Imprisoned and Tortured in a Canadian jail and alienated from his wife and son, whom he hasn't seen since, Scott Loper was denied access to the outside world, including any means of legal protection.
Documents
This page contains several documents concerning the Scott Loper case, along with a brief explanation of each.
The Search for Eddy
Scott's wife Carolyn, as well as his son Eddy, may have met a disastrous fate.
He currently has no way of knowing.
However, if his wife is alive he feels that certainly, by now, she could have contacted authorities.
The truth of her fate can only be known when she is found.
Given the unknowns, the possibility must be assumed that Carolyn may be in hiding - and - due to the fact that a restraining order is still in effect, the possibility must also be assumed that this may be a decision of choice.
The focus of the search is on Eddy, Scott's Son, now 11 years old.
Davison to Andrews June, 2005
Response to Congressman Robert E. Andrews' original contact with the Office of Overseas Citizens Services and Crisis Management.
In response to inquiries following this letter, the Canadian government stated they had no record of Scott Loper having lived in Canada.
Andrews pursued the matter, but came against a brick wall.
Andrews to Rice April, 2005
Letter from Congressman Andrews to Condoleeza Rice.
Hoyer to Loper November, 2007
After exhausting other avenues, Scott Loper contacted House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.
This was Hoyer's original response indicating he has notified the State Department.
Hoyer to Bergner November, 2007
Hoyer's letter to Jeffrey Bergner, Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Legislative Affairs, asking him to look into the matter.
Durkin to Hoyer Undated, 2007
Letter from Kenneth M. Durkin, Chief of the Western Hemisphere Division of American Citizens Services and Crisis Management, to Steny Hoyer, in which he states he has verified that the Canadian Authorities did not notify the U.S. Consulate of Loper's arrest and conviction.
In the letter, he states that they "reminded" the Canadians that it was an important thing to do.
When the Durham drug team members Loper was about to turn in caught on to him, they handcuffed him and took him to a mental institution, declaring he was delusional - was making up wild stories about the police.
Just prior to that, Loper, fearing something was coming apart, sent his wife and son to a safe place a couple of hours away.
That night, as Loper was in the mental hospital, the police ransacked his home looking for the evidence that could convict them of drug trafficking and extortion.
After a mandatory 72-hour evaluation, doctors had decided there was nothing wrong with Loper - that either he or the police were lying, but it wasn't their job to figure out which, and they detected nothing amiss with his mental state.
He was released and served a restraining order at the same time.
The restraining order was instigated by his wife, Carolyn.
Loper had to find out what was going on, so he called Carolyn.
In Scott Loper's words: "She screamed into the phone: 'Scotty, I Love You with all of my heart, but I had NO CHOICE .. they will take Eddy away!'
I had nowhere to go so doctors let me stay a few more days to figure things out.
Finally, I was told: 'Mr. Loper, this is a hospital, not a hotel, you must go.'
"I ended up at a men’s shelter. I called Carolyn to BEG her to go to federal authorities.
She was sobbing and said 'I can’t.'
Ten minutes later 5 or 6 Durham Region Police Cars showed up to arrest me for 'Violating a Court Order'.
I was beaten with batons while handcuffed, taken to Whitby Jail and thrown into a filthy, cockroach infested solitary confinement cell with no light.
Cockroaches by the thousands crawling on your body IN THE DARK can make you lose your mind.
"Two days later, by my estimation, the torture began.
This was also the first time I was fed.
Some slop, that had human feces in it.
Starving .... I ate it, and vomited for days."
Loper was charged and convicted of violating that restraining order and sentenced to 2 years in prison.
He was returned to Whitby to serve his sentence.
Loper is certain his wife was threatened, and still fears for her and his son's safety.
While in the Whitby Jail, Loper tried to write a letter to a relative of his wife's hoping to work together to turn the situation around and bring these rogue cops to justice.
That letter garnered a second two-year sentence.
After four years in prison, Loper was quickly released and taken to the U.S. border when an investigation had begun of the Durham police drug squad - the very cops Loper was about to expose.
The investigation was whitewashed.
Hoyer to Loper January, 2008
Steny Hoyer's letter to Scott Loper regarding State Department findings and stating the State Department has no jurisdiction over Canadian law enforcement personnel.
Is the congressman losing site of the issue here?
Durkin to Hoyer April, 2008
Letter from Kenneth Durkin to Steny Hoyer stating that Scott Loper waived his rights to contact the U.S embassy.
Durkin states that Loper waived his rights on paperwork dated June 3rd, 2003.
That is nearly a year after his first sentence would have ended!
It is THREE YEARS after his original incarceration!
Even if there had been such a legal document, rather than proving their case, the date would have been shining proof that the Canadians were in violation of Article 36 of the Vienna Convention.
You would think that the astute Mr. Durkin would have noticed this discrepancy.
Our guess is he did.
He was just hoping that it would all go away.
Durkin to Hoyer May, 2008
Durkin telling Hoyer the case is all solved - he has the smoking gun - the document in which Scott Loper sign... uh ... well, HE didn't sign it, but a Canadian immigration officer did, so it must be legitimate!
Oh - and it's three years after he was incarcerated, but that's a trivial matter, isn't it?
While we're at it, would you like to buy some prime farm land in Antarctica?
(see the document below)
House Council to Scott Shields May, 2008
Civil Rights Attorney Scott Shields constantly requested a letter that was written to the State Department by Representative Hoyer concerning the unsigned Waiver of Rights.
Shields requested that letter several times and received no response.
Hoyer's office finally replied that the letter was "privileged".
Shields requested to know the nature of the privilege.
This letter, from the House attorneys, was the response.
Certainly, these U.S. government lawyers know this unsigned document proves the exact opposite of what they are indicating it does, if it even had any credibility at all.
Of course, it doesn't.
Wolf to Bergner August, 2008
Scott Loper has relocated and is now a constituent of Representative Frank Wolf, a ranking member of the State Foreign Operations Subcommittee, as well as Co-Chair of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus.
Representative Wolf is calling for a State Department investigation in this letter to Assistant Secretary of Legislative Affairs, Jeffrey Bergner.
Scott Loper's NJ Police Badge
Scott Loper worked doing internal investigations for the Camden County Sheriff in New Jersey.
Newspaper Article on police probe in Durham, Ontario
With the exception of one conviction, the entire investigation was whitewashed and personnel were reassigned.
