Thread: New Update on Walter Fitzpatrick

Fitzpatrick faces Trial alone after signing contract with Tennessee attorney
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LOCAL ATTORNEY MET WITH FITZPATRICK AND ALLEGEDLY PROMISED TO REPRESENT HIM BUT THEN VANISHED

by Sharon Rondeau

Do lawyers really have the best interest of their clients in mind, or are they in the profession for the money?

(Dec. 1, 2010) — On November 19, Walter Fitzpatrick reported to The Post & Email that he had met with and retained an attorney to represent him in the case which Monroe County brought against him for an April 1 citizen’s arrest which he had effected at the courthouse in Madisonville. That attorney has not contacted Mr. Fitzpatrick nor reappeared since that time.

Fitzpatrick told The Post & Email that the attorney had mentioned that his services would or could cost $35,000, but that the attorney understood that necessary payments would be made in as it was raised by various supporters over time.

However, a conversation which occurred on November 30, 2010 between the attorney and an interested party which was reported to The Post & Email told a different story. As it was reported to us, the attorney stated in a telephone call with the interested party that he had required $35,000 to even begin work on the case.

When Mr. Fitzpatrick contacted The Post & Email last evening from the Monroe County jail, he contradicted that contention and said that the contract he had signed and of which he retained a copy mentioned nothing of $35,000 “up-front.â€

All Felonies Dropped against Walter Fitzpatrick; convictions on two misdemeanors
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PLUS $3,000 IN FINES AND ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS

by Sharon Rondeau

If a juror was disqualified today for having served within the last 24 months, how could any convictions against Fitzpatrick stand when the charges arose from a grand jury with the same flaw?

(Dec. 1, 2010) — As several eyewitnesses at Walter Fitzpatrick’s trial in Monroe County, TN reported this evening, all felony charges against the retired U.S. Naval Academy graduate and 20-year veteran of the U.S. Navy have been dropped. Those charges were “riot,â€

Eyewitness to Fitzpatrick’s April 1 Arrest Speaks for the First Time
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“AT SOME POINT, AN INVESTIGATION IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME FROM SOMEONE THEREâ€