. The police stopped Mr. James for running a stop sign and they discovered cocaine in his possession. He spent 15 months in jail. ) Miss Poole said he seemed such a nice guy (aren’t they all?) and she was shocked to learn of his arrest. Katherine stated James had been staying with Danielle and her mom but they were not presently romantically involved. Danielle was just trying to help Mr. James get back on his feet after they had released him from jail. They had arrested James for probation violation stemming from a drug charge. The probation violation charge was from back June of 09 when he lived with his sister on King Post Way near their mother, and they released him in November of 09.
Since Danielle disappeared, searches have spanned two states, two refuse dumps and several counties but she has not been found.
The known information on her was that she was in her Buick La Sabre, registered to her dad, when she left her home with Elijah James in the passenger seat. Around 11:35/40 she received a call from a friend (or her cousin) and the two were overheard having a heated argument. Danielle’s phone went dead during that call and any subsequent calls went to voice mail. Three days later the car was found with the license plate missing and one VIN number scratched off, in Pavo, GA at the dump. The interior of the car had been severely burned. Massive searches since have failed to bring her home.
Detectives located Elijah James and on Tuesday, February 9, questioned him about his last known hours with Danielle. He told them Danielle had brought him to his mother’s home and the last time he saw her she was in possession of her car and keys. When asked how he got to Pavo, GA (where he was seen walking near the dump) he stated he’d started walking and was picked up on Miccosukee Road by a white male that only identified himself as ‘Chuck.’
Danielle’s father decided to pursue charges against Mr. James on February 10 since he did not have permission to drive the car and signed approval for LE to search the car. They charged Mr. James with grand theft auto and first degree arson. Mr. James still presumably resides in the Leon Co. jail.
Leon County Sheriff Larry Campbell reported during a media update, Feb 25, that Mr. James was seen in possession of Danielle’s Buick in Wacissa and Waukeenah of Jefferson Co. between 1:30 a.m. and 4 a.m. on February 6. ( He also stated she and Mr. James left Danielle’s residence at 11:30 p.m. Feb 5, 2010 - confusing the earlier reports by his spokesman, Sgt. Tony Drzewiecki, and media of the 8:30 p.m. time slot..) Mr. James picked up a friend on Thomasville Road and stopped at a convenience store about 5:45 a.m. and purchased a case of beer. No one saw Danielle Brown with the two men. But her car was seen again in Pavo, Ga., at 8:45 a.m. at James’s sister's house and remained there until 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 6. James also went to another sister’s house on the 2000 block of North Roberts Street in Pavo and spent the night. On Sunday, February 7, James was seen between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Monticello, and was later seen walking away from the city dump in Pavo where Danielle’s car was discovered burned. How Mr. James got back to Leon Co., Fl. and his mother’s home is at this time unknown.
Besides searching two dumps looking for evidence of Danielle’s whereabouts, over a hundred law enforcement officers and firefighters of all these counties searched numerous areas in Jefferson Co., Thomas Co. and Leon Co., FL. Her cell phone was found, as was a piece of her driver’s license, in Beachton, Ga. on a roadside. Beachton, Ga. is south of Thomasville. The rest of the DL has not been found. Evidence has also been found at family residence in Pavo and at Mr. James mother’s home, they discovered items belonging to Danielle in the yard. They also removed evidence from the car. And allegedly found possible evidence at one or both the dumps. Also allegedly, at one dump they were searching for a paper or papers and her purse. They did find a purse but it was determined not to belong to Danielle.
I am not saying Mr. James killed Danielle Brown that night or any other night. I am saying I have read of nothing that tells me she would willingly destroy her own DL, discard her cell phone, and leave without her car. And Mr. James is high on my suspect list of assisting in or causing her death and/or disappearance. Mr. James’s friend has on a light-colored sweat in the video picture of him with Elijah James at the Circle K, and it appears either to be very dirty or to have shadows created by lighting. He, the friend, could’ve been completely unaware of Danielle’s demise or whereabouts when he was with Mr. James- The friend hasn’t been charged with any illegal activity in connection with her disappearance or death. But then, neither has Elijah James been charged. I do have my own surmises but at this time, am not going to highlight them.
http://www.tallahassee.com/assets/pdf/CD151827212.PDF
http://www.leoncountyso.com/missing.htm
http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20100226/NEWS0102/2260327/
http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20100218/NEWS0102/2180315/1010/news01/Missing-woman-s-friend-James-a-great-guy
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Sheriff Larry Campbell is obviously being very careful with what he reports to the public concerning the searches and the ongoing investigation. So please understand if this piece reads scattered.
When Danielle T. Brown, age 21, was first reported missing (and for several weeks thereafter), they said she left her home on Springfield Rd. in Leon, Co., FL with her ex-boyfriend Elijah James around 8:30 p.m. on Friday, February 5, 2010. Danielle was allegedly taking Mr. James to his mother’s home on King Post Way located in northeast Leon Co., FL off Miccosukee Rd. The drive to that residence from her home would’ve taken approximately an hour depending on traffic flow and red light stops. To travel from King Post Way to Pavo, Ga dump site would take about another 20 minutes.
Katherine Poole, a long time friend of Danielle, stated that Danielle and Elijah James, age 35, had been friends since Danielle was around 16-years-old and they had lived together in the past. (Allegedly, and according to court documents, they lived together in 2007 on Sundown Road for six months. The police stopped Mr. James for running a stop sign and they discovered cocaine in his possession. He spent 15 months in jail. ) Miss Poole said he seemed such a nice guy (aren’t they all?) and she was shocked to learn of his arrest. Katherine stated James had been staying with Danielle and her mom but they were not presently romantically involved. Danielle was just trying to help Mr. James get back on his feet after they had released him from jail. They had arrested James for probation violation stemming from a drug charge. The probation violation charge was from back June of 09 when he lived with his sister on King Post Way near their mother, and they released him in November of 09.
Since Danielle disappeared, searches have spanned two states, two refuse dumps and several counties but she has not been found.
The known information on her was that she was in her Buick La Sabre, registered to her dad, when she left her home with Elijah James in the passenger seat. Around 11:35/40 she received a call from a friend (or her cousin) and the two were overheard having a heated argument. Danielle’s phone went dead during that call and any subsequent calls went to voice mail. Three days later the car was found with the license plate missing and one VIN number scratched off, in Pavo, GA at the dump. The interior of the car had been severely burned. Massive searches since have failed to bring her home.
Detectives located Elijah James and on Tuesday, February 9, questioned him about his last known hours with Danielle. He told them Danielle had brought him to his mother’s home and the last time he saw her she was in possession of her car and keys. When asked how he got to Pavo, GA (where he was seen walking near the dump) he stated he’d started walking and was picked up on Miccosukee Road by a white male that only identified himself as ‘Chuck.’
Danielle’s father decided to pursue charges against Mr. James on February 10 since he did not have permission to drive the car and signed approval for LE to search the car. They charged Mr. James with grand theft auto and first degree arson. Mr. James still presumably resides in the Leon Co. jail.
Leon County Sheriff Larry Campbell reported during a media update, Feb 25, that Mr. James was seen in possession of Danielle’s Buick in Wacissa and Waukeenah of Jefferson Co. between 1:30 a.m. and 4 a.m. on February 6. ( He also stated she and Mr. James left Danielle’s residence at 11:30 p.m. Feb 5, 2010 - confusing the earlier reports by his spokesman, Sgt. Tony Drzewiecki, and media of the 8:30 p.m. time slot..) Mr. James picked up a friend on Thomasville Road and stopped at a convenience store about 5:45 a.m. and purchased a case of beer. No one saw Danielle Brown with the two men. But her car was seen again in Pavo, Ga., at 8:45 a.m. at James’s sister's house and remained there until 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 6. James also went to another sister’s house on the 2000 block of North Roberts Street in Pavo and spent the night. On Sunday, February 7, James was seen between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Monticello, and was later seen walking away from the city dump in Pavo where Danielle’s car was discovered burned. How Mr. James got back to Leon Co., Fl. and his mother’s home is at this time unknown.
Besides searching two dumps looking for evidence of Danielle’s whereabouts, over a hundred law enforcement officers and firefighters of all these counties searched numerous areas in Jefferson Co., Thomas Co. and Leon Co., FL. Her cell phone was found, as was a piece of her driver’s license, in Beachton, Ga. on a roadside. Beachton, Ga. is south of Thomasville. The rest of the DL has not been found. Evidence has also been found at family residence in Pavo and at Mr. James mother’s home, they discovered items belonging to Danielle in the yard. They also removed evidence from the car. And allegedly found possible evidence at one or both the dumps. Also allegedly, at one dump they were searching for a paper or papers and her purse. They did find a purse but it was determined not to belong to Danielle.
I am not saying Mr. James killed Danielle Brown that night or any other night. I am saying I have read of nothing that tells me she would willingly destroy her own DL, discard her cell phone, and leave without her car. And Mr. James is high on my suspect list of assisting in or causing her death and/or disappearance. Mr. James’s friend has on a light-colored sweat in the video picture of him with Elijah James at the Circle K, and it appears either to be very dirty or to have shadows created by lighting. He, the friend, could’ve been completely unaware of Danielle’s demise or whereabouts when he was with Mr. James- The friend hasn’t been charged with any illegal activity in connection with her disappearance or death. But then, neither has Elijah James been charged. I do have my own surmises but at this time, am not going to highlight them.
http://www.tallahassee.com/assets/pdf/CD151827212.PDF
http://www.leoncountyso.com/missing.htm
http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20100226/NEWS0102/2260327/
http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20100218/NEWS0102/2180315/1010/news01/Missing-woman-s-friend-James-a-great-guy
Sunday, February 7, 2010
The Shandra Rodems Case
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In May of 2009 Shandra Rodems and her husband argued outside a Fresno bank. Shandra keyed her husband's truck door. She and her husband were separated at the time but the truck was registered in both her and her husband's name.
Shandra Rodems works for the Fresno Fire Department and her husband, Kennan, is a Fresno police officer.
The DA charged Shandra with felony vandalism in with the incident. But, in July of 09 the Judge dropped the charges to a misdemeanor. She had offered to pay for the damages and wrote her husband a 1000.00 dollar check but the prosecution refused to allow her to pay the vandalism damages.
The felony charges, according to Shandra, stemmed from payback with her rating to internal affairs on her supervisors about harassment in 06 while she worked for the police crime scene team.
From what I gather from Lopez's articles on this case, Shandra's attorney had filed a motion claiming selective prosecution. He wanted proof from over 300 previous cases that they pursued those cases as diligently with felony charges as Shandra's case.
The Judge ruled that the Fresno PD and Fresno County DA's office must turn over any evidence that supports her claim. The prosecution didn't do that. They claimed it would be too costly and time consuming. The Judge set a Feb 4th date to see if the DA's office had complied.
Now, the DA's Office has dropped the charges against Shandra. But, what I am wondering is, will the DA still have to turn over all those investigative documents on the previous cases since Shandra's civil case against them will continue?
One other note of interest in this whole sham of charges is that in July of 09 they made and submitted an investigation to DA's office that Kennan Rodems harassed Shandra on the phone and banged on her window. Allegedly that was being investigated also. The Deputy Chief said: "When we submit a case for prosecution, we believe there is probable cause that a crime was committed."
Why hasn't the harassment been publicized like the felony (later dropped to misdemeanor charges) were? I've read nothing about whether they had put on Kennan paid or unpaid leave during the investigation of the accusations.
Even the previous DA stated the keyed vehicle incident lacked domestic violence -- but does the harassing calls Kennan made to her?
http://www.fresnobee.com/local/crime/story/1797825.html?storylink=mirelated
http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/1799423.html?storylink=mirelated
http://www.fresnobee.com/local/crime/story/1752409.html?storylink=mirelated
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In May of 2009 Shandra Rodems and her husband argued outside a Fresno bank. Shandra keyed her husband's truck door. She and her husband were separated at the time but the truck was registered in both her and her husband's name.
Shandra Rodems works for the Fresno Fire Department and her husband, Kennan, is a Fresno police officer.
The DA charged Shandra with felony vandalism in with the incident. But, in July of 09 the Judge dropped the charges to a misdemeanor. She had offered to pay for the damages and wrote her husband a 1000.00 dollar check but the prosecution refused to allow her to pay the vandalism damages.
The felony charges, according to Shandra, stemmed from payback with her rating to internal affairs on her supervisors about harassment in 06 while she worked for the police crime scene team.
From what I gather from Lopez's articles on this case, Shandra's attorney had filed a motion claiming selective prosecution. He wanted proof from over 300 previous cases that they pursued those cases as diligently with felony charges as Shandra's case.
The Judge ruled that the Fresno PD and Fresno County DA's office must turn over any evidence that supports her claim. The prosecution didn't do that. They claimed it would be too costly and time consuming. The Judge set a Feb 4th date to see if the DA's office had complied.
Now, the DA's Office has dropped the charges against Shandra. But, what I am wondering is, will the DA still have to turn over all those investigative documents on the previous cases since Shandra's civil case against them will continue?
One other note of interest in this whole sham of charges is that in July of 09 they made and submitted an investigation to DA's office that Kennan Rodems harassed Shandra on the phone and banged on her window. Allegedly that was being investigated also. The Deputy Chief said: "When we submit a case for prosecution, we believe there is probable cause that a crime was committed."
Why hasn't the harassment been publicized like the felony (later dropped to misdemeanor charges) were? I've read nothing about whether they had put on Kennan paid or unpaid leave during the investigation of the accusations.
Even the previous DA stated the keyed vehicle incident lacked domestic violence -- but does the harassing calls Kennan made to her?
http://www.fresnobee.com/local/crime/story/1797825.html?storylink=mirelated
http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/1799423.html?storylink=mirelated
http://www.fresnobee.com/local/crime/story/1752409.html?storylink=mirelated
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Justice Prevailed For Rebecca McEnvoy
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I have said many prayers since first hearing of Rebecca McEnvoy a few years ago. On Wednesday, her voice spoke through the 12 jurors and they answered prayers of the many. Her abuser was found guilty and now she can rest in peace. Bob Ingle raped Rebecca when he was in a position of trust in her life. He was not only a police officer but her stepfather. Now he is a convicted pedophile.
Rebecca had great courage during her short life. She told her sister and a friend of her abuse and set into motion a long 3-year battle of court hearings and delays. Ingle’s attorney tried everything he legally could to delay the trial. After Rebecca’s death he said his client had a right to face his accuser and the family had a long wait before the courts made decisions. Sadly, Rebecca died due to a tragic car accident in 2008 as she was on the way to testify for the 3rd time for the grand jury. But her voice sounded loud and strong in an Alabama courtroom this week. The doctor she told about how Ingle abused her, her little friend, and her sister and parents all testified for her. They did not allow her previous testimony, the grand jury testimony she’d given on two separate occasions, at those hearings to come in but did allow her statements to the witnesses who testified. Thank you to her friend who sit in the witness chair and described what Rebecca had told her. She, too, is a brave child. She helped her friend find justice and possibly saved other innocent children from this vile pedophile’s sexual abusiveness.
The tears in Rebecca’s sister’s eyes; the quiver in her mom and dad’s voices all spoke immense volumes during an interview after they read the verdict. God Bless this family. May they now find inner peace.
Thank you, Becca, for your bravery. Because of you other children are safe from the pedophile, Bob Ingle’s, urges. Ingle is still walking a free man with a monitoring device until his sentencing on Feb 25, 2010. I admit I felt a growl building in my throat when I read of his walking free after the jury found him guilty of rape, sodomy and sexual abuse; I do, however, have hope he won’t be free after he stands in front of the judge on his sentencing date. The judge could sentence him to life in prison.
Justice is indeed shining victoriously in Alabama for Rebecca.
http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/Former-officer-guilty-of-child-rape
http://wkrg.com/682392
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I have said many prayers since first hearing of Rebecca McEnvoy a few years ago. On Wednesday, her voice spoke through the 12 jurors and they answered prayers of the many. Her abuser was found guilty and now she can rest in peace. Bob Ingle raped Rebecca when he was in a position of trust in her life. He was not only a police officer but her stepfather. Now he is a convicted pedophile.
Rebecca had great courage during her short life. She told her sister and a friend of her abuse and set into motion a long 3-year battle of court hearings and delays. Ingle’s attorney tried everything he legally could to delay the trial. After Rebecca’s death he said his client had a right to face his accuser and the family had a long wait before the courts made decisions. Sadly, Rebecca died due to a tragic car accident in 2008 as she was on the way to testify for the 3rd time for the grand jury. But her voice sounded loud and strong in an Alabama courtroom this week. The doctor she told about how Ingle abused her, her little friend, and her sister and parents all testified for her. They did not allow her previous testimony, the grand jury testimony she’d given on two separate occasions, at those hearings to come in but did allow her statements to the witnesses who testified. Thank you to her friend who sit in the witness chair and described what Rebecca had told her. She, too, is a brave child. She helped her friend find justice and possibly saved other innocent children from this vile pedophile’s sexual abusiveness.
The tears in Rebecca’s sister’s eyes; the quiver in her mom and dad’s voices all spoke immense volumes during an interview after they read the verdict. God Bless this family. May they now find inner peace.
Thank you, Becca, for your bravery. Because of you other children are safe from the pedophile, Bob Ingle’s, urges. Ingle is still walking a free man with a monitoring device until his sentencing on Feb 25, 2010. I admit I felt a growl building in my throat when I read of his walking free after the jury found him guilty of rape, sodomy and sexual abuse; I do, however, have hope he won’t be free after he stands in front of the judge on his sentencing date. The judge could sentence him to life in prison.
Justice is indeed shining victoriously in Alabama for Rebecca.
http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/Former-officer-guilty-of-child-rape
http://wkrg.com/682392
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