Steffey’s account and the witnesses differed from that of the arresting officer, Deputy Richard T. Gurlea Jr.

Basically she was convicted on the word of the cop, with no evidence, other than the arrest video, which Gurlea only started after he had assaulted the VICTIM, and she was mad at him. The jury believed his account that she was this way the WHOLE time, even though he had a body mic & remote control that he could have used to video events that lead up to the arrest.

But if Steffey and the witnesses accounts are correct, I can see why he would NOT want video of it.

And after catching the Sheriff’s dept in lie after lie, I’m afraid I have to believe Steffey.

I have looked into this case a LOT! There is NO WAY the cops can take this to a trial, so I have to believe that this is just a smokescreen for “damage control”. If they ever tried to take this to court, they probably would end up in jail, because all their LIES would come out.
For instance sheriff Swanson has ALWAYS claimed that Steffey was asked to remove her cloths and she refused, but I have a copy of the BCI report that shows that this is a LIE! Heres a cut & paste I have been using:

This is the BCI report that Agent Christy S. Palmer sent to John D. Ferrero, Prosecuting Attorney Stark County Ohio.
Dated April 16, 2008 BCI Case #: SI-76-08-14-0147

This is part of page 3

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Sheriff Swanson has ALWAYS maintained that Steffey was ASKED & REFUSED to remove her cloths.

But here’s the BCI’s OWN REPORT that PROVES this is a LIE!

But apparently catching the sheriff’s dept in a lie isn’t a big deal to our “independent” BCI investigator, Christy Palmer, who seems ready to accept ANY excuse the sheriff’s dept wants to use.

The report also goes on to say that they lowered Steffey in a slow controlled manner to the floor. Except that Steffey says she was thrown to the floor.
She also told her husband in a phone call that she thought the cops had broken her nose.
And she was treated by the nurse for the injury.
And in page 4 of this report Christy Palmer even states that Steffey reported that her nose was making “crunching noises”.

So I guess this is proof of a second LIE.

And still Christy Palmer, the “independent investigator” doesn’t think twice about accepting the word of the cops over the VICTIMS in spite of proof.
BTW, Christy also references a video that she says “proves that she was lowered in a slow controlled manner to the floor”. As far as I know, THIS would have to be on the ‘non-existent’ beginning of the strip video.
On May 5th when I asked about the “missing” video, I was told it would soon be released.
Now here again it looks as though it’s referenced…even though they NOW claim it does not exist.
Interesting. (I have filed a request for this video.)

This isn’t so much an investigation report as it is a smear campaign against Hope Steffey.

They are trying to say that Steffey was resisting enough that EIGHT people couldn’t take the chance of ASKING her to remove her cloths, or EVEN TELL HER WHAT WAS GOING ON!!!

I did NOT see any resisting in the video, I saw eight cops parading her to the cell, with her in cuffs.

In fact EVERY video I have seen she is in cuffs!
And the ONLY times I have seen her react to the cops is after they have assaulted her or in the process of stripping her naked.

The cops can polish this turd as much as want, this STILL STINKS!

BTW I don’t know why they bothered to black out the names of Nurse Coren Lennon and the jail psychologist Thomas Anuszkiewicz, aren’t they PROUD of the work they do?