PLEASE HELP ME GET JUSTICE FOR MY MOTHER:

My name is Selina Sligh. I live in Dallas, Georgia (Paulding County) with my 80-year-old disabled mother, Daisy Alford, for whom I am the primary caregiver.

I am urgently seeking your support in urging Georgia’s elected officials to request federal investigation into serious, prosecutable  crimes — both known and credibly alleged — committed against my elderly, disabled mother by a former individual in our neighborhood.  This individual — referred to as the Alleged Perpetrator in state investigative records — retaliated against my family with escalating hostility and violence after I reported him for committing environmental crimes.

The following elected Georgia officials have the authority to request a federal investigation:

• Governor Brian Kemp
• Attorney General Chris Carr
• U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock
• U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff
• U.S. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA-14 Rep at time petition was initiated – no longer in Congress as of 01/05/2026)

In addition, Candice Broce, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS), holds the authority to initiate a federal referral.

Importantly, Paul Brown, former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Atlanta Field Office, had the independent authority to launch a federal investigation. Current Acting Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Atlanta Field Office, Peter Ellis, holds the same independent authority to launch a federal investigation.  His office has both the authority and duty to act when credible evidence of civil rights violations, systemic neglect, threats to life and safety, or abuse is presented, especially when these crimes target elderly and disabled individuals. 

A CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROTECTION:

For several months, my family has been subjected to the Alleged Perpetrator’s dangerous and escalating behavior, including repeated, malicious and willful illegal burning that released hazardous chemicals and toxic pollutants, targeting our home with explosives creating significant fire hazards and risks for serious injury or death and property damage, detonating explosives in nearby wooded areas causing wildfire risks to a residential neighborhood, brandishing and shooting firearms in close proximity to our home, and engaging in other threatening, violent actions.

These offenses have caused my mother to suffer substantial, permanent and irreversible injury. Yet, despite the severity of the harm and the clear evidence of criminal behavior, local and state officials — along with Georgia’s judicial system — have dismissed our urgent pleas for protection. They’ve reduced our crisis to civil disputes, petty grievances and mere annoyances. In some cases, our pain was even treated as a source of humor.

This collective indifference toward the abuse and endangerment of elderly and disabled individuals is unconscionable.

Under federal law, the Alleged Perpetrator’s actions constitute serious, prosecutable crimes. No person in Georgia or anywhere in the United States should be allowed to harm elderly or disabled individuals with impunity.  Violence and abuse against the elderly and disabled constitute a human rights and public safety crisis.

According to the CDC, assault injuries to older adults cost the United States $33 billion in 2022. These staggering losses reflect not only the physical and emotional toll of elder abuse, but also the immense economic burden caused by systemic inaction and indifference.

Georgia has 159 counties – the second most in the United States.  Across Georgia, crimes against the elderly and disabled are too often ignored, trivialized, misclassified, or even mocked by public safety officials and the judicial system.  In places like Paulding County, offenders can repeatedly and substantially harm elderly and disabled individuals with impunity. What happened to my mother could happen to any elderly or disabled person in Georgia, even someone you love. 

Justice denied to elderly and disabled individuals in one Georgia county jeopardizes the safety and dignity of all vulnerable residents across the state. What is happening in Paulding County is part of a larger, systemic breakdown that demands urgent federal intervention.

My fight for my mother is also a stand for every elderly and disabled person in Georgia who has been silenced, dismissed or placed in danger. This is a call for decency, for accountability and for the moral courage to confront the institutional failures that allow this suffering to persist unchecked.

SERIOUS, PROSECUTABLE CRIMES DEMANDING FEDERAL INVESTIGATION:

I am requesting federal investigation into the Alleged Perpetrator and any individuals who may have assisted, enabled or participated in the following: 

• Federal hate crimes targeting the elderly and disabled;
• Malicious, willful and reckless violations of state and federal environmental laws;
• Malicious, willful and reckless use of explosives targeting the elderly and disabled. Use of marked, unmarked and improvised explosives;
• Animal Cruelty;
• Domestic Terrorism;
• Assault and Aggravated Assault;
• Arson;
• Elder Abuse and Intimidation;
• Stalking (under federal statute);
• Criminal and Reckless Endangerment; 
• Terroristic Threats;
• Criminal Trespass and Destruction of Property; and 
• Other dangerous actions that may align with prosecutable state and federal crimes.

GEORGIA GIVES ALLEGED PERPETRATOR THE FREEDOM TO VIOLATE LAWS AND HARM THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED: 

Despite numerous intervention attempts starting June 2023 from Paulding County Fire and Rescue, Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD), Paulding County Marshal's Office, and the environmental complaints that I filed (109287, 109818 and 104425), the Alleged Perpetrator brazenly and repeatedly violated state and federal environmental laws.  Aware that the individual had been repeatedly violating the law since June 2023, Paulding County Marshal's Office issued a single citation and fine of $135 to him on June 17, 2024.  Fourteen months after I first reported the Alleged Perpetrator for illegally burning and releasing hazardous chemicals and other toxic pollutants, Paulding County Fire and Rescue issued a Cease and Desist order prohibiting the individual from all outdoor burning.  Paulding County Fire and Rescue had issued several warnings to the Alleged Perpetrator and made multiple in-person visits to his home.

SYSTEMIC FAILURES OF LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT AND GEORGIA'S "JUDICIAL" SYSTEM:

No meaningful action has been taken to hold the Alleged Perpetrator accountable.

The Paulding County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) proclaimed, in writing, that there are “no laws” in Georgia to prevent the Alleged Perpetrator from maliciously, deliberately and recklessly using explosives to target and endanger elderly and disabled individuals.

This assertion is patently FALSE.

Georgia law clearly regulates the use of explosives, mandating licensing, oversight, and strict safety measures. Additionally, Georgia statutes provide for the prosecution of individuals who engage in criminal or reckless endangerment, especially when the victims are elderly or disabled.

PCSO’s claim not only grossly misrepresents the legal framework, it reflects a serious failure of governance that enables continued abuse and places vulnerable Georgians at significant risk. 

DENIAL OF DUE PROCES AND GEORGIA'S "JUDICIAL" SYSTEM:

On October 11, 2024, I filed for a Restraining Order (Case #24-CV-003026-P2) against the Alleged Perpetrator in Paulding County Superior Court. Yet, Georgia’s judicial system failed to uphold even the most basic standards of due process.

Appearing before Chief Judge Dean Carlos Bucci, the October 23 hearing lasted barely 10 minutes. Although its purpose was for the Alleged Perpetrator to “show cause” why the order should not be granted, the Alleged Perpetrator was never questioned, never testified, and never had to explain his repeated harassment or dangerous actions, including those he had already admitted to or been found guilty of.

Judge Bucci dismissed the Temporary Protective Order (TPO) almost immediately, trivializing the dangerous and violent actions of the Alleged Perpetrator as mere annoyances, despite his long-standing pattern of harassment and behavior that fits the definition of stalking under Georgia law and federal law: repeated, unwanted conduct that causes fear, distress, or threatens safety.

Days after the hearing, I learned the Judge issued a written statement claiming I failed to provide a “preponderance of evidence.” I considered this deeply misleading. The Judge disallowed and disregarded my evidence during the hearing and gave no opportunity for it to be presented, reviewed or discussed.

On the very same day the TPO was denied, the Alleged Perpetrator resumed unwanted contact. Sixteen days later, deputies from the PCSO had to intervene and instruct him to cease all contact – relief the Judge himself had refused to grant.

However, even after receiving this directive from law enforcement, the Alleged Perpetrator refused to comply and continued escalating his violent behavior.

Judicial failures should not make national headlines only when powerful people are impacted. Justice must be impartial, consistent and accessible to all. 

Georgia’s courts failed to protect an elderly, disabled woman from a known danger – shielding a repeat offender instead. Judicial failures that endanger the most vulnerable among us demand national attention, public discussion and legal scrutiny.

When justice is applied selectively or distorted by political convenience or institutional indifference, it ceases to be justice at all. In our case, due process was not just mishandled, it was wholly denied. Due process, in its fullest and most universal sense, was denied at every level.

DOCUMENT INJUSTICE WHEREVER IT OCCURS IN THIS WORLD:

In pursuit of accountability, I filed a Judicial Misconduct Complaint with the Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) concerning the October 2024 court hearing in which my petition for a protective order was swiftly dismissed without a meaningful review of evidence [evidence was disallowed and disregarded] or due consideration of disability-related needs required for full and fair participation in courtroom proceedings.

Although the JQC provided a predictable response eight months later, I believe it is essential to formally document injustice wherever it occurs in this world.

Due process is not a COURTESY; it is a constitutional GUARANTEE.

Every Georgian deserves equal treatment and meaningful participation in legal proceedings. Our experience is not isolated but symptomatic of a larger judicial culture in Georgia that too often prioritizes expedience over equity.

Know this:  No matter where you live in the United States, you are entitled to a full and fair hearing in a court of law. That right must not be compromised, especially for the most vulnerable among us.  

GEORGIA IS FERTILE GROUND FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST THE ELDERLY, DISABLED AND WOMEN:

The Alleged Perpetrator has a documented history of violence, anger and recklessness. June 5, 2023 criminal court records (Case #23-SC-000247) show he was charged with Battery–Family Violence after punching a woman in the face, causing substantial physical harm.

Despite this violent history, his repeated violations of state and federal environmental laws and clear evidence of endangering elderly and disabled individuals, the State of Georgia granted him Pre-Trial Intervention on October 7, 2024 for that charge. This extreme leniency allowed him to avoid prosecution in that case, instead requiring only that he complete a 24-week family violence intervention course, undergo an anger management evaluation, and refrain from violent contact with his previous victim.

Meanwhile, my ongoing efforts to protect my 80-year-old disabled mother from this same dangerous individual have been wholly disregarded.

This disparity reveals a devastating truth: Georgia’s judicial system continues to minimize and normalize violence – particularly when the victims are elderly, disabled, or women – and empowers repeat offenders to act with impunity.

FAILURE OF GEORGIA'S ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES (APS) TO ESCALATE CASE TO FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS:

I contacted Georgia’s Adult Protective Services (APS).  APS conducted its own investigation into my mother’s case, which I acknowledge. However, despite clear and repeated evidence of serious harm to an elderly and disabled person, APS failed to take the most critical step available: escalating the case to federal investigators.

APS plays a vital role in protecting vulnerable adults, and with that role comes a duty to act with urgency and moral clarity when state systems fail. In cases involving persistent danger, threats to life and safety, environmental hazards, and systemic breakdowns, escalation is not optional; it is a responsibility. APS’ inability or refusal to refer this case to the appropriate federal authorities reflects a broader institutional gap that leaves the most vulnerable at continued risk.

After completing its investigation, APS sent its Investigative Report findings to the PCSO Criminal Investigations Division. That report went missing—simply disappeared. Although APS re-sent the report, PCSO has refused to confirm receipt of the second transmission. To this day, I have no knowledge of the whereabouts of the report.

When law enforcement in any Georgia county can disregard or bury APS Investigative Reports without oversight or accountability, it creates a grave and growing danger for elderly and disabled residents who rely on these systems for protection.

Georgia urgently needs a Special Elder Abuse Prosecution Unit to ensure that no vulnerable person is ever again left unprotected because of bureaucratic inaction or political indifference.

JUSTICE IS ON LIFE SUPPORT IN GEORGIA:

Of critical note, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is a key investigative partner to the Department of Human Services’ Adult Protective Services (APS). However, when APS reached out to GBI to assist in my mother’s case, GBI—without even fully reviewing the facts of the case—refused to intervene. GBI's immediate response was to dismiss the situation as a “civil matter.”

This was not only factually inaccurate but dangerously irresponsible.

If Georgia’s top investigative agency is unwilling to even examine credible reports involving threats to the lives and safety of elderly and disabled individuals, then JUSTICE in Georgia is not just FAILING, it is on LIFE SUPPORT.  

Such reflexive denial undermines every layer of public protection and reinforces a dangerous precedent: Elderly and disabled individuals can be harmed with impunity in Georgia.

$10,329.64 FEE FOR PUBLIC RECORDS. OBSTRUCTION AND STONEWALLING:

My attempts to obtain public records from the Paulding County Marshal’s Office and the State Fire Marshal’s Office were met with obstruction.

The Paulding County Marshal’s Office responded to my public records request with a staggering demand of $10,329.64 – an outrageously excessive and unjustifiable fee for records that are electronically stored and searchable, easily filtered for necessary redaction and delivered digitally at minimal cost.  

$10,329.64 is a deliberate barrier to public access and transparency.

Meanwhile, the State Fire Marshal’s Office initially imposed a 30-day delay in responding to my request, only to ultimately fail to provide any records at all. Despite repeated follow-up attempts, including direct outreach to Insurance Commissioner John King’s office and other relevant officials within the agency, there has been no response. The public records request, originally submitted on January 22, 2025, has been met with silence ever since.  

Notably, since August 2024, the State Fire Marshal’s Office was fully aware of ongoing fire hazards and public safety threats created by the Alleged Perpetrator.

In August 2024, it is documented that a Lieutenant with the Paulding County Marshal’s Office advised the Alleged Perpetrator not to shoot fireworks in the direction of our property.  When the Alleged Perpetrator refused to stop targeting my family with explosives, the Paulding County Marshal’s Office and other county officials took no protective action. Instead, they allowed a known, escalating fire hazard and public safety threat to continue unchecked, placing my family and the broader community at risk.

CONGRESS' DUTY TO ACT:  OVERSIGHT, ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROTECTION OF THE VULNERABLE:

Given the scope and gravity of the systemic failures in Georgia — including civil rights and due process violations in elder abuse cases, agency mismanagement, public health and environmental breakdowns, the absence of a federal response, and the failure of state judicial systems to protect elderly and disabled individuals — there is a clear mandate for congressional action.  What happened in Paulding County affects all of Georgia and warrants federal scrutiny.

Several U.S. Senate committees have the authority to convene oversight hearings addressing urgent life-and-safety threats to elderly and disabled individuals and civil liberties in Georgia:

• Senate Special Committee on Aging
• Senate Judiciary Committee
• Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
• Senate HELP Committee
• Senate Committee on Appropriations

Likewise, members of the U.S. House of Representatives can pursue parallel oversight through the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, House Judiciary Committee and House Energy and Commerce Committee.

MORAL FAILURE:

Too often in America, politics takes precedence over people, and violence against the most vulnerable is minimized or outright ignored. When Georgia’s judicial system refused to issue a Restraining Order and minimized the Alleged Perpetrator’s actions as mere annoyances, it emboldened him to escalate without guardrails.

Fearing his actions could turn fatal, I was FORCED TO HIRE PRIVATE SECURITY for an extended period for the safety and protection of my family.  Please let that sink in for a moment. 

I had to hire private security to protect my family, especially my elderly, disabled mother, because local and state agencies and Georgia’s judicial system granted a violent man the right to endanger my family and to create fire hazards with explosives, threatening serious injury, severe property damage or even death.   

This is what extreme indifference looks like.  At its very core, extreme indifference is a condition of the heart, and no amount of training or policy reform can ever correct willful apathy.

But we must NEVER STOP FIGHTING for justice.

My mother, who relies on assistive devices for mobility, faced extraordinary risk. The Alleged Perpetrator absolutely knew that if his reckless and willful conduct caused fire to our home, her chances of escape would be slim. Yet, he continued targeting our home, our property and even our guests with explosives. And still, despite video evidence and my continued pleas for help, local and state agencies, most notably those responsible for fire safety and public safety, refused to intervene.

It takes a disturbing level of indifference – and some would argue cruelty – to find triviality, insignificance or humor in any of this.

The unyielding claim by those at the highest levels of local and state government that the State of Georgia lacked the legal authority to intervene and stop the unlawful, terrorizing actions of the Alleged Perpetrator is not just false, it is a moral failure of the highest order and an affront to the dignity, safety and humanity of every vulnerable person in this state.

PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW:

Georgia refuses to turn the page and is still tethered to a very dark and painful history in the United States where fire, explosives and other forms of violent intimidation were acceptable in targeting families, often forcing the abandonment of homes and communities.

Sadly, in Georgia, that history is not behind us. Georgia’s judicial system, public safety agencies, and officials at the highest levels of local and state government allow these illegal abuses and vile acts to go unchecked in counties like Paulding.  It is history repeating itself in the silence and inaction of state systems that continue to shield and provide dangerous privilege to perpetrators but horribly and knowingly fail the most vulnerable Georgia residents, especially elderly and disabled individuals.

The days of families being terrorized in Georgia or anywhere in America must end. The unchecked freedom of investigative agencies in Georgia to ignore these injustices is intolerable.

DEMAND JUSTICE FOR DAISY ALFORD:

I am demanding full justice for my mother, whom I love beyond measure.

Daisy Alford worked hard her entire life. As a single parent, she raised four children with extraordinary care and never hesitated to sacrifice for our well-being.  My dear mother – the oldest surviving elder in our family – deserves to live out her remaining years in peace, dignity, and safety – free from danger, harassment and the toxic grip of unchecked hate, evil, and privilege.  I will NEVER STOP FIGHTING for my mother.  NEVER!

SHARE THE PETITION. TELL OTHERS ABOUT #Justice4DaisyAlford:

Please share this petition with everyone you know and across all social media platforms. And if you pray, please keep us in your prayers as my mother and I continue to navigate this perilous journey in Paulding County. Georgia’s local and state agencies and the judicial system have failed to protect us. Instead, they have built a wall of protection around a dangerous individual with a known history of violence, anger, and recklessness.

I have been seeking justice and reaching out to elected officials for the past two years.  This ordeal has taken a devastating toll on our emotional, mental, and physical health, especially my mother’s. Our lives have been forever changed.

I desperately need your help to ensure the Alleged Perpetrator is federally investigated and held accountable. We can't allow anyone to harm elderly and disabled individuals with impunity. 

Please sign the petition demanding Georgia's elected officials and DHS Commissioner request a full and fair federal investigation for Daisy Alford:

• Governor Brian Kemp
• Attorney General Chris Carr
• U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock
• U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff
• Georgia DHS Commissioner Candice Broce

We are in an era where families must fight their own battles and rely on collective public outcry to challenge systemic failures and injustice. Let us rise together and demand #Justice4DaisyAlford.  Please sign and share this petition! Please help me to get justice for mother! Thank you.

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