I'm Maureen rondeau I'm out I'm home I never skipped there s more to the story than the paper reported as usual . Judge was fair as I lost my house and changed my address w state this was a STATE mistake and I spent 15 days in a Rotton boston jail because the state police never bothered to check where I was and call me the judge saw this and released me same bond and dismissed the new charges on all violations maybe the paper should report the FACTS hope u don't get caught up in false info .
Maureen rondeau and I am not the guilty one here , there's much much more wait and look at the ri court onli for truth

Oh Maureen, you are the guilty one and you got caught. Time to pay for your crimes.

kelli from brewer you have a lot of nerve , you don't know the whole story , you'll see when the truth comes out . you could be next be careful your life , family everything ripped away because a certain someone did things and put them on another person to save themselves and their buddies ..... and i have paid dearly already , luckily for me the court sees the TRUTH and both sides .... so hold your judgement you have no idea

pretty much everybody at the Cranston Hotel says they didnt do it, it was the guy next to them, they were set up, yada yada LOL.

But yes, technically, this is an accusation until proven in court.

sounds like someone's saying they were set up to take a fall by their employer.

hummm i wonder why the nk police didn't investigate EVERYONE at this employer....Would it seem maybe that people were being paid off....how can a company look over the fact they were missing over 200000 dollars ( Google it thats how i found out) and only one person was responsible....Everyone makes mistakes but it would seem that there is more to this story in general. Did the accused have fancy cars or take exotic trips....I guess time will tell the truth.....

Maureen, your husband was recently arrested for a felony charge of receiving stolen goods. The stolen goods were found in your house.I'm sure he's not guilty as well.You scammed your employer,your ex-mother in law, then defrauded your most recent employer. Bet ten bucks you miss your next court date. That glass pipe is a bugger.

housewife, what is the husbands name, and what town was this in, nothing comes up when I search... thx

Funny you would mention that about my husband as his charge was never put thru the courts . See nk arrested him yet the AG 's office never signed any information , how many people get arrested by local pd and the attorney general DROPPED those charges in full = No information signed =nk should not have a arrested him but they felt the need to make a bad situation worse . And thanks to nk doing that he lost his job , look out it could happen to you when the police can arrest wo sufficient evidence .
HE stole nothing nk just wanted to harass us . Find me one other case where a person gets arrested and never goes to court because the facts are so bad the ag's office drops them ? And my point on inaccurate info is I am not held Wo bail and there was a legitimate reason I missed my dates ..
Suffice to say for all those things in the article I should have been held had I purposely missed , And no nothing fancy I LOSt my home ..as I said there are 2 sides to everything and it is wrong to report only one side and the held wo bail is incorrect , maybe they should have said on the article that all the violations were dismissed by the judge and I was not held wo bail now that Changes the tune of the article , but the way it's printed is more catchy I admit but I thought ACCURATE reporting was important as well

if link above does not work .. here is case 32-2012-01015
Im not perfect but i am sick of being dragged thru the mud , harassed , dropped in a Boston Jail through the holidays because the RISP knew I would be let out by RI and wanted to teach me a lesson ,... and I crossed someone who was and is VERY important to NK , Someday it will all come out but damn , you need to think that my kids have been in the town and are all GREAT kids , no trouble, honor roll all athletic and academic Varsity captains ... they DO NOT DESERVE YOU TO POST SUCH CRAP

If all your facts are true, then file a suit and call the press in. No one in USA is "very important to NK" could do such things as you claim and not be subject to serious legal action.

While an arrestee is innocent until proven guilty, here is some more info:

http://www.americanswindlers.com/rhode-island-woman-charged-with-embezzlement-held-without-bail/

http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/crime/north-kingstown-woman-accused-of-embezzling-money-from-brewers-wickford-cove-marina

http://www.nkpolice.org/press/brewers/Brewers%20Arrest%20Report.PDF

Funny when the criminal proclaims to be the victim. Same old song and dance.
You should of thought of your kids when you first applied the invisible ink.You should thank the rest of us honest hard working people for paying for your court appointed lawyer. Hope you like canned mashed potatoes and Spam.

Must be awful to be so bitter and hey the truth will come out at some point . And I did think of my kids , which is why I even bothered to post here , so that anyone who reads the rotten article that has untruths and 1/2 of 2 sides can see there is more to it . Only I and others know what went on , and for once anyway I think the legal machine is truly looking through all the facts and making decisions based on those and not on what you can stir something into , which is why I am sitting home instead of the "Cranston Hotel "

And to politics Sheriff : they can print articles all day but they only print one side good old RI it's all of who you know ... And I would love how anyone explains the actions of the nkpd against my husband . They can arrest when they want with not enough evidence for the AG to go forward , ad they knew it would hurt and weaken and make a bad situation worse , while I may be caught up in the mess of a bad organization , he really did nothing and yet he paid with his job and his reputation . The press was kind enough to report his arrest but certainly did not publish another article when they dropped all charges . It is not catchy or entertaining

And don't say it can't happen it can it can

Well lets see if Samantha will go out and get the story why the Jeffry Rondeau arrest didnt result in charges. Call the NKPD, get the reports, call the AG get their statement why they did not prosecute. Its public business, so lets find out shall we?

Hey sophia just wondering why you would put out there maureens childrens fathers name. This has nothing to do with them and also what right do you have to speak about my family did you know maureens parents did you know what hell maureen went through when she got divorced you just made it worse for her children they dont have the same name as her anymore so thanks so much. I re read all the comments and zeramby is never put. I don't know who you are but i am maureens sister and for all our faults our parents never judged us on the money we had or didn't have and yes both our parents had issues but ya know what i took care of those children more then anyone i helped raise them because your precious god like zerambys couldnt handle 4 children. So unless you want to put your real name out there do not put my nephews and niece into this they are all amazing and as much as some dont like it they are part of my terrible family too

SOPHIE WHO ARE YOU ? PUT YOUR NAME HERE TO
YOU PUT MY CHILDREN'S NAME HERE WHY? WHY HURT THEM MORE ? THEY ARE INNOCENT !
YOU WANT SOME TRUTH ABOUT THE WONDERFUL ZERAMBY FAMILY? :
1. Did you know that I stayed home and raised those kids 10 years while DADDY was out WORKING , CHEATING DRINKING ?
2. DO YOU KNOW WE BURIED OUR DAUGHTER WHO WAS THE OLDEST she DIED IN A DAY FROM MENINGITIS AT 4 YEARS OLD HER NAME WAS JENNY
3.I WISH THAT ON NO ONE . BUT BURY YOUR CHILD AND RAISE 4 KIDS . MAKE THEM WHOLE ,SMART ,NO TROUBLE HONOR ROLL ATHLETES . DO IT W/A BROKEN HUSBAND WITH THE PAIN OF SEEING A LITTLE COFFIN LOWERED IN THE GROUND HAUNT U
4 HAVE YOUR HUSBAND HIS FAMILY BUT THEIR NOSE INTO YOUR WRONGFUL DEATH CLAIM , BRING IT TO TRIAL , TESTIFY EVERYDAY ,RELIVE YOUR PAIN, HAVE THEM PUSH IT , THE JURY COMES IN AGAINST YOU AND YOU LOSE ...AND THEIR INPUT IS" MAUREEN COMES FROM ZERO , 1/2 A MILLION IS A LOT TO HER BUT NOT TO US , THE ZERAMBY;S " , THEN WHEN THEY LOSE THE GAMBLE THEY CHOSE TO MAKE, ANY AMOUNT IS TO MUCH ,CANNOT PUT MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH WAS
5. FIRE IN 1992 , I LIVED IN A HOTEL WITH , ONE BABY ,and 9MNTHS ALONG OUR HOME WAS DESTROYED , WE DID NOTHING WRONG WE FIXED THE HOUSE , I LEFT IT, RENTED IT , TO FOLLOW HIM ON HIS DREAM OF WORK PROMOTION AND MOVED LIKE A GYPSY FOP THE NEXT 10 YEARS WITH 4 KIDS
7, CAR IN 1990 I WAS NOT MARRIED IT WAS DAVID'S IT WAS TRASHED BEHIND A BROCKTON MA ELECTROLUX. HE GOT I THINK 900 FROM THE INSURANCE

I'm still waiting to hear from Maureen about the "important person to NK" that Maureen said in her post up above that she "crossed" resulting in all the "false" arrests of her and husband. I'm also waiting for Samantha to investigate and report why the charges were "not signed" against Jeffrey Rondeau, since Maureen seems to allege that was proof of their false nature.

Its my ex- employer whom is one of the largest tax payers in NK ( of a private business anyway ) , I for obvious reason am not going to list it here , but its in the paper anyway . It was not reported but is a fact that I left on TDI in 10/2012 due to extreme harassment from the manager which I had reported to corporate , he also had numerous customer complaints issued against him for inappropriate behavior and comments about myself and other female employee's which the customers had overheard , I had filed a complaint against the company for state employment violations at the end of October via an attorney ., The police were contacted after that happened , I was arrested on 12/5/2012 . The lawyer I was using of course decided to wait until all this was cleared up before proceeding more with that complaint . All im saying is that there is A LOT more than reported in the paper to these events , my husband lost his job and was dragged thru the dirt for nothing . Those facts are obvious as there are not to many cases brought by a police department then not backed up by the AG's office . He did not even hire a lawyer or ever have to go back to court , he was arraigned by the JP at the station , and then nothing again . He got his bail money back from the state , Granted there are some cases dropped during the course of prosecution , but not to many before. Make your own judgement , it will never be in the paper anyway

by the way is sophia the "queen " ?

Interesting stuff, but signing checks to yourself they were payments to the company from the customers? That's pretty hard to make up. Did the NK police and RISP conspire to ruin, at risk of lawsuits and ruined careers because some (you say) harassing boatyard manager didnt like you standing up to him? This will be very interesting as the court process is great at finding the truth (usually). Get a good lawyer. As to the Jeffrey Rondeau arrest, we'll Samantha is supposedly digging out the records and interviewing whomever at NKPD declined to sign that complaint after making an arrest after searching and trashing the residence, you allege. Well have to admit that it's a fact that the arrest and search took place, and a fact that they subsequently didnt sign or pursue. Let journalist Samantha Turner look that over and report fairly and accurately who what why when and how. I cant wait.

no that's not what the accusation was , sorry wrong facts , nothing to do with customer checks accused of a lot but not that and as far as Jeff goes ,the "stolen goods " were not stolen .. bottom line which is why it was dropped , His arrest was to scare and intimidate.. NKPD wanted to get him away from the home and told him so when he was interviewed that day ,
I may have some things to answer for based on the accusations of the NKPD and Marina but , they need to answer why the arrested but then could not prosecute my husband ,
In the USA I thought I lived in that is not supposed to happen , the police are not supposed to be able to use their power to arrest at will with the knowledge that there is not enough evidence to back up a subsequent court action... Just to get him into the detectives to have them scare and intimidate a husband to leave a home and family and yes I hope the truth comes out about how all of this was handled , if it can happen to him ,it can happen to anyone . and what a waste of the taxpayers of NK's money ... must have cost some money to arrest an innocent person ?

and please keep in mind to all reading these comments ... whomever" housewife in EG" is , who is obviously a relative or actually a part of the law enforcement posted about his "arrest " on here , but she did not know the whole story and the TRUTH of the matter that the arrest was no good , the NKPD never published a press release about his arrest now did they ?

Maureen,
You forgot to mention you left your home on Brookside Dr while married to have an affair with your now husband. Wait, didnt he work for Dave?? LOL. You left 4 kids w/ Dave for many yrs while you were having your fling. You really are crazy. And I know for a fact you were in hiding. If not, then why was it only your daughter knew where you were??

Hey Aruba you are confused ... My ex hubby cheated on me ... And all my kids had thanksgiving with me in boston ... And the state of ri had my address as well , but you know I all ... Oh and my daughter has lived with me ONLY since we separated 8 years ago right around the corner from brookside :) the boys 1/2 the time the girl never spent a night w her dad all those years ... Anything to make me look bad , that's ok tho I know the truth and my daughter I left her w Dave so she could finish hs there in NK hardest decision i ever had to make , but the right one for her as we lost the house to the bank in july .... so how would they ALL NOT know where I was I WAS not hiding lol
Love the small town scuttlebutt .... Lol ... So happy to be away from there .... Please if you like my kids and Dave they certainly do not want this on the Internet So stop lol it only upsets them everyone knows what Dave was a good provider a nice guy but a cheater and even he would admit he messed his marriage up lol

well thanks Sherriff for clearing that up I am of course innocent until guilty .. and yes the truth will come out in due time , to bad the small town people who have nothing better to do had to drag my personal life , which had nothing to do with this mess , onto the internet :( SHAME ON THOSE WHO DID THAT and put my ex and Kids last name out here

Just saw Samantha comment (a few places above) that she is following up on the Jeffrey R arrest and subsequent dropping charges. Thats great and just what this new medium is about. Of course in the old newspaper days we could still call the reporter or an editor and ask the same questions but fewer did. This is much easier abd better.

Well doesnt look like patch will be doing the Jeffrey Rondeau drop-charge/ bogus arrest allegation piece. Maybe they were told not to by important police or govt officials. Oh well, would have been interesting.

OK cool. Was being tongue in cheek obviously but good to hear it is on the list!

I actually would bet t there will be no story on that issue , you can't run a story in a local newspaper which shows that they local pd may have overs zealous , not if you want to continue to exist in the small nk but we shall see its just not as interesting as the article on me and by the way where is the updated info that I was no held without bail and all the fugitive charges were dropped ?

Maureen you're a thief.

I wonder if anyone else has accused this individual of thieving activities, or not?

Does Samantha know about the all-new and improved APRA? Maureen alleged that Jeff Rondeau's arrest was bogus and the unsigned status proves it. One month ago on January 11 Samantha said she should "have all this together hopefully next week". How 'bout an update?

Looks like Samantha was taken off this one or whatever! Maybe Maureen IS onto something? lol

well , it is nice to see that as I said there would be no story about Jeff , see that would show that NKPD abused their power to try an intimidate and scare , Regardless of what is thought about me , the bottom line is there are 2 sides to every story , and as far as Jeff goes , there was NO REASON to arrest him , FYI , 2 and 1\2 weeks ago Samantha emailed Jeff and asked to speak with him , she never called . Its funny as well that the "housewife from EG " who mentioned his arrest obviously is somehow related to someone from the NKPD , as she knew about his arrest which was not published anywhere for obvious reasons , She mentioned it to make the whole family look bad , and she did not know what had happened with that "arrest" , and it is painfully apparent as with everything else involved involved in these events that only one side of the story is ever reported. Gotta love good old Rhody ... who do you know , and god help those who don't know anyone and cross the wrong people ... they can and will destroy you without blinking an eye ... it can happen to anyone .

Samantha Turner put a lot of effort into studying journalism. They dont teach you to shut up when the local PD doesnt want you to report the facts on something of public business.

FROM her profile:
"I joined Patch because I believe in providing accurate news, both comprehensively and proportionately."

" I tried church once, but was told I asked too many questions. (A sign that I may make a good journalist one day, I suppose.)"

And then there is the police, yes they have a lot of power and can get away with things because of that, but it doesnt take more than one solid scandal to destroy a career. I hardly think your husband is worth that to them.

But then there's YOU. Alleged of diverting almost a quarter million of someone elses dollars, and in these posts, alleged of other theft etc. and cheating who knows what else I lost track. All a big giant conspiracy I suppose. Maybe they'll make a movie! Nah.

But this IS interesting!

Samantha, know your busy in fact overworked, but you did make calls and request information here and you were keeping us abreast. A little update would sure be nice! Thank you :)

Honestly, I really don't think it is unreasonable to just ask for an update, since on January 11 this was posted by the editor:

Samantha Turner
10:36 am on Friday, January 11, 2013
I am picking up information from the NKPD today. I should have all this together hopefully next week. Thank you for your patience.

I have read the post and it bothers me…..Jeffrey was arrested in 2012 because of the ongoing investigation against Maureen. And as far as I can tell all charges were dropped. He is actually a very nice guy who is caught between a rock and a hard place. What do you do when you wife is obviously sick (and that is not meant in a mean way) but Maureen must have severe issues to keep doing this and to steal from Jeff’s mother.
So you love your wife and you know she is ill and you love your mother who she stole from what the hell should you do. . I know I would not want to be in his shoes.
Unfortunately for Jeff and the children I think Maureen will end up doing some serious time for her crimes even though I think a mental hospital would help her more than prison. I know Maureen has a pre-trial date today. I hope she keeps it and faces the charges and takes some responsibility for her actions and down the road gets the help she needs.. Just saying

Not Crazy. Not Guilty. It was all a setup. (But that will never see the light of day.)

Gotcha.

Maureen...I spoke to soon, just because it's in my mind does not mean it needs to go to paper. I had a husband in the service and I almost forgot we are still innocent until proven guilty in this country. Sorry

Jan 17 Sheriff, I am once again asking for your patience.

That was a pretty bumptious sounding request, three months ago. Just how much patience were you asking for Sam?

Or... maybe not. lol

"I support the Sheriff here. The girl said on January 11th that we'd have the info in a week. It has not been forthcoming. The Sheriff is delivering follow-through here, the web site girl isnt. Not personal, those are just the facts. If anyone is too thin skinned to deal with it - such as this always-hostile poster "tired of the antics" - then go get some fresh air please, the Sheriff is right."

Wow ... as I said 3 months ago , there WILL NEVER BE ANY ARTICLE ABOUT Jeff's "arrest " .See when the Police bend the rules they do not want anyone to know .. especially in good old Rhody .... Jeff sent Samantha an email in late January /early Feb . after she reached out to him for his comment .. he responded and never heard from her again... like i said before the person who brought up Jeff's arrest had details that were not made public , therefore EG housewife is somehow able to access information which only the NKPD was privy to ... she posted the comment about him to make this look worse , not knowing that the case was dropped by the AG's office ... so why in the world would NK PD want any publicity at all about Jeff's arrest as what happened to him only adds credibility to what I have said about this all along ...
The NK PD did whatever they needed to do to make sure that our whole family was ostracized and driven out of the town ... its all about who you know , or who you cross ... it can happen to anyone

I have read all of this, and do not know any of the people here. For this "Tired" person, you ought to be ashamed, the way you attack people on here. Get a life. I think the Sheriff is a good person who is trying to get to the truth. As to what the patch "reporter" has accomplished? Nothing but unfulfilled pledges. Shameful what the news media has been replaced with, honestly. Like a bunch of silly children playing around instead of budding professionals developing honor and integrity. Today, anybody can call themselves a "reporter" with zero mentoring from senior staff to teach and uphold professional standards, which are now rapidly getting lost.

In my day you would NEVER have a reporter commit to find something, not do it, and then get an "attitude" when asked as has apparently happened here. If they did there would be senior staff, mature people who spent years EARNING their right to have a true "attitude" based upon experience, wisdom, integrity, and pride. ALAS, No longer.

Shame!

Would you all please focus on your own lives, climb out of your hole of darkness and think kind thoughts. No one has any right to bash anyone like this, and there are several on the list. This type of behavior simply illustrates that every person who has been commenting is on the wrong side of the IQ curve. You should all be ashamed of yourselves!

"now" you are looking right. There will NEVER be a story on the false arrest allegation nor a proper reply by samantha following up on her pledge to find the facts and report them. At this point I wouldnt count on the veracity anyway as something is clearly afoot here one way or another. How is your own criminal charges situation going? You said the truth would all come out...

If things were not pending I would be more than happy to share everything my family and I have been put thru due to crossing the wrong people , or more accurately crossing people who are "connected " ... I will share what I was told by an attorney involved in this case " what the powers that be basically do is throw as much xxit at the wall and see what sticks " . This whole country has turned into a almost socialist republic with 90 % of the population watching to much TV and believing everything that the box tells them , on top of that the USA is generally looked down upon in the rest of the civilized world as crude , fat and lazy . My father and his 3 brothers all served their country proudly during different conflicts , and this is NOT THE COUNTRY they fought for , lost so much for . I was always proud to be an American , and I still am ... but I am NOT PROUD of what the USA has become , and to be touched directly by the old adage "it 's all about who you know " and have everything taken from you ... and people only looking and judging by what they read in the paper , makes you realize the sad truth , that this "USA " of now is not what all those people who fought for our freedom thought they were fighting for ...

i am not going to keep defending myself , in the country I live in you are innocent until proven guilty not guilty until proven innocent , and when things go wrong , and the card house is falling in around you someone needs to take the blame ... the NKPD took something which was marginal at best and kept throwing as much against the wall to see what sticks , the problem is that over the lengthy process of court and such... your life is ruined ... and torn apart in the local papers ... only the state side is reported , facts not even checked ... I am used to it ... you could not pay me a million dollars to live in NK again ... and in Rhody is does pay to have friends in high places ... what happened with the non reporting by the patch only makes my case look more like the witch hunt it is ...

NO SHOW IN COURT TODAY ACCORDING TO THE RI JUDICIARY. SOMEONE MUST HAVE MESSED UP THE DATES. LOL

nice of you to keep track for me , unfortunatly as usual people love to comment when they have no idea of whats going on ... MY ATTORNEY CALLED ME AND TOLD ME NOT TO COME AS IT WAS TO BE CONTINUED AS SHE IS WAITING FOR THE STATE TO PROVIDE HER DOCUMENTS AND THEY ASKED FOR MORE TIME .. wow love how people love to run their mouths without having any clue what so ever ... but thanks for keeping an eye on me ...lol

oh and by the way use your god given brain , do you think if I just blew off court without the courts permission , did it occur to you that it would say warrant issued WHICH IT DOES NOT ... I have done EXACTLY what I am supposed to be doing , and I never would of had any issues in the first place had it not been for a greedy and corrupt lawyer I gave lots of money to ,who did not do his job and was actually held in contempt of court by the court ... how I DO NOT miss rhode island , small state , small minds ....

warrant issued notification would come day later theif! oh and I didnt think it was your fault, never is. lol. STOP WASTING OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY AND ADMIT YOUR GUILT!!

Think we'll ever hear from SAMANTHA again, on this saga?

wow who are you aruba ... seems you without a doubt are directly involved somehow ??? by the way I think in the USA we are innocent until proven guilty and you have a lot of nerve to assume I am GUILTY ,as I said the truth will come out seeing as tho you like to follow this , guess you have nothing better to do with your time , so keep watching and you will see the truth come out ....no warrant either thanks for being concerned , and I AM NOT WASTING YOUR MONEY , I HAVE A PRIVATE ATTORNEY ... please find something more interesting to do with your time than follow my life around...

and as to Sheriff , no of course not ... there will never be a story about that as why would there ever be an article which portrays the PD as over stepping there boundaries... seems to me that the silence only makes what have said seem more and more believable

New to this type of medium , old fashioned news paper reader , but decided write on here after someone told me about all the bullxxit commented. I had a boat here for 15 yrs , but left as 50 % of the others did after the 5 year rule of new GM . Maureen was a WONDERFUL employee , so was Patty fired after 7 years , the new GM also fired the prior OM who moe replaced , both were BIG women , he replaced Patty with a 19 year old dock girl ? strange a recession he could of hired an experienced person she was a sister of a employee , great looking and nice gal , nepotism at its worst here GM's Best friend of 15 yrs hired as the AM no prior marina experience 70K a year .Moe last one left who was not a friend or relative of someone . Million complaint letters sent to the owner about the GM , he was given a warning for his treatment of customers and female employee's right before all this happened . Moe left for medical issue , retained an attorney as the GM broke the RI leave law. GM called the police 1 month after suit filed . Marina got a permit for expansion which they had been trying to get for 15 years , local PD and State police all have boats NONE OF THIS REPORTED BUT HEY SHES GUILTY RIGHT ? , after reading the above and seeing first hand how cruel this man has been to all his employee's and customers as well , I am SICK TO SEE WHAT THE MEDIA HAS DONE AS USUAL ONLY ONE SIDE , ONLY WHAT THEY WERE TOLD TO PRINT NO INVESTIGATION Gotta love RI.

That's all interesting back story. But if PROVEN that the suspect transferred that much money, then all the bad politics wont exonerate her. If it was all a set up and the circumstances contrived, then thats a colossally stupid way to get rid of the last non-nepotism employee, when as an at-will state in RI, the GM could simply terminate her employment. Wouldnt that have been easier? As to the police who have boats there, well police have boats just like everyone else and once in a while they can afford to park them at a marina. I am sure that the cops dont go down to enjoy their boat and instead participate in a vast conspiracy, break laws, simply to help a marina manager get rid of a clerk. Lets separate kindergarten workplace politics from the facts about whether money was stolen in large amounts, or not.

As to Patch, it IS interesting that Turner committed herself to build the related story, gathered facts, presumably started to write it (all one page) then dropped the ball. And those are FACTS.

Samantha care to speak to this? Is this a two-way medium only when you feel like it?

Those would be my thoughts on the latest update to the $200,000 soap opera..