THE CASE OF

WILL AND PAMELA GASTON

On April 10,1998, after a four day trial in the court of Judge Duane Ertsgaard, a Marion County Jury found Wilbur Gaston and Pamela Meziere not guilty on all six charges brought against them by the State. The State had charged them with violating two restraining orders and refusing to submit to state ordered mental health examinations. Gaston has submitted to mental health exams twice and has passed with flying colors.

Mental health exams, restraining orders and stalking claims have become the weapon of choice for judges, D.A.s and government agencies involved in cover-ups of corruption and misconduct. Dr. Sweet, a court appointed psychiatric examiner reported in the last examination that Mr. Gaston was, "Justified in believing there is a conspiracy afoot to kidnap Mr. Gaston's daughter and sell her in the black market."

Gaston and Meziere admitted that they intentionally violated the court orders because they were sham documents issued in furtherance of an on going conspiracy to prevent Will and Pamela from exposing the child pornography and the literal black-market selling of children by SOSCF employees in Oregon.

Fifty three conspirators have been named in the Racketeering complaint filed by Gaston and Meziere on behalf of the children and families who have suffered at the hands of such notorious and out of control public agencies across the country. Just a few named in the complaint are Judges Gregory West, Paul Lipscomb, Don Dickey, Joseph Ochoa, Connie Haas, Pamela Abernathy, Loraine Anglemeier, Terry Leggart and Silverton Police officer Gary Robertson and Jack Mattingly, along with numerous other state employees.

Meziere spoke boldly to the jury with scathing and poignant questions of witnesses which stunned the courtroom. The shocking story of abuse and cover-ups began to unfold in Judge Ertsgaard's courtroom. So many Judges have participated in the attempt to silence these two people fighting for the release of Gaston's daughter Melissa, that the list of misconduct, lies, and felony actions has taken monumental proportions. Officer Robertson was charged by Meziere with lying, falsifying documents, sexual abuse of children, perjury and racketeering. He admitted under oath to these criminal activities. He sat frozen and red faced as Meziere repeatedly asked him if he did falsify documents and then use them to take Melissa Gaston from the care of her father.

Meziere asked hard questions about Hazel Spees and Robinson who conspired to issue a criminal stalking complaint against Gaston and Meziere. Robinson admitted he had no authority to issue the complaint. The complaint was evidently an attempt to silence the newspaper, A Voice for Children which had published the story of abuse of Melissa in state foster homes, specifically the story that referred to Spees as a child pornographer and pedophile for taking video pictures of 7 year old Melissa nude, who was coaxed to perform in a sexual manner. The pictures were taken with the encouragement and instructions from Spees.

When Spees took the stand, Meziere confidently questioned her. Spees reversed her testimony several times. First she denied taking the video of Melissa and then when Meziere produced Spees own report to SOSCF case worker Larry Lawson requesting a letter to protect her from any liability, knowing that what she was doing was pornography. Spees admitted that she had lied when she said she found The Voice for Children tucked in her front door.

When Gaston first took the stand he was overcome with emotion, but he soon began to articulate the detailed nightmarish story he has been forced to live since this all began. He told how Bruno and Vega had suborned perjury by having Judy Strom falsely accuse Gaston. Later, under oath in Judge West's court in l996 she admitted she lied. Gaston told how Judge Leggart had ordered SOSCF to charge Gaston with a crime or return Melissa to her father. Gaston has never been charged with a crime, nor has Melissa been returned.

Then in October of 1997 Gaston learned of the pornographic video by Spees and Lawson. SOSCF now needed some way of defaming Gaston's character and without any evidence made up new charges against Gaston in hopes that he could be controlled and that a cover-up could be accomplished. Gaston would not roll over and go away.

Through the Freedom of Information Act he discovered from documents he obtained that Melissa had in fact been sexually molested in three foster homes and burned as punishment in one of them. He also discovered caseworker Tim Irmen was a registered sex offender and Hazel Spees was a child pornographer and pedophile. It was at this point he began to publish A Voice for Children.

The police and the judiciary aided and abetted in the criminal persecution of Wilbur Gaston. They sealed records, created phony stalking orders, delayed due process, obstructed justice, threatened him and physically attacked him and his supporters on numerous occasions. Gaston stood up as he finished testifying and pointed his finger at Spees and said these child pornographers and pedophiles should be hung. He then walked over to the jury box asked them, "What would you have done if it had been your daughter or granddaughter."

Meziere, in her closing arguments, stated, "That this is the first time in two years that I have been allowed to speak in court." Meziere, speaking sui juris, joined Gaston in this fight when he had been exhausted from the relentless attacks. Meziere who has had to become her own lawyer in the fight for Melissa, told the jury that in this country they are the sovereign authority in the courtroom with the right to judge both fact and law. She said that the good citizens of this country have been asleep and have allowed corrupt and perverted individuals to take over our courts and public institutions. She then held up a copy of the Oregon Observer, February issue, which carried a front page story of what SOSCF has been doing. Pointing to the paper she said, "This is the reason we are being prosecuted. They are trying to shut us up for good."

Judge Ertsgaard, brought out of retirement to hear this case, repeatedly blocked Meziere's attempts to introduce evidence. She was not allowed to read to the jury Spees' reports where she described in detail the sexually explicit language she used over and over again in talking to Melissa which is a class A felony (Encouraging Child Sex Abuse). She tried to bring evidence concerning Officer Mattingly who was sent to jail three weeks earlier for falsifying police reports and for abuse of power. Mattingly saved his partner Robertson from going to jail also by plea bargaining. She was not allowed by Ertsgaard to bring in most of the evidence of conspiracy, persecution and fraud by judges, police and state employees. Ertsgaard would not read the stalking statute to the jury which would have exonerated Gaston and Meziere. Judge Ertsgaard did tell the jury that they must find Gaston and Meziere guilty because they had repeatedly admitted that they violated the court order. Ertsgaard allowed Gaston and Meziere's affirmative defense, with the condition that they had proven their case of conspiracy and racketeering.

Judge Ertsgaard specifically instructed the jury that ONLY IF THE JUDGES were guilty of fraud would the orders be null and void, and only if the JUDGES had committed this fraud in conspiracy and racketeering with police, caseworkers, attornies, foster parents,sheriffs, DA's, could the jury find Gaston and Meziere not guilty.

The judge told the jury that even if someone lies to a judge and falsely obtains the judges order, the order of the judge must be obeyed. Such rationale is the building blocks of injustice and tyranny by lies. In a moment of overconfidence the judge also said that only if the judges were involved in the conspiracy could the orders be considered of no affect.

On Good Friday, after only four hours the jury, including several government employees, returned with a unanimous decision. The judge then asked for the verdict and sat visibly shaken as he said "Not Guilty" on each and every charge.

On Monday, April 13, l998, employees retaliated with a vengeance against Gaston and Meziere. Dep DA William Howell began an investigation into Mrs. Meziere's ex-husbands life and wrote a petition with SOSCFwhich Judge Guimond illegally signed, to take Mrs. Meziere's 8 year old son.

Tuesday, April 14, l998, Gaston and Meziere planned to go to Bend to serve tort claim notice and motion of recusal on Judge Michael Sullivan, Meziere had kept her son home from school.

Meziere stepped out of the shower to find a dozen or more police and state officials trying to take her child. Police showed up at the school where Meziere's 8 year old son attends where they would have easily taken her child. Bill Howell, the DA from Family Law Court, had made a request for custody of Pamela Meziere's son in Judge Guimond's court. With three Sheriffs cars, one State Police car, Mt. Angel Police cars and two unmarked state vehicles, officers had surrounded her home, including two Woodburn SOSCF agents, Rick Puente and Supervisor Oscar Herrera, and DA Bill Howell who were among the first to watch the pornographic video made by Spees and then seal it up along with judge Joseph Ochoa on October 31, l996.

The boy was not in school that morning so the police went to their home. Meziere was like an outraged Mother bear protecting her cub and backed them all out to the side walk with the force of her righteous indignation while her young son hid terrorized weeping in his bedroom. The child was spared, who knows what, only by her courage and the grace of God.

These agents of the state had no lawfull warrant and no evidence or documentation to substantiate their order. Mrs. Meziere loudly stated all of the events that had transpired to the Mt. Angel Chief Ralph Francisco, who was at a loss to help because of the court order. Mrs. Meziere accused all of these officers of their abuse of her family and many others, and of the abuse of Melissa, and at one point stood face to face with Oscar Herrera, SOSCF, accusing him of lies and pedophilia at which he remained silent and would not look her directly in the eyes.

Meziere shouted at these officers that if they came any closer she would go inside and barricade the door with their family inside and they could bring an army and there would be a war right here and now. She told them to, "Bring out their ugliest attack yet - go for it! We are telling the world every step you take and exposing you for the criminals that you are."

This confrontation lasted an hour or so and finally ended, against Mrs. Meziere's protests, when Wilbur Gaston agreed to leave with Chief Francisco in the patrol car and agree to not be near Mrs. Meziere's son.

The method and operation of SOSCF in these cases is to create outrageous accusations with fraudulent hearsay documents to incriminate without proof and then in a bias court proceeding without a jury the parents rights are crushed without ever having been charged with a crime.

This is what judge Sullivan is doing right now with Mr. Gaston and Pamela Meziere and their children. In 99 out of l00 cases, SOSCF prevails in court with attorneys who play the game that the defendant always loses.

On Wednesday, April 15, l998, Pamela Meziere and her ex-husband Garry Meziere appeared in court for a shelter hearing about their son. Judge Ertsgaard presided and again gave Meziere a semblance of a Constitutional court and a fair hearing. Mr. Meziere gave compelling and sincere testimony about how he felt that SOSCF had attacked his family and how he felt like he was on trial and his son terrorized by these agents of the state. Both Meziere's stated that theirs was a good relationship and in fact Mrs. Meziere had immediately called her ex-husband to get their son when and if the SOSCF became vengeful.

Mr. Meziere described how he felt violated that in one day they had investigated his family, including the Meziere's adult daughter, trying to find dirt for incrimination.

Judge Ertsgaard asked for evidence upon which to base this order issued by Judge Guimond, whereupon the DA asked to continue the hearing until later in the afternoon.

Mrs. Meziere interrupted "I don't think so" and the judge stated he did not care how they run the court at juvenile, but this is a court of evidence. Mrs. Meziere and Judge Ertsgaard made the point clear to note that SOSCF HAD NO EVIDENCE upon which to have issued this order.

Judge Ertsgaard did not give SOSCF anything they wanted, and Mr. Meziere effectively closed the door on their plans but the petition by Bill Howell had to still be address at another hearing. Ertsgaard order was to have been issued that afternoon, and would in effect be protection from the other judges order to allow SOSCF to take their son.

On Thursday, April 16, l998, Wilbur Gaston and Pamela Meziere went into the Marion County Courthouse as they had done every day all week, to file documents and to get the judges order from the hearing the day before. After about a half hour of doing paperwork, they walked down the hall towards the judges chambers. Sheriff Deputy Dave McMullen came up from behind and ordered Meziere to immediately leave the building or be arrested. She said "don't do it Dave" as she knows this man well. He has been instigating and following her for four months to many courthouses and repeatedly harassing and threatening her with arrest in front of many witnesses. This is the same Sheriff that attacked 50 year old church secretary and Family Freedom Press editor Dottie Ann Blakemore in the same courtroom two weeks ago and drug her for forty five minutes through the courthouse bleeding and tortured with her pants and underclothes around her knees.

Gaston and Meziere kept walking to Norblad's office where Ertsgaard was presiding to get help and to get the document for protecting her and her son. In the doorway, officer McMullen attacked Pamela Meziere, wrenching her arm behind her as he pushed her to the floor While Pamela was on the floor in front of Ertsgaard's office, McMullen maliciously sprayed her with a chemical agent which made her blind and gagged her cries for help. Secretary Dale Griffith in Norblad's office put his hands into the air. He would do nothing to stop the attack.

McMullen handcuffed Meziere, who staggered with him eyes blinded and skin burning and bruised past court employees who know her well and who would not look as she passed by them calling out - "Look what they are doing here! You just stand there!" The officers did not give Mrs. Meziere the antidote spray. An hour or so later he took her to jail for trespassing and resisting arrest.

Later that night she was released on her own recognizance after being groped by sheriffs who stated that they could' "grope all they wanted." She was mocked by ten or more male sheriffs who came into the room to watch her through this ordeal. The release officer could not explain why she had been arrested, only that there was a court order. Corrupt judges like Paul Lipscomb, the presiding judge of Marion County Courthouse, write orders at their own whim and often in secret with no accountability and until now have been getting away with it.

Attorneys are disbarred for "irritating the court."You must defend yourself, alone. What you say is "not relevant." And so you go to jail and lose your children, your home, your property without the truth ever being heard.

I often hear people talk of the 6,000,000 Jews who died in the Jewish Holocaust and debate the numbers and cruelties. To begin to single out groups that died in that epic of man made madness labeled WWII is the essence of bigotry and does a dishonor to the 17,000,000 who were exterminated and were not Jews. How about the 50,000,000 Germans who died in those years? What about the woman and children of Dresden and Cologne? What of the untold millions that died and suffered at the hands of the "red menace" from the Baltics to Beijing. Are we immune? There were far to many captured German soldiers who died in allied and American prison camps to be statistically wholesome, but it is taboo to speak of that.

Nationalities did not foment the Holocaust. It has been ignorance, apathy, avarice, pride, arrogance, selfishness and greed that has fed the flames of man made kingdoms of Hell.

Now fifty some years later America has changed and I am afraid it has been for the worst. Our laurel leaves have wilted with our freedom and responsible individualism. My Father was an attorney in several states and wrote law books, I grew up around the law and the courts. The courts I sit in today are a travesty of justice and are filled with vanity and corruption. I pursued a career in law enforcement in the 60's and 70's. Yet today, the caliber of officers I see in action has shifted to avenues of abusive power fueled by arrogance and ignorant pride. All this coupled with an army of sudo-cops operating out of every other government agency, we have become primed for the worst holocaust the world has known.

The court order to keep Meziere out of the court house unless she is called as a witness, which in itself was denying her a right to due process, was no longer valid. These crimes are committed because of the gutless cowards who stand around and do and say nothing.

The modern day Christian good Samaritan, when coming upon a poor unfortunate soul beat and bleeding in some judicial or bureaucratic ditch, might kneel down and say a prayer. Then feeling much better about him or herself, will go their own way. If the victim dies, maybe they'll name the road after them or build a shrine or take a holiday. True Christians know that standing up for Jesus is not just standing up from your warm pew and singing a song. Raising your hands to the LORD is not waving your arms over your head behind the secure doors of a state church building.

At the first sign of danger or personal sacrifice the false love of the apostate christian waxes cold. They have chosen these false gods of these modern courts. They would not risk their lunch or their TV much less their jobs, property or their lives to stand for truth, justice and their brothers. They are not like John, Jesus and Peter nor Abraham, Moses and David. They do not follow in the ways of the LORD. They seek the comforts not the Christ.

Marion County wreaks with corruption with the attacks on religious freedom, parental and civil rights. But is that the only place? No! The Jenkins' family in Klamath County, John Wise in Lake County, from one end of Oregon to the other the stories are pandemic. Across the country with the Sweeneys in Massachusetts as well as atrocities in Florida, Texas, Nevada, California, Idaho, it doesn't make any difference where you live. Early this morning I had a call from Iowa where a gentlemen was trying to tell me that the courts were worse in his area than anywhere. I could almost laugh at how many times I hear that if it wasn't so tragic. This tyranny exists throughout America because Christians claim the name of Christ but deny the courage of Christ.

The word devil in the Bible comes from the word diabolos which means, "prone to slander, slanderous, false accuser, slanderer." If you want to stand up for Jesus, then stand up for justice, truth and the way of the LORD and stand against the corrupt, the liars and the wicked.