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 Introducing Betrayal
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Legal Information
My search for justice began in 1985 when I was working as a deputy in an understaffed jail in Onondaga County, New York. An injury by a prisoner turned my world upside down, and led me to discover the injustices against jail deputies injured in the line of duty.
Years before, as President of a Union of Correctional Guards, at a county penitentiary, I reported my concerns about dangerous working conditions to the media. Result was a widely-publicized legislative hearing that led to the resignation of a county commissioner.
On December 12, 1985, a captain who was upset with my earlier activism decided to get even. His chance came when I was working the late night shift. A lieutenant and I asked an inmate, who had previously assaulted other deputies, to pick a blanket up from the floor. He repeatedly refused, cursed, and threatened to kill me.
Expecting a violent struggle, I rounded up two deputies to help me. When we entered the cell, a violent confrontation ensued. The inmate threw me against the wall and ran down the hall, before several other deputies arrived to restrain him and return him to his cell. Once the door locked behind him, I thought the incident was over.
But the struggle set off a time bomb of pain inside my body that gradually worsened until I had to start taking days off from work. When I tried to make "an injury in the line of duty" claim, so I could stay on the payroll, my captain denied my claim.
About a year after the injury, the captain sought to get me off the payroll entirely by asking me to file a claim for an accidental disability retirement. I refused to file, since I was not permanently disabled and my condition wasn't due to an accident, but an inmate's assault because of a lack of available guards.
The captain then assigned me to light duty. This assignment was designed to humiliate me and force me to do work that I was unable to do. For example, he put an Army cot in the basement, where I was supposed to lie down while working. I soon became the butt of the department jokes.
The low point came in March 1989, when the captain and a state official forced me to retire at 1/3rd my salary.
The stress was more than my wife could bear, and she decided to leave with our two kids. The loss of my house and car soon followed.
Over the next few years, I filed suit to get reinstated. I also sought a full investigation and learned how the captain and others sought to cover up the severity of my medical condition and altered my retirement application. I also sued the doctor and the HMO that had a contract to handle the medical care for all Onondaga County employees.
I suffered a major defeat in 1999, when the New York State Court of Claims ruled I could not proceed with my fraud case against New York State because the statute of limitations for fraud had expired.
Though it was too late for me, my efforts did result in a change in the enforcement of the "injured in the line of duty" law. Apparently, I was not the only injured deputy illegally forced to retire. But once my case called attention to this scheme, the county and state could no longer orchestrate the fraud.
I am presently working on a campaign to restore honesty and integrity back into New York State Government by having my illegal retirement overturned because that determination was based on a falsified, illegal retirement application.
We the people must demand honesty, integrity, and high moral values in all our public officials. Government corruption cannot and should not be tolerated.
You, the American people, can help me by emailing the office of the New York State Comptroller - Thomas P. DiNapoli - Newsroom at Press@OCS.State.NY.US and request that Mr. DiNapoli null and void the retirement application of Anthony M. Capria, because the retirement application is a falsified, illegal application. To allow this illegal retirement to continue to stand is un-American.
240 East Onondaga Street
PO Box 511
Syracuse, New York 13201-0511
(315)424-1830
Dennis J. Manning, MSW, MS
January 30, 2000
Mr. Capria and his family have suffered immeasurably
over the past decade as a result of injuries he sustained in service
to the people of Onondaga County.
— Dennis J. Manning, MSW, MS
An exciting, inspirational true story of one individual's struggle
with corruption and cover-ups by public officials.
P.O. Box 643
Syracuse, NY 13201
October 25, 1999
The Association is well aware of the long and
arduous ordeal he has undergone in his effort to accomplish this objective.
For this reason, all our members are committed to a quick an equitable conclusion
for him in this matter.
— Daniel F. Mathews, President
11 2 State Street
Suite 1212
Albany, NY 12207
(518) 462-7449
December 29, 1999
Retired Deputy Sheriff Sergeant Anthony M. Capria
has advised me of his long ordeal to have his retirement annulled, and to be
reinstated to his former position. I support his effort to correct the past
injustice, and to resolve the situation in a fair and equitable manner.
— Alan G. Wohlford, President
202 Hewitt Union
Oswego, NY 13126
www.oswego.edu/-studenta
(315)341-3601
November 18, 1999
Mr. Capria has been involved in a long legal
struggle to have his retirement annulled and to be rightly reinstated to
his former position. We believe that there should be a fair resolution to
this situation as soon as possible.
— Matt Silverman, President
194 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12210
(518)427-1551 | www.nyscopba.org | nyscopba@usa.net
Nov. 8, 1999
Sergeant Capria has endured a long and arduous ordeal
in an effort to have his retirement annulled and be rightfully reinstated to
his former position. For this reason, all of our members are committed to a
quick and equitable conclusion for him in this matter.
— Dennis Fitzpatrick, Director Public Relations
566 Spencer Street
Box 11307 - Franklin Square Station
Syracuse, New York 13218-1037
January 12, 2000
The Officers and Agents of Teamsters Local 317 fully support your
efforts to have your retirement annulled and reinstated to your
former position. It is the judgement of those that have viewed your
case that justice has not been served.
— Mark D. May
http://home.twcny.rr.com/dsba
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12121 Vonn Rd.
Box 11307 - Franklin Square Station
Largo, FL 33774-3401
"Once we started to read the book it was practically impossible to put it
down. We found the book to be very informative about the prison system and all that goes on behind closed doors that the public never hears about. This story is about a man who tried to improve the workplace for himself and his co-workers but was stopped at every turn by high officials. Because of that, he nearly lost everything he had worked for for many years. However, that didn't stop him from continuing to bring out the truth. We highly recomend that you read this eye opening account of what really goes on in our prison system."
Pulaski, New York
"This book, Betrayal, really tells what goes on behind closed doors in the prison system. The system is not fair. It actually happens more than people realize. My husband and I met Tony at our local American Legion. We found him to be a great person. We also found a new friend. We wish the very best for Tony. Everyone should read the book Betrayal. In this book, Tony describes the things that really do happen in the prison system. It is also an illustration of how hard it is to fight the system alone. Good luck, Tony."
299 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10171
"Betrayal is an incredibly frustrating story to read and impossible not to feel for you and the hardship you have obviously suffered as the result of your experiences working in the jail system."
6750 SW Franklin St.
Suite A.
Portland, OR 97223
"Yours is an engrossing and powerful story. I sympathize with your situation."
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