Brewington Petition for Post-Conviction Relief...I'm still fighting

It seems unfathomable that someone in the United States could be indicted, convicted, and serve a 2.5-year without being provided with legal counsel or any knowledge of what actions the State alleged to be unlawful. Even more disturbing is that someone could be found guilty of a criminal defamation crime when no such crime exists. Combine that with the Indiana Supreme Court upholding the verdict based on criminal activity never argued during trial and you have my case.

My summary of argument for my Petition for Post-Conviction Relief gives a sneak preview to how the State of Indiana shows no shame or regard for the Constitution of the United States in going after individuals who criticize individuals in the Indiana judicial system. Before the naysayers suggest I am manipulating facts or statements, this isn’t an attempt to twist the words of the Indiana Courts, it’s me untangling the twisted arguments the Courts used to rationalize upholding my unconstitutional convictions. My public defender, Rush County Chief Public Defender Bryan Barrett refused to meet with me before trial. Special Judge, Rush County Superior Court Judge Brian Hill refused to address why Barrett would not meet with me and refused to tell me what actions I was supposed to defend. Dearborn County Prosecutor F. Aaron Negangard prosecuted me for calling court officials child abusers. Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta H. Rush said Negangard’s prosecution was constitutionally impermissible but denied me relief from the unconstitutional convictions claiming my public defender tried to take advantage of Negangard’s constitutionally impermissible criminal procedure. At every turn I incur new hurdles which amount to little more than petty excuses to cover for the fact Prosecutor Negangard made me the target of a grand jury investigation for my statements Negangard and his staff “felt was over the top, um, unsubstantiated statements against either Dr. Conner or Judge Humphrey.” Yes. Those were Prosecutor Negangard’s actual words to the grand jury when he had me indicted for publishing statements about court officials without publishing supporting evidence to back my claim. Now I’m forced to file a Petition for Post-Conviction Relief so I can address the ever evolving excuses the State of Indiana keeps providing as to why I cannot refer to Dearborn County Circuit Court Judge James D. Humphrey as an unethical child abuser. Below are some excerpts from the summary of argument from my Petition for Post-Conviction Relief. I wanted to get this information out in the hopes of garnering some interest in my case or in the least, shaming some legal official in Indiana to take appropriate action. The petition is still a work in progress but I wanted to leak some information so people can get a grasp of the blatant disregard Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta H. Rush and others have for the U.S. Constitution. Please share this information with anyone who is passionate about abuses in government and protecting constitutional rights.

Deputy Prosecutor Joseph Kisor gave the following reason for what would be Brewington’s $600,000 bond:

“[Brewington] intends to try this case on his blog and I think that not only could be detrimental to the State. It might even be detrimental to him.” [Arraignment Tr. 20]

In describing my displeasure with my public defender refusing to meet with me before trial, Dearborn County Prosecutor F. Aaron Negangard told Judge Brian Hill:

“[Brewington]'s um mad that his attorney hasn't talked to him.” [Final pretrial hearing September 19, 2011 Tr. 78]

Chief Justice Rush claimed my public defender invited the constitutional errors stemming from my unconstitutional prosecution claiming Barrett:

“sought to exploit the prosecutor’s improper reliance on ‘criminal defamation’ to the defense’s advantage -- focusing the jury on the clearly protected aspects of Defendant's speech, and on that basis to find the ambiguous aspects of his conduct to be protected as well.”

Rush gives Negangard a free pass for an unconstitutional malicious prosecution for criminal defamation then punishes me by essentially claiming that my public defender “knew better” and took advantage of the “ignorant” prosecutor. If the Indiana Courts rule I'm not entitled to legal counsel, evidence, and the charging information against me, then I hope to make the jump to the federal courts.

And it goes on and on…. Stay tuned.

Prosecutorial Misconduct in Dearborn County

Many people visit this blog understanding that Dan Brewington was sent to prison for his web writings, but often raise the question, "What is the other side of the story?"  This is a common question asked by individuals who think there is no way someone in the United States could be convicted for simply speaking their mind and challenging the court system. The following may provide some insight into the motivation for the prosecution of Dan Brewington. Here is the Target Notification Dan received from Dearborn County, Indiana Prosecutor F. Aaron Negangard, dated February 15, 2011, stating Dan was a target of a grand jury investigation concerning allegations of "Intimidation and Harassment that allegedly occurred in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 in Dearborn County, Indiana." Testimony from the grand jury transcripts document Dr. Edward J. Connor and Judge James D. Humphrey claiming they were afraid Dan might abduct or murder their family as early as 2008 and 2009.  An investigation was started in August 2009 after Dan's ex-wife's divorce attorney, Angela G. Loechel, went to Prosecutor Negangard with her own concerns about the safety of Judge Humphrey.  (Note: This was after Judge James D. Humphrey took away Dan's parenting time and ruled in favor of her client on every single measure except for a stained glass window, which was part of the house.)  Prosecutor Negangard, who also serves as the head of the federally funded Dearborn County Special Crimes Unit, initiated an investigation of Dan Brewington's web writings. It is important to make clear that all of the alleged victims claimed they did not make initial contact with Prosecutor Negangard or Dearborn County law enforcement, despite later testifying that they feared for the lives of their families. With all of the claims of Connor and Humphrey's fear from Dan's "intimidation" and "harassment," despite making no reports to Dearborn County law enforcement, Prosecutor Negangard waited until February 15, 2011 to initiate a grand jury investigation of the actions of Dan Brewington.  Many ask why Prosecutor Negangard would wait so long to convene a grand jury against Dan Brewington and what act(s) prompted him to do so.  This is a letter from, then, Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T Shepard stating Dan's complaint against Dearborn Prosecutor F. Aaron Negangard was dismissed, 239 days after Brewington filed the complaint.  Dan's complaint against Negangard was dismissed on Thursday February 10, 2011.  By the following Tuesday, Negangard made Dan a target of a grand jury investigation.

If these people were truly fearful, they would have reported it to the police and/or Prosecutor Negangard.  (Actually Dr. Edward J. Connor did testify he contacted the Erlanger, Kentucky police and the FBI.  They told Dr. Connor to ignore Dan.  If there was a crime, they would have investigated it.)  During Dan's arraignment on March 11, 2011, the prosecution offered restraining orders to "protect" the alleged victims from Dan.  If Dan was truly a danger or committed a crime, Negangard allowed a dangerous criminal to run free while he waited for a ruling on the complaint Dan filed against the prosecutor.  This should help shed light on the fact that this is nothing less than an horrific case of prosecutorial misconduct.  This isn't a case where a prosecutor convicted an innocent person of a crime they did not commit; this is Dearborn County Prosecutor F. Aaron Negangard making up a crime in an effort to convict a man in retaliation for speaking out against the government.

If you find this to be unbelievable infringement of constitutional rights, please contact Executive Secretary G. Michael Witte of the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission at the below contact information and encourage them to investigate Dearborn County Prosecutor F. Aaron Negangard. Please note that Mr. Witte is a former judge in Dearborn County, Indiana.

Executive Secretary

G. Michael Witte

Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission

30 S. Meridian St., Suite 850

Indianapolis, IN 46204

317.232.1807  phone

317.233.0261  fax

  

Sometimes Ed says the craziest things.

I sat in on a court hearing a few days ago where Dr. Edward J Connor, a psychologist/custody evaluator in the Greater Cincinnati Area, testified in a child custody hearing in Campbell County, Kentucky. Dr. Connor seemed rather surprised to see me and after we first made eye contact, he made a conscience effort not to look at me again. He seemed a little nervous and from a psychological standpoint he probably should have been. As a psychologist, he probably believes that aggression or violence would be a common reaction for parents who had their children ripped from them without any warning or justifiable reason. As Dr. Connor was the one who maliciously attacked my credibility in an effort to hurt my children and me after I informed the public that Dr. Connor conducted himself in an unethical and illegal manner, he was probably concerned that I would be in the majority of parents who would have let anger take over. Fortunately for Dr. Connor, I do not fit into the demographic that would want to cause physical harm to someone who lied to hurt their children. I was just taking a legal approach to getting a better perspective of how Dr. Connor operates in other situations.

When Dr. Connor testified, he was rather quiet and his answers were short and simple. For a while, he really sounded like a very credible professional expert, until he uttered his custody recommendation. Dr. Connor testified that the parents were probably not able to communicate well enough for joint custody to work effectively. So he recommended that both of the parents should have full custody. No kidding.

I know, I know; you're asking, "how in the hell can both parents have full custody of one pre-teen child?" It's easy. Dr. Connor testified that he believed that custody should alternate from year to year. That's right. One parent this year and then the other parent the next. I'm sure that would resolve conflict. For those who think that I may have heard it wrong, believe me I didn't. I was just as shocked as you are. Dr. Connor claimed that he never made a recommendation like that before but thought it might work out in that situation. Nothing screams potential conflict like "Bye sweetie, it's time for your mom/dad to make all of the decisions this year. We'll do it my way again next year."

And people wonder why the family court system is so messed up. I have no idea how much the parents had to pay for this recommendation. Why do judges like Gayle Hoffman feel the need to appoint experts just to find out if there are conflicts between the parents? Rather than do her job that she is paid very well to do, Hoffman just pushed the responsibility off to another party. Judges like Hoffman like to point fingers at parents for wasting time and money during custody disputes, yet the judges are the ones who force parent to go to "experts" like Dr. Connor where they have to pay for the evaluation, pay to correct the evaluation, pay to dispute or present the evaluation, and then pay for Dr. Connor's appearance in Court so everyone can hear what ridiculous solution that Dr. Connor dreamed up to solve the problem. Obviously Judge Hoffman didn't follow the recommendation because it was probably the dumbest thing that she ever heard. So what does Judge Hoffman do? She berated the parents, one more than the other, because they had wasted so much time and money. Dr. Connor testified that he had been appointed by the Court to conduct three evaluations/updates of the child and parents. Three evaluations and several thousand dollars later, Dr. Connor concluded that the child's best interest would be best served by magically turning the kid into a tennis ball and serving the kid up at Wimbledon. Judge Gayle Hoffman was angry with the parents for wasting the Court's time. Maybe Judge Hoffman should have pointed her finger at herself and the Court for wasting everyone's time by sending the parents to Dr. Edward J Connor.

Happy 7th Birthday. Daddy wishes he could be there

My daughter Mary turns seven today and I still can't see her and her sister. I still have a long hard battle in front of me because no one will let me see the evidence behind the court's findings that I have the potential to cause harm to my children. How does a father prove that he is not a potential danger to his children? I have a flawless parenting record, I've never been accused of abusing or neglecting my daughters, and during the course of a 2 1/2 year divorce, no one tried to modify or restrict my parenting time.

Judge Humphrey took away my children because he said that I may have the potential to harm them. He referred to Dr. Connor's testimony but wouldn't allow me to see Dr. Connor's records. How can I prove that I won't do something bad in the future; especially when there is no evidence that I did anything wrong in the first place? Dr. Connor testified that he thought that I "may" begin to coach my children against their mother. He was allowed to say these kinds of things and I had no way to dispute them. For some reason the fact that I never did these things was not sufficient to prove that I wouldn't do them in the future.

My ex wanted me out of my daughters' lives so she and Dr. Connor entered into different contracts and then used them to obstruct my access to evidence. When I questioned it, they attacked me. They claimed that the contract was the normal contract that was signed at the beginning of custody evaluations. Dr. Connor claimed that I couldn’t understand his policies no matter how many times he explained it to me. At the last minute, they said, "Oops, it was a mistake. Our bad" and then they claimed that I was paranoid because I felt they conspired against me. Dr. Connor said crazy things like my writings were similar to those of individuals who commit horrendous crimes against their families. My ex claimed that I became so verbally abusive that she had to take the children into the bathroom, lock the door, and run water in the tub and sing songs to the girls to block out the yelling. How do you refute lies like that? Bring in an FBI profiler to study my writings? If my ex was that afraid of me, why didn't she call 911? She didn't have any problems having me arrested for calling the girls on the phone, which was in line with the Indiana Parenting Time Guidelines. Better yet, she told her story as if the locked bathroom door protected her and the children from terrible harm. As responsible parents, we always kept a key for the bathroom door handy in case the girls would lock themselves in. If her story was true, why wouldn’t I have unlocked the door? The better question is, if I was verbally abusive to the children or around the children, why was there no mention of my daughters ever being afraid or uncomfortable with me. In fact, Dr. Connor’s report stated that the girls were very comfortable with me and that I had excellent parenting skills. This is what I have to fight against. First they claimed that I didn't take the children to the doctor and then turned around and said that the only reason I took them to the doctor was to try to act like a primary parent. My ex said that the girls were not safe sleeping on the second floor at my house because I didn't properly block the steps. After I moved both of the girls' beds into my 15' x 25' bedroom and double gated the doorway, she expressed "concerns" about the girls' sleeping arrangements, but no one wanted to elaborate on what the "concerns" consisted of because there could be severe legal ramifications for "those kinds" of false accusations. When my ex claimed that I left firearms lying around the house after she filed for divorce, I bought a gun safe and moved my guns from the locked closet to the safe. Then I was accused of only getting the safe to appease her and she even listed the safe as a marital asset. In 2005, my ex called the police because she said I wouldn't let her leave with our daughter. When the police arrived, they made her leave, alone. When this was brought up in court, she and Dr. Connor claimed that the police officer, who is now the Sheriff of Ripley County, didn't ask her for her side of the story. When I received help from my mother during the divorce, they claimed I dumped my children on my mother. When my ex received help from her parents, they claimed it was necessary in order to help her out during the tough divorce. All of my "problems" were attributed to my "severe" ADHD. All of her problems were attributed to my "severe" ADHD. They said I did not take responsibility for my actions. They claimed that I was responsible for her problems. Now I have to overcome all of this without having access to the evidence that "supports" the allegations against me.

Here's my dilemma, for some reason showing up in court and demonstrating that I have never done any of the things that they say that I might do, is not a valid defense. No one ever claimed that I ever brought harm to my children; they just claimed that I "might" do it in the future. How long do I have to continue not harming or harassing people before a judge will determine that I am not going to begin to do the bad things that people are claiming that I “might” do? I don’t need a psychological evaluation; I need a fortune teller because I need someone who will testify that, in the future, I continue to conduct myself in a responsible and law abiding manner. Maybe by the time my daughters turn 18, people will realize that I have never nor will I ever do anything to hurt my children or anyone else. The people who are hurting my children are the people who are preventing my daughters from spending birthdays and holidays with their father. Happy 7^th Birthday Mary. I’m still the kind and loving father that I was before the mean people took your daddy away. For more history on my story, go to www.danhelpskids.com.

Pre-Meditated Verdicts

I sometimes question why they even hold court in Dearborn/Ohio County. I guess people like James Humphrey and Aaron Negangard feel like they have some obligation to go through the motions to give the appearance that they are abiding by the rules. They have a tendency to reverse engineer the legal system; they determine the verdict before trial, and then work backwards and gather information during legal proceedings that help to rationalize their decisions. I want to reinforce that I’m not offering an opinion on the heinous nature of Andrew Conley’s crimes, but what people won't read about the Andrew Conley trial is that it was nearly impossible for the Court to determine the mental/psychological state of Andrew Conley because Judge James D. Humphrey and Prosecutor Aaron Negangard appoint psychologists like Dr. Edward J Connor to participate in criminal and civil proceedings. Judge Humphrey and Prosecutor Negangard have a history of ex parte communications with Dr. Connor and they share ex parte evidence in an attempt to get desired verdicts. If people try to question the relationship between Humphrey, Negangard, and Connor, they are punished in Court and are harassed by law enforcement. Judge Humphrey protects Dr. Connor from releasing records that would incriminate Dr. Connor in unethical and illegal conduct. Prosecutor Negangard abuses his authority and initiates investigations against people who question the unethical/illegal behavior of Dr. Connor, in an attempt to intimidate and harass. Prosecutor Aaron Negangard turns his head when Dr. Ed Connor engages in interstate mail and wire fraud, and then threatens to prosecute those who speak out about the situation. I'm not here to argue whether Andrew Conley is less guilty or innocent, I'm just letting people know that Judge James D. Humphrey and Prosecutor Aaron Negangard use professionals like Dr. Edward J Connor to get the results that they want. They are pretty good at it too. Humphrey knows how to word judgments that hinder the appellate process. Negangard sends out mass emails to county officials to try to try to rationalize illegal investigations.

I'm not a lawyer or a judge and I don't profess to know whether Andrew Conley's verdict is appropriate; I'm just raising the issue of what happens when Humphrey and Negangard pre-determine verdicts in everyday life? What happens if one of Negangard's drinking buddies hits you with their car. Are you going to have a fair chance at trial? I'm sure there are a few of you who are reading this that feel that the prosecutor's office "overlooked" important aspects of your complaints. I'm sure there are probably a few "acquaintances" of Negangard's whom have benefitted from this "overlooking". What happens if you question why Judge Humphrey's appointed expert isn't licensed by the state of Indiana and gives conflicting testimony? Judge Humphrey will punish you so he can appoint his unlicensed expert, who also doesn't tell the truth, the next time. Judge James D. Humphrey and Prosecutor Aaron Negangard are the epitome of the cliché small town, “the night the lights went out in Georgia” crooked justice. “Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.” -Albert Einstein. For more information or to contact me, go to www.danhelpskids.com. If Judge Humphrey, Prosecutor Negangard, or Dr. Edward Connor finds this to be slanderous, feel free to sue me or arrest me. My name is Dan Brewington.

R.I.P. Pawnsy-Boy. My girls never got a chance to see their cat again. They're lucky that it was only their cat and not a family member.

RIP Pawnsy-Boy. Pawnsy, who started off as Hans but later morphed into Pawnsy-Boy, had to be put down today because he had kidney failure. Pawnsy was my daughters’ cat that my ex brought home a few months before she told me that she wanted a divorce. Of course I was “stuck” with Pawnsy because she couldn’t take the cat. Pawnsy was a very loyal cat that spent a majority of his life hanging out and often sleeping on people. Unfortunately, Pawnsy did not live long enough to see his little girls again.

I’m an animal person and I loved the cat. Mom took the cat to the vet and she came back alone. I pretty much expected that Pawnsy was at the end of his rope but we didn’t have the conversation of what we would do with Pawnsy. Mom told the vet to have him cremated but I didn’t feel it did the old guy justice. I guess I felt bad because I always buried my dogs behind the garage on the farm so they could see the sun set every night. I guess it’s kind of goofy but it seemed like a peaceful resting place for my loyal friends. In fact, it was such a nice view of the sunset, my 87 year old grandma once joked that if she didn’t have a plot next to grandpa, she wouldn’t mind being buried next to my dog Cozmo. I just felt that my boy Pawnsy deserved the same effort and respect as the dogs.

Even though the girls’ cat died today, it has been another lucky day for them. They will never see their Pawnsy-Boy again but they are lucky that it was just their cat that died today. What if their Grandma Sue or Uncle Matt died today? What if something happened to their older cousins Katie and Holly? How would the girls be affected if I happened to die of cancer or if I was killed in an automobile accident before they got to see me again? “We have some good news and some bad news, girls. The good news is that you get to see Daddy’s family again. The bad news is, Daddy was killed by a drunk driver 5 months ago.”

These are the risks that vindictive people take when they play with my daughters’ lives. Their anger and hatred for me blinds them from being able to see what is in my children’s best interests. They don’t care if my mother dies before the girls have the opportunity to see their grandmother again. They don’t care if I die. They don’t care if the girls ever get to see their dad or his family. If they did, they wouldn’t keep trying to have me arrested and trying to hold me in contempt of court, while searching for bogus reasons as to why the girls should not see their father.

I put a lot of effort into Pawnsy-Boy because I knew how important he was to the girls. Near the end of the divorce, I spent a majority of my time at Mom’s house in Norwood because I was working on my case and farm life didn’t have the conveniences of Office Depot and high speed internet. I probably drove a couple thousand miles just to change Pawnsy’s litter box and to feed him during that time. That’s the same dad that they claimed to be dangerous to his own children. I wanted to keep things as normal as possible for the girls so they didn’t have any abrupt changes in their lives. That philosophy went out the window when Judge Humphrey took me out of my daughters’ lives.

Now I have to bury my buddy Pawnsy-Boy, because he was my loyal friend. I could have let the vet throw the ashes into the dumpster but it wouldn’t have been the honorable thing to do. Hopefully when I get to see my daughters I will only have to explain the death of Pawnsy-Boy. They will be upset; but not nearly as upset if I have to tell them that a family member died while people were trying to keep them away from Daddy. The sad thing is that they will understand all of this at some point in their lives. They will know that people worked hard to cheat them out of over a year with their dad and his family. That’s not a fair thing to put on children. The one thing that my girls can always take comfort in knowing is that their dad will always fight to be their dad. I love you girls and Daddy will keep fighting for you.

-Dan Brewington

www.danhelpskids.com

Now I am receiving fake letters from my daughters

I received “fake” letters from both of my daughters over the weekend. In over a year of not seeing my daughters, the letters were the most comprehensive updates that I received about the girls. Rather than receive a straight forward letter, letting me know about the progress of the girls, I received two letters that were written by someone else acting as if the girls wrote them. The letter “from” my four-year old daughter says things like, “I like to be independent and do things myself. I get aggravated when others try and help me with something I can do. If someone tries to help me, I will usually undo what they did and start over myself. That’s just me!”

I’m an adult. I don’t need a 700 word happy story to report the progress of my children. During the course of my 2 ½ year divorce, I received a written update every morning that I picked up the children. When Judge Humphrey terminated my visitation time and the girls’ mother stopped letting me speak to the children on the phone, I didn’t receive any updates on the girls for several months. Now I am finding out that they are losing teeth, growing bigger, and going bowling, through letters that are written by an adult who is acting like they are my children.

If I was working out of town it would be cute. If I was deployed in Afghanistan, it would be comforting. Considering that the letters are being written by someone who had me arrested for calling/texting in an effort to check on the welfare of my children; I find it insulting. Imagine how you would feel if the person who was working hard to keep you from your children was the same person writing letters pretending to be your children. What can I do about it? Nothing. I have to take it in stride. I can’t raise my voice and I can’t argue because everything I say WILL be used against me in a court of law. Even the stuff that I do not say is used against me. They even use the stuff that they speculate that I might say in the future.

I was once accused of trying to scheme and plot. No one ever explained what I was scheming and plotting to do. The only “plot” that I have ever worked on is my strategy to ensure that my children have the ability to grow up spending equal time with both parents. The other side has been “scheming and plotting” to devise a plan to shut the children’s father out of their lives, while writing feel good letters “from” the girls in an effort to keep me informed of what I am missing in my little girl’s lives. I love you girls. Daddy will always fight for the right to be your dad.

-Dan Brewington

www.danhelpskids.com

How Dr. Edward J Connor conducts himself in an unethical and illegal manner and the people who enable him to do so.

This is a collection of some statements and/or opinions that Dr. Edward J Connor has given in several different legal proceedings. Dr. Connor claimed that he could not understand me in a child custody evaluation because I had ADHD, yet Dr. Connor doesn’t have a problem evaluating child porn addicts, violent offenders, rapists, and murders. Dr. Edward J Connor is not only a danger to children; Dr. Connor presents a real danger to the integrity of criminal and civil trials to which Dr. Connor is involved.

“The doctor testified that when Conley killed his 10-year-old brother, Conner, in November he was likely in a dissociative state – a condition in which the mind seems different than the body.” -WLWT report of Dr. Edward Connor’s testimony at the 9/20/2010 Sentencing Hearing for convicted murder Andrew Conley

“[Dr. Edward Connor] attributed Mullikin’s addiction to child pornography to being sexually confused after becoming aroused while being spanked by a nun in fifth grade.” -Cincinnati Enquirer report of Dr. Connor’s testimony at the sentencing hearing in Kenneth Mullikin’s child pornography case.

In the 2007 rape trial of Jeni Lee Dinkel, Dr. Connor recommended that Ms. Dinkel not do jail time for having sex with her son’s 15 year old friend. Dr. Connor stated that Ms. Dinkel took full responsibility for her actions and was a very low risk to reoffend in any manner. Ms. Dinkel pled guilty to having sex with a 15 year old boy after providing alcohol to teenagers. Dr. Connor felt that if Ms. Dinkel went to jail, it would be hard on her son. In 2008, Ms. Dinkel was arrested for a probation violation and her case worker claimed that Ms. Dinkel placed blame on the 15 year old victim.

In the Death Row trial of Marco Chapman, Dr. Connor stated, “Marco Chapman was depressed as a baby due to the emotional detachment of his parents. Chapman’s parents suffered from depression, serious alcohol abuse, and mental disorders. Chapman’s father sexually abused him and routinely beat him unconscious. His parents gave Chapman alcohol in his baby bottle. A babysitter molested Chapman. Chapman began to smoke marijuana and drink alcohol at the age of eight and became sexually active and suicidal as a child. Chapman experienced dissociative states. He was plagued by conduct disorders and dysthymia and Chapman’s emotional disturbances had physical manifestations. Around the age of 14, Chapman attempted suicide by hanging himself and cutting his wrists. This was around the same time Chapman began to abuse LSD, embalming fluid, and PCP. Chapman suffered from gender identity issues. He abused heroin, cocaine, crack, and methamphetamines and drank alcohol in binges. Chapman was in acute psychological turmoil suffering from substance dependence, Dysthymic Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, intrusive thoughts, odd sensory experiences, including visual and auditory hallucinations, dramatic mood swings, troubling thoughts and dreams, and personality disorders (he had symptoms of both Borderline and Anti-social Disorder.” Marco Chapman had a marginal IQ yet Dr. Connor understood Mr. Chapman well enough to come to the above conclusion.

In the May 21, 2010 appellate ruling of Seth Smith v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Mr. Smith argued that the trial court erred in excluding proposed testimony from psychologist Dr. Edward Connor. The ruling states, “Appellant states that Dr. Connor would have testified that Appellant “acted in a manner which he felt was necessary to defend himself’.” The appellate court agreed with the trial court’s opinion that “Dr. Connor could not have testified to such because ‘he would be testifying as to what was actually in the Defendant’s mind at the time he committed the offense’.”

After I began publicly questioning the conduct of Dr. Connor and Dr. Connor’s involvement in previous trials, Dr. Connor attacked me and claimed that I may present an emotional danger to my children. When Judge Humphrey asked Dr. Connor how my behavior reflected my ability to parent and the safety of my children, Dr. Connor stated, “My concern is that if he -- it might not be necessary, the physical safety, but the psychological well-being of the children if he were to attempt to coach them in any way against the mother. If he doesn’t get what he wants in this way, my concern is that he’ll start to work on the children, try to coach them or influence them in some way to get what he wants. I would be more concerned about that.” When Judge Humphrey asked Dr. Connor to describe what Dr. Connor observed that led him to that conclusion, Dr. Connor replied, “His manipulativeness, his tendency to not see things objectively for another’s perspective. Pretty much, if he doesn’t get what he wants, then he’ll go to many different extents or means to try to get his way, such as I said, all of the information that he puts up on the internet. He’s threatened -- I feel like he’s threatened the courts, I feel like he’s made threats to me. He’s made very negative comments about myself publicly. There’s a lot of manipulation on his behalf that I think would pre-dispose him, then, to trying to manipulate the children, as well, if he does not get what he wants.”

Psychologist Dr. Edward Connor is a hired gun that will say anything for a buck and will go to extremes to crush those who question his conduct. Judge Humphrey wrote in the final decree in my divorce, “According to Dr. Connor’s testimony, Husband’s writings are similar to those of individuals who have committed horrendous crimes against their families.” That was the best that Dr. Connor could make up. He didn’t have any evidence that I was anything but a good father so he had to make something up. Albert Einstein once said, “Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.” It makes you wonder why judges like Judge James Humphrey keep appointing Dr. Edward J Connor. For more information on the conduct of Dr. Edward J Connor, visit www.danhelpskids.com and www.danbrewington.blogspot.com.

The following is a list of some of the professionals, organizations, and government officials that are aware of the unethical and/or illegal conduct of Kentucky psychologist, Dr. Edward J Connor. Many on the below list are aware that Dr. Connor has brought harm to clients and children, has committed perjury, and has committed mail and wire fraud, yet they either cannot nor will not do anything to protect the public or their clients from Dr. Connor. Please feel free to contact the people/organizations below and ask them to help put a stop to Dr. Connor's unethical and illegal conduct.

The Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky -Dr. Connor oversees their psychological staff.

Dearborn/Ohio County Indiana Circuit Judge James D. Humphrey

Dearborn/Ohio County Indiana Prosecutor Aaron Negangard

Dearborn County Indiana Attorney Jack Gay

Dearborn County Indiana Sheriff David Lusby

Dearborn County Indiana Special Crimes Unit Detective and Sheriff Candidate Mike Kreinhop

The Dearborn County Special Crimes Unit

Dearborn County Indiana Commissioners

Ripley County Indiana Circuit Court Judge Carl H. Taul

Ripley County Indiana Prosecutor Richard Hertel

Indiana State Representative Johnny Nugent

Leanna Weissmann, Attorney at Law

Barbara Wyly, Attorney at Law

Angela G. Loechel, Attorney at Law

Thomas Blondell, Attorney at Law, Zerbe, Garner, Miller and Blondell

Jeff Rollman, Attorney at Law

Indiana Deputy Attorney General Betsy Isenberg

Kentucky Attorney General and US Senate Candidate Jack Conway

Assistant Kentucky Attorney General Mark Brengleman

Assistant Kentucky Attorney General Tad Thomas

The Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology

Kentucky Psychologist Dr. Sara Jones-Connor

Kentucky Psychologist Dr. Jean Deters

Letter to my Daughters

Dear Girls,

I'm sure you are wondering why you haven't been able to see your father since August 19, 2009. Judge James D. Humphrey was aware that your daddy always protected you and never let you get hurt, and Judge Humphrey knew that you and your dad loved each other very much. Judge James D. Humphrey also knew that Dr. Edward J Connor made no mention of your dad ever doing anything that would harm you physically or emotionally. Judge Humphrey was so concerned about your safety that he said you couldn't see your daddy until two other mental health professionals said that daddy was not dangerous. If Judge Humphrey received evidence from three mental health professionals indicating that daddy does not present a risk to your physical and/or emotional well being, Judge Humphrey would allow your daddy to care for you just like daddy used to do. Unfortunately, Judge Humphrey recused himself from the case on June 9, 2010 and it has taken three months to appoint another job. I'm sure all of the judges who are friends with Dr. Connor are doing everything they can to reunite you with your father. Why shouldn't they? They only thing that Daddy ever did was post things on the internet that demonstrated that Dr. Connor did not tell the truth. Your father did Judge Humphrey a big favor and Judge Humphrey must have made Dr. Connor clean up his act because Judge Humphrey keeps appointing him. Daddy is doing everything he can to get back to you.

Love you girls,

Daddy

Letter to County Officials; Re: Ohio County Prosecutor Aaron Negangard knows that a court appointed expert in a murder trial is a fraud.

The following is a copy of an email that I sent to Dearborn County Officials. I sent the email to all the officials who were copied to Dearborn County Prosecutor Aaron Negangard's email, which informed county officials that I was still under investigation by Dearborn County law enforcement. I have been under investigation for my internet writings for nearly a year. This is merely an attempt by Prosecutor Aaron Negangard to protect Dr. Edward J Connor as Dr. Connor is regularly appointed by Judge James D. Humphrey in both civil and criminal cases. Dr. Connor is currently a court appointed "expert" in the murder trial of Andrew Conley of Rising Sun, Indiana. Judge James D. Humphrey and Prosecutor Aaron Negangard serve both Dearborn and Ohio counties in Indiana. Dr. Connor claimed he had difficulties communicating with me because I suffered from "severe" ADHD, yet somehow Dr. Connor is qualified to evaluate someone who claimed that the Showtime series "Dexter", motivated Conley to take the life of another human being. If anyone would like documentation that support any of my writings, please feel free to contact me or visit www.DanHelpsKids.com.

Dear Dearborn County Officials

In case there is any doubt about the unethical/illegal behavior of Judge Humphrey and Dr. Edward J Connor, the following is Dr. Edward J. Connor’s “professional opinion” of how my “conduct” negatively impacts my children. The following is from the transcripts of the May 27, 2009 hearing. Dr. Connor did not have any facts to support his “concerns” about me because Dr. Connor didn’t have any concerns about my parenting. He was concerned that I would continue to tell people that Dr. Connor conducts himself in an unethical and illegal manner while working with courts. If Dr. Connor was concerned about my Ritalin prescription, he should have requested the information during the custody evaluation. "Burden of Proof" is not Dr. Connor showing up on the day of the final hearing and stating that I need to present more evidence to prove my worthiness as a parent when he has no evidence to suggest otherwise. Judge Humphrey made two little girls fatherless because Dr. Connor claimed that I don’t get my way in the future, I may try to “coach” or “influence” my daughters. Judge James D. Humphrey is a child abuser who is worse than 95% of the criminals that he puts in jail. Aaron Negangard and Mike Kreinhop are aware of this abuse but they do nothing because Dr. Connor is regularly appointed by Judge Humphrey, as he was in the Andrew Conley case. Protecting Dr. Edward J. Connor is more important to Aaron Negangard then protecting children. A copy of this email can be found on www.danbrewington.blogspot.com. Thank you for your time and I hope that you will help put pressure on Prosecutor Aaron Negangard to put a stop to child abusers like Judge James D. Humphrey and Dr. Edward J. Connor. Thank you for your time.

Judge Humphrey: Doctor [Connor], a question. What -- given what you’ve just related concerning behaviors of Mr. Brewington, how does this reflect on his ability to parent and safety of the children being with him?

Dr. Connor: Again, the firearms issue concerns me, if that is accurate, and I don’t know if he takes his medication on a regular basis. I don’t know if he’s at the proper dose and things like this. This is information that would have to be determined. My concern is that if he -- it might not be necessary, the physical safety, but the psychological well-being of the children if he were to attempt to coach them in any way against the mother. If he doesn’t get what he wants in this way, my concern is that he’ll start to work on the children, try to coach them or influence them in some way to get what he wants. I would be more concerned about that.

Judge Humphrey: And can you describe for me what you have seen that leads you to this conclusion?

Dr. Connor: His manipulativeness, his tendency to not see things objectively for another’s perspective. Pretty much, if he doesn’t get what he wants, then he’ll go to many different extents or means to try to get his way, such as I said, all of the information that he puts up on the internet. He’s threatened -- I feel like he’s threatened the courts, I feel like he’s made threats to me. He’s made very negative comments about myself publicly. There’s a lot of manipulation on his behalf that I think would pre-dispose him, then, to trying to manipulate the children, as well, if he does not get what he wants.

[Prosecutor Negangard’s original email below]

From: anegangard@dearbornohioprosecutor.com [mailto:anegangard@dearbornohioprosecutor.com]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 4:46 PM
To: Dan Brewington; wewbank@dearborncounty.in.gov; jdgaylaw@hotmail.com; dc_ema@embarqmail.com; dc_wr@embarqmail.com; bmessmore@dearborncounty.org; bullrich@embarqmail.com; maynardlb@embarqmail.com; liz.morris210@gmail.com; dlansing1967@yahoo.com; tcheek2@embarqmail.com; preferredenginer@aol.com; jhughes@dearborncounty.in.gov; torschell@dearborncounty.in.gov; recorderoffice@dearborncounty.org; Joe Kisor
Subject: Re: Potential loss of federal and state funding

To all county officials:
Please be advised that Dan Brewington is currently under investigation by the Dearborn County Sheriff's department. Once he was advised of this by Judge James Humphrey who had to recuse himself from his case only recently he has attacked me or my office. I take this an effort to get me not to do my job of prosecuting those who violate the law. I assure you his efforts will not succeed. If he has violated the law then I will make every effort to prosecute him. However I will point out that this matter is still under investigation and until such time he is convicted he is presumed innocent. He is also incorrect regarding his request. He clearly asked for records pertaining to his investigation that are not to be disclosed under Indiana law. If any of you need any further information regarding this matter. Please do hesitate to contact me.
Aaron

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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Why haven't I seen my kids for over a year? This is why.

Many people question why I haven’t had the opportunity to see my children for over a year now. The reason is Judge James D. Humphrey did not want me to see my children and Judge Humphrey actively worked to prohibit me from being able to get back with my children. The following is an explanation of why/how I haven’t even had an opportunity to comply with Judge Humphrey’s orders so I can see my daughters.

In the final decree of my divorce, filed August 18, 2009, Judge James D. Humphrey wrote:

“Respondent shall not be entitled to visitation until he undergoes a mental health evaluation with a Mental Health Care Provider approved by the Court. The purpose of this evaluation is to determine if he is a possible danger to the children, Wife, and/or himself. Further, Husband shall follow all recommendations made by the Mental Health Care Provider.”

In the summer of 2007, I participated in a child custody evaluation that was performed by Dr. Edward J Connor. Connor’s evaluation, addendum, and psychological testing made no mention of me presenting any danger to children, Wife, and/or myself. Despite Dr. Connor reporting in his evaluation report that he had no concerns about me being a “potential danger” to anyone, Judge Humphrey terminated my ability to see my children until he received a “second opinion” from a different mental health professional confirming that I do not present a risk to anyone. If Judge Humphrey, my ex-wife, or Dr. Connor felt that my mental health presented a danger to anyone, then why didn’t they attempt to review my records from the Affinity Center in Montgomery, Ohio? Judge Humphrey, Dr. Connor, and my ex-wife were well aware that I had been under the care of a doctor and therapist for ADHD at the Affinity Center since January 2002. Despite knowing that I was (and still am) currently under the care of a doctor and a therapist for ADHD, Judge Humphrey ordered me seek an evaluation from another professional and ordered me to follow all of the recommendations rather than consult with my treating therapist and doctor. [An important thing to note here is that we are talking about Attention Deficit Disorder. If anyone can provide me with information relating to ADHD causing people to become dangerous or violent, please let me know.]

On the surface, it doesn’t look so bad. People think, “So what? Just go through an evaluation.” I can’t. First I have to have a mental health provider approved by the Court before I present an evaluation to the Court. On September 8, 2009, I filed a petition for contempt when my ex-wife stopped letting me talk to my children on the phone. Judge Humphrey set a hearing for the matter but later dismissed the hearing citing that he didn’t have jurisdiction over the case while it was in appeal. On January 19, 2010, I filed a motion to release Dr. Connor’s case file to a psychiatrist in order for me to be evaluated. Judge Humphrey denied my motion because he claimed he did not have jurisdiction. On March 11, 2010, my lawyer filed a motion to approve a psychiatrist and Judge Humphrey determined that he did have jurisdiction of the case and set a hearing on the matter for June 13, 2010. My attorney had to petition the Court to set a hearing because my ex-wife did not think that the psychiatrist that I chose was qualified to evaluate me. Judge Humphrey made me wait three months for a hearing just to approve a psychiatrist. Just five days before the hearing, Judge Humphrey recused himself claiming that there was an ongoing investigation of me that pertained to him but Judge Humphrey refused to provide any details of the alleged investigation.

Following Judge Humphrey’s recusal, the matter went back to the original judge in the case, Judge Carl H. Taul, where Judge Taul arbitrarily appointed Judge John Westhafer, of Decatur County, to serve as the Judge in my case. Since Judge Taul did not follow the rules of his own court in appointing Judge Westhafer, my lawyer file a motion to correct error. Judge Taul wasn’t allowed to just arbitrarily pick who he wanted to be the next judge; he was supposed to name a panel of three judges, giving the parties an opportunity to strike two judges from the list. On July 9, 2010, Judge Taul named Judges Cleary, Todd, and Coy. My attorney had the first opportunity to strike from the panel. Considering Judge Cleary is in Dearborn County, there wasn’t much of a debate who we didn’t want to be judge. On July, 26, 2010, opposing counsel struck Judge Coy from the list leaving Judge Todd of Jefferson County. The Ripley Circuit Court did not issue an order naming Judge Todd until August 17, 2010. Judge Todd accepted the selection of Special Judge on September 3, 2010, but the Ripley County Clerk did not mail it out until September 8^th.

Nobody involved in this matter, except for my attorney and me, cares about my children. The people involved just want to keep putting off the inevitable; an outside professional appearing in court and stating that there is nothing in my history or psychological makeup that would suggest that I am a danger to anyone. Now that there is a new Judge, I can petition the Court to set a hearing to approve a psychiatrist. This is what I am required to do per Judge Humphrey’s orders. If the Court approves my psychiatrist, then I can go through an evaluation and then I have to petition the Court to set a hearing to approve the evaluation. If the Court approves the psychiatrist’s findings that I do not present a danger to anyone, I still can’t resume normal parenting. I have to find another mental health professional to observe me during two, two hour supervised visitation sessions a week with my daughters in a “therapeutic environment.” Before I can undergo supervised visitation in a therapeutic environment, I have to petition the court to set a hearing to approve the mental health professional. If the Court approves the mental health professional, I may see my children for two hours, two times a week. After I undergo supervised visitation with my children in a “therapeutic environment” and the mental health professional says that I do not present an emotional or physical risk to the children, then I can petition the Court to set a hearing to approve the findings of the mental health professional and I can request unsupervised visitation with my children. If the Court approves the findings, I can have unsupervised visitation with my children granted that I meet a list of guidelines, one of which is take down my internet content regarding the whole situation. Judge Humphrey wrote, “Because of the potential danger to the children, [Dan Brewington] must remove all postings created by him from the internet concerning the children before any unsupervised visitation may commence and/or continue.” [Please note all of the “if’s” and “approve’s”. If the Court were not to approve any of the above, I would have to repeat the step. Judge Humphrey made it clear that I am responsible for paying for all evaluations, supervised visitation sessions, etc… that are “necessary” in getting back to my children.]

None of this is about the safety or welfare of my children. It’s about protecting the people who hurt two little girls because the people hated what the girls’ father stood for. Judge James D. Humphrey was mad at me because he couldn’t force me to take down my internet content. At no point was there ever any testimony or evidence that my internet content presented any danger to the children. On April 29, 2009, Judge Humphrey held a hearing on my ex-wife’s motion for protective order requesting the Court to prohibit me from posting my experiences on the internet and requested that the Court to order me to remove my prior internet writings. On May 14, 2009, Judge Humphrey properly denied her motion because my writings were not harassing to Wife and they were not dangerous to the children. If my internet writings were truly dangerous, they would be dangerous regardless of whether or not I had unsupervised visitation with my kids. Judge Humphrey was not concerned that the children would read the internet content while in the care of their father because the children were only three and five years of age and had not even attended kindergarten. Judge Humphrey used my children as a means of extortion to try to censor me. Judge James D. Humphrey doesn’t like the fact that I call him an abuser of children. He could sue me for saying that if it isn’t true.

Nobody in the system cares about my children. If they were concerned about the safety of my daughters, wouldn’t they want the next evaluator to have the information that Dr. Connor used? Judge Humphrey denied my request to appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the children. No one requested my mental health records from the Affinity Center because they did not want outside professionals to be aware of the actions of Dr. Connor and Judge Humphrey. Judge Humphrey, Dr. Connor, and my ex-wife acted as if I manipulated and misled the people who have treated me for ADHD so they aren’t qualified to determine if I present a “potential danger” to society. Why would I spend that much time and money in trying to manipulate my treating professionals when I was the one who voluntarily sought treatment for some issues regarding concentration and organization? Dr. Connor never mentioned any “concerns” about my stability until I began requesting a copy of his case file. Dr. Connor even testified, that if the Court would order another evaluation, “whoever would be appointed to conduct the evaluation, I think they should be forewarned of what he will do if you do not agree with him or if you see things differently than he does. I think this person should be warned and not go blind into an evaluation with Mr. Brewington.” Basically, Dr. Connor claims that I should not be entitled to an unbiased evaluation. Dr. Connor wants to tell the evaluator what a bad person I am and then have me work out of the hole.

So I will keep fighting. Rather than find reasons why my children should not be fatherless, these people are spending a great deal of time and money trying to find reasons why my daughters should not have a dad. The problem that the professionals and my ex-wife have is they will have two little girls to answer to when they ask why they didn’t get to see their dad for over a year. Why should I be responsible for telling them? I think Judge James D. Humphrey should have to tell them the truth. Judge Humphrey can tell my daughters, “I know that your dad was a very loving and caring father and that he never caused you any emotional or physical pain, but we had to keep him away from you for over a year just to make sure that he wouldn’t hurt you. Now we are absolutely sure that he won’t hurt you. No thanks needed girls; it’s all part of the job in protecting children in Dearborn County, Indiana."

Corruption in the Dearborn County Courts and Dearborn County Prosecutor's Office

This is information that I sent out to government officials, media outlets, etc... regarding corruption in the Dearborn County Courts and the Dearborn County Prosecutor's Office. By no means am I questioning the heinous nature of Conley's crime; I'm just questioning why Judge James D. Humphrey and Prosecutor Aaron Negangard continue to allow Dr. Edward J. Connor to participate in legal proceedings, especially murder trials, while knowing that Dr. Connor often engages in ex parte communications with judges, files erroneous documents with the court and gives false courtroom testimony. Please contact me if you want a PDF of the letter and attachments and I will forward them to you.

To whom it may concern,

Andrew Conley is the 18 year old male who pleaded guilty, in an Ohio County, Indiana courtroom, to killing his 10 year old brother. Reports in the news state that the prosecutors were stunned by Andrew Conley’s admission of guilt as they were expecting Conley to plead guilty by insanity. A report on Cincinnati.com stated that Dearborn/Ohio County Prosecutor Aaron Negangard claimed that he was “surprised by Conley’s change from a plea of guilty by insanity.” Negangard should not have been surprised because Negangard was aware that one of the experts appointed by Judge James D. Humphrey, Dr. Edward J Connor, has a record of engaging in ex parte communications with judges, giving false statements to courts and law enforcement, and interfering with legal hearings. This is the same Dr. Edward J. Connor that was a topic of conversation on Eric Deters’ radio show that aired on August 4, 2010, on Cincinnati’s 700 WLW. Eric Deters talked about how Dr. Connor misled clients and judges and talked about how Dr. Connor asked women perverted questions about sexual role playing and shaving pubic hair. (The 8/4/10 podcast of Eric Deters’ show can be heard on WLW’s website.)

I am a 36 year old male who has not seen his children since August 19, 2009 because of the actions of Dr. Edward J Connor, of Erlanger, Kentucky, and Judge James D. Humphrey. In January 2007, my wife filed for divorce and in the summer of 2007, Dr. Edward J Connor performed a child custody evaluation for the court. Dr. Connor release his findings on August 29, 2007 and recommended that my wife be given custody of the children and that I continue to exercise parenting time with my 1 and 3 year old daughters three days a week and equal weekends. Dr. Connor made no mention of parental deficiencies in the evaluation and the evaluation report made statements like the following:

“Dan completed the Child History Questionnaire for both children. He seemed to have a good awareness of the children’s overall development milestones and attainments and also a good awareness of the children’s interests, desires and individual differences. He also showed a good awareness of various parenting strategies and techniques. In general, there are no significant deficits noted in Dan’s overall understanding of the children.”

Dr. Connor’s evaluation also stated:

“[Dan Brewington] also appeared nurturing such as when [18 month old daughter] accidentally hit her head on something and Dan kissed her head and asked if she was okay.”

Dr. Connor made the following recommendations:

“We again believe that [Wife] should be the primary residential parent and that the children should have time with their father during the times that their mother works. If Dan can arrange his schedule accordingly, then we believe that this would be a benefit to the children.”

“Currently, Dan has the children every Wednesday, Friday during the day and overnight and every third Monday during the day and overnight and equal weekend time. This schedule is reportedly based on the days that [Wife] works. Dan currently returns [daughters] to [Wife] at 8:00pm on the Sundays of his weekend time. Therefore, if our calculations are correct, [Wife] generally cares for the children four days a week. We see no reason why this schedule should not remain intact at this time.”

“We strongly believe that the children need to have adequate time with their father to maintain the bond that they have with him.”

Judge James D. Humphrey, who serves as Circuit Court Judge for both Dearborn and Ohio Counties in Indiana, was the second judge in my case. My divorce originated in Ripley County, Indiana but Ripley Circuit Judge Carl H. Taul recused himself because of the ex parte communication and evidence he received from Dr. Connor. The ex parte communications began on February 21, 2008, when Dr. Connor contacted Judge Taul to inform Judge Taul that Dr. Connor’s child custody evaluation contained “numerous errors and oversights.” Upon hearing that Dr. Connor told the Court that he released a report involving the welfare of my children that contained “numerous errors and oversights”, I requested a copy of the case file from Dr. Connor’s custody evaluation report per Indiana and Kentucky law and Dr. Connor’s contract, Provisions to Serve as an Impartial Expert in a Custody Evaluation. When I requested Dr. Connor’s case file, on March 11, 2008, Dr. Connor stated the following:

“We cannot release a copy of the case to you without [Wife’s] consent, as it contains confidential information about her as well as the children in addition to yourself.”

After sending a letter to Dr. Connor informing him that I was representing myself and that his contract stated that the parties were entitled to the case file, on March 26, 2008, Dr. Connor wrote:

“A letter was sent to Judge Taul today requesting his response as soon as possible. If I receive verification from the Court of your pro-se status, I would be happy to release the chart records to you. However, given the large amount of documentation and extra staff time required for copying, I cannot guarantee that the records will be ready for you in advance or our 3/31/08 appointment.”

On March 27, 2008, Dr. Connor wrote:

“Our correspondence with Judge Taul indicates that you have a right to the ‘evaluation’ at this time. As such, we do not interpret this as you having a right to the entire file but, but simply the ‘evaluation’ report.”

There were no protective orders prohibiting Dr. Connor from releasing his case file per Dr. Connor’s contract and Judge Taul could not have ruled on a matter outside the presence of the parties. Despite Dr. Connor’s evaluation report having no mention of any concerns that I may harass or harm the children or their mother, on April 1, 2008, Dr. Connor wrote a letter to Judge Taul stating:

On 3/31/08, Mr. Brewington, also stated that he wants a copy of the case file. Based on your letter dated 3/26/08 stating that Mr. Brewington is entitled to the evaluation only, we will not be releasing the case file to him. Furthermore, I am concerned as to Mr. Brewington’s intentions regarding this case file considering that it holds not only his confidential information, but also [Wife’s].”

On April 16, 2008, Dr. Connor told Judge Taul that he was not going to give me a copy of the case file because I was representing myself. Dr. Connor wrote:

“Mr. Brewington is correct in stating that our contract indicates we would provide the file to the representing attorney; however, given the circumstances, we believe that a Court order is necessary to release the file to Mr. Brewington, given that he is representing himself pro se.”

On August 4, 2008, Dr. Connor changed his story and claimed that there were laws that prevented him from releasing the file. Dr. Connor’s letter dated August 4, 2008, which was copied to Judge Taul, stated:

“Without [Wife’s] consent or a Court order from Judge Taul, I am prohibited from releasing the confidential information contained within the file per state and HIPAA laws and regulations. Please refer to the attached copy of the Provisions to Serve as an Impartial Expert in a Custody Evaluation, which you signed on 6/18/07.”

During a hearing on June 13, 2008 on my motion to release Dr. Connor’s case file, Judge Taul stated:

“…the Order to the Doctor to release was to release that which he was obligated to do under Kentucky law. [sic]”

Dr. Connor was not licensed to practice psychology in the state of Indiana so Judge Taul claimed that he issued an order to Dr. Connor to follow Kentucky laws regarding the release of information. Of course there was never any such order filed because it would require Indiana lawyers to know Kentucky law if they wanted to represent their clients in Indiana. During the June 13, 2008 hearing, I discovered that Dr. Connor entered into a separate agreement for individual psychological services to make it harder for me to obtain the case file from the custody evaluation. When I requested a copy of Dr. Connor’s Office Policy Statement bearing my signature, Dr. Connor did not respond until nearly a month and a half later. In Dr. Connor’s September 9, 2008 letter [attached hereto], which was also copied to Judge Taul, Dr. Connor wrote:

“With regard to the Office Policy Statement, we do not have a signed Office Policy Statement for you on file. It appears you were not provided with this document when you initially came to our office, which was an oversight on the part of our office staff. Nevertheless, the Office Policy Statement is simply an adjunct document to the Court order in which you and [Wife] agreed to participate fully in a custody evaluation to be conducted at this office.”

The following day (September 10, 2008), Dr. Connor attacked me in a letter [attached hereto] to Judge Taul stating:

“With this letter, I am expressing my concerns about regarding Mr. Daniel Brewington’s blatant disregard for the Court’s ruling in the above captioned case. As recently as 9/8/08, Mr. Brewington continues to send letters to me requesting that I release the case file to him, including [Wife’s] raw test data, despite the Court’s rulings that he be provided only with the evaluation report.”

“I have patiently and repeatedly responded to Mr. Brewington’s concerns to this point; however, it is clear that he disregards any information that does not serve his agenda. It is very perplexing that he is unable to understand or accept the basic premise of confidentiality that protects Ms. Brewington’s records from being released without her consent or a Court order. I have repeatedly explained this to him in our correspondence, but he continues to claim I have not given him a valid reason for withholding the file.”

“As a custody evaluator per an Agreed Order and thereby an extension of the Court, I believe Mr. Brewington’s behavior shows a blatant disrespect for the Court.” [Note: In a letter to Dr. Connor dated 9/16/08, Judge Taul told Dr. Connor that he would have to “respectfully disagree with [Dr. Connor’s] contention that as a custody evaluator [Dr. Connor] is an ‘extension of the Court’.” On December 5, 2008, Judge Carl H. Taul recused himself from the case because of the ex parte communication between Judge Taul and Dr. Connor.]

First it is important to note that none of the above letters appear on the Court record. After Dr. Connor claimed that his Office Policy Statement, which I was not provided with, was an “adjunct document” to the court order and after Dr. Connor attacked me for not understanding “the basic premise of confidentiality” and disregarding “any information that does not serve [my] agenda”, Dr. Connor gave the following court testimony regarding the Office Policy Statement during my cross examination of Dr. Connor on May 27, 2009 [Copies of Dr. Connor’s below testimony attached hereto. The transcripts of my full cross-examination of Dr. Connor can be found on www.danhelpskids.com]:

Dr. Connor (A): [Participants in custody evaluations] normally sign that document that you signed, yes.

Dan (Q): The Office Policy Statement?

Dr. Connor (A): That, I believe, is a document that was inaccurately or incorrectly given to [Wife].

Judge James D. Humphrey terminated my ability to see my 3 and 5 year old daughters on August 18, 2009. During the course of the 2 ½ year divorce, I cared for my girls every Wednesday, Friday, and ever third Monday from 6:25 AM until 8 AM the following day and I cared for my daughters half of the weekends in a year. During the course of my marriage and divorce, there were no allegations of abuse, neglect, drug or alcohol abuse, adultery, domestic violence, etc… There were no investigations performed by law enforcement or social services. At no point did Dr. Connor, the Court, my daughters’ mother, or anyone else attempt to modify or restrict my parenting time during the course of the 2 ½ year divorce. Despite the fact that no one mentioned terminating my parenting time, Judge Humphrey terminated my parenting time with my 3 and 5 year old daughters 2 ½ months after the final hearing of the divorce. Without warning, my little girls were stripped of a father that they had never gone more than four days without seeing. What was Judge Humphrey’s main concern in terminating two little girls’ ability to have a daddy? In the final decree Judge Humphrey wrote:

“The Court is most concerned about Husband’s irrational behavior and attacks on Dr. Connor. Frankly it appears that these attacks have been an attempt at revenge for taking a position regarding custody contrary to Husband.”

Judge Humphrey wasn’t concerned about my children. He was concerned about Dr. Edward J. Connor. Dr. Connor claimed that there Court ruled that I was not entitled to Dr. Connor’s case file yet Dr. Connor continued to claim that he could release the file if he received the mother’s consent. If there was truly a Court order prohibiting me from obtaining a copy of Dr. Connor’s case file, Dr. Connor wouldn’t be able to release the file even with the mother’s consent without permission from the Court. When I determined that the Court was not going to protect my children from Dr. Connor’s false statements and fraudulent conduct, in September of 2008 I created a website and began warning people about Dr. Connor and the family courts in Southeastern Indiana. I never wrote anything harassing about my ex-wife or any information damaging to my children. My ex-wife even filed a petition for a protective order requesting Judge Humphrey to force me to take down my internet content because she claimed it was harmful to her and the children. Judge Humphrey had to deny it because the web material did not deal with her or my children, it dealt with the conduct of Dr. Connor, Judge Taul and Judge Humphrey. Since Judge Humphrey could not force me to take down my internet content regarding the illegal conduct of his expert, Dr. Edward J. Connor, Judge Humphrey punished me for exercising my First Amendment Rights to free speech by taking away my children because Judge Humphrey was “most concerned” about the welfare of Dr. Connor.

I still haven’t seen my two little girls since August 19, 2009. Judge Humphrey wrote in the final decree:

“[Dan Brewington] shall not be entitled to visitation until he undergoes a mental health evaluation with a Mental Health Care Provider approved by the Court. The purpose of this evaluation is to determine if he is a possible danger to the children, Wife, and/or himself. Further, Husband shall follow all recommendations made by the Mental Health Care Provider.”

Despite having a flawless parenting record throughout the life of my children and no mention of “possible danger” in the evaluation performed by Dr. Edward J Connor, Judge Humphrey denied my children of a father while forcing me to undergo further evaluations to determine if I “may” be a danger to anyone in the future. I haven’t been able to present an evaluation to the Court because Judge Humphrey stated that the mental health professional must be first approved by the Court. Judge Humphrey claimed that he did not have jurisdiction of the matter because the case was being appealed. When I retained a lawyer, Judge Humphrey determined that he did have jurisdiction of the case and on March 17, 2010, Judge Humphrey set a hearing to approve a psychiatrist for June 13, 2010. Just five days before the June 13^th hearing, Judge Humphrey recused himself claiming that there was a pending investigation of me that pertained to Judge Humphrey.

Neither I nor my ex-wife lived in Dearborn County. The case landed in Dearborn County because Ripley Circuit Court Judge Carl H. Taul recused himself because he engaged in several ex parte communications with Dr. Edward J. Connor. On October 8, 2009, I received a voicemail from Dearborn County Special Crimes Unit Detective Mike Kreinhop stating the following:

“Mr. Brewington my name is Mike Kreinhop. I’m a detective assigned to the Special Crimes Unit located in Dearborn County, Indiana. And uh, I was calling to see if I could meet with you sometime, uh, concerning um… a complaint that’s been made against you con… on some writings that you have um… made, and uh… I wanted to get your side of the story if you will. And the best way to reach me is on my cell phone that number’s 812-221-0797. Again, that’s area code 812-221-0797. If I’m not available, please leave your name and number that I can reach you or the time I can call you back, and uh… see if you would be available to meet with me. Thank you very much. Bye.”

The Dearborn County Special Crimes Unit is a special task force, headed by Prosecutor Aaron Negangard that was created to help fight drugs, violent crimes, etc… When I returned Mr. Kreinhop’s call, he informed me that he wanted me to meet with him in Dearborn County but Detective Kreinhop refused to tell me who filed the complaint or what the alleged complaint was about. Detective Kreinhop would only tell me that it involved my writings. Considering that neither I, my ex-wife, nor Dr. Edward J. Connor, lived in Dearborn County, the only person falling under the jurisdiction of the Dearborn County Special Crimes Unit was Judge Humphrey. When I had a lawyer try to contact Detective Kreinhop, Detective Kreinhop did not respond to my lawyers calls for two weeks and then refused to tell my lawyer what the investigation was about and refused to meet with my lawyer unless I was present. My lawyer told Detective Kreinhop that I would not be speaking with him if the Dearborn County Special Crimes Unit was not willing to give an explanation as to why they wanted to question me in Dearborn County. Despite knowing that my lawyer said that I was not going to speak with them, on November 2, 2009, Prosecutor Negangard had Detective Kreinhop drive from Dearborn County, Indiana to my mother’s house in Norwood, Ohio to speak to me. Detective Kreinhop did not inform the Norwood Police Department of his trip. Detective Kreinhop claimed that he was just there to “verify” what my lawyer said about me not agreeing to meet with Detective Kreinhop in Dearborn County. Detective Kreinhop stayed for over three hours. Near the end of the conversation, I told Detective Kreinhop to tell Prosecutor Negangard to file charges against me if Prosecutor Negangard felt that I broke any laws and I told Detective Kreinhop that any trial would include a jury and I would be calling Dr. Connor and Judge Humphrey as my first witnesses. That was the last I heard about the alleged investigation until Judge Humphrey recused himself.

After Judge Humphrey recused himself, I sent a public records request to Prosecutor Aaron Negangard asking him for the information regarding the Dearborn County Special Crimes Unit’s investigation of my writings. In a letter dated July 7, 2010, Prosecutor Negangard denied my records request stating, “Pursuant to Indiana Law, Investigatory records are confidential and are not to be disclosed.” Upon review of the law, not only did I find that Prosecutor Negangard’s statements were false, Indiana law states that all investigatory records (except for those containing medical information, social security numbers, etc…) are subject to release at the discretion of the agency. I sent a response to Mr. Negangard’s denial and copied to other elected officials in Dearborn County to make them aware of Mr. Negangard’s false statements and to let them know that it could negatively impact future state and federal funding for law enforcement. On Monday, July 12, 2010, Prosecutor Negangard copied me to the following email to Dearborn County Officials:

To all county officials:

Please be advised that Dan Brewington is currently under investigation by the Dearborn County Sheriff's department. Once he was advised of this by Judge James Humphrey who had to recuse himself from his case only recently he has attacked me or my office. [sic] I take this an effort to get me not to do my job of prosecuting those who violate the law. [sic] I assure you his efforts will not succeed. If he has violated the law then I will make every effort to prosecute him. However I will point out that this matter is still under investigation and until such time he is convicted he is presumed innocent. He is also incorrect regarding his request. He clearly asked for records pertaining to his investigation that are not to be disclosed under Indiana law. If any of you need any further information regarding this matter. Please do hesitate to contact me. [sic]
Aaron

Sent from my Verizon Wireless Blackberry

Prosecutor Negangard accuses me of trying to undermine the Dearborn County criminal justice system with my writings. The irony of the situation is that Dr. Connor claimed that my writings were confusing and difficult to follow. Dr. Connor also claimed that my writings were “similar to those of individuals who have committed horrendous crimes against their families.” People like Dr. Edward J. Connor, Judge James D. Humphrey, and Prosecutor Aaron Negangard have put a tremendous amount of effort into trying to convince people that I present a risk or danger to society despite the fact that I have absolutely no history of violent and/or criminally menacing behavior. Dr. Connor, Judge Humphrey, and Prosecutor Negangard are very familiar with the court system and know that they can take criminal and/or civil action against me if they feel that I have done something wrong. They aren’t protecting the public from me; Dr. Connor, Judge Humphrey, and Prosecutor Negangard are protecting themselves from me. They figured out that they could not bully or trick me into doing something illegal so they could tell people that they were right about me. Unfortunately for my two little girls, Dr. Connor, Judge Humphrey, and Prosecutor Negangard feel that protecting their own self interest is more important than my daughters having a father in their lives.

I am not professing to claim that I know whether or not Andrew Conley is sane and I can’t even begin to comprehend what the Conley family has endured. I do find it troubling that a “professional” like Dr. Edward J. Connor is continually appointed by Judge Humphrey. Dr. Connor testified that he had extreme difficulties communicating with me because I had ADHD, yet Judge Humphrey appoints Dr. Connor to evaluate someone who claimed that a TV show motivated them to murder another human being. What is even more troubling are the lengths that Judge Humphrey, Dr. Connor, and Prosecutor Aaron Negangard will go to protect the criminal conduct of the Court’s expert. How can any justice be served when the first priority of the Court and the Prosecution is to protect the reputation of the Court appointed expert? How can justice be served when Dr. Connor has established a pattern of communicating with judges like Judge Carl H. Taul and Judge James D. Humphrey outside the presence of the parties to the trial? Judge Humphrey punished my children by taking away their father because their dad wrote about Dr. Connor’s misconduct. Rather than appoint another professional to evaluate Andrew Conley, Judge Humphrey went with his go to guy, Dr. Edward J. Connor. Judge Humphrey and Prosecutor Negangard are aware that Dr. Connor doesn’t tell the truth. They know that there isn’t a legitimate reason to investigate me. Dearborn County Law Enforcement has been investigating “my writings” for nearly a year. They haven’t even contacted the law enforcement agencies of the last two places that I have resided. Prosecutor Aaron Negangard and Dearborn County Law Enforcement are conducting a perpetual investigation of me because if the investigation is concluded, it is likely that they will have to tell me who filed the complaint. If Dr. Connor made the complaint, then Prosecutor Aaron Negangard will have to explain why he is wasting county resources on a yearlong investigation of a matter that is out of his jurisdiction. If Judge Humphrey made the complaint and initiated the “secret” investigation, Judge Humphrey will have to answer to why he continued to preside over my case and obstruct my ability to get back to my children. Regardless of who made the complaint, Judge James D. Humphrey, Dr. Edward J. Connor, and Prosecutor Aaron Negangard have demonstrated how they are willing to sacrifice the ideals and principles of the United States legal system to keep a lid on internal misconduct. While Lady Justice stands blindfolded with a scale in her hand, Judge Humphrey, Dr. Connor, and Prosecutor Negangard tip the scale when they feel that no one is watching.

I am sending a copy of this letter to different people to make people aware of the abuse of power and the lack of justice in South Eastern Indiana. While there is no doubt that Andrew Conley committed this unthinkable act, Dearborn County casts the same group of characters in legal matters where everyone is considered innocent until proven guilty. In Aaron Negangard’s letter to the county officials he stated:

“If [Dan Brewington] has violated the law then I will make every effort to prosecute him. However I will point out that this matter is still under investigation and until such time he is convicted he is presumed innocent.”

While Prosecutor Negangard was preoccupied in trying to convince people that I presented a threat to the Dearborn County Criminal Justice System, he forgot to mention that I have to be charged with something before Prosecutor Negangard can even speculate about convicting me. It’s that kind of preoccupation with self-preservation that treads on the rights of citizens in the courts. Hopefully this letter will help bring blind justice to the Dearborn and Ohio County Courts. For more information, go to www.danhelpskids.com and www.danbrewington.blogspot.com. Feel free to contact me with any questions.

Thank you,

Dan Brewington

dan@danhelpskids.com