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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.

Arthur Herring Gets Year Probation For Defending Mother In Her Loneliness — Arthur Herring was sentenced to 12 months probation by Bucks County President Judge Raymond F. McHugh, this morning, July 16, for picketing the New Britain home of David Jaskowiak.

The charge was harassment. Jaskowiak was the court-appointed lawyer for Arthur’s mother, Jane.

Jaskowiak was appointed by Montgomery County where Jane had lived.

Jane died the morning of July 2. That afternoon, McHugh revoked Arthur’s bail returning him to Bucks County Prison.

McHugh had forbidden Arthur to contact Jaskowiak.

Arthur cc’d him, however, in in an email to the court-appointed guardian of the estate.

It was the only contact Arthur, age 70, had with the attorney in a month of freedom since his bail was lowered to what he could afford.

He was arrested for the picketing, April 27. He had spent five weeks in jail on $100,000 bail.

McHugh, today, allowed Arthur a chance to make a statement before sentencing.

Arthur, probably against the advice of his lawyer, did.

Jaskowiak was appointed with the expectation his mother could replace him, Arthur said.

One might expect that to be the case. It’s what we’re taught in civics class, after all.

Not so in guardianship matters, though.

Arthur, tearfully, said that Jaskowiak wouldn’t let his mother to call witnesses such as her doctor and financial advisors in her competency hearing.

And the county found her incompetent, sentencing her to spend two years of wretched misery in poorly managed nursing homes and away form her beloved son.

He also accused Jaskowiak and the appointed guardians of siphoning money from the estate by giving no-work jobs to friends, and billing for unnecessary work.

Arthur slowly lost access to his mom. The last time they saw each other was in December. The courts prohibited him from taking photos and video of her.

Really, what’s up with that?

Arthur also took issue with a claim by the prosecution regarding the sign he held during the picketing. The prosecution said Arthur accused Jaskowiak of being a sex trafficker.

Arthur said he did not accuse Jaskowiak of being a sex trafficker.

He said he accused him of being a human trafficker and a sex pervert.

The human trafficking concerned what he considered to be the kidnapping of his mother, Arthur said. The sex pervert claim stems from video Jaskowiak made for a legal seminar. Jaskowiak explained how opponents can be goaded into getting jailed for contempt of court and this would lead them to a “date with Bubba.”

Arthur reasoned that Jaskowiak was promoting male rape.

McHugh lectured Arthur that disputes must be settled in court and that he most certainly broke the law, which Arthur objectively did.

Calling someone a sex pervert is illegal on a public street.

Judge McHugh made a legitimate point, but one wonders what is the recourse when courts go bad.

There most certainly is something bad in Pennsylvania’s guardianship system.

One story can be read here.

And another here.

Let’s not forget this one.

Or just do a search for Elaine Mickman.

Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge Gail A. Weilheimer, who was one of the judges who tormented Arthur, has been nominated by Joe Biden to serve as a United States District Court judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.