NOTE TO READER: If anybody finds any statements or assertions to be materially untrue, I ask that they use contact E mail address at the bottom of the page as a tool fornotification. If necessary corrections and/or retractions will be made. Thank you for your consideration to this matter. The basis for my report comes from police reports, criminal histories, overwhelming statistical evidence, Newspaper reports, witness accounts, and reasonable assumptions based upon the evidence.
NOTE: I confronted the Chief in a more personal way and was metby a threat. Publicly stating his "issues" was not my first option.
Major Questions:
Why did W-B Police Chief Dessoye protect a drug house for 3 years?
Why was he meeting privately with a drug dealer (Catherine Meehan)?
What was he getting fom his trysts with dealer Catherine Meehan? Sex? Drugs? Both?
Why is yet another drug house being protected (Essex Lane)?
Why do certain police threaten to arrest those that REPORT crimes?
Did Dessoye financially support C Meehan who was evicted with no job, no money, addicted to heroin, and with her children? ... and who left EVERYTHING behind?
Why does the Chief refuse a drug test?
Why does the chief refuse a drug evaluation from a professional?
Conclusion After carefully reviewing all of the material, it is my strong opinion that the following are true:
1) The Chief has had an adulterous affair with Catherine Meehan and has had issues with fidelity much of his adult life.
2) The Chief drinks alcoholically (The"word" comes from those who know him and explain that you can't call him after 9 PM)
3) The Chief had been applying a "ring of protection" around Catherine's drug house
4) The Mayor and Chief has refused to respond to many, many complaints made about this house.
5) Chief Dessoye have been secretly using Catherine Meehan as his drug source (likely opiates/heroin).
6) Like a driver who refuses a breathalyzer, Chief Dessoye's refusal to take a drug test (or have an evaluation) is indicative of his guilt. His refusals confirmsmy conclusions. Any sober/clean person would move quickly to clear their name. Of note is that the Chief was once suspended for being with a female detective (while drunk) out of the counnty while on duty.
Contents
1A) Letter sent to City Hall Employees
1B) Drughouse Death of a Mother of three
2) Parallels with Colorado Sheriif (jailed)
3) Catherine Meehan's "rap sheet"
4) Catherine Meehan's Health
5) Newspaper Articles
6) Letter to Authorities
7) Letter read byBrenda Meehan (addict's sister) at Council Mtg
8) Timeline according to Brenda (addict's sister)
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1A) Letter sent to City Hall Employees (12/22/11)
Greetings
As a Christian I want to do everything possible to get a sick person help... even if it makes others uncomfortable... even if it makes me unpopular. Since the chief (Dessoye) refused an evaluation... I would still like the Chief to submit a hair sample to be used as part of a drug screen. Most addictions are the "garden variety" type... nobody really stands out. He can recover just as easily as others... the problem withthe chief is pride and others not having the guts to tell the "the emperor he has no clothes."
This will be the last request for help for the Chief. I believe the consequences are very dire for the chief if he stays the course.
I called Dr. Ed Carey to intervene if needed. I won't be a part of any other conversation with him.
Has anyone tried to help him? Or am I, as his memesis, the only one? Please... please... think of what is best for the boys.
The chief'sbehavior isconsistent with that of an active addict who is reckless in his actions with little regard for conequences. We know that Catherine Meehan's house was protected. There is evidence that another house is protected as well. Shawn Bly (pre-med at King's) has the same story as Brenda Meehan. The house is chronically ignored to the point where Shawn has been warned the HE would be arrested if he calls again.
COMPLETE AND UTTER INSANITY. (Note: shots were fired Wednesday night at the house).
With such insanity comes danger. As such, this letter is being forwarded to the state police Commissioner (Noonan), the Atty General (Kelly), and the Philadelphia FBI. If so much as a hair is moved on my head by anyone - these authorities are being alerted to hastily move in.
This includes Gerrard Dessoye and his brother Mike. Guys, the fraternity party is over!! All the members of the anti-corruption group are being alerted in addition to others. I, like many of you, have children to parent. LikeDetective Dessoye, I have adopted chidren. (side note: Doesn't the fact that there is an "anti-corruption group" tell you something?")
I hope the Chief takes the opportunity to turn his life around. I hope that those who care about the Chief implore him to do this.
God Bless Mark Robbins
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1) Death of aMother of three
What is the role of W-B Police Chief Dessoye
in this Mother's death?
DESSOYE WAS DATING THIS GIRL'S HEROIN DEALER (AND MAY STILL BE).
WOULD JENNIFER BE ALIVE HAD NOT DESSOYE PROTECTED THE DRUG HOUSE?
Jennifer Conniff (dead at age 38)
DESSOYE'S "HEROIN HONEY" (Catherine Meehan) STAYED OUT OF JAIL while this girl died from heroin bought at the 522 McLean St. (Catherine Meehan's drug house).
One of Jennifer's sons, Dustin, was fingered by the police for an arrest. The police, knowing that Catherine was a heroin dealer, asked her to point out someone to arrest (to make it look like they were doing "something" regarding the drug house). Dustin, who was now motherless, was put in jail where he tried to hang himself. He went into a coma. He is out of the coma and in the jail'sPsychiatric section. THIS IS HOW DESSOYE "PROTECTS AND SERVES."
The youngest of the family, Cody (around 15)has no mother (and a father who abandoned him). He apparently does not go to school and has had drug charges filed against him.
I have tied to contact him so he knows at least one person cares about him but he is hard to track down and trusts no one.
I have also tried to contact the sister.
OBITUARY:Jennifer Conniff Number ofchildren left behind = THREE
September 15, 2010
Jennifer Conniff, 38, of Wilkes-Barre, died at her home Wednesday evening, September 15, 2010, after suffering with an illness. (a heroin addiction her dealer was W-B Police Chief Dessoyes heroin honey where the Chief received intimacy or drugs or both).She was born June 20, 1972, in Wilkes-Barre, a daughter of the late David L Conniff.Jen attended Wyoming Valley West and West Side Vocational Technical schools. Residing in Edwardsville, Larksville and Wilkes-Barre for her entire life, she was employed at various nursing homes throughout the Valley as she had a kind, loving, helpful nature towards the sick and elderly.Jen loved people and had many friends, her laugh was contagious, and she had a soft spot for Gods creatures. She always had time to listen, laugh and comfort in any way possible. Jen was an avid reader and wrote poems frequently. She also enjoyed cooking and was always trying out some new recipe. Our loss on Earth will be heavens gain.She was preceded in death by her father, David L. Conniff; and her long-time companion, Dennis Murray.Surviving is her mother, Colleen M. Conniff, and stepfather Thomas Golden of Shavertown; daughter Amber Conniff and her companion, Kevin Prula, of Edwardsville; sons Dustin and Cody, both at home; grandchildren Kevin and Payton Prula; brother David L. Conniff of Plymouth; grandmother Helen Brill of Wilkes-Barre; niece Kaylee Conniff; as well as many aunts, uncles and cousins.Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, which will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Jendrzejewski Funeral Home, 21 N. Meade St., Wilkes-Barre. Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hanover Township. Family and friends may call this evening from 6 to 8 p.m.Read more: http://www.timesleader.com/obituaries/Jennifer_Conniff_09-16-2010.html#ixzz1gIvtt3gL
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2) Parallel with Colorado Sheriff (now in jail)
You may have seen the recent news story where a Sheriff, Patrick J. Sullivan (Colorado), was sent to the detention facility bearing his own name. The similarities between this Sheriff and Police Chief Dessoye are striking:
Patrick J Sullivan(Colorado) / Gerrard Dessoye
Title = Sheriff (Colorado) / Police Chief
Protection offered = Bonds men out of jail / Catherine Meehan protected
Exchange = Gives Meth for sex / Gives cash for sex and/or opiates
Deaths = One young man died / One woman has died
Investigation = Internal / W-B too corrupt
Enabling = Sober men re-hooked / Catherine trapped by heroin
NEWS ARTICLE:
Meth addicts said former sheriff Pat Sullivan took care of them (just like Dessoye "takes care" of Catherine Meehan)
Read more: Meth addicts said former sheriff Pat Sullivan took care of them - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_19439677#ixzz1hEa3B8vj
Read The Denver Post's Terms of Use of its content: http://www.denverpost.com/termsofuse
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3) Catherine Meehan's "rap sheet"
Consider the protection offered to Catherine Meehan (1st three items researched by Andrew Staub (reporter for Citizens Voice Newspaper) and confirmed/expanded upon by Brenda Meehan)
- She has been convicted ofPossession of firearm and attempted armed robbery (Restaurant at 5th Ave and 76th Street in Brooklyn)
- She has been convicted of anther felony for attempted murder in NYC. Brenda Meehan explained to me that Catherine stabbed a woman and killed the fetus. This happened before the time in which fetuses have the rights they do now).
- Catherine spent 2 years at Bedford Hills (a New York state Penitentiary)
- Catherine has had seven arrests in the last two years (source: W-B City Hall spokesman Drew McLaughlin)
- Catherine was put on 6 months probation. She has violated this probation and was given 6 more months. No jail time. She was given this soft treatment despite being a two-time felon and having 7 arrests.
= In 2011, she falsely reported her car being stolen
- A woman died after buying heroin from Catherines house
- Police reports, 911 and phone records indicate over one hundred 911 calls were made concerning the house
- In 2011 alone there were 35 emergency calls
- Brenda Meehan saved her sister Catherines life by taking her to the hospital after an overdose on heroin on April 21. Catherine was unresponsive.
- Three of 12 police incident reports indicate drug activity
- One incident report specifically mentions Catherine selling prescription Narcotics.
- The last contactCatherine had with her sister (Brenda) was in November/December 2011 at 5:30 AM when she woke up Brenda by shouting "I am going to burn your F'n house down."
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4) Catherine Meehan's Health
-54 yearsoldheroin addict
- According to her sister (Brenda)... she weighs 95 pounds
- According to her sister (Brenda)... she is losing her hair and looks like she is 75
- According to her sister (Brenda)... she has attempted suicide 25 times
- According to her sister (Brenda)... she has been hospital Psych wards many times
- According to her sister (Brenda)... She is so dope sick she can barely speak
- She is HIV Positive and carries Hepatitus C.
What would a reasonable person assume?
Is it believable to assume that Dessoye has trysts with Catherine Meehan just for sex?
1) No. it is not believable that he would engage in very risky behavior with such a sick woman. If sex was the sole issue, he could get that in a thousand different places.
2) It is, however, very believable that he would use her as a source for drugs (likely painkillers or heroin). A high profile man like Dessoye I would imagine would scare the heck out of other dealers. Thus he protects Catherine at all costs... and may be still "putting her up right now."
Number "2" is very believable in that it ties everything together. This conclusion reasonably explains all the bizaare behavior.
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5) Newspaper Articles
Resident contends W-B police chief protected drug addict
By Andrew Staub (Staff Writer)
Published: November 18, 2011
Warren Ruda / The Citizens' Voice Wilkes-Barre police Chief Gerard Dessoye called Brenda Meehan's allegations 'nonsense' and refused further comment.
WILKES-BARRE - Brenda Meehan and her daughter have lost the last three years of their lives - and city police Chief Gerard Dessoye should take the blame, the woman said during Thursday's city council meeting.
Meehan, who lives in a double-block home on McLean Street, accused Dessoye of providing a "halo of protection" for her sister Catherine Meehan, a drug addict who previously was involved in a romantic relationship with Dessoye, Brenda said.
That connection, Brenda said, led Dessoye to protect Catherine after she moved into 252 McLean St., in September 2008 following the death of their mother. Brenda Meehan contends her sister and her boyfriend, Gary Greiss, sold heroin and pills from the home and said her teenaged daughter often had to step over used syringes on shared front and back porches.
Police reports obtained under the state's open-records law indicated there were at least three instances of suspected drug activity at the home over a three-week period in April 2011. The Citizens' Voice is still waiting for the release of reports from prior years.
From the time Catherine moved into the home until Brenda had her evicted this summer, Brenda said she lived through encounters with gang members, endured multiple threats - including a drug dealer waving a gun at her and her daughter - and a burglary at the double-block home. Her daughter could no longer play outside and will not sleep at the home, Brenda said.
"My child should have never had to forgo so much because a police chief was merely concerned more about himself than he was about protecting and serving," Brenda said.
Dessoye was not at the meeting and could not be reached for comment Thursday. Dessoye did not return multiple phone calls after Brenda first raised the allegations during an October town hall meeting.
A few days later, when asked for comment about Brenda's claims while walking on the street outside the police station, Dessoye called the allegations "nonsense" and said he would not comment. Mayor Tom Leighton did not return a phone call seeking comment Thursday evening.
Brenda said she spent about $8,000 to finally have her sister evicted this past summer and said that she's not sure where her sister is living now. Catherine does not have a phone number, Brenda said, adding she has not been in contact with her recently.
Brenda, has, though, called city hall officials and police dozens on dozens of occasions over the past three years, she said.
From June 2008 to July 2011, police were called to Catherine's side of the home 56 times, according to Luzerne County 911 records. Police were called to Brenda's side, 254 McLean St., 18 times during the same stretch, the records show.
The incidents included reports of domestic abuse, threats and three instances of overdoses.
So far in 2011, county 911 reported 35 emergency calls connected to the Meehans' double-block home. Wilkes-Barre police filed 12 incident reports in regard to those calls, three of which specifically mention allegations of drug activity.
> On April 8, police responded to an anonymous call that a man was selling drugs from Catherine's home. Later that day, Brenda played a voicemail "her sister Kathy" had left on her answering machine that indicated two men, one of them named Gary, had gone to New Jersey the day before and returned with heroin, according to police documents.
> On April 16, two people were arrested on summary warrants outside 252 McLean St. A man with the group told police that Catherine and Greiss were selling "prescription narcotics" from the home, according to a police incident report.
> On April 21, Catherine was taken to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital after Brenda found her unresponsive after a possible drug overdose, police said.
Catherine and Greiss have not been charged with any drug-related crimes over the three-year period she lived on McLean Street, according to court documents.
She has been charged at least twice by Wilkes-Barre police for violating a protection-from-abuse order Brenda had issued against her, according to court documents.
She also pleaded guilty to falsely filing a report her van was stolen in April 2009 and was sentenced to six months probation, court records show.
Catherine was charged with other, more minor offenses, such as scattering rubbish and disorderly conduct, according to court documents. But they aren't drug charges, and that's the problem, Brenda said Thursday.
Brenda asked the council members what they would do if they were in her position. Council Chairwoman Kathy Kane suggested contacting a lawyer and later said council would refer the matter to Dessoye.
"We will pass it on to the police chief," Kane said, prompting disbelief from Brenda.
"The police chief?" Brenda said. "It's about the police chief."
"He is in charge of our police department," Kane said.
The other two council members present, Mike Merritt and Rick Cronauer, offered no comment. Afterward, Brenda called the council's response a "farce."
Read more:
http://citizensvoice.com/news/resident-contends-w-b-police-chief-protected-drug-addict-1.1234119#ixzz1hFm3NNDE
TIMES LEADER
City Council is peppered with grievances
By Bill O'Boyle boboyle@timesleader.com
Times Leader Staff Writer
WILKES-BARRE City Council Chairwoman Kathy Kane gaveled Thursday nights meeting to order, but 10 minutes later she left Council Chambers with chest pains and feeling weak, said Butch Frati, the citys director of operations.
Brenda Meehan of McLean Street again raised her concern about the police department, specifically leveling charges at Police Chief Gerard Dessoye, who was not at the meeting. Meehan retold her story that she first revealed publicly at town hall meeting on Oct. 4 and again at last months council meeting regarding a relative who lived next door. Meehan said the relative had dated Dessoye and she alleged the chief had provided a halo of protection for the activities at what she claimed to be a drug house. The house is now vacant, Meehan said.
Over three years, Meehan stated, she contacted police 100 times about activities at the house, thefts from her property and other complaints, and city police responded about one-third of the time, but no arrests were made. Meehan presented graphic pictures of the property to council.
Meehan said drug paraphernalia was often strewn around the property and she feared her child and other children in the neighborhood would step on syringes and other items.
Dessoye didnt do his job, Meehan said. Im totally broke and my child needs counseling.
Meehans claims were supported by Mark Robbins of Forty Fort who asked council to look into the situation and determine if the police acted appropriately when called to the property.
Drew McLaughlin, administrative coordinator for the city, said the matter has been referred to the Community Action Team for review. Meehan asked council members what they would do if the property was in their neighborhood, but there were no responses.
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6) Letter to Authorities
REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATION
WILKES-BARRE MAYOR THOMAS LEIGHTON and POLICE CHIEF GERARD DESSOYE
Reported by Brenda Meehan 524 McLean St WB PA 18702 (570) 970-9544 audenreed@aol.com
Edited by Mark M Robbins See details to these and other allegations at GratefulHands.net
Note: State Police Commissioner Noonan is from this area and must know Dessoye. Thus I did not copy him.
Note: The local DAs office and Scranton FBI are completely compromised due to cronyism. They are worthless here. Mike Dssoye works in the DA's office and it is a farce to report his brother's disgusting behavior to him.
Note: WHY THE SCRANTON FBI IS A FARCE Out of desperation and exasperation, Brenda Meehan called the Scranton FBI (April 2010) for some relief regarding the drug activity next door. The FBI immediately called Chief Dessoye who then called Catherine (Brendas heroin addicted sister). A hour after making the call Catherine knocked on Brendas door and said, Dessoye wants you to stop calling the FBI. THIS IS THE LEVEL OF CORRUPTION WE DEAL WITH. WHERE DOES ONE TURN?
Please investigate these charges as it relates to police Chief Gerard Dessoye and the city of Wilkes-Barre:
-Aiding and abetting use and sale of illegal drugs (heroin and prescription drugs)
- Corruption of a minor (Catherines teenage daughter)
- Criminal Negligence
- Dereliction of duty and/or Malfeasance
- Prostitution (sex in return for cash and protection of drug house)
FOUR AREAS OF EVIDENCE
RECORDS AND FACTS Please see Citizens Voice article above and other material. I am sure a lot of crazy things cross the desk of the Attorney General but please tell me how Catherine Meehan stays out of jail if not for the help of the Wilkes-Barre police Chief Gerrard Dessoye?
WITNESSES
Brenda Meehan (Catherines sister) who literally shared a wall with Catherine in a half of a double on 254 McLean Street. As sisters, Brenda and Catherine shared a lot of information. Catherine live at 252 McLean St in Wilkes-Barre.
Brenda's 13 year old daughter
The third sister of Catherine and Brenda Meehan (Ruth)
Marie Jewel, one of Brenda's friendswho spent 100s of hours on phone with Brenda
Other neighbors who expressed serious concerns
All the officers who showed up at the address (Can we trust them not to "take a bullet" for their chief?)
STATISTICAL PROOF
On my web site, I offer the following disclaimer regarding my accusations against chief Dessoye: (http://www.gratefulhands.net/investigation_us_justice_dept/ia_police_cover_up_of_drug_house)
NOTE TO READER: If anybody finds any statements or assertions to be materially untrue, I ask that they use contact E mail address at the bottom of the page as a tool fornotification. If necessary, corrections and/or retractions will be made. Thank you for your consideration to this matter.
I have had 1700 page views. Not a single person has posted a refutation of my facts nor denied what I allege Dessoye to have done. It is statistically impossible (using a Normal Distribution table) for my assertions not to be true with a population as great as 1300. Nobody has come to his defense. I liken this to the number of people who have come forth in defense of Jerry Sandusky.
CIVIL LIBERTIES VIOLATION
The Mayor and City Council tried their best on November 17 to not have the public be heard. See my dialogue with ACLU below. I had posted my allegations regarding the chief at least a month earlier so they knew what was coming. Neither Mayor Leighton nor Chief Dessoye showed for this sham get-it-over-as-fast-as you-can meeting.
Mary Catherine Roper (ACLU) -
I am sure you are very busy with the "Occupy" movement.
I want to alert you to a sham that occurred tonight in Wilkes-Barre for a City Council meeting.
Typically the first session is about an hour and then the 2nd public session takes place. Instead... they jammed both meetings into 15 minutes and called it a night. To say they didn't act in good faith is to put it mildly.
They railroaded the citizens to avoid answering tough ethical, moral, and legal questions. Like Penn State, we have our own burgeoning sexual scandal.
Here was the agenda for the meeting tonight - 26 pages. And they finish 2 meetings in 15 minutes?
See http://www.wilkes-barre.pa.us/forms/111711agenda.pdf The Mayor failed to show though he is clearly part of the agenda.
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REPLY
Mr. Robbins,
I hope this email finds you well. I am a legal fellow at the ACLU of Pennsylvania, and I am writing to you in response to your email to Mary Catherine Roper.
The ACLU is aware of complaints about the way the Wilkes-Barre City Council runs its meetings. The ACLU plans to have an observer at next month's meeting, and we will see if we can look more into what happened at last night's meeting.
We will keep you posted.
Sincerely,
Eric P. Motylinski
American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania
PO Box 40008
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7)Letter Read by Catherine Meehan (Sister of addict)
LETTER THAT BRENDA MEEHAN WILL READ NOVEMBER 17 AT WB CITY COUNCIL MEETING (MAYOR PRESENT)
As you all know... Penn State was the victim of a child predator who existed in their midst. If nothing else, what we have learned from the Penn State scandal is that it is necessary to report sexual exploitation when we see it. Secrecy, concealment, and denial are no longer options.
I want you all to know that we in Wilkes-Barre have been a victim of a sexual predator as well. His name is Gerrard Dessoye. He is the police chief. His boss is Thomas Leighton. In fact he is related to Mayor Leighton through marriage.
I lived in half of a double with my sister on the other side. I knew almost all of what was going on. Dessoye was having adulterous relations with my sister while she was hopelessly addicted to heroin. For sex, he would give her money to support her habit and he also created a halo of protection around the drug house that she lived in. He didn't offer her a detox. He didn't offer her treatment. He didnt care about my sisters daughters addiction to heroin. He simply wanted sex on demand. Though not a child herself, my sisters addiction left her in an extremely compromised and vulnerable position. Dessoye took advantage of this.
How wide was the halo of protection? Well consider I called 911 at least 100 times. About a third of the time the police showed up. Thats about all they did they just showed up. Officer Marc Lebar's mother called city hall from across the street and received no relief. She spoke to Leightons secretary. Officer LeBar did make a few arrests but the bigger issue of the drug house was left alone.
Mayor Leighton - you know what I am talking about. I know you were called. You cannot deny the facts.
Is adultery merely a victimless crime? Not in this case. Consider the wreckage created by the police chief thinking only of himself.
MY CHILD, my 12 year old daughter, had to step over syringes as she left our house.
MY CHILD felt the terror of a dealer showing his gun as a warning to us.
MY CHILD experienced the effects of a gangster home invasion next door where the door was ripped off its hinges.
MY CHILD had to forego the innocence of being able to play outside free from fear.
NO CHILD should NEVER have to forego so much because a police chief was more concerned about his physical gratification than he was about protecting and serving.
As for the police, one can only imagine at the negative impact on their morale and integrity. Their visits turned out to be charades as my sister was protected up the chain of command. With sometimes as few as six cops on duty what a complete waste of time and resources these dog and pony shows were. Dessoye was robbing the taxpayers of money by allowing these stunts to be carried out under the pretense of honest investigations.
Dessoye cannot continue as police chief. His moral and ethical defects are simply too great. A chief needs to lead and inspire those beneath him. He does neither. He must resign immediately. Mayor Leighton, as we have seen in the Penn State example, accountability starts at the top and works downward. The Chief reports directly to you. You knew of his exploits. I know that you knew. You covered for the chief. You too, for moral and ethical reasons, and perhaps even criminal negligence... MUST resign. You must do so now.
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8) Letter from Brenda
1/13/12
To whom it may concern,
I am writing concerning a well known drug house located at 252 McLean St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18702 and the Police Department, namely, Chief Gerard Dessoye selectively allowing it to continue for 3 & 1/2 years..
This is a double block house with addresses - 252 / 254 McLean St., Wilkes Barre,Pa. 18702. I live at 254 McLean St.for 24 years and share a front porch, back porch and backyard with 252 McLean St.
This is a testimony to a waste of time of tax payers money, injustice and corruption in Luzerne County, especially Wilkes Barre City, by Mayor Tom Leighton and Chief of Police Gerard Dessoye.
The occupants (recently evicted) (house condemned) were my sister Catherine A Meehan, Gary Greiss, Breige Greiss and Maraid Greiss (minor child). Catherine at one tine was engaged to the now Police Chief of Wilkes Barre City, Gerard Dessoye, and has been seeing him off and on ever since they broke up in the early1990s.. Their relationship caused Gerard and Karen Dessoye's Divorce. (his first wife) (Catherine and Jerry became engaged after that Divorce)
The Drug sales at this address began in November 2008, when Catherine Meehan, a twice Convicted Felon ( for attempted murder by stabbing a pregnant woman in the stomach in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn NY, where the fetus died) and Gary Greiss a known thief, shop lifter and drug dealer moved into my deceased mother's house (252 McLean St.). Both Gary and Catherine are addicted to Heroin, have numerous doctors, getting many narcotic prescriptions taking and selling them to buy heroin. Catherine overdosed and or attempted Suicide at least 20 times in the past 5 years.
There were Lines of people were standing on and around my front porch. I questioned Catherine about this activity, she claimed all these people (who looked like they literally crawled out of the Sewer) were "friends". Neighbors complained to me about the activity as cars were being broken into, damage to property, garbage being thrown on their property along with beer bottles being smashed on sidewalks in front of their homes, I told them to call the police. Things began to escalate and I began my long string of calls to the Wiles-Barre City Police.
Note: Catherine and Gary have AIDS and Hepatitis C this is not a hippa violation as Catherine is the one who stated this many times to me and others - even the paramedics knew this fact.
In September of 2009, as my daughter and I were walking up the front porch steps, I was met with an African American male asking me.... "who the F*ck" are you"? I told him I'm the owner of this house! I asked him back, "and who the F*ck are you?" He claimed he lived next door. He pointed the gun to my head, I could see a "CRIPPS FOREVER" tattoo on his forearm. My daughter had to wittness this!! SHE WAS PETRIFIED!! I unlocked the door and pushed her in the house and called the police (via 911). They never came.
I called the police for People being passed out on my porch, hanging out in my back yard, climbing over my fence breaking pieces off of it, sleeping on my back deck in all sorts of weather, using my grill, swimming/taking a bath - in my pool and finding Used Syringes around my house.
I BECAME PETRIFIED! My Neighbors Sharon, Stacey, and Bill Kaiser saw this activity, and they were frightened to come out of their house, Stacey especially.
I began calling the police more often as my (now 13 yr old) daughter (who has Lupus and Shogrens Disease, who was taking Prednazone and gained a lot of weight because of the steroid. Gary Greiss and Maraid Greiss started picking on my daughter as did "visitors" because of her weight, she would cry a lot ) and felt this was a dangerous situation for all the above reasons. I went to the Luzerne County Court House and attained a Protection From Abuse order against Catherine and her daughter Breige.
At the hearing, the Police Officer just about begged me to drop the PFA as Catherine was already on 6 months probation for falsely reporting her van being stolen. (she rolled it while driving under the influence in New Jersey, and the Officer who took the report found that out , she was arrested here in Wilkes Barre and put on 6 months probation)
I said absolutely not. He asked, "even if she promises never to do it again"? - (throwing rocks incident. see below) I said no. She was convicted and got 6 months probation added to her other 6 months probation. I was under the i
When the Police did respond, they treated my complaints very lightly, angrily showing no compassion, concern or professionalism. My neighbor Bill Kaiser, 256 McLean St. came outside one afternoon to address the complaints he had with 252 McLean St, he was yelled at and told to get back in his house or he would be ARRESTED?! (he was very respectful, non threatening and went back into his home and called the police station desk sergeant to complain about the police officer) Many used foul language, cut me off while speaking, and used name calling, humiliation and would walk away while I was talking.
Was their intention perhaps to get me not call them with these issues? They rarely gave me a police report number. indicating there was no intention to write a report.
I was told I would be arrested after calling the police at approximately 2:30 AM as Catherine was throwing rocks at my bedroom window, yelling and screaming. She was High. The policeman that arrived first witnessed her throwing the rocks and run inside when she saw the Police Car.
2 more cars showed up and this incident turned into an actual circus!! 3 Police officers on scene, at that hour in the morning for this incident, the one who witnessed the rock throwing began making fun of ME when I explained I had a P.F.A (Protection from Abuse order) against Catherine to protect me from this kind of abuse.
He radioed it into headquarters to see if I was telling the truth (even though I had a copy of the PFA in my hand) and nothing came back on Catherine. (I even told him there were warrants for her arrest in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey) After which the "remarks" began. I was a "Nut" one of "Those People", "Crazy", "there's something wrong with you Lady" "How could you Lie straight to our faces" and ended with the night watchman (sergeant) stating "I'm going to arrest you"! For what? I asked. He said "for calling the Police!"(?). (note: this was the same sergeant that took the report of Catherine's van being stolen and arrested her for filing a false police report) Then... he said, "Since nothing has come up on your sister (totally disregarding the reason I called in the first place) Let's run your name and see if you're the one with the warrants!" To which I answered, "Please Do". I heard a male voice come over the radio stating that I was the plaintiff in a Protection from abuse Order against A CATHERINE A. MEEHAN residing at 252 McLean St.
At this point, even though he had the proof, he still insisted on arresting me and fining me $300.00, He told me that he can and will be doubling the fine.
I asked the Sergeant to please wait while I put on my shoes. Never closing my front door, I put my shoes on and went back outside, put my hands out for them to cuff me.
He along with the 2 other officers thought this was hysterical and were red faced laughing, "there's no need for you to come to the station, this will all be sent in the mail the Sergeant said." I felt totally humiliated, embarrassed, upset and even angry. Did I deserve this? Why were they acting this way? I asked one officer why Catherine's name didn't come up when he called it in, he responded "because her first name was spelled wrong and her date of birth was wrong". Interestingly, as a side note, The PFA Office in the Luzerne County Court House had it right, the Sheriff's Office had it right, it was correct on my copy of the PFA, but WILKES BARRE CITY POLICE RECORDS HAD IT WRONG!
I found out through Catherine Meehan, that she was still seeing Jerry Dessoye "on the side " and that they met quite often. She said he would loan her money. This of this was confirmed by her many times, to me and to my sister Ruth Zedock, Stowe, Pa. 1-484-686-5428. One time was at my Mother's viewing, Chief Dessoye attended and asked my sister Catherine why he's having trouble getting in touch with her, he said has called her phone number over and over left messages but she doesn't call back, he wanted to "get together" with her but she must have changed her number. She replied with "I have a tracfone and I don't have any minutes on it".... He told her to call him at his private number at the Station when she has a working phone.
Please note, Catherine was "visibly high" at my mother's viewing, she had just shot up in the car outside before she came into the funeral parlor, was drooling and could barely speak) Dessoye had no reaction to that at all.
Dessoye also gave a "Police Escort" at my father's wake / funeral. My father was not a Policeman nor did he have anything to do with law enforcement . While it was a nice gesture......, it seemed odd as my father didn't really know anyone in Wilkes-Barre and was a very small funeral. Catherine said Dessoye did this as a favor to her (?).
Through the three and a half years Catherine Meehan and Gary Greiss (her boyfriend / common law husband and father of her children ) lived next door I called the Police over 100 times for incidents of drug sales, noise complaints at all hours of the day and night, domestic disputes, fighting inside and outside the house, rock throwing at my bedroom window by Catherine , Death threats by "visitors" to the house, by Gary Greiss and Catherine Meehan, stolen property, breaking and entering my house stealing all my jewelry,Cash (i was saving for a vacation with my daughter), a roast beef! a ham! from my freezer, cat food! an attempt to set my house on fire from under the deck, scratching my black 2008 Dodge Ram Truck, breaking my windshield, flattening my tires, stolen video surveillance cameras mounted outside, Stealing 2 snow blowers, 2 lawn mowers, (that were chained) ripping my pool liner, breaking my pool pump, smashing the pool filter, trying to steal the pool steps, destruction of property etc...
There was a home invasion next door (due to a drug deal gone bad) where the door was knocked off its hinges and the wall was broken. The assailants had guns, beat up Catherine and Gary Greiss and stated they were going to come back and gang rape their daughters. I was witness to the end, as the 3 men were leaving. Against Gary's wishes, I called the Police. The incident ended up on the desk of Detective Simonetti, who interviewed Catherine and Gary. .I spoke to him and he knew that there was a problem with Catherine and Gary's sobriety. It was obvious he said. I asked what could be done about this entire situation, and while sympathetic to the issues, said he really couldn't do anything. He said I should move. I told him I would if my finances allowed it as I lived at this address for 23 years and they only 2&1/2 (at that time)
The Police did absolutely nothing. Finally I called Chief Dessoye (who is related to Mayor Leighton) to explain the problems at the house and to tell him that the police were doing nothing (when they did responded). Dessoye would not return my calls. I called the Police station to get the Police reports and spoke to a Marcella Lendacky (*sp) who told me she would have to ask Chief Dessoye if I was allowed to have these records (?) I called back and was told by Marcella Lendacky that the Police reports did not exist. I knew this was not true and called back on a few occasions with the same request, finally Marcella Lendacky said "F*ck you" and hung up on me! Very Professional!
I called Chief Dessoye approximately 18 times in the 3&1/2 years, each time his secretary Barbara Smith riding "shotgun" for Dessoye not allowing me to speak to him. Barbara Smith (the wife of a now retired WB Policeman and neighbor to Dessoye) began an interrigation of her own on me. She questioned "Why I wanted to speak to Chief Dessoye, what my problem was and why I can't take the hint that he wants nothing to do with talking to me - due to a "PAST RELATIONSHIP". Stupidly I tried to answer some of her questions but she became extremely combative, and abusive and hung up on me.
I am not stating in any way that I am a perfect person, however, there is and was no reason for me to be treated this way by the police. Unless the questions below cannot be answered.
Why would the Chief of Police not take my calls? - EVER. (note, we were friends, he was the best man in my wedding and I never had trouble contacting him before catherine moved into 252 McLean st.)
Why would Chief of Police Gerard Dessoye, married to Mayor Tom Leighton's Cousin (who also works for the city) jeopardize his job by having a relationship with a convicted felon?
Why would Gerard Dessoye want to have a relationship with a heroin addict who he knew was also selling prescription narcotics from her home?
Why would Police not make reports, or possibly make reports but have them disappear afterwards?
Why did Marcella Lendacky tell me that she would have to ask Dessoye if she was allowed to give me the reports? (stating that I would have to pay for them) Implying there were reports to give.
Why Was I told by Marcella Lendacky there were no reports? afterwards.
Why do I now have some (not all) Police reports in my hands, proving that there was drug activity going on in that house. This implies that Marcella Lendacky lied to me. This implies the Chief lied by not allowing the reports to be made available to me.
Why was I treated the way I was by Police?
Why was I threatened with arrest by 3 Police officers regarding the PFA?
Why, did Officer Labar tell me in April 2010 that he now had Chief Dessoye's Blessing to clean up this drug house. This implies Officer Labar (and perhaps others) did not have the Chief's Blessing to do so before? This Blessing was given only after Catherine was through with her Probation in Luzerne County. There is an implication of "Protection" here.
I am sure that Chief Gerard Dessoye played a Major Role of Protection in everything that happened in these past 3 & 1/2 years.
Why at a City Council Meeting on October 4th 2010, when I asked the Mayor why he did not take any of my phone calls did he not answer the question?
Why, at that same Council Meeting when I asked if this is normal protocol for the police to conduct themselves did he stick up for them and Dessoye - implying that I was lying?
Why at the same Council Meeting, after Mayor Tom Leighton promised to call me on the phone with answers to my questions, did he not do so? Mayor Leighton became very angry when he found out that I was supporting Betsy Summers in the election for Mayor and refused to talk to me after that.
Why did I have to spend $8,000.00 dollars (my entire savings), PFA's, hearings, (Magistrate hearings, attempting to have my belonings returned) in order to have Catherine and family removed from the home, when it was in fact the Police who should have done so.
(also paying taxes on said home so it would not be lost to tax sale)
Why did Police come out of Catherine's house brushing their clothes off because of a flea infestation and a garbage filled house and never call Children and Youth Services to have the minor child removed from the premisses?
Why for the same reason, did THEY not shut down the house?
here is an article below: this is what was in the paper concerning this
citizens Voice News Paper article
WILKES-BARRE - Brenda Meehan and her daughter have lost the last three years of their lives - and city police Chief Gerard Dessoye should take the blame, the woman said during Thursday's city council meeting.
Meehan, who lives in a double-block home on McLean Street, accused Dessoye of providing a "halo of protection" for her sister Catherine Meehan, a drug addict who previously was involved in a romantic relationship with Dessoye, Brenda said.
That connection, Brenda said, led Dessoye to protect Catherine after she moved into 252 McLean St., in September 2008 following the death of their mother. Brenda Meehan contends her sister and her boyfriend, Gary Greiss, sold heroin and pills from the home and said her teenaged daughter often had to step over used syringes on shared front and back porches.
Police reports obtained under the state's open-records law indicated there were at least three instances of suspected drug activity at the home over a three-week period in April 2011. The Citizens' Voice is still waiting for the release of reports from prior years.
From the time Catherine moved into the home until Brenda had her evicted this summer, Brenda said she lived through encounters with gang members, endured multiple threats - including a drug dealer waving a gun at her and her daughter - and a burglary at the double-block home. Her daughter could no longer play outside and will not sleep at the home, Brenda said.
"My child should have never had to forgo so much because a police chief was merely concerned more about himself than he was about protecting and serving," Brenda said.
Dessoye was not at the meeting and could not be reached for comment Thursday. Dessoye did not return multiple phone calls after Brenda first raised the allegations during an October town hall meeting.
A few days later, when asked for comment about Brenda's claims while walking on the street outside the police station, Dessoye called the allegations "nonsense" and said he would not comment. Mayor Tom Leighton did not return a phone call seeking comment Thursday evening.
Brenda said she spent about $8,000 to finally have her sister evicted this past summer and said that she's not sure where her sister is living now. Catherine does not have a phone number, Brenda said, adding she has not been in contact with her recently.
Brenda, has, though, called city hall officials and police dozens on dozens of occasions over the past three years, she said.
From June 2008 to July 2011, police were called to Catherine's side of the home 56 times, according to Luzerne County 911 records. Police were called to Brenda's side, 254 McLean St., 18 times during the same stretch, the records show.
The incidents included reports of domestic abuse, threats and three instances of overdoses.
So far in 2011, county 911 reported 35 emergency calls connected to the Meehans' double-block home. Wilkes-Barre police filed 12 incident reports in regard to those calls, three of which specifically mention allegations of drug activity.
> On April 8, police responded to an anonymous call that a man was selling drugs from Catherine's home. Later that day, Brenda played a voicemail "her sister Kathy" had left on her answering machine that indicated two men, one of them named Gary, had gone to New Jersey the day before and returned with heroin, according to police documents.
> On April 16, two people were arrested on summary warrants outside 252 McLean St. A man with the group told police that Catherine and Greiss were selling "prescription narcotics" from the home, according to a police incident report.
> On April 21, Catherine was taken to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital after Brenda found her unresponsive after a possible drug overdose, police said.
Catherine and Greiss have not been charged with any drug-related crimes over the three-year period she lived on McLean Street, according to court documents.
She has been charged at least twice by Wilkes-Barre police for violating a protection-from-abuse order Brenda had issued against her, according to court documents.
She also pleaded guilty to falsely filing a report her van was stolen in April 2009 and was sentenced to six months probation, court records show.
Catherine was charged with other, more minor offenses, such as scattering rubbish and disorderly conduct, according to court documents. But they aren't drug charges, and that's the problem, Brenda said Thursday.
Brenda asked the council members what they would do if they were in her position. Council Chairwoman Kathy Kane suggested contacting a lawyer and later said council would refer the matter to Dessoye.
"We will pass it on to the police chief," Kane said, prompting disbelief from Brenda.
"The police chief?" Brenda said. "It's about the police chief."
"He is in charge of our police department," Kane said.
The other two council members present, Mike Merritt and Rick Cronauer, offered no comment. Afterward, Brenda called the council's response a "farce."
Read more: http://citizensvoice.com/news/resident-contends-w-b-police-chief-protected-drug-addict-1.1234119#ixzz1jS5uX7tz
A hard copy of this letter and proof will follow,
thank you,
Brenda Meehan
