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From Trespass to Truth: My Fight for Justice and Reunification

On December 3, 2024, I was issued a No Trespass order from Sanford DHHS—without warning, without cause, and without truth.

That single act wasn’t an isolated event; it was the spark that ignited an ongoing campaign of gaslighting, retaliation, and institutional abuse—a campaign that has relied on lies, silence, and systems designed to protect themselves rather than the people they’re supposed to serve.
 

As a 100% disabled veteran and a survivor of profound mental, emotional, and financial abuse, I’ve spent years trying to heal while navigating the very institutions that should have supported me—but instead weaponized my mental health struggles against me. Since that day in December, I’ve faced escalating efforts to discredit, silence, and isolate me for speaking up about the truth.
 

Anyone who has been through this knows how quickly reality can slip through your fingers: facts get twisted, timelines get blurred, and the weight of institutional authority makes it nearly impossible to be heard. When you are up against systems that lie with confidence and power, telling your story feels like screaming into the void.
 

That’s why I created this page.
 

Here, I’m laying everything out—in clear, chronological order with irrefutable evidence—so that no one can distort or erase what really happened. Each step of my experience is detailed honestly, showing what was claimed versus what actually occurred. I’m sharing the recordings, documents, police reports, and conversations that expose the truth they’ve tried to keep hidden.
 

This timeline isn’t just a record of what I’ve endured. It’s my voice. It’s my truth. And it’s a call to action—because what happened to me can, and does, happen to others. By shining a light on every step of this journey, I hope to not only defend myself but to advocate for change so that no one else has to fight these battles alone.
 

🔽 Scroll down to follow the timeline from the beginning. Events are presented in chronological order—starting at the top with the original incident in Sanford, and continuing to the most recent updates at the bottom.

📅 December 3, 2024 Sanford DHHS Calls Police Instead of Helping a Father

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Since August 2024, I haven’t seen or spoken to my children—not once. That silence began the moment I was coerced into signing an amended divorce decree, rewritten entirely by my abuser, Marisol. I didn’t agree with it. I was backed into a legal corner. And I warned everyone at the time: she would use it to manipulate, isolate, and abuse me further.

That’s exactly what happened.
 

One of the most disturbing tools of her manipulation was a completely fabricated rule—that I needed a “supervisor” present during phone calls with my children. Let me be clear:

🔺 There is nothing in the divorce decree requiring supervision for phone calls.

When I challenged this made-up barrier, Marisol claimed it wasn’t her decision—that OCFS had mandated it “for the safety of the children.” But when I reached out to OCFS directly to clarify if such a policy even existed or if they had documented any such requirement—they gave me nothing. No emails. No phone calls. No written confirmation. Nothing.
 

If OCFS truly made this a condition, then:

  1. It should be in writing.

  2. They should be responding to my direct outreach about it.
     

But they didn’t. They ignored every single email I sent for months. That silence spoke volumes. It became clear that Marisol was inventing restrictions and hiding behind the name of OCFS—a pattern of projection and deceit she’s followed since the beginning. And yet, instead of investigating these lies, the system has enabled and validated them.

So after months of being ignored, and after returning from a work trip in Georgia where I had been staying with my father (one of the only “approved supervisors” Marisol herself had named), I decided to walk into the Sanford DHHS office—calmly, respectfully, and in good faith—to speak with someone who might finally listen. I called ahead to let them know I was coming, hoping someone would be available to meet. They never warned me of anything. I was told I could come in.
 

When I arrived, I followed normal procedure. I wrote my name and date of birth on a slip of paper and was told to take a seat. I sat there for 30 minutes, waiting. What I didn’t know was that, behind the glass, they had already called the police—without saying a word to me.
 

Eventually, two officers arrived. One of them, Officer David Chaunard, told me I had been trespassed on November 22, 2024. They were called to arrest me. I told him that was impossible—I was in Georgia on a work assignment at that time. To his credit, Officer Chaunard actually verified this and confirmed: I was right. I had never been served.

Even he didn’t know why OCFS was doing this. He told me they refused to provide an explanation and that I’d have to take it up with them myself. Though he was respectful, he still had to enforce it. I signed the order—not because I agreed, but because I was cornered.
 

🔍 Document Preview:
Click to View the Official Notice →




Issued on-site by Officer Chaunard on 12/3/24
 

⚠️ Let’s Be Clear: What Happened Here Was a Setup
 

  • I called ahead, and they said nothing about a trespass.

  • They let me sit in the waiting room for 30 minutes, pretending everything was normal.

  • They never warned me, but instead secretly called police behind a glass window.

  • They refused to explain anything to the responding officer or to me.

  • The entire incident was based on lies and miscommunication—driven by Marisol’s manipulation and OCFS’s silence.
     

📌 What They Claimed:

“He was previously trespassed and returned in violation.”
 

📽️ What Actually Happened:

I arrived respectfully, had never been served prior, and was there simply to seek help after being ignored for months.
 

🧠 This moment was more than humiliating. It was revealing.
It showed just how easily someone’s life can be upended—not by truth or law, but by silence, deceit, and institutional indifference.
 

💔 Lies require no proof to be believed. But truth? It demands evidence, repetition, and still—often—isn’t enough.

📅 January 16, 2025 — No Warning. No Explanation. A No-Trespass From a Stranger. 

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Today marked yet another surreal moment in this unraveling nightmare.
 

I happened to glance out my window—and there stood a Berwick Police Officer walking toward me. Sensing something wasn’t right, I hit record on my phone before answering the door.
 

The officer introduced himself as Jim Bacon and immediately handed me a no-trespass order from a town I had never even heard of: Laconia. I had no idea who it was from, what the address even meant, or why I was being served. I asked Officer Bacon for clarification.
 

“What is Laconia?”
“I’ve never been to the Belmont Street address in Laconia.”
“I don’t even know who’s in Laconia.”
“Who’s trespassing me?”
 

He didn’t have answers.

He said they just asked him to serve the paperwork—that I’d have to call them if I wanted to know more.
 

“As long as you don’t go there, you won’t have any issues.”

That was his answer.

No explanation. No justification. No understanding of what he was enforcing.
Just a robotic statement that made my stomach turn.

 

🚨 The Turning Point
 

It was this very moment—this exact exchange—that became a line in the sand for me.

Here was a police officer serving me legal paperwork—something with real-world consequences—while openly admitting he had no idea why it was being served. And still, he served it anyway.

This wasn’t just frustrating.

It was infuriating.
It was deeply unsettling.

It didn’t sit well with me at all.
It felt like sloppy police work.
Like abuse dressed up as “protection.”
And quite frankly, it was embarrassing to hear an officer of the law say he didn’t know what was going on—but was still going to blindly follow orders.
 

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🎥 The full video of this pivotal moment will be posted below this entry.

 

📅 February 20, 2025 (Morning) — Even the Police Don’t Know Why I Was Trespassed 

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Before I went to Biddeford DHHS to deliver my formal statement, I first stopped at the Sanford Police Department. I walked in calmly, respectfully, with a written statement in hand, hoping—still—that someone, anyone, would help me make sense of what happened on December 3, 2024, when I was ambushed and served a No Trespass Order at the Sanford DHHS building.
 

The officer I spoke with did one thing that few people in this process ever did: he listened.
 

🎤 Key Themes From the Conversation:

  • He confirmed that businesses and public offices can request trespass notices without providing a reason—even if no crime was committed.

  • He agreed that the timeline didn’t make sense: If I had been trespassed on November 22, why would I show up peacefully on December 3 and fill out a sign-in sheet? And if I wasn’t served until December 3, how could I have been trespassing at all?

  • He explained that police are obligated to enforce a trespass, even if they personally disagree or no justification is provided.

  • He acknowledged that no one at Sanford PD had any documentation showing why the trespass occurred, only that DHHS requested it.
     

📄 Highlights from the Discussion:
 

1. “I called ahead. I signed in. I sat down peacefully. Then they called you to say I was trespassing. How does that make sense?”

2. “I’ve sent emails to every official you can think of—Bobbi Johnson, Christine Coderre, Chelsea Stewart, the Ombudsman—and no one will answer one simple question: Why was I trespassed from a public building?”

3. “I haven’t seen or heard from my kids in over six months. And when I try to ask for help, I get banned from the building.”
 

🎧 Click the link below to hear the recording of our full conversation: 

https://web.plaud.ai/share/59e81750961010299

📌See the statement I handed the officer below:




 

⚠️ What This Revealed
 

This wasn’t just frustrating—it was chilling. I learned that:

  • No explanation is required to issue a No Trespass from a public service building.

  • There is no oversight for how or why DHHS chooses to blacklist individuals—even parents seeking help.

  • The officer himself said it bluntly:

    “Businesses and public buildings can do this to anyone, even if it’s not right.”
     

Let that sink in: DHHS used the police to shut me out of a public space without ever having to explain themselves.
 

📌 Why I Went to the Police First
I didn’t want to cause a scene. I didn’t want confrontation. I wanted answers. I went to the police before going to Biddeford DHHS because I was still trying to solve this within the system. But the system made one thing very clear:
 

🧠 When institutions abuse their authority, even the people meant to enforce the law have no answers.
 

💔 They made me the problem for asking questions. But I will keep asking—because the truth is too important to bury.

📅 February 20, 2025 (Evening) — Still No Answers, So I Delivered Them the Truth Myself 

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It had been nearly three months since Sanford DHHS blindsided me with a No Trespass Order—without warning, without cause, and without ever telling me why. I had done everything right: emailed CPS workers, contacted supervisors, asked for clarification, pleaded for guidance. All I got in return was silence.
 

Not a single person at DHHS, CPS, or OCFS responded to my repeated inquiries. They issued a legal order against me, and yet refused to explain who authorized it, what law justified it, or what I allegedly did wrong. I was blocked from seeing my children and blacklisted from a public building—without due process and without recourse.

So, on February 20, 2025, I took matters into my own hands again—this time by walking into the Biddeford DHHS office in person. I brought with me a typed, formal letter titled:🔎 "Formal Statement Regarding No-Trespass Order at Sanford CPS"

(Click here to read full letter →)




 

In it, I summarized the entire December 3 incident and formally requested:

  • Clarification on the legal basis of the No Trespass Order.

  • Records proving when and how I was supposedly notified on Nov 22.

  • Guidance on how to challenge this injustice and maintain lawful contact with my children.

     

To Biddeford DHHS’s credit—and it’s the only credit I can give—a man welcomed me in and invited me to sit down. For the first time in this entire experience, someone listened without immediately calling the police. I explained everything to him. I handed him the letter. I asked for help.
 

🎙️ Audio Recording: (Click link below)

https://web.plaud.ai/share/2ad61750959226990

 

🧱 What This Moment Represents
 

This visit was not just about asking for help. It was about forcing the truth into a system that had closed every door on me. They ignored my emails, denied me contact with my children, and issued legal consequences without evidence or explanation. And when I asked for answers, they pretended I didn’t exist.
 

📌 Why This Matters:

  • I was allegedly “trespassed” weeks earlier but never served.

  • I went into Biddeford DHHS because OCFS had refused to respond to my emails asking for clarification regarding the no trespass given to me from Sanford on 12-3-24 nor given me any guidance on how to connect with my children.

  • Marisol falsely claimed OCFS set the rule requiring a supervisor for phone calls—yet they never confirmed this in writing and never addressed my concerns when I reached out. Marisol tells me OCFS made rules that aren't written anywhere, and OCFS refuses to speak with me. Thus, I have been stuck in a never-ending cycle of being silenced and disabled from being able to connect with my children. 
     

🧠 So what was I supposed to do? Just disappear? Walk away quietly from my children while lies destroy my name and rights?
 

🙏 This day reminded me that silence from institutions is one of the most powerful weapons of control. But truth spoken aloud—and delivered in person—can still break through.

📅 February 21, 2025 — Formal Complaint Sent to State and Media Officials Goes Unanswered 

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Following several months of unreturned emails and calls from CPS and OCFS, a formal written complaint was submitted to more than a dozen state officials, oversight bodies, and news organizations. The complaint addressed systemic issues related to unlawful trespass enforcement, denial of due process, misrepresentation in legal proceedings, and financial coercion.
 

This action came shortly after a series of major developments:
 

  • In late January 2025, employment was unexpectedly terminated, creating immediate financial strain.

  • Around the same time, a court-issued notice was received, stating that a hearing had been held in December and resulted in a judgment—despite no prior notification of the hearing date.

  • The court order required over $12,000 in retroactive child support, dating back to the period when the children were removed from the home.

  • Additional financial demands included approximately $5,000 for summer camp and $2,400 per month in ongoing child support payments, even after employment had been lost.

  • To this day, both the court and Marisol continue to demand these payments, despite being formally notified of the job loss. This is due in part to the court accepting the false narratives presented by Marisol and her attorney as fact.

  • Because there was no opportunity to be present and challenge those claims at the December hearing, the judge proceeded based solely on one-sided information—now treated as truth.
     

The stress caused by these developments is significant. Demanding such inflated amounts of money from someone who is unemployed and classified as 100% disabled is not only unreasonable—it is destructive. This pressure continues as efforts remain ongoing to find legal representation and challenge the circumstances that OCFS has enabled, and that Marisol continues to exploit.
 

📎 Status: No reply received from any recipient

📤 Email Sent To: fraud.dhhs@maine.gov, governor@maine.gov, ombudsman@cwombudsman.org, bobbi.johnson@maine.gov, attorney.general@maine.gov, board@mebaroverseers.org, and 8 others

📄 Attached Complaint Title: Urgent Request for Unbiased Investigation into Systemic Abuse, Financial Coercion, and Due Process Violations. (Click PDF below to see email)

📅 February 24, 2025 — I Call Sanford CPS, Leave Two Voicemails, and Record It All 

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By this point, I had already documented my in-person efforts—at the Sanford Police Department and Biddeford DHHS on February 20—both of which I recorded. From that day forward, I began recording everything, because no one would answer my emails, return my calls, or give me a single reason why I was issued a No Trespass Order on December 3, 2024.
 

So on February 24, I called Sanford CPS. I spoke respectfully to the receptionist and explained exactly why I was calling:
 

“So you might remember me, you might know my name, but my name is Ryan Michaels. And the last time I was at the Sanford office, I went in to go ask for a facilitation and calling my kids and I was greeted with a no trespass order, and I'm calling in hopes of getting a hold of someone that can tell me why they did that.”
 

She transferred me. It rang.
No one picked up. So I left the following message:
 

“Hi, this is Ryan Michaels. My phone number is 207-216-7955. I had called in the Sanford office regarding the no trespass that was placed against me without reason or justification, so I was calling to get clarification. I've been sending multiple emails. I haven't gotten a response, so I figured I would call. The receptionist put me through to this number, and now I've got this voicemail. So here's my name, there's my number, and I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you. Bye-bye.”
 

Still determined, I called back—hoping to speak to someone live.

This time, I wasn’t even transferred. I was immediately routed to a general voicemail box, without any interaction at all:
 

“Hi, this is Ryan Michaels. I just called asking to speak with someone regarding a no-trust pass order that was placed on me on December 3rd of last year without explanation or justification. So I was calling for clarity regarding this matter and was transferred over to a mailbox as no one answered. So I was calling back to get the receptionist to see if there's someone on duty that I could speak with, and I got this voicemail. So I'll go ahead and give it a few minutes, and I'll try giving you a call back, see if I can get it through to somebody, and if not, I hope to hear back. Thank you. Bye-bye.”
 

⚠️ Why This Call Matters
 

This wasn’t the beginning of my documentation.
It was a continuation of it.
 

📌 At this point, I had:

  • Sent multiple emails to OCFS, DHHS, and the Ombudsman

  • Spoken face-to-face with Sanford Police

  • Delivered a formal written statement to Biddeford DHHS

  • Called Sanford CPS twice—and left two voicemails

  • Recorded everything.
     

🧠 This is how silence operates—polite, evasive, and deeply strategic. But when you press record, the truth stops being deniable.
 

🔍 And this was also the first moment I noticed something off.
They picked up the first time.

But on my second call—just minutes later—I was sent straight to voicemail.

At the time, I assumed positive intent. Maybe they were just busy. Maybe it was coincidence.
But deep down, I noted it.

This was my first inkling that my calls might be getting flagged or screened.

That gut feeling would later be confirmed.
I would eventually catch them on recording—gaslighting me—about call screening.
I'll touch more on that in a later entry in this timeline.

**Listen to the full recorded call by clicking here: https://web.plaud.ai/share/94af1750961927610

📅 February 25, 2025 — My Calls Go Ignored, So I Start Recording the Silence 

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By this point, I had tried everything. I had gone to the Sanford Police Department and hand-delivered a formal written statement to Biddeford DHHS just five days earlier—on February 20, 2025. I had asked, face-to-face, for someone to explain why I was issued a No Trespass Order on December 3, 2024.
 

No one could give me a reason.
No one took accountability.
And no one followed up.
 

So on February 25, 2025, I called Sanford CPS directly—again. And this time, I hit record. Because when systems go quiet, documentation becomes your only defense.
 

📽️ Watch my recorded call below: 




















 

In this recording, I give a full account of the context leading up to the call:

  • I had already emailed Chelsea Stewart, Christine Coderre, Bobbi Johnson, the Ombudsman, and the Sanford CPS office repeatedly.

  • I had spoken to an officer at Sanford PD, who acknowledged that they had no documentation explaining why the order was issued or who specifically authorized it.

  • I had hand-delivered a formal statement to a staff member at Biddeford DHHS, asking for help and clarification.

  • Yet, not a single person responded.
     

So I called again. The first time, I was transferred to a specific voicemail extension. I left a respectful, clear message. Then I called back—hoping for an actual human being. Instead, I was routed directly to a general mailbox, with no chance to speak to anyone live.
 

“Hi, this is Ryan Michaels again... I was no trespassed from the Sanford CPS building without reason, justification, or cause. If there is one, it hasn’t been communicated to me, which is why I’m calling… Everyone’s aware. But I’m just not getting the answers.”
 

Still, no one called back.
 

📄 Full Transcript Highlights:

“If you’ve followed me online, you’ve seen my emails—Bobbi Johnson, Christine Coderre, Chelsea Stewart, their office, the ombudsman... everyone. No one’s answering.”

“I was no trespassed from the Sanford CPS building on December 3rd. I’ve received no explanation. So I’m calling again. And now I’m recording, because I’m going to need all of this when I stand up to these people.”

“Does this happen to everyone? Or is this just how they treat me?”
 

⚠️ Why This Moment Matters

This wasn’t just a voicemail—it was a record of institutional silence. A moment that proves no matter how many times I asked respectfully, no one would give me an answer. No due process. No follow-through. No human decency.
 

📌 Patterns Becoming Undeniable:

  • OCFS and CPS leadership are actively ignoring me.

  • No one is willing to take responsibility for issuing the No Trespass.

  • Every effort to follow protocol is met with evasion or stonewalling.
     

At this point, I stopped waiting for accountability. I started creating my own paper trail. Because when you’re silenced enough times, the silence itself becomes the proof.
 

🧠 Truth and transparency are no longer optional. Silence won’t save them anymore. The more they ignore me, the louder this story will become.

📅 February 25, 2025 — Still No Answers, But I Keep Calling — And Realize I’ve Been Waiting on Nate Oliver All Along​

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By this point, I had done nearly everything “the right way.” I had:
 

  • Spoken face-to-face with Sanford Police and Biddeford DHHS on February 20th

  • Delivered a written statement in person

  • Recorded it all, beginning that same day

  • Sent multiple emails to Chelsea Stewart, Christine Cordera, Bobbi Johnson, and the Ombudsman

  • Made two recorded calls to Sanford CPS on February 24—both routed to voicemail
     

And still, no one had given me a single reason for the No Trespass Order issued against me on December 3, 2024.
 

📞 February 25: I Call Again
 

“I don’t think there’s any harm in calling a second time today. I would hope not, but who knows? It might get me no trespass again or worse, but I can’t let fear stop me from seeking truth and transparency. I might not look scared, but I’m terrified. Honestly.”
 

I reached a receptionist and explained respectfully:

“Hi there, this is Ryan Michaels again. I called yesterday to speak with someone, but I got a voicemail and no one called me back. So I was just hoping to talk with somebody who’s in the office.”
 

She responded with courtesy—and gave me something new: two names and two direct numbers.
 

📝 Names & Numbers Given by the Receptionist:
 

  • Amy Cilley, Assistant Program Administrator

  • Nate Oliver, Program Administrator

“I would start with him first.”

And here’s where it all clicked:
 

Nate Oliver is the boss of the man I met with at Biddeford DHHS on February 20.
The man who sat with me, listened to me, and gave me his word he’d call me back.
And now—ironically, silently—I’d been referred to his supervisor.

This was when I realized I had already been waiting on Nate Oliver.
And yet, no one had followed up.
 

📞 I Leave Another Voicemail—This Time, for Nate
 

After some hold music, the receptionist returned:

“I just spoke with Nate. He picked up. He wants me to put you into his voicemail 'cause he is in a meeting. He said that he will call you back as soon as his meeting ends and everybody leaves his office.”
 

So I left this voicemail:
 

“Hi Nate. This is Ryan Michaels. My phone number is (207) 216-7955. I just called into the Sanford office and they said they just spoke with you, but you're in the middle of a meeting. Um, so if I left you this voicemail with my name and number, you'd call me after. Um, so I'd appreciate that call. Again, my name is Ryan Michaels and my phone number is (207) 216-7955. Thank you sir. Look forward to hearing from you. Bye-bye.”
 

I waited—ready to record the call back.

Spoiler: It never came.
 

⚠️ Why This Moment Matters
 

This wasn’t just another ignored voicemail.
This was a direct line to someone who already knew my name. Someone already looped into my story. Someone who had already heard me out… and vanished.
 

I wasn’t being ignored because I was a stranger.
I was being ignored because they already knew who I was—and didn’t want to respond.
 

This was also my second strong clue that my calls were being deliberately screened.
They answered the first time, then redirected all future attempts straight to voicemail.

I didn’t want to assume the worst—but I took note.

Later in this timeline, I’ll show how this suspicion became proof.
I’ll share recordings where I directly ask about call screening—and get blatantly gaslit.
 

But on this day, I was still giving grace. I was still believing people would do the right thing.

I didn’t know yet that I was walking into a coordinated pattern of silence and suppression.
 

🧠 Sometimes the silence is louder than words. And when the same names start circling back—while no answers ever arrive—you begin to see what they’re trying to hide.

** Watch full video/audio of the call below:

📅 February 26, 2025 — Same Name. Same Silence. Still No Answer. 

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It had now been six full days since I walked into Biddeford DHHS on February 20 and handed over a formal letter.

It had been three days since I began calling Sanford CPS, through every “official” route I could.

And it had been months since anyone gave me a single reason why I was no-trespassed from a public DHHS building on December 3, 2024.
 

On February 25, I spoke with a receptionist at Sanford CPS who actually seemed willing to help. She didn’t dodge or dismiss. Instead, she gave me two names and phone numbers—people she said I should contact:
 

  • Amy Cilley, Assistant Program Administrator

  • Nate Oliver, Program Administrator
     

That moment ended up revealing something incredibly important.
 

🧠 The Realization: Nate Was Always Supposed to Call Me
 

As I reviewed my previous documentation, I had a sudden realization:
 

🔑 Nate Oliver was the boss of the man I met with in Biddeford DHHS on February 20.
That man had told me, in person, on record, that he would pass along my concerns to his supervisor—and that his supervisor would call me back.

Now, I was being directed—by Sanford CPS—to call that exact same supervisor.

The dots connected. I wasn’t being sent “up the chain” for the first time.

I was being sent in a circle.
 

☎️ My Call to Nate Oliver
 

I did what anyone seeking answers would do. I called Nate.
 

“Hi Nate. This is Ryan Michaels. My phone number is (207) 216-7955.
I had spoken with a person at the Biddeford DHHS office last week who told me he was gonna give my concerns to you and have you reach out to me, but I haven’t heard from you.
So I’ve been seeking out answers elsewhere, and that circled me back to calling the Sanford CPS office for the last couple days.
As you may be aware, a staff member receptionist had reached out to you yesterday and you were in the middle of a meeting, stated you’re gonna give me a call back.
I understand things are busy and there’s a lot going on, but this is a pretty heavy situation I have that I’d like to talk about.
It involves the fact that I haven’t seen or heard from my kids in over six months.
And I believe it’s all tied directly to exactly what’s going on here with this trespass—things being taken against me with no justification, reason, or cause.
So I’m really hoping you could return my call at 207-216-7955 and simply have a conversation. Thank you, sir. Bye-bye.”
 

He didn’t call back.
 

⚠️ Why This Moment Matters
 

This wasn’t some new “next step.”
It was me knocking—again—on the same locked door, now with a different nameplate.
 

📌 And just like before:

  • I was referred to someone who already had my concerns and did nothing.

  • I was promised a callback. It never came.

  • I was left to wonder whether anyone actually intends to answer—or if silence is the system.
     

🎙️ “It's always so hard talking about that… so triggering. And I am not in the space to talk about that. But definitely a good topic for a video later is talking about what being triggered looks like and what it feels like… although I look and sound calm, I’m not. This is terrifying… frightening, lonely. It’s just a nightmare.”
 

Still, I called. Still, I asked. Still, I recorded.
 

Because eventually, they’ll have to explain why I was kept from a building meant to help people.
Why they refused to return calls from someone trying to see or speak to their children.

And why the truth always seems to be someone else’s responsibility.

📅 February 26, 2025 — My Call to Amy Cilley: One More Voicemail. One More Silence. {#feb-26-2025-amy}

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This was the last number the Sanford CPS receptionist gave me the day before. She told me to call two people:

➡️ Nate Oliver, Program Administrator
➡️ Amy Cilley, Assistant Program Administrator
 

So on February 26, I did.
 

By this point, I had already left a voicemail for Nate—not once, but twice—and had just begun to realize that Nate was the same supervisor I had been waiting to hear from ever since my visit to Biddeford DHHS on February 20.
 

Now, all that remained was Amy.
 

This was my final attempt—at least with the people I had been instructed to call by the very office that trespassed me.
 

☎️ The Voicemail to Amy
 

“Hello again. Um, if you are following my videos and my pursuit of truth and transparency, um, I'm about ready to make a call to an Amy Sealey, which is a number that the Sanford CPS office gave me yesterday when I was calling to talk to somebody about this no trespass. So while I have yet to hear back from anybody, this is the last phone number I haven't called yet.”
 

Then I called. I got her voicemail.
 

“Hi, you've reached Amy Silly, Assistant Program Administrator for the Office of Child and Family Services in Biddeford and Sanford, Maine. I'm currently out of the office and will return on Tuesday, February 25th. Please leave me a message and I'll call you back as soon as I'm able. Thank you.”
 

And I left this message:
 

“Hello, Amy. My name is Ryan Michaels. My phone number is (207) 216-7955. And I am calling regarding a no trespass order that was issued against me at the Sanford CPS location in Maine on December 3rd. And they claim that it was served to me on 11/22 and it never was. As, uh, we had discussed when the police arrived, uh, to my surprise, after waiting there 30 minutes on December 3rd. And I'm calling for answers and I'm hoping that you can help me find them. Uh, my name is Ryan Michaels and my phone number is 207-216-7955 and I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.”

 

📌 What This Revealed
 

Another ignored call. Another silent voicemail.
 

“And mind you—I have a TBI and I’m bad with memory anyway, in a lot of ways, and just processing in general. And I'm telling you, I know for a fact I must have called these people before. I just don't remember every single DHHS employee's name.”
 

“I mean, I just realized that the guy I talked to last week at the DHHS building in Biddeford said he was gonna talk to his boss, who was then gonna reach out to me. And that guy's name was Nate. Not even realizing that the guy who promised me he was gonna call me yesterday was the same Nate. And I now just connected the dots.”
 

“It's hard. But now because of the camera, you can see along with me because I'm gonna be documenting absolutely every call, every email, and everything is going to be known.”
 

And that’s the plan.

 

⚠️ A Note for What’s to Come
 

You’ll see Amy Cilley’s name again.
She doesn’t just stay silent.
Eventually, she becomes one of the worst offenders—a key figure in what I can only describe as one of the most vile, dishonest, and disturbing experiences I’ve ever lived through.
 

But here, on February 26, 2025, she was just a voicemail.
 

❗ Just another person who refused to call back.
❗ Just another player in a game of evasion, denial, and silence.
❗ Just another line of the system pretending it doesn’t owe answers to the people it harms.

Watch the full video/audio below:

 

📅 February 26, 2025 — No Callbacks, No Answers: My Return Call to Sanford DHHS

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After calling and leaving voicemails for Nathan Oliver and Amy Cilley—the two contacts provided by the Sanford CPS receptionist on February 25th—I received no response from either.
 

So, on February 26th, I called Sanford DHHS back to let them know I had followed their instructions and to ask if anyone could speak with me—or at the very least, to get something scheduled for the near future. That’s all I wanted: a conversation. An answer. A path forward.
 

🔑 Key Details from the Call:
 

  • The receptionist confirmed again that Nate Oliver and Amy Cilley were “the highest” people to speak to, yet neither had responded to me—despite weeks of outreach and now two voicemails.

  • I made it clear that someone at the department should be able to explain why I was no-trespassed from the Sanford CPS office without notice, explanation, or written justification.

  • I reminded her that I had met with a staff member at the Biddeford DHHS office on February 20, who had listened to my story and told me his supervisor would follow up. I now knew that supervisor was Nate Oliver—the same person I was still waiting on a call from.

  • Despite my respectful tone, I was firm in explaining that the system’s refusal to answer simple questions was contributing to my continued alienation from my children.

  • The receptionist, though clearly limited in what she could do, attempted to transfer me to Biddeford clerical so they could reach Nate in person or at least leave a note on his desk.
     

Eventually, I was transferred.
Eventually, I hit yet another voicemail.
And eventually, the call ended like so many others—without resolution.
 

🧭 What This Call Reveals
 

This wasn’t just another ignored voicemail—it was the fourth attempt in two days to reach someone about a no-trespass order that changed the course of my life.
 

I wasn’t asking for a legal ruling.
I wasn’t trying to cause trouble.
I was asking for a conversation, a reason, an acknowledgment.

"Why would I choose suffering? Why would I choose to not have my children in my life?"

I wouldn't.
No one would.
 

But CPS and OCFS leadership continue to act like they owe no answers for actions that cause irreparable harm. And the more they avoid, the more it becomes clear:

They don’t want accountability—because accountability would expose everything.
 

🎥 Full video of this call below:
 

📅 February 26, 2025 — Equal Justice Denied: The Day the Badge Drew the Line

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On this day, I received a follow-up call from Officer Jim Bacon, the same officer who had served me with a no-trespass order on January 16, 2025, from a location in New Hampshire that I had never even heard of at the time—let alone visited. He had no answers then, and frankly, no real answers now. But what happened in this call exposed something much deeper than procedural confusion. It exposed the truth about selective enforcement, political favoritism, and a completely broken system.
 

🔁 The Request That Changed Everything
 

At the start of the call, I made it clear I had a simple request.

I explained that, based on what I’d been told repeatedly by officers across different jurisdictions—any business in Maine can file a no-trespass order against anyone for any reason, with no justification required, and law enforcement will enforce it. No questions asked.

He even confirmed this himself.
 

So I asked Officer Bacon if I could file a few of my own.

I didn’t give names right away. But once I did—that’s when everything changed.
I requested no-trespass orders against the following four individuals:
 

  1. Governor Janet Mills

  2. Bobbi Johnson – Head of OCFS

  3. Chelcie Stewart – CPS Worker at Sanford DHHS

  4. Christine Coderre – Stewart’s Supervisor
     

That’s when the scrutiny began. The probing. The questions.
 

“Why do you want one against the Governor?”
“What’s your justification?”
 

I told him I shouldn’t have to give one.
 

And I didn’t say that to be rude or difficult. I said that because it was the only way to expose the hypocrisy of this entire process.
 

If no one who’s filed one against me had to justify it—why do I?
 

It wasn’t ignorance. It was intentional. It was about proving a point and pushing us closer to the reform we desperately need.

Because this system, as it stands, is being used as a weapon. And if the law isn’t applied equally, it’s not justice—it’s power in disguise.

 

🛑 A Statement That Should Stop Everyone Cold
 

Then came the moment that said it all:
 

“You do know there’s no way I’m going to serve a no-trespass order to the Governor of the State of Maine.”
 

That statement should chill every citizen to the core.
It doesn’t matter how you feel about Janet Mills. No one is above the law.
 

But what Officer Bacon said made it clear:

Your title determines whether or not you’re subject to the law.
 

I wasn’t asking for special treatment—I was asking for equal treatment.
Yet here was a law enforcement officer admitting that some people are untouchable—not because of what they’ve done, but because of who they are.
 

This wasn’t about safety.
This wasn’t about reason.
This was about power.

 

🎭 The Bias Behind the Badge

 

As if that weren’t enough, Officer Bacon also suggested—on the record—that DHHS might have interpreted my emails as “threatening” because, in his words:
 

“DHHS is filled with a lot of liberal-leaning people… They may receive it that way.”
 

This was a direct injection of politics into law enforcement.
A sworn officer attributing how people interpret emails not to law or facts—but to political identity.
 

Let me be clear:

  • I don’t care about politics.

  • I care about seeing my sons.

  • I care about accountability, transparency, and equal protection under the law.

  • And this officer just openly admitted that bias—not evidence—is influencing decisions.

That is dangerous. That is illegal. That is un-American.

 

⚖️ What This Call Proved
 

This call made it undeniable:
 

  • The law is not being applied equally.

  • There are people who are considered above accountability.

  • Political identity is influencing police enforcement.

  • I am being held to a completely different standard than those targeting me.
     

I was told that anyone can file a no-trespass without cause.
And yet when I did, I was interrogated for my reasoning.
I was told that “this isn’t what the system is meant for.”
 

But wasn’t that exactly what happened to me?

Wasn’t I served a no-trespass by someone I’d never met, from a town I’d never been to?
Wasn’t I told I didn’t need to know the reason—just obey it?
Wasn’t I told by multiple departments that this is standard procedure?

So why was I treated differently?
Why were my requests questioned when no one else's ever were?
 

Because my name is Ryan Michaels.

Because I’m the one speaking up.

Because this system was never meant to protect people like me—it was designed to protect itself.



🎥 The Full Recording
The entire call with Officer Jim Bacon is posted below this entry. Listen to every word.
This is how selective enforcement works. This is what injustice sounds like.
And this is why I will keep recording, keep exposing, and keep fighting—until justice is no longer selective.

📌 Video posted below.

📅 March 3, 2025 — Another Week, Another Voicemail: Still No Response from CPS Leadership 

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At the start of a new week, I followed up with the Sanford DHHS office after still receiving no response from either Nate Oliver or Amy Cilley, despite doing exactly what I had been instructed to do by the Sanford CPS receptionist the prior week. In that earlier call, I had been told to leave voicemails with both individuals regarding the December 3, 2024, no-trespass order issued against me—a decision that remains unexplained to this day.
 

This entry documents a follow-up call made on March 3, 2025, which was recorded on video. During the call, I calmly reiterated that I had previously called, left messages for both Nate and Amy, and was calling back in hopes of finally getting a response.
 

Once again, my call was sent to voicemail.
 

This marked the second week in a row that my requests for answers had been completely ignored. In the video, I explain the background—how I was directed to these specific individuals for help, how I had been respectful and followed the appropriate channels, and how frustrating it is to be left in the dark despite repeated outreach.

 

🔎 Key Points from the Call and Video
 

  • This was a follow-up to my February 26th outreach, which stemmed from being no-trespassed on December 3, 2024, without any explanation.

  • The Sanford CPS receptionist had referred me to Nate Oliver and Amy Cilley, giving me both of their contact numbers.

  • I had already left voicemails for each—this was a second attempt after no replies.

  • My call once again went to voicemail, and no one called back that day.

  • I recorded this call, both to maintain transparency and to document the continued pattern of silence.
     

📌 Why This Matters
 

This entry illustrates a key pattern: I followed the instructions given to me by DHHS staff, left voicemails, remained patient, and respectful—yet I continued to be ignored. This wasn’t an isolated call; it was part of a larger pursuit for answers about a legally impactful action (a no-trespass order) taken without explanation or process.
 

The video of this call will be posted directly below this entry as evidence of the outreach attempt and the state's continued refusal to engage or provide clarity.

📅 March 3, 2025 — Second Voicemail to Amy Cilley, Still No Response 

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As part of my ongoing efforts to get answers regarding the December 3, 2024, no-trespass order issued against me by Sanford DHHS, I placed a follow-up call to Amy Cilley, Assistant Program Administrator for OCFS in Biddeford and Sanford.
 

This was not my first attempt—I had already left her a voicemail the week prior after being told by a CPS receptionist that she was the appropriate person to contact. As I had not received any return call, I followed up again on video to document my efforts and reinforce the fact that I am actively seeking accountability and transparency.
 

🔎 Summary of the Call
 

  • I dialed Amy Cilley once more on March 3, 2025.

  • Her voicemail message stated she would return to the office on February 25th, indicating she had likely been back for over a week already.

  • I left a second polite voicemail, identifying myself and asking for a callback to discuss ongoing concerns.

  • I made it clear that even if she was not the right person to help, I would appreciate being pointed in the direction of someone who could.

     

📌 Why This Matters
 

Despite remaining respectful, patient, and following proper channels, I was once again met with silence. This continued pattern—of voicemails ignored, questions unanswered, and no effort made to explain legally impactful decisions—reinforces the systemic stonewalling and lack of accountability I’ve experienced throughout this entire process.
 

I documented this outreach attempt on video, which will be posted directly below this entry. This video is part of my broader effort to show the public the steps I’ve taken, how I’ve been treated, and why reform and transparency are urgently needed.

📅 March 3, 2025 — Second Attempt to Reach Sanford DHHS Ignored Again 

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After receiving no response to my morning voicemail, I waited a few hours and placed a second call to the Sanford DHHS office later in the day—this time during the lunch hour, hoping someone would be at the front desk. The video of this call will be posted directly beneath this entry.
 

☎️ What Happened on This Call
 

  • No one picked up—again. The call went straight to voicemail just like it had in the morning.

  • I left another respectful message, clarifying that my intent was not to harass or overwhelm, but simply to get in touch with someone—anyone—who could explain why I was trespassed from this building on December 3, 2024.

  • I explained that the receptionist from the previous week had given me two direct contacts—Amy Cilley and Nate Oliver—but I had left multiple voicemails with them as well and received no response.
     

🧩 What This Reveals
 

This moment matters because it shows that even the basic front desk line to Sanford DHHS is no longer being answered, despite calling during what should be staffed hours. I wasn’t reaching out with hostility. I clearly stated:
 

“My goal is not to bother you, but to ask for a call so I can speak with someone.”

But when a government agency actively avoids even answering the phone, and you’ve already left messages with supervisors and senior officials, it becomes impossible not to conclude that this is willful avoidance, not just bad timing.
 

Their silence doesn’t just affect me. It hurts my sons—because without answers or guidance, we remain trapped in a system that’s punishing all of us with zero transparency or accountability.
 

⚠️ Summary
 

  • Two unanswered calls in one day to the main DHHS line.

  • Voicemails left with no response.

  • No return call from Amy Cilley, Nate Oliver, or anyone at Sanford DHHS despite repeated outreach.

  • This is no longer just poor communication. It’s complete institutional disregard.

📹 The full video of this second attempt will be posted below this entry.

📅 March 3, 2025 — They Answered When I Used a Different Number—Then Tried to Spin It All on Me

📍 An undeniable moment of exposure, followed by deflection, gaslighting, and manipulation—all captured on video.
🎥 (Full video posted below this entry)
 

📞 Ignored Twice, Answered Once—Only When They Didn’t Recognize the Number

Earlier that day, I had already called the Sanford DHHS office twice—once after they opened and again around lunchtime. No one answered. Not even the receptionist. I left voicemails both times. I also followed up with both Amy Cilley and Nathan Oliver, again leaving detailed messages and again receiving no response.
 

So I tried something different:
I used a business phone number—a newly acquired Google number for Together We Grow. And guess what? They picked up immediately.
 

This confirmed my suspicions beyond any doubt:
They are screening my personal number.
They have been intentionally avoiding me.

This was not a matter of staff being too busy or unavailable. It was targeted, coordinated silencing.
 

🧠 The Work Number Incident: Gaslighting a Disabled Veteran
 

What happened next was jaw-dropping.

When the clerk asked for my number, I told her I couldn’t immediately recall it. I explained that it was a new Google number I had just started using for my business. That should have been understandable under any circumstance—but especially for someone in my position.

I reminded her—calmly and respectfully—that I am a 100% disabled veteran who suffered a serious traumatic brain injury. Memory issues like these are not just possible—they're expected.

But instead of understanding, she latched onto my difficulty as if it were evidence of dishonesty or incompetence.

 

“You don’t know your own work number?”
“Why wouldn’t you know your work number?”
“That doesn’t make sense—why don’t you know your number?”
 

It escalated quickly from there. I attempted to deescalate by reiterating that my disability is legitimate and documented. I was trying to help her understand why I might not recall a brand-new number off the top of my head.
 

But then came the cruel twist.

 

She accused me of being condescending.

She gaslit me in real time—trying to flip the script and paint me as the aggressor, all while she was the one questioning, belittling, and mocking a disabled father for having a memory lapse.

This wasn’t a misunderstanding. It was textbook deflection and manipulation—and ultimately, it ended with her hanging up on me.
 

🚩 “Why Haven’t You Seen Your Kids?” — Her Cold, Dismissive Question

Earlier in the call, when I shared that I hadn’t seen or heard from my children in over six months, she asked:

 

“Why might that be?”

That wasn’t curiosity. That was condescension disguised as a question—a common tactic I’ve experienced over and over again from OCFS staff. It was a way to minimize my pain, to question my story, and to shift blame back onto me.
 

I told her everything—
The coerced divorce decree.
The alienation of my children under the false claim that I need a supervisor because “DHHS said so.”
The ongoing silence from CPS when I’ve asked repeatedly for guidance or clarification.
The job loss, the foreclosure, the weaponized child support, the emotional toll of being cut off from my kids with no recourse.
 

Her only reaction? Deflection, followed by more deflection.

🔍 The No-Trespass Cover-Up: No “Case” to Hide Behind

I asked her a direct and critical question:

 

“Why do you think CPS won’t tell me why they no-trespassed me from the Sanford office on 12/3/24?”
 

Her response?

 

“I’m not familiar with your case, so I wouldn’t know.”
 

But there’s the problem—this isn’t about a case. There was no active investigation, no court order, no legal reasoning behind what happened. It was a unilateral action by a public agency to bar a citizen from a public building, with zero due process and no explanation since.

 

This isn’t a legal matter.
It’s a civil rights violation.
And their refusal to even address it reveals what they’re really trying to protect: themselves.
 

🧩 Same Script, Different Face
 

Just like others in OCFS, this clerk followed the same pattern I’ve now seen too many times:

  1. Feign ignorance.

  2. Deflect accountability.

  3. Blame the victim.

  4. Gaslight when cornered.

  5. Hang up when exposed.
     

She even leaned into the excuse that:

 

“I’m not the only one who works here, so I wouldn’t know.”
 

But I now know that staff were specifically told to avoid my calls.

Which means:

  • She did know who I was.

  • She did know I’d been calling.

  • And she did lie directly to my face to protect her agency and her colleagues.
     

⚠️ A System Built to Break You

I’m a disabled father. I’m jobless. I barely escaped foreclosure. I’ve been silenced and ignored by the very agency responsible for my suffering. I’ve been denied my children, denied answers, denied justice.
 

And now—when I use a different number to finally get through—they hang up on me after twisting my disability into a weapon against me.

 

This is how systemic abuse works.
This is how OCFS operates.

And this is why I won’t stop telling the truth.
 

🎥 Watch the full call below. See the moment they answer, dismiss, and gaslight me—all because they were finally caught red-handed.

📅 March 6, 2025 — Still Stonewalled. Still Ignored. Still Fighting for Accountability.

📍 Attempting to schedule a simple conversation—again—with Nathan Oliver. Ignored again.
🎥 (Full video posted below this entry)
 

🔁 Following Up After Being Hung Up On and Gaslit
 

After the now-documented, deeply frustrating call earlier this week—where a Sanford DHHS clerk mocked my memory, dismissed my disability, and ultimately hung up on me—I made another attempt today to pursue a conversation that should not require this level of persistence.
 

 

My request was simple: to schedule a call or meeting with Nathan Oliver—at his convenience.
 

No more excuses about busy lines.
No more vague commitments to "call back."
No more performative concern.
Just a scheduled time to talk and address the spiraling injustices I’m living through.
 

📞 Met With Silence—Even the Front Desk Won’t Answer
 

Despite calling during open business hours, the front desk did not pick up—again. This is no longer coincidental.
 

I left a voicemail reiterating that I am simply asking for someone—anyone—to help me get a confirmed time to speak with Nathan Oliver. I made clear I would accommodate his schedule entirely.
 

 

“Ask him to check his calendar. I’ll work around it.”
 

This was a respectful, professional, and emotionally exhausted plea—not a demand.
 

🚫 This Is Not Miscommunication—This Is a Strategy of Silence
 

This is the same behavior I’ve encountered again and again:

  • I call.

  • They ignore it.

  • I leave messages.

  • They ghost me.
     

And while they do that—stonewalling me systematically—the consequences on my life and my children’s lives get worse:
 

 

I was facing foreclosure.
I’ve been laid off.
I’m drowning under weaponized child support.
I haven’t seen or spoken to my kids in over six months.
And I’m being ignored by the very system that has created and sustained this crisis.
 

🧠 My Disability, My Honesty, and Their Gaslighting
 

I’ve been fully transparent throughout this process—disclosing my 100% disability, my TBI, and my sincere, ongoing effort to seek answers with respect and professionalism. That disclosure has not been met with empathy or support—it’s been met with condescension, judgment, and lies.
 

They now ignore my primary number, but when I call from an unfamiliar business number, they answer immediately—proving they’re screening and evading me deliberately.
 

They don’t want to answer the central question I’ve asked for months:
 

 

Why was I trespassed from Sanford DHHS on 12/3/2024?
 

Because if they give an honest answer, it will expose the corruption and retaliation they’ve engaged in ever since.
 

📣 I Won’t Stop Asking Questions. I Won’t Stop Telling the Truth.
 

At the end of the call, I voiced what I know countless others feel too:
 

 

“They’re stonewalling me… completely ignoring every phone call—as my kids go without a father, and the injustice I’m facing goes unacknowledged.”
 

That is not anger.
That is not irrationality.
That is what happens when you’re systematically erased and unheard.
 

I don’t want revenge. I don’t want pity.

 

I want answers. I want justice. I want my kids.
 

And I will not stop telling the truth until truth becomes the standard—not the threat.
 

🎥 Watch the full video below to witness the reality for yourself.

📅 March 6, 2025 – Continued Attempts to Reach Amy Cilley Ignored

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As part of my ongoing pursuit of truth, justice, and answers, I again attempted to get in contact with Amy Cilley, Assistant Program Administrator for OCFS in Biddeford and Sanford, Maine. Amy was one of the individuals I was specifically instructed to contact by the receptionist at the Sanford CPS office—yet, like every attempt before this, I was ignored.
 

In this video, I document my renewed call to Amy. I reiterate my concerns about being continuously shut out and express growing alarm that none of my calls or voicemails are being returned. I clearly state that both Amy Cilley and Nathan Oliver were the points of contact I was told to reach out to, and yet neither has taken the initiative to respond in any capacity.
 

I also note that even the receptionist at the Sanford CPS office has started blocking my calls—an alarming sign that this is no longer just about individual neglect, but a coordinated effort to keep me silenced and disconnected.

I again respectfully request a callback and emphasize how urgent and unacceptable this communication blackout has become, especially as I remain alienated from my children and completely unsupported by the very agency responsible for their welfare.
 

This is now one of several voicemails I’ve left without any reply. The silence is not only cruel—it’s deliberate.
 

🎥 The video of this call is posted below the entry.

📅 March 6, 2025 – Yet Another Ignored Call to Nathan Oliver

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This video documents my final call of the day—yet another unanswered attempt to reach Nathan Oliver, Program Administrator for OCFS in Biddeford and Sanford. Nathan is one of the two primary contacts I was explicitly instructed to reach out to by the Sanford CPS receptionist—the same receptionist who now ignores every one of my calls to the main line. This call marks just one more example in a deeply troubling pattern of coordinated silence.
 

Despite prior assurances (relayed through that same receptionist) that Nathan would “clear an office” to return my call, I have never heard back. I’ve also been told by staff at the Biddeford DHHS office that my concerns were going to be passed directly to him—yet still, nothing. The message from today’s call is simple and direct: if Nathan is unwilling or unable to speak with me, the least he can do is inform me and refer me to someone who will.
 

In this voicemail, I again plead for a response—not for my sake, but for my children’s. I remind him that the silence doesn’t just leave me in the dark—it leaves my sons suffering without explanation, connection, or advocacy. My situation remains urgent: I have been alienated from my children for over eight months, all while navigating foreclosure, unemployment, weaponized child support, and total abandonment by the systems supposedly in place to protect families.
 

At the close of the video, I emphasize the emotional toll this has taken on me. Despite appearing composed, I speak candidly about the numbness and grief that come with being ignored for this long. But I reaffirm that no matter how many voicemails I leave or how many calls are avoided, I will not stop until the truth comes out—and accountability follows.
 

🎥 Full video of the call is posted below this entry.

📅 March 10, 2025 – Yet Another Ignored Call to Sanford CPS

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In this video, I once again document my continued attempts to reach someone—anyone—at the Sanford CPS office. I called their main line and, as has become routine, was sent directly to voicemail without anyone answering—not even the receptionist. This has now been happening consistently for months, despite being told I would receive a response.

Here is the exact voicemail I left during the call:
 

"Hello, this is Ryan Michaels and today is 3/10/2025 and I am once again calling because I have yet to receive a single phone call back from anyone at CPS despite months of being ignored.
I have left voicemails, sent emails, and even spoken with staff at this very office who have assured me that I would receive a response. Yet. Here I am still waiting. The question is why? What are you hiding? What are you avoiding?
 

CPS has actively participated in and enabled abuse against me by allowing false narratives to dictate decisions regarding my children, by obstructing my ability to see them, and now by deliberately ignoring me in hopes that I'll just go away. That will not happen.
 

I will continue to document and expose every single one of these failures. I will bring all of this to light in court and in the public eye, and when that happens, you will not be able to say you didn’t know, because just like here—I’m making sure that you do.
 

I expect a call back. I expect accountability. And I expect answers. The longer you ignore me, the worse this will reflect on your agency. The truth is coming out whether you respond or not.

Again, this is Ryan Michaels. I’m expecting a phone call back to my phone number at (207) 216-7955. Thank you."
 

The video concludes with a simple but heavy statement: “Another ignored call for the books.” I then state my next steps—calling Amy Cilley, followed by Nate Oliver—both of whom have also failed to respond despite being the very people I was told to contact for help.
 

This call, like all the others, is part of a long and painful pattern of systemic stonewalling. I’ve made clear efforts to engage, to ask for help, to pursue answers—but at every step, I’ve been met with silence. This isn’t just negligence—it’s a deliberate suppression of accountability, a refusal to address serious abuse, and an erasure of a father trying to reunite with his children.
 

🎥 Full call recording is included in the video.

📅 March 10, 2025 – Third Attempt of the Day: My Call to Nathan Oliver

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After already calling both the Sanford CPS main office and Amy Cilley earlier today—both of which, unsurprisingly, went unanswered—I made a third call. This time, I tried to reach Nathan Oliver, Program Administrator for the Office of Child and Family Services in Biddeford and Sanford, Maine.
 

Even though I’d spoken with staff who assured me that I’d hear back from him, and even though he was directly informed about my situation, I’ve received nothing in return. No calls. No emails. No follow-up. Nothing.
 

When I called today, I was met once again with a voicemail recording. Here is the exact message I left:
 

“Hi Nathan, this is Ryan Michaels and I'm calling you yet again because you, like everyone else at CPS, have refused to return my calls or even acknowledge any of my concerns.
 

You were directly informed of my situation. You were made aware of the injustices taking place, and yet despite this, you've done nothing. Ignoring me will not make me go away. It will not erase the truth, and it will not stop me from fighting to expose this corruption.
 

Every call ignored, every voicemail unanswered, and every attempt to silence me only adds more proof of CPS’s negligence, abuse of power, and failure to uphold its duty.
 

I will continue to document and present all of this in court. When the time comes and when the truth comes out, your name will be on record as one of the many who turned a blind eye to injustice.
 

You have a chance to do the right thing. Please call me back. My name is Ryan Michaels, and my phone number is (207) 216-7955. Thank you.”
 

🧾 My Thoughts After the Call
 

This was my third ignored call today. I’ve been reaching out for months—leaving voicemails, sending emails, even talking to front desk staff in person. I’ve been civil, respectful, and honest. And yet here I am. Still being ignored. Still waiting for even one person to acknowledge what’s going on.

All I’ve asked for is one answer—why was I no-trespassed from the Sanford CPS office on December 3, 2024? That’s it. And no one will tell me. Everyone is dodging the question like it’s a loaded weapon. I’ve made it clear this issue isn’t even about any “case” anymore. It’s a new, standalone, ongoing abuse of power—and they all know it.
 

Instead of transparency, I get deflection. Instead of a conversation, I get voicemails. And instead of support, I get silence while I suffer—and my kids suffer even more.

It’s not just infuriating. It’s soul-crushing to know that the only person truly advocating for my kids is me—and that I’m the one being labeled a threat, ignored, and silenced by the very agency that’s supposed to protect families.
 

How does a father peacefully calling for truth get labeled the villain, while CPS hides behind unanswered phones and bureaucracy?
 

I’m not going away. I’m not giving up. I’ll keep calling, keep documenting, and keep exposing every lie, every failure, and every abuse. Because the truth will come out. And when it does, it will be clear who was really trying to protect these children.
 

🎥 Video of this call is posted below.

3/11/25 – Calls to Sanford DHHS Transferred and Rejected Without Hesitation or Justification

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On March 11, 2025, I made multiple phone calls to the Sanford Department of Health and Human Services in a continued attempt to get answers—answers I’ve been seeking for months. Instead, I was met with disrespect, deflection, and outright dismissal. What follows is a breakdown of the calls I made that day, the way I was treated, and the key issues that remain ignored.
 

☎️ First Call – Unwanted Transfer to Nate Oliver’s Voicemail (Again)
 

I called the main Sanford CPS line just trying to speak to someone—anyone—who could help. The woman who picked up, the same one who had hung up on me last week, immediately told me she was transferring me to Nate Oliver. I started to explain that I didn’t want to be transferred unless he was actually available—but before I could even finish my sentence, she cut me off and sent me to voicemail.
 

This is the same exact voicemail I’ve left countless messages on, and still haven’t received a single call back from Nate Oliver.

 

📞 Voicemail #1 to Nate Oliver
 

“Hi Nate, this is Ryan Michaels. I didn’t actually call to speak with you—I called the main CPS building. But once again, someone who previously hung up on me just decided, without listening to me, to forward the call to you. I didn’t ask for this. Still, I’d appreciate a call back. My number is (207) 216-7955. Thank you.”

 

☎️ Second Call – Transferred Without Consent Again
 

I immediately called back, trying to get clarity on what had just happened.

Turns out, both Sanford and Biddeford DHHS offices share the same main number, which explains why sometimes I speak to one and sometimes the other—but it’s completely disorganized and confusing.
 

I explained the ongoing issue: CPS has been ignoring me for eight months, and my children are the ones suffering. I’ve made in-person visits, been promised follow-up calls by staff who never followed through, and had someone tell me Nate Oliver himself was going to clear out a room to call me—but he never did.
 

This woman, after hearing everything, said she’d “check in with Nate.”

 

💔 Desperation Met With Deflection
 

I explained that I wasn’t just trying to talk to Nate—I’m trying to talk to anyone. I’m a 100% disabled veteran without employment, and I’ve been no-trespassed from the Sanford CPS office since December 3, 2024—without any explanation, justification, or written reason.

When I brought this up, the staff member shifted the topic to food stamps and MaineCare, then claimed she couldn’t answer anything about the no-trespass order. That’s when she told me Nate had instructed her to send me to his voicemail—again.

I begged her not to. I explained that Nate already has over 10 voicemails from me. I need a human response. I need help. I was still speaking when she transferred me anyway.

 

📞 Voicemail #2 to Nate Oliver
 

“Hello again, Nate. I didn’t want to go to voicemail again, but here I am—because someone else made that decision without me. I just spoke with someone who said she ‘follows everything her superior says,’ and that superior is you. You told her to transfer me to voicemail, despite me saying no. You and I both know your voicemail is full of my unanswered messages. What I need is for you to call me. I’m not going away.”

 

🧠 My Thoughts After the Calls
 

At this point, I realized just how deliberate and calculated this obstruction is.

  • I was cut off mid-sentence and redirected to voicemail—twice.

  • Both people I spoke with ignored my words and treated me like an inconvenience.

  • Nobody took responsibility. Instead, they hided behind “orders” from superiors.

The moment I mentioned the no-trespass order, I was deflected, redirected, or outright ignored.

I’m not being aggressive. I’m not yelling. I’m not threatening anyone. All I’m doing is asking why I was banned from a building without cause, and trying to find a way to reconnect with my children—whom I haven’t seen in nearly a year.

 

⚠️ Key Points They Keep Ignoring
 

  • Why was I no-trespassed from Sanford CPS on 12/3/24?

  • Why won’t Nate Oliver or Amy Cilley return my calls?

  • Why does no one at DHHS or CPS take accountability?

  • Why are my rights as a father, a veteran, and a human being being disregarded?

  • Why does the ombudsman—the one entity meant to hold CPS accountable—keep canceling my appointments and remaining silent?

     

📣 What Comes Next
 

I am now reaching out to:

  • The Governor of Maine

  • Legal advocates

  • The Maine Bar Association

  • The media

  • And anyone else willing to listen and help
     

This isn’t just about me—it’s about systemic failure. It’s about a system that chooses to silence parents instead of answering them, that cuts off phone calls instead of extending empathy, and that uses power to cover up its own wrongdoing.
 

I won’t stop. Not until my voice is heard. Not until my children know their father fought for them every single day he was kept away.





 

3/11/25 – Repeated Transfers and Lack of Response from Sanford DHHS

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On March 11, 2025, I continued my efforts to get in contact with someone at the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) regarding my ongoing situation. After months of unreturned calls, unanswered questions, and being no-trespassed without explanation from the Sanford CPS office, I reached back out to two contacts: Chelcie Stewart and Christine Coder.
 

I received an automatic out-of-office reply from Chelcie Stewart, which at least provided updated contact information for Christine Coder. With that, I decided to place a call to Christine.

 

📞 Call to Christine Coder– Sent to Voicemail
 

When I called Christine Coder, I reached her voicemail, which stated she was unavailable and provided an option to press zero to speak with a duty worker. I followed the prompt and was connected to a live representative.

 

🔄 Front Desk Response – Immediate Redirection Without Hearing My Question
 

Once connected, I greeted the representative and politely explained that I had called earlier and had been transferred without being given a chance to ask my question. I asked to first explain why I was calling before being redirected again.
 

The staff member identified me and stated that she had previously transferred me to Nate Oliver and was instructed to do so again. I asked her not to, noting that I hadn’t yet asked my question and had already left multiple voicemails for Nate without any response.

Despite my clear and calm request not to be transferred again, I was placed into Nate Oliver’s voicemail mid-conversation, without any acknowledgment of what I was trying to say.

 

📍 Planned Next Step: Visiting Biddeford DHHS Respectfully
 

Given this continued pattern of redirection and unresponsiveness, I decided I would go in person to the Biddeford DHHS office—not to confront anyone, but to respectfully request to speak with someone or be scheduled for a future conversation if no one was currently available. I later followed through on this plan in a peaceful and respectful manner.
 

My intention, as always, is to seek communication, understanding, and resolution—not conflict. I remain committed to documenting my experience transparently while maintaining professionalism at all times.

 

🔑 Key Points:
 

  • I contacted both Chelcie Stewart and Christine Coder. Chelcie’s out-of-office reply led me to Christine’s number.

  • Christine’s voicemail provided an option to speak with a duty worker. I did so.

  • Upon reaching a staff member, I was automatically redirected to Nate Oliver’s voicemail—again—without being allowed to ask my question.

  • Despite having left numerous voicemails for Nate, no response has been provided.

  • I clearly requested to not be transferred but was ignored.

  • I then made the measured, appropriate decision to visit the Biddeford DHHS office in person to request a scheduled conversation—which I did calmly and respectfully.

     

🔍 Final Thoughts:
 

I continue to pursue answers and communication through all proper and respectful channels. I am committed to advocacy that is firm, peaceful, and evidence-based.
 

What I am seeking is simple: open communication, transparency, and a chance to address the concerns that have impacted my children and me for nearly a year. The continued failure of DHHS to respond to direct outreach is not only disheartening—it highlights a broader issue in how cases are managed and how families are treated.
 

I will continue to document this process with clarity, professionalism, and purpose.

📅 March 11, 2025 – Visit to Biddeford DHHS: Pleas for Help Met with Silence, Fear, and Retaliation

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On March 11, 2025, I went in person to the Biddeford DHHS office after weeks of being ignored over the phone and email. I explained to staff that I was desperate for answers: I wanted to know why I had been no-trespassed from the Sanford CPS office on December 3, 2024, and I needed to speak with Nate Oliver or anyone who could clarify why this extreme action was taken without reason or explanation.
 

I made it clear I would wait peacefully until someone met with me or scheduled a time to talk. Despite this, I was told that no one was available because “everyone was in meetings all day.” When I reiterated my willingness to stay until closing, a staff member eventually brought out Jean Haynes, the Associate Director.
 

During this interaction, Jean Haynes flatly stated that Nate Oliver “is not going to meet with you”—not now, and not in the future. When I asked why, she offered no justification. She claimed there was “no open involvement” with CPS—despite the fact that CPS was actively impacting my life and access to my children, and despite overwhelming evidence I’ve documented showing unethical and coercive conduct by CPS.
 

My repeated explanations of how I had lost my job, faced foreclosure, and been cut off from my children—all stemming from actions initiated by CPS—were met with indifference. I told her I am a 100% disabled veteran who had been financially and emotionally devastated, but instead of empathy, they called Biddeford Police Department to issue me a no-trespass order, effectively banning me from the building for seeking answers.

 

🔴 Staff Expresses Fear of Retaliation for Showing Empathy
 

One of the most disturbing moments came when a staff member quietly admitted:

“I don’t want to get involved in your stuff because then they’ll yell at me for it. If they hear me, they’re going to be like, ‘what the hell are you doing sitting there talking to him.’”

This candid statement—by the same staff member—exposes a toxic culture inside DHHS/OCFS, where employees fear retaliation simply for showing basic empathy or speaking with a desperate parent. It confirmed that staff are pressured into silence and compliance—discouraged from helping families or even acknowledging them, for fear of angering superiors. This chilling reality shows how deep the dysfunction runs.

 

🚨 What This Visit Exposed
 

  • Systemic Stonewalling: Despite repeated requests, no one at DHHS would agree to speak with me or schedule a meeting.

  • Culture of Intimidation: Staff openly admitted they feared repercussions for talking with me, confirming my suspicions of an agency-wide effort to suppress the truth.

  • Escalation to Law Enforcement: Rather than helping, the office escalated my visit by calling Biddeford PD to issue a no-trespass order, punishing me further for seeking answers.

  • Total Lack of Accountability: Leadership, including Nate Oliver and Jean Haynes, refused to answer even the most basic questions about why I was no-trespassed from a public building—a decision that continues to keep me from accessing help or seeing my children.

  • Ongoing Harm: My children and I are both suffering because OCFS refuses to acknowledge or correct their actions, let alone provide a path toward resolution.
     

This visit made it crystal clear: CPS and OCFS are not just ignoring my calls—they are actively working to keep me silent, while a climate of fear inside these agencies ensures even good-hearted employees are too intimidated to step up. I left determined to keep documenting and exposing this corruption until the truth comes out.


***  Click this link to listen to the full recording of my visit: https://web.plaud.ai/share/044d1751033881553



 

📅 March 11, 2025 – Biddeford PD Body Cam Footage: DHHS Admits I Was Peaceful, But Staff and Police Coordinate to Bar Me Permanently

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In this footage, Officer Shortill arrives at Biddeford DHHS after Jean Haynes called the police on me for peacefully trying to schedule a meeting or get answers about why I was no-trespassed from Sanford CPS. What unfolds in the conversation shows just how coordinated the effort was to shut me out, while also providing damning admissions from DHHS staff themselves:
 

  • The first person Officer Shortill speaks with is the DHHS receptionist, who clearly states I was a “veteran who wanted to talk to somebody” and that staff told me “there was nobody that was gonna talk to him today or any day.”

  • That same staffer shows understanding of my situation, acknowledging that being refused any meeting indefinitely was upsetting and saying:

    “He got upset. Yeah, I would’ve too.”

  • Staff and officers discuss plans to secure a no-trespass order against me at Biddeford DHHS, with the receptionist telling Shortill they were “talking to higher-ups in Augusta” to see if they could get approval.

  • Officers work to identify me, referring to me as “Ryan something… Ryan Michael,” but at this point Officer Shortill had no awareness of my side of the story—he had never encountered me before and was only hearing DHHS’s version as they were the ones who called him.

  • The conversation includes a discussion of terminology—how they refer to no-trespass orders as “NTOs”—highlighting how routine and casual they treat something with significant consequences.
     

🚨 Why This Matters
 

This footage proves:
 

✅ DHHS staff themselves admit I was calm, reasonable, and only seeking answers, yet still pursued measures to permanently bar me.
✅ Instead of offering help or resolution, staff focused on escalating the situation by seeking additional no-trespass orders.
✅ Law enforcement responded based solely on DHHS’s narrative, without knowing or seeking out my side—underscoring how easily misinformation or bias can shape outcomes.

This exchange shows a system more concerned with silencing legitimate questions than addressing the welfare of a father and his children.

📅 March 11, 2025 – Biddeford PD Body Cam: Amy Cilley’s Fabricated Claims and Gaslighting on Record

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In this crucial piece of body cam footage, Amy Cilley—one of the two OCFS officials I was told to contact—meets directly with the responding officer and delivers a series of wildly exaggerated and false statements designed to justify barring me permanently and painting me as a threat:
 

🔴 Fabricated Claims of Threats
Amy misrepresents my November 22, 2024, post as an outright violent threat, omitting the clear, peaceful context in which I stated I was coming for truth and transparency “legally, civilly, kindly, empathetically, and truthfully.” This misrepresentation was used to justify a no-trespass order and manipulate law enforcement into silencing me.
 

🔴 Questioning My Disability Status
Amy casts doubt on my status as a 100% disabled veteran, despite my verified VA rating, purposefully insinuating I may not be disabled at all—thereby undermining my credibility with law enforcement and discriminating against me based on disability.
 

🔴 Coordinating to Bar Me Permanently
Amy admits she has no open case against me but insists I should be banned for simply seeking answers about my children and the injustices I faced—an abuse of authority designed solely to avoid accountability.
 

🔴 Mischaracterizing My Civil, Peaceful Behavior as Dangerous
Amy presents my documented, civil attempts to contact OCFS for answers as “harassment” and “threatening,” intentionally distorting my actions to manufacture justification for barring me from state offices.
 

🔴 Manipulating the Police
Amy provides the police with a one-sided narrative, carefully crafted to provoke law enforcement action against me without full context—an act of bad faith that epitomizes how OCFS has systematically used misinformation to strip me of my parental rights and silence my efforts to expose wrongdoing.

 

⚖️ Laws and Rights Violated – Legal Citations
 

OCFS’s conduct, as captured in this footage and proven by my recordings, amounts to multiple violations of state and federal law, including:
 

✅ First Amendment – U.S. Constitution
OCFS’s retaliation against me for exercising my constitutionally protected right to petition the government for redress of grievances—by calling, visiting, and demanding answers—violates the First Amendment. (U.S. Const. amend. I)
 

✅ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) – 42 U.S.C. § 12132
Under Title II of the ADA, public entities cannot discriminate against or exclude qualified individuals with disabilities from participation in services, programs, or activities. Amy’s statements questioning the validity of my disability and the agency’s refusal to provide reasonable accommodations violate this statute.
 

✅ Maine Human Rights Act – 5 M.R.S. § 4551 et seq.
Maine law prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in public accommodations, which includes state offices like DHHS. OCFS’s discriminatory treatment and refusal to provide services or engage with me due to my disability status constitutes a clear violation.
 

✅ Maine Civil Rights Act – 5 M.R.S. § 4682
This statute makes it unlawful for any person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, to intentionally interfere or attempt to interfere with another person’s rights secured by the U.S. or Maine Constitution, including the right to petition for redress and the right to equal protection.
 

✅ Due Process Clause – 14th Amendment, U.S. Constitution & Me. Const. art. I, § 6-A
By issuing and enforcing no-trespass orders without prior notice, specific justification, or an opportunity for me to contest the decision, OCFS deprived me of liberty interests protected under both the federal and state constitutions.
 

✅ Whistleblower Protections – Maine Whistleblowers’ Protection Act, 26 M.R.S. § 831 et seq.
OCFS’s retaliatory conduct against me for raising concerns about systemic failures, unethical practices, and abuse within CPS violates state protections for individuals reporting misconduct in good faith.
 

✅ 18 U.S.C. § 242 – Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law (Federal Criminal Statute)
By using state authority to silence my constitutionally protected speech, OCFS officials could be found in violation of federal criminal law prohibiting deprivation of rights under color of law.
 

✅ 42 U.S.C. § 1983 – Civil Action for Deprivation of Rights
The facts outlined here constitute a potential § 1983 claim for damages, as OCFS officials, acting under color of state law, deprived me of rights secured by the Constitution and federal statutes.

 

🚨 Why This Matters
 

The body cam footage captures the essence of how OCFS operates: systematically misrepresenting facts, gaslighting, and coordinating with law enforcement to silence anyone who challenges their misconduct. The laws and statutes cited above exist precisely to prevent this kind of abuse—but OCFS’s actions have violated them repeatedly.
 

What’s more alarming is that everything documented here only scratches the surface, covering events since I was first no-trespassed. If OCFS were investigated for their original conduct in my child welfare case, it would reveal even more egregious wrongdoing.
 

This footage, combined with my recordings and documented calls, leaves no doubt: OCFS has trampled my constitutional and civil rights, violated both federal and Maine state law, and inflicted deep, ongoing harm on me and my children.

📅 March 13, 2025 – Captain Locke’s Call: Hypocrisy, Contradictions, and Selective Enforcement Laid Bare

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This call transcript documents my conversation with Captain Locke of the Berwick Police Department, who reached out to inform me they were preparing to serve me a no-trespass order from Biddeford DHHS—despite the fact that I had already provided Berwick PD with irrefutable evidence showing the order was retaliatory, unjustified, and designed solely to silence me.
 

🔴 I Asked if My Trespass Requests Were Honored—They Were Not

During the call, I pressed Captain Locke directly: why does Berwick PD repeatedly serve no-trespass orders against me at the request of others—Sanford DHHS, Biddeford DHHS, and even a stranger in Laconia, NH—yet refuse to honor the no-trespass orders I requested myself? These included one against Governor Janet Mills and others I have documented previously. My requests were not made frivolously or out of spite; they were made in an attempt to exercise the same rights that these agencies and individuals were using to weaponize no-trespass orders against me unjustly. My requests were based on justice and accountability, but I was scrutinized and denied simply because of the powerful titles or positions of the people I was seeking to hold accountable.
 

🔴 Captain Locke’s Hypocritical Standard for Trespass Orders

On the call, Captain Locke explicitly stated Berwick PD would not serve my trespass requests unless I provided proof someone had come onto my property. Yet it was Berwick PD itself—Officer Jim Bacon in particular—who had served me a no-trespass order on January 16, 2025, from someone in New Hampshire whom I had never met, had never been near, and who had never set foot on my property or even in my state. That order was served with zero evidence of wrongdoing on my part. Despite raising this glaring hypocrisy during the call, Captain Locke brushed it aside, refusing to acknowledge how his department’s actions contradicted his own stated standards.
 

🔴 Captain Locke Repeatedly Dismissed My Concerns

When I asked why Biddeford DHHS was no-trespassing me, Captain Locke flatly told me there was “nothing for me to investigate” and insisted he was merely “serving their protection order.” Even when I described how I had contacted the agencies involved and they had hung up on me—facts I offered to back up with my recordings—he showed no interest in looking into whether the order was retaliatory or unlawful.
 

🔴 Retaliatory Nature of the Order Ignored

This conversation underscored everything wrong with how these no-trespass orders are being weaponized: I was punished for seeking answers about why I was no-trespassed from Sanford DHHS, yet every attempt I made to use the same system to protect myself was stonewalled or ignored. Even after providing clear, documented proof that the Biddeford order was a malicious escalation of OCFS’s campaign to silence me, Berwick PD refused to investigate or delay service long enough to evaluate my evidence.
 

🔴 I Expressed My Justifiable Frustration

For the first time through this nightmare, my voice rose as I let some of my frustration and anger show—understandably so, given the systemic failures, stonewalling, and outright hypocrisy I’ve endured. I know that OCFS and those protecting it will try to twist my justifiable emotions against me to reinforce the false narrative they’ve built, but I refuse to stop speaking the truth. I will not let fear of being judged for feeling deeply about the injustice I’ve faced stop me from standing up for myself and my children.
 

🔎 Why This Call Matters
 

✅ It shows Berwick PD’s selective enforcement of no-trespass orders: they rush to honor retaliatory requests against me, yet refuse to help me exercise the same rights for my own protection.

✅ It highlights Captain Locke’s contradictory standards: demanding proof for my requests but needing none for theirs—even as prior incidents prove they’ll serve orders without evidence when it benefits agencies or individuals targeting me.

✅ It underscores how police and OCFS officials work hand in hand to silence me rather than investigate the systemic abuse I’ve documented, proving their priorities lie in protecting institutions, not pursuing justice.
 

This call stands as further proof of the entrenched hypocrisy, gaslighting, and refusal to hold OCFS accountable—leaving a father fighting alone for answers and his right to see his children.

📧 March 13, 2025 – My Formal Plea for Due Diligence Ignored by Berwick PD

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On March 13, 2025, after receiving a call from Captain Locke of the Berwick Police Department (as detailed in my previous entry), I immediately sent an email to the Berwick Chief of Police, CC’ing every officer at Berwick PD. The call made it clear they intended to serve me a retaliatory no-trespass order from Biddeford DHHS, despite my earlier warnings and evidence. This email was sent to ensure every officer had direct notice of my concerns, so none could later claim ignorance, and to give them ample opportunity to investigate my evidence before taking action.
 

In my email, I laid out in detail that:
 

✅ The no-trespass order from Biddeford DHHS was retaliatory – I explained I went there only to request answers about my Sanford no-trespass order, and instead, Biddeford DHHS sought to bar me entirely without justification or explanation.
 

✅ I included proof of the events – I gave them direct access to the TikTok video documenting what happened during my visit, demonstrating my peaceful conduct and the baseless nature of the order.
 

✅ I demanded answers – I asked them clearly:

  • What was the documented reason for this no-trespass order?

  • Why was I being silenced for lawfully seeking information?

  • Why did they plan to enforce it without verifying its legitimacy?
     

✅ I highlighted systemic failures – I pointed out how their willingness to blindly enforce CPS and DHHS directives without investigation represents a breach of accountability and public trust.
 

✅ I provided my location for transparency – I let them know I was at home and willing to discuss the situation openly, reinforcing my commitment to lawful resolution.
 

✅ I requested a fair and lawful response – I asked them to act with due diligence and refuse to rubber-stamp a retaliatory order, emphasizing my right to due process.

 

🚨 What Makes This Email So Important
 

This email proves I gave Berwick PD irrefutable notice—with ample time and evidence—that the no-trespass order they were about to serve was unlawful and retaliatory. Yet despite my documented plea, they ignored my concerns entirely, arriving days later to deliver the order anyway, without investigation or justification.
 

This shows:

  • A clear abdication of duty by Berwick PD, who failed to exercise independent judgment or protect my rights.

  • An unbroken chain of systemic abuse, from OCFS’ retaliatory tactics to local law enforcement’s blind enforcement.

  • Proof of my good-faith efforts to resolve the situation peacefully, which directly contradicts OCFS’ narrative that I was escalating or dangerous.

    See the email I sent them for yourself. The email can be seen by clicking this: 

📅 March 14, 2025 – Berwick PD Serves Retaliatory No-Trespass Order While Ignoring Evidence and Prior Discussion

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On March 14, 2025—a day after my detailed phone call with Captain Locke about the Biddeford DHHS no-trespass order—I was stunned when he arrived at my home to serve it anyway, completely disregarding the evidence and concerns I had sent him and every Berwick officer via email. This experience perfectly encapsulated how local law enforcement chose to blindly enable OCFS’s retaliatory tactics rather than uphold the law or protect my rights.
 

🔴 Key Details Captured in the Video:
 

✅ I explicitly asked Captain Locke whether he had looked into the concerns and evidence I provided, referring directly to the email I had sent him and the entire department the day before. In response, he admitted he doesn’t read my emails—he only “skims” them, which is both deeply disrespectful and grossly negligent given the seriousness of the misconduct and abuse I had documented.
 

✅ Despite having spoken with me in detail about this situation on March 13th, he began by feigning ignorance, saying “I don’t know if you have any idea why I’m here,” pretending as if he hadn’t just discussed these very facts with me the day before.
 

✅ When I attempted to explain and offered to show him proof proving the no-trespass order was unlawful and retaliatory, he began prematurely walking away mid-conversation, showing no intent to hear me out or meaningfully engage.
 

✅ As he walked away, I called out that he was turning his back on clear evidence showing the order he was enforcing was unlawful. Only then—likely realizing the optics of walking away from a citizen offering proof—did he turn back around. But instead of addressing my evidence, he gaslit me by saying, “Are you going to let me talk?” trying to shift blame and suggest I was preventing him from speaking, when it was obvious from the footage he was walking away to avoid my concerns altogether.
 

✅ This interaction demonstrates exactly how Berwick PD, including Captain Locke, refused to consider or investigate any of my documented evidence—despite having every opportunity and clear, urgent requests to do so—choosing instead to blindly serve a retaliatory no-trespass order based solely on OCFS’s false narrative.
 

🚨 Why This Matters:
 

This exchange perfectly illustrates how OCFS’s gaslighting, lies, and retaliatory abuse were enabled by local law enforcement, who refused even the most basic due diligence before serving an order with major consequences for me and my children. Captain Locke’s dismissive behavior and admission of skimming (rather than reading) my evidence shows:
 

  • Law enforcement’s willful negligence in enforcing orders without investigating their legitimacy or substance.

  • My right to fair treatment was disregarded, with Berwick PD failing to exercise independent judgment despite having direct, irrefutable evidence of wrongdoing by OCFS.

  • The clear pattern of gaslighting and manipulation extended from OCFS to the police, as Captain Locke attempted to reframe his refusal to listen as somehow being my fault—when the footage shows I was simply trying to be heard.
     

⚖️ Legal and Rights Violations:
 

This incident violated my rights under:

  • 14th Amendment – Due Process Clause, by depriving me of a meaningful opportunity to contest or explain the situation before enforcement.

  • Maine Civil Rights Act (5 M.R.S.A. §4681 et seq.), which bars retaliation against individuals exercising their rights to petition and seek accountability.

  • First Amendment, by silencing me for peacefully pursuing answers regarding my children and OCFS misconduct.

  • ADA Title II (42 U.S.C. §12132), as a disabled veteran entitled to reasonable accommodations—which were flatly ignored as Berwick PD dismissed my documented disabilities and evidence.
     

🔎 Bottom Line: This video proves how OCFS’s falsehoods cascade directly into real-world harm, as local police like Captain Locke enable these injustices without question, ignoring evidence and trampling my rights. Despite my clear, good-faith efforts to share proof and request a lawful response, I was met with gaslighting, neglect, and retaliatory enforcement—further confirming the systemic abuse I’ve endured.

🛑 Disclaimer on My Emotions and Comments
 

I want to openly acknowledge that during this interaction, my emotions were understandably heightened. After months of being stonewalled, lied to, gaslit, and denied any meaningful help—while my children have been kept from me—I reached a breaking point. Though I wish I could take back the comment I made at the end of the exchange, saying the officers were “fucking useless,” I stand by the frustration behind it and have compassion for myself enough to recognize I am human.
 

Given my circumstances, it is completely understandable why I would express anger in that moment. Look at how much OCFS has twisted facts so far, shamelessly and confidently, to portray me in a false light—knowing well that others, including these officers, accept their falsehoods without question. That’s why I know that now, having finally shown some frustration, they will try to use this comment against me to reinforce their false narrative that I am “unstable.”
 

But I refuse to let that stop me from sharing the truth. I will post this interaction without remorse, because no one who twists my words or actions can prevent me from being honest, transparent, and steadfast in seeking justice—for myself and my children.

📅 March 14, 2025 – Portland DHHS Visit: A Stark Contrast to York County OCFS

After being no-trespassed from both Sanford and Biddeford DHHS buildings, I went to the Portland DHHS office on March 14, 2025, desperate for answers about why I was barred from these locations. This visit stands out dramatically from every prior encounter with OCFS offices: for the first time, an employee met with me face-to-face, treated me with dignity, and engaged in a real conversation about my concerns—without calling the police to remove me.
 

🔴 Key Outcomes of the Portland Visit:
 

✅ She Came to See Me and Listened Without Judgment
Unlike Sanford and Biddeford, staff at Portland DHHS did not call the police or dismiss me outright. An employee came out, took the time to read my written explanation, and sat down to discuss my situation, validating my need for answers.
 

✅ Acknowledged the System is Broken
She openly admitted, “The system is broken,” recognizing that what I was going through wasn’t right—something none of the York County OCFS leadership had ever acknowledged.
 

✅ Expressed Shame at Her Colleagues’ Actions
In a powerful moment, she said she was “ashamed” of how her colleagues and counterparts had treated me, highlighting her deep discomfort with what she saw as misconduct within her own agency.
 

✅ Validated My Frustrations and Advocacy Efforts
After hearing my account of being ignored by the ombudsman, legislators, and OCFS leaders like Nate Oliver, she commended me for reaching out to these channels and encouraged me to continue advocating—completely contradicting her York County counterparts who told police my advocacy efforts proved I was “unstable.”
 

✅ Agreed No One Should be No-Trespassed Like I Was
She explicitly said no one should be no-trespassed in the way it happened to me, and that she completely disagreed with it, acknowledging the seriousness and injustice of what I described.
 

✅ Admitted Even Staff Can’t Reach Bobbi Johnson
She revealed that getting in touch with Bobbi Johnson is extremely difficult even for OCFS employees, showing how leadership shields themselves from accountability while portraying me as the problem.
 

✅ Didn’t Dispute My Claims of York County OCFS Misconduct
When I detailed how Nate Oliver and Amy Cilley used no-trespass orders not for safety but to silence me, she didn’t deflect, dispute, or shift blame. Instead, she agreed it was wrong and acknowledged how disturbing my experiences were.
 

✅ Provided the First Official Answer on Sanford Trespass
She went above and beyond by digging into my file and printing what York County OCFS leadership had recorded as the justification for my Sanford no-trespass order—a post of mine on Facebook where I said I would “legally, lawfully, and civilly seek justice,” which in no way constituted a threat. This marked the first time I had ever been given any official reason or hint as to why I was no-trespassed, even though she couldn’t provide context herself because, as she explained, she simply found it in the file.
 

🚨 Why This Matters:

This visit to Portland DHHS highlights the deep contrast between everyday OCFS employees willing to acknowledge problems and help—and the leadership in York County who resorted to lies, retaliation, and no-trespass orders to silence me.
 

It also proves:
 

🔎 The narrative pushed by York County OCFS leadership—claiming I am a threat or mentally unwell—is a manufactured cover-up contradicted by an OCFS worker outside of their direct sphere of control.
 

🔎 My advocacy has never been dangerous or irrational—I’ve been consistent, civil, and determined, which this worker recognized and encouraged.
 

🔎 Systemic abuse thrives when leadership gaslights, but the truth emerges when frontline staff speak honestly.
 

⚖️ Direct Quotes That Expose the Truth:
 

🗣️ “The system is broken.” – Portland DHHS employee, acknowledging the systemic failures.
 

🗣️ “I feel ashamed of my co-workers.” – validating just how egregious she found the conduct of OCFS staff in York County.
 

🗣️ “No one should be no-trespassed like that.” – condemning the retaliatory actions of York County OCFS.
 

🗣️ “It’s hard even for us to get ahold of Bobbi Johnson.” – confirming how leadership avoids accountability even within their own organization.

 

🔎 Bottom Line:
 

This conversation proves that while York County OCFS leadership has twisted facts, lied to law enforcement, and portrayed me as a danger, the reality—when seen through the eyes of an unbiased OCFS employee—is that I am a father desperate for answers, seeking truth, and fighting for my children within the bounds of the law. It also demonstrates that my concerns are valid, my advocacy justified, and my story proof of a system willing to sacrifice a parent’s rights to hide its own misconduct.


Listen to the Audio of this visit here:
1.)  https://web.plaud.ai/share/02021751047128176
2.) https://web.plaud.ai/share/02021751047068184

Click here to see an image of the paper this Portland OCFS worker retrieved for me as being Sanford's "reason for no trespassing" me on 12-3-24: 







 

📄 Additional Critical Context: First Official Explanation for Sanford No-Trespass Order
 

After months of being denied answers, the Portland DHHS worker provided me with a printout of the reason Sanford OCFS used to justify no-trespassing me on December 3, 2024—marking the first time I was ever officially given an explanation for why I was banned from the Sanford office. Although she couldn’t offer context herself (she simply found it in a file), the document’s contents speak volumes about how OCFS leadership has weaponized my lawful, peaceful advocacy to punish me.
 

The printout shows my November 2024 social media post, where I wrote about seeking justice legally, civilly, and truthfully, demanding accountability from those responsible for destroying my relationship with my children. Phrases like “karma is coming” and “I’m coming for you”—which I clearly contextualized as referring to peaceful legal action—were twisted by OCFS into a pretext to paint me as a danger.
 

🔴 No Threats of Violence – The post contains no calls for or insinuations of violence; it specifically promises to hold people accountable “legally, civilly, kindly, empathetically, and truthfully.”
 

🔴 Used as Pretext for Retaliation – Rather than protecting anyone, OCFS leadership misused this protected speech to bar me from accessing Sanford DHHS—punishing me for lawfully demanding answers about my children.
 

🔴 Twisted by Amy Cilley – As seen in March 11, 2025, body cam footage, Amy Cilley told police I had threatened staff, but deliberately omitted the context of my peaceful words, manipulating them to create a false narrative of imminent danger.
 

🔴 Pattern of Silencing, Not Protection – This document demonstrates my no-trespass was issued not out of concern for safety but to shut down my advocacy, avoid accountability, and prevent exposure of OCFS misconduct.

 

⚖️ Rights Violations & Laws Broken
 

✅ First Amendment – Freedom of Speech & Petition (U.S. Constitution)
My post is clearly protected speech, expressing grievances and calling for accountability. Retaliating against me for this speech by denying access to public buildings violates my First Amendment rights to free expression and petition the government.
 

✅ Fourteenth Amendment – Due Process Clause
I was never informed of the reason for my no-trespass order, nor given any opportunity to challenge it—denying me procedural due process guaranteed under the 14th Amendment.
 

✅ Maine Civil Rights Act (5 M.R.S.A. §4681 et seq.)
This law prohibits state actors from retaliating against individuals for exercising constitutional rights. By using my protected advocacy as the basis for punitive action, OCFS violated this Act.


✅ ADA Title II (42 U.S.C. §12132)
As a 100% disabled veteran, I am entitled to reasonable modifications and fair access to public services. By barring me from DHHS buildings without cause, OCFS effectively denied me access in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.


✅ 18 U.S.C. §242 – Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law
This federal criminal statute makes it unlawful for government officials to willfully deprive someone of rights protected by the Constitution or U.S. law. Using state authority to retaliate against me for constitutionally protected speech could rise to a violation of this statute.


✅ Maine Freedom of Access Act (1 M.R.S.A. §401 et seq.)
As a public agency, OCFS has a duty of transparency and accountability. Instead of providing clear information, they twisted my words and refused to communicate truthfully—violating the spirit, if not the letter, of Maine’s transparency laws.


✅ Ethical & Professional Standards of State Employees
Maine’s Code of Ethics requires state employees to act with integrity, honesty, and fairness. Deliberately misrepresenting my words to create false grounds for punishment breaches these fundamental ethical obligations.


📌 BOTTOM LINE:

This document is undeniable evidence that the Sanford no-trespass order was not about protecting staff or the public—it was about silencing me for telling the truth and exposing OCFS misconduct. By twisting my peaceful advocacy into false grounds for punishment, OCFS leadership violated multiple constitutional, civil, and disability rights. It proves how deeply rooted these abuses are and why my advocacy is essential to demand accountability, reform, and reunification with my children.

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