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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Complaints against Rochester Indiana Child Protective Services

Complaints against Rochester Indiana Child Protective Services

It has been brought to our attention that a problem may exist regarding the Rochester Indiana Child Protective Services Department. In an effort to evaluate this problem we are searching for individuals with information or complaints regarding Rochester CPS. Please feel free to provide information. All complaints will be forwarded to Governor Mitch Daniel for his review. Please keep in mind that your postings may be seen by others therefore if you don't want certain information to be known by everyone please do not post it. Thank you very much!

33 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:28 PM

    I truly believe there is a problem with the Rochester, IN CPS. Reports I have heard make me wonder if this is still America where a person is innocent until proven guilty. Children are being kept away from a loving mother for no good reason. The case worker seems to have a personal vendetta against her. The children are suffering because of his actions.

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  2. Anonymous12:53 AM

    It is not JUST Rochester! It is in Bloomington too! A 24 hour infant TAKEN from his mother's breast! Watch your news station because this family has had ENOUGH! Indiana has one of the highest removal rates in the country. We all know DCS gets more MONEY with each child they take!

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    1. Anonymous12:34 AM

      It also has an extremely large meth and other drugs problem!!! Daily somebody is being arrested for drugs or drug related! Cps is 1 of the only agencies protecting the children. The other agencies allow them ti rturn to the streets without help of any sort, thus reoeating the circle!

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  3. Anonymous8:10 PM

    Bloomington, IN-I thought I was alone in CPS taking advantage of my family. It happened in 2004, however the memories have resurfaced and I am emotionally distraught that we can have such a broken system for keeping families functioning. My daughter was taken for no good reason because the judge wanted to punish my family for demanding to talk to her outside the courtroom. CPS took her, never gave me written rights until after my first hearing (the document was dated for the within 3 days rule). I received it weeks after the fact. They also never asked if an immediate family member could look after her. I have since left Indiana and will never return to that horrible town. Human rights are not considered in Bloomington, IN

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  4. Anonymous9:39 AM

    Really want to hear a story? I am a victim of Indianas piss poor excuse for "social services". Those people have put myself and brother and sister through HELL! Please contact me julianna_mailme@yahoo.com

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  5. Please contact Honkforkids@att.net to help fight DCS abuse

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  9. Anonymous8:43 PM

    Do know there IS a Problem with Rochester CPS. They investigate the wrong findings and continually harrass the same stable families. They as well work closely with the police which is a good thing, and at times not. They send you in the continuous circles. Meanwhile there are children out there who are in need of their help and they get none. We know of one family who's small child was in a terrible situation and after numerous reports the child is still in the home. What is going on in Rochester Indiana? They need to stop harrassing the families that are working and doing the best for their children and finally go help the children in real need. I agree with Anonymous that these caseworkers take out a personal vendetta against some just trying to find something wrong. It's time someone looked into them.

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    1. Anonymous12:37 AM

      They have to, by law, investigate every report. Maybe this is beyond them and at a higher level. They are doing their job.

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  10. Anonymous4:53 PM

    My son ex-girlfriend and his 4 year old son was in a car accident. It was her fault because she turn around to yell at him while she was driving , well they had to cut her out of the car but he was ok, they call cps to come out since there was no one for the child, well my son got a letter saying if he wanted a copy to come to the office. He did that but the woman said it wouldnt be ready until sept 19 they have 20 days will if it wasnt ready why send a letter.
    Well he told her he was getting a lawyer and he was telling her why, she told him that he would have to call the 1-800 number if he has a report, So why does she have a job, if thats what she suppose to do to check out a report.

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  11. CPS removed my kids because I assaulted someone who was a danger to them. My report said my kids were in a safe, clean environment. State law says children cannot be removed unless they are in imminent danger. So is a safe environment somehow putting my kids in imminent danger? They were abused in the foster home they were sent to, because the worker wouldn't even consider any of my relatives, including my adult daughter, no criminal record, who lived in my home. I got my children back within 3 months, but they were emotionally scarred, and I missed my sons birthday. This was all in Fulton Co. IN. THe CPS workers make me sick. I think the whole reason my kids were removed was because the supervisor came in my house, and I thought it was the girl I had assaulted, and I said get that b**** out of my house, I KNOW she thought I meant her. BOOM kids taken.

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  12. Anonymous9:02 PM

    I have a friend that is literally battling Fulton County DCS as I write this, Cynthia Rainey and her Supervisor. It's an insane story! This woman is amazing and actually advocates for adoptions. Her 10 adopted kids were literally kidnapped by DCS last Friday. This woman has a clean background check. She lives in a huge gorgeous home. Her kids always are well dressed and her home is always stocked with food. The reports are all false. How can we expose them? Also, this mom has had enough of Fulton County DCS and will most likely be doing a lawsuit against them and the City of Rochester. I would love to share her story. How can I?

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    1. Anonymous6:16 AM

      Contact through fb, Becky Kemble at Beating the Drums for Justice..

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  13. Anonymous9:05 PM

    I have a friend that is literally battling Fulton County DCS as I write this, Cynthia Rainey and her Supervisor. It's an insane story! This woman is amazing and actually advocates for adoptions. Her 10 adopted kids were literally kidnapped by DCS last Friday. This woman has a clean background check. She lives in a huge gorgeous home. Her kids always are well dressed and her home is always stocked with food. The reports are all false. How can we expose them? Also, this mom has had enough of Fulton County DCS and will most likely be doing a lawsuit against them and the City of Rochester. I would love to share her story. How can I?

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  14. Anonymous12:03 AM

    Lee Ann Sones is the current Director in Fulton County. She is very corrupt. This department needs to be reformed and investigated. There are so many families who are struggling with the Fulton County DCS currently. They are bullies.

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  15. Anonymous12:05 AM

    I agree with the comment above. Cynthia Rainey is extremely corrupt. She has personal vendettas against so many people. I think I know who that woman is that the above comment is talking about. She is currently battling CPS. She is being falsely accused currently. I know that Cynthia Rainey constantly smells like smoke and is extremely unprofessional.

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    1. Anonymous12:42 AM

      Cynthia is very professional and very thorough. She cares about the kids and she is very good talking to the kids. She has to ensure they are safe that is her job and she's passionate about her job. It's ridiculous that people talk all this crap but yet failed to prove anything.

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  16. undeWarsaw Indiana cps is a joke. I filed 2 tort claims against 2 corrupt police officers had charges trumped up on me.
    My house was searched by 12 county officers looking for business records that they were told our attorney had, after searching 2 hours and completly ransacked our house they left laughing. They didn’t even have a warrent. When my husband got home he was ticked. Called the police wanting a copy of the warrent they didn’t have it. Two days later they got a judge to sign one. It was dated 2 days late? Cps has illegally entered my house and taken all my grandchildren. One granddaughter who was molested by her other grandmother or her dog molesting son were not sure which was found abandoned in a NYC crack house. Warsaw cps said this is fine.WHAT? Kosciusko county has a vandata against me and my grandchildren are the ones paying for the retaliation. Cps has only lied and made up things and continue to purge themselves in court. Elise mandaville has told 3 lies to judge huffer and my daughters court appointed attorney seems to be working for these crooks. My grandchildren were in a very stable and safe enviroment until cps fraudulantly removed them and placed them in danger. Our concerns go unchecked no follow up only cover up. My other daughter and her husband left Indiana when cps started harassing them only to have Warsaw contact Michigan cps and they harassed them one time and found nothing.in Warsaw I’m sure there would have been trumped up malicious false aqusations to continue to harass my family

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  17. Anonymous10:51 AM

    Here is a Facebook Page dedicated to exposing the corruption that takes place in Rochester, Indiana. We are asking for an investigation towards Lee Ann Sones and Cynthia Rainey and many other caseworkers that work for Fulton County DCS.

    https://www.facebook.com/fultoncountydcs

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  18. Mary Sloan1:20 PM

    I agree with the above comments. Fulton County DCS in Rochester Indiana has some severe ethical issues. The state needs to investigate them. Lee Sones is the director and she is very corrupt and is known for lying in court cases. She substantiates claims without properly investigating them. Cynthia Rainey (cindy) needs to be fired or locked up for fraud. She destroys families and makes false claims. She removes children without proper investigation or following state protocols. She also submits false reports. She is not professional and is very close to the Rochester Police department. The comment above is current. She constantly smells like smoke and looks like she is on meth. She needs to be stopped. I personally know four families that have endured the corruption of Fulton County DCS that live in Rochester, Indiana. My heart goes out to anyone who lives in Fulton County.

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  19. Lee Ann Sones is the office director and needs to be reported. You can report her to Glynn Hipp the regional manager or go higher to the state office.

    Cynthia Rainey goes by Cindy and I agree with comments above she needs to be let go. Fulton County needs accountability.

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  20. Anonymous2:48 PM

    It os all over but I too live in IN n my childs been taken they even involved local police saying tjere was a court order tjat neverexisted im not gettin advise from my cpurt appointed lawyer accept comply comply comply n those of is who jave ever dealt with thwm nfor know that osmt always tje best amswer of anyone can give me better advose ot would b greatly appreciated o btw my child is also special needs which they didnt prepare for

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  21. Fulton County DCS needs to be reformed. They lied and falsified documents in my case. They substantiate without proof or proper investigation. I was never given due process and they dismissed my case and closed it once they realized they were acted illegally. Cyndi Rainey has a personal vendetta against me and literally stole and kidnapped and traumatized all my children. We are filing a civil suit against them this year. They need to all be investigated. All I can do is pray for them because it takes a special kind of evil to do what they have done to me and so many others. Lord have mercy on them all. PRAYING FOR REFORM.

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  22. Anonymous5:28 PM

    Cynthia Rainey aka Cyndi Rainey is the definition of CORRUPTION.

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  23. Huntington is the same way somebody please contact me as I'm in desperate need of help with these legalize kidnappers find me on fb Justin Boxell

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  24. JENNIFER11:06 PM

    I'm in stark county cps and the cops came to my home on the 5th and 6th of july no one was home and they took pitchers they entered my home with out a waunt they came on the 7th nocked on my door and just walked in they had car seats ready to take my kids with out invesagatig the alagations(my kid was sitting in the windowl) they was called out for that's wasent the reason they took my children it was because the roff of my house had a leak and thear was some clutter in the house the police threaten me to eather let my kids go with cps and corropate fully with cps or they would put me in jail 26 days latter my house was sat on fire (I owned the house and had no insurance on it)now I'm in nead of appropeat housing my fince is the only one with a income and that's SSI my reason for not having a job was I have problems with my back that liments my abuilty to work and kneaed help with filling for disability cps was serpose to help me with bouth finding housing and appling for disability they helped me with neather so it took us about a year to find housing and at that it took moste of my fince income for housing and ulities eavry month we was told they was going to give us back the kids but it was getting clouse to the 15th mounth line and that's WHEN CPS GETS MOSTE OF THIER FUNDING(A BIG GRANT) WE WAS TOLD WE WOULD GET OUR KIDS BACK AND THEN THEY USED THE EXCUSE WE DIDENT HAVE ENOUGHT MONEY FOR THEM AND THEY WOULD BE BEATTER OFF BEING ADOPED I JUST GOT MY DISABILITY NOW WE HAVE 2 INCOMES AND WE STILL DONT HAVE THEM BACK THE JUDGE IN STARK COUNTY SAID THAT WE DIDENT MAKE ENOUGHT MONEY TO RASE OUR KIDS WITCH IS DISCRIMATION

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  25. Jennifer of Starke County-- CPS did the same thing to me for home (mine all interior cosmetic-- drywall), and said that they would help me get funding to do the repairs. I did not know my rights, and was naive & trusting. But they lied. I was never charged with abuse nor neglect, but they adopted my children out because of drywall! They are monsters. I did not have the money to fix. Later, my grandaughter (18 months old) because of daughter-in-law's addictions was here for 1 year, repairs were still not done. The same caseworkers who had removed my children for repairs, had no problem with my granddaughter being here. I asked them why is it ok for her and not mine? I continually, got no answer to my questions. I found out that Starke County made approximately $400,000 to place my children for adoption, after all the monies they received for foster care. They were also used for prescription drug trials without my permission. They are truly evil. The children that truly need help they refuse to help, and only take those from good decent families. I have absolutely no trust in the law enforcement or court system either, where things like this are acceptable.

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  26. Also: Hoosiers... I just read a statistic that Indiana removes 10% more children from homes without cause than the rest of the country-- so it is not one county, but the whole state. It is obviously state mandated to destroy Hoosier good decent Hoosier families, funding state coffers with our kidnapped children, while leaving messed up abused kids intact in the abusive homes. It is a sad country that looks at its children as a commodity for profit.

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  27. All of the families that have been victimized need to band together. As long as they keep each family isolated and stigmatized by CPS intruding in their lives nothing will change. Since we cannot rely on the courts or law to protect us, we must each other. I saw a statistic recently that 1 in 25 families will be traumatized by CPS, while a person has a 1 in 70 chance of having a flat tire. With only 3% percent of children removed from their loving home ever being returned, these figures are horrible. I keep looking for some kind of action group for parents like me who want to take action, and tired of sitting by while more children are wrongfully damaged by this agency-- I can find nothing. Each one that did exist now no longer does. There needs to be a state organization with a chapter in each county. I used to think that my family was an exception, that we just happened to be one family that got screwed, but the more I learn, I now realize that this is a national epidemic. I understand that if my family, my neighbor's family, etc. can be taken, anyone's can. No children are safe unless they are very wealthy. The families in each community must protect each other, be willing to attest to others' character, videotape and record, whatever is necessary for all of our sake's. Our children were not born for them to harvest and use for their own sick purposes and profit, but this has allowed to continue because we are made to feel isolated and alone. We must be vocal and stand together-- the more people that come forward and willing to help and support each other, the more others will be made aware of the tragedy that is happening, paid for by tax payer dollars, to the families and children of this country. If we keep quiet and wallow in our personal grief and self pity because of the injustice, nothing will ever change. If we are unhappy about the way things are going in our individual community, only each of us can change it by coming together and fighting. There is strength in numbers. We must raise a collective voice, the more the better, or else get used to this happening to more and more people.

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  28. This comment was posted by Jennifer Sanderson and I accidentally deleted it. I will post it for her. Sorry. My bad.

    I HAVE FILED FOR ALL THE APEALS ON THE CASE AND WE WAS ASIENED TO AN ATERNY THAT EAVEN DIDENT TALK TO US WA ASKED FOR APOINTMENT TO TALK TO HIM AND HE WOULDENT DO ITAFTER BOTH SIDES SUMITED THEAR PAPER WORK HE WOULDENT RESPOND BACK TO CPS ALIGATIONS WITCH WAS ALL LIES HE TOLD US HIS JOB WAS DONE AFTER THE APEAIR WAS DENIED WE ASKED HIM TO TAKE IT TO THE SURPREAM CORT HE TOLD US WE WOULD HAVE TO FILE IT WITH STARK COUNTY CORT SYSTEM WE DID STARK COUNTY SENT US PAPERS THAT SAID IT WAS OUT OF TEIR JURISTRICTION NOW THEARS NO TIME TO FILE ANY THANG BECAUSE YOU ONLY GET 30 DAYS FROM THE TIME THE DATE ON THE LETTER WITCH IS MORE LIKE 20 DAYS TO FILE SO WE GOT SCREWED OVER AGIN AND NO MORE OPTIONS ANY ONE CAN HELP PLEASE DO IM DESPRET FOR ANY HELP

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  29. Anonymous7:22 PM

    I used to live in Rochester , I have three kids , and I have been taken for a ride with , a case worker I understand u get busy I even understand people get tired and forget but four months later noway sorry it's time to see what I can do to not let this happen to another person .thanks please check into DC's in Rochester it's very serious.

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