"These people shouldn't be able to ruin people's lives like this. The thing has been devastating for me. I didn't have any positive drug tests, I had to sign over my children at the time. My live has been turned upside down. I lost my kids, my house, my job. There was no reason for them to be in there."
Heather Swantek and her fiance Jesse Schafer's home was illegally invaded by Winsted, Minnesota deputy Justin Heldt and McLeod County deputy Justin Heldt. Swantek arrived home to find the two officers in her house, whispering on the landing. Swantek was falsely charged with drug possession, lost her house, her job, and at the time her children. Swantek and Schafer's lives have been turned upside down in the pursuit of justice, eventually getting the fabricated charges against Swantek dismissed.
In the above video Swantek describes what happened:
"In May 2014 police McLeod County deputy Craig Rossow and Chief of Police Justin Heldt illegally broke into my home without any warrant or any probable cause whatsoever. I interrupted them when I came home, unlocked my door, and found them in my home.
"I can prove this if they'd hand over their free electronic public data in the form of their policy and procedure manuals, but they have been refusing to do it.
"I had to go to jail.
"They sent in a half pound of epsom salts, tried to say it was methamphetamine, which it never was. They just sent stuff in and thought maybe we'd plea out before it came back. It came back from the BCA. There was nothing in there. And there's a motion to throw that out.
"In the meantime I filed a complaint against the [Winsted] city attorney Fran Eggers and Chief of Police Heldt because they illegally are witholding that information to cover up a crime. Also I filed this today with Patrick Melvin MacLeod County administrator against Michael Junge and Scott Rehmann for withholding that information.
"They're using public funds to cover up a crime. If we were found in their house, we would be doing a mandatory minimum sentence for burglary.
"These people shouldn't be able to ruin people's lives like this. The thing has been devastating for me. I didn't have any positive drug tests, I had to sign over my children at the time. My live has been turned upside down. I lost my kids, my house, my job. There was no reason for them to be in there.
"They didn't even have their radios on. They claim they went in the house because the door was open and they were looking for a possible burglar. Why didn't you turn your radios and call for back up?
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"When I come home, I unlocked my door. Who locked the door behind them if their going after a burglar?
"So I unlocked the door and I find them whispering together. They were stuttering, "Uh uh uh the the the the the door was open." Then they call for back up.
"I went to the McLeod County Herald Journal already, they have no interest in covering the crime, public safety's not an issue for them.They ran my story with my mugshot on there, and all my kids got to see it. And none of it was true.
"I would like my side of the story get out and I would hope to God that someone would have the decency to do that.
"These people shouldn't be allowed to do this to people. They went around telling all of my neighbors I'm a drug dealer. My kids are in a small town school. I've suffered alot of emotional distress over this. And none of it even needed to happen. All they had to do was look at their d*** employee manual or turn it over to us and they'd clearly see they couldn't be in there legally anyway, and they should have thrown everything out.
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"I don't even have any expectation of privacy in my own home. I can't even trust the people we're supposed to be able to call for safety."
Jesse Schafer chimed in, "I was in the garage the whole time it happened."
After having her life seared by this home invasion and ensuing legal assault, Swantek got the charges against her dismissed.
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More Lion News coverage of this story at these links:
Case No. 43-CR-14-715 - Dismissed - State Of Minnesota VS Heather Swantek? Chief Judge Terrence E. Conkel Leaves Case Open Even Though He Closed It? Conkel's Attempt To Criminally Defame Swantek? Winsted Police Chief Justin Heldt & McLeod Co. Sheriff Scott Rehmann Still Illegally Withholding Free Electronic Public Data Which Proves Home Invasion By Corrupt Cops? Public Money Used To Cover Up Crime? You Can't Trust Any Arrest, Prosecution Or Conviction In Lawless McLeod Co., Can You?
Jesse Schafer & Heather Swantek File A Complaint Against McLeod Co. Attorney Michael Junge & Sheriff Scott Rehmann? Junge & Rehmann Conspiring With Winsted City Attorney Fran Eggert & Police Chief Justin Heldt To Cover Up May 13, 2014 Home Invasion? Winsted's Herald Journal Aiding & Abetting In Local Corruption? Herald's Editor Ivan Raconteur Willfully Refuses To Interview Schafer & Swantek? City Of Winsted Willfully Refuses To Acknowledge Receipt Of Complaint? Malicious Case No. 43-CR-14-715 To Be Dismissed?
Jesse Schafer & Heather Swantek File A Personnel Complaint Against Winsted City Attorney Fran Eggert & Police Chief Justin Heldt? Eggert & Heldt Conspiring With McLeod Co. Attorney Michael Junge & Sheriff Scott Rehmann To Cover Up May 13, 2014 Home Invasion?
Attorney Kelly Dohm Is Advising City Of Winsted To Illegally Withhold Incriminating Free Electronic Public Data (Winsted Police Dept Policy & Procedure Manual), Isn't She? Dohm "Lawyers Up" And Refuses To Incriminate Herself When Asked To ID Phony Redactions?
Jesse Schafer & Heather Swantek File A Complaint Against McLeod Co. Attorney Michael Junge & Sheriff Scott Rehmann? Junge & Rehmann Conspiring With Winsted City Attorney Fran Eggert & Police Chief Justin Heldt To Cover Up May 13, 2014 Home Invasion? Winsted's Herald Journal Aiding & Abetting In Local Corruption? Herald's Editor Ivan Raconteur Willfully Refuses To Interview Schafer & Swantek? City Of Winsted Willfully Refuses To Acknowledge Receipt Of Complaint? Malicious Case No. 43-CR-14-715 To Be Dismissed?
Jesse Schafer & Heather Swantek File A Personnel Complaint Against Winsted City Attorney Fran Eggert & Police Chief Justin Heldt? Eggert & Heldt Conspiring With McLeod Co. Attorney Michael Junge & Sheriff Scott Rehmann To Cover Up May 13, 2014 Home Invasion?
Attorney Kelly Dohm Is Advising City Of Winsted To Illegally Withhold Incriminating Free Electronic Public Data (Winsted Police Dept Policy & Procedure Manual), Isn't She? Dohm "Lawyers Up" And Refuses To Incriminate Herself When Asked To ID Phony Redactions?
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