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.
Please check back to www.blinkoncrime for this developing story.
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Restatements of the case from both sides in Spanier vs. Freeh:
http://co.centre.pa.us/centreco/media/upload/SPANIER%20VS%20FREEH%20PLAINTIFFS%20STATUS%20REPORT.pdf
http://co.centre.pa.us/centreco/media/upload/SPANIER%20VS%20FREEH%20MEMORANDUM%20OF%20DEFENDANTS%20IN%20RESPONSE%20TO%20THE%20COURTS%20JUNE%2030%20ORDER.pdf
http://media.centredaily.com/smedia/2015/07/31/10/08/1aOiuL.So.42.pdf#storylink=relast
GJ report.
My conclusion is that SPM has better judgment than her predecessors (ie not letting Albro loose,
inviting his atty to the signing) and is very detailed oriented. She also exhibited forethought by giving a
subordinate running for office a cy of “the rules.” Imo L Glantz should be fired. The Commissioners
and local PD are a hot mess. Many private attys are seeking to profit on that. imo Shutt was determined, whether
talking to HR or others, to sink SPM’s ship after her departure, and she & Masorti deserve each other in an
employment relationship for life. Or Shutt should just continue reading her romance books and aspiring to dress like
a reality tv star.
J McShane cannot even get minimal facts right on his own firm’s blog post.
Here his writing is copied to his colleague’s CIOC, a Stacey stalking site:
” The McShane Firm, LLC
Either outcome is unacceptable. You either have a DA who ordered a subordinate to forge a judge’s signature and have it filed with the Prothonotary or ….”
The allegation was SPM herself signed, not that she ordered a subordinate to sign.
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(Hint, if one signs into CDT articles by clicking ghru CIOC, one can read it free without being blocked as a nonsubscriber.)
Across the board, the level of unprofessional-ism amongst sworn officer’s of the court is pretty startling. I am also pretty surprised Nathan Boob was not called to testify, but there would be no way to know for sure if he did or did not based on the report. I am flabbergasted that a Judge, signing (allegedly) 3 separate orders for what amounted to a criminal investigative sting ( I called this defense Rose, lol) to include amending true and correct records located within the clerk CANNOT REMEMBER the conversations leading up to, during or after, nor can she remember signing what I would presume to be the warrants for the pen register/trap/trace in the first place. I would have to check case law but I am pretty sure that would violate the four corners rule- and why would none of such interaction be confirmable via schedules/dockets and emails.
Shutt committed professional suicide or you are correct, she has a life long employment gig with Masorti. SPM came out swinging and after I have read this report, while I do not agree with some of the tactics and those should be reviewed individually as it relates to proper criminal procedure- I do think in her role as the DA this was an organized smear campaign over some sort of balance of power. Disclosure: I have a relative in an investigative and supervisory role within the PA State Police in this jurisdiction- who has no involvement in this matter whatsoever.
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@Blink, in fairness to Judge Ruest, she said she could not recall that, but that she also could not recall signing a court order to wire a PSP Trooper going undercover in the case. She signs a lot of stuff and the judges in the county have been known to sign without reading.
@Rose, Pipes has the situation “bad legal advice” and is planning to call for Glantz’s resignation at the next meeting.
J.J.- I don’t doubt that- but I should tell you that they are required to substantiate such actions and keep such scheduling appointments on their calendar. Additionally, the investigator is required to keep a detailed journal on the chain of evidence. Was Richard ever charged? Can you imagine a defense attorney quashing these warrants and effectively suppressing all the evidence? There is a very high probability that could happen- there is case law on both sides.
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@JJinPhila. Recently on coic someone linked the Cty Comm mtg video in June when mary lou whoever, ins atty, gave a full report on case postures. iirc Pipes was not only passive but silent.
If Pipes takes that tack with Glantz, he’s not only engaging in political grandstanding for what ultimately were his votes & participation. Client County needn’t have followed its contract Solicitor’s advice, he’s also inviting 2 more suits from Glantz on the County–defamation & wrongful termination.
Glantz has always had a year to year contract, regardless of performance.
The CC need to give him notice of nonrenewal, advertise the position, & let the new Soliciter recommend what’s next–and keep their mouths shut on personnel performancepublically til that occurs. I get Pipes wants to be reelected, but thinking folks need to bullet vite for the credible new Dem on the block.
Eventually the CC can evaluate its malpractice options with the new Solicitor.
But, the Cty’s current problem is the CC’s and Boyde said in open mtg the County needed to indemnify Glantz wrt suits by SPM and hired Abom for him. Can’t back out niw…
looks to me like the OAG hired an exemplary forensic firm
http://www.lesnevich.com/khody-r.-detwiler-1.html
I wish she would dump on why and how McGraw left her Office and was
another apparent Masorti rescue job. I’ve noticed Sloane has been
Comment-silent everywhere wrt this Report. What is the McGraw ulterior
motive she refers to?
@Rose, Sloane may have realized that there were some problems with the arguments being put out by the Cantorni, et al. were not going to work too well.
http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/commissioner-plans-to-call-for-county-attorneys-resignation,1464943/
JJinPhila as always spot on.
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It really is bizarre Glantz’ job performance was criticized the very first year his contract was renewed, in public mtg,
as I recall in the late 80s, for defects still apparent, yet Chris & Steve have rubberstamped him year after year. And JJ, so did Michael…..
Never questioned him.
Chris of course has the grudge wrt his son’s public outing for peripheral participation in a drug murder. Steve is imo just thick as a plank. Her disdain when she said “these men” whose job is the County budget was well earned.
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This has been at its heart an attack on the County judiciary by defense attorneys with personal grudges (Cantorna, McGraw, Masorti).
The nonleader who should have rather lead who I blame for the success of this attack is Kistler who as Pres Judge could’ve breathed fire wrt attacks on both Lunsford & Miller, as Judge Kurz did.
But, he’s a political bedfellow of Chris & Steve and wanted appointment to the State Supreme from Corman.
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In addition, Rose, the relationship between Glantz and Cantorna is mor involved. Cantorna is president of Happy Valley Settlement, while Glantz is secretary. It is very hard to say that they are not particularly close. http://www.pennsylvaniacorps.com/corp/791570.html
Glantz did not disclose this when advising the Commissioners what to do when the Shutt complaint was offered. Further, it was legally permissible to discuss this in executive session, as it was technically a personnel matter and a legal one. Yet Glantz did not recommend that.
I expect even more to be discussed at the meeting. I would not be overly surprised if Glantz would resign.
Miller haters like Hopkins who was fired from the PD
for which she blames Miller plan to show up too. The video
will be entertaining.
http://www.centredaily.com/2015/08/04/4861954/centre-county-da-wants-judge-to.html
hahaha. This DA is brilliant. And I bet she tested her idea with Castor.
The stumbling block is Kistler, an ally of Steve and Chris, and taking his guidance from
Corman imo just like Corbett once had informal and formal political power.
I have stuck around because Steve & Chris had these same roles when Gricar was DA; when Chris Lee
was protected (don’t care they’re diff parties, there’s other kinds of connections; when Sandusky strutted about invulnerable. And I would love to see SPM go spelunking. Imo the CCs made a disabling move on her, and Lunsford who would succeed Kistler, just after Gricar case was sent to State police. Otherwise, Lunaford coukd’ve chaired the County criminal grand jury. Now who, Ruest? I bet Kunsford us on the verge of Judicial body investigation clearance.
BTW, JJinPhila, Masorti is another quieter birdie, and he’s not on Shutt’s LinkedIn these days
LOL LOL spelunking.
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“cases that she was interested in investigating as “drug trafficking, corrupt organizations and unsolved disappearance cases,” but declined to elaborate because of confidentiality rules surrounding grand jury matters.
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2015/08/04/4861954/centre-county-da-wants-judge-to.html#storylink=cpy”
when this began she mentioned one CC polarizer (from the DA) was a jail corruption issue.
Drugs? the mind migrates back to Masorti… then, of course, there’s Alex Exarchos’ involvement in drigs.
If Gricar had used investigatory GJ powers with Sandusky, that would’ve put a stop to Jerry.
I wonder if he ever considered it? If so, imo he would’ve chatted with J Grine.
There were 3 GJ’s before Sandusky was indicted- I know Gricar did not feel he had a successfully prosecutable case and given the investigation I am aware of, and timeframe ( reluctant witness, probable entrapment) he was right . However, I fervently believe there is so much we don’t know about his activities as a prosecutor- AS EVIDENCED by the fact that I have FOIA most of it to no avail-
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http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/04/looking_back_at_ray_gricar_on.html
“Former District Attorney Madeira, who guided the Gricar investigation during his four years in office, now works at a home-improvement store.
Zaccagni was fired this year from his post guarding the doors at the sheriff’s office for unprofessional conduct.
He said it was the result of a falling out with the sheriff.
But odd as all that seems, there’s never been a successful argument for handing the case to a higher authority. Instead, current District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller in 2010 convened a task force of the county’s top investigators and the FBI to help Rickard.
No grand jury has ever met on the case. ” That’s pretty odd. Other Counties’ DAs covene investigating grand juries.
I am aware of at least 2 leads that were attempted to give to Rickard a few years ago and he never so much as returned the phone call. I was contacted as a result so I turned them over to the FBI- this was prior to the announcement the case was moving to the jurisdiction of the PA State Police.
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“In Pennsylvania, a grand jury may be convened for a specific county at the request of the district attorney, …”
http://www.plsreporter.com/Home/TabId/56/ArtMID/472/ArticleID/469/A-secret-no-more-Pennsylvania’s-grand-juries.aspx
interesting she has combined Gricar, drugs, & corruption.
Kistler will have a hard time stopping this.
Imo on her subpoena list will be Madiera.
And imo 2 CCs won’t be called (and given immunity).
I am still seeing humor.
http://m.collegian.psu.edu/topic/?q=centre+county+district+attorney&l=25&sd=asc&app%5B0%5D=editorial&o=25
It seems “Support the CC DA” Judge Kurtz was once a DA and
an old friend & colleague of Gricar
“Pa. District Attorneys endorse Preate
Thursday, October 20, 1988 12:00 am
Lackawanna County District Attorney Ernest Preate’s campaign for state attorney general received endorsements today from 43 of Pennsylvania’s 65 district attorneys, said campaign coordinator Bob Holste.
Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar was one of four district attorneys who met in Bellefonte on the Centre County Courthouse steps to present their endorsements. Other district attorneys were Bill Haberstrow of Blair County, Stewart Kurtz of Huntingdon County and Ed Tompkins of Cameron County.
“This sends a message loud and clear to the public: Ernest Preate is law enforcement’s choice for attorney general,” Holste said.
surprised by the fruit of a google search for backgroubd, here’s one toss out:
“Corman holds key to district attorney bill
Wednesday, October 31, 1990 12:00 am
Incumbent state Sen. J. Doyle Corman, R-Bellefonte, may hold the key to unlocking Centre County’s stalemate over whether to provide a full-time district attorney.
If re-elected, Corman said he plans to work on legislation that would redesign the pay scale for full-time district attorneys. The bill — which would allow for a proportional pay scale rather than the current state mandated salary of $1,000 less than a common pleas court judge’s salary — may allow the Centre County Commissioners to act on an issue which has been repeatedly tabled because of finances.
Despite a dispute between Corman and his opponent John J. Elnitski, of Bellefonte, over a housing development near Elnitski’s Bellefonte Airport in Benner Township, the 58-year-old senator enjoys his job and is confident he will win a fourth term as state senator.”
And so it seems the illustrious Corman, Kistler et al’s benefactor, is the one held the keys of Gricar’s fulltime status in hand, and won it by undercutting his pay.
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I had envisioned Corman as a 42 yo Colossus striding the Earth and am humbled to realize he’s in his 80s.
And vulnerable now.
@Blink. If Gricar was the hot shot prosecutor of Sloane’s dreams, those 3 State GJs would have been unnecessary. He coukd’ve done a County investigating GJ in the late 90s.
But, it seems he, too, was beholden to Corman, Dershem, & Exarchos back to 1990 anyway.
was Jerry a Republican & close to Corman, Gricar’s apparent benefactor?
And, ironically, I know Holste.
We don’t if the Gricar disappearance would be included in the grand jury, though I would hope it would be.
Anything touching on Glantzgate
would not be subject to the grand jury.
Commissioners’ meeting is Thursday.
Now we know why Kistler barred his peer from criminal cases:
“Kistler said he reassigned Lunsford to handle only DUI cases “because of the volume of filings” challenging his ability to give a fair trial.”
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150805_Allegations_tying_the_Centre_County_courts_in_knots.html#3QI4H78Z6x7LYZL6.99
All it took was “volume” from Cantorna–the one complaining at the time– alleging Lunsford was “unfair.” Kistler didn’t even read trial transcripts to evaluate bench rulings. Cantorna probably had his business partner Solicitor Glantz put in a call to Kistler, and Corman and the 2 stooges probably called as well. It was political. Kistler is a wimp, and imo his potential deposition in a Miller civil suit against Cantorna and Glantz will be deservedly made public by her.
There are many ways to skin a cat JJinPhila. She has likely looked at his many appearances representing townsfolk including his son before the Cty Planning Commission (zoning, variances, permits), his own tract development (another repped him), and his frequent attendance at that County Natural Gas Board that has all those frackers & gas cos. on it. Showed up there more often than Commissioner mtgs. she claimed Sunshine Act violations and coverup of a potential jail-related crime. I seem to remember the Comm’s budget relied on pay from other Counties to house criminals while they put pressure on Kistler successfully to stop housing so many criminals and for so long. Imo Lundsford’s high bail reqmts and stiff sentences which bucked Kistler’s policy requests to give the jail relief was the real reason Kistler took him off criminal cases. She can probably tie something together that involves money, the twins, & Kistler and relates to the jail. Wrt Gricar, subpoena power, testimony under oath, & immunity may progress the Task Force’s work.
cleaning up my cronies lineages. It seems Jake is younger, the progeny of father J Doyle who preceded him. Dad made his money in real estate development (even while a State Senator) and was a Cty Comm’er for a time:
http://m.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_4c411034-aceb-5f8f-b7f6-a246234ad6d6.html?mode=jqm
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doyle_Corman
the BOC twins have had terrible operational judgment since re-election in 2004.
http://voicesweb.org/archive/july05/julyvoicespg3.pdf
@Rose, none of these guys were commissioner in 1998. The Commissioners then were Vickie Wedler (R), Sue Mascolo (R), and Keith Bierly (D). The only county officeholder from that period is Sheriff Nau, and he’s retiring this year.
Wedler often sparred with Gricar over making the DA’s position full time.
mea culpa JJ. It was the Township where he’d been serving with Exarchos. p 2
http://www.collegetownship.govoffice.com/vertical/sites/%7B6F77EE0A-5147-4D68-88D3-B3066A5A57B4%7D/uploads/%7B2F8C3E6D-DCA1-4910-8693-B27E4428D535%7D.PDF
AG Kane was just indicted on 1 Felony 3 and 9 Misdemeanor 2.
http://www.centredaily.com/2015/08/06/4864852/aide-attorney-general-kane-doesnt.html
Just wow.
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now we know what Lane’s driver was looking at instead of the road.
Kane’s
Glantz is staying.
Glantz is staying and turning it into a campaign issue to benefit Steve and Chris.
Pipes is self-immolating if he files a formal request to resign to avert Castor’s personal threats. Glantz’ contract is up yearly; he is old.
Wiser to find a willing highly qualified local replacement, get tentative interest shown and a resume, and present the recommendation to interview others to the BOC two months before his contract is up.
He also has to get with the other Dem running and form a team that lobbies fiercely for bullet voting in the two of them. Right now he should be talking to voters, not the Commissioners. Without a Board majority Pipes just continues to be a widget office manager trying to keep things quiet by cooperating.
I think Pipes should call for the resignation. That can be am issue in the election.
The Driver, apparently the agent for her concussion, her illegally-obtained grand jury info, and her occasional political advice, a former rural police officer, is nonetheless ugly as heck so imo her Bad Judgement was at least not sexual. likely he feed her narcissistic needs.
http://m.timesunion.com/news/slideshow/Nation-World-photos-967/photo-8424035.php
Googling Glantz, I see multiple Estates he is settling. Therefore wills he’s handled.
Such like small town attorney ripped off my spouse’s small town parents with estate
mgmt-related fees. It’s a rural industry esp affecting simple farmers.
My guess is the Glantz has the loyalty of many an elderly client.
And fealty of many a small town banker.
Question JJinPhila. Is Pipes’ goal to replace him?
or to cover his own A.. and in so doing humiliate him?
Different strategies imo.
@Rose, the suggestion has been that it was sexual and part of the reason for her divorce.
I really don’t know what Pipe’s motivation is.
I will take him at his word.
@JJinPhila. That was my guess without reading rumor.
My take is what a mug–belongs in Jersey or NY.
Worth reading for Kim F-Pro, god bless her.
She is right.
http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/county-attorney-responds-to-call-for-resignation-i-did-my-job-well,1464985/#comments
If I were the ever anti legal secr Ellen’s prominent law firm employer, I’d find some reason to give notice. It is extraordinary Glantz failed to disclose his several conflicts of interest, merely opined what he felt was legally permissible to facilitate a political agenda rather than what was legally wise, and did not obtain outside legal opinion before the BOC action–saved that for his & their defensive game.
Remembering Steve and Chris were on deck in 2004, with Glantz.
“However, Glantz still maintains that Bellefonte police have the authority to investigate alleged crimes within their jurisdiction, which includes allegations from the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte.”
That legal advice was debunked when Bellefonte PD was required by some mechanism, probably a judicial order coming out of the investigating Grand Jury to turn over search warrant proceeds to the OAG’s first-in-time investigation, who promptly returned the hardware to the DA.
Not just a driver.
Transportation Security Chief.
http://m.thetimes-tribune.com/news/dunmore-police-chief-takes-job-with-ag-kane-1.1440525
I stick with Feed The Narcissism, not an affair, based on their 20 yr history.
I wonder if the Bechdel who keeps posting inaccurate anti SPM comments on CIOC is related to M Bechdel Shutt?
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Did Kane ever manage an org or an office as its director before her election?
Reading her oral threats to staff who testified before the GJ is painful.
Management-wise, she kinda reminds me behaviorally of Fiorina
whose retention & reign at HP ensured the
100 shares of HP I bote my kid that year stayed
in the toilet for the next 15 yrs.
July 31. Miller’s comment on Sloane & the fired policewoman.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153507177597486&id=89727892485&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.10153507177597486
@Rose. Kane’s experience was as an ADA in her hometown. She was there for several years and prosecuted less than 50 cases.
Compared to the DA’s and ADA’s in Centre County we normally discuss, she has substantially less experience.
I read her husband had a family advisor
who promoted her candidacy.
I see some sure jail time in her future, but the online interview of Castor
on the Dave Madiera (or whoever) radio show is interesting.
I also felt Castor worked in a slight distancing of himself from SPM in that interview.
He referred to she was sure mad. And she (not he) knew how to work the Court system wrt her accusers.
@ Well, SPM does know how to work the system. She was a great defense attorney. Sloane was quite good in the courtroom, yet she obliterated him.
imo jjinPhila. Sloane’s writings on line indicate organic brain damage.
And that’s not his rumored secret Hopkins-Sloane stash
From the Times-Tribune July 15th 2010: “Dunmore businessman Louis DeNaples has helped ease some of the borough’s financial woes by donating four new vehicles to the Police Department.
Police Chief Patrick Reese said the Keystone Sanitary Landfill owner recently donated three Crown Victorias and one SUV worth a total of about $130,000 to the department. In fact, Chief Reese said Mr. DeNaples has provided police cars to the borough for at least the past two decades – and donated funds to build the $400,000 police and fire station on South Blakely Street in 1999.”
http://articles.philly.com/2015-04-03/news/60760669_1_ag-kane-william-conaboy-jury-report
“Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane quashed key subpoenas in a move that aides said undermined an investigation of a former state gaming official with ties to Louis DeNaples, a politically connected Scranton-area millionaire”
“Good old boy” system alive and well.