Post by Admin on May 21, 2007 6:07:32 GMT -5
Perhaps, you've asked youself how Keenya ended up in prison. I realize you need a concise way to begin to understand the injustice Keenya has suffered.
So, I have prepared a snyopsis of the Juvenile Court and Criminal Court cases to assist your understanding. This synopsis will give you an overall view of the events and people who are responsible for Keenya's imprisonment. With knowledge, you will be able to comprehend what happened, who are the people responsible, and why Keenya is incarcerated. Afterwards, you will be better able to review and digest other case information and documents which I will post. Then, working together we can have a dialogue and discussions about ways that we can help Keenya gain her freedom.
KEENYA CURRY: SYNOPSIS OF JUVENILE & CRIMINAL CASES
1. Pregnant at 16, left home.
2. Married a short-time to the father Lloyd Burmeister.
3. Single mom with 3 children of her own: (in age order) Tammi, Lavera, and Gerald.
4. Life-long welfare mom.
5. Cases involve 2 grandchildren: (as of Jan 1997) 6 yr old Keenya Burmeister daughter of Tammi; & 3 yr old Joshua Burmeister son of Lavera - children abandoned by their mothers.
6. History of CSB (Childrens Services Bureau) involvement with own kids; there were several unsubstantiated ‘complaints’ to CSB. Yet history didn’t stop CSB from placing grandchildren with her.
(Later, at the Sentencing of criminal case, Judge cited Keenya’s problems with own kids as ‘evidence’ that she abused grandchildren).
7. At time of placement: little girl 1 yr old; boy later at 15 months old
8. Both grandchildren had documented severe mental/physical health issues:
Girl: ADD/ADHD with attendant behavioral and social interaction problems
Boy: ADD/ADHD crack baby, electrical misfiring in brain, rampant eczema
9. Both kids being treated with Ritalin & other drugs.
10. CSB well aware of medical problems of kids - well documented & ongoing treatments from various doctors. Both children receiving SSI indicative of the severity of their problems.
11. Keenya had pleaded with CSB for help with kids due to behavioral problems; she could not deal with their behavioral issues. CSB refused.
12. Keenya eventually sought another opinion on treatment - that’s when found Dr. David Cragar Minor (Fall of 96?).
13. Minor self-diagnosed ADD/ADHD; self-styled ‘expert’ on ADD/ADHD in particular with children. Also diagnosed Keenya and placed her on Ritalin which she eventually had to stop because of debilitating side-effects.
14. At one point, CSB proposed a case plan that Keenya refused to sign because not sufficient info; Dr. Minor told her not to worry, he knew how to deal with CSB. Minor told her to put chain on bedroom door to give kids ‘time-out’. She placed piece of Formica on lower part of upstairs window because little girl
kept climbing out on roof (witness was neighbor & Akron police officer never interviewed by Reed).
Confining child/children to bedroom was basis of Kidnapping charges.
15. Jan 97, on a complaint (by either Dr Minor and/or CSB through caseworker Sarah Cruse), CSB took kids, placed in foster care. Kids were 6 and 3 yrs old.
Cruse had previously visited with Keenya regards the complaint. Subsequently, CSB recommended the grandchildren be removed from Keenya’s home; the CSB recommendation was signed by Cruse. However, Cruse told Keenya privately that she had not seen any evidence of abuse and that she was forced by her supervisors to sign the complaint; Cruse was upset and told Keenya that she would quit her job if ever forced to do similarly in the future!
16. Thus began the Juvenile Court proceedings to determine what to do in the best interests of the children: return to natural moms, to grandmother, or put foster care.
17. During these proceedings, CSB tasked to prepare a case-plan for the court.
Dr. Minor admitted to caseworker that he had over-medicated the children for their own protection against themselves due to their behavioral issues.
Subsequently, per Prosecutor, Dr. Minor said he had over-medicated the children to to over medicate the children to protect them from the horrors they were being subjected to by their grandmother! As well, Prosecutor alleged that Curry was over-medicating the children though she maintains gave children only
prescribed doses - she advised attorney Reed to obtain prescription record from Youngfellow Drug but he never did.
18. Keenya indigent; by the time the two Juvenile Court proceedings were over, she had had 4 different attorneys (Harvey-Williams, Henges, Mishic, Reed).
(When criminal charges filed, Reed asked to be appointed counsel since he was already representing her in Juvenile Court cases.)
19. In the first Juvenile Court proceeding, Court ruled that ‘no abuse’ had occurred. Involved in these proceedings, among others, were the CSB’s caseworkers and sociologist assigned to interview and assess the children,
Prosecuting Attorneys, the guardian ad litem and, Dr. Minor. Obviously, all these ‘professionals’ and the Court were in agreement that Keenya had not, in fact, abused these children.
20. However, that was to change during the 2nd Juvenile Court proceeding over the next few months.
21. In the interim between the Juvenile Court proceedings was the time of the genesis of the targeted prosecution of Keenya.
22. Prosecutor brought in the First Team: judge remained the same but the magistrates changed: 1st recused herself and it was the 2nd magistrate who took charge of the case and the Judge (who Judge remained the same) took a back-seat in the case.
23. Moved to exclude Keenya from consideration of where to place the kids, ruled that she had no legal interest notwithstanding that it was CSB who had awarded her custody of the little girl and, guardianship of the little boy.
So, I have prepared a snyopsis of the Juvenile Court and Criminal Court cases to assist your understanding. This synopsis will give you an overall view of the events and people who are responsible for Keenya's imprisonment. With knowledge, you will be able to comprehend what happened, who are the people responsible, and why Keenya is incarcerated. Afterwards, you will be better able to review and digest other case information and documents which I will post. Then, working together we can have a dialogue and discussions about ways that we can help Keenya gain her freedom.
KEENYA CURRY: SYNOPSIS OF JUVENILE & CRIMINAL CASES
1. Pregnant at 16, left home.
2. Married a short-time to the father Lloyd Burmeister.
3. Single mom with 3 children of her own: (in age order) Tammi, Lavera, and Gerald.
4. Life-long welfare mom.
5. Cases involve 2 grandchildren: (as of Jan 1997) 6 yr old Keenya Burmeister daughter of Tammi; & 3 yr old Joshua Burmeister son of Lavera - children abandoned by their mothers.
6. History of CSB (Childrens Services Bureau) involvement with own kids; there were several unsubstantiated ‘complaints’ to CSB. Yet history didn’t stop CSB from placing grandchildren with her.
(Later, at the Sentencing of criminal case, Judge cited Keenya’s problems with own kids as ‘evidence’ that she abused grandchildren).
7. At time of placement: little girl 1 yr old; boy later at 15 months old
8. Both grandchildren had documented severe mental/physical health issues:
Girl: ADD/ADHD with attendant behavioral and social interaction problems
Boy: ADD/ADHD crack baby, electrical misfiring in brain, rampant eczema
9. Both kids being treated with Ritalin & other drugs.
10. CSB well aware of medical problems of kids - well documented & ongoing treatments from various doctors. Both children receiving SSI indicative of the severity of their problems.
11. Keenya had pleaded with CSB for help with kids due to behavioral problems; she could not deal with their behavioral issues. CSB refused.
12. Keenya eventually sought another opinion on treatment - that’s when found Dr. David Cragar Minor (Fall of 96?).
13. Minor self-diagnosed ADD/ADHD; self-styled ‘expert’ on ADD/ADHD in particular with children. Also diagnosed Keenya and placed her on Ritalin which she eventually had to stop because of debilitating side-effects.
14. At one point, CSB proposed a case plan that Keenya refused to sign because not sufficient info; Dr. Minor told her not to worry, he knew how to deal with CSB. Minor told her to put chain on bedroom door to give kids ‘time-out’. She placed piece of Formica on lower part of upstairs window because little girl
kept climbing out on roof (witness was neighbor & Akron police officer never interviewed by Reed).
Confining child/children to bedroom was basis of Kidnapping charges.
15. Jan 97, on a complaint (by either Dr Minor and/or CSB through caseworker Sarah Cruse), CSB took kids, placed in foster care. Kids were 6 and 3 yrs old.
Cruse had previously visited with Keenya regards the complaint. Subsequently, CSB recommended the grandchildren be removed from Keenya’s home; the CSB recommendation was signed by Cruse. However, Cruse told Keenya privately that she had not seen any evidence of abuse and that she was forced by her supervisors to sign the complaint; Cruse was upset and told Keenya that she would quit her job if ever forced to do similarly in the future!
16. Thus began the Juvenile Court proceedings to determine what to do in the best interests of the children: return to natural moms, to grandmother, or put foster care.
17. During these proceedings, CSB tasked to prepare a case-plan for the court.
Dr. Minor admitted to caseworker that he had over-medicated the children for their own protection against themselves due to their behavioral issues.
Subsequently, per Prosecutor, Dr. Minor said he had over-medicated the children to to over medicate the children to protect them from the horrors they were being subjected to by their grandmother! As well, Prosecutor alleged that Curry was over-medicating the children though she maintains gave children only
prescribed doses - she advised attorney Reed to obtain prescription record from Youngfellow Drug but he never did.
18. Keenya indigent; by the time the two Juvenile Court proceedings were over, she had had 4 different attorneys (Harvey-Williams, Henges, Mishic, Reed).
(When criminal charges filed, Reed asked to be appointed counsel since he was already representing her in Juvenile Court cases.)
19. In the first Juvenile Court proceeding, Court ruled that ‘no abuse’ had occurred. Involved in these proceedings, among others, were the CSB’s caseworkers and sociologist assigned to interview and assess the children,
Prosecuting Attorneys, the guardian ad litem and, Dr. Minor. Obviously, all these ‘professionals’ and the Court were in agreement that Keenya had not, in fact, abused these children.
20. However, that was to change during the 2nd Juvenile Court proceeding over the next few months.
21. In the interim between the Juvenile Court proceedings was the time of the genesis of the targeted prosecution of Keenya.
22. Prosecutor brought in the First Team: judge remained the same but the magistrates changed: 1st recused herself and it was the 2nd magistrate who took charge of the case and the Judge (who Judge remained the same) took a back-seat in the case.
23. Moved to exclude Keenya from consideration of where to place the kids, ruled that she had no legal interest notwithstanding that it was CSB who had awarded her custody of the little girl and, guardianship of the little boy.