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Re: April Reynolds
On December 27, 2011 a Personal Protection Order (PPO) was issued by Circuit Court Judge Richard Cooper on April Reynolds regarding some alleged behavior by her to Ariel Courtland, Baby Kate's mother. In Courtland's claim for the PPO, Ariel stated that Reynolds called her at least 30 times on Christmas Eve and left voice mail messages threatening to kill her.
A PPO sounds reasonable if such harassing activity has taken place, which should be easily proved by phone records and the voice mail messages.
April Reynolds challenged the PPO decision in court on February 1st in front of Judge Cooper with Ariel Courtland present. According to WMOM reports, Ariel stated Mrs. Reynolds has posted disparaging information about her on three different Facebook pages. She reiterated that she is not and never has been a suspect in the disappearance of her daughter, Baby Kate. And, stated that she never has requested help from April Reynolds.
When Reynolds took the stand the story was completely different. She claimed that Ariel's application for the PPO was 99.9% false. She insisted that Ariel had contacted her in August. But later admitted that she had posted numerous hostile messages on various Facebook pages. After carefully considering all of the testimony, Judge Cooper ruled that the original PPO would stand.
April joined the Ludington Torch as a member back on August 16, 2011. A review of her postings shows she does have an opinion of some complicity at the least by Ariel Courtland in the disappearance of Baby Kate. Her outspoken views could upset Ariel, but her posts here, at least, have been measured and well within her rights given her by the First Amendment. I cannot comment on her posts elsewhere, but it seems as if her main beef has been with the rigor of the investigation by the investigating unit, the Ludington Police Department (LPD).
This was confirmed by the protest march she organized at the end of October. She organized the event to protest the LPD's flawed investigation of Baby Kate; later on in November she was visited in Grand Rapids by two LPD detectives under questionable rationale and methods. I think there was a correlation between her activism and the visit, where the lead detective made an explicit threat to her about obstructing an investigation.
Come December 27, 2011 Ariel Courtland petitions for a PPO saying April had phoned her on Christmas Eve over 30 times and threatened to kill her on voice messages. Yet, according to what has been reported on at the hearing, she fell back not on these alleged calls and threat, a definite PPO starter, but on Facebook postings by April that disputed her innocence in the investigation of the disappearance of her baby.
Perhaps this is why April claimed her PPO application was 99.9% false. And that's the point here. If those 30+ phone calls were never made, if no voice mails exist of April Reynolds making a threat to Ariel is forthcoming, and the information that Ariel included on her PPO was falsified and/or exaggerated, then she may not be guilty of anything involving her baby, but is guilty of
MCL 600.2950(24): "An individual who knowingly and intentionally makes a false statement to the court in support of his or her petition for a personal protection order is subject to the contempt powers of the court."
April's statements right here at the Torch on 12-30 and 1-6 also seem to indicate that the City applied for the PPO on Ariel's behalf:
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Permalink Reply by Jan Melding on
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Ms April was caught lying on her paperwork by the Judge. Somebody helped her with the paperwork and she forgot about her record. The Judge asked her if she even read the paperwork before she signed it. She said yes. I think they will go after Ms April after the trial is over.
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And April did not intentionally lie on my reasons for dismissing the ppo, I said i have no criminal back ground, which I do but it was NSF charges 22 years ago, and therefore did not remember that.
Also why is it the judge picked at the same exact thing as Mr Wells when he called me, which I assume was not his job to pick at my paperwork, isnt that the judges job?
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You just now failed (Lied) to mention the domestic abuse charge you plead guilty to in 2009.
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Whom ever you are, quit harassing me, I was not charged with no domestic abuse in 2009.
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Permalink Reply by XLFD on
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Jan,
If you have something you want to show to the rest of the class, show it. But do not come on here to make some claim you can't back up. April has said she hasn't; disprove her if you can.
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I'm sorry Ms April it was Domestic Violence 12/30/09 you plead guilty. It will be in the public court records of the hearing.
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