Less Than Zero Tolerance

by Eric Mockensturm

  • Part 1: The Start of It ▼
    • Chapter AA: Background
    • Intermission 1: Trips with the Kids
    • Chapter AB: Divorce Papers
    • Intermission 2: Activities with the Kids, Pre-separation
    • Chapter AC: Preliminary Thoughts
    • Intermission 3: Introduction to the Protection from Abuse Act, Part 1
    • Chapter AD: Protection from What?
    • Intermission 4: Introduction to the Protection from Abuse Act, Part 2
    • Chapter AE: What’s a Sorted Affair?
    • Intermission 5: Introduction to the Protection from Abuse Act, Part 3
  • Part 2: Learning What Abuse Is ▼
    • Chapter AF: The First Violation
    • Intermission 7: Thoughts about Jail, Part 1
    • Chapter AI: The Second Violation
    • Intermission 8: Thoughts about Jail, Part 2
    • Chapter AJ: What Came Next
    • Intermission 9: Thoughts about Jail, Part 3
  • Part 3: Reconstruction, Act I ▼
    • Chapter AL: First Relocation Attempt, Part 1
    • Intermission 10: Thoughts about Jail, Part 4
    • Chapter AL: First Relocation Attempt, Part 2
    • Intermission 14: Thoughts about Our Legal System – Part I
    • Chapter AL: First Relocation Attempt, Part 3
    • Intermission: The Absolute Power of the Pennsylvania Courts
    • Chapter AM: Contempt of Court Petition
    • Intermission XX: Graduate Students
    • Intermission 11: More Trips with the Kids
    • Chapter AN: Bad Times, Part II
    • Chapter AO: Hearing
    • Chapter AP: Text Messages
  • Part 4: The Summer from Hell ▼
    • Chapter 13.0: The Summer from Hell – Introduction and Misc.
    • Chapter 13.1: The Summer from Hell – Child Abuse?
    • Chapter 13.2: The Summer from Hell – The Third Violation
    • Chaper 13.3: The Summer from Hell – Losing my Children
    • Chapter 13.4: The Summer from Hell – An Involuntary Commitment
    • Chapter 13.5: The Summer from Hell – Stalking
    • Chapter 13.6: The Summer from Hell – The Fourth Violation
    • Chapter 13.7: The Summer from Hell – The Fifth Violation
  • Part 5: Losing the Fight ▼
    • Chapter BB: The Sixth Violation
    • Chapter BC: The Appeals
    • Chapter BD: Losing my House
    • Chapter BE: Gaining my Freedom and Losing my Children
    • Chapter BI: Stalking, Continuances
    • Chapter BN: Trying to Rebuild

Chapter AI: The Second Violation

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A scanned police criminal complaint form from Pennsylvania showing defendant information and arrest warrant details.
Arrest Warrant
This is a scanned image of a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Police Criminal Complaint form dated January 14, 2013. It contains the defendant’s name (Eric M. Mockensturm), address, date of birth, physical characteristics, driver license number, and an accusation section signed by Shawn Morrison of Ferguson Township Police.
A police criminal complaint form showing three offense entries with details on statutes and acts of the accused.
Arrest Warrant
The image displays a scanned page from a Pennsylvania Police Criminal Complaint form (AOPC 412A), dated 01/10/2013. It lists three offense entries, with the first being for contempt of court related to a protection order violation involving defendant Eric Mockensturm and plaintiff Rita Mockensturm.
A scanned police criminal complaint form from Pennsylvania dated January 14, 2013, with typed and handwritten fields including defendant name Eric M. Mockensturm, docket number MD-
Arrest Warrant
This is page 3 of a 'POLICE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT' document from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It includes typed fields for docket number (MD-7-2-013), date filed (01/10/2013), defendant name (Eric M. Mockensturm), and complaint/incident number (FTP201300083). The form contains numbered clauses regarding arrest warrants, verification of facts under Section 4904 of the Crimes Code, and an affidavit section signed by Shawn J Morrison on January 13, 2013. A magisterial district court number (49-1-01) and issuing authority signature are present at the bottom.
A police criminal complaint affidavit document dated January 13, 2013, filed by Shawn Morrison regarding a PFA violation involving Rita Mockensturm and Eric Mockensturm.
Arrest Warrant
This is a scanned page of a legal document titled 'AFFIDAVIT of PROBABLE CAUSE' filed under the Police Criminal Complaint system. The affidavit, sworn by Shawn Morrison on January 13, 2013, details an incident involving a text message sent to Eric Mockensturm from an unknown number registered to Rita Mockensturm, which was used as probable cause for a PFA violation case.
Two screenshots of an iPhone contact screen showing a user named E with mobile number and messaging options.
iPhone contact interface for user E displaying call, message, and FaceTime options.
The image shows two screenshots from an older iOS device. The left screenshot displays the contact details for 'E' including a mobile number (+1 (814) 954-2378) with buttons for Send Message, FaceTime, Share Contact, and Add to Favorites. The right screenshot shows the Messages app opened to E's contact with a timestamp of Jan 13, 2013 at 6:10 AM visible in the message thread.

In the early morning of January 13, 2013, I was in my Penn State office because I couldn’t sleep. I had been there all night. I couldn’t figure out how to get Rita my new number, and I didn’t know her attorney. In an Effexor-induced manic and increasingly panicked state, I thought if I sent Rita an innocuous text message, she would realize it was from me and have my number. Thus, I sent her a period (.). I figured the worst that could happen was getting arrested again and getting time added to my probation. I was hoping that Rita would not report it.  Again, I was incredibly naive.

Not long later, still in my office, I started getting calls from “blocked” numbers and assumed it was the police. I again panicked and decided to return the phone later that morning, which was a dumb thing to do in hindsight. Completely exhausted and hoping the police wouldn’t be able to link the phone to me, I went to my apartment and finally crashed after being awake for about 48 straight hours. I was awoken later that day by the police knocking at the door.  Completely disoriented, I gave them the new phone. They looked for the message but didn’t find it. They asked me if I deleted it, and I told them I had not. When they asked if I had sent the message, I told them I had, but I returned the phone and got the one they had now. They arrested me, handcuffed me, and took me back to jail. The arrest warrant, requested by officer Morrison, is contained in the image gallery.

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