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Her attorney Albukerk obtained a hung jury on the eavesdropping charge where she is accused of recording a phone conversation with a court reporter, who she claims has altered a court transcript. Anabel has fired this very good attorney and alienated most of her friends due to misunderstandings (its hard to get correct info while in jail).

She is trying to represent herself an
and filed a well written motion that the eavesdropping law is illegal, yet to be heard.

I believe the law will be declared illegal concerning recording police officers in public (the topic of the other headline cases about eavesdropping arrests), but she may have a hard time with her case as she did not record an officer in public.

She meets the exception to the law in that she has a good faith belief she was recording someone (the supervisor of the court reporter) who she thought was going to admit that the transcript was altered (concerning the computer tampering charge).
At the trial Annabel’s attorney Albukerk put an FBI agent on the stand who stated that Anabel came to the FBI with evidence of SALF fraud, that she uncovered as their IT person. The agent admitted Anabel thought that the court reporter committed fraud (I think she said this but I don’t have the transcript and she may have couched her words).

The state admits that the SALF computer was NOT hooked with the Internet so there is no computer tampering yet they have not dismissed the charge. The SALF two investigators admit that Anabel could not have tampered with the computers yet the state has not dropped the charges.

Bail was originally raised to $500,000 due to the second arrest and the state’s attorney’s statement that she is a flight risk because she has a foreign passport! With NO criminal record this is NOT enough excuse for such a high bailo.

Albukerk argued for a lower bail, but the Judge refused except to lo0wer it to $300,000. Anabel is now a pauper, having lost all her possessiions while in jail.

I filed a next-friend habeas petition on behalf of Anabel stating there was no probable cause and Judge McHale violated IL statute stating it was illegal for a non-attorney to file a next-friend habeas petition. I told the judge he was violating this law, the Constitution suspension clause (regarding habeas rights) and the U.S. Suipreme Court ruling in Boumediene v Bush 2008 where prisoners at Guantanemo Bay were allowed to have a non-attorney parent file a habeas petition. I said this twice.

Judge McHale illegally summarily sentenced me (no trial) for 3 counts of contempt of court for questioning him and saying he violated the law, 4 mo, 6 mo and 6 mo consecutive (16 m onths), ordered that I was not too have good time credits and I went to jail. I got out after six mo only because I eventually was able to file some motions stating that it was a violation of law and previous U.S. Supreme Court holdings to sentence someone to jail for more than six months without a trial. The Illinois Appellate Court dismissed my appeal stating that I didn’t pay the fee, despite the fact I was indigent on SSI and disabled and Il Supreme Court rule 298 and US Supreme Court holdings require that indigent criminal defendents have their fees waived, The IL Supreme Court has also denied my indigency petition without explanation violating their owno rule 298. I am in desperate straights having been destroyed by this false incarceration and its consequences.

I am the one that recommended Albukerk to Annabel and she now is mad at Albukerk for reasons I disagree with and trying to represent herself. She has become a bit cold with me to. She is absolutely innocent, yet bites the hand that helps her. SALF got money ($50,000) from the IL Attorney General Madigan’s office, yet has failed to follow up with how it was used by SALF and has failed to prosecute SALF and Spizzirra for fraud. Instead they had their computer consultant analyze Anabel’s computer and now their consultant whose report proves Annabel’s innocence has disappeared.

This is a very big scandal that should be investigated by the FBI and US Attorney, yet they are doing NOTHING so far.

Of course — a felony warrant signed out by Ms Spirizzi, who has very low credibility, should be immediately dismissed.

Ms. Melongo’s BIGGEST mistake in all this is acting as her own attorney. She appears to be confused and not to understand what is going on and it appears she is being victimized by a whole group of people. SHE NEEDS TO HAVE A LAWYER REPRESENTING HER!!!!

On March 19 she argued her motion in front of Cook County Judge Steven Goebel, according to someone who attended the hearing.

The same person says that on Thursday, April 5, Judge Goebel is scheduled to issue his ruling on her motion.

As available, I’ll post new information here and on my blog: http://www.the-sidebar.com