News from the ekklesia Kurios

By way of introduction, my name is Maria Jenkins; I am a 37 year-old law-abiding married woman with a 12 year-old son. I have never had any legal problems, not even a traffic ticket, and I have always tried to do my civic duty as a citizen in the 18 years I've lived in Klamath Falls. Now I am terrified of the people we pay to serve and protect us and of the corrupt public officials in our community who are abusing their offices of authority and violating our civil rights. And because of this I truly fear for my life and for my family.

It all started four years ago when I and my son were subpoenaed to testify in a sex-abuse case. This case had been dropped, suspended and postponed numerous times within that four-year period and each time I would be re-subpoenaed. But before the actual trial date the District Attorney Ed Caleb and his office would have turned my and my family's life into a living hell and is maliciously continuing to do so.

The prosecuting attorney on the Robert Todd sex-abuse case, David Groff, phoned to tell me that if I didn't come and tell them what they wanted to hear he would have me arrested. I replied that I would come to court and tell the truth and that he had no right to threaten me. Apparently that's not what he wanted to hear; what transpired next was his way of having me arrested.

Meanwhile, my son's bicycle, after being missing for 10 months, was recovered. Apparently the girl across the street had stolen it and taken it to her nanny's house. The following day my husband asked the young girl why she had stolen the bike, before confronting her parents. He was verbally attacked by this girl and I was physically attacked. But because of their political ties that her parents have in the community, and because they are friends of the district attorney and of the sheriff's officer that took the report, the same officer that works in Chiloquin where they own a taco stand, I was arrested two weeks later. This woman who attacked me is 6'2" and 260 pounds; I am 5'0 and 120 pounds. But this is conveniently left out of the police report. This would be just the beginning of prejudiced attacks and threats from the District Attorney and his office.

Once again my son and I were subpoenaed for the Robert Todd sex-abuse case. Just weeks before the trial and summer vacation a sheriff's daughter was enrolled in my son's class and shortly thereafter she made allegations accusing my son of sexual misbehavior towards her. That same week she beat up my son by kicking his legs in. We filed a police report and took pictures but to no avail.

Meanwhile the Robert Todd case went to trial. The D.A. spent over $50,000 of taxpayers' money prosecuting this case and there were many agencies involved; very high profile but no media coverage. I gave very damaging testimony against the prosecution and because of that they lost the case. I am happy that the reputation of an innocent man was cleared, but because of that loss the District Attorney has a personal vendetta against me and my family. It has been ten and a half months since my false arrest on malice charges but the criminal intimidation and harassment continues.

Unable to pay for legal counsel I have been assigned five different attorneys in succession (twice they tried to give the attorney who was acting for the plaintiff!). Twice I was offered "deals". The plaintiff has achieved popular support through a newspaper article featuring her encounter with a suspect who allegedly had stolen money from her family's restaurant, probably an effort to influence public opinion on her behalf in the event of a court appearance. Sergeant Sellers of the Sheriff's department, who was familiar with all the circumstances of my case and was prepared to testify in my behalf has died unexpectedly. There was an attempt on my family's life. The D.A.'s office has threatened me once again. This time I talked to Commissioner Al Switzer's office and he did put in a verbal complaint on my behalf but the harassment continues. The most recent incidents: while driving, my husband was pulled over by a traffic patrolman. The reason? He said he thought I and my husband were arguing. The previous evening we had been stopped by an officer just as we were pulling into our drive. He said the light on our license plate was out. This was not true.

Where does this end? I feel as if I had been raped. I've had a nervous breakdown and am under a physician's care. I've written to four state senators, two state representatives, Mr. Hardy Myers in the Justice Building, the US. Attorney, Congressman Bob Smith, and the Governor... We must be fooling ourselves to think we live in the land of the free. Is it possible to get justice from abusive and corrupt elected officials? All of my allegations can be dated and documented; I am in desperate need of competent and unbiased legal assistance.

Sincerely yours,

Maria Jenkins
PO Box 8005
Klamath Falls OR 97602