Jane Doe Files

Lock Down 2021, from across the room in her own home, the child watched a 32 year old woman become terrifyingly light as Wine Cellar clamped his hands around the victim's neck, lifting her off the floor.

The child immediately sees the assault and runs to them from across the room. The victim then broke free and left the house where it had occurred and called the authorities. Writing a full statement the next morning. The perpetrator of this physical assault, WineCellar, was 68 at the time.

To a child, the world is supposed to be a place of predictable stability, but in that moment, the laws of reason broke and the path to justice proved to be just as suffocating.

Despite the physical evidence of the choking, the legal focus shifted to revenge. Retaliatory allegations were made by WineCellar, a temporary removal was initiated and later deemed unfounded and false and it was then determined that prior temporary order in this matter was dissolved, declaring the defendant willing able and fit.

However, in 2023 CPS reversed this ruling and declared WineCellar made allegations with merit - - still with zero evidence. But once the removal was initiated CPS never checked either home, did not conduct anymore interviews, and added no evidence to the still-false allegations.

That is not how the law is to operate.

When violence like this goes beyond the home and into the government sector, we expect CPS to act as a shield. When they fail to do so, the betrayal is detrimental.

These are some of the offenses CPS made that can be determined by the public.

In positions involving child welfare, public safety, or mandated reporting, “neglect of duty” includes failing to respond to credible reports, ignoring required communications, not conducting mandated investigations or home visits, or disregarding evidence that directly impacts a person’s safety. Which squarely fits the intent of a Group III classification.

As noted, the presumptive consequence is immediate termination, even for a first offense. Mitigation is technically allowed, but under Policy 1.60 it is narrow and fact-specific, usually requiring clear, documented circumstances such as lack of training, conflicting directives, or other factors that significantly reduce personal culpability. Even then, the alternatives—demotion, suspension without pay, or salary reduction—are still substantial penalties.

The Group III Written Notice actively places the employee in a zero-tolerance posture—any additional violation should trigger termination. This underscores how seriously the Commonwealth views this level of misconduct.

If an employee or agency actor ignored repeated communications, failed to investigate credible abuse, or did not perform required protective actions while responsible for a child’s safety**, those facts align closely with what Policy 1.60 contemplates as Group III behavior. In other word, it is outlining a standard that, if met, would justify the most severe administrative response available.

By allowing the violence witnessed by the child to go unacknowledged and entertaining such a defense in the face of egregious harm, CPS has failed its most basic duty.

There is no question that Wine Cellar did physically assault the victim by lifting her off the ground by her throat. There was no question that a minor child was present and witnessed the entire event. By that simple fact alone, the encounter was an act of domestic violence that no defense of "consent" or "misunderstanding" can excuse. Additionally, the presence of a child during such an act of strangulation is a severe aggravation of the crime.

The domestic violence and choking this young child witnessed is egregious in and of itself—but what CPS has said and done to not only this family but to ALL current and future victims of domestic abuse and their loved ones is an irreconcilable deviation from both the spirit and the letter of the law.

If CPS does not have faith and consistency in their own profession, there is no reason for the public to respect their continuance in the position of an authority of the law.

For the reprehensible precedent CPS has set by not upholding the law, we ask that you censure, suspend, and/or remove current workers from their position in CPS. Replacing them with court ordered district intervention.

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When violence like this spills from the home and into the government sector, we expect CPS to act as a shield. When it fails, the betrayal is profound. By allowing the violence witnessed by the child to go unpunished and entertaining such a defense in the face of egregious harm, the court system has failed its most basic duty.