CASE 1403-A- On September 15th, 2020, the children of Mary Miller was removed from her home; Kathleen, age 4- Timmy, age 8 and infant Scott, age 9 months. The children were removed by Children's Protective Services and placed in foster homes. Mary Miller, a struggling young mother, raising her children by herself, since her husband. Jake is serving a fifteen year sentence in prison. Mary has worked for a local grocery chain for the past 14 months, since Jake was arrested for possession. Mary was four month pregnant at the time of his arrest.
Mary has been charged with possession and use of an illegal substance; endangering the lives of minor children and willful air pollution. She could get up to thirty years imprisonment.
On September 11th, 2020, her son, Timmy, had been routinely questioned, in school, about his private family life- which is a common practice in all public schools, for all students. Timmy's answers led the authorities to conduct a complete investigation of the Miller household, As is normal practice, all American homes are searched routinely, once a month for public safety violations. Timmy's revealing answers led to the unannounced inspection. The agents, upon entering the home, could clearly smell tobacco smoke. Mary was using the substance in the presence of her minor children. Two packs of cigarettes, an illegal substance, were found in the home. Mary was found guilty of all charges at her trial on December 18th 2020. She was sentenced to twenty years in prison
CASE 2598- F- November 12th, 2020- Charles and Suzanne Morray were arrested on three counts, after a routine inspection of their home, revealed two smoke detectors contained non-working batteries; a faulty (required) hand-rail in their shower, and they had failed to produce an inspection report on their furnace, which is required to be inspected once a year. The couple was fined $1,500 and sentenced to serve six months in jail.
CASE 3298-C- January 5th, 2020- Dwayne Spurlock- age 32, arrested for receiving an illegal substance through the USPS- A package containing six cartons of cigarettes, was confiscated by the USPS on December 31st, shipped to the defendant, from an European country. Spurlock, convicted of a felony was sentenced to thirty years imprisonment without possibility of parole.
CASE 4407-S- August 2nd, 2020- Two children, Karen, age 7 and Samuel, age 12, removed from the home of their parents, Christopher and Diane Lovett, and placed in foster care by Children's Protective Services; charged with illegal schooling of a minor. All religious training, for children, under the age of 18 became illegal in 2015. All private, religious schools were closed, as well as home-schooling. During routine questioning, at the public school the children attended, it was revealed that the defendants had been teaching their children, from the Bible, in their home. The parents were fined $5,000 and sentenced to five years in prison, a second offense.
CASE 3306-B- August 25th, 2020- Parent, Christine Devon, arrested for not registering her daughter, Kelly, age 13, with the State Birth Control Clinic. A routine survey revealed the child's name was not registered- a felony offense. Parents of female children, who have reached the age of twelve, are required, by law, to register their daughters with the clinic for birth control injections. Any pregnancies reported involving children under the age of 18, will automatically impose a fine and a possible prison term for the parent/parents. The defendant was fined $3,000.
OLDER CASES-
CASE 1106- July 20, 2011- Floyd Adams- Arrested for smoking a cigarette in a bar. Owner of establishment, Carter Williams, also arrested for allowing the defendant to smoke in the bar.
CASE 1885- December 20th, 2010- Jason Simpson- Arrested for placing a religious nativity scene on the courthouse lawn- Ordered to remove the display and fined $500.
CASE 3300- September 1st, 2009- Mildred Carroll- Fined $75 for driving her car while not wearing a seat belt.
CASE 0044- December 18th, 2011- Karen Jewel- Arrested for smoking a cigarette in her car with her infant present in the car-
CASE 2077- August 4th, 2009- Child, age 14, removed from home, by Children's Protective Services. Father slapped daughter, when she was found having sex in a parked car at a skating rink. Child was placed in a foster home and never returned to the family.
Parent was charged with child abuse.
CASE 1106- March 8th, 2011- Carla Forbes, cited for smoking a cigarette in her car, while parked on hospital property. She was fined $75.00.
We should cringe...every time one of our rights is taken away from us! We are becoming more and more a Police-run country. The above scenarios are NOT too far away. You may sit there and smile, because you have fought and won round-one of taking away the rights of business owners to allow smoking in their own, establishments. Falsified reports have you believing that the smell of smoke in a well-ventilated restaurant is causing you harm! Not true! This right that we've enjoyed for hundreds of years has wrongly been taken away from us!
Yes, second-hand smoke CAN be dangerous, but in what capacity? If you are exposed, daily, in an enclosed room, or home, over a period of MANY years- you may suffer the effects- But NO ONE will convince me that you will be affected while sitting for a short time, in a WELL VENTILATED establishment, placed separately in a non-smoker's area. Not to mention- you have the right to NOT frequent that establishment! We're talking about taking away the RIGHTS of privately owned restaurants and bars- Shouldn't this, to allow smoking or not, be the decision of the owners? Has free enterprise been taken away now? RE-READ those first cases, above- far fetched? I don't think so. It's coming. First, our cars, privately owned establishments, and you'd better believe your private homes and schools are next!! Soon, all our rights will be UP IN SMOKE!!
