Texas – Attorney Helen Mayfield, who many felt destroyed their case due to her lack of knowledge, experience and commitment, is now contemplating representing herself in her own case as she sits in jail since August 11, 2007, awaiting her $240,000 bond reduction hearing. 

According to the eagle.com article written by Ms. Holly Huffman, an Eagle Staff Writer, “’College Station police ended a seven-month investigation Saturday with the arrest of 59-year old Ms. Mayfield who admitted to participating in six e-mail scams over the past five years.’” The Eagle reported “’Ms. Mayfield told police she was the victim of a common financial scam that generally features a supposed foreign dignitary offering millions in exchange for help. But police, who worked with the FBI on the case, said Ms. Mayfield was a willing participant seeking financial gain.’” “’She was charged with 12 counts of forgery of a financial instrument after police said she cashed fake $500 American Express Travelers Cheques at First National Bank, where she had an account. She cashed 14 checks, according to police. The bank contacted police after a dozen were returned.’” “’She told police she cashed the checks for a client in exchange for a percentage of the cash. The client, she said, was a West African widow having trouble accessing her late husband’s $15 million fortune.’” According to the eagle.com, “’Investigators discovered she was wiring money to Nigeria, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Ontario, Ghana and the Netherlands. She told police she was involved in six scams since 2002, saying she continued hoping someday to get money she was promised.’” All the while Ms. Mayfield was committing these crimes, she was representing clients I had personally referred to her and she was representing me and approximately 32 other homeowners in my neighborhood regarding our homeowner association issue of being illegally annexed to the Villages of Town Center Owners Association, Inc.  Ms. Mayfield has left us all in a pile of dirt to dig our way out of an unbelievable quagmire of legal dung that only God will be able to deliver all of us from. To be continued…..harvellajones@yahoo.com © 2007Source:  The eagle.com (Writer: Ms. Holly Huffman)