Officer Matt Maritz Says Colleague Sought Revenge

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Officer Says Former Colleague Sought Revenge On Web Site
Suspect Faces Multiple Charges

06.02.2006 - ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A local police officer said a former colleague got revenge on him on the Internet.

The colleague is now facing charges.

While it’s believed that much of the information written about undercover Robinson Township police Officer Matt Maritz on DontDateHimGirl.com is false, it may not be removed from the Web site as soon as he would like.

DontDateHimGirl.com is a Web site used as a way for women to get back at men they don't like.

But according to state police, it was also used by a local man to get one woman to stop dating Maritz by allegedly posting fraudulent about Maritz on the dating Web site.

Police arrested part time civilian Edgeworth police dispatcher Robert Joseph Panek.

State police executed a search warrant at Panek's home in Ambridge and confiscated his computer.

On it they found evidence of harassment and stalking and numerous movies of child pornography.

Panek faces charges on 50 counts of child pornography and two counts of stalking and harassment.

Panek is in the Beaver County Jail on $50,000 cash bond.

Maritz and his Chief Dale Vietmeier are now hoping to clear Maritz's name.

In a conference call to Web site founder, Tasha Joseph, she told Channel 11 and Maritz's lawyer, Jim Hankle, that she has reason to believe that more than one person posted those e-mails and that she communicated with some of the people who did.

Hankle said he believes that Panek had access to several computers and was able to submit all of the e-mails.

Johnson said, “We don't want our Web site to be used for illegal and slanderous purposes ... wonders why they weren't called into the investigation.”

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I just couldn't help myself from getting and posting the comments about officer Matt Maritz. I'm sure this post will be removed in the next month or so and I'm sure I will put it right back up again.


ALLEGED CHEATER

MATT MARITZ
I want to tell all you girls in the Pittsburgh-Robinson Twp. Area about a guy I dated off and on for a year and a half. His name is Matt Maritz. He is a police officer who works for the Robinson Twp. Police Department. He’s 32 years old, 6 foot 7 inches tall, with blue eyes, and he weighs around 300 pounds. This guy is a genuine pig! A cheater. A liar. A manipulator. And, most importantly, an abuser. I met him through my job at the local mall in Robinson back in February 2004, and he just lied his way into my life. Talk about a big mistake. The first 8 months were OK up until he gave me an STD. I tried to break up with him over that, but he convinced me it was my fault and I actually begged him to take me back. I was a real idiot. About 6 months later, I found out he was dating 3 other women. When he told me he wasn’t serious with them, he said it was OK for us to see other people. After hearing that, I started going out with a nice guy I worked with. About a month later, he started to become extremely controlling about who I was seeing and what I did, and he made me feel guilty about everything. Every time I talked to him on the phone, we argued and yelled at each other. He accused me of cheating on him, and he even
smacked me across the face when I tried to stick up for myself. I ended up at a women’s shelter shortly after that but I never pressed charges against him. I was an idiot again. This past June I finally broke up with him and told him to never come near me again. I can’t believe I put myself through all that for a guy who was never worth it. Girls if you come across this guy Matt Maritz in the Pittsburgh-Robinson Twp. Area, stay safe and get as far away from him as you can get!
--ANONYMOUS, [e-mail]

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ANOTHER WOMAN'S OPINION OF MATT:
I’ve been reading with great interest what was written about Matt Maritz, a police officer from Robinson Township in the Pittsburgh, PA area, and I couldn’t help but respond. I’m a social worker and counselor who works in conjunction with the Women’s Center & Shelter in Pittsburgh, PA. I know Maritz through his horrible reputation in police work, and I was always
surprised by his callous attitude and disrespect of women in general. The way he treats women is DEFINITELY a sign of domestic violence. These days we call it Intimate Partner Violence, or IPV. It includes physical abuse, psychological or emotional abuse, sexual assault, isolation, or control over a victim’s time or money. As a counselor, I’ve been trained to recognize
these signs, and I see them in my work every day. After reading what’s been written about Matt Maritz, I can see the signs of IPV in his relationships. He’s definitely guilty of the signs I mentioned above and he needs to be
dealt with. He becomes obsessed with mentally and verbally abusing women and he tries to intimidate and even blackmail them into submission. Women should be respected, loved, and treated with dignity. There are no excuses
not to do this. I urge any woman who is a victim of Matt Maritz’s abuse to seek counseling immediately before she gets seriously hurt. Remember mental abuse will always lead to physical abuse. It’s only a matter of time.
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ANOTHER WOMAN'S OPINION OF MATT:
When I saw Matt Maritz's name posted on this website, I just had to respond. My older sister dated him this summer back in June and July '05. All he did was treat her like an object or like dog crap. Some friends of mine who are police officers in the Pittsburgh area told me about this guy's piss-poor reputation, and they told me to keep my sister away from him. I tried to tell her, but she wouldn't listen to me. My sister and Maritz would constantly argue with each other and he kept trying to control her way too much. Several times when they went out, Maritz kept getting phone calls from someone he called his little sister. He said she was out at the PA state police academy in Harrisburg and all they did was argue on the phone. He treated his own sister (if that's who she really was) like dirt and said she needed to be straightened out. I found out about a month later that it was not his sister. It was another girlfriend! My sister also noticed he kept getting more phone calls from other women. When one of Maritz's co-workers in the Robinson Police Dept. told my sister that he always has several girlfriends on the side, my sister finally woke up and dumped him. Matt Maritz has no respect for women and he treats them like sex objects or property. Stay away from this guy!
--ANONYMOUS, [e-mail]
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ANOTHER WOMAN'S OPINION OF MATT:
I dated this clown during the summer of 2004 for a little over 5 months. I'm a flight attendant, and I met him when I needed help one day. At the time, he just swept me off my feet. He's a former NFL football player and the big huggable sweet-talker type. I had no idea what I was in for during those 5 months. The first couple of months were great, and the sex was always good. I would meet up with him during my layovers when our work schedules allowed. But in our 3rd month, he started to become very controlling and overpowering and wanted me to account for all my time with friends I talked to. He started accusing me of cheating on him, and he tried to hit me a time or two. All our conversations began and ended with arguments and things continued to go downhill from there. He started lying about different things and to cover up he would sweet-talk me into giving in to him. He always had a line of crap to say. By the middle of our 5th month, I was crying myself to sleep thinking there was something wrong with me because he was treating me so badly and I didn't even realize it. A week later I discovered he was dating 2 other women while he was also seeing me! I know one woman was a police officer but I'm not sure about the other. This was it! I dumped him for good after this. Friends were telling me all along he was a no good cheater and liar but I didn't want to believe them. In the back of my mind I guess I did but it hurt too much to think about. Towards the end I did suspect he was doing something like this when he started making excuses about "going out with friends" and not being able to see me at different times. A friend of mine saw him one night kissing a brown-haired woman in a local club and she told me about his cheating. At first I didn't want to believe it but it finally sunk in. I finally woke up and dumped him. If any of you reading this are dating Matt Maritz, run for your lives before you get seriously hurt. He fits the profile of an abuser. The rest of you just steer clear of this guy at all cost. He's a slick liar, a cheat, and a two-timer. That whole experience still bothers me even today. Ladies stay away from a guy from Robinson Township named Matt Maritz!
--ANONYMOUS, [e-mail]
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ANOTHER WOMAN'S OPINION OF MATT:
I don't see what the big deal is with Matt Maritz from Pittsburgh, PA. I'm one of those girlfriends dating him and he treats me OK. So what if he's a little controlling and wants to know what I do? That's only because he cares about me that's all. I don't care about those other women he dates because they'll eventually go away or I'll knock them out of his life. I've been secretly dating him for most of this year and we have lots of fun together. I talk to him on the phone all the time and I meet up with him after work. We're also smart enough to cover our tracks so no one can accuse us of anything. When those other girls go away, I won't and then he'll be like totally all mine.
--ANONYMOUS, [e-mail]