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Massive Federal Lawsuit Filed Against State of MS, Lafayette County Officials, and Communicare
Matt Reardon files $27.5 Million lawsuit against the State of Mississippi by and through Lafayette County, it’s Sheriff, and multiple named Officials.
6/13/2022 UPDATE: Reardon Files Amended Motion for Leave to Amend Complaint and with it files amended 74-page complaint REMOVING John Doe Deputies (1-10) and ADDING Mississippi Department of Mental Health to Suit!
Matt Reardon files $27.5 Million lawsuit against the State of Mississippi by and through Lafayette County, it’s Sheriff, and multiple named Officials.
The 70-page lawsuit also names Communicare, it’s executive director, and two of its employees. It seeks $2.5 million in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages in a bold move to help deter future conduct of the such
Reardon claims it was fraudulent, untrue statements given by the Lafayette County Sheriff, Joey East, acted on twice by Communicare employees whom acted in a reckless and negligent way that are fully attributable. He says all others named either assisted or had a duty to prevent the ruthless attack on his civil rights and the complete deprivation of said guaranteed rights in these shocking and unprecedented moves to cover up major discrepancies.
Investigative Guerilla Reporter Journalist Matt Reardon Hits Back with Precision in bringing forth facts and truths in this 42-minute video detailing out his second shocking discovery of records that he alleges were fraudulently changed in the Lafayette County Circuit Court. The video begins with a clerk from the Circuit Clerk’s Office informing Reardon that his assigned judge in a new matter filed in this North Mississippi Circuit Court would be Judge Kent Smith, and that the judges are assigned via an algorithm that randomly (and presumptively fairly) assigns a circuit court judge to a newly filed case out of the three Circuit Court Judges available. Reardon is shown simply trying to find out where the responsibility falls when the Judge in his newest court filing is mysteriously changed to the same Circuit Court Judge (Luther) Reardon claims presents a gigantic conflict of interest, even citing certain individual violations of the Judicial code of ethics, the high standard all judges are held to. After walking out of the Circuit Court Courthouse, Reardon mildly states his state of shock and concern at how quickly the situation deteriorated. Outside, Reardon is then confronted by Lafayette County Sheriff Joey East who tells Reardon to not go back into Circuit Court unless he has something in specific to file. At this point, Reardon takes the opportunity to get a few things off of his chest regarding the flagrant uncaring abuse of what he states is his constitutional rights and civil duty, even referencing to the Lafayette County Sheriff’s requests as being “tyrannical”. A few other pleasantries are exchanged before Reardon leaves in disarray at what had just transpired.
After an unsuccessful call to Judge Luther and Judge Smith’s Offices, Reardon receives a call from Circuit Court advising him that his newest court filing was improperly filed in circuit court and would need to be refiled in Justice Court which Reardon rushes to do in just the nick of time. The very next day, December 7th, 2021, Lafayette County Sheriff Joey East rose to the occasion once again in passing obnoxious lies and complaints centered around constitutionally protected activity as a journalist, reporter, and credentialed member of the press to an employee of Communicare by the name of Rachel Alcorn with a predisposed plan to exploit the State’s mental health laws by cutting corners, ignoring required procedure under state law, and seeking to separate a husband and father of four from his family. This they were successful in doing at the expense of both Reardon and his family when no crimes were ever committed and the entire procedure was botched through and through. On 12/30/2021 It was made known that Local Law Enforcement tying directly to the Lafayette County Sheriff Joey East had tendered the obnoxious, damning lies to Rachel Alcorn, an employee of Communicare, in a successful attempt to get Communicare to seek Judicial Commitment of Matt Reardon, in a grueling, sickening act that undoubtedly would align with the legal definition of human trafficking.
SHOWN ABOVE: Reardon is seen arriving home with his family when two Lafayette County Sheriff’s Deputies pull up advising Reardon that a “Writ to take Custody for Mental Commitment” had been taken out for him earlier that day, and he is then taken into custody.
East’s motive in the matter is very clear to see when taking into consideration key facts based upon numerous erroneous and concerning findings have more recently surfaced regarding the Lafayette County Sheriff’s alleged involvement in a matter dating back to 2017. Even more alarming is the fact that the latest record fraudulently altered in Circuit Court that was discovered by me just so happened to be a matter I was appealing from Lafayette County Justice Court where East’s Deputies and even he himself gave false sworn testimony in order to contrive a conviction based upon lies. Reardon immediately condemned the latest ruthless attack and labeled it for what it was: a fraudulent commitment coming about as a result of completely erroneous lies spewed by the sheriff, Joey East, and completely botched procedure by Communicare and its Employees.
After voicing his complete disgust with the matter to a Communicare employee, Reardon was informed that he needed to submit any complaint in writing to the director of the Facility including any demand for preservation of evidence. Early on in the afternoon on February 8th, 2022 at the conclusion of speaking with chancery court clerk Sherry Wall, Reardon filed and served an 8-page shocking letter with Chancery Judge Lawrence Little’s chambers and Communicare’s executive director Dr. Sandy Rogers.
The very next day, February 9th, 2022, another Communicare Employee (Susan Beard) proceeded to file another affidavit for commitment of Reardon claiming he had refused to attend a scheduled appointment, however, recorded phone calls with Communicare paint an entirely different picture and in combination with the Complaint filed just 1-day prior almost certainly show that this latest move by Communicare and its employees was ill-brought once again and done to retaliate against Reardon and once again try to dodge a situation that the county and Communicare brought on themselves.
On February 10th, 2022, upon returning home close to midnight from his wife being hospitalized due to pregnancy complications, Lafayette County Sheriffs Deputies light up the yard with blue lights and take Reardon once again into custody for the affidavit for commitment filed in front of his wife, Madelyn.
Reardon was held for 6-days without any rights afforded to him at the Lafayette County Detention Center and then shipped 2.5 hours across the state to the East Mississippi State Hospital in Meridian MS on February 16th, 2022. There he would stay, deprived of his liberty among other rights, for 30 days. All of this put Madelyn into preterm labor and she gave birth via emergency c-section on February 17, 2022 to a 2lb 11oz extremely premature baby boy without her husband by her side.
Reardon now takes the position that this latest move constitutes violations of the false claims act along with violations of the whistleblower act, while leaving him feeling like a victim of human trafficking by county officials and a Quasi-Governmental entity, Communicare through the exploitation of Mississippi’s outdated mental health laws in a conspiracy involving local Government officials and private citizens in this latest move that he fully believes chills the Constitutional Rights of other citizens, particularly journalists and reporters if left unchecked. Particularly when these individuals could be poised to pull this very bold move again on him, or anyone else whom holds any information disfavoring to them.
Matt Reardon claims these acts of aggression demonstrate acts of insurrection committed by the Lafayette County Sheriff through a massive abuse of power, and that everything that has occurred since 2017 calls for investigation and prosecution under the Patriot Act and the RICO Act. He alleges All of this amounts to a Completely Low-Blow, Conspired upon Attack organized and orchestrated by Lafayette County Officials to intimidate and remove not only a private citizen, but a credentialed Journalist/Reporter not once but twice within 2 months time; on December 7, 2021 and February 10th, 2022.
NOT ONLY WAS THIS A MASSIVE, INTENTIONAL ATTACK ON HIS CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES, BUT THAT THIS WAS AN UNSCRUPULOUS ATTACK ON A CONCERNED CITIZEN DOUBLING AS AN INDEPENDENT REPORTER BY THE SAME GOVERNMENT ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHANGED COURT RECORDS. THERE IS ZERO DOUBT THAT THIS FORM OF RETALIATION STEMS FROM ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY, AS SUCH FULLY CHILLS THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF ALL CITIZENS UNTIL SUCH TIME THESE MAJOR ISSUES GET PROPERLY ADDRESSED AND RECTIFIED.
Reardon claims that all known facts provide more than enough proof to allege that Lafayette County Officials conspired with at least one Private Citizen and likely multiple to successfully deprive a citizen and credentialed member of the press of his civil rights and that the actions that occurred CHILL the constitutional rights of other citizens until such time this atrocity is properly rectified. He says this most certainly calls for examination and overhaul of an easily manipulable system that the Mississippi Government has exploited, taken full advantage of, and has a high tendency of repeating again.
HE SAYS HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS UNDER THE FIRST AND FOURTH AMENDMENT MADE APPLICABLE TO THE STATES BY THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION WERE VIOLATED AT THE MALICE HANDS OF THE LAFAYETTE COUNTY SHERIFF & OTHER LAFAYETTE COUNTY OFFICIALS
Here is the 12-Page Affidavit Reardon filed 1/3/2021 PLACING the County, State, & East on Notice of Pending Litigation
See the Court Filing Filed in Circuit Court to Spark the latest series of events in Lafayette County, MS
AND HERE IS THE ORIGINAL FRAUD DISCOVERED WHICH REARDON REPORTS ON IN AUGUST OF 2020
There’s no need to write a whole lot on this article. Just this right here. Watch the video. It will explain everything. 
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Silenced: How a First Amendment Auditor Was Trapped, Railroaded, and Imprisoned in Mississippi
June 20, 2022. Oxford, Mississippi.
By Matthew Reardon – Investigative Journalist
It Started as a Routine Audit and a need to make a public records request. It Ended in Prison.
I walked into Oxford City Hall with a camera in hand and a simple mission—document government officials in a public building and request records from the City Clerk. It was a standard First Amendment audit, something I had been doing all month to expose corruption and promote transparency.
I never expected that within months, I would be sitting in a Mississippi prison, stripped of my freedom, betrayed by the justice system, and silenced by the very government I sought to hold accountable.
I was about to step into a nightmare—one that would prove just how far officials would go to destroy a journalist who dared to challenge their power.
The Trap is Set: An Old Restraining Order Resurfaces
As I filmed inside City Hall, Oxford Police Lieutenant Kevin Parker confronted me.
“You’re detained. You have to leave,” he ordered.
His reasoning? Oxford Mayor Robyn Tannehill had a restraining order against me from 2017. A restraining order taken out just two weeks prior to Election Day in 2017 for claims that can now be 100% debunked and shown to be completely false. But that’s not a story for this article.
There was just one problem—I had never seen, spoken to, or contacted Mayor Tannehill that day. In fact, I wasn’t even aware the order still existed, let alone that it could be used to ban a citizen journalist from City Hall. Particularly when one of the big reasons I was here was to make a public records request with the city clerk.
Then came Captain Lyons. He doubled down:
“If you come back, you’ll be arrested for trespassing and violating the restraining order.”
I had two choices: leave quietly or get locked up. So, I left. But I wasn’t done.
A Felony Charge for Filming City Hall?
Eight days later, on June 28, 2022, I walked into Lafayette County Chancery Court for a child custody hearing.
Before I could enter, I was met by Major Alan Wilburn of the sheriff’s department.
“You can’t bring recording devices in,” he said. Then, without missing a beat, he pulled out an arrest warrant.
Charge: Aggravated Stalking.
I was stunned.
For what?
The charge, I quickly learned, stemmed from my City Hall visit eight days earlier. But that wasn’t all. Oxford Police Chief Jeff McCutchen had sent the case to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI), claiming that a handful of tweets I posted a year earlier criticizing Tannehill’s policies constituted a “course of conduct” that amounted to stalking.
That’s right—they weaponized my tweets and a 5-10 minute video inside City Hall to put me in a jail cell.
A Legal Circus: No Bail, No Defense, No Justice
A $10,000 bond was set by Judge Kent Smith, but Assistant District Attorney Tiffany Kilpatrick wasn’t satisfied. She moved to have my bond revoked. This was a particularly difficult time as I had a 4-month-old son in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at LeBonheur Hospital in Memphis, TN, and had three other children at home.
At the hearing, Judge Smith played his part in this kangaroo court.
“You’re being held without bond pending a mental health exam,” he ruled.
Wait. What?
Suddenly, I wasn’t just a journalist facing a bogus felony—I was being labeled mentally unstable to justify keeping me behind bars.
The Public Defender Who Wasn’t on My Side
I was assigned public defender Mitchell Driskill. But without warning, he was mysteriously replaced by another attorney—Mark McClinton from New Albany.
There was no official court filing authorizing the change. And soon, I discovered why.
McClinton wasn’t on my side.
• He was impossible to reach.
• He delayed my mental health exam for two months.
• When the exam was finally conducted, it found nothing wrong with me.
But none of that mattered. Because on September 29, 2022, the day before my competency hearing, McClinton called me with a bombshell.
“The case is falling apart. They never had anything on you. Tomorrow, the charge will be dropped.”
I could hardly believe it. Finally, justice.
But he lied.
The Betrayal: Coerced Into a Guilty Plea
The next day in court, McClinton ambushed me.
“Take this guilty plea, or you’ll go to prison,” he whispered.
I was floored.
“What? You told me the case was dead!”
“If you go to trial, the jury will be tainted and fixed. They’ll use the charge against you, and you’ll go to prison. If you take this deal, you go home today.”
The “deal” was a death sentence for my rights:
• Five years probation
• Banishment from Lafayette County for five years
• A promise that the charge would be expunged later
With a family crisis weighing on me, I was cornered.
I took the deal. I walked out of jail. But the moment I did, I knew I had made a mistake. I immediately stated I wanted to withdraw that bogus plea. I had to, there was no other way. When McClinton wouldn’t answer my calls, I filed my own motion October 31, 2022 so as to be prompt and at 30 days.
Retaliation: The FBI Call That Sent Me to Prison
Three days before I filed to withdraw my plea, I witnessed a case of police corruption in a neighboring city and called the Oxford FBI field office.
I was told to bring the evidence in. To follow the rules, I even called the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office to report my planned visit—to comply with my probation terms.
But the very next day—November 1, 2022—Assistant DA Tiffany Kilpatrick filed a motion to revoke my sentence. That night, Sheriff’s Deputy Hoby James arrested me.
The Final Blow: A Show Trial Without Evidence
At the revocation hearing on November 3rd, I was blindsided.
- I wasn’t told what I was being revoked for until I was in the courtroom.
- I had no lawyer. I wasn’t allowed to present evidence proving my innocence. Sheriff’s Deputy Kandis Beavers falsely testified that I had driven to the FBI office without an appointment. I tried to speak—
- “I have recorded calls proving the FBI told me to come in!”
- Judge Tollison didn’t care. He refused to hear my evidence. After a short deliberation, he sentenced me to one year in prison. For what? For obeying the law. Let’s call this what it is:
- A coordinated effort to remove a government critic.
- A rigged legal system that manufactures charges.
- A court that suppresses evidence and denies basic rights.
- I was framed, coerced, and silenced. And if they can do it to me, they can do it to anyone. The question now isn’t just how this happened.
- It’s who’s next?
Here is the evidence they did not want to hit the surface:
CALL TO BEAVERS ABOUT GETTING STOOD UP AT FBI AND NEEDING TO GO TO US ATTORNEYS OFFICE
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Breaking News: First Amendment Auditor Matthew Reardon Unlawfully Arrested in Galveston, TX for Felony DWI After False Report
On August 11, 2023, Matthew Reardon was pulled over by Galveston Texas police department for suspicion of DWI after a troll allegedly called in a false report to dispatch that Reardon had been drinking alcohol while behind the wheel of his car.
Galveston, TX – August 11, 2023
Upon making contact with him through conducting a traffic stop, Galveston police officers stated that they smelled the odor of alcohol coming from Reardon’s car. Reardon stated to the police that he had not consumed a drop of alcohol over the last 3 to 4 years’ time when asked to step out of the vehicle and conduct a field sobriety test. He stated that the field sobriety test has been notorious for being rigged and proceeded to demand a breathalyzer test be administered to prove that he had not consumed any alcoholic beverages. Reardon, a First Amendment Auditor and constitutional rights activist, was recording this encounter along with two friends adjacent to the stop. Galveston police insist on the field sobriety test, which Reardon refuses, demands an attorney, and again demands a breathalyzer test be administered.
Reardon is then placed under arrest for suspicion of DWI, loaded into the back of a truck, and brought to the hospital for a blood test to be administered. The department refused to administer a breathalyzer as demanded, despite the probable cause remaining that the odor of alcohol was the motivating force. The officers proceeded to a blood draw, claiming that a warrant was being applied for to obtain the blood sample. Without being shown any warrant, Reardon is forcibly held down by nearly 10 officers while handcuffed behind his back and then stuck with a needle multiple times in his right arm.
After all of this Reardon is brought to the Galveston County jail. While in booking, Reardon hears the arresting officer on a phone call with deputy Kandi Beavers with the Lafayette County Mississippi sheriff’s department where she allegedly conspires with the officer to book Reardon for felony DUI third, despite a highly controversial DUI from February 2021 involving Deputy Beavers. Reardon insists the particular 2021 DUI is currently on appeal after crucial evidence proving Reardon’s innocence on that particular DUI came up missing at his November, 2021 trial. Reardon has also strongly asserted that Deputy Beavers committed perjury by lying on stand and under oath in order to send Reardon off to prison for one year in 2022, a claim he says should not only Brady-List Beavers and terminate her employment as a law enforcement officer, but also criminally indict her based upon credible evidence that has been brought forth and asserted. Reardon claims that this attempt to jail him in Galveston, Texas for felony DUI, based upon false allegations made is an outrageous attempt to re-imprison him through using Galveston, TX to do Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department’s bidding. Particularly that of Deputy Kandi Beavers based upon the serious allegations Reardon has brought to the surface about the Deputy’s knowingly false, retaliatory claims made. A video detailing out these claims on Beavers can be viewed here
Watch the video above of the controversial DWI Arrest on 8/11/2023. Reardon anxiously awaits clearing his name by additional Discovery to come in this matter.
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Bobby Kennedy admits being the culprit to calling Galveston Police Department on 8/11/2023 and reporting Reardon was “driving drunk”
