Attorney Rinehart Along With Cohort Judge Daltan Assist Grandparents Frank And Becky Adair in "Legal Kidnapping" And Hold Child For Ransom

I sent the following email on behalf of my good friend Jenn. This was sent to Dave Ablo, along with all of the following email addresses:

ltgov@ltgov.virginia.gov; district37@senate.virginia.gov; district24@senate.virginia.gov; district17@senate.virginia.gov; district16@senate.virginia.gov; district28@senate.virginia.gov; delwhowell@house.virginia.gov; delmcole@house.virginia.gov; deldmarsden@house.virginia.gov; delborrock@house.virginia.gov; delcpeace@house.virginia.gov; dave albo; delsvalentine@house.state.va.us; senhowell@gmail.com; dave cuccinelli ; dave marsden ; mark cole ; richard h stuart

So far Albo has been the only one with the guts to even respond, as pitiful as the response was, it was a response. Who exactly are these elected officials for?

You are going to have to consult a family law lawyer, this is out of my expertise.

Dave-----Original Message-----From: Sherry Hayward To: davealbo@aol.comSent: Thu, Nov 12, 2009 9:39 am
Subject: Re: Va law on jailable offenses

Thanks Dave for responding. I understand this is a difficult a question considering you don't have the details of this case. I have been searching through the VA codes and can't seem to come up with anything that applies this specific case and circumstance. Briefly what has happened is that the paternal grandparents of this child, the Adair's, filed for and gained custody of the child from the mother, Jenn. The father of this child, the Adair's son, has never been involved with the child and moved out of state when the child was very young. The judge in this case, Daltan, awarded attorney's fees to the Adair's attorney, Tandy Rinehart. The Adair's initiated this case based on many false allegations and actually used the system and the courts to strip this mother from her right to be a mother. The Adair's have held this over Jenn's head for several months with the threat of jail and have gone as far as to actually hold her son for ransom by forbidding her from even seeing him until those attorney fees are paid. The code below:
16.1-278.19 states "based on the relative financial ability of the parties". Considering Jenn didn't initiate this case and wasn't able to afford her own attorney I would have to say Daltan ignored this code.
16.1-278.19. Attorneys' fees.
In any matter properly before the court, the court may award attorneys' fees and costs on behalf of any party as the court deems appropriate based on the relative financial ability of the parties.
As a result, what has happened is Jenn was arrested and served over 2 months in the Rappahannock Jail until her friends and family had raised enough money, 2700.00 to pay to Tandy Rinehart.
I've been searching the VA code and the discovered the following codes:

If this is this code, 16.1-69.24, used to jail this mother for the non payment of the atty fees, she was imprisoned far longer and fined much more than this code states is allowed. Her options were to serve 12 months or pay 2700.00 to the opposing attorney, Tandy Rinehart.

16.1-69.24. Contempt of court.
A judge of a district court shall have the same powers and jurisdiction as a judge of a circuit court to punish summarily for contempt, but in no case shall the fine exceed $250 and imprisonment exceed ten days for the same contempt. From any such fine or sentence there shall be an appeal of right within the period prescribed in this title and to the court or courts designated therein for appeals in other cases and the proceedings on such appeal shall conform in all respects to the provisions of �� 18.2-456 through 18.2-459.

Nothing in this code applies to non payment of attorneys fees.
18.2-456. Cases in which courts and judges may punish summarily for contempt.
The courts and judges may issue attachments for contempt, and punish them summarily, only in the cases following:
(1) Misbehavior in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct or interrupt the administration of justice;
(2) Violence, or threats of violence, to a judge or officer of the court, or to a juror, witness or party going to, attending or returning from the court, for or in respect of any act or proceeding had or to be had in such court;
(3) Vile, contemptuous or insulting language addressed to or published of a judge for or in respect of any act or proceeding had, or to be had, in such court, or like language used in his presence and intended for his hearing for or in respect of such act or proceeding;
(4) Misbehavior of an officer of the court in his official character;
(5) Disobedience or resistance of an officer of the court, juror, witness or other person to any lawful process, judgment, decree or order of the court.
(Code 1950, � 18.1-292; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)

Judge Daltans ruling has caused the suffering of many people in this family. A child who has lost almost all contact with his mother, simply because she doesn't have a lot of money. Jenn's two much younger children who lost their mother for over two months. Jenn's loss of a job, as a result of being incarcerated has caused a tremendous financial strain on the rest of this family who obviously didn't have a lot of money to begin with. I wasn't aware that here in America we were still using debtors prisons.
If there are specific codes I have failed to locate please, if you would be so kind, send them to me so I can help my friend deal with this tragedy and educate others. Otherwise please advise me on how to prevent the outrageous acts of these judges and attorneys.

I thank you for your consideration
Sherry Hayward
703-655-2223
From: "davealbo@aol.com" <davealbo@aol.com>To: shayward37@yahoo.comSent: Tue, November 10, 2009 5:49:36 PMSubject: Re: Va law on jailable offenses
Not knowing anything about the case, Contempt of Court for not abiding by a Court Order is my guess.
Dave

Unqualified Guardian Ad Litem's

Did you know guardian ad litem's don't have to be qualified?
Yes! And the tyrants here in the Commonwealth allow it! See § 16.1-266.1 law code.
Not that becoming "qualified" is a vigorous process, just a seven hour course, but a mere inconvenience for these money hungry parasites driven by the tyrant judges that allow their barratrous conduct in the courtroom. So what this law says is that any attorney with a law degree and some experience in juvenile cases can at the discretion of the judge be appointed as a guardian. Do you really want any slime ball with a law degree interviewing your child? I personally don't, qualified or not.
With approximately 150 "qualified" guardians in district 15 am I really to believe none were available? If that is the case then I would say we have a tremendous problem here in district 15. I never asked the court to appoint a guardian ad litem, they did so on their own. I wander how many cases out there have guardians appointed that don't need or request one. Is the J&DR court here that flooded with cases? If so, I will say it again, Get out of our lives and the lives of our children and let us parents raise them as we see fit. Stop allowing judicial abuse of good parents. Stop allowing the barratrous filings of these money hungry parasites.

Stafford County Judge Martin Bass awards 9-month-old to father who testified 'I don't want the kid, I just don't want [the mother] to have her'

My name is Melissa Barker. I had a custody hearing September 22, 2003, in which my child's father told the judge "I don't want the kid, i just don't want Miss Barker to have her." He also was allowed to slander my parents stating that my mother was a member of the Pagans motorcycle gang, and my father was a convicted murderer, therefore there are a danger to my daughter. Not once was he asked to provide proof of his allegations. He has had physical custody of my daughter since she was 9 months old. He had nothing to do with her in those first 9 months. During the hearing, his witnesses were allowed to testify, mine were not. His attorney believe it or not was allowed to subpoena my attorney, leaving me without counsel. I was under the impression there was something that was referred to as attorney client privilege. Apparently not in Stafford. Who was the judge on the bench you ask, none other than Martin Bass. It has been rumored to me that my ex or his lawyer (Cahtrine Saller) paid him off. It was also rumored to me that Bass is my exes current wife's uncle.

G.A.L. Paul Dryer Sides With Convicted Drunk Driver

Waynesboro VA. attorney, Paul Dryer of Franklin Denny, Ward and Lawson, and "certified guardian at litem" sides with a convicted drunk driver Anthony "Tony" Tate.
http://wasdmz2.courts.state.va.us/CJISWeb/CaseDetail.do

Another of Virginia's "qualified" guardian ad litem endangering the innocent life of the child he was appointed to protect. By recommending to the court that this child be ripped away from his mother, the primary caregiver, he has caused irreversible damage. Prior the the court appointing Dryer and basing their custody decision on his recommendations the child was thriving with the mother. This loving protective mother has been discriminated against by Dryer and the court has allowed him to violate her rights. He has managed to cut this mother completely out of her child's life by having her barred from receiving any medical or educational information and just recently from even being able to enjoy a lunch with her child at the school. His deception and manipulation has caused the teachers to turn against her. The reason this child even attends this school is because the mother chose it. A reputable christian school she knew would instill the values and principles of being a good christian. Who would have ever thought that these very people would allow the slandering of a good mother and even commit perjury themselves. While this pro se mother is struggling to state her case and fight for the well being of her child Dryer demands that the court must sanction her, have her thrown in jail. Dryer was never present to represent the child, only the father.

Case Number:CR01001047-00
Filed:11/15/2001
Commenced by: Indictment
Locality: COMMONWEALTH OF VA
Defendant: TATE, ANTHONY MORRIS
Race: White Caucasian
DOB: 10/13/****
Address: ROANOKE, VA 24014
Charge: DUI
Code Section: 18.2-266/270
Charge Type: Felony
Class: 6
Offense Date: 09/07/2001
Arrest Date: 09/07/2001

Sentenced
Final Disposition
Disposition Code:Guilty
Disposition Date:02/06/2002
Concluded By:Guilty Plea
Amended Charge: S/O DUI(2ND OFF IN 5YRS)
Amended Code Section:18.2-266/270
Amended Charge Type:Misdemeanor
Jail/Penitentiary: Jail
Concurrent/Consecutive: Consecutive Sentences
Life/Death:
Sentence Time: 0 Year(s)6 Month(s)0 Day(s)
Sentence Suspended: 0 Year(s)4 Month(s)10 Day(s)
Operator License Suspension Time: 3 Year(s)
Fine Amount: $450.00
Costs: $200.00

Judge Laura L. Dascher Denies Observers Acess Into Courtroom, Leaving No Witnesses To Her Massacre

April 2nd, 2009 in the Waynesboro Juvenile & Domestic Relations courtroom of Judge Laura Dascher observers to the proceeding were forbidden entry. Dascher said "juvenile proceedings are closed". Neither side objected to the presence of an observer, only judge Dascher. She wanted no witnesses to her treacherous conduct while she jailed a pro se litigant, a mother of Waynesboro, for simply stating facts in her case. Judge Dascher has managed shut her up but only for 24 hours.

Mis-Deeds: Questionable ethics in Dascher appointment

By JR Hoeft
Published April 28th, 2008
Laura Dascher of Bath County is a partner in the Covington law firm of Pasco and Dascher PLC. The firm gave $2500 to the Future Deeds Campaign in Dec. 2007.
That, in and of itself, is fine. But it’s not the whole story.
Laura Dascher was a “non-negotiable” appointment by Sen. Deeds to the Juvenile Domestic Relations Court, according to House sources. Apparently, Deeds was so adamant about this appointment, he was willing to hold up two circuit court appointments to make it happen.
He eventually got his way last Wednesday when Dascher’s appointment was approved (however, several delegates abstained).
Most of the case load for this particular judicial seat is 90 minutes from Covington; at least 60% of the cases are heard in Augusta, Staunton, and Waynesboro. Why would Deeds be so adamant about ensuring Dascher was the appointee?
So, it’s kind of interesting that a person who had been a substitute judge since Apr. 2007, donated $2500 to Sen. Deeds — her chief patron — in December, and lives 90 minutes from where most of the cases are heard, would suddenly become a “non-negotiable” appointment.
After learning of Sen. Yvonne Miller’s demands this weekend and now this, it seems like gaining power in the senate last election has created some questionable ethical behavior by Senate Democrats.
Is it coincidence, or is there a little quid pro quo between Deeds and Ms. Dascher?
UPDATE: The Deeds campaign replied to the ‘Drift this afternoon with the following explanation as to why Ms. Dascher was the senator’s first choice.
“[Laura Dascher] was the candidate endorsed by the bar association. Additionally, Senator Deeds’ felt it was important to have a judge from that part of the district–I think it’s been 14 years since that’s been the case,” wrote Peter Jackson, Deeds for Virginia campaign manager to Bearing Drift today via e-mail. “Laura is an extraordinarily talented lawyer, especially in trying the Juvenile & Domestic Relations cases that she’ll be hearing from the bench.”

Our Elected Delegates, Hard At Work For Who? Delegate Mark Cole Uninterested

The General Assembly's chief responsibilities are to represent citizens in the formulation of public policy, enact laws of the Commonwealth, approve the budget, levy taxes, elect judges and confirm appointments by the Governor.

Below is the email correspondence with Del. Mark Cole. Response that was received from Del. Dave Albo was that I needed to contact my own Delegate because he was busy dealing with his own constituents, even though he is the "chosen one", in charge of the hiring and firing of judges in the Commonwealth.

--- On Wed, 3/11/09, DelMCole@house.virginia.gov<> wrote:

From: DelMCole@house.virginia.gov

Subject: 2nd Request

To: shayward37@yahoo.com

Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 3:11 PM

Ms. Hayward,

Upon review, Delegate Cole has requested you be sent the following information. For a judicial complaint please go to the website below and complete the complaint form and send it to the Judicial Inquiry and Review commission. http://www.courts.state.va.us/jirc/2005_0407_complaint_form.pdf

To file a misconduct inquiry about a lawyer refer to website: http://www.vsb.org/site/regulation/inquiry/

Karen Stuber Legislative Assistant

Delegate Mark Cole

Richmond: 804-698-1088

District: 540-752-8200

Fax: 804-698-6788

[attachment "complaint_form[1].pdf" removed by Mark Cole/HDel/HOD][attachment "Hayward%20v.%20Rinehart[1].pdf" removed by MarkCole/HDel/HOD]

Notice the complaints and responses are already attached & removed!

-----Sherry Hayward <> wrote:

-----To: DelMCole@house.virginia..gov

From: Sherry Hayward <>

Date: 03/13/2009 09:15PM

Subject: Re: 2nd Request

complaint and response attached

Sherry Hayward703-655-2223

and re attached here

--- On Wed, 3/18/09, DelMCole@house.virginia.gov wrote:

From: DelMCole@house.virginia.gov DelMCole@house.virginia.gov

Subject: Re: 2 nd RequestTo: "Sherry Hayward" shayward37@yahoo.com

Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 12:16 PM

The only action left to you is to have your attorney file a complaint to the court. I recommend that you discuss this with your attorney and see if this would be worthwhile.

Karen Stuber Legislative Assistant

Delegate Mark Cole

Richmond: 804-698-1088

District: 540-752-8200

Fax: 804-698-6788

To: DelMCole@house.virginia.gov

From: Sherry Hayward shayward37@yahoo.com

Date: 03/18/2009 05:18PM

Subject: Re: 2nd Request

Thanks but no thanks and never mind. I don't have an attorney and after every thing this has court has done to my family I have absolutely no desire to set foot back in there. The court is aware of whats going on, they are aware of the fabricated statements made by my ex and his atty in the continuance motion. They are aware of my numerous changes in circumstance. They obviously don't care. You obviously don't either. You should probably change your website to say something more like "I encourage you to contact me should you have questions or difficulties in dealing with state agencies, just don't expect me to do anything about it. That would be more honest.

Sherry Hayward703-655-2223

Dear Ms. Hayward,

I am sorry you are not happy with the assistance my office provided you; however, the Courts are not really a state agency. They are a separate and equal branch of state government. I have no direct authority over the courts. There is a process where you can file a complaint against an attorney if you believe they have acted illegally or unethically. I understand my office has provided you with the information needed to file a complaint. We cannot file the complaint for you, so if you choose not to file there is really nothing anybody can do.

Again, I am sorry you feel that we have let you down, but we have done everything we can do given the circumstances.

Sincerely,
Mark L. ColeDelegate, 88th District Stafford, Spotsylvania, and Fauquier CountiesWeb page: http://www.marklcole.com/

Authorized and Paid for by Mark Cole for Delegate

Letter Sent Jan. 7th 2009

Dear Members of the Virginia House of Delegates, Members of the Senate of Virginia, and Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia Timothy Kaine:

I write to you all seeking your assistance, guidance, answers and solutions. As you all are aware Virginia's Juvenile and Domestic Relations court is severely broken, which is why I suspect the judicial interviews went about two hours over schedule. Not that this process of reappointment was highly publicized but people still seemed to come out of the woodwork to speak in opposition of these judges being reappointed to the bench. I agree with all of you, this was an extremely long day and for most of us who came to speak and observe, a mentally exhausting one. We too had two plus hours of driving time ahead us. Delegate Albo, I too would have preferred to be at home with my spouse, however, this process was just too important to miss, as it was for the many others who made that long trip to Richmond. As those of you who attended all saw this is not just a small handful of people, but many who are and have had the misfortune of experiencing the blatant judicial misconduct by Virginia judges. Who knows how many there really are. It shouldn't really matter how many or how few for someone to stand up and put a stop to this injustice. Many victims are unaware of who and where to go for help. Many more are so severely beaten down and maimed by these judges and barratrous attorneys that they have simply given up. They have lost all faith in this system. I ask you, How could this system that was put in place to protect destroy and shatter so many? Protective, non offending parents are being slaughtered everyday in Virginia's courtrooms. I have to question a parent's true love for their child when that parent alienates and severs all contact with the other parent and is willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to do so. Shouldn't a well-educated judge question the same? Shouldn't you all question the judgment of that presumably well-educated judge who does not? I read in Virginia Code Section 20-124.3, Paragraph 6, where it is stated: "The propensity of each parent to actively support the child's contact and relationship with the other parent, including whether a parent has unreasonably denied the other access to or visitation with the child." When a judge pretends to not see the obvious and allows one parent to, without evidence, viciously attack the other parent time and time again in the courtroom as an attempt to slander that parent, is that judge not ignoring Paragraph 6? I ask you, Is such a judge really acting in the best interest of an innocent child? I realize the financial motivation in attorneys who repeatedly orchestrate these ambushes of the other side, the financially weakest side that often has no attorney and therefore cannot properly defend against the false accusations and outright barratry. Enough is enough! Innocent children are being destroyed and protective parents are being slaughtered and Virginia judges are allowing it to happen. These judges are jailing innocent, honorable parents who are simply unable to pay the absurd amounts of child support imposed on them. They are being jailed for not having enough money to pay the awarded attorneys fees, fees of up to one thousand dollars for five minutes in a courtroom, imposed on them. I have seen bail money seized to pay attorney fees. These people are not criminals, they're just parents. Parents fighting for their children, fighting for their right to just be a parent. Who would have ever thought that in this "GREAT NATION" anyone would have to fight for that. Our Virginia state flag, displayed in all of our courtrooms and in so many of our government agencies, proudly bears the message: "Sic Semper Tyrannis." I ask you, Who are the real tyrants here? I lost my right to be a parent five years ago in front of Circuit Court Judge Ann Hunter Simpson, a cohort of the sleazy Tandy B. Rinehart of Rinehart, Lowery, Strentz and Butler, PLC, based on nothing but false allegations about my parenting ability and slanderous fabrications made by both the father of my child and his attorney Tandy Rinehart. I have fought since then, not to deprive my daughter of her father but to simply have equal parenting time. At one point in my fight I even lost my right to work and in the same hearing Judge Gerald F. Dalton increased my child support by more than three times. I ask you, Does $ 477.00 per month sound right for someone earning $ 29,000.00 per year. Not to mention I still had another child at home to care for. Yes, a sixteen-year-old whose own world, by the way, came crashing down with the emotional trauma from losing her baby sister. Since Judge Simpson's decision, in 2004, to remove my youngest from my care, transfering custody to her narcissistic father and the 65-year-old nanny hired by him, my once well-adjusted, bright, happy child now struggles in school and has had to attend summer school just to pass elementary school. Now that she is in middle school, she has deteriorated even more. She currently has four Fs and one C. She has been prescribed a wide variety of ADD drugs, but, despite this, she continues to fail. Five of her friends were just expelled from school for drugs. These are 7th graders, these are 12-year-olds! I think you can see where I'm going. Something has to change before it's too late. Despite my efforts, I see my child four days a month only during the school year because judges have placed her with a father they deem "the better parent." A trial eighteen-months-ago to modify custody due to changed circumstances failed. In that trial, my judge, Stafford County Judge Daltan, did not apply the law in the same way that Fairfax County Judge Finch did not apply the law in the custody modification case of Ms. Liz Haring. Ms. Haring is one mother who testified on December 11, 2008, during the interviews of judges up for re-appointment conducted by house and senate members of the Courts of Justice. Nor do the lawyers I hire thoroughly and aggressively apply the law. For example, I only recently became aware of "§ 18.2-49.1. Violation of court order regarding custody and visitation; penalty": A. Any person who knowingly, wrongfully and intentionally withholds a child from either of a child's parents or other legal guardian in a clear and significant violation of a court order respecting the custody or visitation of such child, provided such child is withheld outside of the Commonwealth, is guilty of a Class 6 felony. B. Any person who knowingly, wrongfully and intentionally engages in conduct that constitutes a clear and significant violation of a court order respecting the custody or visitation of a child is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor upon conviction of a first offense. Any person who commits a second violation of this section within 12 months of a first conviction is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor, and any person who commits a third violation occurring within 24 months of the first conviction is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A friend who is not a lawyer told me about § 18.2-49.1. My own attorney had never even mentioned it, prefering instead to file civil show causes that really are worse than useless and very expensive. Whereas, a criminal filing for the same offense is free and, I understand, very effective. The father of my child is guilty of numerous violations of the visitation order. The father of my child is guilty of derelict and defective parenting: my daughter has become dangerously withdrawn. Her grades are down. I have married again. But in the eyes of the court it would appear nothing is enough to qualify as "material changes in circumstances." Here, where I live in Stafford County, where barratrous substitute judge and trial lawyer Tandy Rinehart and friends reign, justice is nothing short of tyrannical. Again, I write you all and ask for guidance, answers and solutions. I ask for intervention. Specifically, What do you need from me that will help you change these outcomes and help you fix the problem? What do you need from me to help you investigate my case and the cases of all the other mothers similarly aggrieved? What can I do to help?

Respectivly,

Sherry Hayward 703-655-2223

Judge Gerald F Daltan Forces Mother From Job

Not only does this Stafford county "Judge" Gerald F Daltan force a mother from her job by making her choose between that job and her child but he he increases child support by more than 3 times! At the start of the real estate collapse accepting a 9-5 processing for a mortgage company was the responsible thing to do. Who would have ever thought that being a responsible working mother could jeopardize visitation with your child.

Daltans Order http://www.box.net/shared/h3hhvhnl12

Support Order http://www.box.net/shared/bxjmdu52rv

Ammunition Accountability

This didn't take long!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nobody can sell any ammunition after June 30, 2009

It has already started....

Ammunition Accountability Legislation

Remember how Obama said that he wasn't going to take your guns? Well, it seems that his allies in the anti-gun world have no problem with taking your ammo!

The bill 20 that is being pushed in 18 states (including Illinois and Indiana ) requires all ammunition to be encoded by the manufacture a data base of all ammunition sales. So they will know how much you buy and what calibers.

Nobody can sell any ammunition after June 30, 2009 unless the ammunition is coded

Any privately held uncoded ammunition must be destroyed by July 1, 2011. (Including hand loaded ammo.)

They will also charge a .05 cent tax on every round so every box of ammo you buy will go up at least $2.50 or more!

If they can deprive you of ammo they do not need to take your gun!

This legislation is currently pending in 18 states: Alabama , Arizona , California , Connecticut , Hawaii , Illinois , Indiana , Kentucky , Maryland , Mississippi , Missouri , New Jersey , New York , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Carolina , Tennessee , and Washington .

Send to your friends in these states AND fight to dissolve this BILL!!

To find more about the anti-gun group that is sponsoring this legislation and the specific legislation for each state, go to:

http://ammunitionaccountability.org/Legislation.htm

Va Judge Selection Process Criticized

A group of more than 200 Virginia residents, calling themselves the "Pitchfork Rebellion" and frustrated with the way the state selects judges, wants the public to have more say in who sits on the bench and for how long. Virginia is one of only two states, along with South Carolina, that empower their state legislatures to pick state judges, a process primarily conducted behind closed doors.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/01/AR2009030101882.html

Virginia's Assistant Attorney General Arrested

http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/site_elements/tags/tag/steven+f.+lederman/

By APPublished: February 20, 2009
NORFOLK — A Virginia assistant attorney general has been suspended after being arrested on drug and weapon charges.
Norfolk police charged Steven F. Lederman yesterday with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, a felony, and carrying a concealed weapon, a misdemeanor.
A search warrant affidavit filed in Norfolk Circuit Court said police found marijuana in Lederman’s van after a drug-sniffing dog alerted on a bag. The affidavit said the marijuana was inside the bag, wrapped as a Christmas present.
Norfolk police spokesman Chris Amos said investigators were acting on a tip when they arrested Lederman.
Lederman, 46, has been with the agency since 1997 and works in the Division of Child Support Enforcement. He has been suspending pending further investigation, said David Clementon, a spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office.

Reader Reactions
Posted by ( Publius ) on February 21, 2009 at 1:08 am
While it is just as likely the prosecutors will want to make an example of this guy and show no mercy, the final result will more likely be determined by how much representation he can afford to buy.

Posted by ( Legal American ) on February 21, 2009 at 12:43 am
SAY IT ISN’T SO! Wow, this entire state needs glasses! I don’t think anyone in this state’s government is working they are all corporate welfare personnel just sitting idly by waiting for their “PAYCHECKS”


Posted by ( vamelungeon ) on February 20, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Sounds like a set up.


Posted by ( rukiddin ) on February 20, 2009 at 8:41 pm
You know he is part of the “good old boys network”. He will probably only have to do some community work and a short probation… or he will get off on some technicality. I wonder how much bond he had to post. If this were the average citizen they would still be in jail until the trial comes up. I am sure he is out tonight having dinner with his family tonight. Special treatment for Special people.

Posted by ( J-Reb ) on February 20, 2009 at 8:28 pm
So the gun charge is a misdemeanor and the pot charge is a felony.
What a messed-up state.


Posted by ( Crimediver ) on February 20, 2009 at 5:45 pm
I he he gets hammered on the felony and they don’t plead it down to a misdemeanor first offender status. He ought to get the max.


Posted by ( OCM09 ) on February 20, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Now I understand why the Dept of Child Support Enf Agency is such a pathetic agency! Maybe they are all stoned!

Jailing Judges

When will Virginia start holding their corrupt judges accountable?

Pa. Judges Accused of Jailing Kids for Cash
Thursday, February 12, 2009
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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — For years, the juvenile court system in Wilkes-Barre operated like a conveyor belt: Youngsters were brought before judges without a lawyer, given hearings that lasted only a minute or two, and then sent off to juvenile prison for months for minor offenses.
The explanation, prosecutors say, was corruption on the bench.
In one of the most shocking cases of courtroom graft on record, two Pennsylvania judges have been charged with taking millions of dollars in kickbacks to send teenagers to two privately run youth detention centers.
"I've never encountered, and I don't think that we will in our lifetimes, a case where literally thousands of kids' lives were just tossed aside in order for a couple of judges to make some money," said Marsha Levick, an attorney with the Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center, which is representing hundreds of youths sentenced in Wilkes-Barre.
Prosecutors say Luzerne County Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan took $2.6 million in payoffs to put juvenile offenders in lockups run by PA Child Care LLC and a sister company, Western PA Child Care LLC. The judges were charged on Jan. 26 and removed from the bench by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court shortly afterward.

No company officials have been charged, but the investigation is still going on.
The high court, meanwhile, is looking into whether hundreds or even thousands of sentences should be overturned and the juveniles' records expunged.
Among the offenders were teenagers who were locked up for months for stealing loose change from cars, writing a prank note and possessing drug paraphernalia. Many had never been in trouble before. Some were imprisoned even after probation officers recommended against it.
Many appeared without lawyers, despite the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 1967 ruling that children have a constitutional right to counsel.
The judges are scheduled to plead guilty to fraud Thursday in federal court. Their plea agreements call for sentences of more than seven years behind bars.
Ciavarella, 58, who presided over Luzerne County's juvenile court for 12 years, acknowledged last week in a letter to his former colleagues, "I have disgraced my judgeship. My actions have destroyed everything I worked to accomplish and I have only myself to blame." Ciavarella, though, has denied he got kickbacks for sending youths to prison.
Conahan, 56, has remained silent about the case.
Many Pennsylvania counties contract with privately run juvenile detention centers, paying them either a fixed overall fee or a certain amount per youth, per day.
In Luzerne County, prosecutors say, Conahan shut down the county-run juvenile prison in 2002 and helped the two companies secure rich contracts worth tens of millions of dollars, at least some of that dependent on how many juveniles were locked up.
One of the contracts — a 20-year agreement with PA Child Care worth an estimated $58 million — was later canceled by the county as exorbitant.
The judges are accused of taking payoffs between 2003 and 2006.
Robert J. Powell co-owned PA Child Care and Western PA Child Care until June. His attorney, Mark Sheppard, said his client was the victim of an extortion scheme.
"Bob Powell never solicited a nickel from these judges and really was a victim of their demands," he said. "These judges made it very plain to Mr. Powell that he was going to be required to pay certain monies."
For years, youth advocacy groups complained that Ciavarella was ridiculously harsh and ran roughshod over youngsters' constitutional rights. Ciavarella sent a quarter of his juvenile defendants to detention centers from 2002 to 2006, compared with a statewide rate of one in 10.
The criminal charges confirmed the advocacy groups' worst suspicions and have called into question all the sentences he pronounced.
Hillary Transue did not have an attorney, nor was she told of her right to one, when she appeared in Ciavarella's courtroom in 2007 for building a MySpace page that lampooned her assistant principal.
Her mother, Laurene Transue, worked for 16 years in the child services department of another county and said she was certain Hillary would get a slap on the wrist. Instead, Ciavarella sentenced her to three months; she got out after a month, with help from a lawyer.
"I felt so disgraced for a while, like, what do people think of me now?" said Hillary, now 17 and a high school senior who plans to become an English teacher.
Laurene Transue said Ciavarella "was playing God. And not only was he doing that, he was getting money for it. He was betraying the trust put in him to do what is best for children."
Kurt Kruger, now 22, had never been in trouble with the law until the day police accused him of acting as a lookout while his friend shoplifted less than $200 worth of DVDs from Wal-Mart. He said he didn't know his friend was going to steal anything.
Kruger pleaded guilty before Ciavarella and spent three days in a company-run juvenile detention center, plus four months at a youth wilderness camp run by a different operator.
"Never in a million years did I think that I would actually get sent away. I was completely destroyed," said Kruger, who later dropped out of school. He said he wants to get his record expunged, earn his high school equivalency diploma and go to college.
"I got a raw deal, and yeah, it's not fair," he said, "but now it's 100 times bigger than me."

The Virginia State Bar Condone's Judicial Misconduct

The VSB allowing their members, attorneys who are to be held to professional rules of conduct, to commit fraud. The link below is a complaint to the VSB against Tandy B. Rinehart. She knowingly filed a fraudulent document with the Stafford County J & DR court along with her client Timothy Stohler to cause an unnecessary delay in our case.

http://www.box.net/shared/nq240bjyql

Julian Johnson allowed this barratrous attorney to act criminally in his courtroom. James C Bodie of the VSB say's these "tactics" are acceptable.
View that response http://www.box.net/shared/5o6qabfs2i

Judge Julian Johnson Disregards Law

Once again, another of Stafford counties judges, this time Judge Julian Johnson blatantly disregards the laws he was sworn to uphold. He has allowed the sleazy Tandy B. Rinehart to file this motion of continuance #1. without notifying all parties involved as stated at the top of this notice. #2 without my signature which is also required and stated at the top of this notice. I only received this notice posted to my front door the day of my hearing Feb. 25Th as I was leaving for court. She has also stated along with my ex husband Timothy Stohler that he is an instructor for the FBI and would be on assignment. Timothy Stohler does not and has never worked for the FBI and certainly wasn't on assignment. Judge Julian Johnson ignored and denied my repeated motions to move my court date forward as 5 months was extreme for a simple child support hearing, not to mention they purjured themselves to get that continuance. Judge Julian Johnson has endorsed these two con artists by allowing them to lie and not only get away with it but to actually grant their wishes based on that lie.

Dear Members of the Virginia House of Delegates, Members of the Senate of Virginia, and Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia Timothy Kaine:

Letter Sent Jan. 7th 2009

Dear Members of the Virginia House of Delegates, Members of the Senate of Virginia, and Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia Timothy Kaine:

I write to you all seeking your assistance, guidance, answers and solutions. As you all are aware Virginia's Juvenile and Domestic Relations court is severely broken, which is why I suspect the judicial interviews went about two hours over schedule. Not that this process of reappointment was highly publicized but people still seemed to come out of the woodwork to speak in opposition of these judges being reappointed to the bench. I agree with all of you, this was an extremely long day and for most of us who came to speak and observe, a mentally exhausting one. We too had two plus hours of driving time ahead us. Delegate Albo, I too would have preferred to be at home with my spouse, however, this process was just too important to miss, as it was for the many others who made that long trip to Richmond. As those of you who attended all saw this is not just a small handful of people, but many who are and have had the misfortune of experiencing the blatant judicial misconduct by Virginia judges. Who knows how many there really are. It shouldn't really matter how many or how few for someone to stand up and put a stop to this injustice. Many victims are unaware of who and where to go for help. Many more are so severely beaten down and maimed by these judges and barratrous attorneys that they have simply given up. They have lost all faith in this system. I ask you, How could this system that was put in place to protect destroy and shatter so many? Protective, non offending parents are being slaughtered everyday in Virginia's courtrooms.
I have to question a parent's true love for their child when that parent alienates and severs all contact with the other parent and is willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to do so. Shouldn't a well-educated judge question the same? Shouldn't you all question the judgment of that presumably well-educated judge who does not?
I read in Virginia Code Section 20-124.3, Paragraph 6, where it is stated: "The propensity of each parent to actively support the child's contact and relationship with the other parent, including whether a parent has unreasonably denied the other access to or visitation with the child." When a judge pretends to not see the obvious and allows one parent to, without evidence, viciously attack the other parent time and time again in the courtroom as an attempt to slander that parent, is that judge not ignoring Paragraph 6? I ask you, Is such a judge really acting in the best interest of an innocent child? I realize the financial motivation in attorneys who repeatedly orchestrate these ambushes of the other side, the financially weakest side that often has no attorney and therefore cannot properly defend against the false accusations and outright barratry.
Enough is enough! Innocent children are being destroyed and protective parents are being slaughtered and Virginia judges are allowing it to happen. These judges are jailing innocent, honorable parents who are simply unable to pay the absurd amounts of child support imposed on them. They are being jailed for not having enough money to pay the awarded attorneys fees, fees of up to one thousand dollars for five minutes in a courtroom, imposed on them. I have seen bail money seized to pay attorney fees. These people are not criminals, they're just parents. Parents fighting for their children, fighting for their right to just be a parent. Who would have ever thought that in this "GREAT NATION" anyone would have to fight for that. Our Virginia state flag, displayed in all of our courtrooms and in so many of our government agencies, proudly bears the message: "Sic Semper Tyrannis." I ask you, Who are the real tyrants here?
I lost my right to be a parent five years ago in front of Circuit Court Judge Ann Hunter Simpson, a cohort of the sleazy Tandy B. Rinehart of Rinehart, Lowery, Strentz and Butler, PLC, based on nothing but false allegations about my parenting ability and slanderous fabrications made by both the father of my child and his attorney Tandy Rinehart. I have fought since then, not to deprive my daughter of her father but to simply have equal parenting time. At one point in my fight I even lost my right to work and in the same hearing Judge Gerald F. Dalton increased my child support by more than three times. I ask you, Does $ 477.00 per month sound right for someone earning $ 29,000.00 per year. Not to mention I still had another child at home to care for. Yes, a sixteen-year-old whose own world, by the way, came crashing down with the emotional trauma from losing her baby sister. Since Judge Simpson's decision, in 2004, to remove my youngest from my care, transfering custody to her narcissistic father and the 65-year-old nanny hired by him, my once well-adjusted, bright, happy child now struggles in school and has had to attend summer school just to pass elementary school. Now that she is in middle school, she has deteriorated even more. She currently has four Fs and one C. She has been prescribed a wide variety of ADD drugs, but, despite this, she continues to fail. Five of her friends were just expelled from school for drugs. These are 7th graders, these are 12-year-olds! I think you can see where I'm going. Something has to change before it's too late. Despite my efforts, I see my child four days a month only during the school year because judges have placed her with a father they deem "the better parent." A trial eighteen-months-ago to modify custody due to changed circumstances failed. In that trial, my judge, Stafford County Judge Daltan, did not apply the law in the same way that Fairfax County Judge Finch did not apply the law in the custody modification case of Ms. Liz Haring. Ms. Haring is one mother who testified on December 11, 2008, during the interviews of judges up for re-appointment conducted by house and senate members of the Courts of Justice.
Nor do the lawyers I hire thoroughly and aggressively apply the law. For example, I only recently became aware of "§ 18.2-49.1. Violation of court order regarding custody and visitation; penalty":
A. Any person who knowingly, wrongfully and intentionally withholds a child from either of a child's parents or other legal guardian in a clear and significant violation of a court order respecting the custody or visitation of such child, provided such child is withheld outside of the Commonwealth, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
B. Any person who knowingly, wrongfully and intentionally engages in conduct that constitutes a clear and significant violation of a court order respecting the custody or visitation of a child is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor upon conviction of a first offense. Any person who commits a second violation of this section within 12 months of a first conviction is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor, and any person who commits a third violation occurring within 24 months of the first conviction is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
A friend who is not a lawyer told me about § 18.2-49.1. My own attorney had never even mentioned it, prefering instead to file civil show causes that really are worse than useless and very expensive. Whereas, a criminal filing for the same offense is free and, I understand, very effective.
The father of my child is guilty of numerous violations of the visitation order. The father of my child is guilty of derelict and defective parenting: my daughter has become dangerously withdrawn. Her grades are down. I have married again. But in the eyes of the court it would appear nothing is enough to qualify as "material changes in circumstances." Here, where I live in Stafford County, where barratrous substitute judge and trial lawyer Tandy Rinehart and friends reign, justice is nothing short of tyrannical.
Again, I write you all and ask for guidance, answers and solutions. I ask for intervention. Specifically, What do you need from me that will help you change these outcomes and help you fix the problem? What do you need from me to help you investigate my case and the cases of all the other mothers similarly aggrieved? What can I do to help?

Respectivly
Sherry Hayward
703-655-2223