The devil always takes a step too far.
The ruling of CT Family Court Judge Thomas J. O’Neill took three happy teens out of their mother’s home – to accommodate the interests of Chris Ambrose and his attorney Alexander Cuda.
It was a step of heartless injustice.
Judge O’Neill’s removal of the mother from the teens’ life via restraining order is unique. The teens wanted the father restrained from abusing them, but O’Neill, without permitting the teens to tell their side, restrained the mother – making them homeless.
Judge Thomas ‘Steal’ O”Neill…
He ordered the mother to stay 100 yards away from the teens.
Tonight, the homeless children may not be with their mother, Karen Riordan, but they are not with their alleged abuser-father, Chris Ambrose.
Slick as the day is long: Attorney Alexander Cuda knows how to get judges to do what he wants them to do.Only attorney Alexander Cuda is happy tonight. He got paid handsomely to remove the mother from the lives of the teen children.
Three days ago, on the eve of Judge O’Neill’s ruling, Mia knew he might remove her from her mother.
Mia
Three days ago, Mia was hospitalized. Her stress level from her father’s attempts to take her from her mother was so high that she spent two days in the hospital.
On the first night, nurses noticed the half-unconscious Mia breathing calmly when her mother entered her hospital room.
Then when Ambrose came in, she began to breathe irregularly and fast and started to cry and move fitfully – a telltale sign of traumatic abuse. The nurses asked him to leave the room.
Mia calmed down. So terrified was the teen of him that even half-conscious she was upset in his presence.
Today, DCF came to the hospital room to force Mia to go home to her father. DCF officials threatened Mia that if she did not go with her affluent dad, they would lock her in a juvenile facility in Middletown.
Mia left the hospital with Ambrose, who had Westport police on hand to intimidate her into thinking she had to go home with her abuser.
Ambrose with police.
Mia refused to get in his car. She would not go home alone with the man she claims sexually abused her – especially with her two brothers gone.
Chris Ambrose fought for the arrest of the mother of his children but failed, so he got Judge O”Neill to take the teens out of their mother’s home and make them homeless…
Mia escaped from Ambrose in April and lived with her mother. She lived happily with her mom for three blissful months – until Judge O’Neill intervened and broke up their home.
Earlier today, on the streets, the nearly 17-year-old Mia had a standoff with Ambrose and Westbrook police. Ambrose urged the police to force her into the car. Mia’s terror of being molested was greater than her fear of arrest.
Police declined to use their stun guns or handcuff the teen.
Mia filmed some of the encounter and distributed it to friends. Finally, police let Mia go to a friend’s house.
Judge Has Next Move
All eyes are now on Judge O’Neill.
Mia is at a friend’s home. Matthew and Sawyer’s whereabouts are unknown, but none live at their Madison home with their mother.
The prime objective of Judge O’Neill’s restraining order was to force the teens living happily with their mother to return to their unhappy life with their father.
While Judge O’Neill was able to take the teens out of their happy home, can he force them to live in unhappiness with their father?
Ambrose wants the teens back in his isolated rural home.
The teens reached out to Dolcefino during their captivity, and Dolcefino attempted to interview Ambrose.
Ambrose called the police and headed back to the home. He held the children in isolation from their family for three years. They escaped this year.
Ambrose wants the teens back in his isolated rural home.
Will Attorney Cuda ask Judge O’Neill to order the teens’ arrest and bring them in handcuffs back to their father?
The problem is they will run again after the handcuffs are removed. Could they be handcuffed to the bed at night?
But what about during the day?
Even if Ambrose installed electric fences with high voltage shocks – like they do to keep cattle in bounds – it may not work because the teens could run as soon as they left the house for school or any outing – unless they are kept home 24/7.
Matthew, at nearly 17, is too strong physically for Ambrose to prevent him from leaving any time he wants.
Judge O’Neill might consider a permit for Ambrose to carry a stun gun or mace to keep Matthew and the other two teens in line, to be used if they try to leave his loving care.
Judge O’Neill might also authorize 24-hour security to guard the home to ensure the teens stay home, using necessary force to keep them with their loving father.
But how can Judge O’Neill force them to stay short of violence?
The police were stymied today when Mia refused to return to the man she claims abused her. Now only Judge O’Neill can serve Cuda and Ambrose and deliver necessary -and though he may wish to avoid it – lethal -force.
In his myopic desire to serve the money interests, O’Neill may be courting a more dangerous result than even he may imagine.
Ah, but the devil always takes a step too far. And that’s how he gets caught.
