I am a man...I own up to who I am.

CASE INFORMATION

Number: CR-06-482292-A

Caption: THE STATE OF OHIO vs. DAMON MARBURY

Status: CASE CLOSED

Judge Name: JOHN J RUSSO

PO Name: RICHARD P KRAFT

Next Event: N/A

Arrested: N/A



DEFENDANT INFORMATION

Number: 104739

Name: DAMON C MARBURY

Status: DEFN BAIL

Date of Birth: 06/25/1969

Race: BLACK

Sex: MALE


CHARGES

Statute Description

2913.02 THEFT; AGGRAVATED THEFT

2913.11 PASSING BAD CHECKS

2913.11 PASSING BAD CHECKS

2913.11 PASSING BAD CHECKS

2913.11 PASSING BAD CHECKS

DEFENDANT IN COURT. COUNSEL MARY JO TIPPING PRESENT. COURT REPORTER BERNICE KING PRESENT. ON A FORMER DAY OF COURT THE DEFENDANT PLEAD GUILTY TO THEFT; AGGRAVATED THEFT 2913.02 - F5 AS CHARGED IN COUNT(S) 1 OF THE INDICTMENT. DEFENDANT ADDRESSES THE COURT. THE COURT CONSIDERED ALL REQUIRED FACTORS OF THE LAW. THE COURT FINDS THAT A COMMUNITY CONTROL SANCTION WILL ADEQUATELY PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND WILL NOT DEMEAN THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE OFFENSE. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT THE DEFENDANT IS SENTENCED TO 5 YEAR(S) OF COMMUNITY CONTROL, UNDER SUPERVISION OF THE ADULT PROBATION DEPARTMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: DEFENDANT TO ABIDE BY THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT. COURT ORDERS DEFENDANT TO BE SUPERVISED BY: REGULAR SUPERVISION UNIT SUBMIT TO RANDOM DRUG TESTING OBTAIN / MAINTAIN VERIFIABLE EMPLOYMENT, PROVIDE PROOF OF EMPLOYMENT TO THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT. VIOLATION OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN MORE RESTRICTIVE SANCTIONS, OR A PRISON TERM OF 10 MONTH(S) AS APPROVED BY LAW. DEFENDANT ADVISED POST RELEASE CONTROL IS PART OF THIS PRISON SENTENCE FOR THE ABOVE FELONY(S) UNDER O.R.C.2967.28. FOR 3 YEARS. RESTITUTION ORDERED IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,755.00 TO BEATRICE HERRON, LILLIAN MIDDLEBROOKS, TORI ANDERSON, CHAUTE CLARK AND OTHER UNKNOWN VICTIMS.; PAYABLE THROUGH THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT. THE DEFENDANT IS ORDERED TO PAY A SUPERVISION FEE IN THE SUM OF $ 200.00. DEFENDANT IS TO PAY COURT COSTS. 05/29/2007 CPMOM 05/29/2007 12:18:29

Now that that's out of the way, let's get down to business. And business is it. As result of running my own business, I made several misjudgments. This case is an example of that.

I own up to being charged and convicted of doing bad business. Why? Because I was attempting to make a living and it ended it blowing up in my face. I dealt with a company that was based out of New York city named Jamvo (click scam report reviews) and didn't thoroughly check them out. The old saying of if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is never went through my head. At any rate, I invested a whole lot of money into promoting and paying this company to provide me with airline deals for my already existing travel company. In my attempts to do the right thing, I started refunding all of my clients the full amounts of their planned trips with my agency. Since Jamvo wasn't a legitimate business deal for me, I was stiffed for nearly 28K due to having to cancel all the other arrangements that could not be refunded and them obviously not paying me back. I refunded as many people as I could out of my own pocket to the tune of about 17K. When I couldn't do it anymore, some of those individuals pressed charges against me for acting as their agent.

What does disturb me, however, is someone chose to post this case on several blogs around the internet in an attempt to discredit my character as though I've been attempting to fly under the cover of darkness about this matter. One of the main reasons I started this blog was for open interaction with like and disparate minds, in order to learn more about the world, myself, and make new friends, which I've been fortunate enough to do. This person also chose to post this case on my lady's blog, assuming she knew nothing of it, which couldn't be further from the truth. She's known about this from day one. She and I have a very honest and forthright relationship and have from the very start. We have a strong foundation of friendship and love and she understands that sometimes situations happen in business, even when you go into them with the best intentions.

Because she is the more public figure between the two of us, I assume the party(s) intent was to break us up, humiliate me, and somehow hurt or embarrass her by exposing her readership to something seemingly horrible about me, but that didn't happen. (Well a couple of people took it at face value and reacted by lashing out at me without asking first which is somewhat saddening but what can you do.) What did happen however is now it's caused the party(s) involved in posting this across the net some verrrrrrrrrry serious legal issues from multiple sources with vested interests in my lady's career. That's the most unfortunate part of all. What was supposed to hurt us has now turned on them. I think this happened to Pharoah when he tried to put a plague on Moses and it somehow backfired.

So I plead guilty...not the 5th amendment for my actions. What looks like dishonorable actions always aren't, and sometimes things beg further investigation before they are accepted at face value. I'm not going to belabor this or give it more steam than it deserves, but I wanted to step before you all and look you in the face with it, not hide behind anonymity. I can't make you accept that I'm not without flaw, all I can do is be me and keep it moving.