Arthur Starts 3rd Month In Bucks Prison –Arthur Herring started, July 23, his third month in Bucks County Prison for violating the probation placed on him by Judge Raymond F. McHugh after the plight of his mother, Jane, led him to a desperate picketing of David Jaskowiak, the attorney picked by Montgomery County Orphan’s Court to represent Jane.
Jane never asked to be represented by Jaskowiak.
Arthur is now 71.
Jane died, July 2, 2024, which was the day McHugh sent Arthur to prison for violating the terms of his bail.
Arthur had been arrested the previous April 27 for the picketing and placed on $100,000 bail. It was lowered to 10 percent of $10,000 after five weeks and friends were able to bail him out.
One of the conditions, however, was that Arthur not contact Jaskowiak.
He cc’d him, however, on an email with questions to the guardian of the estate. That was enough for McHugh to put the hammer on him.
Man, what a great judicial system we have. They know how to protect their own.
Elderly Arthur who weighs but 135 pounds never hurt anyone. Nor did he damage property. All he wanted was to see his mother who was kept from him by the system.
His punishment seems SOP when the rice bowl of Pennsylvania guardian system is threatened.
See the stories about Mary Bush here and here.
Pennsylvania’s guardian system is a sweet stream of revenue for those with connections and who cares about the pain it causes.
Arthur is serving six-to-12 months.
If Arthur ends up serving the full 12 — we think he might as he is continuing from his cell his fight — how would that compare to the sentence Downingtown West High School teacher Brandon Keith Riley-Mitchell got for child porn and sending nude photos of himself to a student?
Prepare to throw up.
Riley-Mitchell got 23 months but served just two before being placed on probation.
What say you, Judge McHugh?
Our judicial system has become a disgusting joke.
For a great X thread concerning Riley-Mitchell check out this by Ada Nestor.
Arthur has created a website JaneHerring.net which describes his ordeal.
Bill, thank you for your continued concern and efforts on behalf of Arthur and all of us who have been devastated by the unjust, unethical and costly “guardianship” system in Pennsylvania. Though most of it is at least borderline legal (as a family victim myself, I continue to contend that we are offered less chances than criminals to provide evidence and be heard) almost none of it is decent or helpful to the allegedly guarded persons. What Arthur is going through on top of what his mother experienced, is truly a travesty.
Thank you for what you do too, Jenny