Iowa Crime Victims

, This website is a new project, so please stay with us as we find our footing and our voices.  Currently, I am recovering from a hip surgery that was the result of being physically attacked by my brother in law (at-the-time) Anthony M. Fasano of Council Bluffs, IA, so it might be slow to get off the ground.

I never expected to be a victim of a crime.  Certainly not the victim of a crime committed by someone that was a part of my family.  Yet, being a victim of a crime is something that you don’t get to control.  It’s outside of your control.

When I tell people I was attacked by Anthony Fasano or my brother-in-law, the first thing that they always ask is “Why?”   I can’t answer that question.  I wish I could.  I think, what people really expect is some story that helps rationalize why a grown man would lose his temper to the point of attacking someone.  I think they want to know if that’s the “type” of family that we come from.  I say this sarcastically, because I’ve had people say, “Oh, I didn’t think your family was that type.”  ‘I think they expect something scandalous or that would help explain it.

Don’t get me wrong.  Our family isn’t, and never has been perfect, but this type of violence is new to us to.   The conversation that led to Anthony Fasano attacking me was about a vacation.

It’s really as simple as that.  A conversation about a vacation and dog sitting lead to months of pain and eventually a surgery where I had 4 anchors placed in my hip to repair the damage caused by Anthony Fasano when he attacked me.  Along this journey I’ve learned so much about our justice system.  How a victim is treated.  How little “justice” there is in the system.  And it frustrated me not to have a voice.  Thus, this project was born.

I’m looking forward to meeting people that want to join this project.  Fellow victims that are frustrated with the way the justice system treated them or simply need an outlet to have their voice heard.  Fellow citizens of Iowa who haven’t been a victim of a crime, but want to make sure that if they ever become a victim, they have constitutional rights and a voice.

Anyone familiar with legislation and the legal system would be more than welcome as well.  I’m definitely afraid to post this.  To move ahead with this project.  One, because when he attacked me Anthony Fasano threatened to kill me.  He didn’t get much of a sentence, in my opinion, so I live in fear that he will continue to want revenge on me.  Two, when I posted about victims rights in the past, the county attorney assigned to my case called to strongly suggest I take it down, because she said that Anthony’s Fasano’s lawyer complained and it could complicate the sentencing.  Mind you, I had and HAVE a no-contact order so I’m not really sure how he came to know about what I posted on my social media profiles, but the law allows that.  So I’ve already had my voice threatened.

However, I feel it’s vital that people of Iowa know what it’s like for victims.  So I will move ahead, even if I fear for my safety.  Sometimes when people try to take your voice and silence you it means you are fighting for a good cause.  

I welcome anyone that wants to help with this project.