Skydive Temple

Per order of the Fort Hood Post Commander, the facility of Skydive Temple is declared off limits. All Fort Hood Military Personnel are instructed to stay away from this facility.

it is not off limits

it is not off limits anyone with a brain can look up the off limits area

I too checked the Fort Hood website, Skydive Temple is not off-limits. My son and I had a lot of fun skydiving the other day.

Someone has a grudge against them. I checked with a number of people, Salado Fire Department and other jump masters not connected to Skydive Temple, their operation is safe as this sport and be.

Please call me with your experience at Skydive Temple. My direct line is (254) 291-****.

For information on this accident email: jump@***e-temple.com

The AFDCB is an investigative committee composed of members from each of the services and civilian advisers, who seek to protect the interests and welfare of service members when they are off post. The AFDCB, working in close cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, civic organizations and legitimate business establishments, tries to prevent unfair and criminal practices against military personnel by disreputable businesses.

The AFDCB assists commanders in eliminating conditions detrimental to the good order and discipline, health, morale, welfare, safety and morals of armed forces personnel. It ensures the establishment and maintenance of the highest degree of liaison between military and civil law enforcement authorities.

These boards receive information on undesirable conditions affecting military personnel at establishments or areas within civilian communities which harbor such conditions; report the existence of such conditions to commanders, together with recommended action; cooperate with civil authorities regarding these problems; and recommend to commanders the designation of certain areas and establishments as off-limits to military personnel and the removal of such designations, when appropriate. Undesirable conditions include conditions relating to drug abuse, liquor violations, improper discipline, illegal gambling and unfair commercial practices. Joint service policies and procedures regarding such boards are set forth in Army Regulation 190-24.

Not sure who the last poster in this blog is but I would assume it is Mark Pollack.

Your track record as a drop zone owner is well documented and Fort Hood is absolutely correct in shutting you down.

If anyone purporting to toss around threats in this blog would like to meet in person and discuss this matter in person, you are welcome to swing by my home at:

Shawn A. Richeson

1906 Twilight Drive

Killeen, Texas 76543

(254) 291-**** - My Cell

I need to apologise to all the people I have hurt over the years with lawsuits and other harassments. I realize I have done people wrong and beg forgiveness not only those that I have hurt but our Almighty God above.

I realize that I someday I may offend and damage people with greater knowledge than I that might see to wish me ill, in a variety of places, such as online and in person.

It is well known that I reside in Killeen and I am starting to have great fear for my family. Please forgive me Lord and all that I have harmed and I strive to be a model citizen both at my residence on Twilight and the greater world.

Hope your son is ok. I'm sorry that this had to happen to you and your boy. Don't listen to Boohoo, this *** goes on everybody's complant and makes these comments.

So sorry to hear about your son and I hope he is ok and everything works out for you. Also never mind the trolls like Boo Hoo.

Just an empty life and an empty space between the ears. God bless.

Skydive Temple is a great place to jump and very safe. Mr.

Richeson has no facts and empty opinions.

Sorry for your boy but how about stopping these attacks on Skydive Temple. Please.

my name is justin... go figure...

come on people skydiving is a risky sport. one does not have to be very smart to know that jumping out of an airplane that is not on fire, may not be safe!! the dangers are gone over and over with students. every thing drilled into their heads, but like anyone involved in a tecnical sport one can easly get overwhelmed. if Justin thought that the landing area was too small or too dangreous, he could have visited some of the other larger DZs with Larger Open landing areas. that being said Temple's landing area is not big ...BUT ITS BY NO MEANS THE SMALLEST IVE LANDED!! bottom line is the jumper takes all risk and reward of the sport..

skydiving will always be dangerous!! do it or do not do it...the choice is yours

Justin i am very sorry that you got hurt that really sucks. ive broken myself before and it sucks thats all there is to it. glad you are alive!

i hope you can make a full recovery and i wish you and your family the best.

By: Associated Press

SALADO, Texas -- A 49-year-old Austin man has been killed in a skydiving accident in Central Texas.

Authorities say Dave Sebesta's main parachute became entangled with that of another diver and he wasn't able to deploy his reserve chute in time -- before hitting the ground.

Sebesta was pronounced dead at a Temple hospital on Saturday. Mark Pollock with Skydive Temple says the accident near Salado happened during a jump with eleven other experienced sky divers.

Sebesta and a second diver became entangled at about 1,700 feet. They cut themselves loose, but while one diver was able to open his reserve parachute and land, suffering minor injuries. Sebesta didn't have enough time.

Fire department officials say Sebesta was only about 100 feet from the ground he deployed his reserve chute.

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Our Son - Justin Richeson was in a (near fatal accident) at Skydive Temple on September 30th 2010. His parachute failed and ultimately crashed into a fence at the jump facility. He was transported to Scott and White hospital, and remained in the ICU and rehab center for (5) months.

Former Skydive Temple pilot (Tim Wheeler) - provided a recent audio recording, whereas he claims that (Mark Pollack) - owner of skydive temple - ordered him to fly into a developing thunderstorm - next to I35 Salado.

Wendy Faulkner, Skydive Temple employee, refused to participate, and the pilot quit over that incident.

To date, Mark Pollack has not visited or called Justin or the Richeson family.

Our son has run up medical bills just north of 1.3 million dollars. Mark Pollack and Skydive Temple are not insured for accidents and neither have contributed a penny to Justin's medical bills at Scott and White or Hillcrest Baptist Rehab Center.

We do not want any money from Mark Pollack or Skydive Temple. We simply want to warn the public about the way this particular drop zone is run, and the frequency and severity of the accidents at Skydive Temple.

BEFORE YOU JUMP - READ THIS - www.SkyDive-Temple.com

I am curious to know if all these attacks against Skydive Temple and the owners there are real? As a skydiver myself, I have signed waivers at every DZ I have jumped at.

I am sure that anyone jumping there signed a waiver. It is a free will sport, and many of the injuries and deaths occur from jumpers that make poor decisions. Plain and simple.

There are more warnings, waivers, and training than many other equally dangerous sports. If you jump, it is your responsibility to be aware of the dangers.

It does look like a majority of these complaints are negative.

Skydive Temple is not to blame.

The people *** enough to jump out of an airplane are to blame.

Skydiving is a risky sport, I've been injured a few times over my near 25 years in the sport. None of those incidents were caused by anything any dropzone did.

Absolutely 100% of them were caused by myself. It is impossible to have a dropzone where there are no obstacles. Skydive Temple is very wide open, better than a lot of dropzones I've seen. There is no reason for any jumper, inexperienced or otherwise to hit anything.

In my years in the sport I've seen students manage to hit the one and only obstacle for miles around, not sure how they manage to do it but nothing can be made completely *** proof.

Seems like there is a lot of negativity here about Skydive Temple... I mean really a lot!!! Hmmm... On closer inspection it seems that the bulk of this comes from how many sources...

Oh, just one! Something bad happens and you get angry and you lash out...

lash out at whom ever happens to be in the way. The problem is you end up with zero credibility.

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Timothy Wheeler 4617 92nd Street Lubbock, Texas 79424 8**-**7-4070 Timothy Wheeler contacted me on august 22nd 2011, and claimed he was ordered by Mark Pollack, to fly an airplane in to a brewing thunderstorm, just west of I35 outside of Salado Texas. The airplane contained 10 new and inexperienced jumpers.

Wendy Faulkner, the jump master at skydive temple, refused to fly in contradiction to Mark Pollacks orders, because she claimed it was too dangerous. Timothy Wheeler claimed that Mark pollack is unstable, a heavy drinker and exhibit violent behavior towards his subordinates.

Timothy Wheeler

4617 92nd Street

Lubbock, Texas 79424

806-787-****

Timothy Wheeler contacted me on august 22nd 2011, and claimed he was

ordered by Mark Pollack, to fly an airplane in to a brewing

thunderstorm, just west of I35 outside of Salado Texas.

The airplane contained 10 new and inexperienced jumpers.

Wendy Faulkner, the jump master at skydive temple, refused to fly in

contradiction to Mark Pollacks orders, because she claimed it was too

dangerous.

Timothy Wheeler claimed that Mark pollack is unstable, a heavy drinker and exhibit violent behavior towards his subordinates.

Timothy Wheeler appears to be very credible and I have turned his audio recordings over to the FAA as part of my investigation.

The Salado fire Chief, Charles Young, claimed in a recorded

conversation, that he has dispatched his EMS staff to multiple crashes

at Skydive Temple.

Chief Young and Captain Berrier of the Salado fire department, both

claim that it is the common practice of Mark Pollack, to remove the

parachute equipment from the skydiving victim, and hide it at an offsite

location, before EMS arrives, in order that the chain of custody be

broken, and equipment cannot be tested for failure.

Chief Charles Young of the Salado fire department indicated in a

recorded conversation, that he in fact had sited Mark Pollack for

criminal acts of this nature, and warned that he would arrest Mark

Pollack, if he continued with this conduct in the future.

Glenn Shoemaker of the Bell County 9-11 emergency Center claimed that

their have been multiple 9-11 calls made from Skydive Temple and I35

passengers in Salado reporting accidents at skydive temple.

Detective T.J. Cruz of the Bell County Sheriff's department should be

contacted with details of all future accidents and crashes at skydive

temple.

Detective T.J. Cruz can be reached at (254) 933-****.

My name is Shawn Richeson, and my Son Justin was nearly killed at skydive temple.

Justin Richeson was in the hospital for 5 months, and is now in a wheel chair.

Justin has extensive permanent injuries.

We believe a video was destroyed by Mark Pollack that would show with clarity what happened on September 30th 2010 at approximately 5:30 PM CST.

We believe the parachute malfunctioned, but cannot recover it for testing, as the chain of custody has been destroyed by Mark Pollack.

My investigation is ongoing, and I may be reached at:

Shawn at Click a Nerd dot com

Dear "Really" poster,

Justin (my son) was seriously injured and now lives out his days in a wheel chair.

Mark and Penny Pollack, the owners of this place, never so much as visited or called Justin during his (5) month stay at Scott & White and Hillcrest Baptist rehab center.

Their is nothing to "cash in" on.

Mark & Penny have no insurance, have no assets and are in debt up to their ***.

The skydive school is run on a shoe string budget and constantly puts the lives of its jumpers in danger, way beyond most other skydive places in the USA.

The drop zone is just a few yards to the east of Interstate 35 and a jumper is either going to hit a fence, the interstate, Valaro gas station or a powerline.

My complaints are about Mark and Penny Pollack and their total lack f safety and security concerns.

A phone call to the Salado fire department or Glenn Shoemaker with the Bell county 9-11 will show that the number of accidents are way out of line.

A complaint was filed with the Bell County Sheriff and the FAA.

Lets see what they say!

Your son was into skydiving. It's terrible he was hurt, but it's a dangerous sport.

He knew the risks. Now you're looking to cash in. We're supposed to believe the claims made by a convicted fraudster, someone raided by the US Marshals for selling counterfeit Novell software, and currently involved in getting his *** handed to him by ROR? You're dreaming.

Get over yourself.

You and Annette are the crooks here. No one else.

A lady flew into a fence on the property of mark and penny pollack, the owners of skydive temple in salado texas on sunday june the 5th, 2011 in the early afternoon. This makes a total of eight serious accidents in the last two years.

This is why you should not do business with Mark Pollack or Skydive Temple. My Son was in a near fatal skydiving accident on their property in Salado on September 30th 2010 at or around 6:15PM CST.

My Son had purchased around $6,000.00 in skydiving equipment about a week just prior to this accident from Skydive Temple. When Justin (my son) crashed into a fence on the south side of their property and was laying in a face down position and teetering on deaths door step, Mark Pollack had stolen the equipment off of the back of Justin a few minutes before EMS had arrived and subsequently sold the equipment to Mark Jeffcoat a software engineer in Austin Texas, who is now a witness in a State proceeding. Mark Pollack pocketed the money and thought he got away with it, because he thought that Justin (my son) was going to die from his injuries. My son lived and is now in a wheel chair and we have sued Mark Pollack in the 146th Judicial District under cause no.

248,541B. Mark Pollack has just been ordered to appear in Court and give testimony in front of a Bell County Jury for his actions. When I got a hold of Shane Barry at the Salado Department, he said that taking peoples property and disposing of it before EMS shows up is a common practice for Mark Pollack and Skydive Temple. State and Federal authorities have been contacted and Mark Pollack and Skydive Temple is under investigation.

Do not take a chance and waste your money at Skydive Temple, they are about to get shut down.

If you want a copy of my report or need copies of the affidavits and other legal pleadings, please contact me: (254) 291-****. My name is Shawn Richeson and I am Justin's father.

I decided to jump out of airplanes because I wanted to. The training presented by skydive temple reminded me of my military days. Safety, and repetition, to induce "muscle memory".

My parents were not thrilled when I informed them that I wanted to skydive however, I was told that it was my choice. Skydiving is not like piloting a airplane, there is no one next to you to correct YOUR mistakes. If my parents acted like Cindy Sheenan, and tried to hold someone else responsible for my actions, I would be embarrassed. What happened to personal responsibility as a adult?

Regards,

Shelby

I have removed the website www.skydivetemplesucks.com. We will solve our differences in court.

I am not unfairly attacking Mark Pollack.

The safety record at skydive temple is terrible. That is allot of accidents in a short period of time.

Skydive Temple is a great place to jump and very safe. Mr.

Richeson has no facts and empty opinions.

Sorry for your boy but how about stopping these attacks on Skydive Temple. Please.

To all those concerned about Justin, we are suppose to be in Court on Friday in Bell County Texas. So everyone still knows what this case is about, please goto: www.SkyDiveTempleSucks.com and read the page. The conduct exhibited by Mark Pollack is sickening.

My Name is Shawn Richeson and

my Cell Number is (254) 291-****

Please do not call me at work like the last poster said.

603-546-****This number with "more information" is from click a nerd where Richeson works.