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Stan J.

Caterbone
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Surveillance,
Registered in Pennsylvania

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Lancaster, PA 17603
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The Honorable Judge Leonard Brown, III
Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas
50 North Duke Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
Re:

CI-16-05815 Preliminary Injunction for Emergency Relief


Recording and Scanning of Case Is Not Readable

Dear Judge Brown,


Since first filing criminal and civil actions in the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas I
have had nothing but problems with staff, clerks, and most importantly the recording of my cases.
If you notice, most of the images associated with the above captioned case are not legible or
viewable through the electronic filing and internet system. I suspect that the case was scanned at
something like 100 dpi or possibly lower. Some pages are upside down. I know this because I am
an expert in optical publishing, as evidenced by my biography and resume. I was once selected
by Dwight D. Eisenhower's People to People International to tour the Soviet Union and the Eastern
Block to share my expertise with my counterparts in that region of the World. You can archive the
Lancaster Newspapers for an article that was published about Conference. It was in or about
1990 and I was selected by Sandra Paul, Executive Director.
On Thursday I unsuccessfully filed a Summary Appeal in the Clerk of Courts Office only to
have the clerks refuse to certify the Summary Appeal in my presence, which is what is supposed
to happen. The Clerk tried to use my In Forma Pauperis Application as a reason not to Certify the
appeal, then I said I would pay the filing fee, and accept a refund if and when the IFP was
granted, and she still refused to Certify the Summary Appeal. Legally, the Lancaster County Clerk
of Courts obstructed justice because without the Certification, the appeal is not technically filed.
In essence, I, Stan J. Caterbone do not have the right to appeal in that case!
Attached is a letter my late friend, Senator Arlen Specter regarding this very same subject.
I had the privileged of personally dealing with Senator Specter since 1992, and he has been a
great source of support over the years, up until his untimely death in 2009.

I believe the entire courthouse and it's employees have invoked a harassment
campaign against me when I conduct court business in an effort to provoke a response
that elicits behavior that will support another INVOLUNTARY PSYCHIATRIC
COMMITMENT BY THE LANCASTER CITY BUREA OF POLICE.
This, just quite frankly is one of the most arrogant displays of discrimination and
obstruction of justice in the English Speaking Language!

Respectfully,

___________/S/____________
Stan J. Caterbone, Pro Se Litigant
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Stanley J. Caterbone, Pro Se Litigant


Advanced Media Group
1250 Fremont Street
Lancaster, PA 17603

April 26, 2007


Judicial Council
3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Courthouse
601 Market Street
Philadelphia Pa 19106-1790
Re:

Future Federal Courthouse in Lancaster County

Dear Sir or Madam:


With respect to your efforts of bringing a Federal Courthouse to downtown Lancaster, I
would be remiss if I did not share this information with you. In all due respect for the Federal
Courts, I would like to caution you regarding the conduct of Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster
County Pennsylvania personnel. I assume many of whom may wish to seek employment, should
the opportunity arise.
I have had such horrendous experiences with respect to Court filings, rulings, and
procedures, I would hope that you would plan ahead to prevent the same problems from
occurring at the Federal level. Justice is the fabric or our nation, and it should be treated with
respect and honor.
Enclosed are some copies of correspondence that I would like to share with you in the
hope that when the Federal Courthouse in Lancaster is operational, there will be an opportunity
for me to conduct my litigation free from misconduct.
I look forward to your decision on a location, and seeing your efforts come to fruition.
Respectfully,
Stan J. Caterbone, Pro Se Litigant
Advanced Media Group
cc:

Rick Gray, Mayor of the City of Lancaster


Senator Arlen Specter
Randy Patterson, Lancaster City Director of Economic Development
U.S. Congressman Joseph Pitts
U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Stengel

Enclosures
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Stanley J. Caterbone, Pro Se Litigant/06-5238-200


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Lancaster County Prison 625 E. King Street
Lancaster, PA 17602
220 Stone Hill Road
Conestoga, PA 17516
Mr. Dale R. Delinger
Clerk of Courts
Lancaster County Courthouse
50 North Duke Street
Lancaster, PA 17602
Re: Criminal Court Documents
December 27, 2006
Dear Mr. Delinger,
I have received your letter dated December 26, 2006, and you are confusing me. I
have reason to believe that my documents are not being filed in your office or are not
being filed in a timely manner. I have had similar problems with your staff this past year
when I personally filed court documents at the Lancaster County Courthouse.
For the above reason, I am formally requesting a copy of all documents that I have
filed since October 30th, 2006, and sent to me at the prison. I am not receiving receipts
for all of my filings. This past summer my drivers license appeal and related documents
to Penn DOT are missing from your office.
I am also formally and officially requesting a transcript of the court record for all of
my court trials and appearances, as prescribed by law. The trial of CP-36-CR-00028432006 is under appeal and CP-36-CR-0003179-2006 is now formally being challenged for
civil rights violations under 1983.
In Griffin v. Illinois, 351 U.S. 13, 76 S ct. 585, 100 L. Ed. 891 (1959) An indigent
has a Constitutional Right to Free Transcript for Appeal of Right.
I would appreciate a quick response to these matters as they are material to
my Federal litigation in United States District Court case no.s 05-cv-2288 and 06-cv4650.

Stanley J. Caterbone
Advanced Media Group

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Stan Caterbone
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1250 Fremont Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
February 21, 2007
Mr. Randall O. Wenger
Prothonotary of Lancaster County
Lancaster County Courthouse
50 North Duke Street
Lancaster, PA 17602
Re: Civil Action CI-00019-07 and CI-06-02271 Court Docket
Dear Mr. Wenger:
There is a problem within your office of the way that you are recording Court Orders by Judge
Michael Georgelis on the Docket for my civil action against Fulton Bank, CI-07-00019.
On February 1, 2007, I attended a meeting in the chambers of Judge Georgelis with Fulton Bank
attorney Mr. Shawn Long. Mr. Long was submitting an ORDER for DISMISSAL of my Petition To Set
Aside The Sale of Real Estate concerning my Sheriff Sale of December 20th, 2006. The property is
located at 220 Stone Hill Road, Conestoga. During the meeting, Mr. Long acknowledged that the
Fulton Bank RESPONSE that I received the previous day on January 31, 2007, and that he was
submitting to Judge Georgelis had not yet been recorded in the Prothonotary.
On February 2nd, 2007, via 1st class mail, I received an ORDER signed by Judge Georgelis, DENIED
with prejudice, dated FEBRUARY 1, 2007. On February 6, 2007, my REPLY to the Fulton Bank
RESPONSE was recorded.
The problem arose when I pulled up the court docket on your computer, and conveniently the
ORDER was under the date of February 6, 2007, the same day my REPLY was recorded. This definitely
deceives the fact that Judge Georgelis signed that ORDER to Fulton Banks RESPONSE DENYING my
Petition, less than one day after I received it, and prior to the time that my REPLY was filed and
recorded. Your staff explained that it took from February 1st to February 6th for the ORDER to travel
from the 4th floor to the 2nd floor, and they used the date that they received the ORDER from Judge
Georgelis office. This is illegal and wrong. You are maliciously tainting the COURT RECORD.
During the meeting of February 1, 2007, I again requested that Judge Georgelis recuse himself
from this case. Without any opportunity to support my motion, he denied my request stating that he
has been sued by many people that come before him in Court, and that if he would allow himself to be
recused, he would have 6,000 inmates requesting the same.
Aside form the fact that Judge Georgelis is a DEFENDANT in the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, case number 06-cv-4650, he also preside over the case of William A.
Clark v. James H. Guerin, Chairman and CEO of International Signal & Control (ISC) in the Lancaster
County Court of Common Pleas in 1989. Then, my former attorney, Joseph Roda, represented Mr.
William A. Clark, a former top legal advisor to International Signal & Control.
More importantly, International Signal & Control is central to many of my Federal civil actions filed
in the U.S. District Courts in Philadelphia beginning in May of 2005, and is central to my Federal False
Claims Act civil action 06-cv-3955 filed in October of 2006.
For your information, I also enclosed a document that may shed some light as to the dire
consequences of my whistle-blowing allegations of International Signal & Control in 1987, and the vital
importance of my court actions and filings.

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Mr. Randall O. Wenger
February 21, 2007
May I suggest your preserve the integrity of the Courts and the Record, especially since this
matter is now before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, case number 71 MT 2007, and the Superior
Court.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.

Respectfully,

Stan J. Caterbone
Cc:

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The Honorable Michael Georgelis


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Stan Caterbone
Advanced Media Group
1250 Fremont Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
February 22, 2007
Mr. Dale R. Denlinger
Clerk of Courts of Lancaster County
Lancaster County Courthouse
50 North Duke Street
Lancaster, PA 17602
Re:

Motion for Continuance of February 15, 2007


CP-36-SA-0000160-2006
CP-36-SA-0000159-2006

Dear Mr. Wenger:


There is a problem within your office of the way that you are handling my criminal proceedings.
Yesterday, I had problems with the paperwork, which has always been a problem in your office, and I
requested the status of the above continuance. I was informed, the the Motion for Continuance was
never sent up to a Judge for a Ruling.
This is unfortunate, and given the history of problems that your staff causes me, I am formally
alleging foul play and malice within the Clerk of Courts to Obstruct Justice.
Most insulting, is the allegation by The Honorable Judge Reinaker on his ORDER of January 19, 2007
which he states the following: The Court notes that Defendant has deliberately failed to properly
identify the matters which form the basis of his request by refusing to provide the accurate docket
numbers. I have always maintained that it was your office that either was providing erroneous
numbers, or your office confusing me with the wrong docket numbers.
For your information, I also enclosed a document that may shed some light as to the dire
consequences of my whistle-blowing allegations of International Signal & Control in 1987, and the vital
importance of my court actions and filings. You are hereby formally being notified of the Clerk of
Courts conduct, and its appearance of misconduct with relation to the attached filing.
May I suggest your preserve the integrity of the Courts and the Record, especially since some of
these matters are now before the Pennsylvania Superior Court.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.

Respectfully,

Stan J. Caterbone
Cc: Mr. Donald Totaro
The Honorable Judge Dennis E. Reinaker

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amgroup01@msn.com

From :

Stan Caterbone <amgroup01@msn.com>

Sent :

Tuesday, April 24, 2007 4:10 PM

To :

oberholb@police.co.lancaster.pa.us

CC :

andersp@police.co.lancaster.pa.us

Subject :

RE: We came to your home

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Printed: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:24 AM

Attachment : JudgeMcLaughlin05-2288ContinuanceORDERDeniedin3rdCircuitCourtofAppealApril172007.pdf (0.71 MB),


Dad_sFileApril242007.pdf (0.25 MB)

Hopefully a jury will decide, of course that is why you all lie, to keep me from ever getting to a jury. And you do lie.
Didn't you get the report of what happened this morning at about 5:00am? I had a digital Sony Recorder with an authentic
recording, which is required and already entered into the docket for trial in 2 weeks, stolen. Officer Pinnone took the report.
And why is it that the responding Officer is never from your sector? I surmise so that you don't have to file a report?
Now, it was my evidence concerning Officer Robert Busser of Conestoga Twp. Maybe you should question him to see if he
took it. He already stole $750.00 from me on April 5, 2006 (or one of his fellow responding Officers).
By the way, it is National Crime Victims Rights Week, and I am one, like it or not.
1. Treat victims with dignity and respect
2. Offer victim assistance services and support
3. Help victims understand and demand thier legal rights.

Advanced Media Group Stan Caterbone mailto: amgroup01@msn.com www.amgglobalentertainmentgroup.com Fax: (717)
427-1621 Advanced Media Group 220 Stone Hill Road Conestoga, PA 17516
From: "Oberholtzer, Brent A" <oberholb@police.co.lancaster.pa.us>
To: "Stan Caterbone" <amgroup01@msn.com>
CC: "Binderup, Chad " <binderuc@police.co.lancaster.pa.us>,"Anders, Peter J" <andersp@police.co.lancaster.pa.us>
Subject: RE: We came to your home
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:07:58 -0400

Mr. Caterbone,
Off. Binderup informed me that he told you he'd start work tomorrow at 10 but that didn't seem to fit your
schedule, or you couldn't commit to that. Please contact LCWC at the provided number for a response
from an officer. I cannot speak of what happened this weekend but I can tell you this. I am not lying and
we are NOT corrupt.
Regards,
Lt. Oberholtzer

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PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL The information contained in this transmission is confidential, proprietary or
privileged and may be subject to protection under the law, including the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA). The message is intended for the sole use of the individual or entity to whom it is
addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, distribution or copying of the message
is strictly prohibited and may subject you to criminal or civil penalties. If you received this transmission in error,
please contact the sender immediately by replying to this email and delete the material from any computer.
-----Original Message----From: Stan Caterbone [mailto:amgroup01@msn.com]
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 15:34
To: Oberholtzer, Brent A
Cc: Anders, Peter J
Subject: RE: We came to your home
Excuse me Sir, I was in the middle of a Superior Court brief that was due today, when Officer Binderup arrived at my
door. Me and Officer Binderup set up an appointment for tommorow at 10:00 am. I explained that I was busy,

and he agreed to that schedule.


On Saturday when I filed my complaint in your precinct, your desk sergant told me that someone would be at my residence
at 12:00 noon, and I waited all day. No one arrived.

What kind of Police Office are you, lying like this? I expect someone tommorrow at 10:00 am.
Are you all corrupt?
Stan J. Caterbone

Advanced Media Group Stan Caterbone mailto: amgroup01@msn.com www.amgglobalentertainmentgroup.com Fax: (717)
427-1621 Advanced Media Group 220 Stone Hill Road Conestoga, PA 17516
From: "Oberholtzer, Brent A" <oberholb@police.co.lancaster.pa.us>
To: <amgroup01@msn.com>
CC: "Anders, Peter J" <andersp@police.co.lancaster.pa.us>
Subject: We came to your home
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:01:04 -0400

Mr. Caterbone,
As I mentioned, I sent an officer to your home since you did not have a telephone. When Off. Binderup
arrived you would not speak to him. Consider our responsibility complete. You will need to come to the
police station for future requests of contact Lancaster County Wide Communications at 664-1180 for police
response.
Respectfully,
Lt. Brent Oberholtzer
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Officials: Ex-bank best for federal courthouse

Pitts, Gray, Stengel all support East King Street site after tour of four possible locations.

By TOM MURSE
Lancaster New Era
Published: Apr 24, 2007 2:06 PM EST
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa - When it comes to finding a home for a federal courthouse in Lancaster City, elected officials here clearly
prefer the former Sovereign Bank building on East King Street.
The question is, will the feds go along with them?
Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray, U.S. Rep. Joseph R. Pitts and federal Judge Lawrence Stengel, who toured four potential sites Monday
afternoon, said housing a new courthouse at 23 E. King St. makes the most sense.
"It's the cheapest alternative. It's a great location. There's great parking already. It's available. You get in there right away," Pitts
said. "I think it could happen by the fall, but again you've got to give the courts and the GSA time to make a decision."
The GSA, or U.S. General Services Administration, is the branch of government that owns property and leases it to the federal courts
and other departments. It has the final say on which, if any, of the Lancaster sites will be selected for a courthouse.
The mayor's office is recommending the site to the GSA.
"My understanding of the process is we can provide information, and we've requested information in regards to that particular site,
that we will forward on to the GSA with a statement from the city that it is our preferred site," said Randy Patterson, the city's
director of economic development and neighborhood revitalization.
U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, who also went on the bus tour Monday, declined to say which of the four sites he liked best, but pledged
once again to bring a federal courthouse to the city.
"I think we're going to get it done," said the state's senior senator, noting that funding had already been approved for a Lancaster
court. "I'm not here wasting my time."
The three other proposed locations are the Bulova Technologies building at Queen and Orange streets; the Hager parking lot at North
Prince and West Grant streets; and a parking lot at North Prince and West Walnut streets.
Stengel said he, too, prefers the East King Street location.
"I certainly think there are great advantages to that site. It's capable of being secured. It's vacant. It's owned by the Girard Estate,
which has experience in leasing to government tenants," said Stengel, who lives in the county and commutes to Philadelphia.
"And it's about the right size for what we need to do, and it has the potential for secure parking and entry. It's in close proximity to
the Lancaster County Courthouse," Stengel added. "Those were the reasons articulated by the mayor's office, and I think they make
sense."
The former bank would cost about $15.4 million to renovate into courtrooms and offices. Two stories could be added to the existing
three-story building, said Patterson, who served as tour guide during the bus trip.
Specter said he met earlier this month in Washington, D.C., with the Judicial Council of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals about
bringing a federal courthouse to Lancaster.
"Meetings are on the docket through June and perhaps into the fall," Specter said. "It is ripe for a decision.
Officials have discussed bringing a federal courthouse to Lancaster for more than two decades, and have said many times that such a
decision was imminent. They said again today that they are optimistic it will happen soon.
"I don't think we're talking another decade. I would be surprised if it took us another five years," said Stengel. "It's the use of public
money, and so they're careful about how to do it ... It won't be within the next six months, but it's likely it could be within two
years."
Gray, who served on a local bar association panel in the 1980s that sought to bring a federal courthouse to the city, said he is

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encouraged by the level of attention the issue has received.


"This is the most movement I've ever seen. Senator Specter has always been committed to it, but I've never seen so much activity,"
said Gray. "There's more positive energy surrounding this issue than I've seen in the last quarter century."
Gray, asked how soon he thinks the government will settle on a site, said: "If it does happen, my guess is it would happen within the
next year or so. The planets are all lining up right. And if it was the Sovereign building, it would happen a lot quicker than if it was
one of the other sites."

Specter: Time for U.S. courthouse


Officials look at four possible locations in city
By Brett Lovelace, Staff
Intelligencer Journal
Published: Apr 24, 2007 2:14 AM EST
LANCASTER, Pa. - U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter pledged Monday to bring a federal courthouse to downtown Lancaster, a long-discussed
proposal that has been delayed by problems with financing and finding a suitable location.
"I am determined to see that we move ahead and get this done," Specter said. "It has been in the planning stage for the better part
of two decades."
Specter took a look at four possible sites for a courthouse during a brief bus tour of the city. Along for the ride were Lancaster Mayor
Rick Gray; U.S. Rep. Joseph Pitts, who represents Lancaster county; U.S. District Judge Lawrence F. Stengel, a former member of
the county bench; Randy Patterson, the city's director of community and economic development; and other city, state and federal
officials.
The four proposed locations include the former Sovereign Bank building, 23 E. King St; Bulova Technologies building, Queen and
Orange streets; Hager parking lot, North Prince and West Grant streets; and a parking lot at North Prince and West Walnut streets.
"Lancaster is a major metropolitan area," Specter said. "(Putting a federal courthouse here) has truly had a lot of problems, and
there are very tight budget constraints," Specter said.
"Candidly, there is a lot of bureaucratic red tape that has to be cut, but that's what Congressman Joe Pitts and Arlen Specter are
for."
Gray, a former lawyer, said he served in the 1980s on a committee formed to bring a federal courthouse to Lancaster.
He endorses the former bank building because it is close to the Lancaster County Courthouse, county offices, parking lots and
garages and the convention center and hotel being built in downtown Lancaster.
The former bank would cost about $15.4 million to renovate into courtrooms and offices. Two stories could be added to the existing
three-story building, according to Patterson, who served as tour guide during the bus trip.
Specter declined to say which of the sites he favored or how much the federal government is willing to spend on a courthouse here.
He did say, however, that he met earlier this month in Washington, D.C., with the Judicial Council of the Third Circuit Court of
Appeals about bringing a federal courthouse to Lancaster.
"Meetings are on the docket through June and perhaps into the fall," Specter said. "It is ripe for a decision.
"It is a great inconvenience to people in this community who have cases in the federal court to have to travel to Philadelphia," he
said. "It takes police officers off the street when they have to spend several days in a courtroom in Philadelphia, and the litigants and
the lawyers ought to have the availability of a station here."
The bus tour was scheduled to start shortly before 3 p.m. It was briefly delayed while Specter and Gray snacked on ice cream at
Isaac's Deli, 25 N. Queen St.
Specter wanted a milk shake but had to settle for peanut butter ice cream because the restaurant does not serve shakes.
Stengel, who lives in Lancaster but has his courtroom in Philadelphia, is optimistic about a federal courthouse in Lancaster.

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"I think we are close," Stengel said. "The strongest evidence of that is the people who are interested and the people who are pushing
for it.
"It's not happening because Judge Stengel wants it to happen. It's going to happen because Sen. Specter and Rep. Pitts are strongly
behind it."
Specter and U.S. Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. both attended an anti-gang conference in Lancaster last month.
Casey did not join Specter for Monday's tour but supports the courthouse project.
"While in Lancaster last month for a roundtable on youth violence, I discussed the need for a federal courthouse with local officials,"
Casey said in a statement. "Unfortunately, I had to be in Washington today and was unable to be in Lancaster.
"I will work with Sen. Specter, Congressman Pitts and local leaders to do everything I can to expedite a new federal courthouse in
Lancaster."
E-mail: blovelace@lnpnews.com

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Judge Leonard G. Brown III


2nd Judicial District,
Lancaster County
Court of Common Pleas

What is
Cyber
bullying?

Examples of cyber bullying include mean text


messages or emails, rumors sent by email or
posted on social networking sites, and
embarrassing pictures, videos, websites, or fake
profiles.
Cyber bullying messages and images can be
posted anonymously and distributed quickly to a
very wide audience. It can be difficult and
sometimes impossible to trace the source.

In Pennsylvania, cyber bullying falls under


harassment (18 Pa. C.S. 2709).
18 Pa. C.S. 2709 says, A person commits the
crime of harassment when [he does something]
with intent to harass, annoy or alarm another, the
person.
This applies to cyber bullying because, An
offense committed under this section [is] deemed
to have been committed at either the place at
which the communication or communications were
made or received (Ibid. (b.1)).

How does it happen?


It could be a comment on Facebook, an instant
message, or a text.
Often bullies create fake Facebook accounts to
insult, harass, and hurt victims
(Swistak).
A student was harassed by
fellow students who posted
derogatory comments on his
Site, I want to rip out your
F****** heart and feed it to you (Zetter).

Anyone can be a victim of


cyber bullying.
Before, victims could go home
from school and escape the
bullies.
Now the internet and cell phones provide
constant access.
Elementary schools, middle schools, and high
schools are the most targeted social groups that are
bullied.

The ramifications are significant.


On August 24, 2012, just this past summer, while
school was out, The community of Columbia
c[ame] together for a candlelight vigil in honor of
an 11-year-old who took her life.
Her family says more than a
year of bullying caused her to
accidentally kill herself
(WHPTV).

So how do we protect our kids


from cyber bullying?
1. Teach them what it is.
2. Tell them how to get help and who to report to.
3. Know the signs of someone being victimized.
They wont always tell you.
4. Help victims by giving them resources for
counseling.

So how do we protect our kids


from cyber bullying?
1. Cobys Family Services offers a seminar titled,
Take Action: Bullyproofing our Kids and Our
Communities, which could be helpful for victims
and parents.
2. Talk to an attorney about civil actions.
3. Report conduct to the police.
4. If bullying results from ending of a relationship
there may be protection under the Pennsylvania
Protection from Abuse Act (PFA)

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