[Imc-radio] Possible Story

[Mike Lehman]

I'm passing this along at the request of Ms. May, who I spoke with at 
our table at the Sweetcornfest. She is a woman who says that she was 
robbed by someone (to the tune of $400,000) who was watching her cat. 
And John Piland will not do anything about it, claiming it is a civil 
matter. He has refused to allow a criminal report to be made, thus her 
insurance company will not compensate her for her loss.

Here is Ms. May's contact info.
Sandra K. May
PO Box 3954
Champaign, IL 68120
217-497-1678

It is a long and rather complicated story. Ms. May claims that there are 
court documents that verify what she says where the culprit admitted 
that he stole from Ms. May. If someone does want to cover this story, I 
would suggest starting with locating these court documents.

Ms. May says that she has spoken with Julia Reitz (Dem running against 
Piland) about this, as well as the News-Gazette, but no story has been 
published, which she finds frustrating. Ed Mandel at WEFT was looking 
into this, so he may have some info. There have also been threats by 
someone to have Ms. May involuntarily committed to mental health care, 
but I'm uncertain who this was and on what basis they threatened Ms. May 
with this.
Mike Lehman