Goodbye

Mission Accomplished!

When we started PutnamLIES.com 14 years ago to the day in 2009 it was to do one thing: Expose the lies that Mark Halburn was printing every day on his attack blog. The LIES in our title were his. The lies he wrote about Putnam County government officials. Good people like Scott Edwards, Joe Haynes, Steve Andes, Gary Walton and their families. The lies about West Virginia judges, elected officials, and representatives. The lies about the good people that work behind the counters of local businesses. The lies about anyone who dared to disagree with him.

There's an old saying, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth".
And that's what Mark Halburn was doing on his fake news blog. Every single day.
The only side of the story getting told was his.
There was no one to answer his scurrilous charges or expose his abusive behavior.
Until we came along.
He didn't seem to like it very much.
He tried to shut us up too. He complained to anyplace where there was negative talk about him, Facebook, Twitter, Photobucket, Topix. He threatened to sue everyone, multiple times.
He tried to silence us, but he failed. Just as he failed at life.

But now he's gone. Dead as his fake news blog.
Once we started exposing his shenanigans, he started his long slide into utter irrelevance and and it finally did him in.
That's how you handle a bully. Come right back at him and give it to him twice as hard.

  Shithead fucked with the bull, and he got the horns.

As a direct result of our reporting and his behavior, Halburn's wife divorced him and he lost his meal ticket, his place to live, and his son.
We forced him to change the name of PutnumLive.com because that blog and its name were so damaged, so poisoned, so associated with his harassing, bullying tactics, and irresponsible reporting that his readership tanked.
After more arrests, convictions and a court order forbidding him from seeing his son,  he finally surrendered and fled the state in 2018 to leech off of his girlfriend sugar mama in Raleigh NC. Eventually she dumped him and he infested Lancaster SC, where he spent the rest of his miserable life.

PutnamLIES.com and the readers he imagined as a conspiracy aligned against him, who he called The Trash Bloggers Alliance, succeeded in running the fat fuck out of town and out of West Virginia.

The Trash Bloggers Alliance, Girl of Words, Tyler Hollywood, Lee Mays, Leonard Bernstein, Shawn, Tybois, Harry Stamper, Peachy, Jim Dolomite, the Crazed Cartooner, all our correspondents who contributed pictures, videos, emails and reports of his public assholery and our hundreds of thousands of readers can all take a well deserved bow. And a well deserved rest.

The real winners here though, are the people of Putnam County and West Virginia.

Our pledge has always been, "One Day Longer." We have fulfilled that promise.
We won, Halburn lost.

Good riddance, you fat piece of shit.

Many Thanks!!!

HALBURN DEAD!

Mark Vance Halburn died on June 16, 2023 from the results of a house fire in Lancaster SC. Oddly enough, for someone who craved media attention, he received none for this episode. There has been absolutely no media coverage of the fire even though it resulted in a fatality.

Update: How disappointing it must be for him that this 7/17/2023 story in the Lancaster SC News is not all about him. And it took them a month to report it.
https://archive.is/rptf8

Jerk-Off To Seek Jackpot Justice?

Another Scam
Another Hospital Stay

After being hospitalized on and off for the past few months with what some say was a severe case of herpes, Mark Vance Halburn is back on his back in the hospital, doing what he does best, laying around.

This time it's after a "slip and fall" in a South Carolina grocery store where he broke his leg.



Halburn has long dreamed of a big lawsuit settlement, total disability, or both. He 's been salivating for years over the thoughts of extorting a large sum out of a business and collecting a disability check.

It's going to be hard to do once a defense lawyer sees this admission:

"Surgery slippers"

That's right, Halburn went shopping in those socks with the rubber dots the hospital gave him during his last stay.

He was wearing socks. In a grocery store.
Not even his normal cheap Chinese flip flops. Not slippers. SOCKS.

Kiss your payout goodbye, shitbird. Their insurance company will be sure to point out your contributory negligence with this since those aren’t fucking SHOES.

He's keeping his eyes on the prize though.

The fucker breaks his leg and needs surgery but he's still complaining that they were out of what he wanted.

Always.

If this guy worked as hard at working as he did at getting permanent total disability and a jackpot justice claim, he would be a productive member of society.

Halburn Harasses Legislature

Totally Stable Father Blows Up Phones At Capitol

Out of state domestic terrorist Mark Vance Halburn repeatedly called the offices of the WV Senate Monday demanding to speak with Senate President Mitch Carmichael.
Halburn has been arrested numerous times for telephone harassment.

MARK VANCE HALBURN

Halburn was calling concerning HB4648, the so-called "Parenting Fairness Act of 2020" which would have mandated 50/50 custody in a divorce no matter how crazy one of the parents was. It would remove the old standard of doing what is in the best interests of the child and replace it with the presumption that shared legal and physical custody is in the best interests of the child.
This doesn't take into account unfit parents like Mark Halburn. He is a shining example of why a bill like this should never, ever be considered.

It would have enabled all of the past cases with disputed custody to be reopened.

Which is exactly what Halburn wanted. After FIVE losing trips before the WV Supreme Court, it was his only hope to regain any sort of visitation with his son.
As of this date, it has been 1000 days since Halburn was ordered to not see his son.

The bill did not pass. The House version was over 25 pages, a manifesto filled with provisions that would have been nearly impossible to enforce in any way. When the Senate Judiciary whittled it down to two pages, the House lost its mind. They sent back an amendment to it, but it never made it through on the last night. It got lost in shuffle.

Halburn, a South Carolina resident, never attended any hearings or floor votes during the Legislature's 60 day session. He was hospitalized through most of it with what some say was a severe case of herpes, which left him with plenty of time to call and pester the fuck out of everybody.

PutnamLies.com staff artist's conception

During one of Monday's calls, Halburn "COMMANDED" that the Senate be called back into session to pass this bill and get it to the governor "in five minutes."

It was patiently explained to Halburn that Senator Carmichael wasn't even in the office.

Lippy then gave a long winded spiel about technology enabling people to conference in from anywhere because "HE WAS CALLING FROM A HOSPITAL BED!" and then screamed, "I COMMAND YOU TO CONFERENCE MITCH CARMICHAEL IN RIGHT NOW!"

Halburn made a big show of voting in South Carolina a couple weeks back ... so he’s no longer a constituent of anyone here in West Virginia.
Take your crusade up with your South Carolina representatives, Fatboy.

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Mark V.H. vs. D. J. M.

http://www.courtswv.gov/supreme-court/memo-decisions/fall2019/18-0230memo.pdf

The court ordered mental evaluation of Mark Vance Halburn

Fourth Time Is Not a Charm

Here's Your Fucking Decision, Fatboy

Mark Vance Halburn has been whining all summer about the WV Supreme Court taking a "three month vacation", but when it started its fall term on Sept 4, they proved they hadn't been sitting on the beach, taking it easy.

Mark Vance Halburn

One of its first decisions is a doozy. In what could possibly be one of the longest memorandum decisions that the court has ever written,  Halburn has been given another devastating kick to his shriveled nuts.

That's right, Halburn.
A new Court and we're still laughing at you, bitch!

If readers thought the original order and the first Supreme court decision in this case were something, wait'll you get a load of this.

The case involves his never ending appeals of his divorce case, which began in 2013.
First he appealed the final order to Circuit Court, where he got no relief.
Then he took it to the WV Supreme Court where he lost again.

After that, he was prohibited from personally (pro se)  filing any civil actions. They can now only be filed by a lawyer.

He continued to show his ass. He filed numerous motions against the court, calling judges names and making irrational demands.

in March 2016, the original Family Court Judge, Michael Kelly, retired.
The new judge, Sabrina Deskins, ordered Halburn to not post any information about his case on social media. He ignored that and began harassing her and the guardian ad litem.
She lasted about eight months before she was replaced.

In March 2017, the case was assigned to Judge Patricia Keller. From the beginning, she showed that she would take no shit from the fat domestic terrorist.

Family Court Judge Patricia Keller

Halburn immediately began a campaign of intimidation and harassment against the Judge and the new guardian ad litem who was appointed to safeguard the child's best interests.

On November 7, 2017, Judge Keller entered a sixty-four page order, which is what this appeal is all about.

In it, she detailed the seven false reports that Halburn anonymously filed with Child Protective Services, his disruption of a local church camp that his son attended, and his campaign of intimidation and harassment against her and the guardian ad litem.

The Judge ordered:

• Halburn is to have no contact with his son until such time that he undertakes 18 months of continuous progress in mental health treatment.

• He cannot be arrested, or uncooperative with his therapist.

• He cannot have copies of the video or audio recordings of the family court hearings or a copy of the guardian ad litem's report

• He cannot publish any pleadings, guardian ad litem reports, videos or recordings of the private matters  in this case.

• He must stop making irrational or impossible requests.

• He cannot file any pro se pleadings

•  Any frivolous and nonsensical filings are subject to sanctions.

• Halburn must post a $2,500.00 bond with his next filing so that his second ex-wife can hire an attorney

• He is barred from the Cabell County Family Court

• A restraining order was issued against him on behalf of the GAL

• He was ordered to stop all forms of harassment of  the ex-wife,  her husband, friends, etc.

• He is prohibited against making public disparagement in print, posting any information on the internet, or via social media.

• He shall cease filing reports with Child Protective Services. His previous reports were all false and made only to harass. used to harass

And of course, he immediately appealed THAT ruling. That appeal was denied as well, with the judge in that case writing:

"An appeal of  a circuit court ruling from January 26, 2018, "the circuit court affirmed the family court’s (Judge Keller) order and found it to be “the most thorough, detailed, comprehensive, and well-written order the [court] has ever encountered, and the [court] just commenced his twenty-eighth (28th) year on the [b]ench.”"

And now the West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled. AGAIN.

"(Halburn) is entitled to his day in court, but he is not entitled to waste the courts’ valuable time and resources with frivolous pleadings and arguments. Additionally, when those frivolous pleadings and arguments rightfully fail, he is likewise not entitled to engage in outrageous, abusive speech made with the goal of pushing judges and court officers to remove themselves from his case so that he can raise the frivolous arguments anew with a replacement judge or court officer. (Halburn's) actions have resulted in lost time and resources, including the necessity of appointing at least three special family court judges, one special circuit court judge, and two guardians ad litem. The time has come to say, “Enough.”

(Halburn's) "referrals and calls to CPS were false, designed to harass respondent, and a form of child abuse that “in itself can be the basis to modify a parenting plan.”

And then the bottom line of this entire matter.

"The voluminous record in this case clearly shows that petitioner has repeatedly demonstrated he places his own need for conflict above the needs of his minor son."

Halburn makes this case all about HIMSELF. To him, his son is nothing more than a weapon to be used against the latest targets of his ire and a prop used to elicit sympathy from his fawning audience of malcontents and losers.

This asshole is so self centered he can’t understand that the reason he’s not allowed to “publish” his videos and records or whatever is because they’re harmful to his child. Nah. His reaction is, "Fuck the kid. MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AS A VERY IMPORTANT JOURNALIST COME FIRST!"

By the time this is all over he'll be screaming, "Rush to judgement! The new court session just started! They rushed to issue this ruling because I criticized them!"

Read the entire ruling and see the lunacy for yourself.
Res ipsa loquitor.

18-0230
Mark V.H. vs. D. J. M.

http://www.courtswv.gov/supreme-court/memo-decisions/fall2019/18-0230memo.pdf

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Supreme Court Smacks Swollen Stalker

Halburn Loses Again

In a unanimous memorandum decision in the case of State of WV v. Mark Halburn, issued on April 15, the West Virginia Supreme Court has handed Mark Vance Halburn yet another loss. This makes Halburn's third loss before that body.

That's right Halburn. You lose again.
All new court, but we're still laughing at you, bitch.

And it's basically a NO SOUP FOR YOU, no oral argument decision for him. They didn't even need to hear his decrepit lawyer's presentation.

Halburn was convicted by a Putnam County jury in 2017 of violating a personal protective order granted to Dr. Joseph Matusic.
He appealed the conviction to Circuit Court, where it had to be heard in Cabell County, due to all the judges in Putnam County recusing themselves. Cabell Circuit Judge Paul Farrell affirmed the ruling from magistrate court.

His aggument for appeal is the same old litany of excuses that Halburn always trots out.
"I can do whatever I want. I'm the news media."
"My 14th Amendment rights were violated."

All pretty much what was expected.
No, jerkoff, your First Amendment rights weren't violated.
The First Amendment does not give members of the press immunity from criminal prosecution for criminal acts.

Halburn's excuse seems to be, "But WOWK went onto his property. I can too."
As Matusic testified, "I don’t have a PSO against Channel 13 and you write a blog.'

The hilarious thing in all this is how many times a court has told him in multiple ways that he's not media.

Halburn argued that Cpl. Johnson’s violated his 14th Amendment rights because Johnson failed to interview him before seeking an arrest warrant.
Cpl. Johnson had probable cause to  arrest Halburn based on Dr. Matusic’s statement and the pictures Dr. Matusic took Halburn sitting in his car in Dr. Matusic’s driveway.  All the deputy would have gotten from Halburn is lies and bullshit. He doesn't have to hear a criminal's story before he gets a warrant.

For these reasons and others, the Court affirmed the Circuit Court's decision.

Read the entire order affirming Halburn’s conviction here:

http://www.courtswv.gov/supreme-court/memo-decisions/spring2019/18-0544memo.pdf

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Halburn Named In Lawsuit

Dangerous Driver Disregards Directions

Matthew Quintin-Joseph Benincosa claims Mark Vance Halburn was responsible for an accident on I-64 near Nitro that left him injured on December 5, 2016. Halburn allegedly failed to obey traffic signs and warning marks in a construction zone.

Mark Vance Halburn

Halburn is a notoriously careless driver.  He has a long string of traffic citations, mostly for speeding, some for twice the speed limit in a residential area. He has also been ticketed for driving an unsafe vehicle and disregarding traffic signs. He was even involved in an accident due to his inattentiveness in 2013 while his son was in the car. Some say he was texting and hit the divider wall on I-64.

Halburn had 9 points on his WV license when he surrendered it in late 2018.

It's unknown if Halburn has actually been served in this matter since he now lives in South Carolina.

In the past, it wouldn't do any good to sue the fat bastard since he had no assets. Now, however, he is the proud owner of a house.

https://wvrecord.com/stories/511740411-injured-motorist-suing-two-drivers-after-collision

Kanawha Circuit Court Case number 18-C-1504