TEARA STAPLES

I was arrested 6 hours after a doctor informed me I was STAGE IV small cell cancer. In short, I was considered terminal. My left lung was destroyed & the cancer had metastasized to the aorta. The District Court for the Central District of Florida, on a Motion of Assistant Federal Public Defender MARY MILLS, placed me in the United States Medical Center For Federal Prisoners in Springfield, MO. Ms. Mills told me I'd be receiving chemotherapy for the cancer until I went to trial. What she failed to tell me is that as long as I was receiving that chemo I wouldn't be going to trial. Soon afterward I was subjected to a Court Order requiring me to undergo a psychological evaluation. I'd already told Ms. Mills that I would resist such an action should it be brought. Rather than defend my position she agreed with the Court Order.

I stood on my Miranda Rights as expressed in the Supreme Court case of ESTELLE v. SMITH, a case that extended said rights to those forced to undergo involuntary evaluations. I informed the shrink, DENNY, that I stood on my right to remain silent, & wanted my attorney present anytime he aproached me for questioning. His subsequesnt report stated that my standing firmly on my Constitutional Right to Remain Silent proved I was paranoid & delussional - & thus incompetent to stand trial! A rather novel interpretation of the law, don't you think? A later evaluation I was forced to take, signed bt a doctor at the same facility namd WOLFSON, declared me competent to stand trial. As I had failed to die as expected, & was obviosly winning the battle against the carcinoma, a trial had to be ordered. This was a landmark case. No 1 had ever been charged with this before. Preparations needed to be made.

Wow, were preparations made! The 1st change was a new attorney, CLARENCE COUNTS. He refused to call my witnesses & present my evidence. While this is usually considered rather odd, the Chief Judge for the District Court for the Middle District of Florida, PATRICIA FAWCETT, made an Order on the record that he didn't have to do this is he didn't want to. This flies in the face of countless Federal laws stating that court counsel is a tool employed by the accused, & that the right to call witnesses & present evidence is the right of the accused, not subject to being overridden by counsel forced on the accused against this wishes. FARETTA v. CALIFORNIA, for instance, a Supreme Court decision regarding this & competency to represent oneself. Later Ms. Fawcett informed the jury I could call witnesses if I wanted, but that I didn't have to. Wasn't that nice?

In the meantime, Jo Lea & Co. had informed the jury that I had committed all sorts of crimes against her, the church, & various members. What she failed to state was that I was denied any & all opportunity to defend against these claims. She refused to prosecute any of the charges.

She also told the jury that I was attempting to force my attentions on a young lady in the group. This was to be accomplished with a photograph & something she called a "SPELL OF BINDING" that would "bind" the young lady to me against her will. Aside from the fact that I hardly ever do spells, & I never act in such an unethical manner, I am curious about something. My studies have always referred to such an action under the heading of "love spells" while every reference to "spells of binding" I have ever encountered refer to spells used to stop someone from acting in an unethical or antisocial manner. Of course, when the Officers of the Court entered into the Conspiracy to Violate Civil Rights with Jo Lea et. al., all safeguards for the rights of the accused went right out the window. Besides, what does the average person really know about Wicca &/or Paganism? Wouldn't they rely on the "expert opinon" of an established religious leader such as Jo Lea who obviosly knew about such things?

There's more, of course, but as I have several thousand pages of trial transcripts, court orders, motions, etc. it can't all be listed here. So I'll mention just 1 more trick of the District Court before getting on with the story. On May 15, 2000, 73 days before I was sentenced, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the case of UNITED STATES v. MORRISON, declared 18 USC 2261A & every other part of the Act entitled the VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT, unConstitutional because the LEgislature did not have authority under the Commerce Clause to enact it. I was sentence anyway, & am still fighting, now in the District Court for the Eastern District of Washington due to the jurisdiction being transferred, for my freedom.

What I need now is any & all information I can get regarding the past antisocial & antiWiccan activities of Jo Lea Stapes, Mary Ann Myners, & EMC. Jo Lea testified she was 3rd degree in 2 separate Traditions in the Craft, but never said who gave her such authority. Would be good to hear about such matters.

I probably should mention that the U.S. Supreme Court, in its decision in MORRISON, did not say stalking was not a crime. The decision stated that unless the Federal Government can prove a connection between the crime & the instrumentalities, channels, & goods or persons involved in interstate commerce, the crime is under the total jurisdiction of the State it was committed in.

Several year ago I became a member of the EARTH MOTHER'S CHILD CHURCH & SCHOOL OF WICCA run by TEARA STAPLES in Spokane, WA, & found myself in a great deal of difficulty. It seems a young Lady caught my attention. She carried herself well, had an education, & danced wth grace. What I didn't know at the time was that NELLINA HOLLOWAY - or so I was told her name was - was afraid of me. No idea why. Perhaps my appearance or strange sense of humor. Whatever. I was never told this was even happening until a few months later. By that time TEARA STAPLES was doing her manipulative routines, playing the Guardian where there was no need, creating difficulties & lies for the police & press.

Since that time I have been labeled a bomber, arsonist, hostage-taker, stalker, & desecrator of churches, these accusations being either carried in the newspaper, police reports, or testified to under oath in a court of law. The only charge ever made was a gross misdemeanor for criminal trespass after deficiencies were found in the complaint regarding violation of a restraining order that hadn't quite been properly served. This criminal trespass was the result of dropping into their house & church after the accusations had been made. You see, TEARA STAPLES, TONY KOLSTEE, & MARY ANNE MYNERS had fabricated the bomb story to cause me difficulty since someone had recently bombed the Spokane City Hall. Not my fault, but a friend of mine was a "person of interest" in the case, & that little story got me all sorts of unnecessary attention. Naturally, TONY was instructed by TEARA to hit 911 & report that I was there.

Like I said, weird sense of humor, but I just sat there grinning until the call was done, & the police had promised to show up. I then informed them that their false accusatons to the police could, under the circumstances, result in the arrival of the local SWAT Team, & their house becoming "ground zero." In less than a minute & a half, after grabbing the children & cigarettes, their beloved Church was left in the hands of the guy they had labeled a desecrator!

Maybe that explains why the Prosecuting Attorney on the case, DOROTHY HAUGE, WSBA# 25015, Public Safety Building, W. 1100 Mallon Ave., Spokane, WA, 99260, (509)-456-3662) states that you told her that you & TONY KOLSTEE were leaving the State in fear of your lives. Strange, since members of your group knew you had been planning to relocate for close to a year. Of course, none of them would correct this "misinformation" - although several stated later in conversations I recorded that the Prosecuting Attorney had been lied to. FRANK FIGEARO, your daughter's husband, testified under Oath that he had lied to my Public Defender & myself in order to secure a plea bargain & avoid a court case.

Less-than-comedy relief was provided by BENJAMIN HARLAN BOYD (WSBA# 26761, PHELPS & ASSOCIATES, N. 2903 Stout Rd., spokane, WA, 99206, Ph.# (509) 892-0802) who, while working at the PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, (W. 1116 Broadway, Spokane, WA, 99260, phone# (509) 456-4246, fax (509)625-4246, not only never arranged for any real defense, he lost an important witness - NELLINA HOLLOWAY. It's truly amazing that while I'm alleged to have been stalking NELLINA, said allegations being made by TEARA & CO., NELLINA was never brought forward by either TEARA no the court. Attempting to locate this witness has the consequence of making me look like a stalker while the alternative, ding nothing, simply lets the falsehoods continue. I'm not afraid of what NELLINA might say about me. What's your problem, TEARA?

Perhaps now would be a good time to bring up jail time & civil commitment. Seems the stories generated by TEARA & CO. caused the Judge to order a Competency Evaluation. For 80 days I sat in jail waiting for the people to show - only to be transferred to SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER to be locked up for 2 weeks! Even the State of Washington knows there are certain legal requirements to involuntarily committing a person, but they seem to have missed it that time. In PERSONAL RESTRAINT OF YOUNG, 122 Wn.2d (1993), the State Supreme Court ruled that there was a "liberty intrest" involved & that due process was required before that liberty could be curtailed. Central to this move were Doctors MIKE FERGUSON & DANIEL W. BURT, PhD, (S. 601 Division St., Spokane, WA., 99202, (509)448-7240) who kept me lockd up because I refused to cooperate in my own captivity. Included was JOHN MANN Public Defender's Office, etc.) who was no help at all, refusing to remove himself from the case even though I stressed in a Hearing that he did not represent me.

Basically, it's 1 sad story - but 1 that can happen to many, & will happen again unless the phonies are stopped. I hereby state that it is my belief that TEARA STAPLES (dob 5/8/54) did conspire to violate my civil rights with TONY KOLSTEE, MARY ANN MYNERS (9/27/44) FRANK S. FIGEARO III, CHARITY JO FIGEARO, SHANNON M. (Lerner) HARRIS, JUSTIN WILLIAM HARRIS, TED MEDINA, & MARY JAKOB. Parties following the conspiracy, & aiding it by their actions & inactions have been named herein as legal & medical professionals.

Perhaps I'm misreading the evidence regarding the legal & medical professionals. It may well be they were simply stupid or incompetent. The fact remains that justice was not served, TEARA STAPLE'S plans were, several people were hurt behind these actions, & many of the conspirators removed themselves to Orlando, FL., to the place prepared for them by their Priestess.

As for me, I believe in the Craft, & I have a real hard time dealing with people who abuse their positions. All of the above statements are facts taken from legal papers, court documents, conversations with some of the parties, & the teachings of the EARTH MOTHER'S CHILD'S CHURCH & SCHOOL OF WICCA run by TEARA STAPLES here in Spokane. I have made no threats, nor is there libel or slander. There is no harassment.

I have tried over the last 2 years to getthis matter straightened out. Nobody in a position to correct it is interested. This is nothing more than an example of the difficulties one may encounter with those who would serve themselves instead of Godess & God. Several of these people are still active in Spokane, & go under the name SPOKANE PAGANS. They can be contacted at spokanepagans@hotmail.com I'm sure they have explanations.

You see, I really don't hink any of these people will challenge this page. So I'll put it to them easily - PROVE YOUR CLAIMS. Me? I'm just a Don Quixote type, dreaming the impossible dream questing for the Grail, etc. Just a Solitaire muddling through the Mysteries.

Show me that part of the Rede that says we have to turn the other cheek against tyranny & abuse! When did DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR become THE THOUGHT OF A BAD BRUISE BEFORE DIALLING 9-1-1? When was Truth served best by lies? You have my address. Let's discuss the issues.

I shal herewith relate a Lesson taught by TEARA STAPLES - "If the Arts have been used to harm another all must work strongly against it for it is the misues of power that will bring back the Burning Times.*" The asterix is used in her Lessons to show that this is straight from her BOOK OF SHADOWS.

There is nothing I can say against N#LLINA. In all things she has shown herself to be a Lady. I did what I could to be courteous, to act in a proper manner, & if I have done anything that caused her hurt I am unaware of it. It bothers me somewhat now to put her name forward like this, but all other options have failed. I once tried to get her to come forward by using cut-outs & middlemen. This was to, after a fashion, honor her sense of privacy. She wishes me to be ignorant of her whereabouts & contact points - SO BE IT. But now the situation has gotten out of hand, & I desperately need her to come forward & discuss the truth.

O.k., that's a retelling of the original story. As I pointed out earlier, things have gottn worse. In addition, certain things have changed. I should have been more clear regarding SPOKANE PAGANS. I don't intend to malign members of this group not named herein. The people in that group I definitely intend to front off are named in the original story as members, or former members, of EMC.

In addition, the offer to settle this matter peacefully by discussing the issues & charges with JO LEA STAPLES et. al. is rescinded. A condition of my "supervised relase" - basically, parole - is that I not have contact with these people, not even through a 3rd party. In short, it is a violation of the conditions of my release to have anything to do with them at this time.

Well, JO LEA & EMC wanted all this garbage made public - so long as I never had a chance to defend. SO BE IT! Let the battle continue in the public forum, & let those who truly RIDE WITH THE RAVEN overcome the false teachers who desecrate the Name of the GREAT MOTHER.

If you know anything about thse people or EMC itself that may be useful in this fight, feel free to contact me via tworavens48@hotmail.com. If the story is long, or if legal documents are involved, I can be contacted by mail at: