Exposing Corruption in Indiana
A National Champion racer and Native American father fighting to bring his children home and reclaim stolen ancestral land.
I am a National Champion professional motorcycle racer and a Native American with Tsalagi (Cherokee) and Potawatomi roots.
After exposing corruption in Kosciusko County, they caused permanent deafness, stole my trust properties — including land tied to the Musquabuck Potawatomi Reserve — gave me 9 years in prison with zero evidence, and took my children.
Indiana — the “Land of the Indians” — has a 200-year history of displacing Native people. In 1836 the Potawatomi were forcibly removed during the Trail of Death. Today the same region’s officials have taken my family’s Potawatomi trust land while I was incapacitated and falsely imprisoned.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction on February 6, 2026 (24A-CR-03161). A Petition to Transfer was filed with the Indiana Supreme Court on March 19, 2026. With direct appeal exhausted, the case is now in Post-Conviction Relief under Indiana Post-Conviction Rule 1 in Kosciusko Circuit Court (Cause No. 43C01-2303-F5-214).
PCR challenges the conviction and sentence on constitutional grounds that were unavailable or undeveloped on direct appeal, including ineffective assistance, denial of a fair trial, and disability accommodation failures.
These motions document the ongoing pattern of ignored disability accommodations and procedural barriers that have blocked a full and fair hearing.
Parallel federal remedies are being prepared and pursued, including:
Florida counsel is being sought to advance the federal habeas, §1983, and ADA actions.
I retired from professional racing to raise my two children full-time. After their mother abandoned them, I became their sole caregiver. Kosciusko County then took them while I was falsely imprisoned and incapacitated by injuries the county caused.
My children when they were younger — happy and safe with their father.
My children as teenagers — still fighting to be together as a family.
They remain in an unsafe environment. I am fighting every single day to bring them home.
While I was incapacitated or falsely imprisoned, Kosciusko County and the Town of Culver stole the properties using fraudulent transfers, unlawful judgments, and direct county action, assisted by First Federal Savings Bank, Lake City Bank, and Northwest Bank.
Police confessions. Court records. Depositions. Property records. Video proof. Bank documents. All publicly available.
Full appellate documents, petition to Indiana Supreme Court, criminal case records, and evidence of civil rights violations.
Open Folder →Documentation of the children’s well-being before and after separation and evidence of the unsafe environment.
Open Folder →Confessions from sheriff’s deputies, evidence of no-warrant raids, vehicle thefts, property fraud, and bank involvement.
Open Folder →The more people who see the evidence, the harder it becomes to ignore.
ShareDemand an independent investigation into corruption in Kosciusko County and Indiana. Contact the Indiana Attorney General, Governor’s office, and your state representatives.
We are seeking experienced civil rights and family law attorneys for the PCR, federal habeas/§1983/ADA claims, quiet title actions, and return of the children.
Contact:
Scotty Lee Van Hawk
@INjusticeLifeIN
Injusticeforallin@gmail.com
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