As you are probably well aware, we here at Disclosure loath and detest Orders of Protection, one of the most abused and misused pieces of court litigation, and one of the biggest wastes of the court’s time, in all of downstate Illinois.
However, when they’re filed, and it involves a public official (or at least former one), it does make for good reading. And occasionally lands on the front page. Such as today’s mid-day Read the Lead, Former prosecutor and boyfriend in dueling OPs.
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GALLATIN CO.— It appears the former Gallatin County State’s Attorney and her former boyfriend have taken out Emergency Orders of Protection on each other.
Both were filed and granted on September 4.
In her petition Keely Dobbs Wright, of East McClernand Ave., Shawneetown, asks that herself and her two minor children, ages 5 and 8, be protected from her previous boyfriend Mark Harmon, of West Logan Ave., Shawneetown.
In the dueling EOPs Wright describes Harmon as a 34-year-old white male, 5’8”, 165 lbs., with brown eyes and hair.
She adds that Harmon is “armed and/or dangerous.”
Mr. Harmon wasn’t as kind, which does not necessarily mean his description is not accurate.
Harmon describes his ex as a 41-year-old white female, 5’6”, 200 lbs., with green eyes and dark red hair.
He goes on to add in the space provided on the OP form for distinguishing features, “tribal tattoo above buttocks” (commonly referred to as a ‘tramp stamp’), “large breasts & buttocks from surgery.”
He also added that Wright was not only “armed and/or dangerous” but “suicidal” as well.
With all the appropriate catch phrases checked to ensure granting of an EOP, Wright wrote a lengthy two-page narrative.
Keely’s side
“I have gotten a prior order of protection against the Respondent” (Harmon in this case), Wright wrote. “He violated that order and plead guilty.”
Wright claimed that Harmon came to her residence at about 11:30 p.m. August 30 and knocked hard on her window in an attempt to get her….
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