Cass County Prosecuting Atty

"I thank all those Invalved in the capture and prosicition of my nephews murder. It doesn't bring Mason Teel back . But at least brings a small bit of closure for the family . . I still pray for Demetrius and pray some how God can use this to bring a blessing in his life and pray blessings for all those involved in the prosicition and sentencing for the crime. God bless you all may God bless you as well Demetrius please remember Paul was a murder as well before Jesus transformed him . He became the apostille Paul and the first pope ."

"Ben Butler and his associates told us they would fight for our son against a predator. We had eye witnesses testimony and our son was willing to testify in front of a jury at his young age of 9. Two and a half years later after numerous hearings, testifying multiple times, etc. we were told just 5 days before our trial that they were dropping the charges against this predator. We were absolutely heartbroken and beyond disappointed! Our son said “There is no justice”. It’s been a very hard lesson to learn. Our justice system is not put in place to support victims. It is built to set the criminal free if you just stretch out the time long enough. We waited a long time for our voice to be heard and our chance to help convict a threat to children was taken away. A very sad reality."

"I have proof that the Cass County Division of Social Services is falsifying records against families accused of neglect, that superiors know about this, and are covering it up to the detriment of innocent parents. Ben Butler is ignoring this. He knows that his cases will have to be re-examined and face being overturned. He’s choosing his reputation over parents Civil Rights. This is corruption, and he should be removed from office."

"The phone clerk was so disrespectful and tried to rush me off the phone. That is unacceptable service for a justice department. People are depending on you guys for their freedom and so forth . If You don't have the ability to at least seem helpful you need to get out of that field of work"

"This office is a joke. How do I tell my daughter that this office isn't willing to fight for justice for her after I told her that if she came forward and reported what happened to her that you guys would keep up the fight. Is it because your scared of possibly losing a trial. I would much rather not stop fighting and lose a trial, than to just give up and do nothing and let another predator walk free. How do you expect victims to come forward and report crimes if your just going to drop down and turn belly up and not even try to fight for the victim? How are the people supposed to believe in and trust your office when your not even willing to fight for justice for one little girl? This court obviously prefers it's criminals to be out free and walking. If this predator victimizes another child then the guilt will fall directly on your office. I guess it's true when people say that the victim is only a priority to a prosecutor when it's an election year. Thank you for showing my child that there's clearly no such thing as justice in Cass County anymore."