Jack be Nimble

Jumping over the candlestick without extinguishing it was said to be good luck. Well it looks like ole' Jack, put out the candlestick this time. John Michael Iten (known as Jack) was arrested and charged early in April for a variety of offenses, including drug trafficking, weapons, forgery, counterfeiting and child endangerment. Yes, the last one is correct. you see, not only was he carrying on some major drug activity within 1000 feet of an elementary school, he had fully loaded automatic weapons strewn around the apartment he shared with his girlfriend and son, who is not quite a year old. The child was found in the apartment at the time of the raid. It's unclear where the baby's mother was at the time. Jack was in possession of some serious drugs, we're not talking a little bit of weed here, so don't give me the 'pot should be legal' argument. We're talking some serious crap that the police are now saying was supplied by a Mexican drug cartel.  Jack is currently cooling his heels in the Cass County, North Dakota jail with a bail set at $500,000 cash only.

See the police report here: Drug Bust

John (Jack) Iten mug shot 4/4/2016

Contraband confiscated from Jack's place

Now, you may ask why do we care about a gun toting drug runner? Whelp, Jack first came to our attention through his mother who is a compulsive tweep, tweeting nonsense she knows nothing about. She's cruel, bigoted, judgemental and a habitual liar who often holds up her son to deflect the ire she creates with her vitriol. Meet Chris Stark, aka @doxingrx on twitter, formerly known as @stark3923 If any of these accounts are familiar to you, then you can go ahead and skim to the end, since her self-aggrandizing brand of deceit is probably well known to you.

photo courtesy Chris Stark on twitter

And before you think I shouldn't be reveling in the misfortune of others, read on. Many of us are entitled to a bit of schadenfreude over this particular dose of perfect karma.

I came across Stark during the infamous Jodi Arias murder trial, where by virtue of her own imagination, Stark had set herself up as an expert 'researcher' involved in the case. She was nothing of the kind, she was simply watching the trial streams like the rest of us and not even doing a very credible job of that. I watched as she labeled one of the witnesses for the defense a drug addict and tweeted her name, number and address. She even went so far as to create a fake arrest warrant for heroin but spelled it "heroine". The poor woman she victimized was beset by threats to the point that she eventually declined to testify. I won't post the screen shots here because the woman has been victimized enough and I don't need to  perpetuate it. Stark pretended that the woman was a heroin addict because that's the worst thing she could think of and now her own son Jack is peddling heroin half a block from an elementary school. That's karma, no?

Stark also seems to suffer from Munchausen by Internet, whenever people twig on to some of her falsehoods ranging from tall tales about her celebrity friends to (in her own words) waging war on people via twitter! She has suffered from; Lupus, Hashimoto's disease, rheumatoid arthritis and two kinds of cancer - sometimes all at the same time. Y'all know how much I despise cancer fakers. Interestingly her "cancer treatment"  for breast and uterine cancer has been ongoing since 2001, which we find funny since her most vain 'possession' aside from Jack, of course, is her hair.

But let's talk about Jack. Chris Stark's only child is John Michael Iten who goes by Jack. Chris and hubby Mike had an extremely acrimonious split when Jack was just a toddler. Chris has said that her husband was abusive and an alcoholic but then, with Chris, it's difficult to believe anything she says. However, if you are a small child and hearing that all the time, I imagine it would be troublesome. Additionally, she seems to live vicariously (or did) through Jack but when Jack wasn't quite cracked up to par, she invented tall tales to dazzle people with how wonderful HER son is. That would have to hurt if you're the kid.

Not only did she claim he graduated a year early from high school with a scholarship (he didn't, she was looking for an excuse as to why she abandoned him and left the state just before his senior year), she claimed he was president of the NDSU TKE fraternity (he wasn't), she claimed he found a missing child with autism, rescued a girl from an ongoing rape in a frat house on campus and rescued several girls from a flipped and burning SUV along the highway. Wow, what a life that kid led, no? Seemingly his greatest accomplishments (in her eyes) was being an eagle scout and into martial arts at 14 years old. We dubbed him "Super Jack"

She posted this montage just days after he split up with his girlfriend (top middle). He'd been dating her since high school and I think momma bear was disappointed that he lost his 'good catch'. SO she posts all these photos from when he was her good little boy. Nice, huh? Mom's always disappointed in real life.

But that changed when Jack got his girlfriend knocked up. Chris really, really wanted to own her son's progeny as well - take a look at some of these posts.

Ouch, that had to hurt but wait - that was before baby Mason came along:

Yup - total ownership, I guess. I'm thinking that the child's mom wasn't very fond of Chris' meddling influence and judgemental attitude though, because she posted these comments on the very day that Chris paid them a visit from across 3 states. 

Sounds a lot like Chris. I think that Ms Stark was disappointed that Super Jack hooked up with a girl that dropped out of college and got pregnant, prompting Jack's dropping out of school too. Though I'm not so sure Stark wasn't actually right about Jack's baby mama who posted this recently:

Who knows when the drugs and guns came into play? What I do know is that they were dangerous to have around a child just starting to get around on his own. Of the 22 counts Jack is charged with, this is pretty egregious especially if you're the grandma and you abhor evil and drugs.

I mean, she really really hates anyone associated with drugs and alcohol:

And don't forget to use cap-locks for that more sensational atmosphere:

I guess when they happen to other people they're 'bombshells":

or crime:

or pretty much anything she deems wrong:

Ah well, the kharmic wheel rolls over many a fraud. Stark is no exception. If you want some fun reading of her antics over the years - go visit a friend of mine Transient Amnesia and poke around a while. There's lots of background on why we aren't especially upset over the plight that Stark finds herself in now because it is her plight after all. it's ALL about her. Maybe that's how Jack got to where he is now - facing down 3 life sentences. Only Chris Stark knows for sure but she's busy trying to figure out how to spin this one for maximum personal benefit.