My Go Fund Me Campaign for wrongful arrests!

I changed the main photo of my Go Fund Me campaign and wrote an update to let readers know that I was wrongfully arrested two more times! 

Welcome to Maine Incarcerationland! 

Link to payroll records of state and federal employees, and others

On November 4, 2024 I was arraigned in Fort Kent District Court. The case was presided over by Judge Carrie Linthicum. She would not drop my bail condition, which forbid me to be at my own property even after our tenant moved out. I just googled her name and discovered that Judge Carrie Linthicum's pay in 2023 ($148,231.60) was three times her co-workers in Maine, and twice that of the national average. Judge Nelson, who sentenced Shane and is presiding over the Disorderly Conduct charge against me, had the same payroll as Linthicum.

And I found the pay for the Maine State trooper Ted Martin who arrested me, although in 2023 he hadn't yet been promoted to corporal; he must have had an increase in pay after that happened around the time of my arrest July 20, 2024. Martin in 2023.

The link to the payroll records is simply openpayrolls.com

If you don't get results in the search bar in the middle of the page, try using the search on the sidebar to the left, which you can use filters in. I found District Attorney Todd Collins pay from there. 

Todd R Collins worked as a District Attorney for the State of Maine and in 2023 had a reported pay of $135,021.60 according to public records. This is 94.6 percent higher than the average pay for state employees and 88.2 percent higher than the national average for government employees.

Reposting evidence of the threat, and who I sent letters to

Sometimes I forget who I've written to regarding about the wrongful arrests. Unless something went wrong with the mail, my letters to Judge Stephen Nelson, District Attorney Todd Collins, and the Maine State Police were delivered; and yet I'm still being prosecuted based on absolutely no evidence of the alleged disorderly conduct. And as far as I know, no warning was given to Kevin. I could ask for a protection order. When he left, Kevin had help moving and they took some of our boxes, probably by accident, though they are clearly labeled U-Haul, and he should know they aren't his. Pete texted Kevin a few months ago when we discovered they were missing, and he hasn't replied. 

Reverting some posts to drafts

As I'm trying to get more attention on the three wrongful arrests of me since last summer, and my son's post conviction review...I've decided to remove some of my past posts. Write to me at info@pjmcleaning.com if there's a specific one that you're looking for and I'll send you it.

Unanimous Decision reversed - Maine foreclosure case

A unanimous decision by the Maine Supreme Court is reversed, by the Maine Supreme Court in Pushard v. Finsh. The decision involves the proceedures used by financial institutions in foreclosures...sorry people there'll be no more free houses if the bank makes an error. 

Under Finch, foreclosing lenders will no longer face the draconian consequence of a simple error in a default notice resulting in the forfeiture of its note and mortgage.

How does that happen? I mean a unanimous decision overturned. I read somewhere else, that one of the justices should have recused herself due to a conflict but didn't.  

Rural Maine Counties - Issues

Maine's Rural Counties Scramble to Fill Gaps in Police Patrols Maine Monitor story

'A scary issue': Rural residents raise concerns over crime, scant law enforcement presence News Center Maine - watch and read 

Domestic violence victims - how they feel about police

Here's a Bangor Daily News story about Victim Servicea in Maine and how only half of the funds have been approved that are needed to help them, and other victims of crime. And, from the story:

A recent survey of callers to the National Domestic Violence Hotline found that 39 percent of those who also called police actually felt less safe after calling them; 40 percent said they believed it made no difference.

Office of Professional Standards (OPS) - Maine

📞On Thursday I received a phone call from Officer Christopher Tupper of the Office of Professional Standards regarding my complaint against Corporal Ted Martin. He asked if I had a lawyer. I said "Not yet." I told him I had audio and video footage of Martin's wrongful arrests of me on July 10, and another woman in Saint Agatha on July 11. He wanted me to send him this evidence. I told him "When you play poker, you don't show all your cards."

I have an appointment to speak with an attorney in Aroostook County on Thursday regarding the wrongful arrest and about Shane being sentenced without due process. The Pulitzer Center wrote about accountability of Maine law enforcement in 2019, and you can see that most officers only received temporary suspensions...in other words, unpaid vacations.

Maine House of Reps - seat won by man accused of domestic violence

If you ever thought that your vote didn't matter much, read this story at WGME.

Lucas Lanigan won re-election by one vote; and surprisingly it was right after he was charged with choking his wife! Prior to that, Patricia Kidder was ahead of him. The alleged abuse happened so near the election that it's very possible that voters didn't get a chance to swallow the news.

Another story at WGME says after posting a $3000 bail, Lanigan is not to have contact with his wife. In relationships, things can get complicated and frustrations can turn into violence if there isn't appropriate support or counseling. As it stands, even a phone call would be in violation of the order placed on Lanigan, even though his wife doesn't want him to be charged. 

But is completely cutting off ties always the best option? Sometimes it's the frustration of that disconnect that leads to violence. Despite whether or not there is reunification, when two people can't seem to come to a resolution of their problems, there should be some sort of intervention, mediation in an effort to keep both parties safe...processes that supplement or in some cases replace protection orders. 

The non-profit that organized the march in Sanford is Finding Our Voices. The founder is Patricia McLean, and she interviewed Randall Liberty of the Maine State Prison; his father was an abuser who was in and out of prison. To combat the problems of violence, there's a new state office, The Office of Injury and Violence Prevention, a part of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

2.5 years without effective counsel

Shane’s been incarcerated now for over two years, without evidence of self-defense being investigated and considered, and without other individuals being charged...or at least their involvement be considered as a mitigating factor.

After he accepted a plea bargain, Shane was sentenced by Justice Stephen Nelson on 11-08-22 in Aroostook County Superior Court; Nelson may well be the judge who presides over my case AROCD CR 2024 20209. I was wrongfully arrested last summer while on vacation, and I'm being prosecuted for Disorderly Conduct.

The chief justice of the Maine Supreme Court, the mayor and the chief of police of Lewiston, the District Attorney, and others spoke at public meetings held at city hall about violence and public safety. They admit that the system is failing, collapsing, imploding! I'd like to know what they think a total collapse will look like! The State of Maine is violating prisoners' right to counsel. Ineffective counsel is the same as no counsel.

And here's some information about plea bargaining and ineffective counsel.

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Letter to the Court, District Attorney, and Maine State Police

I sent a three-page letter to the court today, four if you include a copy of the threatening text message sent to me from our former tenant/roommate. 

I'm being charged with Disorderly Conduct, but no warning was even given to Kevin for what he did! 

In my letter I requested the judge lift the bail conditions keeping me from being at my property, dismiss the case, but if not dismissed I asked to appear by zoom. And I want the evidence against me...there is none, absolutely none! It was a wrongful arrest. 

If the District Attorney doesn't dismiss the charges, the presiding judge should file a complaint with the Board of Bar of Overseers against him, for malicious prosecution. Most oversights committees dismiss complaints they receive from ordinary people like you and I.

Oh, and I asked for an investigation of the police officer; I threw that in even though I know the judge won't address it. I didn't want to write a separate letter, so I simply added Lieutenant Brian Harris of Troop F to the cc at the end of the letter to the Superior Court, and sent a copy to him, in Houlton.