Washington Enemies
Some practical advice for support contemnors in the State of Washington
A Way to Walk a Mile in a Noncustodial Parent's Moccasins.
State government: Lists of State and County Employees are available at www.lbloom.net
www.crimetime.com and its Black Book On-Line page with links to many free search resources. Our enemies use this, we can too.
See also the new Support Enforcement Justice Files at www.antipeonage.0catch.com. Home addresses and other information.
The entire Washington court system, unfortunately.
Governor Locke has signed bills indicating that he neither knows nor cares about the Antipeonage Act or his oath of office with respect to the Washington Constitution (prohibits imprisonment for debt and bills that cover more than one subject) or the United States Constitution.
The Department of Social and Health Services and its Division of Child Support, formerly known as the Office of Support Enforcement, carry out the duties of administratively imposing support orders, of enforcing support orders through wage garnishment and other property seizure methods, and when they are not able to collect the money (noncustodial employed under the table, or just not employed), they refer the noncustodial parent to the county prosecutors for contempt proceedings. This is where they commit the peonage crime. According to Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Hector Castro, Adolfo Capestany is a "spokesman" for the Division of Child Support.
The DSHS has entered into a number of compacts with some Native American tribes within the state. However, as sovereign entities, these tribes can and will license anyone they want to practice as attorneys before their tribal courts. Rumor has it that unlike state court judges in general, tribal judges are open to the argument that the Antipeonage Act, as federal law, prohibits tribes from enforcing child support through means that coerce labor, and from cooperating with state officers who are violating the Peonage Law. More on this story as it develops. If this happens, the tribes can go from being our enemy to being our friend.
The Adams County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by the Adams County Superior Court (Clerk), at the request of the Adams County Prosecutor.
The Asotin County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by the Asotin County Superior Court, at the request of the Asotin County Prosecutor. More information on the Superior Court is available from the Clerk. "Asotin" is Nez Perce for "Eel Creek", it does not refer to the Tin Man's derriere, even if some of these folks are as crooked as a tailpipe.
The Benton County Sheriff's Department's Civil Division usually serves the warrants issued by the Superior Court for Benton and Franklin Counties, at the request of the Benton County Prosecutor. If you have a parcel identification number, you can look up the information on a piece of property listed by the Benton County Assessor. You are not suppose to use this information for "commercial" purposes. RCW 42.17.260(9).
The Chelan County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by the Chelan County Superior Court, at the request Chelan-Douglas County Division of Child Support, subject to the control of the Chelan County Prosecutor. This of course, is where the infamous Detective Robert Perez and the witch hunt where several dozen individuals were falsely accused of child sex abuse. A Mexican immigrant was convicted of hundreds of child rape and abuse crimes committed within Chelan and Douglas Counties during the time when records clearly show that he was living in Mexico! Pastor Roberson had to stand trail wherein he was acquitted. Teenage girls were forced from their parents' homes against their will and taken to out of state "clinics" and held prisoner to "treat" the symptoms of their "abuse", including their denial that any such abuse occurred. Horrible crimes were alleged that miraculously did not result in any evidence of physical injuries! You know: bruises, lacerations, that sort of thing. Yet juries did not see the lack of such evidence to be a reasonable doubt! They must have believed that the defendants were so careful with their abuse, that no physical injuries resulted! And yet these talented defendants mostly had to rely on public defenders who unfortunately, tended to sell them down the river. Even with well publicized incidents of coached and coerced testimony from the children falsely accusing their parents and caregivers, the United States Grand Jury for the Eastern District of Washington somehow could not find the time to indict these local tyrants for the crime defined by 18 U.S.C. §241, conspiracy to violate civil rights. This crime can be committed by coercing or coaching testimony that is at variance with the truth, or suborning perjury, which results in denial of the right to due process of law to those adversely affected by such false testimony, and more than one person is involved in the coercion or coaching of false testimony. I can go on, but you probably know the stories and have read about them in the papers. Click Wenatchee for all of the details of this miscarriage of justice. I would suggest that you do not travel through these counties or live within these counties unless you can afford decent legal representation. Or, like Judge Jerome Farris, you just happen to have the kind of clout that protects you from such false prosecution. The Chelan County Recorder is a source of information of where people currently live. You buy a house, you grant a Deed of Trust, which is recorded, along with the legal description of the parcel and the ADDRESS. You pay off the mortgage loan, you can file a Reconveyance. That is a declaration that the property is now yours, the Deed of Trust no longer in effect. The records returned on line indicate the legal description of the property, you may have to go to the Auditor's Office in Wenatchee to get a street address to go with the legal description. The Chelan County Assessor does not yet have an on line property lookup. You are not suppose to use this information for "commercial" purposes. RCW 42.17.260(9).
The Clallam County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by the Clallam County Superior Court, at the request of the Family Support Division (which has one attorney) of the Clallam County Prosecutor.
The Clark County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by the Clark County Superior Court, at the request of the Clark County Prosecutor. The Clark County Recorder is a source of information of where people currently live. You buy a house, you grant a Deed of Trust, which is recorded, along with the legal description of the parcel and the ADDRESS. You pay off the mortgage loan, you can file a Reconveyance. That is a declaration that the property is now yours, the Deed of Trust no longer in effect. However, the actual documents and the addresses or legal descriptions of the property do not appear to be available on line. You are not suppose to use this information for "commercial" purposes. RCW 42.17.260(9).
The Columbia County Sheriff's Office usually serves the warrants issued by the Columbia County Superior Court, at the request of the Columbia County Prosecutor.
The Cowlitz County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by the Cowlitz County Superior Court, at the request of the Child Support Services Division of the Cowlitz County Prosecutor, which includes Melanie Paige Romo.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office usually serves the warrants issued by the Douglas County Superior Court, at the request Chelan-Douglas County Division of Child Support, subject to the control of the Chelan County Prosecutor, even though Douglas County has its own Prosecutor. It was in the Douglas County Superior Court in Waterville that Pastor Roberson won acquittal by jury. Click Wenatchee for the details. Douglas County now has its Parcel Search on line. Type in a name, and it will do a search.
The Ferry County Sheriff's Office usually serves the warrants issued by the Ferry County Superior Court, at the request of the Ferry County Prosecutor.
The Franklin County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by the Superior Court for Benton and Franklin Counties, at the request of the Franklin County Prosecutor.
The Garfield County Sheriff's Office usually serves the warrants issued by the Garfield County Superior Court, at the request of the Garfield County Prosecutor.
The Grant County Sheriff's Office usually serves the warrants issued by the Grant County Superior Court, at the request of the Yakima County and Grant County Support Division of the Yakima County Prosecutor. Jerald Randall Hamley is the Support Prosecuting Attorney who handles the support cases in Grant County.
The Gray's Harbor County Sheriff's Office usually serves the warrants issued by the Gray's Harbor County Superior Court, at the request of the Gray's Harbor County Prosecutor. Former Deputy Prosecutor Joshua M. Quentzel worked the support cases, now he lives or works in Engelwood, New Jersey.
The Island County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by the Island County Superior Court, at the request of the Island County Prosecutor. The Superior Court and the Prosecutor do not have their own web pages.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by the Jefferson County Superior Court at the request of the Juvenile Support Department, of the Jefferson County Prosecutor. The Jefferson County Recorder is a source of information of where people currently live. You buy a house, you grant a Deed of Trust, which is recorded, along with the legal description of the parcel and the ADDRESS. You pay off the mortgage loan, you can file a Reconveyance. However, you will have to contact the Auditor's Office or the Assessor's Office to get complete information on any Deed of trust or Reconveyance. You are not suppose to use this information for "commercial" purposes. RCW 42.17.260(9).
The "Civil Unit" of the King County Sheriff's Department, usually serves the warrants issued by the King County Superior Court's Family Court Commissioners, at the request of the Family Support Division of the King County Prosecutor. The Family Support Division is led by Division Chief Kathleen O'Brien. O'Brien's Division includes or has included Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys Denis A. O'Leary and Kim Laree Schnuelle, and deputy prosecutors Lloyd Patrick Corgan, Jeff Blumhagen, Carol Ruth Bryant, Calvin G. Rapada, Jamie N. Johnson, Megan Goodrick, Bernda L. Bacani, Kim Susan Padrow, Jeanne P. Payne, Mark Stephen Saltvig, Allyson K. Zerba, Raymon Eustace Thomas, Rian Kazuo Ebesugawa, Lisa Anne DuFour, Mary Catalina Jenner, Margaret Ellen Campbell, and Jennifer Sandvik, and legal administrative assistants Shannon Howard and Deborah J. Moen. A former Family Support Division prosecutor, James Kenneth Louie, is now with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Laura A. Banks is another former Family Support Division prosecutor. The Family Court Commissioners presently include Leonid Ponomarchuk, Nancy Bradburn Johnson, Bonnie Canada-Thurston, Richard A. Gallaher, Kimberley Prochnau, Marilyn Sellers, and Hollis Holman and in the past included Joan E. Dubuque, now a judge, Laura Gene Middaugh, now a judge, and Carlos Velategui, who is again a commissioner, although he presently does little family law work, other than to enter ex parte orders. The King County Recorder is a great source of information of where people currently live. You buy a house, you grant a Deed of Trust, which is recorded, along with the legal description of the parcel and the ADDRESS. You pay off the mortgage loan, you can file a Reconveyance. That is a declaration that the property is now yours, the Deed of Trust no longer in effect. Where the property is located in King County, you can download either the Adobe Acrobat file or the Microsoft .tif file. If you can get the ten digit parcel number from the Recorder, you can look it up with the Assessor's parcel search. You are not suppose to use this information for "commercial" purposes. RCW 42.17.260(9).
Thanks to an article by Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Hector Castro, published June 19, 2003, along with some other information I have, we have a better picture of the Unit within the King County Sheriff's Department who arrest people on these support bench warrants. There are four deputies in this unit, led by Sergeant Sally Ann Mendel. The other three deputies in this unit are Jana Marie Wilson, James Lee Schauers, and Gregg Edward Walker.
The Kitsap County Sheriff's Office usually serves the warrants issued by the Kitsap County Superior Court in child support cases, at the request of the Kitsap County Prosecutor's Child Support Division, led by Division Chief Evelyn Sue Allen Tanner, includes Holly Godfrey Banks and Kevin Patrick Kelly, and has included Lucretia A. Fishburn. The 9th Circuit has recently ruled in Case v. Kitsap County (9th Cir. 2001) 249 F. 3d. 921, a case arising from the Sheriff's arrest of a noncustodial mother from Oregon based on an OREGON warrant, without any Washington warrant!!! The Sheriff's Department went in with a SWAT team to arrest the mother!!! What did they expect to find? Randy Weaver and a huge stash of firearms? A major pot growing operation? No, just a mother who was under an Oregon court (Yamhill County Circuit Court) order that she spend 48 hours in jail every month she fails to pay child support. If this is not a condition of peonage, there is no such thing as peonage. The Oregon court order is clearly null and void under 42 U.S.C. §1994 and a crime under 18 U.S.C. §1581!! Yet Ms. Case, or more specifically her attorney, Clayton Longacre, (sorry Clayton) according to the majority opinion: "Case admits that the Oregon warrant was valid." I never cease to be amazed at how a person can attend 12 years of elementary and high school, 4 years of college, and 3 years of law school, and still not grasp that SLAVERY JUST HAPPENS TO BE ILLEGAL IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!! Nevertheless, Judge Ferguson dissented, he just did not dissent on the grounds of the Antipeonage Act, which he could have. (Parties need not plead a law for the judges to consider it in their ruling, they are paid to know the law.) In Kitsap County you can search information on parcels by tax account number or by address. The Kitsap County Auditor now has the ICRIS on line search software. You are not suppose to use this information for "commercial" purposes. RCW 42.17.260(9).
The Kittitas County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by the Kittitas County Superior Court (Clerk), at the request of the Kittitas County Prosecutor. A word of caution: If your car breaks down and you have to pull it off to the side of the road, the deputy sheriffs like to "run the plates". If the car is registered in your name and you have a warrant from any county in the State of Washington, whether for child support or other reasons, they tend to arrest you as you approach or leave the car, as you try to fix it or arrange a tow. Therefore, I urge you to not drive through Kittitas County unless you have thoroughly checked your vehicle (even if you have no warrants for other obvious reasons). All of the tail lights had better be working! If you have brand new ignition parts, I would suggest that you drive you vehicle around for a few weeks within your local area before taking it through Kittitas County. As you know, the quality control of the stuff sold by parts stores leaves a lot to be desired. The cheap points that came with my brand new distributor fell apart from vibration while I was driving I-90 on the down slope to Vantage. Vibration being the movement back and forth of the lever arm by the operation of the octagon cam. Always make sure you have quality points, built like they can take sledgehammer impact. Vantage is a lousy place to have a dead car! No sparking in the spark plugs, no go! Nearest parts store is 28 miles away in Ellensburg. Dean the Tower takes his sweet time getting to your car, and he often has several customers to choose from. Kittitas County is known for arresting people on out of county warrants because the entire county is the US-10 I-90 corridor.
The Klickitat County Sheriff's Office usually serves the warrants issued by the Klickitat County Superior Court, at the request of the Klickitat County Prosecutor.
The Lewis County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by the Lewis County Superior Court, at the request of the Lewis County Prosecutor. Deputy Prosecutor F. McNamara Jardine used to work the support enforcement cases for this office, now she does criminal cases for the Pierce County Prosecutor, she received 90 day suspension on May 5, 2000 for failure to reveal exculpatory evidence to a defendant's attorney during a criminal trial.
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office usually serves the warrants issued by the Lincoln County Superior Court, at the request of the Lincoln County Prosecutor. This county does a lot of divorce business because it will handle any divorce by any couple living anywhere in the state (forum shopping is a popular sport in the divorce business) and this superior court usually does not require the parties or their attorneys to appear for any hearing as long as the paperwork looks reasonable to the judge and his clerks.
The Mason County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by the Mason County Superior Court (Clerk), at the request of the Mason County Prosecutor. The Mason County Assessor has an online parcel lookup where you can search by name. You are not suppose to use this information for "commercial" purposes. RCW 42.17.260(9).
The Okanogan County Sheriff's Office usually serves the warrants issued by the Okanogan County Superior Court, at the request of the Okanogan County Prosecutor. This is where the famous Omak Suicide Race is held every summer, followed by emergency surgery at the local hospital, and sometimes, a funeral or two. A bunch of men on horseback charge down a steep slope toward the river. A good nickname for the place is thus Broken Noggin. If only our judicial and political systems had more sense than these suicide racers! Okanogan County has a new parcel search. You are not suppose to use this information for "commercial" purposes. RCW 42.17.260(9).
The Pacific County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by the Pacific County Superior Court, at the request of the Pacific County Prosecutor.
The Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office usually serves the warrants issued by the Pend Oreille County Superior Court, at the request of the Pend Oreille County Prosecutor.
The "Civil Unit" of the Pierce County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by the Pierce County Superior Court, at the request of the Pierce County Prosecutor. The Family Support Division includes Dennis Wayne Ashman, Rebecca Randall Disney, Farah Lillian Emeka, Jerry Russell Ford, Rebecca A. Fox, W. Stephen Gregorich, Susan Wills Kirkpatrick, Monica Irene Labeck, Patricia Marie Michl, Sarah Evelyn Richardson, James Berry Roche, Allen Webster Wah-Ho Tom, Elizabeth Tyrell Vincent, and Catherine Marjorie Whitted. and has included Robin Danean Sabronsky now Robin Danean Korte of Seattle, and Sherry M. Wilson, presently of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and Patricia H. Trowbridge, who has since resigned from the WSBA. Commissioners David H. Johnson, Meagan M. Foley, James M. Marshall, H. Edwin Haarmann, Mary E. Dicke, and Mark L. Gelman rotate their duties, so each takes his or her turn performing the support contempt cases. The Pierce County Recorder is a great source of information of where people currently live. You buy a house, you grant a Deed of Trust, which is recorded, along with the legal description of the parcel and the ADDRESS. You pay off the mortgage loan, you can file a Reconveyance. That is a declaration that the property is now yours, the Deed of Trust no longer in effect. Where the property is located in Pierce County, you can download either the Adobe Acrobat file or the Microsoft .tif file. Once you have that information, you can get more from the Assessor's Parcel Search. You are not suppose to use this information for "commercial" purposes. RCW 42.17.260(9). Another resource is the Superior Court's LINX Search Database.
The San Juan County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by the San Juan County Superior Court, at the request of the San Juan County Prosecutor's Family Support Section, which includes Alan Aubrey Marrier and Katherine E. Blaine. More complete information about the Superior Court is available from the Superior Court Clerk. The San Juan County Recorder is a great source of information of where people currently live. You buy a house, you grant a Deed of Trust, which is recorded, along with the legal description of the parcel and the ADDRESS. You pay off the mortgage loan, you can file a Reconveyance. That is a declaration that the property is now yours, the Deed of Trust no longer in effect. Where the property is located in San Juan County, you can download the Adobe Acrobat file. Then you can look it up on the Assessor's Parcel Search. You are not suppose to use this information for "commercial" purposes. RCW 42.17.260(9).
The Skagit County Sheriff's Office usually serves the warrants issued by the Skagit County Superior Court, at the request of the Skagit County Prosecutor's Family Support Division. The Family Support Division includes Kurt Edward Hefferline and Gwendolyn Lee Griffin-Halliday. The Skagit County Recorder is a source of information of where people currently live. You buy a house, you grant a Deed of Trust, which is recorded, along with the legal description of the parcel and the ADDRESS. You pay off the mortgage loan, you can file a Reconveyance. That is a declaration that the property is now yours, the Deed of Trust no longer in effect. While some information may be obtained a a result of your on-line, search, such as a legal description of the property, complete information is only available at the Auditor's office. The Skagit County Assessor has a parcel search by address. You are not suppose to use this information for "commercial" purposes. RCW 42.17.260(9).
The Snohomish County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by the Snohomish County Superior Court's Commissioners, at the request of the Family Support Division of the Snohomish County Prosecutor. The Family Support Division includes Theodor E. Mueser and Sandra L. Walters and has included Kristina Cornell Aquino, presently of Temecula, California. The Snohomish County Recorder is a great source of information of where people currently live. You buy a house, you grant a Deed of Trust, which is recorded, along with the legal description of the parcel and the ADDRESS. You pay off the mortgage loan, you can file a Reconveyance. That is a declaration that the property is now yours, the Deed of Trust no longer in effect. Where the property is located in Snohomish County, you can download either the Adobe Acrobat file or the Microsoft .tif file. The Snohomish County Assessor has an online parcel search based on parcel number or address. You are not suppose to use this information for "commercial" purposes. RCW 42.17.260(9).
The Spokane County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by Court Department 8 of the Spokane County Superior Court, in Room 307 of the Spokane County Courthouse, at the request of the Spokane County Prosecutor.
The Stevens County Sheriff Department usually serves the warrants issued by the Stevens County Superior Court, at the request of the Stevens County Prosecutor.
The Thurston County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by the Thurston County Superior Court's Unified Family Court, at the request of the Thurston County Prosecutor's Family Support Division. The Thurston County Assessor has a Parcel Lookup by parcel number or address. The Thurston County Auditor has the ICRIS on line search software. You are not suppose to use this information for "commercial" purposes. RCW 42.17.260(9).
The Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office usually serves the warrants issued by the Walla Walla County Superior Court, at the request of the Walla Walla County Prosecutor.
The Whatcom County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by the Whatcom County Superior Court, at the request of the Whatcom County Prosecutor. Deputy prosecutors in the support enforcement cases include Angela Alberola Cuevas. The Whatcom County Assessor has a Parcel Search by parcel number, legal description, or street address. You are not suppose to use this information for "commercial" purposes. RCW 42.17.260(9).
The Whitman County Sheriff's Office usually serves the warrants issued by the Whitman County Superior Court, at the request of the Whitman County Prosecutor.
The Yakima County Sheriff's Department usually serves the warrants issued by the Yakima County Superior Court, at the request of the Yakima County Prosecutor's Yakima County and Grant County Support Division. This Division is lead by Chief Support Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Edward Callaghan and he and Support Prosecuting Attorneys Don Le Roy Anderson and Sidney Splawn-Dolquist handle the support cases in Yakima County.
Article I Section 2 of the Washington Constitution declares the supremacy of the United States Constitution.
Article I Section 3 of the Washington Constitution is the state Due Process Clause.
Article I Section 14 of the Washington Constitution prohibits excessive fines and bails, and cruel and unusual punishments.
Article I Section 17 of the Washington Constitution prohibits imprisonment for debt except in cases of absconding debtors.
Article I Section 24 of the Washington Constitution declares the right of the individual citizen to keep and bear arms. This was recognized in State v. Rupe, (1984) 101 Wash. 2d. 664, 706-707, 663 P. 2d. 571.
Article I Section 29 of the Washington Constitution declares that the provisions of this Constitution are mandatory, unless by express words they are declared otherwise.
I must have very poor eyesight, but I have yet to find the express words in the Washington Constitution that declare an exception for child support debtors where Article I Section 17 is not mandatory.
I once worked out an imprisonment for debt argument for Washington. I include it on a web page to illustrate the lack of respect for the law and the English language in which it is written by the Washington courts. Because of the political climate, I am afraid that presented by itself, an imprisonment for debt argument has zero chance of success, a tiny chance if applied to a specific situation. However, if combined with an argument pleading the Antipeonage Act, the chance of success is greater, because you are offering the courts and the bureaucracy a choice: Give me the state constitution, or I will keep pushing the Antipeonage Act, ultimately to demand enforcement of the CRIMINAL provision, 18 U.S.C. §1581! The Washington courts declined my choice, and therefore, I have continued to push the Antipeonage Act.
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