Police Abuse in Ohio

[John7878]

Hope Steffey and her attorneys should pay for the repairs. You probably wore the computer out on their behalf.

Well wore down the phone battery today. Called Paul Scarsella and asked for information, he said I'd have to have a written request.

I tried to ask a couple questions, but he flat out said he wouldn't talk about it, I'd have to file the request in writing.

Gee these people have nothing to hide. :cursing:

Do the phone books there have any listing for the Steffey's??? I called the number in the police report, but it had since changed owners.

[John7878]

Heres the letter I'm sending, but I get so PO'd while doing it I am probably missing something...give me some pointers....


Greetings Mr Paul Scarcella

I am writing this to request information on the Hope Steffey case under FOIA & your states Sunshine laws.

I would like a unedited copy of the nurse interview, where Stark County personnel determine that Hope Steffey made suicidal comments.

Christy Palmer’s report also states that jail psychologist Thomas Anuszkiewicz approved putting Steffey on precautions, but the report I already have indicates only Nurse Coren Lennon put her on precautions. I would like to have any paperwork that states that Thomas Anuszkiewicz actually had anything to do with this, or phone records that show that he was even contacted, or when.
From video I have seen it seems that even if he was contacted, it would have been ‘after the fact’.

I would like a copy of the 911 call.

I would like any records that an inspection was done of the camera that Stark County claims failed to record. Or any investigations into if this camera had ever failed before this incident or since.

In Christy Palmer’s reports she references statements taken from Hope Steffey during her investigations. I would like a copy of these.

I contacted the sheriff’s dept May 5th of 2008, about the “missing” beginning of the strip video, they never denied the existence of this video, and said it would be released to Steffey’s lawyers during discovery.
Now I have a copy of Christy Palmer’s report that references this same video that she claims shows Hope Steffey being lowered to the floor. You inferred on the phone that this video does not exist, but if it doesn’t why does she refer to it? (I will include a copy of her report to verify this statement.)
And why did the sheriff’s dept acknowledge its existence when I called?
It would seem this video does exist, and I am requesting a copy of it.

In Christy Palmer’s reports, she references Steffey’s “physical resistance”. I have most of the video from the BCI investigation, the tapes from the jail. But all the video I have seen she’s in cuffs the whole time, and has at LEAST 2 people flanking her at all times. I see no proof of any of the jail staff’s allegations.

And the only time I have seen her react badly is after being assaulted by the police, (in the arresting officers cruiser) or in the process of being assaulted by the police (the strip video).
The rest of the time I see nothing of what the police allege.
If there is more video that I have not seen, like the booking area, I would like to see any video that shows her “physical resistance” without being abused by the police.
And include any reports or evidence as to why the investigator would accept these allegations with no proof.

In her report Christy Palmer also comes to the conclusion that no strip search was ever done on Hope Steffey.
With the camera being deliberately swung away during the “mat change” on the strip video, I would like any report that explains how she comes to that conclusion.

As would I like to see any report with an explanation for why she accepted and thought the excuse of eight jail staff “could not take the chance” of asking a cuffed Steffey to remove her own clothes.
I would also like to have any evidence of what was done to Steffey during the mat change.

The hallway video also shows that the staff immediately reopened Steffey’s cell door, and some of them reentered it, while a male staff member stands by the door.
I would like any documentation as to why & what they were doing during this time. And why it also was not recorded.

The hallway video also shows a male staff member that was not involved in the removal of Steffey’s clothes, making his way down to the cell while the door is open. Of course like all the Stark County videos, it seems to be incomplete, so we never see if he enters the cell, or just takes a look. However it seems the time marks on this video do not match the recording once the recording “jumps”.
Do you have any explanation or documentation as to why his presence is needed? Or why this video’s end is also “missing”?

Stark County rules also state that a woman on her period can not have her panties removed. I would like any documentation as to WHO determined this, and WHEN.

I have seen the video of Deputy Richard T. Gurlea Jr telling Steffey that even though he is arresting her, he will still investigate the assault. But then in the court transcripts, he is testifying under oath, that the investigation was never finished.
If that is true, then why does the original arrest report also charge Steffey with assault, the one that she had reported??

Along with the fact that investigating officers only took two written statements, from the niece that supposedly had attacked Steffey & her brother. From all the evidence I have seen it looks as though the police are trying to frame the victim for the crime against her!

I’d also like any documentation that shows why the BCI or its investigator thought Richard T. Gurlea Jr’s lying under oath, plus false arrest & trying to frame the victim, didn’t rise to the level of “criminal culpability” in their investigation.
Or why the obvious flimsy excuse of the jail staff, as to why Steffey was never asked to remove her own clothes, was ever accepted, when none of the evidence ever showed any of their allegations to be true.

[Terry99]

Good letter John. I don't think you left anything out. As a matter of fact, you usually pick up on things I miss.

I would probably have thrown in the fact that the male standing outside the cell door previously had been looking in while Hope's clothes were being removed. I'd like to know what his position is at the jail and why he was even there. Legally it doesn't mean anything but I'd put it in just because it's disgusting behavior and shows how they operate at that jail. There probably isn't any audiotape of what they were discussing in the hallway after that same guy laughed and the other males came out and stood by him. I'm sure that would be interesting.

I would like to hear more of what was being said when she was being booked - before she was brought to the nurse. That was when she was asked whether she had weapons or whether she wanted to harm herself and she replied "now or at any time". That sounds like someone asking for a clarification; not making a threat. To me it suggests she was not thinking of harming herself at that time.

[Terry99]

Another inconsistency in their story. Hope Steffey was so physically threatening that the staff couldn't take off the cuffs so she could remove her own clothes. Then the cuffs are removed, the males leave the cell and women don't hesitate to walk back in without any apparent concern about being harmed.

[John7878]

Another inconsistency in their story. Hope Steffey was so physically threatening that the staff couldn't take off the cuffs so she could remove her own clothes. Then the cuffs are removed, the males leave the cell and women don't hesitate to walk back in without any apparent concern about being harmed.

Thanks Terry, I added some more about that.

Been gone for a few days, the wife's father passed away, and we had to make a trip down to Arkansas.
Just got back yesterday, to find the computer's internet on the fritz!
I guess we lost power while we were away...all good now though....

[John7878]

Please understand that I'm on Steffey's side 10,000%. LE people in Scarsella's position need requests in writing for various reasons.

I'm sure I've missed some really important points about written requests, but this is just off the top of my head. Let me repeat again, I am 10,000% for Steffey. I think the GJ was a farce.

And its also good for me, because I then have a hard copy of everything I have asked for, when I asked for it, and how much of my questions were answered.

I wish I would have done it at the start of this, so I could prove that I have been asking for this information for over a year, instead of just saying that I had.

I also wish that I had had some of this information when I talked to Stark County Prosecutor John Ferrero & Paul Scarsella the first time. Because they were still talking back then. I didn't have all the info I have now to ask some REAL questions. But I suppose they would have clammed up even faster then.

I wonder how many times the lawsuit against the jail contractors will be delayed while they hash out the settlement numbers?

[John7878]

Another inconsistency in their story. Hope Steffey was so physically threatening that the staff couldn't take off the cuffs so she could remove her own clothes. Then the cuffs are removed, the males leave the cell and women don't hesitate to walk back in without any apparent concern about being harmed.

Thanks Terry I added this to the letter....I need to write back to the FBI also and see what their problem is that they can't release information.

[John7878]

Thanks Terry I added this to the letter....I need to write back to the FBI also and see what their problem is that they can't release information.

I have both letters done, one to the FBI & the other to Paul Scarsella at the Ohio Attorney General's office.

Will get them in the mail today....I don't expect much response though....:cursing:

[John7878]

The CantonRep has this letter to the editor:
http://www.cantonrep.com/opinion/letters/x593070302/Corruption-seems-to-be-everywhere

Heres my comment, which I never expect them to print:

As some of you know I have been looking into the Hope Steffey Case for over a year.
I have posted links to prove that the Stark County police lied about this case, using their own reports.
I know you have seen some of this before, but the part I don't get is WHY all the rest of the people that “investigated” this helped to cover this up this obvious case of abuse by the police.

A news paper the CantonRep deliberately wrote up a misleading article about this. They put stuff in the article that they KNEW were lies.
As an example they put in their ‘Award winning’ story ‘What Happened To Hope Steffey’ that Swanson had claimed that Steffey had been given a chance to remove her clothes and had refused.
This statement is TRUE, this IS what the sheriff claimed.
BUT the BCI investigation was VERY clear that she had NOT been given a chance to remove her clothes, and the CantonRep KNEW this. And I know they knew this because the author is the one that pointed me to the information!! And they acknowledged the source in the article.
Here’s a link to the BCI report:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Zemo999/BCI-Report.jpg

(This report also claims how Steffey resisted the police, which is another lie, disproved by many videos. Here’s a link to the first in a series that show the cops lied:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEhyDgQojKs
Look at the rest of the videos in the series for proof.)

So the paper printed a LIE from the sheriff that they KNEW was a lie....WHY!??!?
That’s what gets me, does the sheriff and his gang have that much influence?

Also the BCI investigation was a joke, so information they gave to the grand jury would have been the same.
It wasn't so much an investigation, as it was a smear campaign against Hope Steffey.
But WHY did the BCI also cover for these criminals?

And it looks as though the FBI "investigation" is going the same way.
But WHY?!?!?
Isn’t there anyone out there that is above being corrupted?

A couple of other things NEVER reported in the news is that Steffey's assailant was arrested the month before, for another assault. And the cops knew this, because they are on tape discussing it.
And another thing never reported in ANY news source is that Steffey was not just arrested for disorderly conduct & resisting, but also for the assault that she had reported!!
But yet Richard T. Gurlea Jr., testified at Steffey's trial, under oath, that the 'investigation' into the assault was never finished.
REALLY?!!? Then how do you explain the assault charges against Steffey???

BTW his excuse for not finishing the investigation was that Steffey was in no shape to help with the investigation. So I guess any crime victims that are unconscious or dead have NO chance of having their cases investigated by the Stark County Sheriff's Dept. (All their excuses are just as lame as this one, or even worse.)

But the point is WHY was there no news source that made any of this public??
Even the original TV WKYC report never even made mention of this.
How can you skip over info that shows the cops were trying to frame the crime victim?!?!?

Makes me question every newspaper article....how many others leave out facts that they KNOW are out there, and would change the whole look of the case, but are never made public??
And HOW did we ever get to this point, that this could happen in our country?

[sandyfromoh]

And HOW did we ever get to this point, that this could happen in our country?

John we are getting to the point of no return in this country!!! Cuyahoga County (Cleveland) has the FBI investigating them! Do you want to run for office???

[John7878]

And HOW did we ever get to this point, that this could happen in our country?

John we are getting to the point of no return in this country!!! Cuyahoga County (Cleveland) has the FBI investigating them! Do you want to run for office???

Yeah I see cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald McFaul resigned.

Funny how this investigation into him started after he criticized Stark County.

And even funnier is the stuff they were accusing him of.

Illegal fund raising - Gee didn't they have an article about Swanson having inmates set up his campaign booth at the fair??

Favoritism- You can fail a psychological exam and STILL be hired by Swanson.

Cash in his birthday cards- I'm sure no one reports birthday money to the Feds, including Swanson.

So they get this guy to resign, and Swanson gets re-elected....

What can I say? :flamemad::flamemad::flamemad:

[John7878]

The CantonRep has this letter to the editor:
http://www.cantonrep.com/opinion/letters/x593070302/Corruption-seems-to-be-everywhere

Heres my comment, which I never expect them to print:



I called the CantonRep. Tried to call the editor, but ended up talking to the city editor.

I asked why they kept information out of the article. I gave him the examples of the incident report when Steffey was actually charged with the assault she reported.
He said she was not tried on that charge, I said of course not, if she had been the whole thing would have been exposed for the BS arrest it was.
But when I pressured him into WHY this stuff was left out he said to contact the author, he switched me over to him, but there was no answer.

But will Shane Hoover even have the answers??

[John7878]

[B]
A couple of other things NEVER reported in the news is that Steffey's assailant was arrested the month before, for another assault. And the cops knew this, because they are on tape discussing it.


Steffey's niece was also arrested for assault the month before this.

006 CRB 01168 LEANNE N PRESTON

2919.25A M1-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Reduced to 2917.11A MM-DISORDERLY CONDUCT

09-18-2006 DATE OF ARREST : 9/17/2006
09-18-2006 2919.25A (M1) - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

https://www.starkcountycjis.org/cjis/list_index_frame


I'm thinking this involves her brother NEHEMIAH PRESTON, but can't confirm it for sure.

[John7878]

UPDATE

Steffey's lawsuits against the jail contractors are supposed to be settled now too.

[John7878]

Link when you can, tia

Nothing to link to....there isn't anything in the news about it. I have emailed Tom Myers to find out if they are going to cover the story.

I found out through a phone call.

I knew these cases would never get to a trial either.

[John7878]

Nothing to link to....there isn't anything in the news about it. I have emailed Tom Myers to find out if they are going to cover the story.

I found out through a phone call.

I knew these cases would never get to a trial either.

Called Stark County Prosecutor, John Ferrero
(Telephone: (330) 451-7897)

But he was out to lunch. Left my #, lets see if he calls.....:cursing:

[John7878]

Just asking....you say the case is settled. There must be terms. Can you post a verifiable source to those?

There is no news source for it, YET, but I had Stark County Prosecutor
John D. Ferrero's number to try. Sad to say that his staff isn't up to speed on this, but you can ask them. (Just don't let them steer you to the States Atty)

(330) 451-7897

Or you might try Stark County Jail, Vivianne Whalen Duffrin
the Director of Human Resources there.
330-430-3867

Or you could try the Special Prosecutions Ohio Attorney General, and talk to Paul Scarsella, the Section Chief. (But the last time I tried he refused to talk to me.)

614-644-0729


Good Luck!

[sandyfromoh]

There is no news source for it, YET, but I had Stark County Prosecutor
John D. Ferrero's number to try. Sad to say that his staff isn't up to speed on this, but you can ask them. (Just don't let them steer you to the States Atty)

(330) 451-7897

Or you might try Stark County Jail, Vivianne Whalen Duffrin
the Director of Human Resources there.
330-430-3867

Or you could try the Special Prosecutions Ohio Attorney General, and talk to Paul Scarsella, the Section Chief. (But the last time I tried he refused to talk to me.)

614-644-0729


Good Luck!

Great Job with all you've done John, but think it's now a losing battle!

[John7878]

Great Job with all you've done John, but think it's now a losing battle!

No thats what Stark County is wanting everyone to think, that its all done and time for everyone to go home, and leave them alone.

And I will....just as soon as this BS is stopped.

This isn't just about Steffey, or the five other women & the teen girls....this is about ALL of us.

This treatment of people is UNACCEPTABLE! UNACCEPTABLE!
Even for the criminals, let alone the victims.
Stark County has to be shown its UNACCEPTABLE.
And this has to be stopped now.
For good.

BTW Got another form letter from the FBI yesterday.....Grrrrr

[John7878]

UPDATE:


WOW, talked to the Stark County Prosecutor's office, twice.

I had left a message for John Ferrero to return, but I got someone from their criminal division.
They claimed to know nothing, and referred me to the State Investigators.
I said if you people asked for the investigation, why would you know nothing about it? Didn't they send you a report?

She claimed no report was sent, until I told her that I had already talked to Paul Scarsella, and had already seen the report that they sent.
THEN she said they did receive a letter. But that the investigation was handled by the state and if I wanted info I should contact them.

So then I asked about the settlement, she claimed she was in the criminal division and didn't know anything about the settlement.
So I asked if there was ANYONE there that would know. She said someone from the civil division should know, and asked if I wanted to talk to them. So she passed my name & number to them.

So this guy from the civil division then claims they know nothing about the settlement, that it was done through the insurance company.

So I ask about the 'policy change' that was part of the lawsuit.

He said that had not been changed, and that they will continue to "save people's lives".
I said they didn't save her life, the sheriff's manufactured evidence wouldn't fool anyone with half a brain. She was being sarcastic, NOT suicidal.

So I asked who WOULD know the settlement. His suggestion was to call Steffey.
I said you have a case that went national, and NO ONE there knows anything??
So I asked for the insurance company, just to see if he'd offer it up.

He did. But theres more than a good chance theres going to be a brick wall there too.

AMAZING that NO ONE at the Prosecutors office knows anything about a case that went national & that they asked the state to come into investigate!!

And a call to the County commissioners gets no one except a referral to call the Sheriff's Dept.....I think I'm seeing a pattern here....Grrrrr

[Terry99]

I called the Federal District Court in Cleveland (216-357-7000) and was told that the case has been resolved. The only matter that still has to be decided by the court is the amount of the fees to be paid to Hope Steffey's attorneys. The clerk said the agreement was between the parties and since it did not go to trial she did not have any information as to the terms of the settlement.

[John7878]

so, is the case settled or not?

I called the Federal District Court in Cleveland (216-357-7000) and was told that the case has been resolved. The only matter that still has to be decided by the court is the amount of the fees to be paid to Hope Steffey's attorneys. The clerk said the agreement was between the parties and since it did not go to trial she did not have any information as to the terms of the settlement.

Thanks for the info Terry...glad to see someone else is still plugging away at this besides me... LoL

Just got off the phone with Vivianne Duffrin, still trying to get the nurse interview and the rest of the information I have been asking for.

[John7878]

It would seem, especially that it's a state agency, that the details would be available.

Oh Vivianne Duffrin knew the details, she just wouldn't say what the settlement was, since in her definition the case wasn't over yet, because the lawyers were still settling for fees.

She keeps dragging this out and then wonders why people don't trust them?!?!

I did ask if the policy change had been part of the settlement and she DID confirm that there was NO policy change.

We then got into Steffey's nurse interview that I had asked for and never received. She claimed that Steffey said she was suicidal, and I said "NO, she was being sarcastic, NOT suicidal".
Then she says but she DID say that. And I replied, "yeah, but in a sarcastic tone, you people don't know the difference?"

She just stayed with "what was said", even though you can hear the tape and KNOW she was being sarcastic, but she never denied that she was sarcastic & not suicidal.

So she keeps claiming that they were in the right, while squirming to avoid direct answers.

She also claimed that Steffey had fought with police before. Under a different last name from her first husband.
I haven't had the chance to check this out yet, but what I HAVE checked out shows her divorce, it was in 1987.
So it was at LEAST before she was 22 yrs old.

Gezzz so Vivianne is trying to argue that this is more relevant than her niece getting arrested a MONTH before on domestic battery?!?!

Give me a break....:cursing:

[Terry99]

I can't stand these people. All that matters is what Hope Steffey did and said at the time of her arrest. She wasn't accused of violence against the arresting officer. Basically, he said he told her to shut up and she kept interrupting him so he took her to jail. The resisting arrest charge came from the fact that when she was told to put her hands behind her back, she tried to slip around him. At the jail, they said she was resisting because when they were walking, she sometimes slowed down or stopped. All of the violence came from them, not her. This Duffrin person is dragging up things they didn't even know at the time of she was taken to jail. They hadn't completed their investigation so they weren't even aware of what transpired between her and her niece on that night. There was no justification for the level of force used by jail staff. Their arrogance is beyond belief.

[John7878]

She also claimed that Steffey had fought with police before. Under a different last name from her first husband.
I haven't had the chance to check this out yet, but what I HAVE checked out shows her divorce, it was in 1987.
So it was at LEAST before she was 22 yrs old.


Oh may as well post the PROOF, so everyone can check it out for themselves.

Heres the records search, just choose to search ALL the courts & ALL the records:

https://www.starkcountycjis.org/cjis2/docket/main.html

Then search for Hope Barbera, you should get this:

D87-1957

HOPE BARBERA AND GREGORY BARBERA
Type Of Action : DISSOLUTION - WITH CHILDREN
Judge : No judge entered
Case Status : open
Filed On: 11/01/1987

There are NO other cases listed against Hope under that name.

SURPRISE huh? Another lie from Stark County???

[John7878]

http://www.cantonrep.com/communities/canton/x1972887065/Attorneys-for-woman-in-strip-search-case-seek-624-000

Attorneys for woman in strip-search case seek $624,000

I notice that the commenting interface is off on this story.

Way to go CantonRep protect the criminals yet again.....:cursing:


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[John7878]

I can't stand these people. The resisting arrest charge came from the fact that when she was told to put her hands behind her back, she tried to slip around him.

I believe the resisting description is the cops version, but since that video is "missing" too, after dealing with these people I'd need proof.

CONTACT on FaceBook

Ohioans Enraged by the Hope Steffey Police Brutality

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=81791597489

[John7878]

Ok I called the CantonRep last week and jumped them about running a story that left out stuff and printed stuff that they knew was not true.
The editor I got a hold of said that it was a 'fair & bablanced' piece, but when I pointed out lies, he told me to get a hold of the author.

He also said that they would be willing to print a rebuttal from me. I sent it in on Nov 4th, nothing so far.

Heres what I sent them:

This letter is in response to the latest Hope Steffey story “Attorneys for woman in strip-search case seek $624,000”, dated Nov 02,2009.
First I’d like to point out that the comments are always off on these stories, and that it seems as if the media is protecting Sheriff Swanson.
And I’d like to point out some facts & opinion that just never came out in this, or ANY news sources.
I have been sending out FOIA requests, that the sheriff’s dept has been dragging their feet on, but I have still managed to get a large portion of the evidence from the state.
I was always puzzled by all the news sources saying that there was "confusion" when the cops arrived.

I'm thinking what "confusion"? All the evidence I have contradicts that.
They have everyone there saying that Steffey was the victim; even the cousin is saying it on video. Plus the brother of the attacker calls the cops on his own sister.
Heck even in the court transcripts, the cop testifies under oath that he went to his car to document Steffey's injuries. His testimony seems to point out that he knew who the victim was.
And the cops are on tape talking about Steffey's niece getting arrested the month before for another assault charge, and Gurlea testifies that he has everyone looking for Steffey’s missing hair.
Plus Gurlea is on the arrest tape talking to Steffey as if he knows she is the victim, telling her that even though he is arresting her for disorderly & resisting, he will still investigate the assault she had reported.
So WHY are the papers saying there was "confusion"!?!?
It doesn’t make sense.

Well first of all Gurlea testified at court that he did not finish the assault investigation as he had told Steffey he would on the arrest video. His excuse was that Steffey was in no shape to help with the investigation.
Would that mean that every victim that is knocked unconscious or killed will never have a chance to have their case solved?
Plus it leaves out the fact that Steffey went back to the station 4 days later to file complaints. So she was still in no shape to help with the investigation?
This also seems on the surface to make no sense.

But then I found out that the police did go as far as to take TWO written witness statements, and they were from Steffey's alleged attacker & her brother... (Who she no doubt threatened into it, since she didn't know at that time he was the one who called the cops)...and the woman that she thought had called the police did testify at court that she had threatened her.
But why just two statements?
Testimony at the trial said there were several people present. Why not get statements from everyone there that was a witness?
Again, these police actions seem to make no sense.

So we have the arresting cop, Richard T. Gurlea Jr., testifying at Steffey's trial that the 'investigation' into the assault was never finished.

REALLY?!!? Then how do they explain the assault charges against Steffey in the incident report they filled out?
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Zemo999/Incident-Report-Assault.jpg

Yes, that’s right, no news source ever reported that Steffey was listed in the incident report as being arrested for the assault that she had reported!!

NOW if you go back and look at their actions that “made no sense”, suddenly this last piece of the puzzle seems to put it all together.
It would seem to indicate that the cops were slanting the evidence to try to frame Steffey for the assault that she had reported!

They of course never tried to charge her with the crime, because even with slanting the investigation by taking only witness statements from her alleged attacker they probably knew they’d never get a conviction on that charge.

Another thing no news source ever reported was that Steffey was NEVER given a chance to remove her own clothes, even though this was made very clear in the BCI’s own report. But news sources always reported that Swanson had said that she had been given a chance, even after they knew this was not true.

Also never reported in any news sources is the fact that after they had stripped Steffey and videoed the cell being locked, it was IMMEDIATELY opened again, and some entered her cell without video taping evidence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgmyQvB3XSQ

There is also a lot of video posted on YouTube. All the videos seem to disprove the officer’s claims that she was physically abusive. But people can see for themselves.
Here’s the first in a series. This video shows Steffey when she first arrives at the station:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEhyDgQojKs

These aren’t the only lies I have caught the Stark County Sheriff’s Dept in, or omissions I have caught the news in, but for that I’d need to write a book instead of a rebuttal.

[John7878]

Finally received a reply from the FBI, but only to note that they had received my request and that they had assigned it a case #, and to assure me that they would be searching for the info I requested.

But that due to a large number of requests there might be a delay.

Hopefully I will get it sooner than Stark County has been sending me the info I have asked from them!

:cursing:

[John7878]

Well got some more evidence from Stark County, but AGAIN, not everything that I asked for.

They sent the 911 tape & the Nurse interview.

I haven't had a chance to look them over yet, so I can't confirm that's what they really are or whats on them.
And I'll probably be busy for a while.

Also got a reply from the CantonRep, telling me that my letter was too long and that they wanted me to send references (proof) of everything I had written.
I don't know how I'll get it down to 300 words, but I'll have to give it a shot.

[pen]

John,

Couple of points.

Note when Hope arrives at Jail she has confrontation with Guy who eventually abused her.

If fbi wont touch case , they should look into perjury of Inspector and
check out conspiracy to interfere with justice.

[John7878]

You've summed up my thoughts on the matter too. Rodney King video they showed incessently on tv was the same; edited for effect. At what point did it become okay to resist arrest? Or not do what you're told when LE tells you to? I'll have to say mo since I can't "prove" I ever saw the King arrest in it's entirety.

WKYC originally edited out the WORST parts of the video.

They edited out the men removing her bra & panties, and they also edited out when the camera was deliberately swung away from Steffey, so you couldn't tell WHAT the men were doing.

ALL the video is posted on YouTube and you can see for yourself that all the police allegations are lies.

Plus if you have read all the posts here, you can read everything else that was never mentioned in ANY news sources.

These cops are scum. Period.

[John7878]

John,

Couple of points.

Note when Hope arrives at Jail she has confrontation with Guy who eventually abused her.

If fbi wont touch case , they should look into perjury of Inspector and
check out conspiracy to interfere with justice.

Is this what you mean?

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Zemo999/Steffey.jpg

This is when Steffey is first brought into the station.

This video shows her standing unresisting, until her handcuffed arms are pulled up by the police.
The police claim she was "physically abusive", but all I see is the exact opposite, them abusing her.

And the video proves that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEhyDgQojKs

===
Well going to be busy all day, so I won't get a chance to get the Letter to the Editor done for the CantonRep.
I don't know how I'll get it down to 300 words!

Anyway gotta run---

[veejaye]

This is dreadful. I thought women deputies were responsible for the body search of women prisoners. I don't know but I do suspect that this woman isn't from a wealthy and powerful Ohio family.

[John7878]

This is dreadful. I thought women deputies were responsible for the body search of women prisoners. I don't know but I do suspect that this woman isn't from a wealthy and powerful Ohio family.

Well since they let the cops in the Hope Steffey case slide, it will probably be standard SOP at all the other jails.

A Bossier Parish Louisiana woman is arrested, maced and strip searched by Bossier Sheriff deputies. June, 2009.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpsLBjKNcQ0&feature=related

[John7878]

We REALLY need to get this BS stopped.


http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-lawdce/case_no-5:2009cv00624/case_id-110943/

Lozada v. Bossier Parish Sheriff et al
Plaintiff:
Sheila Lozada
Defendant: Bossier Parish Sheriff, Cortez Bridges, Tommy Beasley, Shelly Purcell, Becker, S P Nelson, Loupe, Stacey Chiasson, Burt Wich, Madden and Billie McCoy

Case Number: 5:2009cv00624
Filed: April 15, 2009

Court: Louisiana Western District Court
Office: Civil Rights: Other Office [ Court Info ]

County: Bossier
Presiding Judge: Judge S Maurice Hicks
Referring Judge: Magistrate Judge Mark L Hornsby

Nature of Suit: Civil Rights - Other Civil Rights
Cause: Federal Question
Jurisdiction: Federal Question
Jury Demanded By: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

[veejaye]

Hi John7878, I had no idea that male deputies were strip searching women in jails across the country.

[John7878]

Not just in the country VeeJay, but around the world.

Stripped female inmates recount horrors of humiliation by male Adelaide cops (This is from Southern Australia)

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/stripped-female-inmates-recount-horrors-of-humiliation-by-male-adelaide-cops_100232937.html

And all of these countries have pointed the finger about other countries human rights abuses?!?!?!
:scared:

[Terry99]

By Shane Hoover
CantonRep.com staff writer
Posted Dec 08, 2009 @ 05:30 PM

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CANTON — Steven Galloway died last year, authorities said, after trying to kill himself at the Stark County Jail.

Now his brother is suing Sheriff Timothy A. Swanson, jail staffers and the contractors who provide medical and psychological services to inmates, saying their deliberate indifference to Galloway’s medical and mental-health needs resulted in his death.

The plaintiff’s attorneys also say they haven’t received requested records related to Galloway’s incarceration and question whether he really tried to commit suicide.

“We don’t know,” said attorney David Malik. “We’re thinking about exhuming the body to find out what really happened.”

The lawsuit, filed Saturday and assigned to U.S. District Court Judge John R. Adams, seeks compensatory damages, punitive damages and attorneys’ fees on a number of claims, including wrongful death, medical malpractice and violations of the federal constitution and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The plaintiff is William Galloway, Steven’s brother and administrator of his estate. He is represented by the same attorneys who have sued the county in two cases involving the treatment of women placed on suicide precautions.

The defendants include Swanson, the county, Correctional Health Care Group, Marion Psychological, and several individual deputies and nurses.

On Tuesday, Swanson said he had not yet read the lawsuit.

“We’ll address the issues as they’re presented and go from there,” he said.

But he said the incident involving Steven Galloway was fully investigated with no one being disciplined.

“We did nothing wrong,” Swanson said.

A call seeking comment was left at the jail clinic for representatives of Correctional Health Care Group and Marion Psychological.

INCIDENT OUTLINED

On June 4, 2008, Galloway, 51, tried to hang himself with a telephone cord, leading to a hospital stay during which he developed pneumonia and died on June 21, authorities have said.

Police had arrested Galloway three days earlier on misdemeanor charges of criminal trespassing and resisting arrest.

Prior to his arrest, Galloway was being treated for paranoid schizophrenia and taking four medications to manage his symptoms, according to the lawsuit.

After a screening at the jail, a nurse placed Galloway on psychiatric seclusion and the jail got records from his mental health provider, according to the lawsuit.

Inmates in psychiatric seclusion are to be checked every 15 minutes but the lawsuit contends this wasn’t done and that while Galloway received three of his medications, he wasn’t given the fourth, Valium, the withdrawal symptoms of which include disorientation and hallucinations.

On the evening of June 4, a deputy allowed Galloway to use a phone. The lawsuit contends the deputy acted without medical approval and violated the precautions.

Twenty-one minutes after the last sighting of Galloway, he was reportedly found unconscious and hanging from a phone cord, although records show he didn’t talk on the phone or attempt a call that day and his body “displayed few if any marks around his neck that were consistent with hanging by telephone cord,” according to the lawsuit.

The complaint also contends the medical response was chaotic, and faults the jail for not having “suicide-proof” phones.

STILL SEEKING RECORDS

Malik said there are some things remain unknown about the case because “there is critical documentation of critical times that is missing.”

The plaintiffs requested mental-health records from Correctional Health Care Group, the jail’s medical contractor, but were told they couldn’t be found, according to an affidavit filed with the court.

And there are also missing jail housing and medical records, according to the lawsuit.

“The huge part of the problem for us right now is the mental health records are missing,” Malik said.

[Terry99]

This is the original article as it appeared in the Canton Rep last year:

June 24, 2008
Section: Crime and Courts

Ex-inmate who tried to hang himself dies
REPOSITORY STAFF REPORT

CANTON A former Stark County Jail inmate died from a pneumonia-related illness related to his near hanging, a spokesperson for the county coroner's office said Monday.

Steven Galloway had been hospitalized since his June 4 suicide attempt at the jail, according to Sheriff Tim Swanson.

Galloway died around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, Swanson said.

Galloway tried to hang himself with a telephone cord, leading to a hospital stay where he developed pneumonia, investigators said.

At the time, Swanson said the inmate was at a phone in a common hallway area of the jail around 6:30 p.m. when he wrapped the 18-inch phone cord around his neck. He hung himself from the cord until he passed out. A deputy spotted him hanging from the phone within a few minutes.

It's the second suicide death tied to the jail since May 20, when another inmate made a rope from towel strips.

The last sentence tells you all you need to know about the competence of the people who work at the Stark County jail and their bosses. Also, the quality of care being provided by the medical contractors.

[John7878]

And there are also missing jail housing and medical records, according to the lawsuit.

“The huge part of the problem for us right now is the mental health records are missing,” Malik said.

More "missing" evidence?!?!?

Ask me if I'm surprised...:cursing:

Here's their info on their web page (which has since been taken down).
===
The last successful hanging in the Stark County Jail was in 2005. This inmate had visited the Stark County Jail 26 times prior and never exhibited any suicidal tendencies. This time he too was placed on suicide precautions and was still able to take his own life.

===
After seeing how inmates are treated, I have to wonder if they are helped along with their suicides with the treatment they get at the jail.

This guy they posted about sure seems to have been affected by the "suicide precautions". I have to wonder how many other people they will murder before they are stopped??

But I guess no one will ever know how they are treated, and this crap won't be stopped, because all the evidence keeps going "missing".

I am saying that these people are not incompetent, I think they know EXACTLY what they are doing...
:thumbdown:

[sandyfromoh]

Just saw this on the WKYC site, thought it would interest you!
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=127208

[John7878]

Just saw this on the WKYC site, thought it would interest you!
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=127208

Thanks for the link Sandy, I posted a couple things on there. Keep the pressure on them for answers.

Well still haven't heard back from Stark County jail.

I called to confirm that they did not have a shred of evidence that the jail psychologist Thomas Anuszkiewicz EVER made a decision on Hope Steffey.
And that even if he had, from the time frame of the BCI investigation, it would have to had been "after the fact". Because they had already left to take Steffey to the cell.

Also called the head of the BCI "investigation" & got confirmed that the 'magic' camera was NEVER examined to see if it had failed before or after this incident. Or if it was even defective.

I still have not heard anything back from my FOIA request that I faxed to him.

As a matter of fact he thought the case was still in litigation. I had to tell him it had already been settled.
He talked on the phone like that "non-existent" video was actually there.
I asked for a copy.
:mad:

[John7878]

Deputy arrested for allegedly vomiting at concert

FARGO, N.D. — Authorities said a Stark County sheriff’s deputy was arrested with his mother after the deputy vomited on people at a Kenny Chesney concert in Fargo and refused to leave. Police Sgt. Mark Lykken said 26-year-old Justin Krohmer and his mother, Susan, whose husband is the Ada, Minn., police chief, were jailed on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting or obstructing an officer.

Lykken said Justin Krohmer was asked to leave the Fargodome about 11 p.m. Saturday after vomiting on people in front of him, but he refused to do so. Lykken said 47-year-old Susan Krohmer pushed police officers.

Susan Krohmer is the wife of Ada Police Chief Wade Krohmer. Their listed phone number was disconnected and a message left at Wade Krohmer’s office was not returned.


http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/06/23/nd-deputy-arrested-with-his-mom-after-allegedly-vomiting-on-people-at-a-kenny-chesney-concert-10954/

[John7878]

Contacted John Boccieri today about the money he just got for the sheriff's office. Asked him to get new cameras instead and to see what he could do about the jail policies that they admit are still having men strip women & leave them naked.

LETS ALL CALL!!

Be sure to point out this Sheriff is named in a LOT of lawsuits (7 or 8) and this crap needs to be stopped NOW.


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http://boccieri.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78

[John7878]

Could it be that Stark County sheriff Tim Swanson and Massillon clerk of courts are out looking for each other?

Makes sense to the SCPR.

The Report is getting persistent input that each of these public officials are among the missing when it comes to being on the job.

Why doesn't someone turn them in?

Turn them in to whom?

Both are their own bosses being the elected the elected officals they are. If the reports are true that they are not putting in full weeks of work, then there is only one person to complain to> In the case of Swanson, it's Swanson. In the case of Maier, it's Maier.

The only real remedy is for the public to take action at the next ensuing election and not re-elect them.


http://starkpoliticalreport.blogspot.com/2010/02/swanson-and-maier-are-they-looking-for.html

[John7878]

AGAIN, just as I predicted....

Lawsuit against WKYC dropped

By Shane Hoover
CantonRep.com staff writer
Posted Feb 16, 2010 @ 10:53 PM
Last update Feb 17, 2010 @ 12:13 AM
CANTON —

A group of Stark County sheriff’s deputies and corrections officers agreed Monday to drop their lawsuit against a Cleveland television station over its reports on the Hope Steffey case.

http://www.cantonrep.com/news/crime/x1631834888/Lawsuit-against-WKYC-dropped

[Terry99]

John, appreciate the link. I'm glad that's over; it would have killed me if they had been rewarded for their misconduct. Thanks for following up with the Bureau of Adult Detention about changes to the policies. Hopefully something good will come of this.

[John7878]

Stark County officers drop defamation suit against WKYC-TV

Another link:

http://www.the-review.com/news/article/4775388

[John7878]

Got the FBI stuff yesterday 2-23-2010. I just got a chance to read it all today. (What there was of it.)

This is worse than I thought, it was a "joint investigation" by the FBI & the BCI.

So basically I got the same BS cop reports, that I got from the state, only these had even more stuff blocked out than the stuff I got from the state!

I plan on contacting the FBI more about information, but since there was no effort to actually investigate this case, I know already that the information I am going to ask for isn't going to be there.

I will also go over ALL the discrepancies from what was claimed to what the evidence shows.

AGAIN in all of this evidence there is NOTHING but the cops side of the story documented.
There are NO interviews with ANY of the witnesses or even Steffey herself.

And again there is no effort from "investigators" to find out the truth of what was really going on that night. (They don't even bother to explain any of the discrepancies in the evidence they DID gather!)

This is really sad....:cursing:

[Terry99]

I wrote this e-mail to the author of the Review article. She does all the reporting on the Sheriff's Department so I guess she has a personal relationship with the staff.

I am appalled by your reporting in the Steffey case. You print every allegation by the Sheriff's staff and omit anything that may counter their "facts". I hope you don't really consider yourself a journalist, because you're not. Your reporting seems far too personal; you give yourself away in the words you choose and the way you phrase things. The how they went about their job matters and there are issues involved that have implications for all women inmates at the Stark County jail. People like you contribute to the problem. If you think WKYC's reporting was unfair, you might want to look in the mirror.

A few facts that you conveniently omitted:

There is no evidence that Hope Steffey was given a chance to voluntarily comply though the jail personnel stated that was their policy in all cases. According to staff it is also policy to videotape inmates if they are combative to show justification for using force. There is no such videotape in the Steffey case and the reasons they gave for this emotional violence are that Hope Steffey turned her head when they tried to take her photo and slowed down or stopped at times when they walked with her. There is evidence to show that she cooperated when leaving the police car to enter the jail; she cooperated when being patted down; she's perhaps flippant but not combative when she speaks to the nurse. Within minutes of entering the jail, without even telling her why, men hold her down and both males and females strip her and leave her naked and traumatized on the floor of the cell. A third male employee not participating stands with his body outside, leaning as far forward into the cell as he can in order to observe what is going on. He does not retreat until a female employee stands in front of him and blocks his view. Once Hope is uncuffed, and the others have left, a female employee immediately opens the cell door and walks in. That being the case, how physically threatening could they have believed her to be? According to the BCI report, this is normal procedure for them and explains why they were so comfortable in doing it. Less than two minutes after speaking to the nurse she has been taken to another area of the jail to be photographed and then taken to the cell. There was no attempt to accomplish their objective in a humane way, without causing such extreme fear and humiliation in another human being. There was no imminent danger; she wasn't trying to hurt herself or anyone else and never spontaneously said she was suicidal. It was done in this cruel way for expediency, not out of necessity.

Interviews with staff indicate that what happened to Hope Steffey is commonplace and that women deputies are not being trained to deal with female inmates in these situations necessitating the use of males. There were five women present and at least one other (holding the camera) was a Deputy. Why aren't female staff being used more appropriately? It was reported that there are plenty of male CERT members to deal with the men, but only two women CERT members to cover all shifts. Because females represent only a small percentage of inmates and are less likely to be violent, they must suffer more humiliation and have less rights to be treated with dignity than males do. If the Sheriff can't provide appropriately for women, he shouldn't be accepting them into the facility.

Sheriff Swanson tries to pass off the settlements in the Dyshko and Steffey cases as business decisions and contends they are merely nuisance suits without merit. The insurance company paid $60,000 in one case. In the Steffey case, Stark County paid $100,000 in partial settlement of an undisclosed total amount. The insurance picks up the rest, which may include as much as $624,000 in attorneys' fees alone. If those are nuisance suits, what would you call a possible settlement of $30,000 maximum minus a third in attorney's fees divided six ways? You can't have it both ways. If this is significant so was the Steffey settlement, but you'd never know it from your reporting.

Just one question: before you write your articles do you do any research at all?

[sandyfromoh]

WOW Terry, GREAT EMAIL!! You've said everything and hope they publish your email as a rebuttal! I thank you with all my heart as I'm sure Hope would. God Bless You!:thumbsup:

[John7878]

Thought this was interesting:

By Packratt, on February 17th, 2010

There is no shortage of advice out there about what you should do when you are forced to interact with the police. Just do a search and you’ll find a multitude of sites devoted to explaining what your rights are when dealing with law enforcement and how you should go about asserting those rights…

But, strangely enough, there is an absolute lack of advice available out there about what you should do once a police officer violates those rights… and there will be no shortage of questions you’ll have once it happens to you. I know this because there is no shortage of people who write me asking those questions when they become victims of police misconduct.

So, I’ve compiled a general guide for victims of police misconduct that gives some general guidelines that, hopefully, answer a lot of those questions you’ll have once you become a victim of police misconduct… and I do hope that you’ll never have to follow this advice.

First, I must make it clear that I am not a lawyer, please keep this in mind. The following advice is based on my experiences as a victim of police misconduct, an advocate for other victims, and a researcher studying the issues of police misconduct. Therefore, the following tips should not be considered as legal advice and are merely general recommendations that may or may not apply equally in all states or localities.

So, before I even start, let me give one piece of advice, talk to an attorney in your area that has experience with civil rights and police misconduct litigation before doing anything.

With that out of the way… Let’s get started.
Step 1 – Remember Your Most Important Right

Read the rest here:

http://www.injusticeeverywhere.com/?p=1866

[John7878]

Wednesday, February 24, 2010
ANOTHER STARK COUNTY OFFICEHOLDER (SHERIFF SWANSON) TRYING TO ANOINT HIS SUCCESSOR

Apparently, Sheriff Tim "Poop on the Public" Swanson is trying to jam his successor down the throat of the Stark County public. Very consistent, wouldn't you say? A man who, by his own words, demonstrates contempt for the Stark County citizenry.

Recently, the Signature Class of Leadership Stark County visited the Stark County Jail complex as part of its training program. It just so happens that one of Sheriff Swanson's chief deputies, Rick Perez, is a member of the Signature group. Of course, Perez was the star attraction at his home base and his boss had to show off a bit in front of Perez's peers.

It is encouraging that Perez made it into the leadership class. Either someone sees a potential in the man that many of the rest of us Stark Countians do not see or they see that Perez is a cop with a powerful position who needs some intense training on how to demonstrate quality, effective leadership.

Swanson, showing off in what way?

First, a little political history, please.

Undoubtedly, Swanson has been reading the SCPR and noticing that other Stark County elected officials are honing the fine art of dictating who succeeds them in office. And Perez may be an opportunity for the sheriff to show off that he can do just as well.

Canton Municipal Court clerk of courts Phil Giavasis is Stark County's classic example.

When former Canton clerk Tom Harmon "sort of retired" (sort of because almost immediately after retiring, he became a Stark County commissioner), Phil Giavasis, who was Stark County clerk of courts at the time of the Harmon "sort of retirement," decided that he needed to jump ship for the greener pastures (more money which or course mean more money in the immediate sense and, of course, a better retirement).

A number of Stark Countians were interested in becoming Phil's successor; one being Lawrence Township trustee Mike Stevens. He sought the county clerk Giavasis' blessing or maybe even anointing.

But Giavasis was having none of it. He scolded Stevens for having the audacity to even ask. This self-appointed Stark County kingmaker had already decided that his protege Nancy Reinbold (wife of former Common Pleas judge Richard Reinbold who is now running for the Ohio Senate against Scott Oleslager) would be the new county clerk.

Other examples abound, too.

In a famous one that backfired, appointed county commissioner Steve Meeks (when he went from being a Jackson trustee to being newly elected Governor Ted Strickland's region 9 "eyes and ears,"} tried to have wife Patty elected his successor.

Jackson voters were so offended at the Meeks move that they elected unknown and undistinguished Republican Jamie Walters as trustee. And. by the way, Walters is still largely unknown outside of Jackson Township and certainly he remains undistinguished, but it is not keeping him from running for Stark County commissioner.

Many Stark County Democrat elected leaders don't appear to do a very good job providing leadership for the county, but they do excel at moving around among various county and municipal jobs in kind of a merry-go-round of "what's in it for me" politics.

Back to Swanson and Perez.

The word is that as Swanson addressed the Leadership Stark County group he went way over the top and told the group that Perez would be "your" next Stark County sheriff.

The SCPR for one takes exception to the sheriff. He may find that a whole host of other Stark Countians; that is, when Perez has to stand before the voters, might take exception too. The Report believes that Perez will not be Stark County's next sheriff after the politicians appoint him and he has to stand for election.

Perez has a long line of political enemies within Stark County law enforcement. He wasn't that well liked in the law enforcement community to begin with and then he blundered (in the exercise of judgment) big time in his conduct of the investigation into allegations made by then trustee Tim Wise of Marlboro Township about police Chief Ron Devies and his son over, what turned out to be, misunderstandings in the transitioning of the township's computer maintenance from the Devies son to an area company.

Blundered?

How so?

Perez decided to secretly wear a wire when interviewing Chief Devies. The Perez wearing the wire caper swirled through Stark Copy policedom. And the reaction wasn't "what a terrific idea." It was deemed as a grievous violation of trust by most.

Moreover, Perez's work product proved to be so deficient that Stark County chief criminal prosecutor Dennis Barr got his case dismissed without the defense to having to put on any evidence at all.

And there is the matter of Perez being a "retire, rehire" himself. He didn't even stand for election like Swanson did. Swanson himself accorded him this blessing by virtue of being the boss.

Perez may be able to bypass all of his negatives with an anointing - err appointing - when Swanson retires yet again, but all his public performance history will be out there in full view when he has to stand before the electorate.

Do you think the Stark County voting public is going to embrace this guy?

Probably not.

But Tim Swanson does and he is apparently poised to try to stack the deck for Perez.

The Report continues to think that Swanson will step down soon so that Perez can and very likely will be appointed (with Swanson's help) by the Stark County Central Committee which is controlled by Perez's good friend and Stark County Democratic Party chair Randy Gonzalez who is also real thick with the sheriff.

Don't you just love Stark County politics and how the likes of Giavasis, Meeks and Swanson think they are entitled to call the shots for all of us!
Posted by Martin Olson at 7:37 AM
Labels: Chief Deputy Rick Perez, Stark County Sheriff Tim Swanson



http://starkpoliticalreport.blogspot.com/2010/02/another-stark-county-officeholder.html

[Terry99]

WOW Terry, GREAT EMAIL!! You've said everything and hope they publish your email as a rebuttal! I thank you with all my heart as I'm sure Hope would. God Bless You!:thumbsup:

Thanks Sandy. I've tried my best to support Hope Steffey because I believe she, and other women, were mistreated and that it took courage for her to come forward. Maybe (fingers crossed) this can now be put to rest as far as Hope is concerned. It's hard for me to believe that anyone at the Stark County jail would do the same thing again to another woman after all that has happened. (Don't get mad John...I know you don't agree. However, what people who don't want to admit wrongdoing say and what they actually do are often two different things. I think they'll stop if for no other reason than to keep you from getting on their case again.)

John, did you keep a copy of the original article from The Review? Maybe I'm remembering incorrectly but I think some things were changed. It's my recollection that they had one sentence where they said WKYC accused the deputies of rape. Now it's combined with something else and says "akin to rape". Neither is true because it was Hope Steffey's husband saying she described her experience as being like rape without penetration. She was referring to the powerlessness, shame and fear she experienced.

[John7878]

(Don't get mad John...I know you don't agree. However, what people who don't want to admit wrongdoing say and what they actually do are often two different things. I think they'll stop if for no other reason than to keep you from getting on their case again.)

I don't know, there's another dead inmate. If we wait long enough will there be another woman willing to put herself through all the accusations, reverse blame, slanted "investigations" and embarrassment that Steffey went through?

I don't think these people 'accidentally' terrorized Steffey as much as they could. They aren't stupid, they KNOW the camera is on, and what they can get away with. Which probably explains why so much video is "missing" or "non-existent". And why the laughter didn't start until they THOUGHT the camera was off.

This is an opinion that I don't post often, because I have no proof, other than having spoken to a lot of these people. And you tend to get the gist of whats going on.



John, did you keep a copy of the original article from The Review?


Didn't look, but I kept a copy of any article I found about this case.
I also saved the Sheriff's webpages, including the one that states a inmate had been incarcerated 26 times and NEVER showed a suicidal tendency, UNTIL he was "put on suicide watch" at the jail.


She was referring to the powerlessness, shame and fear she experienced.

And maybe something else.

AGAIN I have no proof, (even though I have been asking for it for almost 2 years), but in an educated guess, I think there was more.

Who on here said they talked to Steffey's lawyer, and they also mentioned "without penetration", but in a way that suggested something more than was ever reported.

I also have been on the sheriff's dept for information for over a year about their policy on "suicide preventions". Their policy, (which they said they would send me, but NEVER DID), states that a women on her period can NOT be completely stripped. They have to leave her underwear on.
I have REPEATEDLY asked the sheriff's dept by WHO & WHEN it was determined that Steffey was NOT on her period.

I can NOT get an answer, but I am guessing it was during the "mat change" when the camera deliberately swung away, and the guy at her feet had her legs forced up against her butt.

So is spreading her cheeks for an "inspection" a "search"?

Like I said, its just an opinion, but an informed one.

:cursing:

[Terry99]

Originally Posted by Terry99
John, did you keep a copy of the original article from The Review?

Didn't look, but I kept a copy of any article I found about this case.
I'm talking about the article they have on their website now about the deputies withdrawing their case. Not sure, but think they may have changed at least one thing from the way it was originally written a few days ago.

[sammerlin1]

Excuse me! I do not mean to interrupt, but you mentioned another death, at the Stark County Jail, other than Mr. Steven Galloway's untimely death?

[John7878]

I'm talking about the article they have on their website now about the deputies withdrawing their case. Not sure, but think they may have changed at least one thing from the way it was originally written a few days ago.

I thought I had saved it Terry, because I usually save EVERY story right away. But I can't find the file if I did.

I see the revised date on the article though....:confused:

[John7878]

Excuse me! I do not mean to interrupt, but you mentioned another death, at the Stark County Jail, other than Mr. Steven Galloway's untimely death?

No, that's the one I was referring to.

Never did get a hold of the FBI yet, I got busy with other stuff and time slipped away from me.

Probably a waste of time anyway.

[Terry99]

Excuse me! I do not mean to interrupt, but you mentioned another death, at the Stark County Jail, other than Mr. Steven Galloway's untimely death?

The original Canton Rep article on the death of Steven Galloway which was printed on June 24, 2008 said:

"It's the second suicide death tied to the jail since May 20, when another inmate made a rope from towel strips."

[sammerlin1]

Thank you for your response and the information.

[John7878]

Mailed my appeal to the FBI today.

Why I have no idea, since they probably have no more info than the BCI reports I have got already, since the FBI basically plagiarized the BCI "investigation".

Just to see if they respond, or try to cover this up more I guess.:blink:

[John7878]

UPDATE:

I talked to a FBI supervisor March 12th 2010. I asked him why this case had been closed without arrests. He claims the cops did nothing wrong...

So framing a crime victim is now legal?

How many lies do you need to catch these guys in?!??! (I listed a few for him)

But whenever I got into something he couldn't answer, he claimed he wasn't going to "debate" this.
I said I know....there is NO WAY for you to debate this, there's proof they were guilty!

He tried to BS me around, but I have been looking into this case for too long for that to happen.

He threatened to hang up a couple times, before he actually did hang up on me.

Yeah, these people have nothing to hide.....what a crime!!

I also had a go-around with the FBI FOIA people, they are trying to claim the stuff they blocked out was private personal information.
REALLY? I told them they had blocked out ANYTHING that made the cops look bad, NOT personal info. I gave him the example of Steffey's cousin hollering to get a video camera of their own, because the cop was "beating the **** out of her".

I asked how they figured that was personal info, they said to file an appeal. I told them I already had, but still didn't see HOW they could claim that.

And when I asked for any info from witnesses for Steffey, or Steffey herself, they said I couldn't get those because of privacy.

What a load of horsecrap!!

:cursing:

BTW Asked him the same question I ask everyone, HOW can someone be TOO suicidal for a suit DESIGNED for the purpose, or even a paper covering??? NO ANSWER....(big surprise huh)