CT Suzanne [ M. ] Listro [ Wrobel ] 12 year Veteran Child Protection Caseworker Charged with Murdering 7 Month Old Foster Child
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[ Former CPS Agent Accused of Murdering Foster Child - Trial Begins on
Tuesday ]
Trial in death of baby will begin on Tuesday
by: Caitlin M. Dineen Staff Writer Friday, January 8th, 2010
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The Mansfield woman — and former Department of Children and Families
employee — accused of killing a foster child in her care is expected
to appear in court Tuesday.
Suzanne [ M. ] Listro [ Wrobel ], 43 [44] of 260 Stearns Road [ 12
Candide Ln Storrs Mansfield, CT 06268-2704 ], was charged with the May
19, 2008, death of 7-month-old Michael Brown Jr.
After months of delay, her jury trial is slated to start at Rockville
Superior Court at 10 a.m.
Listro’s Hartford attorney, Hubert Santos of Santos & Seeley, could
not be reached for comment this morning.
Listro was charged July 16, 2008, with first-degree manslaughter and
risk of injury to a minor. She pleaded not guilty to both charges in a
December 2008 court appearance.
Listro had worked with DCF for 12 years and spent a year as a
“children’s services consultant.”
She was terminated from the department following the death of Brown.
According to DCF Commission-er Susan Hamilton, Brown was Listro’s
first foster placement with the department.
Brown was in Listro’s care one week when he died from a “blunt
traumatic head injury.”
According to court records, Listro said Brown’s injuries were
sustained from “falling off the bed.”
Listro said Brown fell from the bed when she was ejecting a tape from
the VCR in her bedroom and the boy began crying, according to the
police report.
Court records state she told police Brown cried and screamed, but then
stopped and went limp while she picked him up.
However, court documents show Dr. Ronald Gross of Hartford Hospital
told police “the victim’s injury did not appear consistent with the
reported fall.”
Gross was the physician who pronounced Brown dead at 9:55 p.m. the
evening of May 19, 2008, after he was transported to Hartford for
medical attention.
The Office of the Chief State’s Medical Examiner ruled the death a
homicide.
As a result of the death of baby Brown, several state officials called
for a “complete overhaul” of the DCF to ensure no more deaths or
incidents occur.
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said in October 2008
the department needed to be broken up and sections need to be
reassigned.
“At the core of DCF’s problems and our recommendations is a fatal
dilemma,” said Blumenthal at the time, adding DCF currently hires
private individuals for additional services for abused and neglected
children.
Blumenthal said the department cannot both hire and regulate
providers.
“Doing both presents an inherent, inevitable conflict of interest,” he
said. “The agency cannot be both contractor and regulator.”
In a report released in May, it was determined Brown’s death may be
attributed to procedural flaws in the DCF.
The report was compiled by the Child Welfare League of America, in
collaboration with DCF and the Office of the Child Advocate.
The Child Welfare League is a national nonprofit group in Virginia
dedicated to child welfare issues.
According to the report, it was discovered foster parent pre-training
did not “adhere” to certain components of the department’s prescribed
training curriculum.
In addition to improper training, previous claims of child neglect
against Listro were lost in paperwork within the department.
During the investigation, it was discovered personnel responsible for
licensing Listro as a foster parent were not aware of two previous
“unsubstantiated” investigations connected to the care of Listro’s own
child.
In addition to Listro coming under fire, the department is also being
blamed for the death of Brown.
His parents sought in May 2009 to sue to department for wrongful
death.
The notice of a wrongful-death claim — dated May 12 — was sent to
James Smith, the state’s claim commissioner, by Louis Flynn Jr. of the
Hartford law firm Brown, Paindiris and Scott on behalf of Michael
Brown Sr. of East Hartford.
According to the notice, the claims for damages for the estate of
Michael Brown Jr. are estimated to be $15 million.
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/lifestyles/families/x518440467/DCF-commissioner-makes-changes-after-infant-death
Child welfare worker charged in baby’s death
By SUSAN HAIGH (AP) Jul 17, 2008 @ 01:17 PM update Jul 17 05:15 PM
Hartford, Conn. — An employee of the state Department of Children and
Families has been charged in the death of a 7-month-old foster child
placed in her care, prompting the agency’s leader to seek the worker’s
firing and announce reforms.
Suzanne Listro, 40, of Mansfield, received a foster care provider’s
license from DCF earlier this year, despite having been investigated
twice in the past two years on allegations she abused a 3-year-old
child she adopted, DCF Commissioner Susan Hamilton said. Those
accusations were not substantiated.
State police charged Listro with manslaughter Wednesday in the May 19
death of Michael Brown Jr., who suffered a blunt trauma head injury at
her home.
She was presented Thursday morning in Rockville Superior Court, where
a judge set bond at $1 million and ordered her to return to court on
July 25.
“We don’t expect her to be posting bond today,” said her attorney,
Matthew Potter of Manchester. He declined to comment further.
Listro told authorities that the baby fell off a bed onto the floor,
went limp and stopped breathing, according to an arrest warrant
affidavit. But the chief medical examiner’s office said the child’s
injuries were not consistent with that explanation and ruled the death
a homicide.
Hamilton said Thursday that she’s moving to fire Listro, who has been
on unpaid leave since May. Listro has been at DCF for 15 years and
most recently worked as a children’s services consultant.
Hamilton also said she will require an outside firm to review DCF
workers who want to be foster parents beginning Oct. 1.
There are 28 DCF employees who have been licensed to be foster parents
and 15 are going through the licensing process. DCF has about 3,400
full-time workers, and they undergo the same background checks as
other potential foster parents, she said.
“The death of any child for any reason is difficult to comprehend, but
when it comes at the hands of someone who has been entrusted with
their care by the state it is an unspeakable and unacceptable
tragedy,” said Hamilton, who has run the department for the last year.
Hamilton said she also plans to dismiss a DCF investigator who handled
the two previous abuse probes in 2006 and 2007 involving Listro and
her adopted child. She called those investigations “substandard and
unacceptable.”
A manager who approved both investigations will be suspended for 20
days, Hamilton said. Others who work in DCF’s Special Investigations
Unit are also being reviewed and further discipline could be imposed.
Because the alleged abuse was unsubstantiated, Listro’s name was not
listed in the automated child abuse and neglect registry when she was
being investigated for a foster care license, the DCF commissioner
said.
“Although it’s impossible to determine whether this information would
have changed the licensing decision, it’s clear that it should have
been easily accessible to the licensing staff,” Hamilton said.
State Child Advocate Jeanne Milstein called the death of a foster
child under a DCF worker’s watch “an unconscionable atrocity.”
She said it should not take a child’s death to force officials at the
troubled agency to review and investigate its practices.
“After more than eight years of experience in child fatality
investigations, I am deeply troubled by the repeated, fatally flawed
responses by DCF to a child’s death,” she said. “DCF is once again
reacting to a child fatality rather than proactively addressing its
systemwide failures and reforming its practices to prevent future
horrific tragedies.”
Milstein’s agency is now involved in several investigations of DCF
involving what she calls “major health and safety implications” for
the agency.
“Until then, another tragedy is inevitable,” Milstein said.
Hamilton said she has placed the Special Investigations Unit under new
management and has directed all staff to be retrained on policies,
practices and procedures. She is also requiring that all
unsubstantiated reports of abuse involving DCF employees who are
currently foster parents be reviewed. Many of those reports will now
be added to the database.
The foster child, Michael Brown Jr., had been in Listro’s home for a
week before his death. It was Listro’s first placement. The boy had
been living in another foster home before being placed with Listro,
the commissioner said.
An independent group, the Child Welfare League of America, has been
asked to conduct an independent review of the case to see whether the
agency should make other changes.
[ Independent? My ass! ]
CWLA is an industry associatiuon for the Child Protection INDUSTRY!
Greegor
AP Photo 18 months ago
Susan Hamilton, Department of Children and Families Commissioner,
speaks at a news conference at her office in Hartford, Conn. ,
Thursday, July 17, 2008. Hamilton said she is seeking to fire employee
Suzanne Listro and is seeking reforms within the department. State
police charged Listro, 40, with manslaughter Wednesday in the May 19
death of Michael Brown Jr. , who suffered a blunt trauma head injury
at her home in Mansfield.
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Agency Worker Arrested; Investigation Reveals Past Allegations
DCF Worker Charged In Death Of Infant
By MATT BURGARD And HILDA MUÑOZ, Courant Staff Writers, July 18, 2008
A state Department of Children and Families employee who appeared in
court Thursday to face charges that include manslaughter in the death
of her 7-month-old foster child had been investigated twice by DCF
since 2006 in response to allegations she had abused her adopted 3-
year-old son. In each instance, the allegations were found to be
unsubstantiated by DCF investigations, which the head of the agency
described Thursday as "substandard and unacceptable."
Commissioner Susan I. Hamilton said one of the DCF investigators who
looked into the abuse allegations against Suzanne Listro in 2006 and
2007 has been fired in the wake of the death of Listro's foster child,
and a manager who supervised the investigations has been suspended
without pay for 20 days. Another investigator and a senior manager are
also expected to be disciplined in connection with the earlier abuse
complaints, Hamilton said.
"As commissioner of this agency, I not only feel the enormity of the
loss but have the responsibility to do something about it," Hamilton
said Thursday at a press conference at DCF headquarters. "The death of
any child for any reason is difficult to comprehend, but when it
happens at the hands of someone who has been entrusted with their care
by the state, it is an unspeakable and unacceptable tragedy."
from a Courant article July 17
Conecticut Department of Children and Families employee Suzanne Listro
stands at her arraignment in Superior Court in Rockville Thursday.
Listro was charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a
7-month-old foster child in May. (AP / WFSB-TV / July 17, 2008)
Listro, 42, a 15-year DCF employee who was granted a license to be a
foster parent earlier this year, was arrested by state police
Wednesday night at her home in Mansfield in connection with the May 19
death of the 7-month-old boy who had been placed in her care for a
week before he died.
Listro appeared Thursday at Superior Court in Rockville to face
charges of first-degree manslaughter and risk of injury to a minor.
Her bail was set at $1 million, and she is to return to court on July
25.
According to the arrest warrant affidavit, Listro told investigators
that the infant, identified as Michael Brown Jr., fell off a bed in a
bedroom of her Mansfield home while she was ejecting a video and
turning off her TV.
When she turned around, she saw the baby lying on his back on the
floor, his eyes shut tight as if wincing, the affidavit says.
When Listro picked the boy up, he cried for a moment and then went
limp, the affidavit says. Listro told investigators she tried
unsuccessfully to revive the baby then called 911. The baby was taken
by ambulance to Windham Community Memorial Hospital in Willimantic and
then by Life Star helicopter to Hartford Hospital, where he was
pronounced dead, the affidavit says.
The prosecutor in the case, Matthew C. Gedansky, told Judge Patricia
Harleston that Listro's story was not consistent with the baby's head
injuries.
"The defendant's explanation for the victim's injuries are
inconsistent and ... somewhat unbelievable," he said.
Hamilton said the agency granted Listro a foster care license in
February in part because the agency's licensing division was unaware
of the previous abuse complaints against her. The commissioner said
that because those allegations had been found to be unsubstantiated,
they were never included in the agency's computerized registry of
child abuse and neglect. Instead, she said, details of the allegations
were kept on file only in hard-copy form, and therefore the agency's
foster care licensing division never saw them.
After the death of Listro's foster child, the agency launched a more
intensive review into her history with the agency, and the files about
the allegations involving Listro surfaced, Hamilton said. When she
learned of the allegations that Listro had abused her adopted son, now
3, it became clear that the investigators who looked into the
allegations had not been thorough enough to make a definitive finding
either way.
"It is unclear whether those allegations would have been substantiated
if a more thorough investigation had been completed," Hamilton said,
adding that investigators failed to question several key witnesses,
such as day-care providers, who might have been able to provide
insight into the allegations.
The 3-year-old, now in DCF custody, was adopted through an
international agency that also checked Listro's background, Hamilton
said.
Along with the discipline imposed on the investigators and their
supervisors, Hamilton said she has called for several other steps to
make sure abuse investigations are conducted more thoroughly and to
make sure licensing officials have access to all background
information before granting foster care licenses in the future.
Hamilton said she has placed the special investigations unit that
looked into the earlier abuse allegations under new management while
ordering a complete overhaul for the unit, including retraining for
all staff on the proper conduct of investigations.
In the meantime, she said, she has ordered her chief of staff to
review all recent unsubstantiated investigations, as well as cases
that have been substantiated but with recommendations that the case be
closed, to make sure they were conducted properly.
To prevent background information from slipping through the cracks,
Hamilton said, she has ordered all future abuse investigations,
substantiated or not, to be entered into the agency's database and to
cease keeping unsubstantiated files in hard-copy form.
She said she has also ordered a review of all DCF employees who have
been granted foster care licenses to make sure they were granted
properly.
The agency, which employs more than 3,400 people, has 28 employees who
are licensed foster parents, as well as 15 who are in the process of
obtaining a license, she said.
To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, the agency will
also begin outsourcing all applications for foster care licenses
involving DCF employees to a private contractor by Oct. 1, Hamilton
said.
Lastly, the commissioner said, she has asked the Child Welfare League
of America to conduct an independent, comprehensive review of the
Listro case to identify any other systemic problems or possible
solutions.
"I want to again stress that I and the entire department are
responding as fully as we can to this tragic loss," Hamilton said.
Jeanne Milstein, the state's child advocate, said she welcomed the
steps the commissioner outlined to address shortcomings within the
agency.
But she leveled a withering criticism against the agency's record of
reacting to tragedies instead of ensuring they don't happen at all.
"I am deeply troubled by the repeated, fatally flawed responses by DCF
to a child's death," Milstein said. "Aggressively reviewing and
upholding quality care should be common sense and commonplace."
Hamilton said the agency is now in the process of terminating Listro
from her job at DCF.
In a telephone interview Thursday, Michael Brown Sr. said he is still
struggling with the loss of his son.
"It's been hell, losing our son and ... the way he died," Brown said
after Listro's court appearance Thursday. "She's supposed to be a
foster parent and that's hard to swallow."
Contact Matt Burgard at mbur...@courant.com .
Source: The Hartford Courant
http://www.courant.com/news/local/ec/hc-4townreview0510.artmay10,0,1193711.story?page=2
Sunday Town Review May 10, 2009
MANSIFIELD — The system meant to protect 7-month-old Michael Brown
Jr., who died last year while in the foster care of a state Department
of Children and Families worker, failed him in numerous ways,
according to a review of the child's death released Wednesday.
Although his foster mother, Suzanne Listro of Mansfield, had twice
been the subject of DCF investigations into allegations that she
abused her adopted son, the DCF workers responsible for determining if
Listro was qualified to be a foster parent were not aware of them
because of a department practice.
Listro was a DCF employee, so cases involving her were kept out of the
agency's computer system. The allegations against Listro were not
substantiated.
The review, conducted by DCF representatives, the Child Welfare League
of America and the Office of the Child Advocate, found that
investigations into abuse and neglect by DCF employees fell below
standards. DCF Commissioner Susan I. Hamilton last July offered a
similar assessment of the investigations of Listro, calling them
"substandard and unacceptable."
But state Child Advocate Jeanne Milstein said the problems in
investigations extend beyond Listro's case or those of DCF employees.
"It took this tragedy and the commissioner herself reviewing this case
to understand that it wasn't just this case where investigations were
substandard," she said. "There were many other cases as well."
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misc.legal, soc.men, sci.med.diseases.lyme
From: Greegor <Greego...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 19:54:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: DCF covers up abuse "in care." That's ENTIRELY what DCF is
all about.
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-dcf-death-investigation-0507.artmay07,0,4772898.story
Review Of Connecticut Foster Child's Death Cites System Failures
By ARIELLE LEVIN BECKER The Hartford Courant May 7, 2009
The system meant to protect 7-month-old Michael Brown Jr., who died
last year while in the foster care of a state Department of Children
and Families worker, failed him in numerous ways, according to a
review of the child's death released Wednesday.
Although his foster mother, Suzanne Listro, had twice been the
subject
of DCF investigations into allegations that she abused her adopted
son, the DCF workers responsible for determining if Listro was
qualified to be a foster parent were not aware of them because of a
department practice.
Listro was a DCF employee, so cases involving her were kept out of
the
agency's computer system. The allegations against Listro were not
substantiated.
The review, conducted by DCF representatives, the Child Welfare
League
of America and the Office of the Child Advocate, found that
investigations into abuse and neglect by DCF employees fell below
standards. DCF Commissioner Susan I. Hamilton last July offered a
similar assessment of the investigations of Listro, calling them
"substandard and unacceptable."
But state Child Advocate Jeanne Milstein said the problems in
investigations extend beyond Listro's case or those of DCF employees.
"It took this tragedy and the commissioner herself reviewing this
case
to understand that it wasn't just this case where investigations were
substandard," she said. "There were many other cases as well."
The review also found that the licensing process for the foster home
failed to assess "powerful indicators" for a successful placement,
such as support networks and the potential foster parent's ability to
maintain enduring friendships. DCF released a summary of the report,
but declined to make public the entire document.
Listro was charged with first-degree manslaughter and risk of injury
to a minor in connection with Michael's death last May, just a week
after he was placed in her care. She has pleaded not guilty and has
been fired from DCF. Her lawyer could not be reached for comment.
Listro, 43, told police that Michael fell off a bed in her Mansfield
home while she was ejecting a video and turning off her television.
When she turned around, she said, she saw him lying on his back on
the
floor, and when she picked him up, he cried for a moment, then went
limp, according to her arrest warrant affidavit.
But the prosecutor in the case, Matthew C. Gedansky, said in court
last July that Listro's story was not consistent with Michael's head
injuries. Michael was taken to Windham Community Memorial Hospital,
then transferred by Life Star helicopter to Hartford Hospital, where
he was pronounced dead.
Michael's death prompted changes at the agency, including some
recommended by the review. Reports and investigations into DCF
employees, which for a decade were maintained in paper files separate
from the department's electronic database, are now entered into the
database. Gary Kleeblatt, a DCF spokesman, said Wednesday that he did
not know why the employee files had been kept separate.
The specialized unit that conducted the investigations involving
Listro was placed under new management and overhauled, and the staff
was retrained.
And DCF now hires an outside agency to handle the licensing of DCF
employees seeking to become foster parents to avoid conflicts of
interest.
"The death of Michael badly shook the department and me personally,"
Hamilton said in a written statement. "While several notable reforms
have been implemented, I am determined that we learn everything we
can
so we can continue to improve the safety and well-being of children
in
foster care."
The review also found that "safe foster placements of infants and
children are hampered by a shortage of homes equipped to accommodate
them." It recommended that DCF examine the capacity for accommodating
infants and children and also develop protocol for collecting and
providing caregiving information to foster parents.
Milstein praised the review's recommendations, but noted that some of
them — including putting reports about DCF workers into the
electronic
database used by investigators — had been recommended by her office
years ago.
"It took a tragedy to get that implemented," she said.
And Milstein said there is more to be done.
Milstein said that DCF must better monitor the quality of
investigations and suggested that the department's quality
improvement
division should review cases randomly on a daily basis to see if they
are meeting the standards.
"It was just a substandard investigation," she said. "But we see that
more often than we'd like to see in other cases as well."
Milstein said the problems do not reflect a lack of money or staffing
in the agency, which has a budget of nearly $900 million and
investigators with what Milstein said are among the lowest caseloads
in the country. Instead, she said, it's a matter of leadership
committing the department to "vigorous quality improvement" and
holding workers to quality practices and standards.
Copyright © 2009, The Hartford Courant
( FAIR USE, for discussion purposes )
Greegor
Connecticut - By Greg Hanson, LK News Service Jan 18, 2010
The JURY TRIAL in the criminal case against
Former CT Child Protection caseworker
Suzanne M Listro (Wrobel) (born 1967)
charged in the death of a child she took in
as a Foster Contractor has been delayed again.
The Jury Trial was supposed to have started
January 12th but the court docket now shows
the next date of activity as Feb 2nd at 10 AM.
Suzanne [ M. ] Listro [ Wrobel ], 43 [44] of 260
Stearns Road [ 12 Candide Ln Storrs Mansfield,
CT 06268-2704 ], was charged with the May
19, 2008, death of 7-month-old Michael Brown Jr.
Defendant (Last, First) Birth Year Court Next Activity/Status Next
Activity/Status Date Docket No.
LISTRO SUZANNE M 1967 Tolland JD Jury Trial 02/02/2010 10:00 AM
TTD -CR08-0092447-T
Defendant InformationLast, First:Birth Year:Times on the
Docket:Represented By:LISTRO SUZANNE M 1967 10 007230 SANTOS & S PC
TTD -CR08-0092447-T Program: Court:Arresting Agency:Arrest Date:Bond
Amount:Bond Type: Activity: Jury Trial Next Court Date: 2/2/2010
10:00 AM
Miscellaneous: Tolland JD CSP TROOP C 7/16/2008$700,000 (This case
only)Other (Released From Custody)Companion:
Current ChargesStatute Description Class Type Occ Offense Date Plea
Verdict Finding
53a-55 MANSLAUGHTER 1ST DEG B Felony 1 5/19/2008 Not Guilty (Plea)
53-21(a)(1) RISK OF INJURY TO CHILD C Felony 1 5/19/2008 Not
Guilty (Plea)
Greegor
Foster Mother Charged In Baby's Death
7-Month-Old's Death Ruled Homicide
POSTED: 9:18 am EDT July 17, 2008
UPDATED: 8:12 pm EDT July 17, 2008
facebookdel.icio.usbuzzdiggreddit›› Email›› PrintMANSFIELD, Conn. -- A
Mansfield foster mother was arrested on Thursday in connection with
the death of an infant who was in her care.
Suzanne Listro, 42, was taken into the custody of state police on
Thursday in connection with the baby's May death.
Police responded to Listro's home on May 19 after receiving reports
that an unresponsive baby was being transported to Windham Memorial
Hospital. The 7-month-old child was then airlifted to Hartford
Hospital, where he pronounced dead.
The baby was identified as Michael Brown.
An autopsy revealed the cause of death to be blunt traumatic head
injury. The death was ruled a homicide.
Listro was a foster care provider licensed by the Department of
Children and Families. She was also an employee of the department.
DCF On Listro's Arrest
DCF said that Listro became a licensed foster parent in February, and
that the baby had been in her care for a week before his death.
The department said Listro had worked for the department since 1993.
Commissioner of the department, Susan Hamilton, said that Listro had
been suspended without pay, and that she was pushing for her
termination.
She said that during the investigation into Brown's death, the
department discovered that claims of abuse had been made against
Listro in connection to her adopted child. She said that the
accusations were never proven and that DCF is reviewing its policies.
"As commissioner of this agency, I not only feel the enormity of this
loss but have the responsibility to do something about it and to
assure the public that I have taken immediate and decisive action in
response to my investigation into this case," Hamilton said.
Hamilton said that an internal review of the staff involved in the
investigation of the previous abuse allegations was also being
conducted by the department.
She said one of the investigators had been terminated and that another
had received a 20-day suspension.
She said the department planned to begin outsourcing the licensing of
any DCF employee who wants to become a foster parent. As of early
June, there were 28 employees who held licenses as foster parents.
"I have and will continue to hold myself, my staff and the system
accountable for any and all improvements within our control that are
needed to prevent this from happening again," Hamilton said.
Listro's bond was set at $1 million. Channel 3 Eyewitness News
reporter Erika Arias reported that Listro planned to make bond by
offering up several properties.
Watch Eyewitness News at 5 for updates to this developing story.
[ Yeah, right! ]
Next Court Date: 2/8/2010 10:00 AM
Greegor
Listro
S
TTD -CR08-0092447-T
Next Court Date: 2/22/2010 10:00 AM
Greegor
""Child Protection"" Caseworker
who killed a seven month old baby.
http://www.jud2.ct.gov/crdockets/parm1.aspx?source=Pending&Key=5ced74d6-342e-40bd-93b1-3f73d0fadb0f
Listro
S
TTD -CR08-0092447-T
Next Court Date: 2/22/2010 10:00 AM
LISTRO SUZANNE M 1967 Tolland JD Jury Trial
Next Court Date: 03/01/2010 10:00 AM
TTD -CR08-0092447-T
Greegor
> That's a whole lotta DELAYS for this
> ""Child Protection"" Caseworker
> who killed a seven month old baby.
>
>
> Listro
> S
>
> TTD -CR08-0092447-T
>
> Next Court Date: 2/22/2010 10:00 AM
>
> LISTRO SUZANNE M 1967 Tolland JD Jury Trial
> Next Court Date: 03/01/2010 10:00 AM
>
> TTD -CR08-0092447-T
LISTRO SUZANNE M 1967 Tolland JD Jury Trial 03/04/2010 10:00 AM
TTD -CR08-0092447-T
Times on the Docket: 17
What IS the deal with this trial?
Placed on the docket SEVENTEEN TIMES so far?
WHY is the Judge letting them do this over and over?
Kent Wills
If the information you've provided is accurate.
>
>WHY is the Judge letting them do this over and over?
I've not looked into it, but my admittedly uninformed presumption
is that the defendant waived her right to a speedy trial and
continuances have been requested and granted.
A select number of items that really are about Gregory Scott "Piggly
Wiggly" Hanson (either directly or through the same standards he
DEMANDS be held to others):
Title: ST VS GREGORY HANSON
(DOB 05/22/1959)
CRIMINAL COMPLAINT 04/10/1996
Comments: CT 1 OWI 1ST
OTHER CITATION 04/10/1996
Comments: CT 2 SPEED
Disposition Status
GUILTY PLEA/DEFAULT
"That's the chick, but not the pic, zipperhead!"
Greg "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson proving his bigotry towards Asians, by
attacking my first wife (deceased).
http://www.rsdb.org/search?q=zipperhead
Me: "I suspect your stalking is due to the use and abuse of illegal
drugs, Greg. Is the reason for your stalking the members of
alt.friends due to the use and abuse of illegal drugs?
Gregory Scott "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson, wife beater and child abuser:
"Of course."
"My family's case is for Neglect, but we are treated
in virtually every regard as child abusers, marked on
the Child Abuse registry, for example."
-- Gregory Scott "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson, wife beater and child
abuser
" ... But there ought to be conferences and studies on how to curb
minority overpopulation, repatriate minorities abroad, imprison more
minorities, increase use of the death penalty and divest minorities of
the power they have usurped over us in recent years. That would
address the most pressing problems of our day. ... "
April 2000, Gregory "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson
http://www.nationalist.org/ATW/2000/040101.html#Hanson
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From: Greegor <gree...@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
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With the Christmas season upon us again, my stepdaughter was launching
into her usual tirade of "I need this" (Nintendo 64 games, Pokemon,
videos, Rhianna CD, etc.) After enduring a trip through Kmart, I
was at my wits end. I took the kid home and filled the bathtub with
water. Then I dunked the brat's head under the water and counted out
a full minute, with her flailing her arms. I brought her up and she
gasped for air. When she'd caught her breath, I asked her, "When you
were under that water, did you 'need' Nintendo? Pokemon? Rhianna?"
She shook her head. "What were you thinking about?" I
prodded. She told me "I was thinking that I needed air."
"Now you know the difference between 'need' and 'want'" I exclaimed
triumphantly.
--a true story
As of Monday, February 1, 2010:
Financials
Title: STATE OF IOWA VS HANSON, GREG SCOTT
Case: 06571 AGCR015216 (LINN)
Citation Number:
Summary Orig Paid Due
COSTS 9200.00 850.00 8350.00
FINE 500.00 500.00 0.00
SURCHARGE 150.00 150.00 0.00
RESTITUTION 0.00 0.00 0.00
OTHER 0.00 0.00 0.00
$9850.00 $1500.00 $8350.00
Yes, Gregory Scott "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson still owes over
$8000.00 related to his convictions for BEATING his ex-wife.
Me: Hey, he used your standards.
Gregory Scott "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson: It's textbook psychopathic
reasoning.
Greg admitting his standards are psychopathic.
In MID
<2afdd85e-3b16-4829...@g27g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>
Greg writes, "I think Kent plays too many fantasy games
or watches too much fantasy TV." making it very clear he thinks
reality TV shows are fantasy.
Greegor
SUZANNE M. LISTRO [Wrobel]
JURY TRIAL listed
for the 18th time on docket for March 8th.
http://www.jud2.ct.gov/crdockets/parm1.aspx
listro
s
LISTRO SUZANNE M 1967 Tolland JD
Jury Trial 03/08/2010 10:00 AM
TTD -CR08-0092447-T
Times on the Docket: 18
G > LISTRO SUZANNE M 1967 Tolland JD Jury Trial
G > Next Court Date: 03/01/2010 10:00 AM
G > Times on the Docket: 17
G > What IS the deal with this trial?
G > Placed on the docket SEVENTEEN TIMES so far?
Now EIGHTEEN times.
KBW > If the information you've provided is accurate.
G > WHY is the Judge letting them do this over and over?
KBW > I've not looked into it, but my
KBW > admittedly uninformed
KBW > presumption is that the defendant
KBW > waived her right to a speedy trial
KBW > and continuances have been
KBW > requested and granted.
18 times?
If you would have asked for 18
continuances in YOUR trial, Kent,
do you think most Judges would
grant them?
Where do they draw the line on continuances?
EIGHTEEN and counting??
KBW > A select number of items that
KBW > really are about Gregory Scott
KBW > "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson (either
KBW > directly or through the same
KBW > standards he DEMANDS be held
KBW > to others):
Kent LIES OUTRIGHT and tries to project
the dishonor onto his opponent.
That IS textbook psychopathy.
Kent thinks that posting LIES
and a fraudulent record about me
will force me to stop posting Kent's
ACTUAL and official court records,
with LINKS.
Kent's manufactured FAKE Drunk Driving record on me.
Notice that it has no case number.
I am not an alcoholic.
I just never LIKED alcohol.
In my entire life I have embibed liquor
perhaps a dozen times, mostly "social drinks"
or wine. I am 50 years old.
> Title: ST VS GREGORY HANSON
> (DOB 05/22/1959)
> CRIMINAL COMPLAINT 04/10/1996
> Comments: CT 1 OWI 1ST
> OTHER CITATION 04/10/1996
> Comments: CT 2 SPEED
> Disposition Status
> GUILTY PLEA/DEFAULT
> "That's the chick, but not the pic, zipperhead!"
> Greg "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson proving his bigotry towards Asians, by
> attacking my first wife (deceased).http://www.rsdb.org/search?q=zipperhead
Kent twisted a comment about his status
as a moron, into a racial slur which it
was not. Zipperhead has various meanings
and Kent does NOT determine which one
the writer, I meant.
Kent has repeatedly tried to play the RACE
card. Kent is WHITE.
> Me: "I suspect your stalking is due to the use and abuse of illegal
> drugs, Greg. Is the reason for your stalking the members of
> alt.friends due to the use and abuse of illegal drugs?
>
> Gregory Scott "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson, wife beater and child abuser:
> "Of course."
>
> "My family's case is for Neglect, but we are treated
> in virtually every regard as child abusers, marked on
> the Child Abuse registry, for example."
> -- Gregory Scott "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson, wife beater and child
> abuser
>
> " ... But there ought to be conferences and studies on how to curb
> minority overpopulation, repatriate minorities abroad, imprison more
> minorities, increase use of the death penalty and divest minorities of
> the power they have usurped over us in recent years. That would
> address the most pressing problems of our day. ... "
> April 2000, Gregory "Piggly Wiggly" Hansonhttp://www.nationalist.org/ATW/2000/040101.html#Hanson
Kent KNOWS this is not me.
Should I contact the Greg Hanson who is
a white supremacist to let him know
that Kent is deliberately confusing
him and I in an attempt to smear me?
> Path:
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> From: Greegor <greego...@gmail.com>
> Newsgroups:
> misc.kids,alt.support.foster-parents,uk.people.parents,alt.support.child-protective-services
>
> With the Christmas season upon us again, my stepdaughter was launching
> into her usual tirade of "I need this" (Nintendo 64 games, Pokemon,
> videos, Rhianna CD, etc.) After enduring a trip through Kmart, I
> was at my wits end. I took the kid home and filled the bathtub with
> water. Then I dunked the brat's head under the water and counted out
> a full minute, with her flailing her arms. I brought her up and she
> gasped for air. When she'd caught her breath, I asked her, "When you
> were under that water, did you 'need' Nintendo? Pokemon? Rhianna?"
> She shook her head. "What were you thinking about?" I
> prodded. She told me "I was thinking that I needed air."
>
> "Now you know the difference between 'need' and 'want'" I exclaimed
> triumphantly.
>
> --a true story
Kent KNOWS that I do not use datamas to post.
This is a SPORGERY, a spoof/forgery post.
The fact that Kent pretend this is me and
USES this so much implies that Kent was
either INVOLVED in some way in the posting
of this bad forgery posing as one of my posts.
Kent sure goes to a LOT of trouble to
try to discredit me. Apparently Kent
himself decided that my two 15 year old
Domestic misdemeanors are not bad enough,
so he felt that he had to fabricate
an OWI (Operating While Intoxicated)
conviction with NO CASE NUMBER.
> As of Monday, February 1, 2010:
> Financials
> Title: STATE OF IOWA VS HANSON, GREG SCOTT
> Case: 06571 AGCR015216 (LINN)
> Citation Number:
>
> Summary Orig Paid Due
> COSTS 9200.00 850.00 8350.00
> FINE 500.00 500.00 0.00
> SURCHARGE 150.00 150.00 0.00
> RESTITUTION 0.00 0.00 0.00
> OTHER 0.00 0.00 0.00
>
> $9850.00 $1500.00 $8350.00
>
> Yes, Gregory Scott "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson still owes over
> $8000.00 related to his convictions for BEATING his ex-wife.
Kent tried to refresh this OLD stuff by
posting it was a current date rather than
a date that it was accrued.
I "pushed" my THEN-wife, away from me, 15 years ago.
She was and is Bipolar.
She was the primary perpetrator
and was convicted right along side of me.
I was a counter charge and plead guilty
because I was told we would get help.
Putting the primary perpetrator into
poor little me VICTIMS counseling
was the opposite of helpful.
> Me: Hey, he used your standards.
> Gregory Scott "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson: It's textbook psychopathic
> reasoning.
>
> Greg admitting his standards are psychopathic.
Kent uses textbook psychopathic reasoning,
outright LIES and textbook logical fallacies.
Above, Kent thinks he can get away with
simply reversing the argument.
> In MID
> <2afdd85e-3b16-4829-97af-ce6b0e130...@g27g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>
> Greg writes, "I think Kent plays too many fantasy games
> or watches too much fantasy TV."
Then Kent adds HIS interpretation.
> making it very clear he thinks
> reality TV shows are fantasy.
Kent actually thinks he insulted me with this.
Kent Wills
[...]
>G > LISTRO SUZANNE M 1967 Tolland JD Jury Trial
>G > Next Court Date: 03/01/2010 10:00 AM
>G > Times on the Docket: 17
>
>G > What IS the deal with this trial?
>
>G > Placed on the docket SEVENTEEN TIMES so far?
>
>Now EIGHTEEN times.
Ok.
>
>KBW > If the information you've provided is accurate.
>
>G > WHY is the Judge letting them do this over and over?
>
>KBW > I've not looked into it, but my
>KBW > admittedly uninformed
>KBW > presumption is that the defendant
>KBW > waived her right to a speedy trial
>KBW > and continuances have been
>KBW > requested and granted.
>
>18 times?
It's as good a guess as any.
I note you don't even offer a guess of any sort.
>If you would have asked for 18
>continuances in YOUR trial, Kent,
>do you think most Judges would
>grant them?
I would need to have a trial in order for either side to make
such a request.
How can you be as stupid as you present and still function in the
world? Serious question.
>
>Where do they draw the line on continuances?
>
>EIGHTEEN and counting??
That's my presumption. I don't know if requests for continuances
have been made and granted.
>
>KBW > A select number of items that
>KBW > really are about Gregory Scott
>KBW > "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson (either
>KBW > directly or through the same
>KBW > standards he DEMANDS be held
>KBW > to others):
>
>Kent LIES OUTRIGHT and tries to project
I do no such thing.
>the dishonor onto his opponent.
>That IS textbook psychopathy.
They either are about you directly, or though the same standards
you DEMAND be held to others.
You DEMAND that everyone with the same first and last name are
all the same person, even when one is a Usenet nym.
If you think your standards being held to you equates to textbook
psychopathy, whatever that may actually mean, perhaps you should
consider ceasing to DEMAND they be held to others.
>
>Kent thinks that posting LIES
>and a fraudulent record about me
>will force me to stop posting Kent's
>ACTUAL and official court records,
>with LINKS.
I've offered no lies.
>
>Kent's manufactured FAKE Drunk Driving record on me.
I've done no such thing.
You alone claim alcohol was the cause.
>Notice that it has no case number.
>I am not an alcoholic.
I've never claimed you are.
>I just never LIKED alcohol.
>In my entire life I have embibed liquor
>perhaps a dozen times, mostly "social drinks"
>or wine. I am 50 years old.
What was the substance that caused you to be arrested for and
convicted of OWI?
You'll recall my citing applicable state law that states alcohol
is not the only substance that can lead to a conviction for OWI. Oddly
enough, under Iowa law, an over the counter sleeping pill can do it.
Since you want everyone to focus on alcohol alone, it's clear you
weren't drunk. Why not be honest and state what the substance was?
>
>> Title: ST VS GREGORY HANSON
>> (DOB 05/22/1959)
>> CRIMINAL COMPLAINT 04/10/1996
>> Comments: CT 1 OWI 1ST
>> OTHER CITATION 04/10/1996
>> Comments: CT 2 SPEED
>> Disposition Status
>> GUILTY PLEA/DEFAULT
>
>> "That's the chick, but not the pic, zipperhead!"
>> Greg "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson proving his bigotry towards Asians, by
>> attacking my first wife (deceased).http://www.rsdb.org/search?q=zipperhead
>
>Kent twisted a comment about his status
>as a moron, into a racial slur which it
>was not. Zipperhead has various meanings
>and Kent does NOT determine which one
>the writer, I meant.
Yet it took you two months, as you proved, to make the claim.
The simple TRUTH is that you found one of the posts I made where
I mentioned Hikaru and used her to try and attack me.
You failed, as you do with EVERYTHING you attempt.
Why don't you man up and admit the truth, Greg?
>
>Kent has repeatedly tried to play the RACE
>card. Kent is WHITE.
You are the one who constantly brings up race, so that you can
express your bigotry. Then you try to play the victim by claiming you
didn't want to discuss it.
>
>> Me: "I suspect your stalking is due to the use and abuse of illegal
>> drugs, Greg. Is the reason for your stalking the members of
>> alt.friends due to the use and abuse of illegal drugs?
>>
>> Gregory Scott "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson, wife beater and child abuser:
>> "Of course."
>>
>> "My family's case is for Neglect, but we are treated
>> in virtually every regard as child abusers, marked on
>> the Child Abuse registry, for example."
>> -- Gregory Scott "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson, wife beater and child
>> abuser
>>
>> " ... But there ought to be conferences and studies on how to curb
>> minority overpopulation, repatriate minorities abroad, imprison more
>> minorities, increase use of the death penalty and divest minorities of
>> the power they have usurped over us in recent years. That would
>> address the most pressing problems of our day. ... "
>> April 2000, Gregory "Piggly Wiggly" Hansonhttp://www.nationalist.org/ATW/2000/040101.html#Hanson
>
>Kent KNOWS this is not me.
There is evidence that it is you. It's not very strong, but it
does exist.
That aside, the same first and last name appear, so you MUST
claim it was authored by you.
>Should I contact the Greg Hanson who is
>a white supremacist to let him know
>that Kent is deliberately confusing
>him and I in an attempt to smear me?
I told you to do so, unless you really are the author, a very
long time ago.
Did you contact him, or did you admit you wrote it?
Your comment above certainly gives the impression you didn't
contact him, so you must be admitting you authored the quote. You
would certainly claim you did, if you are able to hold yourself to
your own standards.
>
>> Path:
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>> From: Greegor <greego...@gmail.com>
>> Newsgroups:
>> misc.kids,alt.support.foster-parents,uk.people.parents,alt.support.child-pr�otective-services
>>
>> With the Christmas season upon us again, my stepdaughter was launching
>> into her usual tirade of "I need this" (Nintendo 64 games, Pokemon,
>> videos, Rhianna CD, etc.) After enduring a trip through Kmart, I
>> was at my wits end. I took the kid home and filled the bathtub with
>> water. Then I dunked the brat's head under the water and counted out
>> a full minute, with her flailing her arms. I brought her up and she
>> gasped for air. When she'd caught her breath, I asked her, "When you
>> were under that water, did you 'need' Nintendo? Pokemon? Rhianna?"
>> She shook her head. "What were you thinking about?" I
>> prodded. She told me "I was thinking that I needed air."
>>
>> "Now you know the difference between 'need' and 'want'" I exclaimed
>> triumphantly.
>>
>> --a true story
>
>Kent KNOWS that I do not use datamas to post.
And the path PROVES your post originated from Google.
Why are you arguing a point not in contention?
>This is a SPORGERY, a spoof/forgery post.
You've "forged" yourself before, Greg.
>The fact that Kent pretend this is me and
>USES this so much implies that Kent was
>either INVOLVED in some way in the posting
>of this bad forgery posing as one of my posts.
You've openly admitted to using anonymous remialers. You've
admitted to attacking yourself via Eternal September.
Further, the quote above is a direct copy and paste of one of
your posts.
in contrast to the LIE you present the post originates from
Google, as shown by the path.
>
>Kent sure goes to a LOT of trouble to
>try to discredit me. Apparently Kent
>himself decided that my two 15 year old
>Domestic misdemeanors are not bad enough,
Why do you minimize the TRUTH that you BEAT your ex-wife?
>so he felt that he had to fabricate
>an OWI (Operating While Intoxicated)
>conviction with NO CASE NUMBER.
Already explained.
Again I ask, do you NEED me to explain it again? I thought I had
dumbed it down to a level you would be able to understand, but it's
certainly possible I failed. If so, let me know. I'll TRY to dumb it
down a bit more, though I don't know if I can do so.
>
>> As of Monday, February 1, 2010:
>> Financials
>> Title: STATE OF IOWA VS HANSON, GREG SCOTT
>> Case: 06571 AGCR015216 (LINN)
>> Citation Number:
>>
>> Summary Orig Paid Due
>> COSTS 9200.00 850.00 8350.00
>> FINE 500.00 500.00 0.00
>> SURCHARGE 150.00 150.00 0.00
>> RESTITUTION 0.00 0.00 0.00
>> OTHER 0.00 0.00 0.00
>>
>> $9850.00 $1500.00 $8350.00
>>
>> Yes, Gregory Scott "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson still owes over
>> $8000.00 related to his convictions for BEATING his ex-wife.
>
>Kent tried to refresh this OLD stuff by
>posting it was a current date rather than
>a date that it was accrued.
Anyone with an interest can verify that you still owe $8350.00
for your conviction for BEATING your ex-wife.
All that matters is that as of the date listed, you still owe the
money. No amount of your trying to distract from this truth will
alter the truth.
>
>I "pushed" my THEN-wife, away from me, 15 years ago.
So you do know what scare quotes really are.
That aside, you BEAT her.
You also threw a frozen turkey at her. I don't know if that
resulted in either of your convictions.
>She was and is Bipolar.
Do you think that granted you the right to BEAT her, Greg?
>She was the primary perpetrator
>and was convicted right along side of me.
Pretending your claim is true, do you think that granted you the
right to BEAT her?
>I was a counter charge and plead guilty
>because I was told we would get help.
According to the State of Iowa, you were found guilty by a jury.
>Putting the primary perpetrator into
>poor little me VICTIMS counseling
>was the opposite of helpful.
Whereas you have a psychological NEED to be a victim, I'm sure
you thought you should get such counseling. Not that it would do you
much, if any, good.
>
>> Me: Hey, he used your standards.
>> Gregory Scott "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson: It's textbook psychopathic
>> reasoning.
>>
>> Greg admitting his standards are psychopathic.
>
>Kent uses textbook psychopathic reasoning,
>outright LIES and textbook logical fallacies.
I have adopted your posting style and standards when dealing with
you. If your style and standards are in any way psychopathic, perhaps
you should cease using them.
>
>Above, Kent thinks he can get away with
>simply reversing the argument.
>
I did no such thing.
>> In MID
>> <2afdd85e-3b16-4829-97af-ce6b0e130...@g27g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>
>> Greg writes, "I think Kent plays too many fantasy games
>> or watches too much fantasy TV."
>
>Then Kent adds HIS interpretation.
>
You've never claimed I was wrong in that interpretation. And you
still don't.
>> making it very clear he thinks
>> reality TV shows are fantasy.
>
>Kent actually thinks he insulted me with this.
Not really. More like I'm exposing how you are so screwed up, you
don't know what is and is not reality.
And you gave me another opportunity to PROVE this truth.
A select number of items that really are about Gregory Scott "Piggly
Wiggly" Hanson (either directly or through the same standards he
DEMANDS be held to others):
Title: ST VS GREGORY HANSON
(DOB 05/22/1959)
CRIMINAL COMPLAINT 04/10/1996
Comments: CT 1 OWI 1ST
OTHER CITATION 04/10/1996
Comments: CT 2 SPEED
Disposition Status
GUILTY PLEA/DEFAULT
"That's the chick, but not the pic, zipperhead!"
Greg "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson proving his bigotry towards Asians, by
attacking my first wife (deceased).
http://www.rsdb.org/search?q=zipperhead
Me: "I suspect your stalking is due to the use and abuse of illegal
drugs, Greg. Is the reason for your stalking the members of
alt.friends due to the use and abuse of illegal drugs?
Gregory Scott "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson, wife beater and child abuser:
"Of course."
"My family's case is for Neglect, but we are treated
in virtually every regard as child abusers, marked on
the Child Abuse registry, for example."
-- Gregory Scott "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson, wife beater and child
abuser
" ... But there ought to be conferences and studies on how to curb
minority overpopulation, repatriate minorities abroad, imprison more
minorities, increase use of the death penalty and divest minorities of
the power they have usurped over us in recent years. That would
address the most pressing problems of our day. ... "
April 2000, Gregory "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson
http://www.nationalist.org/ATW/2000/040101.html#Hanson
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From: Greegor <gree...@gmail.com>
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With the Christmas season upon us again, my stepdaughter was launching
into her usual tirade of "I need this" (Nintendo 64 games, Pokemon,
videos, Rhianna CD, etc.) After enduring a trip through Kmart, I
was at my wits end. I took the kid home and filled the bathtub with
water. Then I dunked the brat's head under the water and counted out
a full minute, with her flailing her arms. I brought her up and she
gasped for air. When she'd caught her breath, I asked her, "When you
were under that water, did you 'need' Nintendo? Pokemon? Rhianna?"
She shook her head. "What were you thinking about?" I
prodded. She told me "I was thinking that I needed air."
"Now you know the difference between 'need' and 'want'" I exclaimed
triumphantly.
--a true story
As of Monday, February 1, 2010:
Financials
Title: STATE OF IOWA VS HANSON, GREG SCOTT
Case: 06571 AGCR015216 (LINN)
Citation Number:
Summary Orig Paid Due
COSTS 9200.00 850.00 8350.00
FINE 500.00 500.00 0.00
SURCHARGE 150.00 150.00 0.00
RESTITUTION 0.00 0.00 0.00
OTHER 0.00 0.00 0.00
$9850.00 $1500.00 $8350.00
Yes, Gregory Scott "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson still owes over
$8000.00 related to his convictions for BEATING his ex-wife.
Me: Hey, he used your standards.
Gregory Scott "Piggly Wiggly" Hanson: It's textbook psychopathic
reasoning.
Greg admitting his standards are psychopathic.
In MID
<2afdd85e-3b16-4829...@g27g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>
Greg writes, "I think Kent plays too many fantasy games
or watches too much fantasy TV." making it very clear he thinks
Kent Wills
>Hi Kent!
Hello.
Thank you for admitting, by YOUR standards, that every counter I
presented to your lies are 100% true. in doing so, you admit that you
were, in fact, lying.
Greegor
G > Hi Kent!
KBW > Hello.
You're showing some real GROWTH there, Kent!
But it would be offset by the YEARS of
therapy it would take before you admit
that you fabricated a bogus OWI
(drunk driving) record on me.
You never even gave it a fake CASE NUMBER?
You KNOW that courts thrive on CASE NUMBERS!
If anybody wants to see what a LIAR
you are, this FAKE record you
fabricated makes that easy.
Kent Wills
Context restored at no additional cost.
>http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.child-protective-services/browse_frm/thread/b3d0df1d5fdabc08/5c27814669b8bf8b
>
>G > Hi Kent!
>
>KBW > Hello.
>KBW > Thank you for admitting, by YOUR standards, that every counter I
>KBW > presented to your lies are 100% true. in doing so, you admit that you
>KBW> were, in fact, lying.
>
>You're showing some real GROWTH there, Kent!
By thanking you for admitting the truth? I've done that every
time you slip and allow a bit of honesty to come forth.
>
>But it would be offset by the YEARS of
>therapy it would take before you admit
>that you fabricated a bogus OWI
>(drunk driving) record on me.
I've done no such thing.
Feel free to prove I have, unless, of course, you would rather
admit you're lying.
>
>You never even gave it a fake CASE NUMBER?
Since I've never claimed you were convicted of drunk driving,
there can be no case number.
Care to try a different lie?
>
>You KNOW that courts thrive on CASE NUMBERS!
I do.
What does that have to do with your LIE that I've ever accused
you of drunk driving?
>
>If anybody wants to see what a LIAR
>you are, this FAKE record you
>fabricated makes that easy.
I fabricate nothing.
>
>> Title: ST VS GREGORY HANSON
>> � � � (DOB 05/22/1959)
>> CRIMINAL COMPLAINT � 04/10/1996
>> � � �Comments: CT 1 OWI 1ST
>> OTHER CITATION � 04/10/1996
>> � � �Comments: CT 2 SPEED
>> Disposition Status
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What was the substance you were under the influence of when you
were arrest for, and later convicted of, OWI? I accept it wasn't
alcohol, but as you KNOW, there are other substances that can, and in
your case did, lead to a conviction for OWI.
Again I ask, and you will likely refuse to answer, what was the
substance that cause you to be arrested for and convicted of OWI?
A select number of items that really are about Gregory Scott "Piggly
Wiggly" Hanson (either directly or through the same standards he
DEMANDS be held to others):
Title: ST VS GREGORY HANSON
(DOB 05/22/1959)
CRIMINAL COMPLAINT 04/10/1996
Comments: CT 1 OWI 1ST
OTHER CITATION 04/10/1996
Comments: CT 2 SPEED
Disposition Status
GUILTY PLEA/DEFAULT
"That's the chick, but not the pic, zipperhead!"
Kent Wills
>Nice fraudulent post edit, Kent!
I did no such thing.
I did restore that which you edited out to bring back the
context.
Why do you project your actions onto others? Serious question.
>For all to see!
Your psychological INABILITY to be honest, you mean? Yes,
everyone reading can see it.
You edited out the context to make it appear as if I wrote
something other than why I did, and I called you on it.
If this bothers you, as it appear to, perhaps you should cease
doing post edits. Allow the context to remain when you snip parts of
posts where you have no comment.
>
>Enhancing your credibility.
If exposing you for the liar you are enhances my credibility
beyond it's currently high level, fine.
Unlike you, I don't LIVE for Usenet. When I shut down Agent, I
rarely give Usenet another thought. Exceptions will occur when
someone I met via Usenet calls and/or E-mails me. That doesn't happen
often, but it does happen.
Greegor
Did you ever apologize to the Weiben
family for burglarizing their garage?
Tell me again how YOU were involved in
the sale of 202 NW College Drive in
Ankeny.
Is it true you graduated from High
School in Marshalltown Iowa?
Why would somebody ELSE remove
your birthday listing from a
birthday web page that you were
the webmaster of?
IN PRINTED LAW BOOKS
West's North Western Reporter
Second Series
A Unit of the National Reporter System
Volume 696 N.W.2d 20,22 (Iowa 2005)
cited BY 06-1812 State v. CARROLL (Iowa 2007)
cited BY 08-0460 State v. Berry (Iowa 2009)
SUMMARY
A Home’s Attached Garage Can Be an Occupied Structure
State v. Wills, _____ N.W.2d _____ (Iowa 2005)(No. 31/04-0202)
Kent Bradley Wills argued that his trial attorney was ineffective
because of a failure to move for acquittal and to object to a jury
instruction. Wills argued an attached garage of a residence is a
separate occupied structure from the living quarters of the residence,
and the state failed to prove an element of a burglary charge against
him.
The Supreme Court, Wiggins, J., rejects Wills’ argument. The Court
notes the garage at the home involved in the incident was separated
from the living quarters by a door. The garage is a functional part of
the residence. The garage and living quarters are a single structure.
Under Iowa law (section 702.12, Iowa Code) the residence including the
garage is a single “occupied structure”. The Court writes, “Wills’
claim is without merit. . . . [T]he residence is the one and only
‘occupied structure’ under the facts of this case. Had Wills’ trial
counsel made this objection . . . , it would have been overruled.
Therefore, Wills’ trial counsel is not ineffective for failing to move
for a judgment of acquittal or object to the instruction because there
was no legal basis for the motion or objection.” The district court
decision denying Wills’ ineffective counsel motion is affirmed.
1. State v. Wills, No. 31 / 04-0202 , SUPREME COURT OF IOWA, May 6,
2005, Filed
OVERVIEW: Defendant's conviction for burglary under Iowa Code §
713.5(2) (2003) was affirmed as where defendant entered a garage that
was only separated from the living quarters by a door, the living
quarters including the garage were a single "occupied structure" under
Iowa Code § 702.12.
Kent's Appeal
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA
No. 31 / 04-0202
Filed May 6, 2005
STATE OF IOWA,
Appellee,
vs.
KENT BRADLEY WILLS,
Appellant.
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk
County, Michael D. Huppert, Judge.
Defendant appeals claiming ineffective
assistance of counsel. AFFIRMED.
Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender,
and Tricia Johnston, Assistant State
Appellate Defender, for appellant.
Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kevin
Cmelik, Assistant Attorney General, John P.
Sarcone, County Attorney, and John Judisch,
Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.
WIGGINS, Justice.
Kent Wills appeals his conviction for
second-degree burglary contending that
an attached garage is a separate occupied
structure from that of the living quarters
of the residence. In this appeal, we must
determine whether trial counsel was
ineffective for (1) failing to move for
judgment of acquittal on the basis there
was insufficient evidence to convict Wills
of second-degree burglary when he entered
an attached garage of a residence when no
persons were present in the garage, but
when persons were present in the living
quarters; and (2) failing to object to a
jury instruction based on this same
argument. Because we find there was no
legal basis for the motion for judgment
of acquittal or the objection to the jury
instruction, Wills' trial counsel was not
ineffective. Accordingly, we affirm the
judgment of the district court.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings.
Around 1 a.m., an Ankeny resident called
the local police to report that a car
alarm sounded in the resident's
neighborhood. The city dispatched a police
officer to the location. Observing nothing
unusual, the officer left the area, only
to be stopped a couple of blocks later
by a person who informed the officer he
had witnessed someone running from the
area of the car alarm. As the officer
started driving back to the area of the
car alarm, he noticed a person walking
on the sidewalk. The officer asked the
person, a minor, if he had noticed anybody
running from the area. The minor answered
that he had not. While the officer and
another officer were speaking to the minor,
another resident of the neighborhood
arrived in her car and informed the
officers that she had observed two people,
one of whom was heavy set with a blinking
light on his back pocket, walking in the
area of her neighbor's residence. She
observed the heavier-set individual, later
identified as Wills, enter her neighbor's
attached garage through an unlocked service
door. She further observed a smaller
individual standing by a van parked in
the neighbor's driveway.
The officers eventually let the minor leave
even though they found a large amount of
coins, a flashlight, and an electronic
pocket organizer in his pockets. After
releasing the minor, the police officers
drove to the residence where the neighbor
observed the two suspicious people and
woke the owner. The owner, his wife,
and two daughters were in the residence
sleeping at the time. After a search
of his vehicles, the owner discovered
change and an electronic pocket organizer
were missing from the vehicles. The
owner's daughter reported a diamond ring
and some change were missing from her
vehicle. The officers then contacted
the minor's parents, who informed the
officers the minor was with Wills. After
the officers questioned the minor again,
he admitted his involvement in the theft
and implicated Wills in the burglary.
Although Wills denied involvement in the
burglary, the officers arrested him.
The State filed a trial information
charging Wills with second-degree
burglary. The State later amended the
information to include two additional
charges of burglary in the third degree
and using a juvenile to commit an
indictable offense.
The jury returned a verdict finding Wills
guilty of the crimes of burglary in the
second degree, burglary in the third
degree, and using a juvenile to commit
an indictable offense. Wills appeals his
conviction for second-degree burglary
claiming ineffective assistance of
counsel.
II. Scope of Review.
Claims of ineffective assistance of counsel
are derived from the Sixth Amendment of the
United States Constitution. Strickland v.
Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 684-86, 104 S.
Ct. 2052, 2063-64, 80 L. Ed. 2d 674, 691-93
(1984). Our review for a claim involving
violations of the Constitution is de novo.
State v. Fintel, 689 N.W.2d 95, 100
(Iowa 2004). We normally preserve
ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims
for postconviction relief actions. State
v. Carter, 602 N.W. 2d 818, 820 (Iowa 1999).
However, we will address such claims on
direct appeal when the record is sufficient
to permit a ruling. State v. Artzer,
609 N.W.2d 526, 531 (Iowa 2000). The
appellate record in the present case is
sufficient to allow us to address Wills'
ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims
on direct appeal.
In order for a defendant to succeed on a
claim of ineffective assistance of counsel,
the defendant must prove: (1) counsel
failed to perform an essential duty and
(2) prejudice resulted. Id. Prejudice
results when "there is a reasonable
probability that, but for the counsel's
unprofessional errors, the result of the
proceeding would have been different."
State v. Hopkins, 576 N.W.2d 374, 378
(Iowa 1998) (quoting Strickland, 466
U.S. at 694, 104 S. Ct. at 2068,
80 L. Ed. 2d at 698). Wills' arguments
also raise issues of statutory
interpretation, which we review for
correction of errors at law. State v.
Wolford Corp., 689 N.W.2d 471, 473 (Iowa 2004).
III. Analysis.
To find Wills guilty of burglary in the
second degree, the State had to prove
Wills perpetrated a burglary "in or
upon an occupied structure in which one
or more persons are present . . . ." Iowa
Code § 713.5(2) (2003) (emphasis added).
In this appeal, Wills first contends his
trial counsel was ineffective for failing
to move for a judgment of acquittal on
the basis there was insufficient evidence
to support a finding that at the time Wills
entered the garage, there were persons
present in or upon the occupied structure.
Wills concedes the garage was an occupied
structure, but argues the living quarters
and the attached garage are separate and
independent occupied structures; therefore,
the jury could not have found there were
people present in the attached garage
at the time of the burglary.
The Code defines an "occupied structure" as:
[A]ny building, structure, appurtenances
to buildings and structures, land, water
or air vehicle, or similar place adapted
for overnight accommodation of persons,
or occupied by persons for the purpose of
carrying on business or other activity
therein, or for the storage or safekeeping
of anything of value. Such a structure
is an "occupied structure" whether or not
a person is actually present.
Id. § 702.12.
Wills relies on State v. Smothers, 590
N.W.2d 721 (Iowa 1999), to argue the
garage and the living quarters are separate
and independent occupied structures. In
Smothers, two separate and distinct
businesses connected by interior fire doors
were operated in the same structure.
590 N.W.2d at 723. We held the defendant
committed two burglaries by entering each
business because "[t]he facility's
construction history and physical make-up
demonstrate that the portions are
independent working units which constitute
'[a] combination of materials to form a
construction for occupancy [or] use.'" Id.
Smothers is not at odds with the present
case because the living quarters and the
garage are not separate or independent
units of the residence.
Our review of the record reveals the garage
in question was a three-car attached garage
separated from the living quarters by a
door. The same roof covered the garage as
the rest of the residence. The living
quarters surrounded the garage on two sides.
It was structurally no different from any
other room in the residence.
The garage was a functional part of the
residence. On the night of the incident,
the door was unlocked. The owner of the
residence used two stalls in the garage to
park the family vehicles. The owner used
the third stall for his motorcycle. As
such, the garage and the living quarters
are a single "structure" or "building"
functioning as an integral part of the
family residence. Thus, the residence
including the garage is a single
"occupied structure" under section 702.12.
See, e.g., People v. Ingram, 48 Cal. Rptr.
2d 256 (Ct. App.1995) (holding defendant's
entry into an attached garage constituted
first-degree burglary because the garage
was attached to the house; therefore,
burglary of the garage was burglary of
an inhabited dwelling house); People v.
Cunningham, 637 N.E.2d 1247, 1252 (Ill.
App. Ct. 1994) (holding "ordinarily an
attached garage is a 'dwelling' because
it is part of the structure in which
the owner or occupant lives");
State v. Lara, 587 P.2d 52, 53
(N.M. Ct. App. 1978) (holding "burglary
of the [attached] garage was burglary of
the dwelling house because the garage was
a part of the structure used as living
quarters"); People v. Green, 141 A.D.2d
760, 761 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988) (holding
"[s]ince the garage in the present case
was structurally part of a building
which was used for overnight lodging of
various persons, it must be considered
as part of a dwelling"); White v. State,
630 S.W. 2d 340, 342 (Tex. Ct. App. 1982)
(holding an attached garage under the
same roof as the home would be considered
a habitation within the purview of the
penal code because the garage is a
structure appurtenant to and connected
to the house); State v. Murbach, 843 P.
2d 551, 553 (Wash. Ct. App 1993)
(holding the definition of a dwelling
under Washington's burglary statute
included an attached garage).
Had Wills' trial counsel moved for a
judgment of acquittal on the basis there
was insufficient evidence to support
a finding that at the time Wills
entered the garage there were no persons
present in or upon the occupied
structure, it would have been overruled
by the court because the owner and his
family were present in the residence at
the time of the burglary.
Wills also claims his counsel was
ineffective for failing to object to
the jury instruction used by the district
court on the same ground; that the
living quarters were a separate and
independent occupied structure from the
attached garage. The instruction as
given stated:
The State must prove all of the following
elements of Burglary in the Second
Degree as to Count I:
1. On or about the 12th day of August,
2003, the defendant or someone he aided
and abetted broke into or entered the
residence at . . . .
2. The residence at . . . was an occupied
structure as defined in Instruction No. 29.
3. The defendant or the person he aided
and abetted did not have permission or
authority to break into the residence at ...
4. The defendant or the person he aided
and abetted did so with the specific
intent to commit a theft therein.
5. During the incident persons were present
in or upon the occupied structure.
If the State has proved all of the elements,
the defendant is guilty of Burglary in the
Second Degree. If the State has failed to prove
any of the elements, the defendant is not
guilty of Burglary in the Second Degree and
you will then consider the charge of
Attempted Burglary in the Second Degree
explained in Instruction No. 21.
(Emphasis added.)
Wills' claim is without merit. As we have
discussed, the residence is the one and
only "occupied structure" under the facts
of this case. Had Wills' trial counsel
made this objection to the instruction,
it would have been overruled.
Therefore, Wills' trial counsel is not
ineffective for failing to move
for a judgment of acquittal or objecting
to the instruction because there was no
legal basis for the motion or objection.
See State v. Hochmuth, 585 N.W.2d 234,
238 (Iowa 1998) (holding trial counsel was
not ineffective for failing to raise an
issue that has no merit).
IV. Disposition.
We affirm the judgment of the district
court because Wills' trial counsel was
not ineffective for failing to raise
meritless issues.
AFFIRMED.
Greegor
G > SUZANNE M. LISTRO [Wrobel]
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LISTRO SUZANNE M 1967 Jury Trial
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State Police Detective Testifies At DCF Employee's Manslaughter Trial
By JENNA CARLESSO The Hartford Courant March 4, 2010
VERNON — - Suzanne Listro didn't seem surprised when police turned up
at her door with a warrant for her arrest in July 2008, a state police
detective testified Wednesday during Listro's trial in Superior Court
in Rockville.
Listro, who had been crying when foster child Michael Brown Jr. was
taken from her home unresponsive two months earlier, appeared
"indifferent — not angry, not sad," said Det. David Lamoureux.
"She was cooperative, but she didn't seem surprised," he said.
Listro, who is charged with first-degree manslaughter and risk of
injury to a child, had been working for the state Department of
Children and Families at the time of 7-month-old Michael's death. She
told police the infant was lying on his back on her bed when she got
up to turn off the television and heard "a thud." The baby had fallen
off the edge of the bed onto the floor, she told officers, and when
she picked him up, he cried for a few seconds, then closed his eyes
and went limp.
But her account sharply contradicts what was written in the state
medical examiner's report after an autopsy, Lamoureux said. According
to authorities, Michael's head injuries were not consistent with a 2-
foot fall from the bed to the floor.
"I asked her, 'Tell me what really happened,'" Lamoureux said. Listro
has repeatedly denied harming the baby.
Ronald Gross, an associate director at Hartford Hospital who examined
Michael just before he was pronounced dead on May 19, 2008, testified
that the baby had suffered trauma that caused bleeding inside his
head. When asked by a prosecutor if he has ever seen a child with such
massive head trauma resulting from a 2-foot fall, he said, "I have
not."
Gross said no bruises, grip marks or contusions were found on the
infant.
One of Listro's attorneys, Hope Seeley of Hartford, pointed out that
Lamoureux and other officers didn't apply for a search warrant to
check for vomit in the kitchen of Listro's Mansfield home. Listro told
police she had carried Michael into the kitchen so she could call 911
after he became unresponsive. While dialing authorities, Listro said,
she performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the infant and he began
to spit up. No vomit was ever found.
Asked if the presence of vomit would indicate that the death had been
accidental, Lamoureux replied "No."
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LISTRO SUZANNE M 1967 Tolland JD Jury Trial
03/10/2010 10:00 AM TTD -CR08-0092447-T
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MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL
Chief Medical Examiner Testifies In Listro Manslaughter Trial
By DAVID OWENS March 9, 2010
VERNON CT — - The state's chief medical examiner testified Monday that
7-month-old Michael Brown Jr.'s death in May 2008 of "blunt traumatic
head injury" was inconsistent with a 26-inch fall from a bed to the
floor.
That's what Suzanne Listro of Mansfield, Michael's foster mother at
the time, told state police had happened to the boy. The medical
evidence showed something else, Dr. H. Wayne Carver testified at
Listro's trial at Superior Court in Rockville. She is charged with
first-degree manslaughter and risk of injury to a child.
The boy suffered a subdural hematoma, which caused severe bleeding on
the brain, and there were injuries to Michael's optic nerve and retina
consistent with being shaken, Carver testified.
"The amount of damage done was more than I would expect from a fall
of ... 26 inches," Carver said. Further, had the boy fallen off the
bed as described, there would have been evidence of bleeding under the
boy's scalp, Carver said. Instead, there was no impact point on the
back of his head, the part that Listro told police struck the floor.
Photos taken during the boy's autopsy were shown to Judge William H.
Bright Jr., who is hearing the case and will decide Listro's guilt or
innocence. Carver, under questioning by prosecutor Elizabeth C.
Leaming, used the photos to explain the boy's injuries.
Listro became emotional at times as the courtroom was darkened and the
graphic autopsy photos were displayed on a screen.
Under cross-examination by one of Listro's defense lawyers, J. Hubert
Santos, Carver said he could not say for sure what caused Michael's
injury.
"My opinion is a great deal of physical energy went into this kid's
head," Carver said. "I don't know how." Shaken baby syndrome could be
the cause of the injuries, as could other trauma, Carver said.
Listro, 44, was a state Department of Children and Families employee
at the time of Michael's death. She'd also been certified by the
agency as a foster parent. She has since been fired.
Greegor
( Suzanne [ M. ] Listro [ Wrobel ], 43 [44] of 260 Stearns Road [ 12
Candide Ln Storrs Mansfield, CT 06268-2704 ] )
Defense For Mansfield Woman Accused In Child's Death Attacks State
Testimony
By DAVID OWENS March 13, 2010
VERNON, CT — The defense for a woman arrested in the death of her
child continued on Friday to attack the existence of "shaken baby
syndrome" with testimony by a neurosurgeon and a forensic pathologist.
Suzanne Listro, 44, of Mansfield, is charged with manslaughter and
risk of injury to a minor in connection with the death of Michael
Brown Jr., a 7-month-old boy placed in Listro's home by the state
Department of Children and Families.
The boy died of "blunt traumatic head injury" May 19, 2008. Listro
said the boy fell 26 inches from a bed to a linoleum floor. The state
contends that the boy's injuries are not consistent with such a fall
and that Listro caused the head trauma. State witnesses have said the
injuries could have resulted from shaking the baby.
Dr. Ronald Uscinski, a neurosurgeon from Maryland, and Dr. Janice
Ophoven, a forensic pathologist from Minnesota, testified that Michael
was medically fragile because of a prior injury that caused him to
suffer from a chronic subdural hematoma, or bleeding on the brain.
When Michael fell from the bed, the two experts hired by the defense
argued, it proved catastrophic.
Most so-called short falls are not fatal for children, and Dr. H.
Wayne Carver II, the state's chief medical examiner, testified that
the injuries Michael suffered were not consistent with such a fall.
Also, the subdural hematoma had healed, the state's medical witnesses
said.
Uscinski testified Friday that it had not healed because the blood
removed from Michael's head during treatment May 19, 2008, was liquid.
That means it was an old wound, he said. Blood in old subdural
hematomas liquefies, Uscinski said.
Because it was an old injury and not yet healed, a short fall from the
bed to the floor cannot be ruled out as the cause of Michael's death,
Uscinski said.
Uscinski, who charges $10,000 a day to testify in trials and Ophoven,
who charges $4,000, said shaken baby syndrome does not exist because
it is impossible for an adult to injure a child's brain by shaking
him.
Greegor
March 22 is 27th time listed on docket.
Greegor
Closing Statements Made In Death Of 7-Month-Old
11:06 p.m. EDT, March 22, 2010
VERNON —
Did an overwhelmed working mom lose control of her temper and
violently shake her needy foster baby to death two years ago?
Or did 7-month-old Michael Brown die because he accidentally rolled
off a bed and fell 2 feet to the linoleum floor in the bedroom of the
Mansfield home of Suzanne Listro — then a state Department of Children
and Families employee — in the few seconds it took her to eject a
videotape?
A judge is about to decide. Judge William H. Bright Jr. has been
listening to testimony in Listro's manslaughter trial at Superior
Court in Rockville since Feb. 26. He expects to issue a verdict on
March 29. Listro also is charged with risk of injury to a minor.
Closing arguments were made Monday.
Prosecutor Elizabeth Leaming said that Michael Brown was "by all
accounts a happy, beautiful and healthy baby boy" who didn't like to
be left alone. She described Listro, 44, as a single mom who "juggled
alone the responsibilities of caring for a toddler," her 3-year-old
adopted son, plus those of her job even before Michael was placed with
her on May 12, 2008.
On May 19, 2008, Michael died of a "massive, bilateral subdural
hemorrhage," said Leaming, who added that the injury had "classic
signs of inflicted trauma."
After Michael was fatally injured, Leaming said, Listro picked an odd
way to inform her sister: She told her "something bad happened, but I
can't tell you [what it is]."
"The defendant lost control," she said.
But defense attorney Hope Seeley asked what motive Listro would have
to kill the baby. The 911 recording shows she was genuinely upset, she
said.
Seeley also said the chief medical examiner lacked information about
Michael's background when he ruled that his death was caused by a
blunt, traumatic head injury. She also pointed to contradictions in
the medical reports from a doctor who treated Michael that night.
Seeley said the baby might have suffered a head injury before he was
in Listro's care. A new injury, even if minor, can exacerbate an old
one that hasn't healed, causing death, she said.
She reminded the judge of testimony that in the months before Michael
died, he was cared for by a variety of people. His mother returned to
her crack cocaine habit while the baby was living with her, she said.
He also was left in a neighbor's home without a crib and with a half-
brother who lacked child-care experience. Michael's first foster mom
said that he slept for only two hours at night, and that was if he was
being held, she said.
There are no medical records for the three months between Feb. 19 and
the day of his death, she said.
Seeley also said it is possible to die from a short fall even without
a previous head injury. She cited an article about a 23-month-old who
died after falling off a playscape while her grandmother was
videotaping her.
"Has the state proven, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Suzanne Listro
recklessly shook this baby to death on May 19, 2008?" Seeley asked.
"No."
Leaming, however, quoted the testimony of a doctor, an expert witness,
that there was a "short time between injury and death."
She said the defense theory of a pre-existing condition "has no basis
with the evidence that was presented in this case."
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Mental Health Could Impact Trial In Death Of 7 Mo. Old
Sister Clarifies Comments On Medication
March 17, 2010
VERNON —
Not long after the death of a 7-month-old boy in her care, Suzanne
Listro checked herself into Manchester Memorial Hospital and that was
the only time Listro suffered from mental health issues, her sister,
Donna Freeland, testified in Superior Court Tuesday.
Listro, 44, is on trial, charged with manslaughter in the death of her
foster child, Michael Brown Jr. He died May 19, 2008, of blunt
traumatic head injury, an injury the state contends Listro caused.
Freeland said Listro told her that Michael fell off the bed when she
got up to change the VCR. He cried, Listro picked him up and he went
limp in her arms, Freeland said.
Prosecutor Elizabeth C. Leaming, who had called Freeland as a witness,
reviewed a report by a worker with the Department of Children and
Families where Freeland talked about Listro's mental health
medications.
Freeland said in court that she was referring only to medication given
to Listro after she checked herself into the hospital. As far as she
knew, Freeman said, Listro hadn't taken mental health medication
before Michael's death.
Also on Tuesday, Judge William H. Bright Jr. denied Listro's defense
attorneys' motion for a mistrial.
Listro's attorneys, Hope Seeley and Hubert Santos, claimed that their
expert witness was "thrown off" after a prosecutor asked her during
cross-examination Monday whether she was aware that she was under
investigation for perjury in Minnesota.
Their motion claimed that the question was improper and that the
witness, Dr. Janice Ophoven, was then unable to help in Listro's
defense.
Bright said he didn't notice an impact on the witness. In fact, Bright
said, the witness seemed more focused after the question.
Ophoven, a forensic pathologist from Minnesota, had testified that
there was no evidence to support the existence of shaken baby
syndrome.
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Attorneys In Listro Manslaughter Case Move For A Mistrial
March 16, 2010
VERNON CT
Suzanne Listro's defense attorneys moved for a mistrial in her
manslaughter trial Monday, charging that a prosecutor's aggressive
cross-examination of an expert witness for the defense last week
deprived Listro of the right to a defense and a fair trial.
The state contends that Listro caused the death of 7-month-old Michael
Brown Jr. in her Mansfield home in May 2009 by shaking him violently
or by some other action that caused him to suffer "blunt traumatic
head injury." State medical witnesses have testified that Michael's
injuries were inconsistent with the short fall described by Listro.
Dr. Janice Ophoven, a forensic pathologist from Minnesota hired by the
defense to examine Michael's death, had testified that there was no
evidence to support the existence of shaken baby syndrome and that
Michael was fragile and could have been fatally injured by a 26-inch
fall from a bed to a linoleum floor, which is what Listro told police
had happened.
While cross-examining Ophoven, prosecutor Elizabeth C. Leaming asked
whether she knew she was under investigation for perjury in Minnesota.
Ophoven said that she wasn't aware of an investigation, then asked for
a break.
"I am shaken and my mind isn't on my testimony," she said. The judge
denied her request for a break.
In her motion, defense attorney Hope C. Seeley argued that Ophoven's
testimony goes to the heart of the defense's case and that her
inability to testify compromised Listro's rights.
Judge William H. Bright Jr. is expected to consider the motion today.
Seeley, in the motion, said that Minnesota authorities have said there
is no perjury investigation of Ophoven.
March 13, 2010 |Article
Defense For Mansfield Woman Accused In Child's Death Attacks State
Testimony
By DAVID OWENS
...and a forensic pathologist. Suzanne Listro, 44, of Mansfield, is
charged...a 7-month-old boy placed in Listro's home by the state
Department...head injury " May 19, 2008. Listro said the boy fell 26
inches from...
March 12, 2010 |Article
Listro's Defense Targets 'Syndrome'
The defense of Suzanne Listro, a Mansfield woman accused of
manslaughter and risk of injury to...defense to examine the death of 7-
month-old Michael Brown Jr. in Listro's Mansfield home in May 2008,
testified Thursday that there is...
March 11, 2010 |Article
Defense Expert Says 26-Inch Fall Could Have Killed 7-Month-Old Child
By DAVID OWENS ,The Hartford Courant
...26 inches from a bed to a linoleum floor in Suzanne Listro's home
in May 2008. Listro, 44, a former state Department of
Children...suffered could have resulted from the fall. Listro told
police that the boy fell off the bed when...
March 9, 2010 |Article
Chief Medical Examiner Testifies In Listro Manslaughter Trial
By DAVID OWENS
...to the floor. That's what Suzanne Listro of Mansfield, Michael's
foster...H. Wayne Carver testified at Listro's trial at Superior Court
in...back of his head, the part that Listro told police struck the
floor. ...
March 4, 2010 |Article
State Police Detective Testifies At DCF Employee's Manslaughter Trial
By JENNA CARLESSO ,The Hartford Courant
Suzanne Listro didn't seem surprised when police turned up at her...a
state police detective testified Wednesday during Listro's trial in
Superior Court in Rockville . Listro, who had been crying when foster
child Michael Brown...
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-briefsbox12mar03,0,7088545.story
Co-Worker Testifies At DCF Employee's Manslaughter Trial
The Hartford Courant March 3, 2010
Suzanne Listro was "embarrassed and ashamed" after her foster baby
died in 2008 and didn't want to talk to some of her own family members
about it, a child welfare investigator testified Tuesday during
Listro's manslaughter trial.
Michael Pitruzzello's statements came on the third day of testimony at
Superior Court in Rockville. Like Pitruzzello, Listro was an employee
of the state Department of Children and Families at the time of 7-
month-old Michael Brown Jr.'s death. The death prompted a series of
changes at the child protection agency; Listro had been accused of
abusing her adopted 3-year-old child twice before Michael died.
Tuesday afternoon, Pitruzzello testified that he received a call about
the death of a child at 10:45 p.m. on May 19, 2008. When he arrived at
Hartford Hospital, he said, he found a distraught Listro, "slumped
over." He asked her about the status of her 3-year-old son, and she
said the boy was with her sister in Massachusetts. She said she had
other relatives, but "she felt embarrassed and ashamed and didn't want
to talk to them at that time," he testified.
She told Pitruzzello that sometime after 7 p.m., after she had changed
the baby's diaper on her bed in her Mansfield home, she "heard a
thud," and heard Michael crying, he testified.
She picked him up, but he stopped crying and went limp, she told him.
She tried to resuscitate him, and called 911, Pitruzzello testified.
The state, however, concluded that Michael's death was not an
accident. His fatal injuries were consistent with the baby's having
been shaken, Dr. Paul Kanev testified Monday.
The baby's biological father, Michael Brown Sr., and half-brother,
Marco Rivera, also testified Tuesday. They said during cross-
examination by one of Listro's lawyers, Hubert Santos, that the baby
was capable of rolling over.
Brown Sr. also described the events that caused him and the baby's
mother to lose custody of Michael less than two weeks before he died.
He said he and the mother, Angelica Burgos, left the baby with a
neighbor to get high, returning two days later.
He also described the last day he saw the baby, during a DCF-
supervised visit. Michael had a cold and looked "underweight," Brown
said, but he was cheerful.
"We fed him and played with him," he said. "I held him in my arms."
http://www.courant.com/news/local/ec/hc-4townreview0510.artmay10,0,1193711.story?page=2
May 10, 2009 |Article
Sunday Town Review
MANSIFIELD — The system meant to protect 7-month-old Michael Brown
Jr., who died last year while in the foster care of a state Department
of Children and Families worker, failed him in numerous ways,
according to a review of the child's death released Wednesday.
Although his foster mother, Suzanne Listro of Mansfield, had twice
been the subject of DCF investigations into allegations that she
abused her adopted son, the DCF workers responsible for determining if
Listro was qualified to be a foster parent were not aware of them
because of a department practice.
Listro was a DCF employee, so cases involving her were kept out of the
agency's computer system. The allegations against Listro were not
substantiated.
The review, conducted by DCF representatives, the Child Welfare League
of America and the Office of the Child Advocate, found that
investigations into abuse and neglect by DCF employees fell below
standards. DCF Commissioner Susan I. Hamilton last July offered a
similar assessment of the investigations of Listro, calling them
"substandard and unacceptable."
But state Child Advocate Jeanne Milstein said the problems in
investigations extend beyond Listro's case or those of DCF employees.
"It took this tragedy and the commissioner herself reviewing this case
to understand that it wasn't just this case where investigations were
substandard," she said. "There were many other cases as well."
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/ny_denied_thousands_accused_of.html
NY denied thousands accused of child abuse the chance to clear their
name
By John O'Brien / The Post-Standard March 22, 2010, 6:00AM
Syracuse, NY - The state Office of Children and Family Services in
2004 had a backlog of requests for hearings from people accused of
mistreating children.
Three women had recently sued the agency over the delays that were
costing them jobs working with kids because they couldn't get their
names cleared.
The agency had a solution to the thousands of pending written requests
that would come under scrutiny by the lawsuit, according to sworn
testimony from state workers: Shred.
For a month in 2004, the workers were under orders to take carts of
the requests for name-clearing hearings and shred them after hours in
their Albany offices, according to the testimony. They shredded about
a thousand a day for a month, one OCFS worker testified.
The revelation came in a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit
last month that could affect 25,000 people across the state who are
listed in a statewide database as reported child abusers. Under the
settlement, anyone who requested a hearing on child abuse or
maltreatment charges but never got it regained the right to the
hearing.
Employers such as day care centers check the database to see if a job
applicant was ever accused of child abuse. Those accused could request
a hearing with OCFS to clear their names. More than half of those
challenges result in the accused person being cleared, according to
Thomas Hoffman, a lawyer for the three women who sued the state over
the lengthy delays.
Those women claimed they lost opportunities for jobs working with
children because the state took up to two years to give them a name-
clearing hearing. By then, the potential employer had filled the job
opening.
Four years after the suit was filed, a whistleblower who works for
OCFS called Hoffman, he said. She told him how the agency was getting
rid of the written requests for hearings, then marking the case
"waived" or "withdrawn" on the database, court papers said. The state
never told the accused. To the inquiring employer, it would appear
that the person had given up on their request for a hearing, and the
child abuse accusation stood.
The backlog of hearing requests was much longer than two years — some
requests had been sitting around for seven years, court papers said.
The whistleblower came forward in February 2009. Hoffman then took
testimony of 18 or 19 OCFS workers about the handling of the requests
for hearings, he said.
In some cases, workers called the prospective employers with whom the
accused person had applied for a job, according to the workers’
testimony. If the employer was no longer interested, the state workers
were told to mark the file "waived," according to the testimony of six
OCFS workers. The accused person was never notified in those cases.
The written requests were shredded or thrown in the garbage, at least
three of the workers testified.
If the whistleblower hadn't come forward about the shredded cases,
Hoffman would never have known the extent of the backlog, he said.
Cathy Dufty, a clerical worker in the office, testified that
supervisor David Peters ordered her to gather a bunch of temp workers
and start shredding.
"I would go down to his office about 3:30 and I would take the cart
back, and it would be, 'These are to be shredded, and these over here
are to be refiled,'" Dufty testified last year.
Peters was then the director of the statewide Central Register of
Child Abuse and Maltreatment. He has since retired. In his deposition
for the lawsuit, Peters denied that his agency did anything improper,
Hoffman said. Peters could not be reached for comment.
The assistant state attorney general who represented the state in the
lawsuit, Robert Kraft, refused to comment. A spokeswoman for OCFS, Pat
Cantiello, said no one from the agency could comment because the
settlement has not yet been approved by a federal judge.
The whistleblower, who still works for OCFS, also would not comment.
Under the proposed settlement, the state would have to send notices to
the 25,000 people on the central register whose requests for hearings
were ignored between 2003 and 2007. U.S. District Judge Shira
Scheindlin will hold a hearing in April in Manhattan, then decide
whether to approve the settlement.
As part of the settlement, the state agreed to stop the practice of
calling potential employers to see if they still wanted to hire the
person accused of child abuse. The state agreed that the accused
person has a right to a hearing whether the employer is interested or
not, Hoffman said.
The settlement only applies to people who requested a hearing and
never got one. It doesn't affect anyone who never requested a hearing
or who withdrew his or her hearing request.
Once the settlement is approved, Hoffman will submit a bill for legal
services to the court. The state will pay those costs, but will not
pay damages under the proposed settlement. Anyone who might be
affected should check Hoffman’s Web site on the case:
http://WWW.registryclassaction.com
The state gets about 350,000 inquiries a year from prospective
employers, including child care centers, foster care agencies,
juvenile detention centers and other employers who work with children.
The register is accessible only to employers who are required to check
a job applicant's background.
"The employer doesn't know why you’re on the list," Hoffman said. "You
could be a pedophile or it could be something benign."