Siskmarek

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[[File:Joshua-neal-barney-siskmarek-tailpoof-mekoryuk.jpg|right|thumb|Sex offender registry photo for Farrah Barney]]
'''Siskmarek''', also known as '''Tailpoof''' and '''Mekoryuk''' (real name '''Farrah Barney''', née '''Joshua Neal Barney''',<ref name="about">[http://www.saveoursisk.org/p/about-sisk.html "About Sisk"] on [[SaveOUrSisk.org]]. Retrieved February 7, 2018.</ref> born November 11, 1983),<ref name="ProbDoc">[http://www.courtminutes.maricopa.gov/docs/Criminal/072013/m5866213.pdf "SUSPENSION OF SENTENCE - PROBATION GRANTED"] - from the [[Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County]]. Retrieved February 7, 2018.</ref> is a [[furry artist]] whose [[character]] is a [[sergal]].

== Controversy ==
=== Sex crime conviction ===

In August 2013, <ref name="ProbDoc"/> Siskmarek pleaded guilty to two counts of [https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/03553.htm attempted sexual exploitation of a minor],<ref name="ProbDoc"/> in relation to events that occurred in 2008. She was sentenced to two-lifetime terms of [[W:Probation|probation]], to be served concurrently. The conditions of her probation included a restriction from using the Internet except for approved, monitored work access.

=== Imprisonment for parole violations ===

From May to June 2016, Siskmarek was incarcerated for violating probation, which was according to her own advocates, "for attempting to continue her online career" as an [[artist]] offering [[commission]]s online despite a ban on Internet access.<ref>[http://www.saveoursisk.org/p/case-documentation.html Case Documentation] on SaveOurSisk.org. Retrieved February 7, 2018.</ref> During a hearing on June 21, 2016, Siskmarek pled guilty to the charge and was issued a formal warning. She was released under supervision per her original sentence of lifetime probation.<ref>[http://www.courtminutes.maricopa.gov/docs/Criminal/062016/m7397197.pdf "Hearing Minutes June 21, 2016"] - from the Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County. Retrieved April 16, 2018.</ref>

On May 15, 2017, she accepted a plea bargain{{cn}} for a charge of violating probation, this time for failing to continue required weekly therapy, which she claims she was ejected from for failing to have a fundraiser in her name shut down before it reached its $40,000 goal and closed automatically.<ref name="3.5">[http://www.saveoursisk.org/2017/05/full-coverage-farrah-sentenced-to-35.html "Full Coverage - Farrah Sentenced to 3.5 Years"] on SaveOurSisk.org. Retrieved February 7, 2018.</ref> As a result, her first count of lifetime probation was commuted to a three year, six-month prison sentence, with a release date of August 10, 2019.<ref name="3.5"/> After her release, her second count of lifetime probation will resume.<ref name="3.5"/><ref>[http://www.courtminutes.maricopa.gov/docs/Criminal/052017/m7841749.pdf "Hearing Minutes May 15, 2017"] - from the Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County. Retrieved April 16, 2018.</ref> She was held in the [[W:Central Arizona Correctional Facility|Central Arizona Correctional Facility]], a [[W:Private prison|private]], [[W:Medium-security|medium-security]] prison.<ref>[http://www.saveoursisk.org/2017/06/farrahs-prison-arrangements-what-we.html "Farrah's Prison Arrangements - What We Know So Far"] on SaveOurSisk.org. Retrieved February 7, 2018.</ref>

=== Advocates ===

Siskmarek has numerous supporters and advocates{{who}} that, after reading her story and related information, believe her claims of innocence and show their support by posting to the [[W:Hashtag|hashtag]] [https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveOurSisk?src=hash #SaveOurSisk] across [[W:Social media|social media]]. Siskmareks most prominent advocates, including her close friends and fiance, formed what they refer to as a "PR group" formerly known as '''Justice4Sisk''' and were the group behind the fundraiser that Siskmarek claims were the cause of her ejection from therapy.<ref name="3.5"/>. After the fundraiser reached its $40,000 goal and shut down, the group reorganized into '''SaveOurSisk''' and became backed by an anonymous "Social Saviors Group" that claims they "seek to spread awareness of shortcomings and outright infringements of civil rights in the American Criminal Justice System".<ref name="sos">[http://www.saveoursisk.org/] "SaveOurSisk.org"</ref> This group, as well as the original Justice4Sisk members, worked to maintain Siskmarek's online presence in wake of her restriction from the internet by posting [[artwork]], relaying messages from Siskmarek to her friends and supporters and taking commissions in her name.

==== Claims of innocence ====

Advocates{{who}} claim that the minor Siskmarek was convicted of attempting to exploit had lied about their age to participate in an [[adult]]-oriented [[chat room]],{{cn}} and that this chat room is where Siskmarek and the minor first met, and after numerous exchanges, began to develop a romantic relationship, and added that no attempt at luring or exploiting ever took place because Siskmarek thought she was in contact with a consenting adult.{{cn}}

Advocates further claim that after learning of the minor's true age of 16 years old,<ref name="story">[http://www.saveoursisk.org/p/sisks-story.html]</ref> Siskmarek immediately ceased all contact. The stated reason for Siskmarek pleading guilty despite claiming innocence was to avoid an impending sentence of over 300 years of imprisonment as the minor’s attorney sought to implicate Siskmarek in a luring scheme in an effort to get the minor out of [[W:child pornography|child pornography]] charges, citing coercion.{{cn}}

Threatened with three centuries of imprisonment, being presided over by a judge that called her a [[W:Sexual predator|predator]] and implied her guilt before any defense was granted<ref name="story"/>, and faced with the perceived unpredictability of juries in similar trials, Siskmarek felt that the only way to reduce her impending sentence and avoid spending the rest of her life in prison was to accept the plea bargain for two counts of lifetime probation.<ref name="about"/>

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/siskmarek/ Siskmarek] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [https://www.weasyl.com/~siskmarek Siskmarek] on [[Weasyl]]
* [https://twitter.com/Tailpoof Tailpoof] on [[Twitter]]

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[[Category:Artists]]
[[Category:Sergal characters]]
[[Category:Arizona]]
[[Category:1983 births]]

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