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THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN WANTED TO HEAR MY STORY...HERE IT IS....
My name is Deanne Michelle Chance and I am a 40 year old woman. I am a software architect by trade. I have been doing this type of work for over a decade. In the fall of 2007, I started working as a 1099 contract employee for Watts Copy of Springfield, Illinois writing some GPS software.
In the first week of June 2008, my supervisor Andrew Garrett of Watts Copy began to be abusive to me in the form of some inappropriate e-mails. One directly threatened my job and another used profanity. After receiving these e-mails, I made a decision to tell his boss Sean Watts Andrew was abusive to me and I no longer wanted to work for Watts copy. That was on a Wednesday.
I was not able to reach Sean Watts on Thursday.
This should be enough background to understand what happened to me on Friday June 6th 2008 at 9:30 a.m.
It was a Friday and I was sleeping that morning. I was sleeping naked. I heard a noise in my apartment. I knew someone was in it. I was frightened beyond belief. I immediately got out of bed and ran naked to my stairwell and saw two men in it. One was my biological father (James Larry Chance) and the other was a member of the Roscoe, Illinois police department. When I saw them, I immediately started screaming "GET OUT OF MY HOUSE NOW!". I was naked and I did not know whey they were there at the time. All I knew was I had been RAPED by a police officer from Chicago when I was twenty years old. I thought they were going to RAPE me. I screamed so loud they left my apartment and I was able to lock the door.
Approximately ten minutes later, at least five more police officers appeared in my stairwell again. I was again forced to go downstairs naked to speak with them. I tried to explain to the officer in charge (Office T. Farone (815.623.7338) that I had screamed at the other officer because I was afraid. I explained that I had Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from the RAPE that had occured when I was twenty. He did not care. I told him the obvious that I was not a danger to myself or others. He did not care. I asked for a lawyer and mentioned the Constitution. He did not care. I was naked the whole time. I was not allowed to put on clothes without agreeing to let the police come in my house. I think the whole conversation went on for about twenty five minutes. I noticed children in the neighborhood were watching me naked talking to him. Finally, he showed force to me by touching me with his hand-cuffs. I knew I had no choice but to go with him. I only requested to be able to shut my door before leaving naked. I was not able to lock it because I was not allowed to have keys, identification, clothes or shoes.
I was taken my ambulance to Swedish American Hospital in Rockford, IL. My temperature and pulse were taken. Both were normal. I was not presented with a Psychatrist. I pretty much sat in a waiting room the whole day. At approximately 4 p.m. that day, I was discharged. My diagnosis for the day was that I was bipolar. This made no sense to me as I did not even see a Psychatrist and besides I have had that diagnosis for twenty years.
I asked the Social Worker Ryan for a ride home. It is approximately 35 miles from Rockford to Roscoe. The best he could come up with was to call the Roscoe police for a ride home. I declined. I was offered some paper clothes but no shoes. Luckily, my friend came and got me.
When we got back to my apartment. I was now locked out. I knew the police had illegally been in my house while I had been forcibly taken to the hospital by them. The landlords were gone for the day and would not be in the following day either. I went to my friends house and started to have a nervous breakdown.
I found out later that Andrew Garrett had initiated this BOGUS WELFARE CHECK. He is a persuasive young man and apparently he taked the Roscoe police, my biogical parents and my landlord (Prairie Rose Gardens) I was suicidal? I was not by a long shot. His actions that followed show without a doubt that this was nothing more than pure harassment, not a caring co-worker as he would have others to believe.
I don't know how the Roscoe police entered my apartment in the first place. The landlord must have given them the key. They never bothered to attempt to ring the door bell before entering. If they knocked, it was not enough to hear them in the back bedroom where I used to sleep.
After this incident occured, I fled the state of Illinois. I was afraid for my life. I was certain that Andrew Garrett was capable of anything including murder. I ended up in Minnesota. I have spent the last three weeks trying to recieve help for RAPE. That is where I am today.
Please hear my story and tell everyone you know this could happen to you in Northern Illinois.
For all my part in this, I was evicted from my apartment and now Watts Copy is bringing a civil lawsuit against ME for the tune of several million dollars. I have a lawyer in mind but I need all the legal aid and moral support I can get. Please hear me. Please call me. Please tell someone who can make a difference. Please.
I thank you for reading this!
Sincerely,
Deanne Michelle Chance
6/25/2008