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Suspected domestic abusers go free as Topeka city, county officials bicker over funds

By Liz Goodwin | The Lookout 

A bitter argument over money in Topeka, Kan., means that city and county authorities have neglected to prosecute or charge people suspected of domestic battery since Sept. 8.

In other words, the local justice system has spent a month effectively sending the message that misdemeanor domestic assault will go unpunished–at least for now.

The dispute started last month, when Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor announced that a 10 percent budget cut to his office in 2012 meant he would no longer be prosecuting any of the city’s misdemeanors, effective immediately. Topeka city council members say they can’t afford the estimated $800,000 yearly cost of prosecuting those misdemeanors  and jailing offenders–and that they want the county to continue carrying out misdemeanor prosecutions as it has for the past 25 years. The county continues to insist that the jurisdiction for these prosecutions should shift to city prosecutors, but the Topeka City Council says that none of the city’s five attorneys has any recent experience prosecuting  domestic violence cases.

Next week, the council will vote on a measure that will strip domestic battery from a list of crimes that are illegal in the city. The vote is a tactical bid to force the county to take those cases on again.

City Council member Larry Wolgast told The Lookout he’s opposed to that tactic, since there’s no guarantee that the county will actually prosecute domestic battery cases just because the city decriminalizes the offense. But Wolgast also says the city cannot find the money to prosecute the cases themselves. “If we could just solve this by taking them over, that would be great to do. But the people aren’t there,” he said. He added that the most severe cases of domestic battery would be written up as felonies, which are still prosecuted by the county.

Karen Hiller, another City Council member, tells The Lookout that the county already has the resources needed to prosecute these kind of cases, while the city–which doesn’t even have its own jail–would have to build from the ground up. Taylor would need an extra $200,000 to continue prosecuting them, while the city would have to spend nearly $1 million.

“How could we possibly do this on 10 minutes notice?” she said.

A domestic abuse survivor and activist, Claudine Dombrowski, told Fox4 that the city is sending the message  that it’s OK to beat your wife or husband.

“They need to invest in headstones, because these women are going to end up in cemeteries,” Dombrowski told the station. She said she was hit with a crowbar in a domestic violence incident classified as a misdemeanor 16 years ago.

Wolgast says he’s not sure when the jurisdictional dispute will end. When asked to address potential victims of domestic abuse whose perpetrators are not being prosecuted, he said: “We’re working to solve the situation. I don’t know what more I can say at this point.”

According to James Anderson at the Topeka Police Department, city authorities have arrested 20 people on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic battery since Sept. 8. Anderson said he doesn’t know how many were charged, but Shawnee County court data suggests that all of the suspected offenders were released and not charged. One man was arrested twice over the month, both times on suspected domestic battery, and released both times. Their cases will be brought up for prosecution again once the city and county resolve their dispute, according to Hiller.

In Kansas, domestic battery is defined  as “intentionally or recklessly causing bodily harm by a family or household member against a family or household member,” or intentionally physically contacting a family member in a “rude, insulting or angry manner.” The third time someone is convicted of domestic battery within five years, the offense becomes a felony.

 In our local paper a few weeks ago there was a story about a woman who was finally killed by her abusive husband. The daughter who told the story to the paper told a story that is told by just about every abusive wife I have ever known. I used the same logic.

      Women can’t leave! Just like Jelena Dragic she left several times and she was always found. The last time she even filed for divorce. She was attending school and working two full time jobs. He didn’t want that it meant she was becoming independant. They got into an argument in their driveway and he put a bullet in her brain.

      Leaving is not always an option. An abusive man will find her no matter where she is and make her life even worse. More times than not he will kill her and most times even the children. He will stalk her no matter if she is in a safe house. He will con her family and friends to tell him where she is – His favorite line is always, ” But I only want to talk to her.” He is believed because he is so convincing- He will leave messages with everyone she knows, he may even threaten people she knows. He will follow her to work, call her work, follow the children to school, call the school, wait on his children and try to get information out of them. They have been beaten down as well. They are scared and he uses that to his advantange. He will also tell them he just wants to talk to his wife their mother because he loves her so much. He is a professional at being abusive because that is all he thinks about from the time he gets up until he goes to bed.   

 This is something that  no one understands unless they have been there. By the time it gets to that point the wife is totally allienated from family and friends – she has no where to turn. The cops can’t get there fast enough even with a TRO – she will be killed.

       The husband or boyfriend knows he has lost control of her life and that  it is his last stand. It takes great strength to leave and most women are beat down and have no strength to leave. Again this is something that no one understands unles they have been there.

        Abuse is a progression over time- it is mental and emotional and physical. It destroys the mind, the heart and the soul. It  leaves nothing but an empty shell that the abuser uses to their advantage, it is all about control.

       So back to the comment, leaving is not an option and the chidren are not always protected most times they are killed as well.    I was lucky- I finally forced enough strength into my shell to leave but it cost me – I was beaten so bad I now have permanent damage to my back, neck and shoulder. I was almost killed. I had broken ribs, broken fingers, black eyes, and while they healed there are things that will never heal. My children witnessed that beating.

          Would I do it again, yes I would. Could it have cost me my life- yes it could.

Police: Body May Be Missing NJ Infant

SAYREVILLE, N.J. (CBS) ―

New Jersey state police said a body found Saturday near the Raritan River may be that of a 3-month-old girl allegedly thrown off a highway bridge by her father earlier this year.

Clothing and wrappings in which the child were found are consistent with the descriptions given in relation to three-month-old Zara Malani-Lin Abdur-Raheem, state police spokesman Sgt. Stephen Jones said.

But he said the infant is considered unidentified until DNA testing or other means can prove her identity.

Prosecutors said the infant’s father, Shamsid-Din Abdur-Raheem of Galloway Township, killed her Feb. 16, several hours after abducting her from her maternal grandmother’s East Orange apartment. He has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges.

Prosecutors charge that Abdur-Raheem tossed the baby from Driscoll Bridge into the Raritan River.

Attorney Mitchell Liebowitz said last week that the baby’s mother, Venetta Benjamin, went to the East Orange police on Feb. 15 seeking protection from Abdur-Raheem.

Benjamin got the order on Feb. 16, but police say Abdur-Raheem abducted the child before it could be served.

A prayer service was held Sunday, February 21. People gathered to pray for a miracle that, against the odds, baby Zara is alive. 
http://wcbstv.com/local/shamsiddi.abdur.raheem.2.1654365.html

 Folks let me tell you. If you haven’t been there and done that, you have no clue. Yes, you can talk to women all day long who have been there. You can tell  their stories and you can empathize with them – But if you haven’t been in that situation you can’t possible understand the life we have led. It is worse than anything you have ever known. The closest thing would be in a POW Camp. The same principles are used. The same type of abuse is used on a regular basis.

     If you have never been there- you are not an expert. You can only say you knew someone, and you can only understand how you felt. But to even try to say you understand or you knew or you are an expert in domestic abuse is not only a joke it is an insult to to those of us who are survivors.

       While I appreciate the fact that you want the world to be more aware of domestic abuse- the best way you can do that is to allow us - those of us who are survivors to tell our story- to support us to give us the air time. To say folks listen to these women and yes even men who are abused.

       Stop trying to make a name for yourself about this subject when- you are not a survivor. It is like saying you understand about an alcoholic. There is no way on this earth you can understand if you haven’t walked that path.

        IF you really want to be a proponant of stopping domestic abuse, allow our voices to be heard. Use your influence to get us on big name shows. Use your voice to have us speak at events. Stop selling your self at our expense.

 My three children say me abused by their father, both of my daughters wound up in abusive relationships one daughter was in more than one. My son was conflicted for a long time until he found the woman who became his wife. They never understood that love is not about being hit or punched or called names.

   They didn’t understand that when a person really loves another person they don’t hurt that person. Love is not about control, beatings, mental abuse, or emotional abuse. Love is about letting the person you love grow, and become well rounded.

     Abusers know how to trick their families they know how to manipulate and twist the facts to their own advantage. Children see this behavior and believe that it is an accepted way of life. IF they see no onther behavior in the family they grow up to become either abusers or abused. Their children see it and  the beat goes on and on.

      Domestic abuse is not about anger. It is about control. The abuser controls the spouse and the children by any means necessary. The children are trained to walk that fine line between being hit, yelled at and ignored. They like the spouse learn that nothing they can say or do will make any difference. The abuser will abuse simply because they can.

       Children love their abusive parent but they also hate them. They hate their abused parent because they don’t understand why that parent can’t or won’t get out. They are to young to understand that abuse is a slow process and once the abused is locked in it is hard to get out. Sometimes – most times it is impossible to get out. The abuser uses the children as weapons in order to keep the spouse in line. They threaten to kill the children or take them away. They threaten the abused with calls to Child Protective Services. They threaten to  cut off communication with other family members.

     Children learn this and they also learn how to use those weapons. If you are an abused spouse and you are tired of putting your children at risk. now is the time to get out. Find a friend or a family member who will listen and who will help you to get out. IT won’t be easy but it will save your children’s future. It will also save their lives and yours.

Police: Man stabs, kills estranged wife at Walmart

Dallas, TX: Mary’s abusive husband, Robbie, vowed to make her pay if she left him. She dared escape domestic violence, but due to additional victimization by Child Protection Services (CPS), the police, and her own mother, she lost her 8 year old son.

“After my divorce I moved with my son to a ‘safe state’, Florida. Robbie followed me there so I had to get a domestic violence protective order and he wasn’t allowed within 5 miles of us. He did try to contact me by email and phone on holidays, which I logged and reported to the local police but it wasn’t considered severe enough for an investigation.”

“For six years in Florida I was happy. I’d gotten married and was living the typical life of barbecues on Sunday and PTA. But stress from the aftermath of that previous abusive marriage and living in constant fear made things difficult and my new husband and I separated. In October 2003, with my family in Texas I figured we’d be all right there for a couple months but that was a fatal mistake.”

It didn’t take long for Mary’s ex-husband to catch up with his prey.

“Just after the holiday season I reported his stalking behavior and calls to the police department of a suburb of Dallas/Fort Worth. On at least eight occasions they said, ‘oh that’s a Florida order, we’re not going to uphold that in Texas’.”

“Getting away with minor violations made Robbie bolder. He conspired with my mother to take my son away from me, even though he wasn’t his biological father. Together they made allegations against me of mental and emotional abuse, of drug use, and they even claimed I was in a baby-killing cult. When my son was born I cleaned up my life and stopped any drug use. CPS did four different tests and found nothing at all so in mid 2004 I was cleared of all charges of neglect and abuse.”

Mary and her son prepared to move back to the safety of Florida. Their nightmare was over… or so they thought.

“In May 2004 my son went to church and never came home. He was abducted. When I reported it the police, they and a CPS agent showed up at my door, not to give me news, but to get me to sign another accusation of abuse from my ex-husband and my mother. I refused. My attorney tabled a motion to have my son immediately released to me but on day the court order was signed, the police came and took me to a mental hospital for ‘observation’ based on a false affidavit.”

“The doctor couldn’t find any reason to detain me but during that 24 hours I was in that hospital Robbie, GrandMommy, the police officer and a CPS worker broke into my apartment and stole over $10,000 worth of property including all my home videos and photos of me and my kids, all my legal files and evidence, electronics, medication and even my wedding ring. Even our dog was gone.”

Mary’s son was placed in a foster home.

“Parents have to do something like take parenting classes, go to rehab or counseling to have a chance at getting their kid back. I did but they said I didn’t complete their services just because I chose to get my own counselor, not the one of their choice. They called me uncooperative if I did anything that was against my civil rights but even though one of the case workers wrote that my case wasn’t of abuse but of child custody they do retaliate, I hate to say. They ruled against me because I challenged when I knew things weren’t being looked into, like my accusation of Robbie molesting children.”

“The last time I saw my son was just before Christmas 2004. The case worker arrived without him and said, ‘we forgot to bring him’. But that wasn’t possible. He’s nine years old and he knows when it’s Tuesday. The next day, December 22nd, they brought him. He had a black eye, blood on his shirt; he’d been beaten. I never saw him again.

That’s when I started my blog almosttuesdays.com which came out of a poem I was commissioned to write for Child Abuse Awareness month. It was all the things my son had said to me during out visits that we shared that no one else knows about.”

“When I realized he wasn’t coming home I fell apart. I was in such shock. I didn’t have an attorney so I represented myself. Fortunately I’m a paralegal so I could write my own pleadings but they were just ignored. My son’s name was changed, he lives with GrandMommy and I’m not allowed to talk to him. Then Robbie was jailed in 2006 for child abuse. I’m too tired to fight. How do you find an attorney when those hired by the state to work on behalf of the kids say it’s too hard to go up against the system?”

Apparent Murder Suicide in Surburban West Palm Beach leave two children orphans  

Reviewed by Fran Lewis

Heartache is defined as anguish, sorrow or distress. Sin is defined as an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God’s will. There are so many sins and so much heartache within this novel that you will come to truly understand their meanings and much more. A group of people, who are easily swayed, easily manipulated and who are looking for something to believe in whether it is honest, true or read and you have the breeding ground for anyone who wants to brainwash and deceive people. Pastor Ryan who prays runs the Church of Resurrection preys on the minds, vulnerability and poor self-esteem of his congregation, wife, and young women. He convinces them that he a man who can foretell their needs, future and predict world events and more. Without him and his guidance they could not exist, live or repent the terrible sins that he claims they committed. This brings me to my review of Heartache and Sin by Charles Soto. This novel brings to light many issues that are controversial, will create strong discussions and possibly arguments and disagreements when used as a basis for a book club or family discussion. This is a book whose messages need to be heard.

Steven and Karen Wheaton live in Havana with his family and friends. Karen is diagnosed with diabetes and is told not to conceive. Upset with the diagnosis and other conditions that she is made aware of, she falls prey to the teachings, preaching and voice of a corrupt, sinister and deceitful man. Preacher Ryan preys on the minds of his congregants claiming that with his prayer and the will of God, he will make it rain and the drought will end.

Brainwashing is something that many people who want to believe in something and want to come true fall victim to. Karen is one who is innocent, sweet and believes the words of this man and so do many others, as you will learn when reading this book. Added to this her husband; Steven and his two brothers knowing that he is a fraud, use the Internet to bring him down. Confronting Pastor Ryan, Steven gets him to admit the truth and now he must fight to save his wife from this man and many others too.

Karen believes that Pastor Ryan is the answer to the prayers of the people of Havana. No one bothered to find out why he left his previous congregation or what he did to the young women there. Abuse whether physical, verbal or sexual is unconscionable and needs to be punished no matter who the source is or the reasons why they are committing the abuse. Pastor Ryan is guilty of all three and justifies it in his own mind and to his victims that he is right and they are worthless and deserve what he decides to hand them. Frightening and scary since a Preacher or any member of the clergy is suppose to guide, listen, comfort and provide guidance to help people that are in trouble or need someone to talk with you realize that this man is nothing but pure evil. But, Pastor Ryan does not fit the definition a clergyman and although Steven knows he is a fraud he needs to tread carefully before exposing him and make sure that he has the proof or he may lose Karen and a lot more.

What is unique about this book is that the author has the characters reveal their inner most thoughts and explain what they need to do in order to survive. Mary, the Pastor’s wife gets the strength and courage to fight and leave the confines of her prison.

The author speaks to the reader as he relates what is in the character’s thoughts and mind as Steven forges a plan to unfold and reveal the deceptions created by this Pastor and the many inhumane things he has done and is still doing. Berating and humiliating his wife and physically and mentally abusing her and praying on the minds of bereaved women he increases his flock of unsuspecting women on the pretense of trying to help them. Using the Internet and the postal system he has devised a diabolical plan that needs to be stopped. But, the worst has yet to come and his cruelty has not reached its peak as the reader will learn and author will impart as he reveals what Steven knows in his heart is happening and must be done.

Karen is easily swayed as her the young women that are now in the living in the family quarters. Their clouded vision and poor perception and need to feel wanted, hope and comfort allows this horrific man to prey on their weaknesses and things will only get worse. Pastor Ryan does not care that he humiliates, who he deceives and how he goes about funding his own treasury and confining those to his compound who fall under his spell and believe he is there help them redeem their sins, find solace and peace within his congregation. Steven, Anne Marie his sister-in-law have witnessed first hand what they know to be the truth and are frightened by the blinding light that encompasses the compound and the people within it. Knowing that he even imprisoned his wife and abused her physically makes him and this family moves ahead to try and stop him. But, when the unthinkable happens and Karen gets pregnant the course of action that the Pastor wants and Steven’s not only conflict but also jeopardize more than their marriage but her life.

Believing himself to be the true and only prophet and the hand of God, this evil man controls everything that oversees and all he sees.  Feeding, as the author puts it, the starving minds of this improvised county. He needs praise, power, to instill fear, false hope and total domination of his congregation. With no respect for women as I can see it, and trying to keep his wife under his total control, Mary finally learns how to play his game in order not to be the object of his ire. But, can she? What is his true ambition? Will she survive the abuse?

This brings us to another controversial issue that the author skillfully includes in this bone chilling and thought -provoking book. The serious issue of Abortion and whether Karen, who has diabetes should consider a full term pregnancy and the Pastor’s crusade to destroy the abortion clinic in Fargo and the women who have had abortions in it.

 An abortion that occurs naturally without any medical intervention when there is a physical problem with a pregnancy is called a spontaneous abortion or a miscarriage, while an abortion that is the result of any procedure done by a licensed physician or someone under the supervision of a licensed physician to purposefully end a pregnancy is called an induced abortion as defined in your dictionary.com. This issue becomes the basis for the end of the book and what finally happens between Karen and Steven and their unborn child. The Pastor goes on a crusade to protest against the clinic and abortion and will do nothing short of destroying the women and the people within it starting with the doctor and his family. Using Karen in his propaganda to fight against abortion even though she should not go to full term and will not change her mind, the Pastor hides his true colors to in order to achieve his goals and pretends concern for her.

What happens will give you pause for much thought about the issues that are important in this novel. A man whose goal was to destroy, control and deceive others for his own purposes. Destruction of lives, towns, people and communities all because of one man. What does happen to Karen? Will Mary and her sons ever are free of the horrific hold the Pastor has on her and others? Will the truth about him ever be told and who will pay with their own heartaches and sins? I recommend this book as one of my best picks for the 2010 and I have read more than 25 since the New Year.

I am honored to have reviewed this book and hope to review Pride and a Prayer the author’s new book.

 

This is Carly the youngest she has been away from her mother for two years. She calls her foster mother  by the name mother. When her foster mother is in the same room with her and Samantha she will not have anything to do with her mother. She will not call her mother either. This should be a crime in itself.  

This is Shawna the oldest. She is now on meds for hyper activity and alledged ADD and ADHD. She has not been tested out by a specialist in this field. She was diagnosed by a regular MD. This should have never happened. This is just the first step in the foster parents who want to adopt this three girls to get more money from the state for adopting a “speical needs” child. They can get up to several thousand dollars for her until she is eighteen years old.     

This is the Christmas tree at the netural place where Sam visits her children. Look at Shawna’s face. Her expression says it all. The middle child Sara never laughs anymore. On all three of their Christmas lists to Santa, they all said the same thing. All they wanted Santa to bring them was to be able to go home with their mother.

DFCS in Jackson County Georgia was not only the Grinch who Stole their Christmas and the one before this past year, they are also the Scooge from this story. If the State has their way they will make anywhere from 4000.00 to 6000.00 on these three girls if they can force Samantha to sign them away. The foster parents who want to adopt them will make anywhere from 600.00- upwards in the thousands each month until they turn eighteen years old. The buying and selling of our children continues illegally.

   We have to get these girls home to their mother. Jackson County DFCS – the judical system- and the PD’s office all are in this together. Sam is still fighting to get her children home. They don’t need to spend another Christmas with out being with their mother. Help me make this happen.

Newest update: Stephanie Smith Samantha’s case worker went by her house today. What a surprise- Stephanie told Samantha she was leaving at the end of December. This will make the 8th case worker Samantha has been inolved with. Talking about abuse. Or wait, maybe they know what they are doing and know it is wrong. No, I don’t think so.

 I also found out that when they came to Samantha’s house to pick up the children they had no warrant. hmmm illegal search and seizure. I am pushing for them to charge her with a crime- and when they do it all will be tossed out –    

Jackson County DFCS you have been put on notice. We are coming after you through TV, Government, letters and newspapers. We are tired of you buying and selling our children and grandchildren. A copy of this letter has been sent to the Atlanta Journal, Senator Lee Hawkins, Gov. Sonny Perdue, Jackson Herald, WSB TV, WXIA TV, Channel Five Fox News. It is time to expose the crimes of the State of Ga. in the buying and selling of children. The three children in the picture are next on the auction block of Jackson County DFCS – They are trying to put them up for sale.

WSB TV
1601 W Peachtree St
Atlanta, Ga.

Yvonne Mason
578 SE Ocean Spray Ter
Port St Lucie, Fl. 34983

Dear News Director,

My name is Yvonne Mason. I am a published author but most importantly I am a mother and a grand -mother.
The purpose of this letter is to let your news station know about a travesty that is getting ready to occur in Jackson County,Ga. A travesty that should be criminal.
That travesty is this. My youngest daughter Alice Samantha Thomason had her three small children taken from her by Jackson County DFCS. They refuse to charge her with criminal charges, but yet they continue to threaten her about signing over her rights as a parent.
From the first day these children were placed in the home of the foster mother Donna Webb who also lives in Jackson County she was told they would be available for adoption by the children’s advocate Dedra Shands and Rebecca Boles of COSA. They are not up for adoption.
I couldn’t figure out how or why they would make this kind of statement. Well, after much research I found out. There was an act signed into law in the 1990’s when Bill Clinton was in the White House. This law is named Adoption and Safe Families Act. This act states that instead of DFCS acting to help reunite families they are to work to have the parents sign them over. The reason is the DFCS receives between $4000.00 to 18000.00 per child when they go up for adoption (legal buying of children) Then the adoptive parents receive between 500.00- 700.00 per child until that child is 18 years old. This amount is even more when there are special needs involved. This is allowed under the TITLE IV Funding Act.

In my grandchildren’s case they created special needs. The oldest child was placed on meds for Alledged ADHD.

The state preys on the poor and uneducated to gain the buying and selling of children to line their coffers. The people at the County level involved in this are Stephanie Smith Case Work. She is the sixth case worker my daughter has had. She is now on her seventh case plan. Whenever she gets one plan almost completed they throw another one at her so she will never get done. This is to make it easier to beat her down. They are also forcing her to take mind altering drugs because they say she is bipolar. They are doing this so she will be in a zombie like state so she will sign over her children.

She was in a very abusive relationship and has just gotten out of it. She doesn’t need any more abuse from the state. That is a whole different story. The bottom line is the state has become the abuser instead of the father of her children. Instead of helping her get out – get a place to live and get her grounded they are abusing her by threats, intimidation and lack of legal council.

The other people from the state involved are Judge Joe Guidry, Family Court, Elizabeth Patrick Supervisor DFCS Jackson County, D.M. Brandon COSA.

Once someone has their children yanked by DFCS they are not allowed to see any alleged evidence, they are not allowed to bring witnesses in court to testify on their behalf, they are not allowed discovery ergo they have no way to fight the alleged charges against them. DFCS will never file criminal charges because if they do then they have to turn over the evidence and this is not something they want to do. The reason, they will be found out.

Samantha’s PD is one Candrell Heard who is with the Jackson County PD’s office. He can’t even get the records from DFCS – They say they are covered under the confidentiality clause. Even a murderer or rapist or pedophile is allowed discovery and allowed to face their accuser.

I have contacted the Governor’s office several times – to no avail they keep passing the buck to The STATE OF GEORGIA . They in turn pass the buck. The reason is simple they are covering up the fact that they are trying to make money off of my three grandchildren. A Total of up to 18,000.00

Samantha is currently living with her older sister. She has tried to get in touch with SECTION 8 Housing and can never get through. She has applied for several jobs, but as we all know the economy is so bad most people can’t even get a job paying attention.
When she was in front of the kangaroo Panel last Friday which consisted of Elizabeth Patrick, D.M. Brandon and a few others she was again threatened, harassed and intimidated. She was not allowed to have her attorney with her. She was not allowed to have witnesses present and she was not allowed to fight for her children. They told her she had until the end of the month before they demanded she sign them over.
I need your help in exposing the buying and selling of her children by the State of Georgia. I need your help in showing what they do to the poor and uneducated. This is not the first time it is happening all over the country. I have hundreds of stories. They prey on the poor and uneducated they beat them down and rip them apart. They abuse the parent and the child.

In Samantha’s case, they took the place of her abusive boyfriend only they are worse.
She can be reached at her sister’s house 706- 983-1171 – They live on Grove Level Rd in Maysville, Ga.

I will be leaving to go out of the County from Nov 22-Dec 6 I can be reached at ysam51@yahoo.com my home phone is 772-879-3400 my cell is 770-289-9537.

This is not right. I will be sending a copy of this letter to the other stations , as well as others.
I am begging for your help. She nor her children deserve this abuse. They love her and she loves them. Her only crime was she is poor and she was abused.

Regards,

Yvonne Mason

These are the Victims of the Abuse of Jackson County DFCS

Last week Samantha had to go before a panel in Jackson County, Georgia. This panel was comprised of Elizabeth Patrick the superivsor of Jackson County, Ga. DFCS and D. M. Brandon of COSA. Along with others.

The job of this panel was set up to emotionally abuse my daughter Samantha even more. Now for those of you who have no idea what happens when someone loses their children, they are not allowed to face their accusers, they are not allowed to see the charges and they are not allowed to present their witnesses either in court or in front of this kangaroo panel. The parent can been threatned, insulted and verbally abused and they can’t do anything about it.

   When Samantha was in front of this panel Rebecca Boles from COSA told Samantha that it was time she signed over her rights as a parent to basicly the three girls could be sold to an adoptive family for the sum of roughly $18,000.00 per the Adoptin and Safe Families Act.

  To add to the abuse of Samantha, DFCS is trying to force her to take meds for a bi polar disorder which she doesn’t have.  None of these people are qualifed to make that kind of decision. They don’t understand that our family is very drug sensitive and drugs affect us differently than most people. Samantha has told them the drugs make her like a zombie. This is just another trick to keep her from being on her toes to fight the injustice and the crimes DFCS is trying to perpatrate on her. They figure if she is drugged up then she will sign over her children. That is not going to happen.     

  Diedra Shands who is an advocate for the children sat in that room and never opened her mouth. Stephanie Smith Samantha’s case worker dropped her head and remained silent as well. These two women have been part of the abuse of Samantha since day one along with Rebeeca Boles and the entire office of Jackson County Georgia DFCS.

    I have written four letters to Judge Guidry who is the Family Court Judge in Samantha’s defense and he hasn’t even had the professional courtesty to respond. When she went to court she had witnesses there to speak on her behalf and Diedra Shands asked the Judge not to allow them in the courtroom.

    The day of the panel the Foster Mother Donna Webb brought Samantha’s girls and the little one who is five refused to have anything to do with her mother. This is abuse in it’s simplest and worst form. The state is the abuser. The foster mother is not far behind. She was told by Deidra and Rebecca that the children would be up for adoption. To add insult to injury Samantha’s lawyer was not there to watch her back. I have no idea where he was. He is becoming part of the problem as well. He doesn’t return emails or phone calls.  

     When Samantha went in front of the panel she was told that her oldest childest Shawna had been put on Ritlin as well as another mind altering drug simply because the foster mother didn’t want to deal with her. Sam was never notified. Again abuse. Shawna has never been tested by a psychologist who speicilizes in children with disiblities. It was prescribed by a regular doctor. They are going to not only retard her brain, but break her spirit as well. Again the abuse continues.

         This is just the beginning. My next blog will be about all the letters I have sent out to Gov. Sonny Perdue, the  senator for that district, all the TV stations in Atlanta and the newspapers. It is time for the abuse to come to a halt. It is time for DFCS to learn they have no right to steal children and then sell them to the highest bidder. They can’t continue to make their payroll on the backs of poor women.

         Not only is Samantha being abused by DFCS her children are too. They are being denined their mother and a quality of life they are entitled to with her. They are being denined the love of their mother. They are being rasied by strangers who could care less about them. All they want is the money they will receive if they adopt them which comes to between 500-700.00 per month per child until they are 18 years old again this is thanks to the Adoption and Safe Famlies Act which was Signed into law by William Jefferson Clinton when he was in the White House.

       This is more than a tragedy it is a travesty. It should be criminal. Even rapist and murders are allowed to face their accusers. They can’t hide behind the clock of anninimity – It is time to make DFCS face the fact that they have no right to do this to women who have children and who are poor or abused by their partners.

    IT is time to fight back

Roldry Philias

Boynton Beach police said Roldry Philias, 34, choked his wife and pointed a gun at her in front of her son and their 11-month-old daughter during a domestic dispute at their home Thursday.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Philias’ wife told police she and her husband had been arguing throughout the day. When she attempted to leave, Philias let the air out of her vehicle’s tires, tampered with the engine and locked her in the garage.

Police said that as Philias’ wife was trying to get back in the house, Philias placed her in a choke hold, retrieved one of his guns from the kitchen cabinet and pointed it at her head, threatening her.

During an interview with detectives, according to the affidavit, the son of Philias’ wife said Philias pointed a gun at “my mommy’s face and mouth” and “pulled a knife on me.”

According to the affidavit, Philias denied pointing a gun at her or assaulting her and said his wife pressed a knife against his stomach.

Delray Beach police said Philias has been placed on paid administrative leave until further notice.

These are the children who are on the auction block by Jackson County DFCS in Jackson County Georgia

As most of you know my daughter Samantha Thomason has written a couple of blogs on this site. Well things for her have gotten worse. Jackson County Georgia Department of Family and Children Services are trying to strong arm her into signing over her children. They have no grounds for this stealing of her children. However, they are going to try and sell her children under the guise of the Adoption and Safe Families Act which was signed into law by Bill Clinton which gives the county up to 6000.00 per child that is adopted out. To add insult to injury the adopting family will make between 500- 700.00 per month per child until they reach 18 years old.

  They have become bigger abusers than her boyfriend ever was.    

  Jackson County Georgia along with Rebecca last name unknown, Stephanine Smith DFCS case worker and Deidre last name unknown  have now become the abusers. Instead of giving Samantha a hand up they are punishing her because she is poor, the economy is bad and jobs are non existent in Jackson County – and housing  has a waiting line three days long. The family court judge refuses to listen and refuses to allow her any witnesses.

    DFCS uses the excuse that the records are protected and her laywer can’t even get them as discovery. The reason they have no case. However, they continue to brow beat her- mentally abuse her threaten her and intimadate her – trying to force he to sign away her children.

    This should be illegal they should be charged with abuse.

   They won’t charge her with a criminal act because if they do then they have to turn over the files in discovery and they have no case.

    It is time for her to stop being abused by the system. It is time they give her the children back and shut this thing down.

    They will be responsible for the consequences .

Yvonne Mason,

FORT PIERCE — A 56-year-old man accused of holding a former girlfriend down by the throat and cutting her was sentenced Thursday to three years’ probation. Donald W. Gayle, 56, of Port St. Lucie, originally had been charged with attempted murder in connection with the April 7 incident. At a hearing Thursday before Circuit Judge Dan Vaughn, he pleaded no contest to a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. According to a Port St. Lucie Police Department report, Gayle and the 46-year-old woman lived in a house with at least one other roommate. Gayle reportedly asked the woman if she had a new boyfriend and she said no. According to the report, Gayle held her down on a bed by her neck and made “aggressive attacking motions with the knife trying to stab her,” saying he was going to kill her. Powell sustained minor cuts on her left wrist and upper back before a roommate broke up the altercation. When the woman tried to leave, Gayle reportedly grabbed a knife and followed her but dropped it when the roommate told him to.

   However, that all changed when we were able to get out and cut those ties. I no longer chooses to be a victim. That word breeds all kinds of emotional baggage. It also sets me up to continue to be a victim in other relationships. It is like wearing a sign that says “Here I am Abuse Me.” I instead choose to say I am a survivor of Domestic Abuse. That word means that while I might have been abused I came through it. I no longer allow another human man or woman to mentally, emotionally or physically harm me in any way. I no longer allow another person to control what I think – say or do.

     Because I am a survivor I make my own choices, I think my own thoughts and I believe my own beliefs. I know who I am I know what I am about and I know that I am somebody. I am a survivor because he no longer has control.

   Being a survivor I am  capable of handling any situation be it in the work place- personal relationship or anything else that is thrown my way. Because I am a survivor  I no longer allow anyone to talk down to me- at me or through me.   I no longer put up with guilt that is not mine, intimadation, threats or loudness. I don’t have to. I have been there done that and moved on. I am stronger because of the abuse- I know how to fight back and  I know how to take care of myself.

     As a survivor I know that I don’t need anyone to make me special – I am special and I am a good person. A victim on the other hand continues to travel down that rabbit hole of insecurity- self doubt and self loathing. They continue to carry guilt that is not theirs and they continue to allow others to pull their emotional strings. A survivor cuts all of that out of their life. They don’t need it to move on.

      The difference between a survivor and a victim is the victim never learns. They get back into bad relationships, they don’t leave at the first red flag and they don’t love themselves.

      Isn’t it time that you stopped being a victim and started being a survivor- It could mean the difference between life and death.