They ruined my life with lies

[jonb]

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? TX

I had been harassed by a lady most of '04. I got tired of it and called the sheriffs dep. They did nothing. I then tried to get a restraining order- they said get a protection order. I met with a judge and atty. They gave me a list of steps to do.... I did.

Come to find out, this lady starts spreading false rumors about me. A lady my wife works with told my wife this lady told her we were cokking drugs in our home. We laughed it off....BIG MISTAKE! Couple months later, the Lt. with the sheriffs dept. shows up at my house with a search warrant for a methamphetimine lab. (I have NEVER used-manufactured or sold meth)

They did not find any meth or lab or anything that has to do with meth. They did find a pair of postal scales and arrested me for poss. of drug pariphinalia.

This happened the day before christmas eve.After that my wifes boss would come in every day telling her information an atty was passing to him. The atty is friends with the Lt.

The things they are saying are untrue, false and they have spread it around our community. I have since lost my job because of this, people in my community have shunned me, they dont believe me and even a councilor told my son that I use drugs and have drugs in my house every day.

What rights do I have? They have ruined my life, I cant even get a job here now. I did nothing wrong, nothing illegal.

Who all can I hold responsible for this... the lady that harassed me? The sheriffs dept? The county? The atty? My wifes boss?

Please help me.

 

[rmet4nzkx]

What has your criminal defense attorney said?
I can understand 1 postal scale, but several?

 

[rmet4nzkx]

Your family seems to have some problems, what are lies and what is the truth that you don't like or that you got caught?
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[seniorjudge]

Methinks we have not heard all the facts.

 

[rmet4nzkx]

Methinks we have not heard all the facts.

Is that soooooo

 

[jonb]

see what I mean... Im guilty until proven innocent I guess. There were not several pair of scales. Only one. I took those away from my son about a year ago. I have found things in my sons room before, when I found anything like that I threw them away. Its no secret we have had problems with him before. I do not have a defense atty... or any atty yet, when I do it will be a PI atty to sue for the sladerous lies told about me.

And by the way rmet4nzkx.... what I have been caught doing? Nothing. I was doing nothing to be caught at or trust me, I would have been. I know that backwoods deputies sometimes act like Barney Fyffe, but c'mon if I were up to no good, they would have got me dont you think.

Thats the whole point. Ive done nothing wrong, yet I have to defend myself again and again. It reminds me of the movie "Trading Places" but there were not any drugs found or chemicals, materials, baggies or anything you could use for drugs. Im only trying to find out what rights I have and have they been violated. Because I sure feel that way. I would be glad to share more facts if thats what you need in order to give me some advise.

 

[rmet4nzkx]

see what I mean... Im guilty until proven innocent I guess. There were not several pair of scales. Only one. I took those away from my son about a year ago. I have found things in my sons room before, when I found anything like that I threw them away. Its no secret we have had problems with him before.

And by the way rmet4nzkx.... what I have been caught doing? Nothing.

Thats the whole point. Ive done nothing wrong, yet I even have to defend myself here. Im only trying to find out what rights I have and have they been violated.

You said, "They did find a pair of postal scales and arrested me for poss. of drug pariphinalia." So now you are blaming this on your druggie son? Why didn't you dump them this time? Obviously your son is selling and you know it, that is aiding and abetting, only since you are the adult, this will go on your record for the rest of your life. You need to control your son.

 

[jonb]

Dear rmet4nzkx.....

Yes thats what I was arrested for was 1 postal scale.

No I am not blaming anyone, can you prove they were for illegal drug use? No.

And why didnt I dump what? What was there to dump?

And what does THIS TIME mean.

This is all the same day, the illegal search, my arrest

... you tell me since you know so much about the law Why was I taken to jail on a class C misd.? The judge apologized and said the officer should have given me a ticket and went on his way.

Are you accusing someone of selling drugs? If I can prove otherwise... have you just slandered? Can I sue you?

Oh... and by the way F*** you for calling my son names.

 

[HomeGuru]

Dear rmet4nzkx.....

Yes thats what I was arrested for was 1 postal scale.

No I am not blaming anyone, can you prove they were for illegal drug use? No.

And why didnt I dump what? What was there to dump?

And what does THIS TIME mean.

This is all the same day, the illegal search, my arrest

... you tell me since you know so much about the law Why was I taken to jail on a class C misd.? The judge apologized and said the officer should have given me a ticket and went on his way.

Are you accusing someone of selling drugs? If I can prove otherwise... have you just slandered? Can I sue you?

Oh... and by the way F*** you for calling my son names.

**A: oh brother, another idiot. Hang on the sloop jonb.

 

[jonb]

Idiot... maybe.

But drug dealer no. If I were, I would have packed and moved the day after being searched. I still have faith in our system. I do not think its fair what I have suffered. Had I been doing the things they say, I would have got out of here laughing all the wat that they didnt catch me. I will stand my ground, Im not rich or educated, but I refuse to let people walk all over me and spread lies about me.

I came here for advice.... please advise and not accuse.

 

[seniorjudge]

Idiot... maybe.

But drug dealer no. If I were, I would have packed and moved the day after being searched. I still have faith in our system. I do not think its fair what I have suffered. Had I been doing the things they say, I would have got out of here laughing all the wat that they didnt catch me. I will stand my ground, Im not rich or educated, but I refuse to let people walk all over me and spread lies about me.

I came here for advice.... please advise and not accuse.

Please tell me why you had postal scales in your house.

Also, please tell me what else the cops found.

 

[jonb]

About a year ago, I had found a little pair of hanging postal scales in his pants pocket in his room. I took it and showed it to my wife and stuck it in a drawer. We confronted him about it and it was a big argument like you could imagine with a teenager. we had forgot about it. The next time I saw them, I was arrested for them. I never imagined that!

During the search they found a marijuana cig. in his room, a smoking pipe, and a camera, that they said was stolen. all this was in his room.

The only thing found anywhere else in the home was the postal scale. Buried deep in a junk drawer in my room.

The officers that were conducting the search became very nice toward the end of the search, knowing they were there for no reason. Trying to make small talk, complimenting me on my pets how beautiful they were etc.

The guy that got the warrant sort of had mud on his face.... I bet he could not have got a warrant to search without saying he suspected a meth lab. I asked him who said I was doing that and he replied... I dont have to reveal my sources to you.

If someone told him that... dont I have the right to know who? If he made up the story to get the warrant... then he does not need to be a cop....all i ask is the truth...


After that... talk kept coming back to us as to what the officers, an atty who is personal friends with this officer, and others were saying about me/us and they are untrue.

They have certainly defimated my character. The things they say are not true, or they would have found something during the suprise search. They wouldnt let me go back in the house until the search began and then made me sit in the living room with an officer standing over me. Like I am a criminal... in my own home.... If they suspected me of wrongdoings, shouldnt they have watched me for say... traffic at my house.... pulled me over to see if I were delivering drugs? They searched my automobile as well... they found nothing there either. How can this go from one joint in my sons room to me being a methamphetimine manufacturer and dealer?


I have lost friends, clients, my job, and respect in my community. I used to be good friends with a judge in a nearby town and he wont even look at me or talk to me now.
My wife hears the stuff at work... my kids hear it at school. I have been wrongly accused and wrongly abused. I have suffered posttramatic shock syndrom, mental anguish, depression, I am suffering because of my local sheriffs dept. and their friends.

What are my rights? Is it legal for them to do this? Is this what is wrong with our system? Cops can do and say anything no matter who it hurts or how bad people suffer? Trust me... if I were rich... (like meth dealers usually are) This would not have happened to me. I am poor,disposable, no account.

I will stand, I will overcome, I will prove them wrong, if I can... I will sue the heck out of everybody who has helped do this to me.

That is my question....... what can I do? What are my rights? Where do I turn? the ACLU???

 

[meganproser]

>>talk kept coming back to us as to what the officers, an atty who is personal friends with this officer, and others were saying about me/us and they are untrue.

Do you have any proof that info was coming from these individuals? Couldn't your neighbors have seen the search take place and now they are just assuming what happened?

I’ll be kind of surprised if you can find a witness who will testify that a cop or an attorney let them in on a little gossip.

 

[jonb]

You may be right....

Do you have any proof that info was coming from these individuals?

I’ll be kind of surprised if you can find a witness who will testify that a cop or an attorney let them in on a little gossip.

It was my wifes boss who kept telling her things. He got his info from the atty... who is personal friends with the cop. Would they testify? I doubt it. They are the haves, I am the have nots... would my wife testify? yes. She knows we are in th right.I feel it was deliberate on the part of the cop/atty trying to harrass me.

Could a judge force the cop to give me the name of the person that told him I was making drugs in my house that instigated the warrant in the first place? Was that a false police report, or just bad info passed to a cop? Could this person be held responsible... or if the cop wont give the info could he be held liable... I think he made it up to getthe warrant.

Couldn't your neighbors have seen the search take place and now they are just assuming what happened?

Maybe, but I dont know any of my neighbors.This is a pretty wooded area. Only one nieghbor lives close. I was up at 5am every day, left for work by 7a and did not get home until 6:30 pm every day. Not much time to socialize. I dont now anybody personally in the subdivision.

Why is it that it seems Im the only one on here that sees how strange this is.... 6 officers in my house searching every personal item I have, looking for a drug lab that doesnt exist. They didnt find one, yet I m known as a drug dealer now. WITHOUT PROOF! Do I have no rights? These cops can do this to me with no probable cause? On hear-say? Then they will not even tell me who said this? I thought we lived in a country that protected its citizens, dont we have due process? If I say that cop is selling drugs to kids, will somone search his house? Heck no. They would tell me I better have proof... and more than hear-say.

Are search warrants public information? Can I go view all search warrants issued in the past 90 days? How many times has he done this? How many more times will he do this and get away with it? How many bogus searches can he do before HE gets in trouble for harassment?

 

[rmet4nzkx]

You live in a heavily wooded area, that could account for the suspitions re the meth lab which are frequrntly hidden outdoors leaving things such as the scales in the house to be used only when needed, it may also provide some explaination as to the confusion re the address on the warrent, although they had the name. At one point you said your were having trouble with your son, you found the scales and dumped them, you knew then he was into drugs, so you can take responsibility for what happened, later they were only hidden in the junk drawer, or yes and they found some drugs and a stolen camera, your story changes as you go. Any strange smells from them thar woods??????