MACDILL AIRFORCE BASE 1995

I WAS SO BLESSED WHEN MY ORDERS CAME IN RELOCATION NEW PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT MACDILL AIRFORCE BASE 7 MONTHS PREGNANT WITH 8 CHILDREN RELOCATING WAS A MUST AFTER WEARING WIRES PREGNANT BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FBI AGENTS PAULA BRAND SPECIAL AGENT LEROY HEIMBACH AND SPECIAL AGENT KEVIN DREARY INVESTIGATION INTO OFFICER WALTER BARNETT OF BUMPIN AUDIOS 14TH AND LEWIS AVE. NORTH CHICAGO ILLINOIS OFFICER WALTER BARNETT WAS ACTUALLY THE THE RADAR WITH CLIFFORD JONES BENNY SEGALS AND THE NORTH CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT UNLIKE THE REST OFFICER BARNETT INVESTED INTO DETAIL SHOPS SELLING CELL PHONES AND PAGER I WAS IN HIDING FROM MY ABUSIVE EX HUSBAND THE ARSON MURDERER WHO TORTURED ME FOR YEARS I WAS ON THE WAITING LIST FOR SAFE PLACE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER WHEN I AGREED TO HELP SPECIAL AGENT PAULA BRAND SPECIAL AGENT KEVIN DREARY BY BUYING A FEW PAGERS FROM OFFICER WALTER BARNETT AKA POO POO THIS WAS VERY SCARY I KNEW MY ABUSIVE EX HUSBAND WAS SENDING ME THREATS CALLING THE KIDS SCHOOL EVEN THOUGH A RESTRAINING ORDER WAS IN PLACE AFTER YEARS OF BEING BRUTALLY TORTURED HELD HOSTAGES FOR A WEEK TORMENTING ME TO KERP MY MOUTH SHUT ABUSE CIRO GARGANO AND HIS ARSONS SO I DID FINALLY I MET WITH THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOIS SPECIAL AGENT PAULA BRAND ALSO SPECIAL AGENT KEVIN DREARY SPECIAL AGENT HE WAS UNDER SPECIAL AGENT LEROY HEIMBACH SO THERE WE WERE FLANIGANS RESTURANT FOR ME TO SIGN THE PAPERWORK ON THE INVESTIGATION INTO WALTER A LOT OF GANG MEMBERS WERE KILLED FIR BEING EXPOSED AS INFORMANTS I REALIZED I WAS SEVEN MONTHS PREGNANT THIS WASN'T 1985 BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN I WORE WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FROM JUNK SICK COPS SELLING DRUGS FOR GARGANO NO THIS WAS 1995 I KNEW THEY WOULD BLOW MY DAM BRAINS OUT WHAT A BLESSING ORDERS CAME FEBRUARY 1995 FROM MACDILL TO START WORK IN APRIL 1995 I WAS SO HAPPY BLESSED WHEN A SAFE CALLED WITH SPACE AVAILABLE FOR ALL MY KIDS KEEPING MY IDENTITY SAFE RESTRAINING ORDERS INTACT TO RELOCATE TO THE SPRINGS OF TAMPA FLORIDA MY CHILDREN AND ARRIVED IN TAMPA PINICED AT LOWERY PARK ZOO BEFORE CHECKING INTO THE SPRING VERY PRIVATE I FELT SAFE WE WERE TAKEN TO THE SPRINGS BY TWO KIND SHERIFF'S THEY WISHED MY FAMILY WELL WHILE AT THE SPRINGS WE HAD SO MUCH SUPPORT OUTREACH COUNSELING THERAPY FOR ME AND THE KIDS AS I SEARCHED FIR AN APARTMENT RIGHT OUTSIDE MACDILL WOULDNT YOU KNOW ALL THE KIDS CONTRACTED CHICKEN POX AS I WROTE POEMS ABOUT HOW I ESCAPED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE I GUESS WHEN I FINALLY GOT OUT OF THAT ABUSIVE MARRIAGE MY WORK WITH THE FBI ENDED AS WELL I WAS FINALLY SAFE WORKING 8 MONTHS PREGNANT ACTUALLY WENT IN LABOR ON BASE RIGHT AFTER MY BABY WAS BORN MY DIVORCE FROM THE ARSON MURDERS ENDED I NEVER LOOKED BACK I FELT BAD FOR SPECIAL AGENT DREARY HE EXPECTED ME TO BE THIS CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCE I WAS YEARS AGO BUT I WAS VERY FRAGILE NINE KIDS TO FEED CLOTHE HOUSE MY WEARING WIRES PREGNANT AGAIN JUST COULDN'T WORK I KNEW I WOULD BE KILLED THE DAY KEVIN DREAY ARRIVE GIVING ME INSTRUCTIONS TO BUY THE PAGER FROM WALTER BARNETT ONLY IT WAS THE DEAD OF WINTER I WAS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM BADICALLY HOMELESS IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION AT ANY RATE SPECIAL AGENT KEVIN DREAY GAVE ME 239 DOLLARS THE COST OF THE PAGER I REALLY AFRAID AFTER SEEING SPECIAL AGENT PAULA BRAND WITH EL JAY OMAR GANG MEMBER WHO WAS KILLED RIGHT AFTER I WAS DESTREST WENT TO FORT SHERIDAN ARMY BASE ACROSS BARRETT COLLEGE FOR HOUSING LIST I FELT SOMETHING ERIE I TOLD KEVIN I SAID I HAVE NINE KIDS HERE TO FEED DURING THE HOLIDAYS THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS I SAID SPECIAL AGENT LEROY HEIMBACH ALWAYS MADE SURE THE KIDS WERE WARM FED DIAPERS ECT HE RESPONDED WELL I'M NOT LEROY I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO CLEAR THE FUNDS FOR YOU I SAID DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT THE STATE DEPARTMENT CLEARED FUNDS FOR ME TO BUY DRUGS PAGERS BUT NOT DIAPERS I DON'T I FELT ERIE KEVIN WAS UNEXPERIENCED THE BUEARU WAS TO COMFORTABLE WITH HIM AS AN FBI AGENT NEITHER WAS I I WENT TO BUMPIN AUDIOS TO BUY THE PAGER SEVERAL TIME EACH TIME WALTER WASN'T THERE BUT THEY WERE SUSPICIOUS THEY SAID YOU KEEP SAYING YOU WANT TO BUY A PAGER HERE IT IS WHY DO YOU NEED WALTER IN AN INSTANT MY COVER WAS CLEARLY BLOWN IT WAS THANKSGIVING WEEKEND I TOOK THAT 239 DOLLARS I BOUGHT A FEAST FOR MY KIDS DIAPERS DIAPERS WIPES MATERNITY BRAS PERSONAL HYGIENE I COULDN'T AFFORD CLEANING SUPPLIES ON MONDAY I CALLED SPECIAL AGENT KEVIN DREARY AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPENED HE WAS FURIES TURNED BEET RED I JUST KNEW THIS WAS GOD SAVING MY LIFE AND MY KIDS LIFE WE SETTLED INTO A SAFE PLACE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER ARRIVING IN TAMPA AT THE SPRINGS OF TAMPA BLESSINGS MY CHILDREN WAS SAFE I HAD A HEALTHY BABY DIVORCED THAT ABUSIVE MAN AND BEGAN MY EMPLOYMENT FOR MACDILL AIRFORCE BASE SOMETIMES I SAYING A QUIET AVE FOR SPECIAL AGENT KEVIN DREARY I AM NO FBI AGENT JUST A CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCE JUST AN AMERICAN MOM

GOD BLESS THE FEDERAL 
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
AND GOD BLESS AMERICA
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