Ms. Tilley on Notice with Regard to Possible Prosecution for Harassment and Stalking

Ms. Tilley reports that, to the best of her knowledge, she never entered into such a specific agreement with Ms. Shealy, and so she does not know to what agreement Ms. Eliason is referring.  Ms. Tilley also reports that she has not telephoned Ms. Shealy since March of 2004.  Ms. Tilley acknowledges that she did send a package to Ms. Shealy on December 15, 2006 containing 1) a letter of transmittal (click to read) summarizing Ms. Tilley’s understanding of a conversation with Ms. Shealy and 2) a courtesy copy of a CD with the recording of that conversation.  Ms. Tilley says that the conversation, which included Ms. Shealy, Ms. Tilley and a third party who was a professional colleague of both Ms. Tilley and Ms. Shealy, took place on December 14, 2006.  Ms. Tilley says that the recorded conversation took place following  Ms. Shealy’s voluntary return of a telephone message left for her by a third party to discuss Ms. Tilley’s discovery earlier that afternoon that the Athens-Meigs Educational Center had included with the return of property that belonged to Ms. Tilley over $200 of Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center property.  One of several items Ms. Tilley discovered she had received and was concerned to return as soon as she was able was a model of the solar system pictured below.  Ms. Tilley says that she was authorized by Ms. Shealy in 2003 to purchase this solar system model for classroom use while she was an employee of theAthens-Meigs Educational Service Center.  She reports that she was authorized in 2003 to use Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center funds for this and several other items allotted for the instructional materials needs of her Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center special education classroom located at Amesville Elementary School and that the purchase was from ETACuisenaire.

                                                                                

Ms. Tilley reports that during that recorded telephone conversation between herself, Ms. Shealy and the third party, Ms. Shealy told Ms. Tilley  that she herself  (i.e. Ms. Shealy, who had been Ms. Tilley's direct Supervisor for the roughly three years Ms. Tilley was employed by the Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center) had been at least partially responsible for packing property for return to Ms. Tilley.  Ms. Tilley says that Ms. Shealy told her (Ms. Tilley) 1) to locate the inventory list(s) that should have been included with the many boxes Ms. Tilley picked up from her attorney’s office on December 14, 2006, following a long wait for the return of the property in spite of many inquiries regarding its whereabouts Ms. Tilley made through her attorney over a period of approximately two and one half years, 2) to inventory all the items in the five or six boxes herself and to make a new list identifying errors in the original Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center transmission of property to Ms. Tilley and 3) to give Ms. Shealy a call when this task was completed to make arrangements for an exchange.  Ms. Tilley also says that Ms. Shealy told her that, as far as she was concerned, there was no deadline with regard to completing the steps necessary to return the property.  Ms. Tilley describes Ms. Shealy's demeanor during the conversation, which lasted approximately 15 minutes, as quite friendly and comfortable.

Although Ms. Tilley reports that she is not releasing the above-mentioned recorded telephone conversation of December 14, 2006 in this forum at this time, she says that she did release it to Ms. Eliason via the Athens County Sheriff’s Department, along with documentation (READ 1 March 2007 email  to Ms. Eliason and 5 March 2007 email to Ms. Eliason ) requesting help from Ms. Eliason resolving this and another matter, which Ms. Tilley says she believes may be related.  Ms. Tilley says she is also willing to allow anyone who believes he or she can offer her advice on how to handle this situation at this time access to the recording, which is stored electronically on one several of Ms. Tilley’s servers.  Ms. Tilley says that on December 14, 2006, Ms. Shealy told her “just give me a call and we can work something out...as I say there's no pressure timewise...” [when you have finished the inventory and are ready to return property mistakenly included with your property that belongs to the Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center]. 

Ms. Tilley said she had no further interaction with Ms. Shealy on this or any other matter until February 10, 2007.  On that date, Ms. Tilley says that she did ask the above-mentioned third party to telephone Ms. Shealy with reference to the property in question, as well as with reference to a wounded titmouse, and sent Ms. Shealy a follow-up email early on the morning of February 11, 2007 to elaborate on the message the third party may have left with Ms. Shealy. (click here to read that email and HERE and HERE to view attachments to that email.)   (Ms. Tilley says that she was not party to the third party's message to Ms. Shealy, since she was at her home in Guysville and the third party who contacted Ms. Shealy  was en route from Arkansas back to Athens, Ohio.)

Ms. Tilley reports that Ms. Eliason has not responded to Ms. Tilley’s emails to her, although she understands that Ms. Eliason did contact Ms. Tilley’s attorney recently with regard to Ms. Tilley’s request to transmit to him documentation of Ms. Tilley’s report to the Athens County Sheriff’s Office and of Ms. Shealy’s complaints.

Ms. Tilley reports that she feels “entrapped” by Ms. Shealy’s allegations, since it was Ms. Shealy herself whom Ms. Tilley says directed her to call.  Ms. Tilley says that she can easily demonstrate that these were Ms. Shealy’s directions since she made a recording of the call.  Ms. Tilley further reports that she fears (and has relayed her fear to Ms. Eliason via email) that this episode  is a part of a larger pattern of harassment, fraud and intimidation of her that includes an email and a series of telephone calls Ms. Tilley  received on February 27 and 28, 2007 from a gentlemen identifying himself as “Rob” or “Robin” “Leary.”)  Ms. Tilley says that she now fears that someone deliberately included property belonging to the Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center with Ms. Tilley’s property with the aim of later alleging theft or some other criminal intention and/or action against Ms. Tilley.  Finally, Ms. Tilley says that, at this time, she is uncertain about the best way to return to the Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center property that she says is not hers, that she did not seek to have, and that belongs to the Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center (she has copies of records that that organization would also have documenting this.). Ms. Tilley is seeking the public’s help in any form, including friendly advice, on how she ought to proceed to return the solar system model, as well as other property, to the Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center in a way such  that she might avoid a repeat of allegations against her similar to those reported above and threats of criminal prosecution.  If readers believe they can help and/or share with Ms. Tilley similar experiences they might have had, they  may call Ms. Tilley at 740-662-2206 or email her at hope@hopetilley.com. 

24 March 2007:  Athens, Ohio

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Athens, Ohio, 19 March 2007.  Outer Lobby of Office of Law Director.  Photo by Hope Tilley.

The Lottridge Legacy Foundation presented a donation to Federal Hocking Local School District on February 20, 2007 during the Public Speaks portion of the District's regular school board meeting.  Foundation Chairperson Hope Tilley made the donation on behalf of the Foundation during a speech she delivered at the meeting outlining the newly chartered Foundation's history and mission.  Ms. Tilley also extended an invitation to all in attendance at the meeting to the Lottridge Legacy Foundation's first annual fundraising event on April 13, 2007 from 4 to 11 PM in Coolville, Ohio.

(Double-click on play button below to listen in.)