I, Kerry Craig Walker, am a builder, carpenter, designer, writer, researcher, sports enthusiast, archery champion, nature and animal lover, and Accelerated Freefall Instructor/Pro Demonstration Rating/Videographer with the United States Parachute Association. But more than anything else I am a philosopher, a seeker of truth.
I was a Boy Scout who earned the rank of Life scout, just shy of Eagle, with 22 merit badges and the Order of the Arrow, and I also earned a bachelor degree in Architecture, graduating at the top of my class. I was born and raised in Georgia and have lived in Georgia my entire life except for two extended stays when I worked in Florida for the city engineer, and when I worked in Tennessee to build a log cabin on top of a mountain for myself and my younger disabled brother. I now call this log cabin my permanent residence. I also have a small cabin in Georgia by the Etowah River and Lake Allattoona as my secondary residence. I got this ?cabin? during the forced sell of my custom home by leasing a small track of land with a large ?shed? on it, and fixing it up and making it a little cabin in paradise. This is where I lived while I waged my battle for justice.
I?m not perfect and have had my share of problems in life, but on April 12, 1992 I turned my life around, and have been living a good clean and sober life ever since. I have completed some amazing (some say miraculous) accomplishments over the past 15 years.
Yet on September 16, 2001 the rug was yanked out from under me when I was dominated, controlled, violently beaten, continuously threatened and then attacked in my own home. I was forced to drive this psychotic person home and continuously threatened all the way there. I filed an Incident Report the same day of the beating, stating also that I had severe physical injuries and a witness. The person who threatened me and beat me up filed an Incident Report four days later that was full of false allegations and false information, none of which could be substantiated by any means! I felt surely the detective on the case would toss this person?s Incident Report out as utterly frivolous.
To my astonishment, on September 25th, I was the one arrested and charged with Simple Assault, Simple Battery, and Obstruction of a 911 call?all crimes I did not commit but crimes that were in fact committed against me! In a bizarre twist and in spite of all that I knew to be right, the detective on the case ignored the only witness at the scene and then ignored, altered, and even tampered with the exculpatory evidence. Subsequently, the charge of Simple Assault was then upgraded to Aggravated Assault by a grand jury.
What happened over the course of the next four years and two months is very difficult to believe.
The (now former) Detective Preston Peavy committed back-to-back felony crimes in his nefarious attempts to manufacture my guilt. At my first attempt at trial critical evidence that was the crux of my defense had been tampered with in order to eliminate this key piece of exculpatory evidence. The real nightmare was that the government covered up for these criminal actions.
As a result of this farce of justice prudence, I lost the custom home that I personally designed and built as well as most everything else in my life. My health has been severely affected and my dear, sweet, and very patriotic and talented mother died under the duress of this insanity. This case of injustice and malfeasance also harmed my family members and loved ones, and my younger brother has been severely affected. And to think that my father fought in WWII for our freedom and went through such difficult times with honors?he spoke German by the time he got out of that war and was decorated with a purple heart! He would be turning over in his grave if he had been able to witness these events that were happening to me.
In spite of all of this, I remained a step ahead of this evil detective and those who stood with him, and I fought relentlessly and persistently until finally all of the charges against me were dismissed on November 23, 2005.
Because of my case this so called ?detective? was ?demoted? to Uniform Patrol and eventually became Corporal Preston Peavy. This did not sit well with me. I wanted him off the police force for good for he was a crooked cop and a disgrace to his profession. I fought hard to affect that change and because of my efforts, this dishonest man is no longer an officer of the law. He now works in the private sector.
I now have two lawsuits pending. One is a 20 million dollar lawsuit against the Cherokee County Sheriff?s Department, and others involved in unlawful activities in this case. The other is a 1.5 million dollar lawsuit in Cobb County against the unbalanced pathological liar who filed the false Incident Report that started this nightmare.
In an ethical government, this battle would have never been necessary. I may not be perfect but what happened to me at the hands of an extremely dishonest and callous detective should not happen to anyone. Now that this has happened, I am taking up the gauntlet for what I consider a good cause. In the words of Thomas Paine, ?The real man smiles in times of trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.?
Peace and blue skies,
Kerry Craig Walker
My Nightmare in Georgia
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