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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eakin’s nemesis
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/breaking-news/index.ssf/2014/10/superior_court_judge_jack_pane.html
http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/02/justice_eakin_deal_crumbles_in.html#incart_2box
looks like the elderly Sprague inserted himself into the case.
Attorneys for both sides denied reaching out to him, and the judicial panel angrily corrected they had not
involved him. The JCB attorneys seem to have lost credibility with the 3-judge panel as a consequence of stating in writing in a Motion the Court had dispatched Sprague to mediate. So Judge Panella reminded both sides that
whatever they stipulate to factually, the trial Court is the finder of fact.
Right but to add- had it been presented Eakin would have had to waive under oath and the court was clearly going to reject it anyway.
Eakin is not getting it. You can’t suspend the license of the AG, prosecute her and let her intended (arguable, but lets agree there are Judicial breaches of fact here- the emails do exist) end goal of transparency get corrected behind the blue curtain again. He will resign.
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slam dunk
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/investigations/mc-pa-kathleen-kane-fbi-wiretap-20160225-story.html
For sure.
So interesting these leaks.
Wait- isn’t that the accusation?
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@Blink some of the tape story had been mentioned before from pretrial conference. Also Dennis Roddy mentioned it in a column several months ago.
Thanks, I missed it, or at least its weight.
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@Blink, it might be in that story, but this can from the FBI investigation into former State Treasurer Rob McCord.
with the fbi eavesdrop, unless it is suppressed, she should beg for a plea bargain in hopes of getting out of jail.
doesn’t matter that the ilk of fina & corbett leaked for years.
one has to start cleaning house where a case can be made.
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Chris Lee’s trial was to begin this week. Has it been postponed again?
Should take the egoist Simon Says off the front defense atty’s page anyway.
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In which Sandusky uses Kane as precedent.
Good luck on number 11, page 4.
http://co.centre.pa.us/centreco/media/upload/SANDUSKY%20PETITION%20FOR%20RELEASE%20OF%20REEDER%20BROWN%20REPORT.pdf
@Rose, the issues invoving Kane in that one were already adjudicated,
Sandusky lost.
Can’t sign in, but
http://m.thelegalintelligencer.com/#/article/1202751236435/Centre-County-Officials-to-Argue-for-Dismissal-of-District-Attorneys-Claims?_almReferrer=https:%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2F
from the viewable part, Parks Miller loses because her arguments amount to a new cause of action,
(drive me from office), which is an historic American sport, and because it’s identical to Kane’s should Kane prevail at her criminal trial. And no one in the judiciary wants to hand Kane viable PA tort precedent which coukd be turned on a “conspiracy of judges” plus Fina, Baker, and others.
JJinPhila: about
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160302_Kane_aide_sentenced_to_jail_jail_for_snooping_on_colleagues__emails.html
apart from the merits, is the trying and sentencing judge also the GJ judge whose order was violated?
If so, that seems fundamentally unfair.
Seth Williams grew up active in the Catholic church in Philly, and went to Georgetown.
I wonder who his parish priest was while attending PSU?
Surely Frank briefed him on this very important abuse issue, having been exposed
to it in the AG office.
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-aide-kane-knew-of-alleged-sex-abuse-by-johnstown-area-priest-in-2013-0304-20160304-story.html
@Rose, first I read the SPM article. While some of the peopleare claiming grand jury privilege, they made the statements publicly prior the grand jury being given the case. I think they lose on that.
On Kane and her aide (and perhaps more) Reese, there is not even an allegation that any judge violated Judge Carpenter’s order.
@Rose. Oh, I missed your point. Judges routinely rule on violations of their own orders.
I miss my own point, because don’t know the actiord, even Caroenter.
I gather Carpenter issued an order (do not retaliate against those subpoenaed
& testifying before my GJ)
then he
conducted a trial
and convicted
a person allegedly violating that order, and sentenced him.
Seems strange to me he didn’t have a colleague conduct the trial phase.
Whether the activity in question rose to retaliation is a question
for an impartial judge or jury.
in effect, the judge promulgating the
original order is akin to a witness.
But what do I know?
actors
http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/03/knowingly_will_be_key_word_in.html#incart_river_mobileshort_home
@Rose. I think it was more a hearing. I have never heard of a contempt case being handed over to another judge.
“It’s been more than a decade now,” said Arnold, who formally retired in 2007. “It’s been a long time since I had any access to that stuff. I’m not comfortable speaking about it.”
http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/03/altoona_diocese_catholic_tulow.html#incart_river_mobile_home
Attorney got no response to his letter recommending a criminal investigation from ADA Arnold.
Wonder what other child predators she feels uncomfortable discussing her kniwledge and action. Sandusky? Lee?
I have to say I have been unimpressed with Arnold as a Law Enforcement Official. Not a fan of innuendo if one really has something to say.
This development is just horrific.
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TY Jjinphila for the current timeline you referenced today in Comments, to sorry I can’t re-find the articke, but surely it was PennLive, or maybe CC Daily.
well done.
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press articles terming Lux “a veteran public defender” date back to 1997 & 1998. actually, I found a 1990. Tried to see her plateful in 2004-5, but it is obscure. She repped Sloane: http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/crime/article42826998.html
I stumbled on matters of interest though. back in 2005 before Marshall, whom Gricar was apparently inadequately supervising, was publically compromising cases, Marshall himself allegedly said his behavior was a longstanding issue.
http://articles.mcall.com/2009-10-17/news/4459523_1_sexual-assault-prosecutor-lance-marshall
“The suit, filed Tuesday, claims others in the prosecutors’ office knew of Marshall’s “proclivities.” ….
2008 “During that meeting, Marshall revealed he’d had extramarital affairs, told her that he “thinks about sex more often than most people” and asked her to give false testimony. The woman refused.”
another Masorti hiree after he left the DA.
https://saraganim.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/marshall-resigned-amid-allegation.pdf
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goes to character: 1994, Gricar discloses he took advantage of neophyte Lux to secure a plea
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_ea14b326-6675-5822-b18d-3fa92cb4decf.html
not so highminded.
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in l990 Lux has been around a LONG time:
http://phrack.org/issues/43/13.html
This is an interesting story of how PSU police and Centre County police were employed, along with the DA, to prosecute 2 students who “embarrassed Penn State.” organic connection between psu police and the da office is revealed.
http://phrack.org/issues/43/13.html
apparently potential criminal cases were filed by Gricar when allegedly pursued by the PSU Safety police (Wayne & the professionally hapless Jeff) based on “embarrassment” to Penn State, in spite of individual psu employee witnesses’ points of view testifying for defendants against charges. Note mentions of psu safety employees wayne weaver & jeff jones.
Defense attys D Lux and a “sharp young” PD, B Lunsford, are mentioned.
see XIV. The sharp Lunsford bails on the PD job for the DA Office, and he is replaced in this trial by Crowley.
XV Activities of psu police, especially Jeffrey, are odd indeed.
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Perhaps no one knew the DA and his shop’s foibles better than Crowley. He was on the opposite side from Gricar and his ADAs dating at least to 1990.
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OT & aside: a fascinating tale of the Morris Worm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/11/01/how-a-grad-student-trying-to-build-the-first-botnet-brought-the-internet-to-its-knees/
in the aforementioned article thevGrine of that era is characterized
as a hack rollout on the ARD thing so severe as to hint at being on the take. and thems that don’t play, pay at sentencing. sorry, just my read.
So, JJinphila, was a metallic covered car (Gricar seen in by clerk & Grine) owned by the Light?
Seth Williams’ situation ethics:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20160310_Pa__Supreme_Court_rebukes_Phila__judge_for_misconduct.html
@Rose, Arnold did testify before the Sandusky Grand Jury, under oath, and was able to see some documents (I think the police report) to refresh her memory.
Lux was in the public defenders office since 1988 at least. She was there when Gricar hired Arnold.
never has so little press been devoted to a high profile trial in CC than Chris Lee’s.
His arrest; his episodic fourth of july emceeing, his apoearances at the “museum,”
all got way more coverage over time.
This jurisdiction would sooner be swallowed by a giant sinkhole than own that POS. This is Sandusky-Gricar-JoPA town.
Everyone had a warning they ignored.
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Lee was found guilty today.
At first trial. No idea why his attorney severed these unless they intend to implicate someone else.
http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/03/ex-boal_mansion_executive_dire.html
Nearly 70K images?
He doesn’t suffer from vertigo- he suffers from an advanced knowledge of where a pedophile ends up.
Thanks for the update JJ.
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http://www.centredaily.com/news/article65437842.html
Bifurcating the trials does same with
sentences (more likely to be consecutive) and backfired imo.
” Lee was concerned about his list of contacts on the phone.”
Wonder which Contacts concerned him?
@Rose, so far as I can tell, there is no light that can be shed on the metallic colored car.
http://jezebel.com/second-pennsylvania-judge-steps-down-over-pornographic-1765037246
Off track, does anyone know what happened to Jerry Sandusky’s computer?
Called It.
I recall a mirror image of his hard drive in evidence at some point- but I don’t believe there was much “evidence” on it.
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lol
Apologize I have been behind. Crazy workload and 3 Dr appts and 1 ER visit to finally learn the freshman has mono. Certainly grateful for the grace of it not being anything worse, but being a helpless Mother is not my strongsuit and there is no cape involved.
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You know, Steve, Jerry was of the pre-computer facile-use generation.
And there was no evidence iirc he resorted to online child porn. Imo he
followed a learned model–the basement, the tickling, etc. Someday he needs to
give a real forensic cathartic interview to id his behavioral roots, apart from
likely frontal lobe “loosey goosey” functioning that failed to apply brakes to his
impulses.
Rose, they did say he had a lot of physical pictures and kept them, I believe, on the wall in his basement. You’re probably right about his learned behavior.
darn smart for the office institutionally to create that position.
take that Beemer and friends
http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2016/03/29/colonial_news/news/doc56fabaed5179a900510157.txt
texas has one
https://texasattorneygeneral.gov/agency/office-of-solicitor-general
so do other “red” states
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solicitor_General
http://www.politicspa.com/breaking-kane-hires-castor-as-solicitor-general/73968/
Say what one wants about the woman- she has a testicular fortitude (forgive the crass) rarely seen in that little corner of PA.
Steele really has his career riding on Cosby. There, I said it.
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and this will help Castor with his State pension, perhaps a
reason he worked awhile for Centre Cty.
True, but why didn’t Cosby hurt Vetri’s career move?
Dunno if that has played out effectively yet. Castor had no standing to grant immunity in a civil case- of that I am sure.
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imo no future AG of either party
will give up what amounts to both a
plum patronage and a plum litigation
position that is widely accepted and
well-employed in other States.
Can redesign the job description.
Sigh. my post above = wrong thread.
kindly delete?
Did
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http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Penn-State-Spanier-Curley-Schultz-Sandusky-Case-Child-Abuse-374091911.html
Castor was likely timely appointed to analyze the law, and the likelihood of a successful Supreme Count appeal, on this second appellate outcome.
After two (losing side) appeals, it is likely Beemer and colleagues are too invested in defending their (or was it Fina’s) original charges to have the independent professional distance to take the appellate Court’s second ruling against them lying down and would kneejerk file a SC appeal. Imo Blink, Castor is likely to attract much more criticism than whether he had enough at the time to prosecute Cosby on that one case successfully, before this year is out. The only question is what Williams-Fina will find to charge him with when in Philly.
I was present at Castor testimony- he did not, in his view, have enough to prosecute Cosby, but either his understanding of immunity or compelling testimony from a civil proceeding was flawed.
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@Rose, Castor was still Commissioner while an ADA in Centre County. His didn’t expire until about 3 months ago. It should not have an impact on his pension.
Kane basically surrendered all her authority to Castor; Castor even get to tell her what HE thinks she needs to know. It is one of the most stunning documents in state government that I have ever seen. Castor is AG in all but name.
@Blink. wrt “I was present at Castor testimony- he did not, in his view, have enough to prosecute Cosby, but either his understanding of immunity or compelling testimony from a civil proceeding was flawed.
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that’s the way I read it.
Don’t think it was flawed; he knew there had to be a writing. Imo his “fudge” now about his understanding was to
protect self against Cosby civil suit.
@JJinPhila. Better him than her.
@JJinPhil. the more years (or months) on State payroll, and highest salary,
always reflects one’s retirement monthly. Not far from the mind of even a DA
or an OAG Admin.
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-pa-castor-says-he-barely-knows-ag-kane-20160401-story.html
admirable, both sides.
@Rose if it like the regular retirement, it won’t increase after 30 years. It will be a percentage of base salary.
While his salary was lower, Castor would have been making more had he stayed on as DA, even as Solicitor General. I doubt if he cares too much about his pension.
I prefer Castor making the decisions over Kane making them.
goodness. Simon is now using the US Postal Service for stalking a DA.
Hasn’t he heard of postal intercepts?
https://m.facebook.com/crisisinourcourthouse/
One can tell he’s Bristish thus doesn’t realize all sorts
of Federal crimes could be conjured up with this
advertised use of USPost.
http://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/federal-stalking-and-harassment-laws.htm
This is 11th anniversary of Ray Gricar’s disappearance.
and thank you JJinPhila for your keen
focus on the etiology and aftermath
of that disappearance.
ot
Rollups in Blair, Cambria & Chester County.
Bringing Bruce on board to decide we got enough, time to charge, panned out imo.
http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/crime/article73338612.html
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Attorney-General-Kathleen-Kane-Announces-Drug-Busts-in-Philadelphia-376729091.html
which makes me wonder with all tgese widespread deug rollups, what distributor might’ve done whatever was needed to roll up Kane?