Lane von Herzen: Surrender of Badge and Title

My Third Novel's Conclusion, My Heartbreak

My heart begins to break when I think about completing this particular book -- because this narrative has sustained me like no other story I've known. It's both more personal and more universal than my other works. But beyond memory and archetype, it's a cri-de-coeur about needing to become the person one is destined to be. And in the writing, I have met my own life's work, my own fated journey -- having the sense all the while that the pages are suffused with a resonance, an energy, an electrified field that defies explanation. Writers hope and pray to be overtaken by a work in this way -- to be conscripted into passionate service of a profound story. To experience it even once in a lifetime seems a great privilege. I still have several months before this novel is complete, and this constitutes my reprieve. Because I'm not ready for the beauty to end.

Saturday, December 6, 2025

Surrender of Badge and Title

OIG Hotline, please be informed that two days ago I received a threat that, at Txx Lxxxx' directive, my unspecified belongings were being harmed in some manner. Yesterday, the right sole of a pair of non-slip winter boots I purchased recently was leaking through the ball of the foot due to a piercing of the rubber sole that was difficult, though not impossible, to locate.

It is alleged that this sabotage was intended to force me to throw away the boots -- a reasonable conclusion, as that had been my plan.

Having said that, the discarded boots were allegedly intended to be utilized by Txx Lxxxx to stage a crime scene in which I was -- obviously -- to have no involvement whatsoever.

It is alleged that this FBI conduct was intended to "link" me to crimes committed or directed by Txx Lxxxx pertaining to one or more of my properties within the United States.

To say that I am alarmed by this ongoing attempt by Txx Lxxxx to frame me for his own crimes is the understatement of the millenium. Clearly, this man must be feeling appreciable guilt in order for him to continue to attempt to project his predations onto the innocent.

Yet, should he really be allowed to continue to address his palpable guilt in this manner?

Shouldn't he be stopped before he hurts more innocent people?

Shouldn't he be charged right away? Relieved of his duties? Required to surrender his badge and his title?

Shouldn't he be further prevented from engaging in knowingly falsified law enforcement reporting regarding my family members and myself?

Thank you for allowing me to express these serious concerns.

While I am relieved that Txx Lxxxx' check forgery scheme appears to have been detected, I hope we can agree that this does not represent the least of this man's crimes, nor the worst of his intentions.

Good people must stop the gratuitous predations of predators of this sort, or we will lose the most noble, honorable, virtuous Americans to the manipulations of Machiavellian and sadistic officials seeking to profiteer from the victims of their torturous aims and methods.

Most sincerely,