letter from Cumberland County District Attorney, Ed Grannis to Cumberland County Manager, James Martin, the District Attorney’s Office and the Fayetteville Police Department are both questioning whether the Cumberland County Department of Social Services has disclosed a “complete and accurate record” regarding the case of murdered 5-year-old, Shaniya Davis.

“This afternoon I met with Chief Bergamine and the members of the investigative team investigating the death of Shaniya Davis.

Following the presentation by the investigators with the Fayetteville Police Department, Chief Bergamine has requested the SBI’s assistance to determine if Fayetteville Police have received complete and accurate records from Cumberland County DSS regarding this case. Based upon the information provided to me and my senior staff by the Fayetteville Police Department concerning these issues, I share their concern and I have requested the assistance of the SBI to assist us in this regard.”

 Department of Social Services’ Statement On Davis Information Requests

 

FAYETTEVILLE, NC – The Cumberland County Department of Social Services has received numerous requests to release information regarding any connection the department has to Shaniya Davis and her family.

 

In response, the department is releasing the following statement explaining why those requests for information will be denied:

 

The Cumberland County Department of Social Services, through our County Attorney’s Office, consulted with the District Attorney’s Office of the 12th Prosecutorial District, in accordance with North Carolina General Statute §7B-2902(d).

 

The District Attorney has concluded pursuant to North Carolina General Statute §7B-2902(d)(3) and (5) that the release of any information at this time is likely to jeopardize the State’s ability to prosecute the defendant and also is likely to undermine an ongoing or future criminal investigation.

 

As a result, we will deny any request related to the release of information in the child fatality of Shaniya Davis.

 

“We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family and the community,” said Director Brenda Jackson. “Our focus continues to be on assisting law enforcement in any way possible.”

A lawyer was hauled out of a Family Court building in handcuffs earlier this week after a social worker accused him of elbowing her in the ribs after he sat down next to her.

Peter Quinn, 53, was charged with aggravated assault and related offenses in the incident, which occurred Tuesday while the two were waiting for a case to be heard in Courtroom K at 1801 Vine St.

After being led out of the building, he was held in a police holding cell for about 15 hours before being released, he said.

Department of Human Services social worker Tamika Cintron, 36, contended that Quinn elbowed her and called her offensive names, according to a police report and DHS Commissioner Anne Marie Ambrose. Ambrose said that Cintron did not know why Quinn elbowed her.

Quinn, in a phone interview yesterday, denied the allegations.

Cintron did not return a phone call for comment.

On Tuesday morning, the two were in the waiting room on a dependency case in which Quinn was representing a parent. Cintron was there to testify in her role as DHS social worker. Cintron was sitting down.

According to a police report, Quinn sat down and threw Cintron’s jacket to the side, then elbowed her in the left side of the ribs. Cintron then stood up and said to Quinn: “What the hell is wrong with you?”

Cintron said Quinn then got up and called her a “bitch.” She then went to Courtroom K to get away from Quinn and Quinn tried to follow her into the room but was stopped at the door by court officers, according to the report.

One observer who was in the court area said yesterday that he saw Cintron by the door yelling, “He hit me! He hit me!” referring to Quinn. The observer said Cintron was “visibly shaken and crying.”

Ambrose yesterday called Cintron an “excellent social worker.”

City records show that Cintron began working at DHS about two years ago. Ambrose said that Cintron characterized the incident as an “unprovoked attack.”

Quinn said that during his approximately 18 years of handling dependency cases “nobody ever accused me of this stuff.”

He said that when he went to sit down in the empty seat, he did not initially know Cintron was next to him. He said that the sleeve of her jacket was on his seat and that he moved it toward her seat.

That “pissed her off,” he said, contending that she then said to him: “What the f— are you doing?”

He contended that she elbowed him, then got up and started yelling in the hallway, which separates the waiting area from Courtroom K.

An aggravated-assault charge is routinely lodged when an alleged victim is a member of a protected class, including that of a social worker. Quinn was also charged with simple assault and reckless endangerment.

Sources who know Quinn professionally yesterday described him as argumentative.

One source who works in Family Court said that Quinn “has had difficulties in dealing with people on a daily basis.” Another source called Quinn “crazy” and said that “lots of people” have had confrontations with him.

When asked about these comments, Quinn said: “I don’t think that’s true.”

Ambrose said she was not aware of any other recent case of a social worker reportedly being attacked while in court. DHS records show there have been 17 reports of social workers’ being injured while out in the field since social worker Danelle Cooper was beaten by Sharonda Sowell in North Philly in fall 2007.

Do you know a child who has died during or after a DSS investigation in North Carolina?

Do you know a child who has died after reports of abuse where made to DSS?  Did DSS ignore your report and fail to protect the child?

Do you know a child who has died in foster care or after being adopted from foster care due to child abuse or neglect?

Are you the family member of a child that died during or after DSS involvement?

Are you a family member of a child who has died as a result of DSS policy violations or inaction when it came to investigating reports of abuse?

Do you have documented proof of unethical and illegal activities being committed by DSS in the state of North Carolina?  

Has DSS removed your child/ren or a child you know unlawfully?

Are you a grandparent or relative who has been denied kinship custody?

Do you have proof of perjury, tape recordings, copies of forged or falsified documents, lies?

Do you think the laws should be changed to hold DSS accountable when they break the law or violate their own policies? 

Do you believe the law needs to change to make DSS transparent, and remove their ability to hide behind confidentiality laws?

Do you believe that any complaints against DSS should be handled by an outside agency with no relationship to DSS?

Do you believe if DSS breaks the law and/or policy they should be criminally charged?

Do you have an idea or plan of an effective way to change DSS?

Are you a former DSS worker who is willing to speak about the corruption in this state or the county you worked for?

I want to hear from you.  Please email me at nixonlisa70@yahoo.com

I am trying to compile a list of proven complaints against DSS in North Carolina and I need your help to do so.

Information on all 100 counties in the state of North Carolina is needed.

The purpose of this research is not just to do a story about the corruption, but to inform the public and the legislature so that needed changes to the laws can be made.

If you have any information or answers to the questions above, I am asking you to contact me and share that information. I do require documented proof of actual violations committed by DSS. 

If you were actually abusing your child or children, you need not respond.  I cannot, nor will I help you. 

I am only looking for those that have been wronged by DSS, whose rights were violated, or children whose lives were cut short because DSS failed to protect them.   

Most importantly, I am seeking information on any child that has died in this state with DSS involvement.  It is very hard to find any information about these children, so if you know of any please contact me as soon as possible and include links to any articles, blogs, websites or any other source of information about these children.

I am also looking for volunteers to help me inform the legislature through phone calls, emails and any other contact we can think of.

The only way to affect changes to Child Protective Services in North Carolina is to join together and speak out in a loud, clear voice and demand that change.

The only way that the lawmakers and the public are going to listen is to show them documented proof.

I cannot do this alone, so the question is…whose with me?

Washington is about to allow or maybe require “home interventions” by government social(ist) workers to “improve immunization coverage” of youngsters.

This mandate is part of a new law called The Affordable Health Choices Act, which would subsidize states to break into homes against parental wishes and “to implement interventions that are recommended by the Community Preventive Services Task Force, such as reminders or recalls for patients or providers, or home visits.”

You can bet that when they enter the home, the government spies will find plenty of reasons to report the family to the state child protective services or some other agency. This is a way to allow the “snitch network” to increase its coverage many-fold, by getting right into the home itself without a search warrant. It will inevitably result in a large new harvest of children for the state child protective services apparatus.