Open Letter to University of Alabama President Stuart R. Bell

Update: Saturday, 20 February 2021
NOTE: TO THE READER: As you read any story mentioning, involving or written by Donald V. Watkins, Sr., it must be borne in mind that he is now a Federal Convict, and along with his son, Donald V. Watkins, Jr., was found guilty of numerous charges. “Donald Watkins Sr. was convicted of seven counts of wire fraud, two counts of bank fraud and one count of conspiracy. Donald Watkins Jr. was convicted of one count of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy.” As of the date of this note, he is in Federal Custody at Oklahoma City Federal Transfer Center, an administrative security facility, having been relocated away from the minimum security Federal Prison Camp on Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama.

DONALD V. WATKINS
Register Number: 36223-001
Age:	72
Race:	Black
Sex:	Male
Located at: Oklahoma City FTC
Release Date: 01/10/2024

Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Alabama
FATHER AND SON SENTENCED TO PRISON IN MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR INVESTMENT FRAUD SCHEME
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndal/pr/father-and-son-sentenced-prison-multimillion-dollar-investment-fraud-scheme

Here also is the SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT dated December 2018 entitled as:
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DONALD V. WATKINS, SR. and DONALD V. WATKINS, JR. – 2:18-cr-166-KOB-TMP
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1116081/download

See also: Donald Watkins, Son Sentenced For Federal Fraud Convictions
Updated Jul 16, 2019; Posted Jul 16, 2019
https://www.al.com/news/2019/07/donald-watkins-son-to-be-sentenced-for-federal-fraud-convictions.html

See also: Donald Watkins’ $1.5 Billion Question: Was It Ever Real?
Updated Feb 23, 2019; Posted Feb 23, 2019
https://www.al.com/news/2019/02/donald-watkins-15-billion-question-was-it-ever-real.html

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UPDATE: Monday, 18 January 2021 – Donald V. Watkins, Sr., and his son, Donald V. Watkins, Jr., were charged by the United States with various crimes involving dishonesty, conspiracy, theft, and wire fraud, among others. At trial, the two represented themselves. They were found guilty, and sentenced to Federal Prison. As a consequence of that, on September 3, 2019, KATHRYN E. HANEY, Assistant Vice President, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK of ATLANTA sent a letter to Donald V. Watkins, Jr. informing him in part that “Because you have been convicted of a crime involving dishonesty or breach of trust, you are automatically subject to the prohibitions set forth in Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended (“Section 19”) (12 U.S.C. § 1829).” Watkins, Sr., was formerly an attorney, and is now disbarred. Watkins, Jr. was formerly an insurance and bank agent, and his professional licenses have also been revoked.

Donald V. Watkins, Sr. is a guest of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, at the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, is scheduled to be released 1/10/2024, and is Register Number: 36223-001.
601 MCDONOUGH BLVD SE
ATLANTA, GA  30315

Donald V. Watkins, Jr. is a guest of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, at the RRM Montgomery, a Residential Reentry Management (RRM) field office, is scheduled for release 08/16/2021, and is Register Number: 36224-001.
MAXWELL AFB, BLDG 1209
820 WILLOW STREET
MONTGOMERY, AL  36112

See:
US Bank NA v. Donald Watkins, Jr., No. 15-2866 (3d Cir. 2016)
Opinion filed: March 11, 2016
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca3/15-2866/15-2866-2016-03-11.html

Court Grants Partial Summary Judgment in Fraudulent Offering Case Against Alabama Attorney
Litigation Release No. 24196 / July 12, 2018
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Donald V. Watkins, Sr., et al., No. 1:16-cv-3298-SCJ (N.D.Ga.) (filed September 1, 2016)
https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2018/lr24196.htm

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) )
v. )   2:18-cr-166-KOB-TMP )
DONALD V. WATKINS, SR. and) DONALD V. WATKINS, JR. )
SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT
December 2018
https://www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/file/1184711/download
FATHER AND SON SENTENCED TO PRISON IN MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR INVESTMENT FRAUD SCHEME
Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Northern District of Alabama
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndal/pr/father-and-son-sentenced-prison-multimillion-dollar-investment-fraud-scheme

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Litigation Release No. 23634 / September 1, 2016
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Donald V. Watkins Sr., Esq., Watkins Pencor, LLC and Masada Resource Group, LLC, Civil Action No. 1-16-CV-03298-SCJ (N.D. GA.)
SEC Charges Alabama Attorney and His Companies in Purported Waste-To-Energy Ventures
https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2016/lr23634.htm

See also: Businessman accused of duping pro athletes loses first round with SEC
Jan 26, 2017
https://www.ajc.com/blog/investigations/businessman-accused-duping-pro-athletes-loses-first-round-with-sec/SFECi3jhlQGLNQpYwJQN4L/

See also: https://www.federalreserve.gov/supervisionreg/files/20190903.pdf

See also: https://www.alreporter.com/2019/07/15/donald-watkins-sr-hit-with-millions-in-fines-in-sec-fraud-case/

“US Bank NA v. Donald Watkins, Jr.” (2016). 2016 Decisions. 273. https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/thirdcircuit_2016/273
SEC v. Donald Watkins Sr., Esq., Watkins Pencor, LLC, Masada Resource Group, LLC

SEC v. Donald Watkins Sr., Esq., Watkins Pencor, LLC, Masada Resource Group, LLC
Case Number: 16-cv-03298 (United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia) 2019-136
Date Filed: September 1, 2016
Date of Qualifying Judgment/Order: July 11, 2019

https://www.sec.gov/whistleblower/award-claim/award-claim-2019-136

Donald Watkins Sr. found guilty on all counts; son guilty on two counts
By Birmingham Times –
March 8, 2019
https://www.birminghamtimes.com/2019/03/donald-watkins-sr-guilty-on-all-counts-son-guilty-on-two/

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July 2, 2017

Open Letter to University of Alabama President Stuart R. Bell

Re: Megan Rondini

Dear Dr. Bell,

As you know, Megan Rondini was a former honors student at the University. On July 1, 2015, Megan was subjected to a traumatic sexual encounter with the son of Terry J. Bunn, a prominent Tuscaloosa businessman and power player on Alabama’s political scene. At the time, Megan was 20-years old and had a bright future ahead of her. That future was cut short when she committed suicide on February 26, 2017.

Dr. Stuart R. Bell, PhD, is the 29th president of The University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, AL.

I understand that Terry Bunn was, and may still be, a member of the University President’s Cabinet. This group’s power inside the University is quite impressive. For all practical purposes, it is an invitation-only oligarchy. Members of the President’s Cabinet can make good things happen for the University. They can also make bad situations go away.

Terry Bunn’s son, T.J. “Sweet T” Bunn, Jr., is a real problem for you and the University. Megan Rondini filed a rape report against Sweet T fourteen days before you took office. Sweet T was a 34-year old bar regular at Innesfree Iris Pub on University Boulevard in Tuscaloosa on the night in question.

As a result of the Bunn family’s status within the University and its “pillar of society” standing in the larger Tuscaloosa community, Megan got “home-cooked” in the Tuscaloosa County criminal justice system. Former district attorney Lyn Head, acting in concert with two Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators, cleaned up Sweet T’s messy situation for the Bunn family. Investigator Adam Jones transformed Megan from an alleged sexual assault victim into a criminal suspect solely because of

Alabama High School Basketball Coach Denies Wrongdoing: 17-year-old Student Sex all started with “sexting”

Brian Scott Keeton, age 38, taught Math & was a Boys Basketball coach at Vina High School, in Franklin County, Alabama. He was arrested for having sex with a 17-year-old female student. He denies the charges.

Enough already!

But do notice the punishment – 2 to 20 years in prison upon conviction of the Class B felony.

The Alabama Lunchroom Lady “Cougar” got six months in jail, and 5 years probation.

Reckon what this Basketballing Math Teacher will get?

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Second Vina teacher arrested for alleged affair with student

Published 4:38pm Wednesday, November 13, 2013

VINA – The Vina High School boys basketball coach became the second faculty member from the school in less than a week to be arrested for an alleged sexual relationship with a student, officials said.

Brian Scott Keeton, 38, 73 Lost Creek Lane, Carbon Hill, was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with one count of being a school employee engaging in a sexual act with a student under the age of 19, which is a Class B felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison if convicted.

This arrest comes only five days after Vina physical education teacher Sonny Dewaine Tibbs, 35, of Hamilton, was arrested on

Mississippi agrees to stop chaining students. It’d be funny if it weren’t true… but everybody knows about Mississippi. God damn!

Oh… gee.

I feel much better now, knowing that Mississippians don’t do stupid shit like this anymore.

What the fuck is wrong with people!?!

Huh?!

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Mississippi school district agrees to not handcuff students to objects

By Alex Dobuzinskis

Sat May 26, 2012 12:07am EDT

(Reuters) – The Jackson, Mississippi, school district has agreed to stop shackling students to fixed objects, after it was sued for handcuffing pupils to railings and poles at a school for troubled children, officials said on Friday.

The Southern Poverty Law Center sued Jackson Public Schools in 2011 over its treatment of students at the district’s Capital City Alternative School. Students at that campus have been suspended or expelled from other schools.

The center argued in its lawsuit that students at Capital City Alternative School were

Drama Queens Abound

Having just read a news item and watched a corresponding video of a female Cal State student who goes ape during a study session, I only have this to say: There’s medicine for that. Oh, and get some therapy, hon. You need it.

Video: Student “freaks out” in library over others “breathing loudly”

By Eric Pfeiffer | The Sideshow – Fri, Dec 9, 2011

This video from the California State University, Northridge campus has