Receipt #005
The record is disturbing enough without embellishment.
Andrew Christopher Quick
Andrew Quick's court history is long. This receipt does not pretend every docket entry proves wrongdoing. It focuses on the records that actually say something substantive.
How this page works
Convictions and court dispositions are stated as facts. Allegations are identified as allegations. Dismissed charges are identified as dismissed. Kathryn's commentary is labeled separately.
A note about the protective-order cases
Dismissed does not mean disproven.
One petition was dismissed after trial for insufficient evidence. A second was dismissed at the petitioner's request before trial.
Neither disposition is a judicial finding that the underlying allegations were fabricated. The record tells us how those cases ended. It does not turn an unproven allegation into a proven lie.
The timeline.
- August 2020 — Domestic-abuse petition and temporary protective order. The petitioner filed a petition for relief from domestic abuse in Dallas County. A temporary protective order was entered. The case later proceeded to trial and was dismissed for insufficient evidence. That dismissal was not a finding that the allegations were false.
- December 2020 — A second domestic-abuse petition. The petitioner again sought relief from domestic abuse. Another temporary protective order was entered. That petition was later dismissed at the petitioner's request before trial.
- December 2020 — Burglary investigation and tracking allegations. According to contemporaneous reporting based on court records, a West Des Moines woman told police she believed Quick was tracking her and that eavesdropping equipment had been placed in her apartment. The reporting described covert-camera footage allegedly showing Quick entering the apartment with a spare key on two occasions, leaving with clothing, and wiping a doorknob before leaving. Quick told officers he had permission to enter and said the woman had given him the key.
- Disposition of the Dallas County criminal case. Quick was originally charged with third-degree burglary and other offenses. He was not convicted of burglary. He ultimately entered a negotiated guilty plea to disorderly conduct. The remaining counts were dismissed.
- December 27, 2020 — Assault case in Polk County. Quick was charged with assault while displaying a dangerous weapon. He ultimately entered a negotiated guilty plea to Assault Causing Bodily Injury or Mental Illness, a serious misdemeanor.
- 2021–2026 — Continuing family-court litigation. The related domestic-relations docket spans years and includes repeated show-cause and contempt proceedings, modification litigation, an order setting security at Level 2 and waiving mediation, references to a modified no-contact order, and later evidentiary filings concerning probation, vehicle crashes, medical records, and injuries to a minor child.
- Important limitation. An exhibit label proves that material was filed or offered in court. It does not, by itself, prove who caused an injury, whether every allegation was true, or what factual finding the judge ultimately made.
The Metro Monsters video.
The burglary allegation.
The Perry News reported in December 2020 that Quick had been arrested on a Dallas County warrant for third-degree burglary and possession of burglary tools after a woman contacted West Des Moines police. The article cited court records and described the tracking, eavesdropping, covert-camera, unauthorized-entry, clothing, and doorknob allegations summarized above.
Those claims were allegations. They did not produce a burglary conviction. The criminal case ultimately resulted in Quick's guilty plea to disorderly conduct.
Read the December 2020 Perry News report →
Kathryn's Take · Opinion
Believe women does not mean pretend every allegation is proven.
It means stop treating "she couldn't prove it" as if the court said "she lied." Those are not the same fucking thing.
One protective-order case failed to meet the required burden. Another ended when the petitioner asked to dismiss it. Neither outcome proves the underlying concerns were imaginary.
Then look at what is actually established elsewhere in the public record: Quick later pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily injury or mental illness. There was also no-contact-order litigation and a separate police investigation involving allegations of tracking, eavesdropping equipment and unauthorized entry.
Does that prove every allegation anyone ever made about him? No. And I am not claiming it does.
Does it make me think women raising alarms around this history deserve to be taken seriously instead of waved away because one case was dismissed? Absofuckinglutely.
That's my opinion. The dispositions above are facts. The allegations are identified as allegations. You can read the same record and decide what you think.
Facts where the record is factual. Allegations where the record is allegations. Opinion where I'm giving you mine.