Nittany Nightmare Continues Past Sandusky: Former President Spanier Charged- NEW Charges for Curley and Schultz Filed
Happy Valley- PA On the heels of convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky’s transfer to his new home, what most predicted would follow- has.
Former Penn State President Graham Spanier, fired by the Penn State Board of Trust the same day as legendary late-Nittany Lions Coach Joe Paterno, is facing serious charges today filed by Sandusky’s prosecutors.
Spanier is facing counts of obstruction of justice, perjury, conspiracy, endangering the welfare of children and failure to report allegations of child abuse.
Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, who were facing perjury and charges based on “non-reporting”, are now facing all five similar charges as Spanier- additional filings occurred simultaneously.
Linda L. Kelly stated the men “used their positions to conceal and cover up for years the activities of a known child predator,” on Thursday following the announcement.
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Not to be too pedantic about the Madeira molehill, but the “career change”
timeline is interesting.
By Fall 2012, the JS conviction and Freeh report seem behind both him
and PSU, although Baldwin lingers on, as does Corbett, each in their
own spheres of “influence.” So in Oct PSU gives MM outside
counsel consulting, not in his prior sphere of practice. That consulting ends in
Jan 2013, and shortly after we find him working for a “home improvement retailer.”
That piece is not on Linkedin. It cannot be the U ran out of work for him, because
that same work was adequate to hire him fulltime physically on site late in the
year, doing the very same job description.
I do not believe he’d go “inactive” in Dec 13 just because
PSU was hiring him, in a job that includes use of his legal
skills, because he did not go inactive in April 2013 when he Really was not
in the field. He is billed as Interim, still, at PSU. An active license
is one way to find a permanent job in State, municipal or federal gov’t.
Since he lacks “permanent” work, seems kind of unusual to go inactive.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/04/ray_gricar_mystery.html
(cf employment).
There is one matter that intersects this timeline in late 2012-2013, and that is
not Sandusky, nor Lee, both old history. It is Parks-Miller’s investigation
into the management of the Gricar disappearance.
In 2012 this was being run by a task force she convened, & Ganim reported in 04/12
State police did not want to board the investigatory bus. Obviously by Nov 2013, the month
before MM went inactive, and took up his prior work inside PSU, facts and theories elicited by Park Miller’s task force sufficed to change the State Police’s stance. http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/02/ray_gricar_mystery_state_polic.html
Since he managed the investigation into the disappearance for 4 years, I imagine
that body of work made him a key to the present investigation. It’s transition from locally-led to State-led in
Nov 2013 may have sprung MM from the hardware store but also cost him an active license
for the moment.
wrt “psych eval,” maybe it was done by the Dir of TSM….
@erose. Lee did his best to intertwine with PSU theater program &
various other aspects of PSU. His closest town ally
appears to be Wainwright who was a signatory to his
campain endorsement letter.
A good column
http://www.statecollege.com/mobile/news/columns/you-got-to-carry-that-weight,1461167/
intriguing comment by local Lorenz who has long held a reputable job
in town.
energizer bunny here. know all this must have appeared before. I’m just revisiting thru the lens of MM’s career.
http://m.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_932984cf-22e8-5e44-af45-fddee8b17305.html?mode=jqm
Lunford sure took a dislike to Lee’s mouthiness in pronouncing an unusually long sentence.
Among the things Lee said was:
” Lee said. “Mike Madeira is not an idiot. He is an intelligent person; he knows how to kick the dirt where it needs to be kicked to keep things covered.”
Do I believe him?
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the 4 arrested with Lee took good deals.
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/335777/four_plead_guilty_to_aiding_drug_distribution/
Apparently Lee was offered 7.5-15 and rejected it.
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http://www.yardbird.com/midnight_ride_another_missing_PA_prosecutor_1.htm
“Gricar said the Centre County Drug Task Force provided the initial information and as the investigation progressed, the Attorney General’s Office began to investigate.”
The case would be prosecuted by Senior Deputy Attorney General Michael T. Madeira, of Cornett’s Drug Strike Force Section, AG Corbett announced.
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last sentence of article, MM says, “I am not blaming the students” (for drug sales) but his 4 big drug busts post Lee as DA were mostly high school & PSU students.
http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/collegian.psu.edu/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/d1/0d1cd3eb-c9aa-5a7c-8365-8d6a5606014c/51e835e87ddec.pdf.pdf
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http://www.yardbird.com/midnight_ride_another_missing_PA_prosecutor_1.htm
It is interesting MM worked in Centre Cty as the AG’s area drug prosecutor at the time Gricar originated this case in 2003. At some point Gricar turned it over to MM to conduct a State grand jury leading to indictments of locals & the low-level NJ dealor Lee. imo 1.5 M in drugs is baby stuff in organized crime. It is interesting a different State prosecutor handled Lee’s trial because MM had taken over Gricar’s job. Whereupon MM embarked on a career targeting high school and college student sellers. Neither prosecutor went after the top of the food chain, organized crime.
Personally, I think now that Gricar set off to meet a CI. (I just learned that word on Graham.) If organized crime was involved, perhaps so also were certain elements in State gov’t.
I have to hand it to Stacey Miller Parks for playing a local level vetting Kane, tho since when in PA Dems investigate anything either is past me.
Just to clarify to anyone not familiar, this is not in reference to Christopher G Lee, but “Verbal” Lee, the target of a drug investigation at the time of Gricar’s disappearance.
It is and has always been my personal opinion that Gricar went to meet a CI that day and it had to do with a concern about corruption. It always amazed me the complete lack of dedication to the investigation into his disappearance from Corbett’s office. The man was a dedicated and “winning” prosecutor for 20 years.
B
Reading myself (ha): It occurred to me since the Gricar-MM charged-5 were involved in a criminal enterprise
crossing State lines (PA, NJ), why weren’t the Feds called in? (and maybe Gricar wanted
to outsource Lee’s case to a Federal prosecution/investigation up the food chain) .
Unlike some other States, as an example Fla- depending upon the amount of drugs potentially distributed, it would trigger a required Federal prosecution. I have seen it in CA where (McStay) rings bringing in $100K a week ending up as misdemeanors. The issue is when you have Federal involvement you have Federal oversight and less ability to create crime deficits to get more grants and funding. In 2008 Obama (wrt to legalization of THP) basically said- leave the states to decide their own thing.
You will get to the Johnathan Luna eventually- no crossover, just fyi.
B
yes, I was alluding to Luna.
covered in yardbird url
“i will not allow the names of the victims on here, but I can tell you their Mother is a former PSU research assistant.”
At least it’s not A Riley.
Lol. needed that, thanks
B
@erose/blink wrt vic mom statement:
“It was the new DA that cancelled our hearing just as the jury was being selected….
Nine years ago last month he said, as a father, he wouldn’t allow my kids to go thru the stress of trial… Never consulted with us, spoke to us. I found out about it in the newspaper. ”
This is insane. No prosecutor would say that in a sex crimes trial
on the eve of jury selection.
In my opinion, public corruption (ie, a Blair called a Corbett, or a
Ridge, or a Rendell. They seem interchangeable suits.)
Some longtime colleague in the AG Office
gave him orders, OR he was an incompetent litigator
of sex crimes, knew it, and ducked.
Yes, she needs to ask for an interviewer with the current Federal
investigative case prosecutor and his investigative lead.
TY erose
for that find.
The Taji “Verbal” Lee case was prosecuted solely by the PA AG’s Office. Gricar had no role in it, except showing up at a press conference.
IIRC, Chris Lee was arrested in the late summer or early fall of 2005, though the incident was reported in April 2005.
Madeira took office in 1/06. He would not have any input in to charging C Lee in 2005. The ARD decision was by April 1, 2006.
Madeira also started working at PSU in 8/13 and announce that he would place his license into inactive in 12/13. I don’t think his practice was successful.
J.J. – with much respect, I am used to you having solid facts in your opinions. Those are lacking on this point.
Madeira was interim DA when Gricar disappeared, and HE IS ON THE DOCKET. In the event that you have not had a chance to review current articles reflecting my SAME opinion on Madeira and ARD, and apparently, who recommended it ( tip to erose, and I commented on it) http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/christopher-lee-sex-crimes-indictment-raises-concerns-over-similar-2005-charges,1461176/
A simple search of 2005 dockets in centre county show Madeira’s flex immediately following Gricar’s disappearance which I always thought a bit odd considering Smith was second in command.
And here- where Lance Marshall specifically says the charges are “very serious” which btw, would preclude an ARD recommendation.
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_9ec75cff-3ecf-5371-b79f-b10dc8ff9c4a.html
Madeira stepped in, usurped Marshall, the only one in the office not seeking election ( like Madeira)
Another reminder: Madeira DA in 2005- 2009
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/ex-centre_county_da_passed_san.html
.
There is no similar case in Centre County applicable for recommendation nor granted ARD because under the law as it is technically a victim (x2) and bodily injury case.
Also reminder-
Incident was April 1, 2005.
His arraignment and prelim were continued 2 or 3x resulting in a bond in September 2005.
B
@Blink wrt “It is and has always been my personal opinion that Gricar went to meet a CI that day and it had to do with a concern about corruption. ” I’d say great minds, but mine was probably subliminal memory from your
articles of years ago.
I started out thinking MM’s going inactive was de minimus & ridiculous to
scrutinize. Now I think it maybe a clue to the unraveling of the
Gricar matter, but I am concerned it remains in hands of
State Police unless Kane is tracking every tidbit.
@JJ in Phil.
I haven’t read B’s reply yet, nor fully digested yours.
But 2 comments:
From my reading, Gricar initiated the Drugs-5 case,
and was the first investigation manager.
4 of them were merely the lowest level of fruit,
and at some point he turned it over to Madeira
to handle at the State GJ level. like miller Parks
starts & moves up cases now. Gricar
remained a part of the task force. Imo it was Gricar’s home turf and
Madeira ate the dessert at his banquet table.
Second, read the mother Rach Dempsey’s comment above.
While Gricar had handled the matter, Madeira executed the ARD
on the eve if jury trial after a hearing in which her 2 sons impressed
the judge.
Third, Madeira per his ownLinkedIn started working FOR PSU in Oct
12, laboring for 4 months in virtually the same duties as he later works on inhouse.
Then there is a retailer hiatus of say 10 months.
Finally, he once worked for State govt–in the AG’s Office.
State govt (and federal) had jobs fir a seasoned litigator,
or a tired one who wants to push papers. He had seniority for
rehiring in State govt, tho one might have move a bit. And you’d think
he’d want 7 more years to draw a State pension, though if DA job
counted, it woukd be 3 he had to put in. I don’t kniw any jobless head
of household DA after the lost election who with 13 + 4 years in State govt
would go hang out a sole proprietor shingle, much less go inactive. However
at PSU he did manage to find a “interim” State job for 3 years or so.
Still “interim” though on PSU website.
4 comments, sheesh
@Blink. I thot Mike Smith was interim DA.
My info is that Madeira worked out of Gricar’s old office
B
“A simple search of 2005 dockets in centre county
show Madeira’s flex immediately following Gricar’s
disappearance which I always thought a bit odd
considering Smith was second in command.”
I see. Smith was not interim long.
MM was appointed & in office prior to his election.
Who appointed him?
States’ Attorneys Office? Corbett?
@Rose, Thank you for the invite. BTW, You’ve probably read Lee is (was?) suing the theater group.
http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/officials-dealing-with-aftermath-of-boal-mansion-ceo-federal-indictment,1461166/
reading & correcting myself with more thought, of course given the timeline MM
needed 4 months of outside consulting from PSU as income
BECAUSE he had just lost the Nov 6 ’12 election, Kane was in,
and hell would freeze over before he walked back into a State
Dept of AG job. He never really started a provate practice; it was not that it was
unsuccessful. . He went straight for
health ins coverage. But someone owed him an income, and later a State job, and found it at PSU.
Baldwin was still on the BoT. And wasn’t Corbett, his former Dept head?
Someone persuaded him to leave the AG job and take an
interim apptmt in CC DA’s prior to his first eldction, apparently. Who
appointed him?
It’s also pretty scarey if in Nov 12 and again in Dec 13, a BoT member’s
tentacles were powerful enough in PSU Operations to connect him with an outside, then
an inside, income. Not competitive hiring, as international agreements were
outside his prior work experience.
see I messed up PA elections.
Madiera lost in nov 09
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-madeira/7/4b8/71a
still a puzzle to me why he did not return to State govt &
his pension system.
Corbett elected Gov 2010
Kane elected 2012
Madeira was a Deputy State Attorney General. It is on his Linkedin site (though he has not updated it). He was not the “interim DA.” The first assistant DA was Mark Smith, who I think is still there. If you take a look at post #15, you will see that it was Smith: http://www.crimeshots.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11892
Chris Lee was arrested in the second half 2005, but the case was not in court (for ARD) until 2006. http://www.centredaily.com/2014/10/02/4384564/harris-supervisor-and-boal-mansion.html At that point, Madeira was DA.
DA’s in PA are elected in November and begin the terms at the next January 1.
The article notes that the preliminary hearing was 9/30/05. Marshall, for some reason prosecuted, but Madeira was NOT in the picture. http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_9ec75cff-3ecf-5371-b79f-b10dc8ff9c4a.html All the charges were misdemeanors.
I know of no involvement of Madeira in the case until after he took office.
I am NO fan of Madeira’s job performance as DA, for a number of reasons, and this could be another one, but he was not involved in this in 2005.
JJ- do you know how to research a docket? I have provided you several links to substantiate my position as well.
B
@Blink, not I do not know how to research a docket. However, the article that was linked indicated when the preliminary took place, and Madeira’s Linkedin profile showed that he was not Centre County DA’s Office in 2005. The newspaper article also indicates that the decision to place Lee on ARD was in April 2006.
Now, if you have a link to the docket, I will be happy to look at it.
J. J. in Phila (the real one) says:
October 10, 2014 at 7:46 pm
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You’re both right. Madeira wasn’t elected until November (defeating ADA KA), and was a Deputy AG prior. However, he is also the one that cancelled the trial and negotiated the ARD with Lee; that was not on Smith’s watch. Madeira jumped on that right out of the gate.
Thank you Lizzy.
B
Lee’s cousin Alan Boal, a retired broadcaster from Pittsburgh, will don pioneer garb to portray the pioneer David Boal (1764-1837) whose 1804 tavern served as the nucleus for the village of Boalsburg when it was founded in 1809.
Another cousin, John Irvin Thompson IV, a local keyboardist known as JT Blues, will portray his ancestor Moses Thompson (1810-1891), a founder of Penn State and owner of the Centre Furnace Mansion.
http://www.boalmuseum.com/mass.html
Who knew? Two cousins, each with their own mansions. The heir to Penn State founder Moses Thompson.
http://www.centrehistory.org/visits/centre-furnace-mansion/
The mansion houses the historical society for Centre County and has events such as this: (personal preference, I’m sure, but my family would have called her Grandma Mary)
On June 19, 1896 Mary Armstrong Elliott Beaver, also known as Grandma Beaver, recorded in her diary that the ladies of Centre Furnace Mansion hosted a tea [...] – See more at: http://www.centrehistory.org/category/news/#sthash.LYXDo03V.dpuf
Don’t know why but I keep expecting a picture of the Denicats with Graham Spanier on the phallic cymbals.
Week of October 9.
jtblues.com
snip>
On Sundays, the music usually happens at the Darkhorse Tavern in State College where I host an open mic/jam session. but this Sunday I have something different planned. At Noon I’ll be performing on the Diamond in Boalsburg to help celebrate Boalsburg Heritage Days, the celebration of the village’s birthday.
http://jtblues.com/
wrt
“October 10, 2014 at 5:48 pm
@Blink. I thot Mike Smith was interim DA.
My info is that Madeira worked out of Gricar’s old office
B”
—
Someone with the power to do so hotfooted him into that office
tout suite then.
The cover story was effective collaboration/oversight on the Verbal Lee trial. I believe that initial response to Gricar disappearance was that it was litigiously motivated- so it made sense to me.
B
I have not saved the urls I read yesterday.
One was an essay online, part of a PSU project, written by a younf ladt last spring who iirc labeled
herself then as 17. It related her experience as a docent. Included were several picture of young Frenchmdn there as volunteers, one of whom was labeled Louis de Menton who appeared between 15-17.
Her Linkedin if anyone wants to go find that online pic of peer
French males. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/marta-millar/a1/138/b29
She said as a 17 yo she was traveling to Chateau de Menton (iirc the latter name)
last July for a month to “volunteer.” Lee arranged the month if “work” she said.
The pictures of the “castle” are gorgeous. It has many tourists. An ancestor did brave work
in WWII. But, I went off to look at the Comte who imports 17 yo girls.
We house international students when they need a place. We do not import them vua an informal personal exchange program for volunteer labor. Since he got an award in Israel early this year for his predecessor’s heroism, he was online. In my opinion, I would not send my 17 yo to his “host facility” for a month unless I was sleeping in the next bedroom. It seems per this young kady, and her pics, while Lee swung boys here, he nay have swung girls there. At least, he arranged it.
correction
that’s MentHon
and award accepted in 2012
——
So if the “stuff” happened in June this year,
imo he was intended to cross paths with Louis & Marta in
the same 2014 group. Admittedly, not going back to
check dates.
10/12/14
The Centre County district attorney at the time Lee’s charges were
recommended for ARD was Michael Madeira, who stepped into an office still in flux after the April 2005 disappearance of longtime county prosecutor Ray Gricar. In Centre Daily Times articles at the time,
Madeira defended his decision, saying he was sparing the children a trial, despite opposition from the mother of the two victims, who wanted to see the charges proceed to trial.
“I respect her opinion, her concerns,” Madeira said at the time. “It was just a risk I was not willing to take.”
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2014/10/12/4400203/federal-case-against-boal-mansion.html?sp=/99/116/#storylink=cpy
Yes ma’am, that corroborates my information.
B
about those “collaboration agreements” Madeira spends his time rsviewing or drafting for PSU programs, here is one PSU programmatic internship program that placed 4 interns, summer class of 2014, at the Museum. And there maybe be other miniPSU programs with a different entity within PSU.
“Four interns from the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State teamed up this summer at the Boal Mansion Museum….”
http://www.boalmuseum.com/the-boal-mansion-newsletter-20142/new-easy-access-to-boalsburg-history-invented-by-penn-state-interns
I was looking for names of students associated with PSU, who crossed paths with Louis & Marta and the alleged victim during Summer 2014 internships.
2 named boys from France, pictured with others in the “summer class” of 2013:
http://www.boalmuseum.com/the-boal-mansion-newsletter-20142/a-typical-summer-at-the-boal-mansion-is-a-unique-experience
Millar’s article, March 2014, used by Lee in soliciting summer 2014 teen docents:
http://www.boalmuseum.com/the-boal-mansion-newsletter-20142/a-docents-story-from-a-chapel-in-boalsburg-to-a-1000-year-old-castle-in-france
@erose. No reporter follow up asking “risk, what risk?”
The only risk was his losing at trial in a new job in a
litigation area he had no experience in,
when he wanted to be elected.
He certainly didńt discuss risk with her; she read about it in
the paper. And they’d testified in a Court hearing already.
I suppose when the Sandusky case hit hit desk, he wouldn’t
want to take that litigation risk either. And didn’t.
Blink. I bet you traced MM’s associates long ago.
Wife apparently came from a TN family who adopted her whilst residing in Boalsburg.
Her sister married a man & also resided at one time in Boalsburg, now in a Chi’go suburb, a town were others seem to share his first/last name.
http://www.veromi.net/Summary.asp?fn=lisa&mn=&ln=madeira&age=&city=&state=PA&vw=&Search=&Input=&x=14&y=21
http://www.veromi.net/Summary.asp?fn=marcia+&mn=f&ln=hughes&age=&city=&state=PA&vw=&Search=&Input=&x=73&y=17
Since wife grew up in Boalsburg, imo
this nice family from Nashville knew Chris well. Of course, they appear to
have girls, not boys. But, “rumors” about the museum/musician should have been known to the Hughes.
Do you know if MM also grew up in Boalsburg?
Also, do you know if he got that 13-year AJ job regulating State drug charges before or after he married Lisa?
Not sure if I mentioned this before Rose, but Mrs. Madeira is also the biological sister of one of Sandusky’s adopted sons. Both the siblings were adopted by separate families. To his credit, at least the last time, when the case hit his desk, he voiced his potential for conflict.
Lastly- on the Lee front. It should be noted that the primary ADA assigned to child sex crimes or child abuse, J. Karen Arnold refused to prosecute Lee’s case. She would have been 2nd chair to Madeira, regardless, but keep in mind she was gearing to run for DA AGAINST Madeira. In my view- ain’t no way she was signing off her name pre-election to an ARD for a Harris Supervisor.
AJ?
B
Not wanting to pile on MM, but for all we know, Lee,
with his many PSU internship
connections, helped MM get that
“consulting” work in collaborative 3rd party agreements
in global exchanges back in 2012.
wrt “To his credit, at least the last time, when the case hit his desk, he voiced his potential for conflict”
He said he didn’t know the man, who had no legal relationship to his wife, & had rarely met Sandusky.
Imo he did not have an ethics conflict, but if he suspected one, he should have gotten a written opinion from the State Bar first. Imo he knew he lacked the resources & skill to prosecute. I’d respect his move after a written Bar opinion
if he’d booted it up federally rather than to the State. I’d be unsurprised if Corbett approached him
directly or indirectly & said I want this one.
http://www.centercityproprietors.org/view/2012_Photos
“Movers & Cocktail Shakers with Ed Rendell
Thursday, September 27, 2012
The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia”
Chris Lee in attendance.
Rose says:
October 13, 2014 at 11:06 am
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That’s not the Boalsburg CG Lee.
lizzy says:
Your comment is awaiting moderation.
October 13, 2014 at 1:04 pm
The photo you linked was of this Christopher Lee. (Sorry, for accidentally splitting this between two posts.)
http://www.jacobydonner.com/attorneys.php?action=view&id=2
@Lizzy. whew. thanks for correction.
@Rose, Considering “JT Blues,” cousin to Christopher Lee, is a direct descendant of Moses Thompson, a founder of Penn State, I wouldn’t doubt it for a minute.
Rose says:
October 12, 2014 at 2:28 pm
Not wanting to pile on MM, but for all we know, Lee,
with his many PSU internship
connections, helped MM get that
“consulting” work in collaborative 3rd party agreements
in global exchanges back in 2012.
@Blink
First, I am not certain Arnold “refused” to prosecute Lee, at any point. The decision on who would have been assigned was Smith’s.
Second, Arnold was not reappointed when Madeira took over, at the start of 2006. The decision was made in March or April of 2006.
J.J. I am telling you that Arnold “refused” to prosecute Lee- be certain now. She encountered him frequently at benefits geared to raising campaign funds and in her words- “it was already awkward.”
I am beginning to believe you are not “the real one”, lol . We are discussing easily researched information and I have known you to be very updated, knowledgeable and factual in the past.
Arnold was never appointed to anything, she ran AGAINST Madeira for DA and lost.
B
Arnold was not reappoint an assistant DA when Madeira became the DA in 2006.
Now, here is what Arnold said:
“Significant changes occurred at the office fairly quickly following Ray’s disappearance in terms of previously-established policies and guidelines for case dispositions, as well as what was or was not appropriate for ARD disposition. All of these were absolutely within the legitimate discretion of Mr. Smith as acting DA and there is no issue of legitimacy or impropriety implied.”
https://sites.google.com/site/gricardisappearance/gricardisappearance
Madeira was not yet at the office.
Arnold was let go in January of 2006:
“Both during my campaign in 2005 and a dozen or so times since my discharge in January, 2006, I have been asked by various local media to comment on what I recall of the time surrounding Ray’s disappearance and upon matters raised since then. ”
https://sites.google.com/site/gricardisappearance/
The decision to put Lee on ARD was made in 2006:
“Amendola represented him in that incident as well, when he also maintained his innocence. He received a nine-month accelerated rehabilitative disposition sentence in 2006.”
http://www.centredaily.com/2014/10/02/4384564/harris-supervisor-and-boal-mansion.html#storylink=cpy
By the time that the decision was made to place Lee on ARD, 2006. Arnold had been discharged.
Sigh. That is incorrect- there were 5 continuations on the docket- he had no prelim until September- I realize you my not have a legal background in either criminal prosecution or criminal defense, but I can assure you that issue was orchestrated by, and discussed with Amendola or those continuations are unlawful.
B
Blink on Arnold wrt Lee prosecution:
“Marshall Lance was assigned the case after J. Karen Arnold asked for it to be reassigned and we all know how he turned out. The incident date for the charges that “held” is April 1, 2005. Have you read the docket? Major date flaws. The incident date is April 1, but the testimony indicates there was more than one offense and that it happened at a sleepover in early June.”
http://blinkoncrime.com/2012/11/01/nittany-nightmare-continues-past-sandusky-former-president-spanier-charged-new-charges-for-curley-and-schultz-filed/comment-page-7/
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Blink, not that I tried harder than 20 min, but the only source I found Marshall had the case becauseJKA refused it is you. So I assume you got this from a first hand source like an office employee?
Comments re 2005 that echo JJ/PA’s language re the election candidates, and material re the Acting DA
http://www.centredaily.com/2010/07/26/2397477/mark-smith-and-the-gricar-disappearance.html
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Did JKA really write this?
This has been here multiple times before. If so, she says she was “Discharged Jan 2006.”
How could Mike do that to a gov’t employee?. And, she had eventually endorsed him.
https://sites.google.com/site/gricardisappearance/
Rose- that is correct, I was told that information directly from JKA, confirmed through a different source independently as well.
Ms. Arnold was pretty vocal that she did not think enough was being done to investigate Gricar’s disappearance and she was reasonably sure that for reason’s that to this day remain unclear, that Smith, Madeira and Corbett were of the immediate opinion that Gricar was dead. My personal take on Ms. Arnold from just what we know about some of her employment difficulties of the past was that while she was affable enough- navigating that good ole boy mine field during that time specifically was challenging at best.
Yes, she definitely wrote that.
Disclosure: over the past few years I have requested through FOIA, documents relative to Gricar, still no dice, lol. Which if one considers that for my Terrorism dissertation on BenGhazi I had more compliance in securing Federal info which had been previously classified in matters regarding national security. Wth is up with that?
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PornGate. JJ, what’s going on?
10/15/14
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A scandal involving pornographic emails circulated within the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office widened at the highest level of the judiciary Wednesday when the state’s chief justice said 234 emails with sexually explicit material or pornography were sent or received by a fellow justice.
The circulation of pornography within the attorney general’s office from late 2008 until early 2012 has led three former members of that office to leave their government jobs, including a member of Gov. Tom Corbett’s Cabinet, and a fourth former member to announce Wednesday he would resign at the end of this month.
Read more: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Court-Chief-Fellow-Pa-Justice-Exchanged-Porn-Emails-279372382.html#ixzz3GIXM4gO1
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ALTOONA, BLAIR COUNTY – Another public official steps down amidst the pornographic email scandal.
Randy Feathers retired from public service Wednesday and said accusations against him are politically motivated.
Feathers was accused of being on a pornographic email chain while working for the Attorney General’s office. Now he’s accusing the current attorney general of going after him and other people for political reasons.
Last month the State Attorney General’s office named Randy Feathers and seven other government employees and accused them of either sending or receiving pornographic emails at work. Feathers says there were jokes emailed back and forth but he never initiated them or viewed pornographic videos.
The accusations came out of a review of the Jerry Sandusky investigation, where the computers of several state employees were looked at. Feathers says current Attorney General Kathleen Kane is targeting him because of the Sandusky review.
http://www.wearecentralpa.com/story/d/story/randy-feathers-calls-accusations-politically-motiv/42933/NFxw5pf5OkWQSeC9e52byA
Where the heck do I know that name from outside of this article? ( gonna bug me all day, lol)
It never ceases to amaze me that anyone would be surprised for losing one’s job in the public sector for violating the policy of one’s position that is funded by tax payers.
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Good recap of the last 20 yrs. of scandals of the PA supreme court judges.
Men in Black: at it again
Posted: October 15, 2014
http://articles.philly.com/2014-10-15/news/55065634_1_castille-traffic-court-highest-court
Penn State just can’t seem to shake the specter of sexual misconduct.
In the post-Jerry Sandusky world, the university has emerged as a leader in sexual violence prevention, but now it once again finds itself enmeshed in two of the biggest collegiate sexual misconduct investigations in this country: those playing out at Vanderbilt University and Florida State University.
Embroiled at the center of these investigations are Penn State’s two biggest hires of 2014, the two men entrusted by a university community smarting from the Sandusky debacle to lead it into a new era: The university’s highest official, President Eric Barron, and, arguably even more celebrated figure, head football coach James Franklin.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/10/penn_state_james_franklin_eric.html
@erose. Haven’t read Men in Black yet.
The title forgot either Baldwin or her sexual
identity.
Sept ’14 BVC minutes
chuckle at BVC Board job allocation
*Lee checking with the Boalsburg Boy Scout Troop for manpower;”
https://sites.google.com/site/boalsburgvillageconservancy/board-of-directors/minutes
any Scout leader Lee is buddies with ought to be evaluated somehow
@Blink. Feather is the AG Office agent in charge of investigations
who managed the Sandusky case under Corbett to and thru the verdict
A job of which he is proud.
Reading the McCaffrey “stuff” I read he mostly sent
his porn to “an agent in the AG’s Office who forwarded
it on.” article was one listed on Nittanynet Sandusky.
Who would that be but Feather. I also read he sent to his
State-employed brother. Not incompatible with Feather’s
claim he didn’t open what he received. Maybe he just had an itchy forward
finger.
http://notpsu.blogspot.com/2014/10/feathers-resignation-breaks-media.html?m=1
R Feather’s resignation letter commentary.
While a biased source, he quotes primary documents.
Pity the psu3 were not given all emails sent to or originating from them in
the relevant time period. If the AG has reconstructed them, why
suppress them, unless it aides the prosecution’s workload and speeds
up trial.
Porngate: Moulton discovered that some staffers (including some still there) shared adult pornographic images on their OFFICIAL computers. Three former staffers that Corbett appointed resigned (one that was about to be removed).
It also was discovered that Supreme Court Justice McCaffrey also sent them to these official computers from his private computer, which raises some questions (since they were prosecutors).
@ Blink, what do want on Gricar? I have his FBI file, estate information (both redacted), and his financial disclosure statements from 2004 and 2005.
Thank you J.J.- I have those docs as well- I sought the cell records as a “public official” while engaged in official duties of the elected office. I also requested time cards, course of business non-classified emails, etc.
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