Happy Ballentine’s Day from Daddy Justice: Ben Vonderheide Exposes Corruption of District Justice Kelly S. Ballentine that Results in 9 Felony Counts
Judge Kelly S. Ballentine
Daddy Justice, otherwise known as Ben Vonderheide, has once again shined the light on yet another corrupt public official.
Judge Kelly S. Ballentine was elected to Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County’s southeast district judge seat in 2006. In the approximately 6 years she has been in the trusted and venerated position of district justice, she has committed at least 12 criminal acts.
According to the York Daily News:
Ballentine is charged with six counts of tampering with public records, three counts of restricted activities due to a conflict of interest and three counts of obstruction of the administration of law.
Ballentine is accused of dismissing three tickets issued to her by police. Two were for allegedly parking illegally and another was for an alleged vehicle registration offense.
Ballentine, 43, dismissed a parking ticket and an expired-registration ticket in December 2010 and a parking ticket in January 2011, according to the affidavit.
City police Officer Thomas Gjurich placed tickets on Ballentine’s BMW sedan three times in November 2010 when it was parked outside her home, according to the affidavit.
The $268.50 she owed on the three tickets was never paid, according to the affidavit.
On the citations, “it was Kelly Ballentine’s handwriting dismissing them,” an agent with the attorney general’s office writes in the affidavit.
According to the state Judicial Conduct Board’s rules, district judges should disqualify themselves in proceedings in which they are a party.
The information reported in mainstream news outlets is only the tip of the iceberg. Mr. Vonderheide began his independent investigation of Judge Ballentine in May 2006 after she railroaded him with the Lancaster police department. Mr. Vonderheide and his associate, Ron Harper, Jr. (an investigative reporter), discovered the first of many abuses of power Judge Ballentine has committed in her illustrious career on the bench. The first incident involved her then boyfriend, convicted cocaine dealer, Terence J. Mitchell. At the time, Mr. Mitchell was 28-years old and Judge Ballentine was 37.
In the early morning hours of New Year’s Day 2005-2006, Mr. Mitchell and his passenger, girlfriend Judge Ballentine, were pulled over by the Lancaster police. The police discovered a concealed loaded gun under Mr. Mitchell’s car seat and he was arrested.
While Mr. Mitchell was en route to jail, Judge Ballentine called the city police, went to the station and took responsibility for her cocaine dealing boyfriend’s 9mm Luger and hollow point bullets. She then arranged a get out of jail free card for Mr. Mitchell.
Judge Ballentine also appears to be a false rape accuser.
In 2010, Judge Ballentine accused a man of breaking into her home and of attempting to rape her. In May 2011, a jury found the accused man not guilty. The accused had been sitting in jail since his arrest date, July 17, 2010, time that he will never get back.
Upon hearing the verdict, the plaintiff, Judge Ballentine, became belligerent and shouted obscenities at the jury, at which point she had to be subdued and physically removed from the courtroom by deputies and her family. According to Mr. Vonderheide, Ms. Ballentine removed one of her shoes and threw it at the jury whilst repeatedly dropping F-bombs. Imagine if a plaintiff had done so in her courtroom. My guess is the offending individual would’ve been jailed for contempt. This did not happen to Judge Ballentine.
According to Lancaster Online:
The jury of nine women and three men returned their verdicts just before noon on Wednesday after deliberating seven hours over two days.
Ballentine reacted in disgust and was physically removed from the courtroom by family members and deputy sheriffs.
“You all let him do that to me and it’s supposed to be OK!” she screamed on her way out the door.
“Get off of me!” she told supporters who tried to calm her.
Plata showed no reaction and sat with his hands on his lap when the verdicts were announced.
Prosecutor Randall L. Miller and defense lawyer George N. Marros also did not react.
“They believed, as we thought, he was invited in,” Marros said outside the courtroom. “Either she let him in, or told him to come over.”
Here’s the Daddy Justice video that documents his investigation of Judge Ballentine, which concludes with her arraignment yesterday, February 13, 2012.
Ballentine Busted from Ben Vonderheide on Vimeo.
Perhaps I’m wrong, but shouldn’t individuals holding the position of judge, either through election or appointment, be in possession of a thorough understanding of the law and in possession of good judgement. How are “we the people” supposed to trust and respect a judge, man or woman, who exercises such poor personal judgment (e.g., a convicted cocaine dealer boyfriend; false rape accuser; dismissing her own traffic violations)?
Here’s the real kicker, Judge Ballentine has not been removed from the bench as of yet. According to the Mail Online, Judge Ballentine is on paid leave while the 9 felony charges are “resolved.” If Judge Ballentine is allowed to continue to sit on the bench it will be a disgrace.
Do the right thing Pennsylvania and treat this woman as you would any other criminal and let her serve as an example to other corrupt judges, otherwise your justice system will be nothing more than a farce at best. Keystone cops indeed.
Mr. Vonderheide’s brand of activism might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but he sure gets things done. Mr. Vonderheide will be joining me and my special guest co-host, Paul Elam of AVfM, this Monday, February 20, 2012 at 9pm EST to discuss this case and his continued crusade against corrupt officials, including corrupt family court officials. Go, Ben, go!
Here’s a link to Mr. Vonderheide’s last appearance on Shrink4Men Radio.
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23 Responses to “Happy Ballentine’s Day from Daddy Justice: Ben Vonderheide Exposes Corruption of District Justice Kelly S. Ballentine that Results in 9 Felony Counts”
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I’m having a hard time coming up with words to express my reaction to Judge Ballentine’s behavior. It’s like bad television.
Good job, Mr. Vonderheide.
I know. I think we have a new TV program to replace Cops; Judges.
Bad judge, bad judge
Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
“Bad judge, bad judge…” Oh my lordy Dr. T. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but that was pretty funny.
Aren’t we a gleeful thing today hhhmmm?
Well that’s just fine with me because it’s put a bounce in my step this morning too.
Thanks for telling about this on your site and I tell you, I was wondering what had happened with this woman. I knew it was around about now that she was being ‘processed’ by the same system she was bilking for fun and profit.
Hey, who’d have thunk that the muck and mire of this toad of a woman was running in rivulets all along. It’s interesting to know that her darker forays into unethical tinkering have been unearthed at the last minute.
Seriously, did I miss something about these other activities already written about in the MSM ?
I can have a look later to answer that question I guess, but for today forget it mate, I’m just going to enjoy the party.
You’re very kind, Dr F. It’s corny at best
Daddy Justice sent the link this morning and all I did was tell his story. Glad it help to put a spring in your step.
“Happy Ballentine’s Day” BWAHAHAWWA…you’re killin’ me..stop it!
Seriously, this is unbelievable….there is justice.
Happy Ballentine’s is all Daddy Justice.
Justice hasn’t been served yet. She still has her judge position and is on PAID leave. Tax payers are paying for this criminal.
She sounds KLASSY.
Actually, she sounds incredibly narcissistic. Especially in regard to what seems like her belief that the laws are for everyone else and she is exempt.
I think it merged into psychopathic behavior. The blatant and obviously glaring lie that can be very easily checked such as writing off her own tickets is my red flag.
I truly believe that if there ever was a search for Cluster B’s in the fields of Law, Medicine, Psychology and Psychiatry, Religion and Finance there wouldn’t be many left if the B’s were weeded out of their jobs based on those grounds. The power, control and admiration that these fields hold is simply too irresistible for them to pass up.
I think it is the foremost reason why their peers do not report them as they ethically and oftentimes legally should. They know what they are up against.
My favorite part is when her delusional omnipotence is broken when she says that it isn’t supposed to happen this way. In order words, I am GOD, and I control all of my OWN reality thank you so this can’t be happening. Isn’t the role of being a Judge a substitute for being God. Bahhh. Damn fool!
I caught that, too, BE. Frightening.
“Isn’t the role of being a Judge a substitute for being God.”
That’s the whole context of original sin, we decide what’s good and evil.
ACTUALLY, members of the judiciary DO share perks such as exemption from the usual parking, and other, tickets.
Normally police do not give other police (off duty, from another jurisdiction, etc.) tickets for minor offenses as a professional courtesy; when they encounter judges, etc. they tend do the same. If you doubt this, consider those black with horizontal blue stripe stickers readily observable on many cars on the road — those are, or were originally, ONLY sold to law enforcement personnel (now one can order them on Amazon). It helps/ed them identify each other & extend the courtesy/perk (at least it used to before becoming so common). There are other color patterns available for other related professions–and those are still sold only to people with verified professional backgrounds. But, to emphasize, that’s been the informal policy for minor infractions — same where the average citizen might just get a warning too because they were polite, etc. when confronted when the officer was “on the fence” about writing a ticket. So I’ve heard from several police…who also tend to be somewhat more unforgiving for more substantial offenses by another police officer.
When Ballentine remarks ‘it isn’t supposed to be this way’ she’s probably thinking along the above lines, which are undoubtedly very commonplace. Recall the House Banking Scandal of 1992 where they were essentially given interest free loans via a perk that covered all checks written regardless of actual funds in the savings account? This sort of thing is VERY COMMON among members of any particular group. At least until made a public scandal.
What’s interesting is, in Ballentine’s situation, she was getting repeat tickets by police that undoubtedly knew who the car belonged to and those were given for minor offenses (parking). THAT indicates that even local police (at least one officer) was probably fed up with something or other with her…which is indicative that the charges she’s facing may very well be trivial relative to other more substantial matters yet unknown to the public …. that is, those charges are likely analogous to Al Capone getting convicted for tax evasion rather than murder, etc. Just watch & wait; if she’s convicted chances are good some really nasty skeletons will come crashing out of her closet such that the bit about the tickets will be quickly forgotten (i.e. it wouldn’t surprise me that the bit with the drug-dealing boyfriend would lead to revelations about being a mastermind in a major drug distribution network…).
I understand what you mean, but it is pure Poppycock. I don’t care who it is. If someone violates a law all should pay.
Another scary thing is she was ELECTED as a judge. If she isn’t convicted which might preclude her from being a judge and nobody runs against her, she’ll get elected again.
That is scary, Mellaril. As one of the gentlemen over at AVfM pointed out, Judge Ballentine has double immunity. She’s a member of a minority group and she’s a woman – btw, this is not a sexist or racist statement it’s true – she’s a double sacred cow. But then, doesn’t sacred cow make for the best hamburgers?
If Pennsylvania doesn’t do the right thing, hopefully, the voting constituency will.
You’re right, it isn’t a sexist or racist statement.
It is, however, a sexist and racist comment against cows.
No surprise. I know of two, fairly promiscous women judge here in Minneapolis, who have bothe cheated on their spouse with married men, and who, routinely rake guys over the coals in a blatantly sexist fashion in both sentencing and when a guy applies for a TRO due to his female partner’s violence.
I don’t think the general public understands that the folks sitting on the bench were, often, not the brightest in their law school classes , nor are they, in many cases, very morally upright. Many have good hair, or have political connections that got them on the bench.
Being a Judge is a very easy, low stress job, as compared to actually preparing and trying cases.
Many lawyers ae attracted to it because the pay is decent, the work load is easy, and there is a ton of time off, as well as perks,
These folks, the judges, are, seldom all that bright and are often just a-holes that just got by in law school.
Thanks for the insights, ron7127. Frighteningly, that explains a lot.
Yes, Tara, it seems that a high% of folks simply accept that the members of the judiciary are bright and moral. But, if you really look and listen to them you find that they are neither, in many cases.
Seems we need to imbue these figureheads with all types of talent and virtue, so that we feel safer.
Our legal system is rife with incompetence and corruption. Juries and Judges get things wrong a lot. This is why favoring the death penalty seems insane to me.One can only imagine the thousands of folks wrongly executed over the centuries.
This judge, Ballantine, reminds me of a lot of the judges I have seen appointed-incompetnt and corrupt. I wonder where she ranked in her law school class.