Scottsboro Municipal Justice Center - Police Department, Municipal Court, Municipal Jail and E911 Center. ( photo by G. Morgan)
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This is a developing story, there may be updates at any time.
This is not the first time our municipal courts have been in the news, apparently some folks do not learn the Lessons of History.
This story begins with the appearance of Scottsboro's Municipal Judge, Scott Berry in a Marshall County Court. February 1, 2019 - Albertville, Al. (Diversion program acceptance.) - "Judge Berry arrived to court in Albertville Friday morning as a defendant. He agreed to have his case continued until next year. As part of the agreement he is to take an anger management class. Today he paid the $404 in court costs and fees. He’s also ordered not to have any contact with his father James Berry, his brother Adam, and Douglas police officer Matthew Burns or their immediate families." More info available at link - https://www.waff.com/2019/02/01/scottsboro-judge-strikes-plea-deal-reckless-endangerment-case/?fbclid=IwAR2p8drMukdWx58t0rBj_yYWNswQhcDhUKL--JxolYf7XuhGj1tp9wMpliU
Judicial Canon of Ethics: http://judicial.alabama.gov/library/RulesCanons
Interviews with Scottsboro officials and employees have revealed the following information.
There is more to this story other than the above disclosed case involving Judge Berry. It involves negligence on the part of the current city council, deceit, probable vindictive influences involving past and current public officials.
Once again we are seeing evidence of sexual discrimination due to persons being placed in positions of authority and conveying deceptive information regarding female employees within Scottsboro's Municipal Court System, according to sources within the City of Scottsboro.
The judicial and justice system within Scottsboro is being negatively impacted by those who are responsible. Letters have been sent forward to the mayor and council outlining a failure of the criminal justice system within Scottsboro.
There are multiple sources regarding this story. Those sources inform me a private law firm in Montgomery Alabama has been hired to conduct an investigation. Sources have also informed me the Attorney General's Office has been contacted and allegedly subpoenas have been issued regarding alleged missing funds.
In June of 2012 the Alabama Bureau of Investigation conducted an investigation into missing funds involving the Scottsboro Municipal Courts, there was an arrest in that case. http://www.waff.com/story/19103748/court-records-show-city-employee-stole-12k-from-scottsboro/
Currently, there is a general denial from informed sources that there is any missing money and that the allegation may be an attempt to cover-up wrongdoing by public officials within Scottsboro's Municipal Court System. Sources inform me that audits and inspections of funds within the Municipal Court System reveal no appearance of criminal activity.
2016 Municipal Court problems http://www.waff.com/story/33264084/scottsboro-judge-under-investigation-not-reappointed/ and this related article: http://www.waff.com/story/33240228/scottsboro-judge-under-investigation-by-state-judicial-commission/
All information conveyed originates from checked and confirmed sources, employees and public officials within the City of Scottsboro, Alabama.
QUESTIONS - Update February 10, 2019
Will good people step forward and stop alleged criminal conduct and malfeasance by public officials?
Following the money here takes on a whole new meaning. What happens if there is no missing money? What happens if there is an intentional effort by specific current and past Scottsboro public officials attempting to harass specific female personnel due to hatred and vindictiveness? Coupled with gross negligence, possible medical problems, and wrongful actions the problem grows due to inaction and poor decision making.
Warning signs that say STOP! A court case appears which demonstrates the individual involved in our municipal court is demonstrating problem behavior, why would you not act in an appropriate manner to resolve the problem?
Another sign which says STOP! A public official comes forward and states via letter that our laws are being subverted by one individual in a position of power and evidence has been provided indicating a serious problem. Why would the City Council not act to resolve the problem within our municipal court system in Scottsboro, Alabama?
HISTORY: There have been investigators in the past who have been employed by the City of Scottsboro who made great recommendations, political leadership ignored those recommendations - WHY? So city leadership could maintain individual, non-objective personnel decision making instead of having a comprehensive fair system of personnel management. I guess you might say instead of implementing a fair system of management with acceptable standards of practice the city leadership implemented a system of vindictive negligence of misguided politicians.
There are good people which can stop the malfeasance and alleged criminal actions, the question is, will they?
Alleged Criminal Conduct, Alleged Misappropriation, Alleged Sexual Harassment-Creating Hostile Work Environment. Information Provided And Confirmed by Multiple Confidential Sources Within the City of Scottsboro, Alabama
1) Theft or illegal diversion of official Municipal Courts electronic communications between attorneys, courts, clerical staff and magistrate actions of the City of Scottsboro during the First five days of November 2018.
2) Allegations of improper expenditure of public funds to hire a "special attorney" from Montgomery to represent the Municipal Court Judge, alleged cost $7000.00.
3) Allegations of intentional work place harassment against female personnel have been made; including harassment by specified public officials.
4) The harassment is alleged
to involve falsification of documents and false statements made to State
investigators and/or the Alabama Attorney General's Office. The alleged false statements
are pointed at female personnel in a pattern of repetitive abuse by specific
male personnel who are appointed public officials in the City of Scottsboro.
5) Sexual Harassment in this case involves the attempted improper termination by an appointed official of a employee of the City of Scottsboro employed within the City Courts System as an official of the court. Information received from multiple sources reveal more than one current public official allegedly participated in a purposeful structured plan to harass multiple female public employees. Public officials and/or elected officials have been reported, to this writer, as participants in a structured scheme of discriminatory adverse acts directed at female personnel within the City of Scottsboro, Alabama.
According to source reports within
the City of Scottsboro, allegedly thousands of pages of court related documents
and reports have been sent to the State AG's office due to investigatory subpoena.
Sources within the City of
Scottsboro indicate an outside legal firm from Montgomery, Alabama - Ball,
Ball, Matthews and Novak has been hired to represent the city and conduct
inquiries and make recommendations. The specific attorney handling this matter
from the named law firm is Hope C. Hicks, according to sources within the City
of Scottsboro.
The Continuing Saga - Stories of our Municipal Court in Scottsboro, Alabama.
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