Comments on: Sexual Battery Case Dismissed Against McDavid Postmaster

By: To be or not to be

To be or not to be — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 02:10:26 +0000

could be this man is really guilty… he should have gone straight to jail,his job terminated and anything else the state could do to him…if he is guilty…his life is ruined and he deserves no less than that..or he may not be guilty but he and his family have suffered a tragedy that will never go away…even if he is innocent…there will always be doubt from the public and his good name will forever be attached to this story…no matter how innocent he is.. the media has done the damage but they have a right and a duty to report this to the public…if he is innocent …I hope he and his family will be strong and stay united to get through this…so they can save their family…but if he did do this terrible crime and violated this woman…sooner or later the truth will come out…I too feel there is more to this story, than what we have read…my prayers to all involved in this sad story and may God bring closure to all who have suffered because of this….

By: What??

What?? — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:51:00 +0000

BTW, your hands can be held together by someone else’s ONE hand. Why are you all so quick to assume because he did an intervention and paid a fine that he’s innococent. Why weren’t HIS statements released? Something smells BAD in McDavid.

By: SMaxson

SMaxson — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:51:57 +0000

As the survivor of 2 rapes, I know I wouldn’t have stayed one second more in the building with my attacker much less be the last person in the building with him. I’m curious why she didn’t call the sheriff’s office when he assaulted her the first time, by touching her all over and instead waited until he had escalated and did more to her. Her lack of urgency in contacting the sheriffs office could’ve caused this to end in a very different way. Thank God for the customer in the parking lot. I just think there’s more to the story than we know. Not blaming either party here. Just looking at it from the outside in..

By: Friction against the machine

Friction against the machine — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:47:17 +0000

Innocent people sometimes enter pre-trial intervention b/c it is in their best interest to do so in order to have the charges dismissed rather than gamble with a judge or jury deciding their fate. It doesn’t mean guilty at all…DA offices often offer pre trial intervention to save the taxpayers the expense and uncertainty of a trial.
Any of you ever heard of the presumption of innocence? In your puritanical zeal to sacrifice this man’s dignity and reputation you would not afford him the same presumption of innocence you would preserve for yourself or your family members. None of you, even myself, really know what happened and therefore it’s not fair to judge the man. While you’re warming that church pew this weekend how about reading the part of the Bible that says judge not others lest ye be judged.
It would seem to me that in this day and age perhaps a security camera would have shown whether or not this happened. There is a tort called Malicious Prosecution…the good postmaster at McDavid would do well to explore it against his accuser.

By: Terri Sanders

Terri Sanders — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:35:48 +0000

If you read what the woman alleges…he held her hands together while pulling down his pants…anyone with a brain can see that was a lie….no one can hold some one with one hand unless no struggle is made or a weapon is involved.Jim was never guilty IMO……but as usual the other party walks away free….been there… done that…we were the ones who incurred legal fees and hassels because some one filed false charges.Lucky for our family it was not as devastating as this.I hope Jim can get on with his life and realize that what goes around always comes back…ususally not quick enough for us though.Good Lucjk Jim…..You ran a great PO in McDavid…Used common sense which was sorely lacking at surrounding PO’s.

By: walnut

walnut — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:54:12 +0000

Pre-trial diversion is a form of punishment. Had he been not guilty he would not have entered this program.

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:07:38 +0000

I don’t know either of these people but,
“The charges were dismissed after he successfully completed a one year pretrial intervention program and paid $1,532 in court costs.”
Doesn’t sound like a simple dismissal of charges.

I know some women file false charges against men but the claims here sound a whole lot like attempted rape. Would it have made a difference if it had been rape? I wonder how hard it was for the alleged victim to deal with everyone doubting her? What if she was telling the truth?

Just a FYI being a “good man” or a “nice guy” is not a automatic seal of innocence. There are many people who have been convicted of rape, murder, and different assults whose close friends and family members say “But he was such a good guy!”

By: Micah

Micah — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:00:32 +0000

The APWU to the rescue! (sarcasm)

By: M Jackson

M Jackson — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:36:58 +0000

I never believed Jim Lee was guilty. Several years ago, due to someone diverting my mail, I met with him at the McDavid office on more than one occasion and had numerous telephone conversations with him. He could not have been nicer or more professional. I wish him the very best as he and his family put this behind them.

By: JT

JT — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:04:22 +0000

This man was not found to be innocent. He completed a pre trial diversion program that are usually used for someone that has not been in trouble before and not likely to reoffend. Usually it is a form of a guilty plea that is dealt with pretrial with a set of demands by the court that has to be fulfilled. I’m not saying whether or not this man did what he was accused of but he was not found not guilty.