At one point, a Government employed Psychiatrist named Dr. Paolucci had Stephen on Lithium, Haldol, Mellaril, Prozac and Anafranil all at the same time. Under the combination of medications, when Stephen hallucinated and become delusional, Dawn's (Stephen's ex-wife) pleas to Dr. Paolucci to take him off the drugs resulted only in increasing dosages. Because of his conversations about the 'monetary system', government corruption, etc., Stephen was labeled Obsessive Compulsive and Dr. Paolucci wanted him to have a Lobotomy. The 'doctor', claiming that it was a 'simple operation', kept persuading Stephen to submit and if he would, then "Stephen would stop having obsessive thoughts". Because of the drugs, Stephen listened to whatever Dr. Paolucci said, and if it hadn't been for Dawn (Stephen's Ex-Wife) he would probably have let them lobotomize him.
The present affair began in 1995, in Northumberland County Pennsylvania, when Dawn's eight-year old daughter was taken by Children Protective Services and given into custody of the girl's biological father, Richard Medellin, who Dawn had left four years earlier because of Medellin's abusive nature to both Dawn and their child. There was absolutely no contact allowed between Dawn and her daughter until her daughter was recently returned to Dawn, four years later. In the complaint filed by Medellin, Stephen and Dawn were charged with reading the Bible without 'religious training', among other things. Stephen asked one of the prosecutors in the case why he and his wife were also charged with not providing food and clothing for their children. The Prosecutor (Jeffery Mensch) admitted that the charge was fabricated and that is the general language that they use in their petitions. The conversation is on tape. I have the order from a secret hearing in which the Court evidently gave custody of their two-year old son to the CPS.
Neither Dawn nor Stephen were aware this 'hearing' had taken place, nor were they told that the custody of their son had already been granted to CPS. So the Government had a MOCK hearing to determine permanent custody of their son. Dawn's daughter had already been taken. The entire affair is beyond disgusting. During the custody hearing for their little boy, one of the government attorneys (Leslie Brydon) asked Stephen's father if he believed, like his son, that the Constitution was relevant. She said that it was a danger to the children if Stephen's father believed the Constitution was what governed the Country. She also asked if he had a Bible in his home. Attorney Brydon told the Judge she had asked the questions to discover whether Stephen's father followed the same philosophy as his son. She claims that she asked these questions out of her concern for the child.
Judge Ranck decided against CPS and gave the decision of custody of their son to the family, including the parents. At that point, the CPS Attorney (James Robinson) said to Judge Ranck, "I believe the court order yesterday gives us custody of the child." That was the first Dawn knew that the custody had been given to CPS. In all, there were three different cases filed against them, two of which they had never seen. Stephen asked Judge Ranck if he could have copies of the complaints, petitions and court orders taking the children. Judge Ranck responded, "What do you want them for?" Then said, "Put in writing to Attorney Mensh what you want and what it is for." In response to Stephen's request, Attorney Mensch told Stephen he would need a Judge's order to get the documents. These conversations are on tape. Finally after three months Stephen got the documents and found out that they had committed the offense of "reading the Bible without training."
Stephen to this day, has still been unable to get a copy of a summons with his name on it. Nobody can or will produce one. Stephen and Dawn then filed a Civil Rights suit in Federal Court. They sued numerous Attorneys, Judges, social workers etc. The defendants (Attorneys, Judges, Social Workers etc.) admitted that everything in Stephen's and Dawn's complaint was TRUE, but they all claimed they were immune for their actions. Federal Judge James McClure granted the Defendants immunity and dismissed the Case "with prejudice" meaning that the issues can never be raised again. He went as far as to write in his memorandum that political and religious takings are within the bounds of judicial Authority.
After all this rigamarole, Stephen's family and children were then threatened twice by Richard Medellin. One threat, against Stephen's family, was recorded on an answering machine. Trooper Scmidthammer of the Pennsylvania State Police listened to the tape and said it was only a threat and there was nothing he could do about it. When Stephen threatened back he was arrested, by the full force of the "law". Everyone has their breaking point, even Stephen. They sent two helicopters, and a massive police force. His bail, for a misdemeanor, had been verbally set at $250,000 - beyond the financial ability of Stephen to pay. He was sent to a Maximum Security Forensic (Criminal) Psychiatric Hospital for four months and also spent five months in jail. The Police did not have a warrant. There was NEVER a warrant issued for Stephen's arrest. Judge Clark told Stephen's father that there was no warrant because they didn't need warrants anymore; that it is a "local rule" for Dauphin County.
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