No Indictment Policy Violates Constitution Commissioners Told — Chester County was put on notice, Aug.13, when Washington D.C.-based civil rights activist Jessica Saxton and civil rights attorney Tanawah Downing.
“I am here to put to Chester County Commissioners,” Ms. Saxton told the board.
She explained that that the Constitution prohibits unless indicted by a grand jury.
She said Chesco, along with the rest of Pennsylvania, allows police officers to charge “by information” and ignore indictment.
This is illegal and unconstitutional.
Downing said that federal law states that any person under the color of a state statue or ordinance who deprives anyone of his constitutional rights, commits a crime, as does anyone who conspires to do so.
The latter would apply to the commissioners.
He said he has already prepared criminal affidavits and will turn them into criminal complaints if Chesco does not fix things.
Among those who have prosecuted in Chesco without a grand jury indictment is Mary Bush, who was convicted in July 2024 of harassing a man over an inheritance dispute.
Mary actually notes State Police says no crime was committed.
The matters that led to the dispute are a tragedy and perfectly illustrate why reforms are needed regarding the state’s guardian laws.
Delco Continues To Ignore CYS Issues — LaPenta of Upper Chichester returned to Delaware County (Pa) Council last night, Aug. 20, and again told them the system regarding domestic protective services for children and adults is broken.
She noted victims complaints and concerns are often ignored and real squeaky wheels suffer retailiation.
“While you sit in silence the abuse gets worse,” she said. “Victims don’t come forward because they know nothing will happen. Nothing or worse, retaliation. Family court victims, CYS victims, survivors of this misuse of PFAs, we are silenced. Not only by our abusers but by the very institutions meant to protect us.”
She said she was “exhausted” by being told that nothing could be done and that it if was a councilmember’s family member she could guarantee that something would get done.
It was 1035 days ago — Oct. 7, 2022 — when she was kidnapped from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s King of Prussia facility, according to her grandmother Tanya Fowler.
The kidnapping was by an agent of Philadelphia’s Department of Health Services (DHS).
Philly got involved because Tanya’s daughter took her from Tanya’s Montgomery County home and she was found catatonic in the city with Carlie next to her.
The daughter had a long history of drug use and violence. She was staying in Montco with her Tanya but Tanya had legal custody of the child.
Carlie was returned to Tanya but her daughter began a fight for custody and brought in the DHS.
A DHS agent crossed the city line and tried to force Carlie’s surrender at Tanya’s home.
Local police, however, chased her away.
When Carlie was taken by Tanya to CHOP King of Prussia, however, DHS was apparently tipped off.
Tanya, who has a Ph.d in medical anthropology and has taught the subject at Temple University, says there is big money in children
She describes it as medical kidnapping.
She says healthy children are tapped — and Carlie was healthy — and disappeared in the system for organ harvesting and sex trafficking.
The motive foe taking Carlie from Tanya is money, Tanya says.
Big money.
She says Carlie has been placed with a white, middle-class foster family in University City.
During the custody battle between Tanya and the family — Tanya’s daughter has dropped out and hasn’t been seen for months — medical records have been found showing that Carlie has suffered burns along with other injuries and has been sexually abused.
You would think that the injuries would automatically result in Tanya being awarded custody.
Why hasn’t she?
Good question.
Tanya hasn’t seen Baby Carlie for 1035 days despite attending numerous hearings in Philadelphia Family Court.
Where is she?
The below documents and information come from witnesses, whistle blowers, and authoritative investigative reports, according to Tanya.
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.
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.
The subject isn’t Ms. Maisano’s tenure as treasurer but her work as a guardian ad litem for the elderly.
Pennsylvania law has caused elderly residents to have their estates looted to where they wound up purposely separated from loved ones in “care” facilities that seemed more designed to hasten death.
By the way, Arthur Herring, whose mother, Jane, was one of the victims of the system, is being returned to prison for parole violations. The violation was that he continued to speak up about the injustice despite it being a condition that he may not.
Guardian Ad Litem Law Needs Reform — This story is from Berks County.
The protagonists are Holly and Erik and their now 17-year-old son.
Well, it’s Erik’s son but Holly considers him her child too and the boy has been the subject of a custody battle with the boy’s biological mother since 2018.
Holly has been an active part of the child’s life for 17 years.
Erik acknowledged paternity soon after birth and allowed the mother primary custody with the understanding that as the boy grew and sought more time with the father his request would be respected.
This was not granted he says. Further the boy developed a medical condition which Erik only learned about after issues developed with the boy’s schooling.
Erik says they attempted to work with the mother regarding increased visitation and medical treatment only to be rebuffed.
They brought the matter to Berks County’s family court system. The mother hired a lawyer who ho convinced the court to appoint a guardian ad litem (GAL) to “represent” the son, then 12
Issues immediately began with the GAL, says Erik. These included a report featuring opinions in specialty areas that she did not possess.
“The GAL is supposed to be neutral,” says Erik. “But her claims and recommendations invariably backed the mother and went against the recommendations of privately obtained medical professionals and the child’s wishes.”
Erik notes that the behavior of GALs have become controversial.
“I’m not the first or only parent complaining publicly,” he said.
He said one of the parents has said that if this GAL is crossed “somehow, someway your case will suddenly involve CYS.”
Further, this GAL is accused of dragging out proceedings to increase here paycheck. This is not an uncommon criticism of the system.
The GAL only spoke with him once in the five years she had been tasked as the son’s guardian and that she billed for meetings and hearings that never happened, says Erik.
Erik noted that they filed the petition in 2019 but it wasn’t until July 2022 that a custody trial happened during which Erik was granted shared custody.
The mother, however, did not quit.
She brought the matter back to the courts in 2023 and this time things went her way and she won primary custody.
Erik says he was willing to give up and limit his time with his son to what the court’s allowed.
The mother, however, filed a contempt petition against him.
This was dropped but the battle had been re-ignited.
This time it did not go well for the mother. Discrepancies were found in the stories by the mother and GAL, Erik says.
Most damning was the claim by the GAL that she had text messages from the son backing up the mom’s version of events, and the Holly and Erik sent her threatening emails.
The GAL was asked to produced the texts and emails in court but consistently refused, says Erik.
A trial was held April 2.
The GAL said the boy wanted to engage in a week on/week off schedule with the father who now lives six hours from the mother.
The boy asked to speak to the judge directly. The GAL objected, the judge overruled her, and the boy rebutted the GAL’s claims.
The judge ruled that the boy can the summer with his dad.
The custody battle will end in September when the boy turns 18.
Pennsylvania’s guardian ad litem system is broken. Major reform is needed if not outright replacement.
Fed Incentives For Kidnapping Kids — We just caught this video on X regarding how the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 incentivized states to take children from families on the flimsiest excuses.
From Pennsylvania’s bluest counties to the reddest of the red, family courts remain playgrounds for the connected and the wealthy, while children’s best interests are sacrificed for financial incentives and legal maneuvering.
This story centers on Blair County and a father named Rich Rose.
Rich became a father in 2010, confirmed through a DNA test. Despite his commitment to his son, he was granted only twice-a-month visitation while the mother—who had multiple domestic violence convictions—was awarded de facto primary custody. This decision set the tone for years of rulings, where Rich’s parental rights were continually eroded.
Rich says the system was stacked against him from the start. His ex had connections, including family members in high-ranking law enforcement positions, while he had no such influence. When the brake lines on his tow truck were mysteriously cut—an act that could have cost him his life—police declined to investigate.
Last March, after 15 years of shared custody, Rich lost all visitation rights. He has not seen his son in over a year. Not because of any wrongdoing on his part—he has no criminal record, no allegations of violence—but because of legal technicalities which he says were weaponized against him. He says that county officials and caseworkers operate with little oversight
They make policy-driven decisions that serve bureaucratic and financial interests rather than the well-being of children, he says.
TheGreater Father Involvement Actpassed in 2022, highlights cases like Rich’s as evidence of a broken system. Judges misapply custody factors, prioritizing procedural loopholes over the real needs of children. Fathers across Pennsylvania and beyond have faced similar injustices, their rights stripped away based on unproven allegations while violent or unfit mothers retain control.
Why would a stable, long-standing custody arrangement be abruptly overturned? Why would a judge allow one parent to be erased from a child’s life without cause? A fair and competent court would have dismissed such maneuvers within minutes. Instead, Blair County’s system, like many others, continues to enable legal manipulation that tears families apart.
CYS Is Tool Of Tyranny In Pennsylvania — The Delco, Pa. man who uses the handle Billy Jack posted the below on his Facebook page and we are glad more are calling out Delco’s corrupt and incompetent Children and Youth Services.
Actually, Pennsylvania’s youth “protection” laws appear appear to have been created with purpose of stealing money and cowing citizens who are parents.
The child “protection” agencies are tools of tyranny and greed throughout the state.
The laws need to be repealed and replaced and the agencies they spawned need to be burned to the ground.
Here is Billy Jack’s post.
Remember the Delaware County Child Youth Services Case Manager who was arrested for recruiting prostitutes? …
Lest we forget…
“While working as a case manager, Talley recruited the mothers of her minor clients to work for trafficker-controlled prostitution rings in the Philadelphia area. Talley promised to assist mothers in returning children from foster care and ensure negative drug tests if they engaged in commercial sex from which Talley would financially benefit. Talley also promised positive custody determinations to mothers who engaged in commercial sex. Talley’s network allegedly included 2,000 sex buyers and a third-party who kept 50% of the money paid to the prostituted women. She received 25% of the “profit” in exchange for her recruitment and transportation”
