Edwin Schuster admitted there are CPS workers who act inappropriately or make mistakes and need to be better informed.
CPS Abuses in Fairfax have increased with over the past few years. All it takes is an unethical Social worker who fabricates Child Abuse charges usually against Fathers in Divorce and Child Custody situations.
Robert Machen and his partner Stephen Armstrong may not be wearing the Klu Klux Klan's costumes while representing their clients at the Fairfax County Circuit Court, But their action speaks louder than appearances, and their racist slurs brings back painful bygone memories of Virginia Segregationist past.
Machen calls me a "sand nigger who doesn't deserve the protection of America" says Ron Jagannathan a Systems Engineer of Indian origin who works for the Department of Defense at the Pentagon.
Machen wears a suite and walks into the courtroom as a lawyer. A staunch supporter of Storm Thurmond who ran for presidency in 1948 under the segregationist banner, Machen had stated, If the people elected Strom for Presidency instead of Harry Truman, We would not be having this issue of dealing with racial integration.
Robert Machen had stated that he would work for free to prevent the mongrelization of races in Virginia. Interracial marriages are the most unstable of all marriages. Interracial marriages are a disgrace culturally, racially, and are debilitating to the country. True to his word, over the past two decades he and his partner have worked pro bono ensuring that interracial couples are separated bitterly with as much acrimony as possible.
Their latest crusade case spans over five years and several volumes of litigation documents that many say can be considered racketeering and barratry at tax payer's expenses. – A crime under current Virginia laws. Their latest victims are two young children caught in the cross fire - the tiniest victims of an interracial union.
Machen and Armstrong say -- they are just providing free legal service to a poor woman who is being manipulated by a clever ex-husband who has abused her and her children. Ron has refused to pay his child support. He is a danger to my client and her children as well as to himself. He is mentally unstable and a psychopath.
Our client is unable to face him in the court or at visitation exchanges. That's why she has to be protected.
Ron Jagannathan says that as far back as 2002, he has filed countless papers with the courts with proof of the lawyers racist agenda. He says that his wife has lived under the Soviet regime, and is totally isolated under Machen and Armstrong's influence here in the U.S. These two lawyers are emotionally, mentally and psychologically battering and abusing my ex-wife into submission. Adding to that factor, she is paranoid delusional and is easily susceptible to manipulations. These lawyers are no saints representing a poor client. They are totally misrepresenting their client using her as a surrogate to persecute me says Ron.
She is not the perpetrator here. I have nothing against my former wife, and would like to help her end this litigation and to bring the two lawyers to justice so that we may both work together parenting our children.
The FBI had refused to act – Unless Valeria walks into their office and swears out a testimony regarding the abuses; Then they may be able to prosecute Machen.
I guarantee this racketeering litigation will end within a week if the two lawyers are kicked out of the equation by the Fairfax Judges. I have been pleading with the Judges to do just that. Wouldn't that be in the best interest of my children? Says Ron. Look – Their previous clients, Ms. Arlene Harmes had sued Mchen for misrepresenting her interests, Another client – Ms.Yvette Davis had complained of being sexually abused by Machen and Armstrong and had turned around and sued them in the court, a third client had committed suicide while being represented by Machen. The Women's shelter where Machen and Armstrong recruited Valeria had banned them from approaching any of their clients after some of them complained of being sexually harassed. There is something very bad going on here.
U.S Senator John Warner's office had recognized the problem and has called for a FBI investigation into the case. In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Senator Warner had requested that the Justice Department intervene and investigate the complaints.
A criminal background investigation for Machen reveals that his law license had been previously suspended by the Virginia State Bar for deceit and fraud. Machen has been convicted by Honorable Judge Albert V. Bryan, in the United States District Court of Virginia, Alexandria Division,
U.S Attorneys had prosecuted him for obstruction of justice and Document fraud for which he had received three felony convictions and a year in jail. In a past complaint, Three Judges appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, Honorable Judge Thomas D. Thorne, Judge Dickson L.Foster, Judge Robert K. Woltz had found by clear and convincing evidence that Machen had engaged in conduct for personal advantage, involving deceit that reflects adversely on his fitness to practice law and found him guilty under DR1-102(A)(4) of code of professional responsibility.
The Organization - Citizen for Legal Reform reports Machen has engaged in numerous conduct which tends to undermine the administration of justice and brings legal businesses into disrepute.
Recently, two Loudoun county Circuit court Judges had refused to preside over a case in which Robert Machen was a party. A Loudoun county prosecutor had refered to him as a "douche bag" lawyer.
Armstrong had been representing Machen in each of his disciplinary proceedings before the court.
Ron frustrated by a lack of action by the Fairfax Circuit court had approached the U.S Justice department. In his letter to the U.S Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Ron outlined Machen's violations of several state and federal statutes in his representations which prompted U.S Senator John Warner to ask for a federal investigation.
This has been a very frustrating experience. I can't believe these lawyers are still allowed to practe law says a lawyer on conditions of anonymity. He has had three felony convictions. It is unbelievable the State courts have been silent over this says a friend. This is not the sixties!
In June of 1958, two residents of Virginia, Richard Loving, a white man and Mildred Jeter, a colored woman were married in the District of Columbia pursuant to its laws.
Shortly thereafter returning to Virginia, where upon their plea of guilty, they were sentenced, in a Virginia state court, to one year in jail. for violating Virginia's ban on interracial marriages. October of 1958 a Virginia grand jury issued an indictment charging the Lovings with violating Virginia's ban on interracial marriages. On January 6, 1959, the Lovings pleaded guilty to the charge and were sentenced to one year in jail.
Their motion to vacate the sentences on the ground of the unconstitutionality of these statutes was denied by the trial court. The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals affirmed."Leaving State to evade law. -- If any white person and colored person shall go out of this State, for the purpose of being married, and with the intention of returning, and be married out of it, and afterwards return to and reside in it, cohabiting as man and wife, they shall be punished as provided in § 20-59, and the marriage shall be governed by the same law as if it had been solemnized in this State. The fact of their cohabitation here as man and wife shall be evidence of their marriage."Section 20-59, which defines the penalty for miscegenation, provides:"Punishment for marriage. -- If any white person intermarry with a colored person, or any colored person intermarry with a white person, he shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years."Forty years later, in June of 1998, two residents of Virginia, Ron Jagannathan an Indian man and Valeria Jagannathan a white woman were married in Novosibirsk Siberia and returned to Virginia. They did not face any harassment from the State and went on to live in Reston, Virginia creating a family. In a series of events that lead to Valeria being estranged from Ron and ending up in a shelter. Robert Machen secreting his client at a shelter filed a divorce even without consulting his client. Using his client as a surrogate,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Several People have reported complaints about Robert Machen:
Robert Machen was convicted of "Obstruction Of Justice", "misleading conduct with intent to alter records", and "Engage in misleading conduct w/intent to influence testimony by preventing the communication to a law enforcement officer" in Federal Court (01/08/1988). Here is the index to the court case.
Robert Machen was sentenced to one year in jail and fined $10,000. Check out his Rap Sheet. He has been disciplined by the Virginia Bar Association, even had his license Suspended due to his criminal record (02/02/1988).One must really question why the Bar Association ever let Machen practice law again.
In 1993 Robert Machen was convicted again - this time of engaging in "conduct for personal advantage, involving deceit that reflects adversely on his fitness to practice law." He was officially reprimanded.
In 2001 Attorney Machen was once again reprimanded by the Virginia Bar Association. Its ironic that his appeal of his reprimand was denied because he failed to file a timely transcript. In other words he lost his appeal due to his incompetence as an attorney in representing himself.
Janine Saxe was involved in a $ 65,000.00 money racket with Robert Machen and Judge Gaylord Finch in defrauding litigant.
To: The Honorable Attorney General John D. Ashcroft. The Honorable Governor Mark Warner. The Honorable Judges of Fairfax County, Virginia. The Honorable Senators, Congressmen, Legislators, Children's rights organizations. Fairfax County Supervisors, Church Groups, Family rights activists, Residents of Fairfax County and Virginia. We need your help and support.
Two innocent little children (Sveta "5 Years" and Lisa "3 years") have been the tiniest victims of these two attorneys manipulations the last two and a half years.
Friends of Little Sveta and Lisa would like to bring awareness and help end this abuse by Mr. Robert B. Machen and Ms. Janine M. Saxe ( guardian ad litem for the children).
Ms. Janine Saxe and Mr. Robert Machen are wasting Tens of Thousands of tax payer dollars undermining fit parents, misleading and abusing our court system, setting one parent against the other, false reporting to courts, state and federal agencies, separating and abusing the Jagannathan family while profiting unethically from their actions.
This is unacceptable, and should not be tolerated here in the U.S or anywhere else in the world.
Little Sveta and Lisa have been subjected to suffering and their young minds abused and manipulated by the destructive actions of Ms. Janine Saxe and Mr. Robert Machen.
We demand Ms. Saxe and Mr. Machen be removed from the lives of little Sveta and Lisa.
We demand Ms. Saxe and Mr. Machen be held accountable, brought to justice, and punished. We demand an independent investigation.
We request wide dissemination of this material. Thank you for signing this petition.
Whereas, Ms. Janine M. Saxe and Mr. Robert B. Machen's malicious acts are an act of emotional and psychological terrorism against the little children, against parents and against a family;
Whereas, for Children and Parents there can be nothing in life experience more devastating than the abrupt, brutal, and unwarranted enforced separation due to the abusive and manipulative tactics of Ms. Saxe and Mr. Machen;
Whereas, The parent-child bond is the strongest instinct, superseding all else and is protected by our constitutional rights;
Whereas, Ms. Saxe was made aware of Attorney Robert Machens' past record of malpractice including, falsifying documents and evidence;
Whereas, The Virginia State Bar had disciplined Mr. Machen, reprimanding him twice and suspending his license for falsifying documents. He has had district committee sanctions leveled against him.
Three Judges appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, Honorable Judge Thomas D. Thorne, Judge Dickson L. Foster, Judge Robert K. Woltz had found by clear and convincing evidence that Mr. Machen engaged in conduct for personal advantage, involving deceit that reflects adversely on his fitness to practice law and found him guilty under DR1-102(A)(4) of code of professional responsibility.
The Organization - Citizen for Legal Reform reports Mr. Machen has engaged in conduct which tends to undermine the administration of justice and to bring legal businesses into disrepute; Whereas, Ms. Saxe was made aware of Rule 3.4 of the Virginia State Bar Rules of Professional Conduct for attorneys.
Whereas the FBI and the U.S attorney's office charged Robert Machen with obstruction of justice and altering records and Jailed him in a federal prison for One year.
Whereas Janine Saxe believes that a lawyer (Robert Machen) who has served his time should not be judged by his past crimes.
A Lawyer shall not Falsify Evidence. Counsel or assist a witness to testify falsely;
Whereas, Ms. Janine Saxe failed to abide by the Virginia State Bar code when she violated Rule 8.4 Rules of Professional conduct (A Lawyer's obligation to report misconduct to disciplinary authorities is absolute, and is stronger than the policy against disclosing confidential material surrendered during discovery. Therefore a Lawyer who suspects unethical conduct by another lawyer can include information uncovered during this litigation in an unsealed counterclaim, despite the protective order protecting the material);
Whereas, Attorney Mr. Machen repeatedly filed false papers and made false statements in court that were not supported by evidence, and Ms. Saxe as an attorney and officer of the court is duty bound by law to report such falsifications;
Whereas, white collar child and family abuse by Ms. Saxe and Mr. Machen with no regard or thought to the emotional impact on two little Children (Sveta and Lisa) who have suffered endlessly by the actions of these two attorneys is a violation of the rights or parents guaranteed by the U.S Constitution and the Commonwealth of Virginia;
Whereas, Ms. Saxe and Mr. Machen have abused and undermined the children's interests, the justice system at the expense of the taxpayers, and the Jagannathan's family assets for over two years with deceit and malpractice, while profiting from these abuses by asking for attorney fees and other expenses;
Whereas, to have a parent child bond abruptly severed by the malicious efforts of Ms. Saxe and Mr. Machen giving no consideration to the fear, anxiety, and trauma their actions cause to two little children, is child abuse, a crime against humanity and should not be tolerated in the state of Virginia;
Whereas, Ms. Janine Saxe interests in being a guardian, of the children while advocating denial of visitation to the fit, educated and caring father of Sveta and Lisa;
Whereas, small children believe their parents to be all-powerful, like super heroes. They believe that their parents possess an all-powerful ability to shelter and protect them from any threat;
Whereas, Ms. Saxe and Mr. Machen coercion of a parent into submission under a false pretense and engineering the abduction of their children from all that is safe and familiar to them, a fundamental belief system within the child is broken forever, along with the child's ability to feel safe and secure in their world;
Whereas, Robert Machen attempts to file numerous injective relief, Protective orders in order to separate the parents and the children claiming a new set of abuse allegation each time;
Whereas, spurious child abuse charges maliciously filed with Child Protective Services (CPS) were dismissed as baseless by the CPS, yet Mr. Machen goes to court with a motion the very next week on child abuse and neglect charges;
Whereas, a fax document discovered as evidence of Robert Machens' devious actions in which he conspires to bring criminal false allegation to the FBI, Department of Justice, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service in order to revoke the father of the children's green card in an effort to seize control of the children;
We deplore Ms. Janine M. Saxe and Mr. Robert B. Machen's relentless two and a half year effort at undermining the children's interests, promoting separation, bitterness, acrimony and divorce between the parents by playing one side against the other, filing false documents with Federal and State Agencies including the FBI, Department of Justice, Child Protective Services, Police, The former Immigration and Naturalization Service. NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED that the rights of parent and children to have frequent and continuing contact is a fundamental, joint right of the parent and child with a basis in constitutional case law, which has held that the rights to raise, have access to, and care for one's own children are "more precious than property rights," are "essential"; and that the right to be with one's children is a" natural" right with a higher moral claim than any economic right.
BE IT RESOLVED that the U.S Supreme court has stated consistently as that of parental rights. Ie: In 1923 the Court asserted that the "liberty" protected by the Due Process Clause includes the right of parents to "establish a home and bring up children" and to "control the education of their own." Meyer v. Nebraska. 262 U.S 390, 399, 401, (1923). On June 5, 2000, the Supreme Court declared that
It cannot now be doubted that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protects the fundamental right of parents to make decisions concerning the care, custody, and control of their children. Troxel v. Granville ( 530 U.S 2000)
BE IT RESOLVED that Fundamental Constitutional rights are accorded a special status in judicial review. The Fourteenth Amendment prohibits the state from depriving any person of "life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."
BE IT RESOLVED that the actions of Ms. Janine Saxe and Mr. Robert Machen are a infringement of parental rights guaranteed under our constitution. Such acts of deprivation must occur only when there is a compelling state interest served by interfering with these rights and there is no more constitutionally benign way to achieve this compelling state interest.
BE IT RESOLVED that there has never been any evidence presented that, the retention of parental rights by both parents would compromise a compelling state interest.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that We assert and affirm our rights under the constitution to protect and defend our children from the likes of Janine M. Saxe and Robert B. Machen. Thank you for taking the time to read and sign this petition.
Harry Saxe would turn in his grave if he reads this post. He died in Charlston this September.
I guess you can never know a person by his/her family.
Harry C. Saxe of Charleston died on September 4, 2010, at the age of 90 years.
Dr. Saxe was born on March 18, 1920, in Long Island City, New York, the son of Charles Lawrence Saxe and Alice McGrath. A distinguished veteran of World War II,
Dr. Saxe served his country proudly from 1942 to 1948 as a lieutenant with the US Army Corps of Engineers in the North African, Mediterranean and European Theatres of Operation. He was the recipient of seven bronze stars and a bronze arrowhead.
For fifty years, Dr. Saxe engaged in higher education serving as both a professor and as an administrator. His years of teaching included positions at Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Cincinnati, University of Notre Dame, University of Louisville and The Citadel.
He served as Acting Dean of the College of Engineering at Notre Dame and Dean of the Speed Scientific School at the University of Louisville. Dr. Saxe was the Louis S. LeTellier Distinguished Visiting Professor and an adjunct professor at The Citadel. He held a B.C.E. degree in Civil Engineering from the City College of New York; an M.S.E. in Civil Engineering from the University of Florida and a Sc.D in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
During his distinguished career, Dr. Saxe received numerous honors and awards, among them the University of Notre Dame Special Service Award, the National Science Foundation Faculty Fellow Award, the American Society of Civil Engineers Carolina Section Lifetime Award for Professional Achievement and the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award for his exemplary character and service from The Citadel.
Dr. Saxe is survived by his loving wife, Mary; two daughters, Janine Saxe (Alan R. Sager) and Coreen (Ricardo) Urbina; three step-daughters, Molly Craft, Amy Craft and Linda (James) Coe; ten grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Donations in memory of Harry Charles Saxe may be made to Programs & Awards,
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 7576 Goodwood Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA, 70806 or to the American Society of Civil Engineers Foundation, 1801 Alexander Bell Dr., Reston, VA, 20191. The Saxe family is being served by McAlister-Smith, Mt Pleasant Chapel.
A lot of Virginians are coming out of the woodwork and demanding that the General Assembly refuse to reappoint Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Gaylord Finch. The complaints are coming close to critical mass.
Virginia and South Carolina are the only two states in which legislators appoint judges. Partisan fighting between the Republican-controlled House and Democratic-controlled state Senate delayed many nominations last session. But Virginia lawmakers also have the power to deny a judge reappointment if he/she fails to live up to expectations.
A bill submitted by former delegate and current state attorney general Robert McDonnell created a panel to review judges’ performance of circuit, general district, and juvenile and domestic relations judges. It went into effect for the first time this year. Legislators are supposed to rate judges by their record on the bench instead of just rubber-stamping them for another term.
And they’re getting an earful from irate defendants who feel their rights were violated by Judge Finch. One man claims Judge Finch refused to enter a final order in his case – for four years !– leaving him in a legal no-man’s-land. Another reportedly told the FBI that Finch routinely hears criminal cases in which the defense attorney is his golfing buddy and a frequent houseguest.
A former Fairfax County resident told members of the Courts of Justice Committee that Finch ridiculed and mocked her when she appeared pro se in his courtroom in an attempt to regain custody of her young daughter. Another man complained that in 2005, Judge Finch systematically denied him his constitutional rights when he was charged with trespassing for attending a school party for his Down’s syndrome son at this ex-wife’s invitation. He claims that Judge Finch refused to rule on his motions to dismiss, wouldn’t let the proceedings be recorded by the court reporter present, or even let the defendant present evidence or rebut witnesses.
Finch is also accused of holding ex parte hearings on a custody and child support case and ordering the wrongful imprisonment of a man on false child abuse charges that were later overturned. And the Fairfax County Coalition of Advocates for Public Schools blasted Judge Finch’s handling of the controversial western boundary redistricting case.
Any one of these complaints should give legislators pause as they reconsider reappointing Judge Finch. Taken together, however, they paint such a disturbing picture of judicial arrogance and disdain for the constitutional rights of citizens as to render him unfit for the bench.
"The germ of destruction of our nation is in the power of the judiciary, an irresponsible body - working like gravity by night and by day, gaining a little today and a little tomorrow, and advancing its noiseless step like a thief over the field of jurisdiction, until all shall render powerless the checks of one branch over the other and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated." - Thomas Jefferson
"Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks and balances to prevent abuse of power. However, where is the check on the power of the judiciary? If we fail to check the power of the judiciary, I predict that we will eventually live under judicial tyranny." - Patrick Henry
"If you see injustice and say nothing, you have taken the side of the oppressor." - Desmund Tutu.
"The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." - John Stuart Mill
Mom speaks to Cass County Mi/ corrupt Family court & DHS #1
WARNING! NOTHING ON THIS SITE IS MEANT TO BE LEGAL ADVICE! You should do your homework, calm down, assess the situation, then and only then hire a competent attorney to represent you. GWINNETT COUNTY DOES NOT LIKE PRO-SE LITIGANTS!
The Goal of this website is to Reduce litigation, Increase mediation , Eliminate the Guardian Ad Litem from private custody cases and Help facilitate workable joint physical and legal custody arrangements so the child may benefit from the love, direction and decision making capabilities of both parents.
In Atlanta Firing or Removing your G.A.L. may require the following steps:
You should know that the only reason the Court has appointed a GAL is that you and your ex can not agree on the who should have custody of your child. This gives the SYSTEM THIEVESa perfect excuse to bilk you and your ex out of thousands. The GAL is only interested in escalating her fees and does not care what your child wants. The only way to get rid of this parasite is to remove the disagreement between the parties.
This might mean that you have to drop your counterclaim. The Court does not like to change custody unless a material change in circumstances adversely affecting the welfare of the child can be demonstrated. If you and your Ex both agree that a change has occurred then it becomes a simple matter of appointing a GAL to determine the "best interest of the child". If you drop your counterclaim and amend your answer to show that no change has occurred or that the other parent refused to work with you in good faith to resolve the issue you have a great chance of retaining custodybecause the burden of proving a change occurred is on the Plaintiff.
If a real change has taken place and you want more visitation or custody the other parent should make a good faith effort to resolve your issues before a GAL is appointed. If youare the Plaintiff and a GAL has been appointed and the Judge will not vacate the order to appoint simply withdraw your complaint without prejudice. You can then schedule and attend mediation without paying the $200 per hour to the GAL. Why pay the mediator $200 per hour and the GAL $200 per hour?
A national organization that helps people become more effective in battling out-of-control social service agencies held its annual conference in Boston last month.
Local family advocates, such as Nev Moore of “Justice For Families” and Attorneys Chester Darling and Kevin Seaver, shared the stage with nationally known author and lecturer Dean Tong and Prof. Gladden Schrock of Bennington College, among others.
There’s not much difference in how these state agencies operate because federal law put them all under the same regulations in 1974 (see sidebar), according to the organizer of the conference, Barbara Lynn Lapp, President of the “Family Rights Organization’s National Task Force” (FRONT).
She knows this is true because she has fielded calls from beleaguered parents across the country for ten years.
She told MassNews that her target audience is parents who have been falsely accused of child abuse and who are struggling with the DSS system. “Also, we would like to educate some attorneys and have some of them educate us too,” she said.
MassNews asked what could be done to prevent DSS from destroying families. “There has to be due process of law for there to be justice anywhere,” she said. “These DSS cases are not properly tried. A lot of them go forward on flimsy evidence.
“The other thing I see is these social service agencies don’t recognize that the very act of taking a child away from his parents is ‘abuse.’ If you know and study the mind of a child, the worst thing a child can go through in their life is to be taken from their parents.
“Considering that it is such an emotionally traumatic and abusive thing for a child to go through, it should be done with great caution. There shouldn’t be much child removal. Most times families will work to improve themselves with the proper help.”
Prof. Gladden Schrock Calls it ‘Hysteria’
Prof. Gladden Schrock teaches a course at Bennington College titled, “Contemporary Hysteria: the Drama of Righteous Gullibility.”
He said the tidal wave of false domestic-abuse allegations stems from an hysteria that has seduced the major moral watchdogs of our culture. He said the hysteria has overwhelmed the normal checks and balances of due process, critical thinking, scientific methodology or cautionary public discourse.
He believes the 1974 Mondale Act, (CAPTA, Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act) triggered the hysteria. He said it allowed a zealous bypass of due process, gave monetary incentive to accusations, mandated disclosure of suspicious evidence and offered total immunity and anonymity to any person who for any reason wished to make an allegation of abuse.
Dean Tong Was Expert Witness in 32 States
Dean Tong is a forensic investigator who has served as a consultant and expert witness for scores of falsely accused parents in 32 U.S. states. His estranged wife falsely accused him of sexually abusing his pre-school age daughter. It took him ten years and $150,000 to prove his innocence. He has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows and authored three books.
Tong said choosing an attorney is your most important decision. His latest book, “Elusive Innocence,” contains an appendix on how to pick the right attorney.
Tong said he utilizes a two-prong formula that works. The first prong is to require his clients to submit to various tests to prove their innocence. The second prong is to impeach the credibility of the false accusers.
CAPTA is a can of worms that has to be repealed, said Tong.
Atty. Seaver Says Never Give Up
Boston Attorney Kevin Seaver, who specializes in DSS cases, gave a spirited presentation that was well received. He exhorted the audience to “never, ever give up.” “DSS is the biggest bully in the schoolyard, but if you punch his lights out, he won’t come back at you,” he said.
Seaver said he loves to put social workers on the stand and ask them about their educational background, whether they are licensed, and if they have their own children or a substance abuse problem. He can often get a case dismissed by exposing their lack of qualifications. He also recommends packing the courtroom with supporters.
Seaver said DSS likes to prey on poor people, yet child-abuse accusations cut across all lines. He said, for example, he had a case referred to him recently involving accusations against a doctor from Massachusetts General Hospital who is a cutting edge researcher recognized around the world.
DSS will come out to your home and say soothingly that, “We are here to help you,” and offer voluntary services, said Seaver. “Six months later, you have a voluntary service that turns into a summons that reads your parental rights can be terminated. It doesn’t square. It doesn’t make sense. Think about that.”
You get your kids back by being vigilant and pro-active, not by whining, said Seaver. He said you have to form a plan and then gather all your evidence, because preparation is nine tenths of the battle. Pore over all reports and then reread them, he said. A DSS investigator may have ignored reams of exculpatory information. Know who the DSS people are that are involved. Keep a detailed notebook of calls you made to them, etc. regarding your case.
Seaver said be sure you hire an attorney experienced with DSS and stay in communication with him. He said many criminal lawyers he knows want to run and hide when you mention DSS because they can’t deal with the bizarre world of anonymous accusations.
Nev Moore Says It’s Bureaucrats Enlarging Their Pie
Nev Moore, executive director of the Cape Cod based Justice for Families, recounted how her own clash with DSS led her and her husband, Tom, to found a support group to meet with families in similar situations. The informal group grew into a non-profit organization that provides support and advocacy for parents who have been falsely or frivolously accused of child mistreatment by DSS.
“We began in 1997 after our own child was taken because I would not go along with DSS requirements,” said Moore. “I would not get rid of my husband. I would not get a restraining order. I would not go to a battered women’s indoctrination center.
“When I said I wasn’t battered, thank you very much, and if I need your help, I’ll call, that was the wrong answer,” said Moore.
After seeing other parents’ DSS files and hearing their stories, Moore said she identified a pattern of conduct by DSS that was very specific. She learned that funding for domestic violence programs was channeled through DSS.
“I later, of course, came to find out it was all about contract fulfillment. They have contracts with all the service vendors. They don’t want you to go to Al-Anon or this or that because they don’t have contracts with them. So it was all about contract fulfillment and I wasn’t helping with that.”
Moore identified a parallel goal of DSS that is even more sinister. She said the feminists at DSS are trying to destroy traditional families. By removing men from the home, she pointed out, DSS creates vulnerability in women and dependence on the government. DSS weakens the systems that keep society cohesive, such as faith and family, she said.
Moore showed that DSS uses all the techniques of brainwashing such as divide, isolate and control. “I saw that clearly and let them know that.” She said after DSS kidnapped their daughter, she was forced to attend a battered women’s program named “Independence House.”
“They give you this mug that says, ‘Independence, the freedom to make your own choices,’” said Moore. She said she would stand up at every meeting and declare, “I am being forced to be here against my will via threats, coercion and intimidation, by holding my child hostage. You need to take the word ‘independence’ out of your title and off this mug, because my choice is to not be here.
“I pointed out that the charts and wheels and graphs they gave me listing the behaviors that they said my husband did, were exactly what they were doing, threats of taking the children, of telling me how to think and feel.”
Moore started announcing to the other women at the beginning of each meeting that Independence House was funded by DSS and every word they say in the confidential support group is immediately reported back to DSS.
Moore said she is suing Independence House for violation of confidentiality among other things.
Legislators Need Help
Moore’s first goal for Justice for Families, she said, was to create a public platform for families and parents so they can channel their anger and frustration into constructive action.
Her second goal was to get the DSS issue not just to the table, but right on the table through legislation, because that means hearings will be held where politicians will have to listen to the families.
In the legislative arena, Moore said she tries to educate the legislators. “You must first sell yourself before you can sell your issue,” she said. “You want the doors to open, not to slam in your face. You want them to think you are their new best friend. Presentation is everything.”
Moore said it is an uphill battle because legislators do not want to hear about this issue. She said when she approaches a legislator, she gives him a graceful out so he can pretend he didn’t know about the problem and can be the hero in helping to solve it.
Moore said it is important to break the DSS problem into smaller components that are more easily digestible since it is such a huge, tangled issue.
“Just saying ‘DSS is a big mess’ and ‘My social worker lies and is mean’ is not going to work. You have to break it into small components. Just take one little thing like, ‘Gee, they don’t wear ID, yet they’ll go into the schools and talk to your children.’ Once you put a piece of legislation in, it gives you an opening. You’ve highlighted one specific problem, but it gives the opening for oral and written testimony and for meetings with the legislators.”
Moore said each time they meet with legislators, they give them reports that illustrate the problems with DSS, and give them model legislation from other states.
“You have to build your credibility. That takes time and there are no shortcuts. So be very accurate and precise and personable. Then they will start coming to you. Once they’re interested, the press becomes interested,” said Moore.
Moore said she often designs her bills so that they have a measure of shock value in order to engage the legislators, such as her bill to outlaw strip-searching of children by DSS. She also designs them very specifically so that DSS cannot argue against them without making themselves look very foolish and culpable. For example, she has a bill, which would force DSS to give a pamphlet to foster kids outlining their rights while in foster care. “What are they going to do, come to the hearing and say, ‘No. I don’t want them to have that?’”
Moore also tries to get her bills before different committees and therefore a different set of legislators.
Moore concluded her remarks by saying that parents should join a group with name recognition such as Justice for Families or Victims of Child Abuse Laws rather than go it alone, because it takes the sight of a lot of angry people to put fear into legislators. She said there is still work to be done in gaining a national identity and name recognition.
Chester Darling Has a Heavy Heart
“I come to this meeting with a heavy heart,” said Attorney Chester Darling, who heads up a charitable law firm called “Citizens for the Preservation of Constitutional Rights.”
“I despair of the whole system. I think it is totally corrupt,” said Darling of DSS. “The ‘Fair Hearings’ aren’t fair. The personnel in the DSS are corrupt beyond belief. Not necessarily financially corrupt but corrupt in the traditional sense of the word. They have absolute power that they abuse without any hesitation. They conduct house invasions. They accuse people without hesitation of terrible crimes, and irrevocably alter their lives. You can’t remove that stain in your community if you’re accused.”
Darling recounted the story of Reverend Cobble who social workers accused of being a child abuser because he spanked his child. Cobble’s case went all the way to the Supreme Judicial Court, where Darling argued on his behalf. The SJC ruled in Cobble’s favor.
“One case doesn’t change their minds,” said Darling. “They are still punishing people for spanking children in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Social workers do not like children to be spanked and if you spank your child, you’re going to get nailed.”
Darling said DSS twisted the Cobble case into the standard by saying if you do more than inflict a tiny pink mark that goes away in a few minutes, you are a child abuser. “That’s how they corrupt these cases. The code of Mass. regulations requires repeated bruises, swelling of tissue, broken bones – what you would expect, but they can’t read.”
Darling pointed out that “constantly in the decisions, we see that the social workers are deferred to because of their ‘clinical experience,’ and their ‘clinical judgement,’ which is a big pile of stuff as far as I’m concerned.”
Darling said the majority of the workers he’s bumped into at DSS are anti-family and even against the church. He said DSS is depriving families of their Fourteenth Amendment right to raise their family as they see fit.
Attorney Barbara Johnson, another warrior for the falsely accused in Massachusetts, stood up in the audience to point out that federal judges make law from the bench when they improperly invoke the Eleventh Amendment as an excuse to throw out federal lawsuits against DSS workers.
Johnson said the Eleventh Amendment forbids someone from one state to sue another state in federal court. But judges, she said, changed that to mean a citizen from Massachusetts can’t go into federal court and sue Massachusetts either. “That is one of the reasons that when you go to sue various state workers in federal court they will dismiss the case,” she said.
The theme of the conference was “Confronting False Allegations of Child Abuse.”
It was organized in cooperation with the New York chapter of “Victims Of Child Abuse Laws.”
The state Attorney General’s office has filed legal papers seeking to revoke the license of a Sacramento family courts mediator for allegedly lying on her renewal application. The mediator, Janelle Burrill, has been at the center of numerous controversial child-custody cases.
Burrill is based in Sacramento, but works in both the Placer and Sacramento family courts. The Sacramento family courts, along with Marin, were reviewed by the Bureau of State Audits in a January audit that was critical of the standards both courts used in hiring and monitoring court-ordered specialists.
Attorney General Kamala Harris’ office filed the accusation against Burrill on March 17 on behalf of Kim Madsen, executive office of the Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS). BBS operates under the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) and licenses clinical social workers, among other professions. Deputy Attorney General Karen Denvir wrote the official accusation against Burrill and will prosecute the case on behalf of these agencies.
The accusation states that Burrill “committed dishonest, corrupt or fraudulent acts” when she claimed on her June, 2009, renewal application that there were no official pending complaints against her. In fact, there were two official complaints of official misconduct filed against her by family court litigants at the time. It also notes that in March, 2010, the American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work revoked Burrill’s certification for “misrepresentation” of complaints against her.
Finally, the accusation claims that Burrill “made a false representation” in a letter to family courts judge regarding one of the BBS complaints against her. That complaint stemmed from her work as a “reunification therapist” in a custody case between Jayraj and Bindu Nair over their two sons.
In February, the Capitol Weekly published a story about Jayraj Nair, the father in this case, and his official complaints about Burrill as he sought to regain custody of his sons. We did not identify Burrill by name in that story, but an April 7 San Francisco Weekly story did.
When reached by phone in February, Burrill referred questions to her attorney, Ed Friedberg, who was quoted in the earlier story. As of press time, he had not returned two calls seeking comment for this story.
According to sources at the AG’s office, Burrill has been served with the accusation and has contested the charges. The case will likely be heard in October. If she is found guilty of the charges, her case would be referred back to BBS, which would have the option of taking away her license - though Burrill could file multiple appeals. “She can drag this on forever, seven years or so, without an impact on her practice,” Jayraj Nair said.
Burrill was appointed to seek reconciliation between Suraj and his mother Bindu in 2008. According to numerous official documents, Suraj had been seeking to be placed in the sole custody of his father, Jayraj. Burrill soon began clashing with both father and son, including a billing dispute with Jayraj Nair.
By early 2009, Jayraj Nair had begun filing official complaints with BBS over Burrill - one of the complaints she allegedly did not acknowledge, causing her to run afoul of licensing organizations. Burrill countered with allegations that Jayraj was intentionally seeking to alienate Suraj against his mother—something he has denied.
Burrill has also sued Jayraj Nair for defamation for comments he made on the website RightsForMothers.com. Burrill has also sued him for distributing an audio recording that Suraj Nair made of one of his sessions with Burrill. Jayraj Nair said Burrill has accused him of making the recording, even though he said he was not present. He also said he is preparing a civil rights lawsuit against Burrill, but will not be seeking damages.
“We don’t want any more children and families harmed by her,” he said.
In February 2009, then 12-year-old Suraj was taken from his father’s Granite Bay home in handcuffs and turned over to the fulltime custody of his mother. He has reportedly run away numerous times since, and has been staying in a protective facility in Placer County since March while seeking reunification with his father.
Jayraj Nair has lost numerous rounds in court, though he alleges this is largely because he has run up against a legal system in the Placer County family courts that has circled the wagons around Burrill. This includes an order to pay $75,000 of his ex-wife's attorneys’ fees.
He recently won a round in court. On March 25, a state appeals court ruled that he was improperly barred from being able to hold an evidentiary hearing to contest the restraining order keeping him away from his son and his ex-wife. The court ordered such a hearing to take place within 60 days, opening the possibility that Nair may soon be able to see his older son. Burrill has been the subject of numerous complaints over the years. Last June, a group of parent litigants held a protest rally against Burrill outside her Sacramento offices.
In August, Betsy Vail and her daughter, Rebecca Knox, testified at a hearing of the California Commission on the Status of Women that Burrill sought to reunite Knox with her estranged father against her will and also acted in an extremely unprofessional manner. Knox and Vail eventually prevailed in that case, severing ties with the father, and have filed official complaints against Burrill with multiple state agencies - including one with BBS.
In January, the Bureau of State Audits issued a report on the Family Courts in Marin and Sacramento Counties. It did not mention Burrill or anyone else by name, but found that the Sacramento family courts did not properly vet their court-appointed specialists.
Jayraj Nair said that he hopes his case and others like it help lead to greater outside scrutiny on the courts in general and the family courts in particular. He said he especially hopes that steps are taken to remove the immunity that court-appointed witnesses have when they testify, saying this gives these specialists the freedom to “commit fraud” and get away with it.
Family Court Therapist Janelle Burrill Charged with Misconduct by Attorney General’s Office (Legal Child Trafficking)
Family Court Therapist Janelle Burrill Charged with Misconduct by Attorney General’s Office By Peter Jamison
The California Board of Behavioral Science and California Attorney General’s office have filed formal accusations of misconduct against a Sacramento family-court therapist. The therapist, Janelle Burrill, is a clinical social worker who works with children and parents as ordered by family courts in Sacramento and elsewhere. Burrill has been the subject of multiple complaints by families unhappy with her work. Documents filed against her by the Behavioral Sciences board and the office of Attorney General Kamala Harris allege that Burrill "committed acts that fall sufficiently below the standard of conduct of the profession as to constitute acts of gross negligence." The documents assert that Burrill lied to both the American Board of Examiners for Clinical Social Workers and to a Placer County judge, claiming in both cases that no formal complaints had been filed against her by clients when she knew otherwise. If the accusations are upheld, her social-worker license could be suspended or revoked. Burrill has been a lightning rod for criticism in Sacramento, and is only one of numerous family-court officials who have come under scrutiny for faulty and potentially dangerous practices in child-custody proceedings. Last month, SF Weekly published a story detailing multiple instances in which family courts had delivered children into the custody of parents with convictions for child molestation or spousal battery. Kathleen Russell of the Center for Judicial Excellence, a family-court reform group, said Burrill should be removed from cases in which parents or children have concerns while the case against her proceeds. "It seems prudent for the Courts to remove her from any case in which she is involved, at the request of either parent or child, to ensure the safety and well-being of the families and children they serve," Russell said in a statement. "And major policy reforms are needed to ensure a more timely resolution of these complaints."
in 2006, Ricardo Villalobos concocted a bizzare child sexual abuse story designed to further his career at the expense of two innocent children by filing a bogus CPS complaint that he knew was false claiming that the two little girls needed his theraphy for abuse inflicted upon them by their father. The mother of the two children was being manipulated into seeking Mr. Villalobos's therapy through her attorney ( later Convicted in a Federal Court for 3 counts of felony acts and jailed for a year) thought that that the child's father was a International Espionage agent who was wanted by the United States and the Soviet Union for multiple accounts of National Security crimes.
+Several people have questioned Mr. Ricardo Villalobos and his credibility as to his intentions as a therapist.
+In 2008, Judge Charles Maxfield of the Fairfax Circuit Court issued an court order preventing Ricardo Villalobos from having any further contact with two young children he was providing therapy on a bi-weekly basis for over a year while claiming that the children were depressed and confused due to sexual and physical abuse by their father that he had diagnosed.
+In 2007 Judge Leslie Alden of Fairfax Circuit found Ricardo Villalobos's expert testimony lacking any credibility.
+Mr. Villalobos came to court to testify as a expert witness on child abuse - when asked if he had brought his credentials/resume/curricum vita with him. His answer was No, I did not think it was needed in court. (During his testimony, it was learned that, he had never testified as a expert witness before and hence did not know he should have brought his resume with him to court.
+Ricardo Villalobos was conspiring with a convicted felon Lawyer Robert Machen ( Who spent a year in a federal prison) and CPS worker Shannon Traore aka Shannon Tyler...( who was later fired from Fairfax County Child Protective Services). see:Fairfax County CPS SocialWorker accused of Fabricating Child Abuse allegations.
On December 3, 2010, detectives from the Harford County Child Advocacy Center charged a Whiteford psychologist Dr. David Schrumpf with several counts of sexual abuse of a minor and sexual offenses. The investigation began when the CAC received reports of abuse from two children who were receiving therapy from him.
The alleged abuse occurred over several months during 2010 in his office in Fallston. Schrumpf, 55, is being held at the Harford County Detention Center with no bail.
Anyone from the public with further information concerning this investigation is asked to contact Trooper Michelle Workman at the Harford County Child Advocacy Center at 410-638-3294 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 410-638-3294
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BSO Case Number: BS10-12-4847 PIO Number: 10-12-19 Date: 12/22/10 Time: 11 a.m. Jurisdiction: Pembroke Pines Place of Occurrence: 8770 NW 7 Ct., Pembroke Pines
A Broward County speech pathologist isn’t saying much after Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives took him into custody for possession of child pornography.
Following over a dozen tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited children alerting of a computer user who was uploading and sharing pornographic images of children, BSO detectives with the South Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force conducted an investigation and obtained a warrant to search a home in the city of Pembroke Pines.
When detectives arrived at the home at 8770 NW 7 Ct. on Dec. 22, they came in contact with their target, 66-year-old Warren Day, who at the time was on his computer viewing a child pornography website. A preliminary evaluation of Day’s computer revealed hundreds of pornographic images of children between 1 and 12 years of age engaging in sexual acts with adults, other children and in sexually explicit positions.
Day refused to answer questions without the presence of his lawyer, but stated “I am a piece of (vulgar term for excrement)” in the presence of BSO detectives.
Day was arrested and charged with 50 counts of child pornography. More charges could be filed pending a full forensic analysis of Day’s computer and two other media devices found inside his home. He was arrested in 1982 in Dade County for committing a sexual act against a child and served two years probation. Due to the date of his offense, he was not required to register as a sexual offender.
For the past seven months Day has worked as a speech pathologist at the Hollywood Rehab Center working with seniors, but throughout his 30 year career he has come in contact with children from kindergarten to high school. He was previously employed by the Dade County School System.
Detectives have identified at least one victim and fear there could be others. If you know anyone who’s been a victim of Warren Day you’re asked to contact BSO Detective Jennifer Montgomery at 954-888-5239 or Broward Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at 954-493-TIPS (8477).
Therapist Charged with Producing Child Pornography
Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a respiratory therapist who sometimes worked in the pediatric unit at Kansas University Medical Center has been charged in federal court with producing child pornography and attempting to distribute child pornography over the Internet.
Michael D. Toal, 55, of Kansas City, Mo., was charged in a criminal complaint filed on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City. Toal had his initial court appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah W. Hays this afternoon and remains in federal custody pending a detention hearing on Monday, March 1, 2010.
The federal criminal complaint alleges that Toal used a minor to produce child pornography on Aug. 2, 2009. According to an affidavit filed in support of the complaint, Toal told FBI agents that he sexually abused an 8-year-old child who was in his care at his house. While the victim was asleep, the affidavit says, Toal took sexually explicit photographs of the child with his digital camera and then loaded them onto his computer.
The federal complaint also charges Toal with attempting to distribute child pornography over the Internet on Aug. 10, 2009. According to the affidavit, an agent at the FBI’s Denver, Col., division conducted an investigation using peer-to-peer file-sharing software and downloaded images of child pornography that were available to be shared from Toal’s computer, which was using a similar software program.
Law enforcement officers interviewed Toal at his home earlier this month and seized his computer, which as later investigation revealed, contained a large quantity of child pornography, the affidavit says.
The government filed a motion today to keep Toal in federal custody without bond, alleging that he is a danger to the community. According to the motion for detention, Toal told agents that he inappropriately touched at least one child patient while working as a respiratory therapist. Toal has increased his access to children who are vulnerable, the motion says, by becoming a volunteer with Jackson County’s CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) program for abused and neglected children who are in the care and custody of the state.
The motion for detention also alleges that, because Toal faces a lengthy prison sentence if convicted, he is a flight risk. Under federal statutes, a conviction for producing child pornography carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of 30 years in federal prison without parole.
Phillips cautioned that the charges contained in this complaint are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Katharine Fincham. It was investigated by task force officers with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Project Safe Childhood
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
A former mental health center therapist has been charged with drug and sex activities involving teenage boys under her care.
Media outlets report 34-year-old Tressie Hayes of Julian faces charges of sexual abuse by a parent or custodian, delivery of a controlled substance and child abuse or neglect creating risk of injury.
A criminal complaint says Hayes worked at Prestera Center in Danville and used drugs and had sexual intercourse with two boys that she was counseling. Boone County Sheriff Rodney Miller says some of the activity allegedly occurred at Hayes' office. Miller says Hayes no longer works at Prestera.
Prestera declined comment.
Hayes was being held Monday evening at the Southwestern Regional Jail on $120,000 bond. An after-hours message left with her attorney, Wendle Cook, wasn't immediately returned.
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in 2006, Ricardo Villalobos concocted a bizzare fabrication of child sexual abuse allegation designed to further his career as an expert witness at the expense of two innocent children by filing a bogus CPS complaint that he knew was false claiming that the two little girls he was seeing needed his therapy for abuse inflicted upon them by their father. The mother of the two children a naive and delusional immigrant was being manipulated into seeking Mr. Villalobos's therapy through her pro bono attorney Robert Machen ( later Convicted in a Federal Court for 3 counts of felony acts and jailed for a year) among the mother's wild claims was that the child's father was a Espionage agent wanted by the United States and the Soviet Union for multiple accounts of National Security crimes in both countries.
Mr. Villalobs was provided evidence that the mother was delusional and had sued ( via her attorney Robert Machen) another psychologist Dr. Charles Burt who concluded that the mother was paranoid delusional.
Mr. Villalobos buried evidence that he was provided and started manipulating the children in closed therapy biweekly for over a year - with the intention of manipulating the children.
The children rebelled at Mr. Villalobos, refused to see him and showed resentment at his manipulations, to which Mr. Villalobos concocted a bizarre theory that the children are really showing their anger at their dad for the abuse by treating him as their dad.
+Several people have questioned Mr. Ricardo Villalobos and his credibility as to his intentions as a therapist.
+In 2008, Judge Charles Maxfield of the Fairfax Circuit Court issued an court order preventing Ricardo Villalobos from having any further contact with two young children he was providing therapy on a bi-weekly basis for over a year while claiming that the children were depressed and confused due to sexual and physical abuse by their father that he had diagnosed.
+In 2007 Judge Leslie Alden of Fairfax Circuit found Ricardo Villalobos's expert testimony lacking any credibility.
+Mr. Villalobos came to court to testify as a expert witness on child abuse - when asked if he had brought his credentials/resume/curricum vita with him. His answer was No, I did not think it was needed in court. (During his testimony, it was learned that, he had never testified as a expert witness before and hence did not know he should have brought his resume with him to court.
+Ricardo Villalobos was conspiring with a convicted felon Lawyer Robert Machen ( Who spent a year in a federal prison) and CPS worker Shannon Traore aka Shannon Tyler...( who was later fired from Fairfax County Child Protective Services).
see:Fairfax County CPS SocialWorker accused of Fabricating Child Abuse allegations.
On December 3, 2010, detectives from the Harford County Child Advocacy Center charged a Whiteford psychologist Dr. David Schrumpf with several counts of sexual abuse of a minor and sexual offenses. The investigation began when the CAC received reports of abuse from two children who were receiving therapy from him.
The alleged abuse occurred over several months during 2010 in his office in Fallston. Schrumpf, 55, is being held at the Harford County Detention Center with no bail.
Anyone from the public with further information concerning this investigation is asked to contact Trooper Michelle Workman at the Harford County Child Advocacy Center at 410-638-3294 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 410-638-3294
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BSO Case Number: BS10-12-4847
PIO Number: 10-12-19
Date: 12/22/10
Time: 11 a.m. Jurisdiction: Pembroke Pines
Place of Occurrence: 8770 NW 7 Ct., Pembroke Pines
A Broward County speech pathologist isn’t saying much after Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives took him into custody for possession of child pornography.
Following over a dozen tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited children alerting of a computer user who was uploading and sharing pornographic images of children, BSO detectives with the South Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force conducted an investigation and obtained a warrant to search a home in the city of Pembroke Pines.
When detectives arrived at the home at 8770 NW 7 Ct. on Dec. 22, they came in contact with their target, 66-year-old Warren Day, who at the time was on his computer viewing a child pornography website.
A preliminary evaluation of Day’s computer revealed hundreds of pornographic images of children between 1 and 12 years of age engaging in sexual acts with adults, other children and in sexually explicit positions.
Day refused to answer questions without the presence of his lawyer, but stated “I am a piece of (vulgar term for excrement)” in the presence of BSO detectives.
Day was arrested and charged with 50 counts of child pornography. More charges could be filed pending a full forensic analysis of Day’s computer and two other media devices found inside his home. He was arrested in 1982 in Dade County for committing a sexual act against a child and served two years probation. Due to the date of his offense, he was not required to register as a sexual offender.
For the past seven months Day has worked as a speech pathologist at the Hollywood Rehab Center working with seniors, but throughout his 30 year career he has come in contact with children from kindergarten to high school. He was previously employed by the Dade County School System.
Detectives have identified at least one victim and fear there could be others. If you know anyone who’s been a victim of Warren Day you’re asked to contact BSO Detective Jennifer Montgomery at 954-888-5239 or Broward Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at 954-493-TIPS (8477).
Therapist Charged with Producing Child Pornography
Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a respiratory therapist who sometimes worked in the pediatric unit at Kansas University Medical Center has been charged in federal court with producing child pornography and attempting to distribute child pornography over the Internet.
Michael D. Toal, 55, of Kansas City, Mo., was charged in a criminal complaint filed on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City. Toal had his initial court appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah W. Hays this afternoon and remains in federal custody pending a detention hearing on Monday, March 1, 2010.
The federal criminal complaint alleges that Toal used a minor to produce child pornography on Aug. 2, 2009. According to an affidavit filed in support of the complaint, Toal told FBI agents that he sexually abused an 8-year-old child who was in his care at his house. While the victim was asleep, the affidavit says, Toal took sexually explicit photographs of the child with his digital camera and then loaded them onto his computer.
The federal complaint also charges Toal with attempting to distribute child pornography over the Internet on Aug. 10, 2009. According to the affidavit, an agent at the FBI’s Denver, Col., division conducted an investigation using peer-to-peer file-sharing software and downloaded images of child pornography that were available to be shared from Toal’s computer, which was using a similar software program.
Law enforcement officers interviewed Toal at his home earlier this month and seized his computer, which as later investigation revealed, contained a large quantity of child pornography, the affidavit says.
The government filed a motion today to keep Toal in federal custody without bond, alleging that he is a danger to the community. According to the motion for detention, Toal told agents that he inappropriately touched at least one child patient while working as a respiratory therapist. Toal has increased his access to children who are vulnerable, the motion says, by becoming a volunteer with Jackson County’s CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) program for abused and neglected children who are in the care and custody of the state.
The motion for detention also alleges that, because Toal faces a lengthy prison sentence if convicted, he is a flight risk. Under federal statutes, a conviction for producing child pornography carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of 30 years in federal prison without parole.
Phillips cautioned that the charges contained in this complaint are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Katharine Fincham. It was investigated by task force officers with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Project Safe Childhood
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
Counselor indicted on charges of sexual assault of 3-year-old patient
An Albuquerque clinical psychologist has been indicted on charges of rape and sexual contact of a then-3-year-old patient during a counseling appointment at Samaritan Counseling Center that occurred two years ago.
Dr. Luis Vargas, 66, was booked and released from the county jail Wednesday after a grand jury indicted him on March 13.
His attorney said late Thursday that Vargas’ patients are often troubled and prone to making false allegations.
Dr. Luis Vargas
According to a police report, officers were called to the counseling center near Lomas and University NE in June 2015 after a woman reported that her granddaughter told her the psychologist touched her bottom and her genitals and spit in her mouth.
The woman said she had taken her granddaughter to the counseling appointment, and as they were leaving the little girl shouted “marrano” (pig) at Vargas. The woman said she asked her granddaughter why she had been rude to the doctor, and the young girl made the allegations, according to the report.
The girl went to a sexual abuse medical evaluation and provided more details of a sexual assault.
When officers talked to Vargas, he said the girl “was a client for two sessions” but he wanted to talk with his attorney before being interviewed. The attorney refused to schedule an interview, according to the report.
In September 2015, the police department forwarded the case to the District Attorney’s Office for review and possible prosecution.
It’s unclear why it took a year and a half for Vargas to be charged in the case.
Former Bernalillo County District Attorney Kari Brandenburg left office in January. Christopher Moore, a prosecutor for new District Attorney Raúl Torrez, said their office felt it was important to move forward with the case.
“There’s a little girl who said she was touched,” Moore said. “If it was your child, wouldn’t you want something done?”
A spokesman for the district attorney said there was a separate allegation in 2013 involving a boy, but the case was not indicted.
Vargas’ attorney Marc Lowry said his client is a trusted clinician who treats difficult cases of child abuse and occasionally the children transfer the blame for their trauma onto him.
“The allegation made here against Dr. Vargas is the product of sad, deeply disturbed patient who has been raised in an extremely chaotic home,” Lowry said in an emailed statement Thursday.
He said the 2013 allegation was also false and made by a troubled boy with a history of making “false allegations of sexual abuse.”
The Samaritan Counseling Center did not return a phone call asking if Vargas is still employed at the center, and it’s unclear if he continued to work as a counselor after the allegation.
He is listed in the University of New Mexico directory as an emeritus associate professor in the Department of Psychology and as a psychologist for programs for children and adolescents.
A UNM spokeswoman couldn’t immediately say if he was currently teaching at the school.
Gilberto Suero, a clinical social worker and psychotherapist, is accused of abusing two girls during therapy sessions in his office on Richmond Road.(Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel)
Gilberto Suero
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A Dongan Hills psychotherapist stands accused of sexually abusing two girls who were his patients, according to police.
Gilberto Suero, 49, who claims to be a licensed clinical social worker, was taken into police custody at his office at 1272 Richmond Road at about 5 p.m. on Friday, according to a spokeswoman for the NYPD's Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.
The girls were victimized during therapy sessions in Suero's office, according to police.
Suero is accused of touching a 12-year-old girl on her inner thigh and buttocks and attempting to kiss her on April 6.
A then 8-year-old girl was allegedly touched numerous times on the breast and buttocks underneath her clothing including in July 2014 as reported to police on May 3 of this year.
Suero is listed on various career websites as a New York State licensed clinical social worker who graduated from Adelphi University.
He faces various charges that include sexual abuse of a victim under age 13 by a person over age 21, acting in a manner injurious to a child and forcible touching.
Public records indicate that he is being held at Rikers Island and is due back in Criminal Court on Thursday.
Staten Island therapist charged with sexually abusing girls as young 8 years old
A Staten Island therapist was charged with sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl and a pair of sisters — ages 8 and 10 — and cops suspect there may be additional victims.
Court records provided a glimpse of Gilberto Suero’s alleged sick spree of perversion that landed him behind bars.
During a Dec. 23 session at his Richmond Road office in Dongan Hills, Suero sat the 10-year-old girl on his lap and kissed her on the cheek, court papers show. On the same day, the 8-year-old was also fondled. The girl told cops she was groped while she and the suspect watched videos, sources said.
The foster mother of the two younger girls contacted the Seaman Society, the organization that paid Suero to provide therapy for those girls, on May 3 to complain about the therapist. The girls’ biological father was then contacted because his permission was needed to conduct physical exams of the children.
The father, it turned out, is also a patient of Suero, sources said. In a rage, he called the suspect, who denied any wrongdoing. But during a controlled call set up by police, Suero told the foster mother that he put the 8-year-old on his lap during a movie and that he may have touched her by accident, sources said.
Police in late April learned of the 13-year-old girl, who told her mother Suero touched her during her therapy sessions. The teen, who just recently started seeing Suero to deal with self-esteem issues, said the suspect didn’t do anything wrong the first two sessions because her mother was present. The next two times she went alone. He allegedly fondled her during a session on April 6.
“You are so beautiful,” he said, according to court papers.
During the next session, on April 20, Suero tried to kiss her on the lips, sources said. She said she pulled away, but he still managed to kiss her on the nose — and tried to get her to exchange photos, according to court papers and sources.
Suero, 49, was arrested Friday and charged with felony sex abuse, plus misdemeanors for sex abuse, forcible touching and acting in a manner injurious to a child. He’s being held on $50,000 bail. His shady past includes an arrest for selling drugs, sources said Monday.
A woman neighbors identified as Suero’s wife refused to comment outside the family’s home.
“I don’t know him,” she said.
Neighbors said Suero has lived there for about seven years. “His kids play with my kids,” said a neighbor who requested anonymity. "He’s such a nice guy. It’s unbelievable.”
Seaman Society officials declined to comment, citing the ongoing investigation. The Administration for Children’s Services, which hired the agency, said it is investigating.
“We are deeply disturbed by these allegations, and are working with the NYPD to support this investigation,” an ACS spokesman said in a statement. “We are also working closely with our contract provider to identify and ensure the safety of any child with whom this individual may have been in contact.”
Suero has four arrests — three are sealed and the other dates back to 1990,
when he was charged in a Manhattan drug case, with use, sale and possession of narcotics.
“There’s a lot of kids over here, so it’s really not good,” said a woman who manages a nearby business. “I’m very surprised. You hear about stuff like this, but it’s just very close. It’s uncomfortable for me. Young children — boys or girls, I mean, you’re a grown man. It’s pretty disgusting.”
Victorville therapist accused of sexually abusing developmentally disabled patient
Gregory Harmeling, 45, a licensed marriage and family counselor, was arrested Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, on suspicion of sexual assault involving a developmentally disabled patient in Victorville.
VICTORVILLE >> A licensed therapist is accused of sexually abusing a mentally disabled woman during one of their sessions in his Victorville office, and detectives feel more victims may be out there, officials said.
Gregory Harmeling, 45, of Victorville was arrested late Thursday morning on suspicion of sexual penetration with a foreign object and abuse of a dependent adult, San Bernardino County sheriff’s booking records show. Harmeling has since been released after posting $100,000 bail.
Investigators with the sheriff’s Victorville Station learned the victim had gone to a counseling session with Harmeling in early December at his office at 15000 Seventh St. He also has an office at 1406 Bailey Ave. in Needles, officials said.
During her second visit, Harmeling allegedly began brushing the woman’s hair and eventually began touching her in an inappropriate manner, according to a Sheriff’s Department news release.
Harmeling reportedly locked the door to his office, “pushed the victim on to her back, climbed on top of her and sexually assaulted her,” the statement read.
Investigators say Harmeling continued for several minutes despite the victim protesting the attack.
Detectives were able to gather information supporting the allegations made by the victim, according to authorities. Detectives believe other victims may exist.
His profile page on Psychology Today lists Harmeling’s areas of expertise: “I specialize in working with groups such as the LGBT youth and adults, victims of crime, and foster care children and adolescents.”
Anyone with information about this investigation can call Detective Dana Weinberg of the Victorville Station at 760-243-1989. Callers wishing to remain anonymous can call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463), or can leave information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.
