12232010 - News Article - Indicted businessman to get $35K from city

Indicted businessman to get $35K from city

Post-Tribune (IN)
December 23, 2010

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GARY -- A local janitorial business owned by a man facing federal fraud charges will receive nearly $35,000 from the city for work it performed early this year, but the terms of the deal were confirmed only Wednesday. 

That compensation for Dynamic Janitorial Services will be added to contracts already worth $175,000 total for work done in 2009, and records show current contracts with the company totaling $147,475 last until February. 

Gary's Board of Public Works and Safety endorsed two amendments to Dynamic's 2009 contracts to clean up the City Hall Annex, at 839 Broadway, and the Adam Benjamin Metro Center. 

State records show the president of Dynamic Janitorial is Jerry Haymon, who is charged with wire fraud in an indictment unsealed in October. Community Development Director Jacquelyn Drago - Hunter , reserve police officer Phillip Rucker and mortgage broker Sheila Chandler are co-defendants in the case. 

Although the contracts expired at the end of 2009, Wednesday's changes extend them retroactively until the end of February 2010 and add a combined maximum payment of $34,686. 

"The contractor performed the services," City Attorney Carl Jones said. 

Dynamic's current contracts to work at those buildings began in March and last until February 2011, officials said. 

Jones said the changes to the old contracts weren't approved until Wednesday because of recent confusion over payments due to Dynamic Janitorial. Jones said compensation for work done in January and February shouldn't fall under the terms of the current contracts. 

No contract existed at the time, Jones said, because of a delay in receiving bids. 

Haymon's not-for-profit Coalition of Concern previously received $75,000 from the Gary City Council, and Haymon has said he used it to renovate a home in the 4000 block of Tennessee Street. 

In this fall's indictment, a federal grand jury said that home and others were sold under fraudulent terms. It said Haymon and his co-defendants pocketed the profits of the bogus sales. 

Haymon and his co-defendants have all pleaded not guilty. A trial has been scheduled for August. 

Fed charges relate to nonprofit Haymon operates.

12012010 - Third month of search for my furbabies Abbi and Bailey - Unlawful Police Entry/Failure of Portage PD to uphold Criminal No-Contact Order - Portage PD officers turned my furbabies [Abbi and Bailey] over to my ex - Ex had Abbi and Bailey killed in April 2011, no criminal charges; No consequences for Portage PD failing to uphold Criminal No-Contact Order

During the first unlawful police entry into my home - with my ex-husband - the Portage PD officers gave my ex-husband my precious furbabies Abbi and Bailey - in violation of the Criminal No-Contact Order.

During the second unlawful police entry, the Portage PD officers and my ex refused to return Abbi and Bailey back to me - despite me telling the officers that my ex had previously threatened to kill my furbabies. When I expressed concern/fear that Abbi and Bailey would be killed by my ex, the police officers laughed at me and told me to call them if that happened.

I and an animal rescue group searched for months for Abbi and Bailey. I was unaware that my ex had moved back to Portage Indiana [he had last told the court that he was residing in Florida] - and that he had taken Abbi and Bailey to a home he shared with his girlfriend in Portage.

In April 2011, the animal rescue group located Abbi and Bailey at my ex's and his girlfriend's. immediately contacted the Portage PD and the Portage Mayor - demanding that they return Abbi and Bailey to me. They refused to do so, and instead contacted my ex.

In April 2011, instead of returning Abbi and Bailey to me, my ex took my furbabies to the Hobart Indiana Humane Society and signed to have Abbi and Bailey euthanized - in violation of the Criminal No-Contact Order.

I did not find out about the cruel deaths of Abbi and Bailey at my ex's hands until May 2011. I immediately contacted both the Portage PD and Mayor. They both refused to take action and refused to uphold the Criminal No-Contact Order. Further more, the PD and Mayor refused to investigate the unlawful police entry into my home/failure of the Portage PD to uphold the Criminal No-Contact Order.

In 2012, I again contacted the City of Portage, regarding the unlawful police entry, deaths of Abbi and Bailey, and failure of the Portage PD to uphold the Criminal No-Contact Order. The mayor issued an order to all city employees and the PD to ignore my request for an investigation.

From:	Mark Becker <MBecker@portage-in.com>
To:	Renee' <sur5er1998@aol.com>; Olga Velazquez <OVelazquez@portage-in.com>; kenelwood <kenelwood@rhameandelwood.com>
Subject:	RE: Police Complaint Form request
Date:	Mon, May 16, 2011 8:36 pm

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Ms. Harrington
 
I am sorry that you have lost your dogs, 

however based upon the information provided to Captain Vaughan 

and the ensuing investigation he conducted, I do consider  this matter closed.  

As you noted in your email, your former husband "killed" your dogs, or at least 

signed over the paperwork approving them to be put down.  

Why he would have done so is something I cannot answer.
 
mjb

11262010 - News Article - How far they've fallen - ROBERT CANTRELL

How far they've fallen
Decatur Daily Democrat (IN)
November 26, 2010
A federal appeals court recently unanimously rejected a Lake County political insider's appeal of his fraud conviction and a six-year sentence he is currrently serving.

Robert Cantrell's request for a rehearing among the three-judge panel and his request for a hearing before all the appellate judges was denied. The court rejected his earlier appeal in August.

Cantrell - a onetime Republican chairman in East Chicago - was convicted in 2008 on 11 counts of fraud and fraud-related charges alleging that he steered contracts to a third party in exchange for kickbacks. He was also convicted of filing false income tax returns and insurance fraud.

Longtime basketball fans may remember Bobby Cantrell as a member of East Chicago Washington High School's 1960 state champion basketball team, a Trester Award winner and starting guard on the University of Michigan's 1964 Final Four team, Surprise!

11242010 - Sale Of Marital Home - Sold For $135,000 - Divorce Case - CAUSE NO: 64D01-0708-DR-7804/Porter County Superior Court, Valparaiso IN

11242010 - Remax Realtor BruceAnn Singleton - Sale of marital home in violation of court order - Divorce Case - CAUSE NO: 64D01-0708-DR-7804/Porter County Superior Court, Valparaiso IN

This is the voicemail message that ReMax Realtor BruceAnn Singleton left, after she sold the marital home $30,000 below market value...and in violation of the September 2010 court order.

Note how upset that Singleton is that I contacted the ReMax Corporate office...How she claims she will sue me...And how she falsely claims that ReMax didn't receive a copy of the September court order [when I have a video of me serving ReMax Realtor / Portage City Official Carl Fisher, six days prior to the finalization of the sale of the marital home].


The "threatening phone call" I made, that Singleton is referring to? I had called ReMax Realtor / Portage City Official Carl Fisher and asked him why he had gone ahead with the sale of the house in violation of the September court order. I told him that he owed me $50,000.

11232010 - DIVORCE: SALE OF HOUSE, RE: ATTORNEY RHAME - Divorce Case - CAUSE NO: 64D01-0708-DR-7804/Porter County Superior Court, Valparaiso IN

The reason why Attorney Rhame did nothing when I contacted him regarding my ex selling the marital home in contempt of the September order?

Instead of stepping in and helping me....And putting a stop on the sale of the house that was in contempt of a court order....Attorney Rhame instead helped himself by obtaining a lien on my portion of the proceeds from the sale of the home for his attorney fees.

AND THAT IS WHY ATTORNEY RHAME DID A BILLING FOR MY ACCOUNT ON NOVEMBER 23RD....SO HE WOULD BE PAID.

11232010 - DIVORCE: SALE OF MARITAL HOME, RE: FEES I PAID - Divorce Case - CAUSE NO: 64D01-0708-DR-7804/Porter County Superior Court, Valparaiso IN

In the August 06, 2010 final property settlement order, I was to be granted 60% of the proceeds of the marital home [Paragraph #9]. The Court set the value of the marital home at $165,000 [Paragraph #6].

$165,000: Market Value of home
- $68,536: Mortgage payoff
$96,464
X 60%
$57,878: My interest in the marital home
+$3,860 = My interest in the Durango
$61,738
+$7,400 = Maintenance arrearages
$69,138 = Total settlement owed to me from my interest in the marital home, IF MY EX HAD REFINANCED THE HOME AS PER THE SEPTEMBER 2010 ORDER...OR PAID ME FROM THE FUNDS HE HAD ON HAND DURING THE OCTOBER POLICE ENTRY INTO THE HOME.



Instead, my ex was allowed to sell the marital home for $30,000 below market value [a cost of $18,000 to me]. But that's not all my ex and ReMax did to me....

MY EX AND REMAX HAD ME PAY FOR:

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TOTAL FEES AND COMMISSIONS PAID: $12,657




Instead of receiving $57,878 from my interest in the marital home, I received $32,285....A loss of $25,593. But that wasn't the only financial loss. Under the September 2010 order, my ex was to pay me cash for my 60% interest in his 401K by refinancing the marital home. Wait till you see what Attorney Rhame and my ex's employer [Dunkin Donuts Midwest Distribution Center] did to keep that portion of the settlement from me....And which would cost me thousands of dollars.

11232010 - Sale of marital home below market value and in contempt of Sept. order - Divorce Case - CAUSE NO: 64D01-0708-DR-7804/Porter County Superior Court, Valparaiso IN

On November 24th, I received a phone call....Not from attorney Rhame...But from the title company, informing me that the sale of the house had gone through, for only $135,000.

I had contacted  JP Morgan Chase Mortgage Company, who held the mortgage on the marital home, to inform them that I had a 60% interest in the home [November 19th].....

I had contacted ReMax Headquarters, regarding the Portage ReMax office selling the marital home in violation of the September order [November 9th]...

I had contacted Attorney Rhame [my former divorce attorney] and informed him that my ex was not adhering to the September court order. I requested that Rhame force foreclosure on the marital home via a property settlement lien [November 15th]....

I had contacted Attorney Handlon to inform him that my ex was underselling the house and was in contempt of the September order [November 15th]....

I had served Remax /City Official Carl Fisher with the September court order that my ex was in contempt of with the sale of the house [November 17th]...

I had attempted to contacted Attorney Rhame [November 18th]....

I had contacted the Indianapolis Indiana ReMax office [November 23rd]....

Despite all the people that I contacted, not one of them stopped the sale of the home / upheld the September 2010 court order. Although my ex was in contempt of the September order, nothing was done to him. He didn't have the police illegally entering his home to criminally enforce the September order.
It was as if the September order [that Johnson had at first refused to sign], never existed....

Everyone knew this sale of the house was wrong....And in contempt of the September 2010 court order....But not one of them stopped the sale...Not even my own attorney....

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Case Closed - Do Not Respond

It has been a long hard battle in my fight for justice for myself and for other victims in Porter County.  But, I cannot make officials do the right thing and I cannot make them care.

Instead, what I can do is take pride in the fact  that I did not waiver in my convictions; for standing up for what is right; and my endless efforts to correct a wrong.


It was Portage Police Chief Mark Becker who said, "Case closed", and Portage Mayor James Snyder who said, "Do not respond"...Not me.

Portage Mayor James Snyder investigated by FBI http://abbiandbaileyfromtheheart.blogspot.com/2014/07/portage-mayor-james-snyder-fbi.html