-----Original Message-----
From: s4 <s4@iga.in.gov>
To: sur5er1998 <sur5er1998@aol.com>
Sent: Tue, Jul 16, 2013 3:38 pm
Subject: Color of Law: Federal Jurisdiction
July 16, 2013
Dear Ms. Harrington,
Thank you for taking the time to contact me with your comments regarding a recently opened "Color of Law" complaint that you have filed. Unfortunately the issue that you have contacted me with is something that falls under the jurisdiction of the United States Federal Government and not our state government.
From your email it would appear as if may have already contacted your representatives in Washington, D.C. If you have not done this, I would suggest that you contact one or all of your Federal Representatives. One of these gentlemen will be better suited to address your concerns. I have attached their contact information with this letter.
If you should have any issues in the future that relate to the State of Indiana, do not hesitate to contact my office.
Sincerely,
Karen Tallian
State Senator
District 4
S4@iga.in.gov
www.in.gov/s4
Prosecutors oppose former politician's request to set aside some of his criminal convictions
NWI Times
Jul 3, 2012
nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/prosecutors-oppose-former-politician-s-request-to-set-aside-some/article_e0046cd4-bb5d-5d48-bec0-763422664f89.html
HAMMOND | The U.S. attorney's office disputes longtime region politico Robert Cantrell's contention that some of his criminal convictions should be set aside, federal court records filed this week show.
"The facts of his case so strongly establish a kickback scheme that Cantrell cannot win, no matter what argument he attempts," the government stated in its 55-page response to Cantrell's motion to set aside four of his 11 fraud-related convictions.
A Hammond federal court jury found the former North Township supervisor guilty in 2008. In 2009, Cantrell was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison for using his position in public office to steer contracts to a counseling company in exchange for money.
A jury also found him guilty of insurance fraud for "deceptively procuring" township-funded health insurance coverage for two of his children, filing false income tax returns and other offenses.
Cantrell was ordered to repay the $68,000 he took from North Township through contract fraud, court records show.
In a petition filed earlier this year, Cantrell's attorney, Paul Stracci, asked the court to set aside Cantrell's four honest services fraud convictions and to recalculate his sentences for insurance fraud and false tax returns, court records state. Stracci argued Cantrell had ineffective assistance both at trial and on appeal.
This is for all the domestic violence victims in Porter County Indiana who have been ignored for far too long...And of course for Abbi and Bailey...
-----Original Message-----
From: Renee Harrington <sur5er1998@aol.com>
To: Indianapolis <Indianapolis@ic.fbi.gov>; AskDOJ <AskDOJ@usdoj.gov>
Sent: Wed, Jul 3, 2013 3:44 pm
Subject: Color of Law Complaint - Portage Indiana Police Department
FBI
US Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division
RE: Color of law complaint - Failure to protect domestic violence victim / whistle blower; unlawful police entry into home: Porter County Indiana Superior Court Judge William Bradford; Porter County Indiana Superior Court Magistrate James Johnson; Portage IN Mayor James Snyder; former Portage IN Mayor Olga Valezquez; former Portage IN Police Chief / former FBI Agent / Current East Chicago IN Police Chief Mark Becker; City of Portage Indiana; Porter County Indiana; Portage Indiana police department.
On October 07, 2010 Portage Indiana police officers and my ex-husband unlawfully entered my home. My ex-husband, who had a protective order against him and a previous conviction for threatening to kill. I was put out on the street with nothing and the police turned my home over to my ex. The police also gave my dogs Abbi and Bailey to my ex, who later had them euthanized.
At the time of the unlawful police entry I was the whistle blower of Porter County Superior divorce court Magistrate Johnson. The State was in the process of investigating Magistrate Johnson for his failure to issue final rulings in approximately 100 divorce cases.
The State was also reviewing my complaints surrounding Johnson's failure to protect me, a domestic violence victim. Johnson had failed to uphold an arrest warrant against my ex, and repeatedly failed to uphold the protective order.
Other complaints filed against Johnson centered around his retaliation against me after I exposed his failure to uphold Porter County Local Court Rule 2100 - Mandatory Financial Declaration Forms in divorce cases. Instead of the County investigating and correcting the error with other cases, Johnson was allowed to use my divorce case to retaliate against me.
The Magistrate's actions against me and the violation of my rights through the abuse of his position are documented in my court transcripts.
The State's investigation and my complaints against Magistrate Johnson disappeared after the unlawful entry into my home.
During the past two years, I have contacted numerous Indiana officials. I have been ignored. In July 2012, a Portage city councilman sent me an office memo that Mayor James Snyder had sent to all city officials. Snyder instructed everyone to not respond to my requests for help; answers to the unlawful police entry; and accountability for the deaths of my dogs Abbi and Bailey.
I have posted the documentation for my Color of Law Complaint on my website:
http://www.abbiandbaileyfromtheheart.blogspot.com/
Quick Links on website for documents for Color of Law complaint:
http://abbiandbaileyfromtheheart.blogspot.com/2013/07/quick-links-for-website.html
Renee' Harrington
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If city, county, and state officials believed that domestic violence victims would also be ignored by the FBI, they were oh so wrong.
This is the Stat Counter for Abbi's and Bailey's website in response to my Color of Law Complaint:
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