Mark Bell 46 Lindbergh Blvd, Westfield, MA 01085-3822
phone – 877-233-6090 fax - 781-394-0762 e-mail Mark-Bell@comcast.net
Mr. Patrick McDermott, Register,
Mr. Richard Schmidt, Assistant Register,
Norfolk Probate and Family Court
35 Shawmut Road, Canton, MA 02021
Re: 03D1651DV1
12/7/2009
Dear Mr. McDermott and Mr. Schmidt:
I’ve stated earlier that in my wildest dreams I could not imagine writing the story that has
surfaced from the “facts” of my case at the Norfolk Court.
In fact, I’ll restate that I’m not writing it, but only putting pen to paper about it.
Paperwork dated 11-23-09 was sent to me with written notice from First Justice Langlois
stating “Plaintiff’s complaint for contempt dated 11/9/09 will be heard on 12/16/09 provided service
is accomplished by no later than 12/6/09.” (Attached below.)
On December 30th I called the court to inquire about what appears to be a mixup on the date
the First Justice wrote, as the 11/9/09 document of his mention was not found in my records. Also
missing from the packet received was a summons, typical of what would be required for service.
I communicated with Lisa Vilk and Patrick McDermott regarding this, and both calls were
supportive and appeared as if not only due consideration was applied to my issue, but excellent
timeliness was present. I was sent via phone to Karen in the scheduling office, who agreed the good
First Justice’s date error was likely a transposition error, and in fact, she prepared a summons that
was put in the mail system, and would likely be sent out the next day, 12/1, as mail was picked up at
11am, and had already been picked up on this day.
I have not received anything, so, of course, the Judge’s order cannot be complied with, as the
service cannot be as mandated….
Where are we? In the same place this particular case keeps moving towards, by devices other
than that of my own, and those of, I believe, others; Very questionable/illegal practices.
Yes, perhaps it’s all anecdotal.
But, what happened between Karen’s mail, and my empty mailbox?
I am truly troubled by the “anecdotes” of overlooked, correctly-filed motions, documented as
such in the file itself, lost cassette tape requests, in which I refuse to believe Ms. Vilk is incompetent,
and other occurrences such as the early-March court date that was cancelled by the defendant
(Sheridan) without my knowledge, the information about which was not sent tome either. (Mr.
Schmidt showed me the “anecdotal evidence” of initials on a piece of paper that showed it had been
sent. It was never returned as first class mail to the courthouse after not being received by the
recipient….Commonweath v. Franco in Westfield District court says it would be.) I’m sure
somebody was amused that I drove to the court in a snowstorm that day in March.
And, coincidentally, from the first time a date was changed, after I told my then-lawyer Tom
Benner that “there is NO way Archie Keohane will allow a divorce “trial” to take place so close to
Christmas [2004],” there have been other date and scheduling issues. I believe Chief Justice Carey’s
office takes care of scheduling, and if memory serves me correctly, I believe she has even written
correspondence tome indicating such.
And, I also know that the “trial” scheduled in front of Judge Casey, a two day affair as
requested by Sheridan’s then-lawyer, Baresi, who was allowed to withdraw without naming
successor counsel against any MGL I am aware of that applies to such. It only worked to the
advantage of Sheridan. Unbelievable.
If I made this stuff up and wrote it, I’d fear of being called to face charges of defaming the
judiciary, the court, and employees such as Ms. Vilk, who I will maintain as competent, efficient and
courteous. Mr. McDermott and Karen? They certainly acted in concert with good faith…so who?
Attached to this letter is yet another claim that Clerk Archie Keohane’s family can walk into
a court, authorized as such, under rules to which the employees are supposed to adhere, and simply
defame the system in real-time, in session, under oath. Ms. Sheridan can openly lie to Judge Casey,
(“I don’t know how to fax documents.”) and in front of First Justice Langlois. (“[My bank won’t
accept a check [with name “or” name] without both signatures.]”) I am almost to believe the court is
acting in amusement, if not absolute bias favoring the abusive and connected Ms. Sheridan, who has
stacked up lies in courtrooms spanning Norfolk County, and is presently running a court-guided
intentional tort, against me, without sanction, to what must be the amusement of the court system of
which her family member, again, is employed. She knows what she is doing…do any laws matter?
Short of my finding out that some sort of direct action will be taken to find out why court
processes are being turned into violations of my rights to process, and directly finding out why Karen
would give out information that is false in the end, as it is assumed her actions were performed in
good faith, this matter needs to be elevated to people who will defend my rights and try to interpret
the currency involved in what should be very serious charges against the tampering that only benefits
a small group of people, yet hurts many. It also feeds into charges I feel are appropriate dealing with
the trafficking involving my daughter, who was involved in some manner in the fabrication of
evidence and false police reports in Plymouth County which I truly believe were coached and
assisted, if not directly performed, by her mother, Lynne Sheridan. Somebody, maybe more than just
one, has benefited by this tampering and injustice, hence, the trafficking.
This correspondence is being distributed as I feel will work to protect myself against the
absolutely repetitive violations that I feel, perhaps in my naiveté that laws apply to all, have occurred.
Those in higher offices should be asking at what level they will perform with regard to, at the very
least, within the ethics of their professions. Perjury may be the least of all the violations, and finding
out the beneficiaries of the crimes above should be paramount, at least in an honest system.
Without any sort of actions to find out the machinations of this very obvious confusion, and
who was involved, those involved are part of the crimes involved.
And that’s where I will leave this.
Sincerely Yours,
Mark Bell