In September 2022, I was falsely arrested and imprisoned for seven days on a cash-only, no-10%-authorized bond, violating my constitutionally protected rights. I was placed on an unlawful 24-hour investigative hold, contrary to Missouri law and in violation of RSMo 544.170. The officers involved falsified reports, fabricated probable cause statements, destroyed evidence, and defamed my name—all while escalating an innocent act by a child into an emergency situation that never existed.

But the injustice did not stop there. St. Charles County Children’s Division alongside St. Charles County Police Department, Officer Nick Seiverling, Eric Macalady, Officer Burns, Lutenient Bay and their superiors, unlawfully threatened my children’s father, telling him that if he did not allow them into the home, they would not release our older children to him when they got out of school—including our then almost 5-year-old child who was at the neighbors home she walked to directly across the street in a quiet safe neighborhood in Dardenne Prairie Missouri unincorporated St. Charles County/O’Fallon area. He was at work when this all took place, was in no way involved, and was not under any investigation.

The officers ignored clear evidence of my innocence: The minor child even told them that she unlocked the door herself, and moved two chairs that were barricading the door. Officer Macalady can be seen relaying this to Officer Seiverling who dismissed entirely the facts stating sarcastically “Ok… (insert eye roll) it’s not hard to keep a child in the house it’s just not.” I immediately ran outside when I realized she was no longer on the couch and officers knew this as not only was I outside the entire time but neighbors were instructed by Seiverling not to release the child to me that they were on their way. Despite this, they pursued felony charges against me for two years.

These government officials:

• Destroyed evidence, including turning off their body cameras during crucial conversations with the prosecutor, other officials and officers, my family and ex husband.

• Conspired with a fellow officer—who was married to the head of St. Charles County Children’s Division, Officer Logsden and Deirdre Logsden—to create a false emergency. 

• Ignored the legal definition of “substantial risk,” which requires a certain or practically certain risk—not just the potential for risk. As well as the elements required to charge someone of Neglect which is the Intention and Knowledge of purposefully putting the child at risk. Sitting a child on the couch, locking the front door, barricading the front door with two chairs and then going into the laundry room to get their clothes after getting them out of the bath bathtub is not neglect nor is it endangering the welfare of a child as they later only a few days before trial amended the indictment to information and changing the charges. 

• Retaliated against me because I exercised my constitutional rights. They claimed I was “uncooperative” because I refused to let them into my ex husbands home without a warrant, labeled me mentally unstable, and made baseless accusations against me such as “in my opinion she is unfit to have a four year old,” “unfortunately it’s not illegal to just be a bad parent,” Without even being asked, told the neighbor “If it’s OK with you, I’m just gonna let them know that you want nothing to do with them anymore” And despite 5 to 7 different times, the neighbor saying just leave it alone Officer Seiverling Walked over to the home and said “if you contact the neighbors, you will be arrested for harassment and trespassing”, despite their clear instructions not to do so as well as any lawful or legal authority to make that claim. 

To make matters worse, when this was reported to St. Charles County Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division, they confirmed that everything I claimed did happen—but stated that it was legal, lawful, and not outside of policy. This blatantly demonstrates that these agencies not only look the other way but actively condone the violation of constitutionally protected rights and clearly defined laws. When internal affairs investigations uphold blatant constitutional violations as acceptable under their policies, it is clear that the system itself is designed to protect government misconduct rather than ensure justice.

This is not just about police officers—this is about a systemic abuse of power by government agencies, instrumentalities, and officials who are protected by qualified and absolute immunity, allowing them to violate constitutional rights with impunity.

We Demand Immediate Action to:

✅ Abolish qualified and absolute immunity for all government officials, agencies, and instrumentalities

✅ Allow victims to hold individuals and institutions accountable for constitutional violations

✅ Protect families from unlawful government overreach and retaliation As the Supreme Court has stated on numerous occasions, government interference into the lives of families should be reviewed with extreme skepticism. 

✅ Ensure transparency and accountability in law enforcement, child protective services, prosecuting changes merely to convict and not just to uphold justice, and all government agencies! 

Sign this petition to demand justice! No one should be above the law—especially those entrusted to uphold it.