Never Too Important

and Never Too Insignificant For Trouble

By Basil Fletcher,
For The Fletchers, Manakers and Morgans Families
Written in !
"reater #ortmore,
$t% &atherine,
'amaica W%I%
Never Too Important and Never Too Insignificant For Trouble%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%(
The Temptation of 'esus%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%)
*aborers in the +ineyard%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,
The #arable of the Wicked -usbandmen%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%.
The Mike Tyson Test%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%/
My Bed%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%/
&rime 0nd +iolence In The &entral 0merica 0nd The &aribbean%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%1
The Boko -aran 2s Message To 3ur 4aughters and Nieces%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%1
I -ope and #ray%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%56
My nieces and nephe7s avoid the shado7s%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%58
0n 3pen *etter To The Fletchers Who #lay *eadership 9oles In &hurches%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%5:
#art 8%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%5(
Words of Warning;%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%5(
We Must Not Be 0fraid To $ay<<%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%5(
+egas doctor pleads guilty to drug conspiracy charges%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%5(
*ittle $ilver doctor charged in o=ycodone distribution conspiracy%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%5,
*0 4octor &harged With >:: Million Medicare Fraud%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%5.
"ranite Bay doctor charged 7ith criminal conspiracy to distribute painkillers%%%%%%%%%%%%51
#a7tucket 0ccountant #leads "uilty in &onspiracy to Traffic &ontraband &igarettes and
&onspiracy to &ommit Food $tamp Fraud%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%86
0ctor and 0ccountant 0gree to #lead "uilty to &onspiracy &harges in Mortgage Fraud
$cheme That &ost Banks >:%/ Million%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%85
#opes accountant charged 7ith using +atican bank to launder millions%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%8:
0 T3# &atholic cleric has been charged 7ith laundering millions in ?false
donations@ through the +atican bank%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%8:
Nifty FiftyAs accountant indicted in >5)M ta= evasion charges%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%8)
0 Nifty FiftyAs milkshake%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%8,
*as +egas 0ccountant &harged With 4efrauding I9$%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%8.
*ocal%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%8/
#hila% #rincipal, ( Teachers &harged With 4octoring $tudent Tests%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%8/
&annon &ounty teacher arrested on drug charge%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%:6
0 &annon &ounty -igh $chool teacher is accused of illegally buying and distributing
prescription drugs%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%:6
Teacher in Nashville area charged 7ith prescription drug distribution%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%:6
Bnightdale 7oman charged 7ith conspiring to take 8) dresses from mall store%%%%%%%%%%:5
Teacher must remain in custody over alleged beheading plot%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%:8
Teacher 0rrested 0nd &harged For $e=ual 0buse%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%:(
)/!Cear!3ld Teacher &harged For Touching 58!Cear!3ld "irlAs Butt%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%:(
Teacher &harged With 0ccessory To Murder%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%:)
Teachers, 0dministrators &harged In $chool $e= $candal%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%:,
Former Teacher 0rrested 3n $e= &harges%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%:.
#rosecutors Mayor "ray Bne7 -is 8656 &ampaign "ot Illegal 4onations%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%:/
#rosecutors say Mayor "ray met 7ith businessman 'effrey Thompson about fundraisingD
agreed to keep support EsecretE using code name EFncle GarlE%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%:/
Trenton Mayor, Brother, and Associate Arrested and Charged with Conspiracy to
Extort Bribes Eight Others Also Arrested in Separate, Trenton-Based Oxycodone
Distribution Conspiracy%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%(6
Mayor of Ne7 'ersey To7n 0rrested on -acking and &onspiracy &harges%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%()
4em Mayor Who -elped $ebelius #ush 3bamacare &harged With Fraud%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%(.
-utchins mayor and nine others face conspiracy charges%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%(1
Montreal Mayor 0pplebaum faces 5( charges including fraud, conspiracy%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%)6
9elated $tories%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%)8
#hotos%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%)8
&orruption charges filed against Coungsto7n Mayor, Mahoning &ounty 0uditor, local
attorney%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%))
Indictments allege criminal conspiracy%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%))
Miami!4ade #olice 3fficer &harged in &ocaine Trafficking &onspiracy%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%)/
Miami!4ade police lieutenant charged in drug conspiracy gets >)66,666 bail%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,6
*t% 9alph Mata charged in N%'% cocaine conspiracy%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,6
&omments%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,5
Insurance Fraud $cheme &harged as &onspiracy &op "uilty 3f G=tortion In 0uto
Fraud%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,5
ZALMA OPINION%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,)
&ity schools officer pleads guilty to federal drug!dealing charge%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,)
&larendon cop arrested and charged for murder and conspiracy to murder%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,,
Forest $ervice ranger, e=!0rroyo "rande police officer face conspiracy charges%%%%%%%%%%%%,.
9anger allegedly hired former officer to patrol private land using Forest $ervice
vehicle%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,.
Maryland police officer charged 7ith drug trafficking conspiracy and computer
fraud%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,1
She allegedly used her police powers to access law enforceent databases to obtain
inforation concerning a co-conspirator and his drug associates%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,1
"ilberto +alle "uilty A&annibal &opA &onvicted 3f &onspiring To Bidnap 0nd Gat
Women%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%.5
Never Too Important and Never Too Insignificant For Trouble
By all comparisons, as individuals and as families 7e have gro7n, many of us have
matured, many of our children have graduated from colleges and universities, 7hile for
individuals such as myself, my o7n daughter had entered college and has no7 completed
her second year%
For others, there have been promotions, some have bought ne7 cars, some have moved
into ne7 homes 7hile others have become parents or grandparents% The truth be told,
there have been set backs, falls and losesD some individual family members have lost their
Hobs, have lost family members and or other things%
Cet 7hen all is said and done, the family has progressedD it has moved for7ard and is not
7here it 7as yesterday% The clippings from facebook, included in this document, are
intended to remind us of some of the problems and challenges still facing us%
-ave as individuals and as a family made progress, it is no7 time to remind ourselves,
regardless of our ages, positions in live or 7hat 7e have D that 7e can never be too
important and never too insignificant for trouble% While many of us, many disagree as to
7ho 'esus 7asIis, 7hether he 7as the $on of "od, Whether -e 7as "od ion the flesh, or
7hether he 7as a prophet or if he 7as an 0esop of his dayD 7hat 7e can all agree on , is
that in his 7ords are to be found great 7isdom, and as such this document 7ill start 7ith
Juotations from him as are to be found in the Book of Matthe7 , &hapter 86, Mathe7,
&hapter 85, ver :8 to the end of the parable and Mathe7 &hapter (, verses : to 55% The
forms and kinds of temptations and indeed ?bad approaches@ to life are many, here but a
fe7 are given%
This document in the second section, sho7s real men and 7omen , 7ho occupy various
positions in life, 7ho have fallen victims of the various kinds of temptations and traps% It
is important that 7e 7alk through this society of ours 7ith great care, understanding that
7e can never be too important and never too insignificant for trouble%
Basil Fletcher
The Temptation of Jesus
Mk% 5%58, 5: K *k% (%5!5:
! Then 7as 'esus led up of the $pirit into the 7ilderness to be tempted of the
devil% -eb% 8%5/ D (%5)
" 0nd 7hen he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he 7as after7ard
ahungered%
# 0nd 7hen the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the $on of "od,
command that these stones be made bread%
$ But he ans7ered and said, It is 7ritten,
% Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle
of the temple,
& and saith unto him, If thou be the $on of "od, cast thyself do7n for it is
7ritten,
' 'esus said unto him, It is 7ritten again, Thou shalt not tempt the *ord thy
"od% 4eut% ,%5,
( 0gain, the devil taketh him up into an e=ceeding high mountain, and sho7eth
him all the kingdoms of the 7orld, and the glory of themD
) and saith unto him, 0ll these things 7ill I give thee, if thou 7ilt fall do7n and
7orship me%
!* Then saith 'esus unto him, "et thee hence, $atan for it is 7ritten,
!! Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him%

Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every 7ord that proceedeth out of the mouth of "od% 4eut% /%:

-e shall give his angels charge concerning thee #s% 15%55
and in their hands they shall bear thee up,
lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone% #s% 15%58

Thou shalt 7orship the *ord thy "od,
and him only shalt thou serve% 4eut% ,%5:
Laborers in the Vineyard
! For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, 7hich
7ent out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard%
" 0nd 7hen he had agreed 7ith the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into
his vineyard%
# 0nd he 7ent out about the third hour, and sa7 others standing idle in the
market place,
$ and said unto themD "o ye also into the vineyard, and 7hatsoever is right I
7ill give you% 0nd they 7ent their 7ay%
% 0gain he 7ent out about the si=th and ninth hour, and did like7ise%
& 0nd about the eleventh hour he 7ent out, and found others standing idle, and
saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idleL
' They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us% -e saith unto them, "o ye
also into the vineyardD and 7hatsoever is right, that shall ye receive%
( $o 7hen even 7as come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his ste7ard, &all
the laborers, and give them their hire, *ev% 51%5: K 4eut% 8(%5) beginning from the last
unto the first%
) 0nd 7hen they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received
every man a penny%
!* But 7hen the first came, they supposed that they should have received moreD
and they like7ise received every man a penny%
!! 0nd 7hen they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the
house,
!" saying, These last have 7rought but one hour, and thou hast made them eJual
unto us, 7hich have borne the burden and heat of the day%
!# But he ans7ered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no 7rong didst not
thou agree 7ith me for a pennyL
!$ Take that thine is, and go thy 7ay I 7ill give unto this last, even as unto thee%
!% Is it not la7ful for me to do 7hat I 7ill 7ith mine o7nL Is thine eye evil,
because I am goodL
!& $o the last shall be first, and the first last for many be called, but fe7
chosen% Mt% 51%:6 K Mk% 56%:5 K*k% 5:%:6
The Parable of the Wicked usbandmen
Mk% 58%5!58 K *k% 86%1!51
## M -ear another parable There 7as a certain householder, 7hich planted a
vineyard, Is% )%5, 8and hedged it round about, and digged a 7inepress in it, and
built a to7er, and let it out to husbandmen, and 7ent into a far country
#$ and 7hen the time of the fruit dre7 near, he sent his servants to the
husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it%
#% 0nd the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and
stoned another%
#& 0gain, he sent other servants more than the first and they did unto them
like7ise%
#' But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They 7ill reverence my son%
#( But 7hen the husbandmen sa7 the son, they said among themselves, This is
the heirD come, let us kill him, and let us seiNe on his inheritance%
#) 0nd they caught him, and cast hi out of the vineyard, and sle7 hi+
$* When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, 7hat 7ill he do unto those
husbandmenL
$! They say unto him, -e 7ill miserably destroy those 7icked men, and 7ill let
out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, 7hich shall render him the fruits in
their seasons%
$" M 'esus saith unto them, 4id ye never read in the $criptures,
$# Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of "od shall be taken from you, and
given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof%
$$ 0nd 7hosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken but on 7homsoever it
shall fall, it 7ill grind him to po7der%
$% M 0nd 7hen the chief priests and #harisees had heard his parables, they
perceived that he spake of them%
$& But 7hen they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because
they took him for a prophet%

The stone 7hich the builders reHected,
the same is become the head of the corner
this is the *ordAs doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes #s% 55/%88, 8: L
The !ike Tyson Test
Many years ago, 7hile a7aiting a train in West Berlin, at an old "erman man of about
seventy years of age, sa7 an 0frican 7oman of very dark hue entered the station% The old
man started to curse her in a manner 7hich I had never encountered before% -e cursed her
until tears came to his eyes% It 7as a level of oral and mental masturbation I am yet to see
repeated,
The 0frican 7oman, looked at him, gently shaked her and 7ent her 7ay 7ith her head
held very high%
In -amburg at another time, I 7as once again at a train station, 7hen a set of &Nech
youngsters disembarked merrily from a train% They then assaulted by a &Nech!"erman
man of about thirty years in a most verbally offensive manner, even the young &Nech
long departed great grand parents 7ould have 7ept at the intensity of the assault%
The youngsters looked at their attackers, laughed loudly and started to sing beer songs%
The 0frican 7oman and the &Nech youngsters had passed the Mike Tysons test, no one
could sue them and they left their attackers to carry on 7ith their mental and verbal
masturbations% These individuals could survive the Hourney through the land of India%
Basil Fletcher
My Bed
If my boastful cousin is in a fierce competition 7ith an outsider, should I help this
boastful cousin of mine, if his victory could result in my losing my bed, 7hile his lose
7ould result in me keeping my bedL Is the lose of my bed and the humiliation at the
hands of a boastful cousin a suitable price to pay to maintain family pride and honorL
If my boastful cousin lose, if my cousin 7ho is not 7illing and 7ould not be 7illing to
help me 7hen I am do7n, loses, both of us get to keep our beds even though it means that
the family has lose face and the pride of the family is trampled on%
The members of the Fletchers, Manakers and Morgans families need to ans7er this
Juestion, as it point directly at the problems caused by unmanaged sibling rivalry%
Basil Fletcher

"rime #nd Violence In The "entral #merica #nd The "aribbean
It is important for members of this family to realiNe that 7ithin our region of the 7orld,
crime and violence does not occur in the main because of a lack of 7ealth or 7idespread
hunger and poverty, but are in the main related to OaP the level of eJuity in the distribution
of 7ealth and ObP access to the means of production%
Trinidad and Tobago, Gl $alvador, the Bahamas and else7here confirms that 7here
people feel that they do not have a stake in things, 7here they are restricted to playing the
role of onlookers, the risk of deviancy and crime is much higher than in those countries
7here they have a real chance of getting a piece of the pie and have a real input in the
running of their lives%
For our family, this means that our task must be the empo7erment of our family
members, helping them to get ahead in the societies in 7hich they live and listening to
their voices and concerns% The coming together of the family on this medium allo7s us to
consciously reduce the level of marginaliNation and hopelessness faced by many in the
family%
Basil Fletcher
The $oko aran %s !essage To &ur 'aughters and Nieces
In recent times, here in 'amaica 7e have seen ne7s reports on T+ and video images of
young school girls in their uniforms fighting for ?men@, 7e have seen young school girls
in their uniforms out performing "o!"o dancers, 7e have seen on television the police in
one to7n raiding an old building to remove school girls and boys 7ho should have being
in school but instead ended up in the building engaged in se=ual intercourse%
In short there has been a total disregard for the educational opportunities and privilege the
society has provided them 7ith, there has been a most blatant disregard of the enormous
sacrifices parents had to make to send these girls to school%
The message from the Boko -aran and possible the Nigerian 7omen is clear, in many
parts of 0frica and in 0sia the only education a young 7oman can reasonably e=pect to
have is that of 7ashing clothes, cooking, pleasing their husbands and breeding% The
opportunities and privileges 7hich so many of our young 7omen and girls have so
callously sJuandered and are sJuandering are but dreams to many young 7omen and
girls in 0frica and in 0sia%
For those of our young girls 7ho are of the firm belief that se=ual intercourse and the
opportunities for having such are about to run out and that men and penises 7ill be a
thing of the pastD the Boko -aran and many in that parts of the 7orld have corrected such
erroneous beliefs by removing the clitoris and further east in 0frica, the vagina 7ould be
se7n closed%
It is important to condemn the kidnapping of over 866 school girls by the Boko -aran in
the clearest terms even as 7e must bring our o7n daughters and nieces to book% Their
scant respect for themselves, their 7illingness to e=pose their nakedness to the 7orld,
their propensity to 7asting the sacrifices made by their parents and society, adds fuel to
fire of the religious Nealots of all brands and types%
The daughters and nieces, the young 7omen of the Fletchers, Manakers and Morgans
families must ensure that not only respect themselves and their parents but also to use the
opportunities and privileges they have to educate themselves and go for7ard in society as
fully developed educated and rounded individuals are fully used%
Basil Fletcher
I ope and Pray
I do hope and pray that there are none of us 7ho are among those giving this girl a hard
time% It is our duty to lift her up, to help her to be the best that she can be%
This Beautiful *ady Is Bullied Gveryday 0t $chool% #lease &lick *ike 0nd $hare This
#ost 'ust To Make -er Feel Better 0bout -er Beauty% #eople 3nly &are 0bout WhatAs 3n
The 3utside, But I Bet $he -as 0 Beautiful -eart 3n The Inside%
$top Bullying;
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To! The Fletchers, Morgans and Manakers Families
Maybe many are of the feeling that, they did not do as much as they had 7anted to%
Maybe many have reasons to believe that they could have done far better%
Maybe many have reasons to believe that the year 7as brutally tough and demanding%
Maybe there are many 7ho do not understand ho7 they made it so far, given the
situations 7hich faced them%
Cet, 7hen all is said and done it has been a year in 7hich 7e confirmed our humanity,
confirmed the fact that 7e are real people, not robots, but real people living in a real
7orld, 7ith real strengths, 7eaknesses and limitations%
When all is said and done, 7e realiNe that diamonds occur only in relatively small siNes,
never the siNe of a football, and indeed in our lives over this year there have been
victories each day, victories throughout our lives, victories even if some 7ere but small%
Maybe it is a time for some of us to do a bit of accounting, listing all the good and the
bad 7hich 7e have e=perienced, in order to better grasp 7hat have been achieved and the
hurdles surmounted%
In many of our households, there have been additions to the families, young ones coming
into the 7orld, rekindling the flame of hope, love and faith%
To you all, Fletchers, Morgans and Manakers living in the Fnited $tates and else7here, I
7ish a -appy Thanks "iving 4ay;
May the "od of Israel continue to be 7ith you, no7 and al7ays;
Basil Fletcher
!y nieces and nephe(s avoid the shado(s
My young nieces and nephe7s, I have learnt in a most brutal 7ay to avoid the shado7s%
There are times in life 7hen 7e believe that some things should be done or that things
could be done in a better 7ay, but because of our fear of ?going up front@ 7ith or vie7s,
because of fear of taking on responsibilities for others or simple to live a peaceful life, 7e
seek to act through others, 7e try to push up front others 7hose vie7s and positions 7e
think that 7e can influence, thus occupying a position in the shado7s%
It has been my e=perience, that such an approach does not at all times 7ork, and in fact
although 7e may run for years from taking positions of responsibility, although 7e may
seek to beat the Gthiopians and Benyans in long distance running, in the end 7e are
brought back to the very start and forced to move for7ard and occupy those positions
7hich in the past 7hich 7e sought to avoid%
There are many young 4avids among the Fletchers, and they should recall that 4avid did
his best to avoid taking on $auls cro7n, he 7anted $aul to live eternally% Most of all he
7anted to live in peace 7ith $aul, to reach some position of accommodation 7ith $aul% In
the end he even killed the person 7ho ended $auls life% 4avids running through the
7ilderness and the deprivations he suffered, did not help him in the end% True, he learnt a
lot on the run, but the position 7hich he sought to avoid he could not avoid in the end%
We have to learn to avoid the shado7s, to avoid talking through people, and move
for7ard to occupy those positions 7hich 7e seek to influence ourselves% This is a vital
lesson for the young among us% -ere I have enough e=perience to speak 7ith authority on
this issue%
Fncle Basil
#n &pen Letter To The Fletchers Who Play Leadership )oles In
"hurches
4ear #astors, 4eacons and GldersD
I start this letter, kno7ing that it is not my place as a person 7ho do not belong to that
Faith, to be making recommendations, and thus I address this letter to Fletchers 7ho play
leadership roles in &hurches%
There are many individuals 7ho attend &hurch on a regular basis, 7ho are in need
of help, 7hich can be given% For e=ample, there are unemployed individuals 7ho attend
&hurch% While the &hurch might not be able to find them Hobs, the &hurch can help them
to 7rite resumes and Hob letters% While there might the &hurch might not be able to find
Hobs, members can play a role in the dropping off of Hob applications at offices near to
their places of 7ork or near to their homes%
There are students 7ho 7ant to go to &ollege, but have no money% 4oes the &hurch kno7
of these young peopleL 4o the leaders of the &hurch go out of their 7ay to get to kno7
them, to kno7 their problemsL Tonight I discovered that there are at least ten &olleges in
the Fnited $tates 7hich does not reJuire that students pay tuition fees, do the &hurch
kno7 about these collegesL What systems does the &hurch have in place to help students
in needL If there are none, should one conclude that the &hurch does not care about the
problems facing its younger membersL
0s I started out, it is none of my business to tell the &hurch people ho7 to conduct
&hurch business, ho7ever those Fletchers 7ho are leaders in the &hurch could play a
more e=panded role% I do kno7 that it is not easy and might not be easy% When I used to
attend &hurch, I once tried to form a ?Hob club@ for finding Hobs for the unemployed and
for getting resume 7ritten% The idea 7as not reHected but it did appear to be a strange idea
to the &hurch%
Basil Fletcher
Part 2
Words of Warning!
We !ust Not $e #fraid To *ay++
To all the younger members of the family, I do ask you to over look some of the 7ords
used here%
Bishop Fletcher, *asonya Fletcher and Barret Fletcher, 7ould possibly 7hen confronted
or approached by those individuals, 7ho come 7ith ideas and suggestions, 7hich if
carried out, leads one to break the la7 in committing acts of criminalityD say ! ?"et Thee
Behind Me $atan;@%
From my stand point and from the 7ay I see things, BuHu Banton no7 sits in prison
serving a sentence for his involvement 7ith drugs, because he failed to say in a clear and
meaningful to the person 7ho came to him 7ith the idea to ?Fuck 3ff;@% &hristians and
the religious might not like those 7ords, ho7ever they are very effective%
Basil Fletcher
Vegas doctor pleads guilty to drug conspiracy charges
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LAS VEGAS - 0 *as +egas physician pleaded guilty today to federal drug conspiracy
charges for 7riting prescriptions for o=ycodone for persons he did not see or treat%
+ictor Bruce, (1, faces up to 86 years in prison and a >5 million fine% -e 7ill be
sentenced at 1 a%m% 3ct% 1 before F%$% 4istrict 'udge 0ndre7 #% "ordon%
?We 7ill continue to identify and prosecute these bad doctors 7ho are using their medical
licenses to illegally deal drugs,@ said 4aniel "% Bogden, F%$% attorney for the 4istrict of
Nevada% ?We 7ill also recommend the imposition of lengthy sentences of imprisonment
because these doctors are using their medical licenses and special skills to commit these
drug crimes, fully kno7ing the harmful impact and effects of these addictive painkillers%
?This 7as simply a money!making sham, and none of the prescriptions 7ere being issued
for a legitimate medical purpose or in the usual course of professional practice%@
0ccording to the guilty plea agreement, Bruce, a Nevada!licensed physician, operates a
medical practice kno7n as $7an *ake Medical &enter at :::6 $% -ualapai Way in *as
+egas% Bruce represents himself to be a pain management specialist and is the only
physician 7orking at the practice%
Beginning at a date unkno7n and continuing to around November 865:, Bruce and
several co!conspirators R including 9obert Wolfe, aka ?old man,@ Millicent Gpino, 4ylan
4uBois, 'ennifer Monge and 'ade *epoma R conspired to distribute o=ycodone% Wolfe
7ould provide Bruce a list of names, and Bruce 7ould 7rite prescriptions for o=ycodone
for those names and give them to Wolfe%
Bruce also created ?dummy@ medical records for those persons, to make it appear as if a
legitimate patient encounter had taken place%
3n four occasions in 'une 865:, an undercover la7 enforcement officer purchased Bruce!
7ritten o=ycodone prescriptions from Wolfe for >.66 each% 3n each occasion, the
undercover provided Wolfe or another co!conspirator 7ith copies of Nevada drivers
licenses bearing the names of customers% Fsually 7ithin a day, Wolfe or another co!
conspirator 7ould then provide the undercover 7ith 7ritten prescriptions for o=ycodone%
Bruce kne7 he 7as 7riting prescriptions for controlled substances to customers he did
not treat and 7ho did not need the prescriptions% None of the prescriptions 7ere issued
for a legitimate medical purpose or in the usual course of profession practice%
Wolfe and several of the other co!conspirators are also charged in the drug conspiracy%
Their cases are currently pending%
, -ro news release
Little *ilver doctor charged in o,ycodone distribution
conspiracy

*ITT*G $I*+G9 S T7o physicians 7ho allegedly 7rote illegal prescriptions for
o=ycodone 7ere arrested Wednesday morning, along 7ith a number of others, on federal
charges that they participated in a conspiracy to illegally distribute the medication, F%$%
0ttorney #aul '% Fishman announced%
4r% 'acJueline *opresti, )6, a resident of Fair -aven 7ho has an office on #rospect
0venue in *ittle $ilver, and 4r% -assan *ahham, ):, of Ne7 Cork, are charged in a
federal criminal complaint along 7ith 86 other defendants 7ith conspiracy to possess and
distribute o=ycodone%
3ne of those co!defendants, &hristopher Gr7in, (., of Barnegat, is a purported
landscaper 7ho served as leader of the drug trafficking organiNation%
3f the 88 defendants charged, 5, 7ere arrested Wednesday morning by members of the
4rug Gnforcement 0gencys O4G0P Tactical 4iversion $Juad% The defendants arrested
Wednesday 7ere e=pected to appear Wednesday afternoon before F%$% Magistrate 'udge
Tonianne '% Bongiovanni in Trenton federal court%
3=ycodone, the active ingredient in brand name pills such as 3=ycontin, 9o=icodone and
#ercocet, is a $chedule II controlled substance S meaning that it has a high potential for
abuse, a currently accepted medical use 7ith severe restrictions, and abuse of the drug
may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence%
3fficials allege since at least as early as 'anuary 8661, and continuing for at least t7o
years, *opresti and *ahham issued prescriptions to co!conspirators 7ho received the
prescriptions, at the direction of Gr7in and others, for drugs containing o=ycodone
outside the usual course of medical practice and not for any legitimate medical purpose%
The prescriptions 7ere filled at various pharmacies located in and around Monmouth,
3cean, and 0tlantic counties, and the defendants then sold and redistributed the pills%
*opresti and *ahham 7rote the prescriptions in e=change for cash payments from Gr7in
and others, kno7ing that the pills 7ere to be redistributed%
Gr7in and others, 7ith the kno7ledge of *opresti and *athham, employed customers to
pose as patients and others to serve as runners to transport customers to fill the
prescriptions at numerous pharmacies in an attempt to avoid detection% Gr7in and others
paid customers and runners either in cash or 7ith a portion of the o=ycodone tablets that
7ere obtained from the pharmacies, then sold the remaining tablets at a profit%
F%$% 0ttorney Fishman stated, ?#rescription drug abuse is the fastest gro7ing drug
problem in the country% It is particularly troubling to find doctors so complicit in this
epidemic% We trust our doctors to heal our bodies, not poison our communities% We cant
and 7e shouldnt put up 7ith those 7e count on for our 7ell being to make a fast buck
peddling pills%@
Brian 9% &ro7ell, $pecial 0gent in &harge of the 4G0 Ne7 'ersey 4ivision, stated, ?3ur
commitment to the citiNens of Ne7 'ersey is to protect them from legal controlled
substances 7hich help people daily but may fall into the illicit market for drug traffickers%
*ets be perfectly clear everyone arrested today is an alleged drug trafficker% We 7ill not
tolerate or accept this illegal behavior, and 7e 7ill bring Hustice to all that condone this
type of practice%@
The count 7ith 7hich the defendants are charged carries a ma=imum potential penalty of
86 years in prison and a >5 million fine%
F%$% 0ttorney Fishman thanked special agents of the 4G0 in Ne7 'ersey, under the
direction of $pecial 0gent in &harge Brian 9% &ro7ell, and the various police
departments 7hich have officers assigned to the Ne7 'ersey 4G0 Tactical 4iversion
$Juad% -e also thanked the la7 enforcement partner agencies that effected the arrests,
including the F%$% Marshals $erviceD F%$% Food and 4rug 0dministrationD &umberland,
Monmouth, and 3cean &ounty #rosecutors 3fficesD Ne7 'ersey $tate #oliceD 3cean
&ounty $heriffs 3fficeD Barnegat, *acey To7nship, *ittle Ggg -arbor, *ittle $ilver,
$easide -eights, Toms 9iver, and Trenton police departmentsD and the 3cean &ounty
4epartment of &orrections%
The government is represented by 0ssistant F%$% 0ttorney 9obert Marasco of the F%$%
0ttorneys 3ffice &riminal 4ivision in Trenton%
The charges and allegations contained in the complaints are merely accusations, and the
defendants are considered innocent unless and until proven guilty%
LA Doctor Charged With $33 Million Medicare Fraud
'une :, 865( :). #M
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Angeles, Medicare, Millions
LOS ANGELES (AP) S 0 -olly7ood doctor 7as charged Tuesday 7ith conspiring to
bilk Medicare out of more than >:: million by charging for unnecessary services and
medical eJuipment%
4r% 9obert 0% "laNer, ,., 7as indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit health care
fraud% -e 7as arrested May 5: and is free on bond, according to the F%$% attorneys
office%
&alls to his -olly7ood clinic Tuesday 7ere not ans7ered%
#rosecutors contend that from about 'anuary 866, through May 865(, "laNer billed
Medicare for tests and procedures that 7ere unnecessary and sometimes 7erent even
performed%
0uthorities say he also received kickbacks for providing phony prescriptions for hospice
services, po7er 7heelchairs and other goods and services to medical companies and
suppliers so the bills could be submitted to Medicare%
3ne 7oman told investigators that she received several telephone calls asking her to go to
the clinic%
?The caller offered her free shoes, oil, rice and beans,@ according to an affidavit by an
FBI agent that 7as filed in federal court in *os 0ngeles%
The 7oman refused at first, but later, she 7ent% "laNer talked to her for about 56 minutes
but didnt e=amine her, according to the affidavit%
?0 nurse offered her a sonogram, but she refused% The nurse told her she could go home
if she agreed to get the sonogram, so she got the sonogram,@ the court document stated%
$ome patients said they 7ere given po7ered 7heelchairs that they didnt ask for and
didnt need%
The affidavit said "laNer prescribed more than 5,666 po7ered 7heelchairs during the
period, compared 7ith other doctors, even those 7orking 7ith the elderly, 7ho ?often
prescribe as fe7 as one or t7o a year,@ the affidavit said%
&ourt documents allege that the phony claims totaled nearly >::%) million and Medicare
paid out about >88 million on them%
The case 7as brought as part of an ongoing crackdo7n on fraud thats believed to cost
Medicare bet7een >,6 billion and >16 billion each year%
*ast year, nearly 566 people around the country, including 5( doctors and nurses, 7ere
charged 7ith separate Medicare scams that collectively billed the ta=payer!funded
program for roughly >88: million in bogus charges, authorities said%
In 8658, $outhern &alifornia doctor 'uan Tomas +an #utten pleaded guilty to conspiring
to cheat Medicare out of more than >55 million by e=aggerating patients symptoms to
obtain 7heelchairs and other medical eJuipment%
+an #utten pleaded guilty Monday to one count of conspiracy to commit health care
fraud% -e faces up to 56 years in prison 7hen hes scheduled to be sentenced March 8/%
Federal prosecutors say +an #utten, ,,, received cash kickbacks from medical supply
companies to 7rite prescriptions for 7heelchairs that he kne7 the patients didnt need%
+an #utten said he kne7 the companies 7ould use the prescriptions to submit false
claims to Medicare%
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4uly (, "*!$

-ranite $ay doctor charged (ith criminal conspiracy to
distribute painkillers
#hysician 7orked in Cuba &ity, "rass +alley
By $cott Thomas 0nderson, Gditor
0 "ranite Bay doctor 7ho practices in "rass +alley and Cuba &ity has been charged by
federal prosecutors 7ith illegally disturbing opiate painkillers, as 7ell as running a
criminal conspiracy%
Nicholas '% &apos 'r% 7as handed a si=!count indictment in federal court Friday for
allegedly distributing the po7erful opiate!based painkiller, 3=ycondone%
0ccording to special agents from the federal 4rug Gnforcement 0gency, &apos
distributed 3=ycodone ?outside the usual course@ of his professional medical practice
and ?7ithout legitimate medical purposes%@ Federal investigators say &apos illegally
dispensed 5,)16 :6!milligram 3=ycodone pills in the summer of 8658%
*a7 enforcement and addiction specialists in south #lacer &ounty have spoken at length
to the #ress Tribune in recent months about the scope of opiate painkiller abuse in the
region, as 7ell as the direct role its played in numerous addicts progressing to black tar
heroin use%
9oseville and *incoln together have e=perienced si= fatal overdoses from opiates and
heroin in the last si= months%
3n the same day federal prosecutors announced &aposs arrest, 4%G%0% 4eputy 0ssistant
0dministrator 'oseph 9annaNNisi spoke to medical professionals from across &alifornia
in do7nto7n $acramento% 9annaNisi said his investigators 7ill continue to probe doctors
and pharmacists looking to profit from prescription drug abuse%
?Gvery case 7eve handled 7here theres a professional involved, or a corporation
involved, in drug diversion, it 7as because of money S because of greed,@ 9annaNNisi
said% ?"reed is the key to every drug trafficking scheme out there% I al7ays hear, 2Well,
7hy 7ould any doctor do thisL Its because some doctors have been able to get a million
dollars in their pockets%@
9annaNisi 7as not commenting on &aposs specific case 7hen he made the remarks%
&apos is being prosecuted by F%$% 0ttorney BenHamin Wagner% In a statement on Friday,
Wagner said, ?The misuse of o=ycodone and other prescription painkillers is responsible
for thousands of deaths every year%@
-e added, ?In this case, the government alleges that a licensed physician dispensed these
po7erful and deadly painkillers 7ithout a legitimate medical purpose%@
If convicted, &apos faces a ma=imum penalty of 86 years in prison and a >5 million fine%
Keywords:
Nicholas '% &apos 'r%
Pawtucket Accountant Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy to Traffic
Contraband Cigarettes and Conspiracy to Commit Food Stamp
Fraud
U.S. Attorney`s OfficeMarch 51, 865(District of Rhode IslandO(65P .61!
)666#93+I4GN&G, 9ISBassam Biriaki, (,, an accountant 7ith offices located in
#a7tucket, 9hode Island, pleaded guilty in F%$% 4istrict &ourt in #rovidence on Monday
to participating in a conspiracy 7hich trafficked >5%8 million in contraband cigarettes into
9hode Island from +irginia and to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the food stamp
program, announced Fnited $tates 0ttorney #eter F% Neronha%
Biriaki and si= other individuals 7ere indicted by a federal grand Hury in May 865:,
charged 7ith allegedly participating in a comple= conspiracy to import cigarettes from
+irginia into 9hode Island that 7ere sold in convenience stores and other locations
allegedly o7ned or operated by members of the conspiracy and others% The conspiracy
allegedly resulted in the loss of more than >5 million in 9hode Island state ta= revenue%
The indictment also alleges that Biriaki and others participated in various schemes and
conspiracies to defraud other types of programs, including $ocial $ecurity and the food
stamp program%
0t the time of his guilty plea, Bassam Biriaki admitted to the court that he made false
representations to la7 enforcement and created a false ta= document in order to conceal
the conspiracy% 0ccording to court records, on March :6, 865:, the +irginia $tate #olice
stopped an alleged co!conspirator and seiNed >:6,666 in cash from his vehicle% 0fter the
stop and seiNure, the FBI intercepted calls made by Biriaki during 7hich he agreed to call
+irginia $tate #olice to tell them that the money 7as to buy merchandise for a ?ne7@
store in +irginia, Bad Boys Tobacco $top Inc% In other phone calls Biriaki discussed ho7
he 7ould create or backdate documents, including an I9$ form, to substantiate the false
claim to the +irginia $tate #olice% The ta= form 7as then fa=ed to +irginia $tate #olice%
In addition, at the time of his guilty plea, Biriaki admitted to the court that he participated
in a conspiracy and that he filed fraudulent documents 7ith the Fnited $tates 4epartment
of 0griculture Food and Nutrition $ervice so that a convenience store o7ned by a co!
conspirator could maintain participation in the $upplemental Nutrition 0ssistance
#rogram O$N0#P as an approved vendor, even though the store had been previously
disJualified% The documents intentionally misrepresented the true o7ners of the business%
Bassam, 7ho pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to traffic contraband
cigarettes and conspiracy to commit food stamp fraud, is scheduled to be sentenced on
'une ,, 865(, by F%$% 4istrict &ourt &hief 'udge William G% $mith% Gach charge is
punishable by statutory penalties of up to five years in federal prison follo7ed by up to
three years supervised release and a fine of up to >8)6,666%
The case is being prosecuted by 0ssistant F%$% 0ttorneys William '% Ferland and *y T%
&hin%
The investigation 7as conducted by the Fnited $tates 0ttorneys 3ffice, 9hode Island
$tate #olice, FBI, Internal 9evenue $ervice!&riminal Investigation, -omeland $ecurity
Investigations, $ocial $ecurity 0dministration!3ffice of the Inspector "eneralI3ffice of
Investigations, and the F%$% 4epartment of 0griculture 3ffice of Inspector "eneral%
Actor and Accountant Agree to Plead Guilty to Conspiracy
Charges in Mortgage Fraud Scheme That Cost Banks $3.8 Million
U.S. Attorney`s Office0ugust :5, 8658Central District of CaliforniaO85:P /1(!8(:(*3$
0N"G*G$S0ctor Tommy *ister, 7ho has appeared in appro=imately 566 movies, and a
$an Fernando +alley accountant 7ere charged today in federal court 7ith conspiring to
commit mortgage fraud in a scheme that led to >:%/ million in losses%
*ister, 7ho is also kno7n as ?Tiny@ and ?Teus,@ a )(!year!old &hats7orth resident, 7as
charged this afternoon in a criminal information 7ith one count of conspiracy%
0 second person involved in the schemeS0rcelia &haveN, (/, of Northridge, 7ho is a
self!employed certified ta= preparerS7as also charged today 7ith conspiracy%
In plea agreements that 7ere also filed this afternoon in Fnited $tates 4istrict &ourt, both
*ister and &haveN agreed to plead guilty to the conspiracy charges%
The court documents filed today outline a scheme that ran from November 866) through
'une 866. and involved *ister, &haveN, and several other individuals, including $ami
$ager $7eiss, formerly a mortgage loan officer based in Woodland -illsD 'ason #atterson,
a real estate agent in *ong BeachD '%9%, formerly a manager of a Washington Mutual Bank
branch in Woodland -illsD and Wanda Tenney, formerly an escro7 officer based in the
$an Fernando +alley%
*ister conspired 7ith these individuals to fraudulently acJuire title to four residential
properties he could not afford% With the help of these individuals and others, *ister
obtained mortgages for the four properties through fraudulent means, including
submitting mortgage applications that included inflated income and asset amountsD
fabricating bank statements and falsifying other documents to substantiate the fraudulent
statements in the loan applicationsD and falsifying escro7 records to deceive lenders into
believing *ister had made reJuired do7n payments%
In addition to fraudulently obtaining the mortgages, *ister and his co!conspirators
concealed from lenders the fact that he 7ould receive kickbacks from sellers after the real
estate deals closed%
9elying on the fraudulent applications and documents, lenders issued mortgages totaling
>)%. million% *ister subseJuently defaulted on the four mortgages, causing those lenders
and their successors to lose appro=imately >8%, million%
0fter acJuiring title to the four residential properties, *ister obtained fraudulent home
eJuity lines of credit on each of the four properties% *ister dre7 do7n a total of
>5,5(,,666 in cash from the four -G*3&s but did not pay back any of the principal%
*ister also admitted in his plea agreement that &haveN aided and abetted him in obtaining
one of the fraudulent mortgages and a fraudulent -G*3& by preparing a false &#0 letter,
as 7ell as fabricating W!8s and a pay stub% The false &#0 letter stated that &haveN had
prepared *isters ta= returns% &haveN separately admitted in her plea agreement that she
prepared the false and fictitious documents, actions that caused lenders to lose
appro=imately >5%5 million%
*ister and &haveN 7ill be summoned to appear in federal court in *os 0ngeles in
$eptember%
The charge of conspiracy carries a statutory ma=imum sentence of five years in federal
prison%
3n 'uly :6, 8658, $7eiss pleaded guilty to a conspiracy count before Fnited $tates
4istrict 'udge 4ale $% Fischer% 0s part of his guilty plea, $7eiss admitted that he
conspired 7ith *ister, #atterson, Tenney, and &haveN to commit mortgage fraud% $7eiss
is scheduled to be sentenced on March 5/, 865:%
The charges in this case are the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and I9$!&riminal Investigation%
#opes accountant charged 7ith using +atican bank to launder millions
0 T3# &atholic cleric has been charged 7ith laundering millions in ?false donations@
through the +atican bank%
By "areth Morgan
#ublished Tue, 'anuary 85, 865(
AgeResidenceMa
ry
ManfredoDistrict
of New
1ersey(973) 645-
2888TRENTON,
N1-Trenton
Mayor Tony F.
Mack; the
mayor`s brother,
Ralphiel Mack;
and his close
associate, 1oseph
A. ~1o1o
Giorgianni, were
arrested by
federal agents
this morning and
charged by
criminal
complaint in
connection with a
scheme to extort
payments of more
than $100,000
from others who
were purportedly
developing a
public parking
garage, U.S.
Attorney Paul 1.
Fishman
announced.
Former Vatican
accountant
Nunzio Scarano
charged with
money
laundering AP]
The complaint
charges that over
the past two
years, Mack, 46,
and his associates
negotiated with
two individuals
who were
cooperating with
the U.S.
Attorney`s Office
and FBI and
agreed to
expedite
approvals and sell
city-owned
property at a
fraction of its
value. Giorgianni
also was charged
in a separate
complaint along
with eight other
defendants with
conspiracy to
distribute
oxycodone pills in
the Trenton area.
The following
defendants also
were charged in
the drug
conspiracy
complaint:
Name
Monsignor NunNio
$carano, ,5, is already on
trial for an alleged plot to
smuggle U5.million into
Italy%
The former senior
accountant 7as suspended
from his Hob at the +atican
after 7orking there for
more than 88 years%
-e and t7o other people
7ere served 7ith arrest
7arrants today on
suspicion of money
laundering and making
false statements% Fifty!t7o
others 7ere being
investigated%
The charges are a fresh
blo7 to #ope Francis 7ho
has vo7ed to make
&hurch finances meet
international standards of
transparency%
The #ope has not ruled
out closing the bank if it
cannot be reformed%
The charges are a maHor
blo7 for #ope Francis in
his bid to clean up the
+atican bank V0#W
$carano is under house
arrest in his native
$alerno, near Naples%
-e is on trial in 9ome for
conspiring to smuggle
X86million out of
$7itNerland along 7ith a
financier and a former
secret services officer for
rich shipbuilder friends in
$alerno%
The ne7 charge, 7hich
came after a separate,
year!long investigation,
concerns suspected money
laundering through his
accounts at the +atican
bank, officially kno7n as
the Institute for Works of
9eligion OI39P%
0 police statement said
millions of euros in ?false
donations@ from offshore
companies moved through
$caranoAs accounts there%
#olice did not say e=actly
ho7 much laundered
money had moved
through the I39 but said
$carano had about
X)million at his disposal
in accounts at the +atican
and other Italian banks%
#olice have froNen t7o
accounts in an Italian bank
Hust outside the +atican,
one for a real estate
company he controlled%
They also seiNed t7o
apartments, as part of
around X,%)million in
financial and real estate
assets% *ast 'uly, the
+atican bank froNe more
than X8million in about 56
accounts $carano kept
there%
Glena "uarino, the
$alerno magistrate 7ho
led the investigation, told
reporters the +atican 7as
fully cooperating 7ith the
probe%
$carano lived in a lu=ury,
5.!room apartment
decorated 7ith original
art7ork 7orth X,million,
according to investigators%
-e had been under
investigation for months
over the suspicious
movement of some
X)16,666 in 8658 in one
cash transaction from the
+atican bank,
investigators said last
year%
$carano divided the cash,
most of it in )66 euro
notes, among more than
)6 friends, investigators
said%
Gach friend gave him a
cashierAs cheJue dra7n on
Italian banks%
-e then took all the
cheJues to a bank in
$alerno and paid off a
mortgage on his
apartment, 7hich
investigators said last year
he had purchased for
about X5%.million%
$carano denied the money
laundering accusations
7hen they 7ere first made
last year%
-e told investigators the
money had come from
EdonationsE% #olice,
ho7ever, said on Tuesday
that much of it came from
offshore companies
controlled by his friends%
Nifty FiftyAs accountant
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The accountant for the
Nifty Fiftys restaurant
chain 7as indicted Friday
by federal prosecutors in
#hiladelphia on ta=
evasion charges%
William '% Frio, )/, of
$pringfield To7nship,
4ela7are &ounty 7as
charged 7ith conspiracy
to commit ta= evasion by
operating 7hat
prosecutors said 7as Nifty
Fiftys long!running
scheme to avoid paying
millions of dollars in
personal and employment
ta=es% #rosecutors said the
scheme defrauded
the Internal 9evenue
$ervice by failing to
properly account for more
than >5) million in gross
receipts% Frio is also
charged 7ith filing his
o7n false ta= returns,
aggravated structuring of
financial transactions, and
loan fraud%
Frio is an accountant and
income ta= preparer 7ho
provided those services to
Nifty Fiftys organiNation
since 51/,% 0ccording to
the indictment, Frio
conspired and agreed 7ith
the o7ners and principals
of Nifty Fiftys, all of
7hom have been charged
separately, in a scheme to
use skimmed cash to pay
themselves and people
and businesses 7ho
supplied products and
services to the restaurants
S and help those people
and businesses evading
paying ta=es%
The indictment also
alleges that in 866/, Frio
submitted a false loan
application to$overeign
Bank for a >(5.,666
residential mortgage% -e
allegedly submitted to the
bank bogus federal
income ta= returns for
866, and 866., and bogus
Forms W!8, falsely
representing he had
earned substantial income
from Tanfasia, Inc% In
reality, Frio kne7 he had
actually earned much less
than 7hat he submitted
and he 7as never
employed by Tanfasia%
#rosecutors said that
bet7een 'anuary 8661 and
November 8661, Frio
kno7ingly structured
illegal transactions 7ith
$overeign Bank, totaling
more than >8%, million%
The indictment said Frio
used his position as the
Nifty Fiftys accountant to
embeNNle hundreds of
thousands of dollars that
belonged to the
organiNation%
In 4ecember, the first of
five Nifty Fiftys co!
o7ners 7as sentenced to
5) months in prisonfor his
role in the ta= fraud
scheme% The five o7ners
7ere accused of failing to
pay >8%8 million in federal
employment and personal
ta=es%
This all comes on the
heels of a serious fire at
the Bensalem Nifty Fiftys
location back in 'uly%
Nifty Fiftys is a family
restaurant kno7n for its
cheeseburgers, milkshakes
and Hukebo= playing the
feel!good hits of the 51)6s
and early 51,6s%
'eff Blumenthal covers
banking, insurance and
la7%
Las Vegas Accountant
Charged With
Defrauding IRS
0osted6 Sep !!, "*!# #6%"
0;<pdated6 Sep !!, "*!#
#6%' 0;
By $teve Banigher, I!
Team 9eporter ! email
LAS VEGAS !! 0 couple
from Io7a and a *as
+egas accountant 7ere
charged Wednesday 7ith
conspiring to defraud the
Internal 9evenue $ervice
of more than >.66,666 by
allegedly using nominee
corporations and bank
accounts to hide their
income and other assets,
NevadaAs F%$% 0ttorney
4aniel Bogden said%
4arlene Taylor Mc&ord
and 'ames Bert Mc&ord
of Io7a &ity, Io7a, and
accountant Wendell *eroy
Waite 7ere charged 7ith
one count of conspiracy to
defraud the Fnited $tates%
Waite also 7as charged
7ith one count of income
ta= evasion and four
counts of aiding in the
preparation and filing of
false and fraudulent
federal ta= returns%
The Mc&ords 7ere also
charged 7ith four counts
of making and subscribing
false and fraudulent
federal individual and
corporate ta= returns, one
count of making a false
financial condition
statement, and nine counts
of attempting to evade or
defeat the payment of
their federal ta=es,
penalties and interest%
The defendants are
scheduled to make initial
appearances before a
federal magistrate Hudge in
*as +egas on $ept% 51% If
convicted, they face up to
five years in prison and
>8)6,666 fines on the
conspiracy and ta=
evasion charges, and up to
three years in prison and
>8)6,666 fines on the
false or fraudulent ta=
return charges%
0ccording to the
indictment, the Mc&ords
o7ned Nevada
corporations T3B
Management, [ue 5 and
-T9 "roup% Waite 7as a
licensed accountant in
Nevada, &alifornia, and
Ftah%
3n 'une 8:, 866:, the
Mc&ords allegedly o7ed
the I9$ roughly >51.,(86
in personal income ta=es,
and o7ed an additional
I9$ penalty of roughly
>)(.,.//% From May
866( through February
866/, the Mc&ords
received personal income
of more than >8%. million%
Waite allegedly 7as
associated 7ith the 0sset
#rotection "roup, 7hich
offered services to
individuals 7ho 7ere
trying to hide their assets
from creditors, including
the I9$% These services
included the use of
nominee corporations,
nominee bank checking
accounts, and Efriendly
liensE designed to create
the illusion that a personAs
assets 7ere encumbered
by liens%
Beginning in November
866(, the Mc&ords
allegedly deposited >8%.
million into an 0sset
#rotection "roup bank
escro7 account andIor
into one of their corporate
accounts to hide money
from the I9$% In February
866), the 0sset #rotection
"roup allegedly referred
the Mc&ords to Waite for
accounting and ta=
purposes% 3ver the ne=t
t7o years, Waite allegedly
filed multiple fraudulent
federal ta= returns for the
Mc&ords and their
nominee corporations,
concealing their true
income and assets%
The case is being
investigated by I9$
&riminal Investigation and
prosecuted by 0ssistant
F%$% 0ttorney '% "regory
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.CBS3 S #ennsylvania
prosecutors have filed
charges against a
#hiladelphia public school
principal and four
teachers, accusing them of
cheating on standardiNed
tests in the #hiladelphia
school system%
3fficials say the five
changed student ans7ers,
provided ans7ers to
students, and improperly
revie7ed Juestions prior
to administering the tests%
They say a grand Hury
found that after the
cheating stopped in 8658,
the percentage of students
7ho scored 7ell on the
tests dropped dramatically%
The alleged scandal
happened at &ayuga
Glementary $chool, on
North Fifth $treet near
-unting #ark, in North
#hiladelphia%
The follo7ing individuals
are facing charges in the
alleged cheating scandal
principal Gvelyn &orteN,
)1D 'ennifer -ughes, )1D
*orraine +icente, (5D 9ita
WysNynski, ,)D and 0ry
$loane, ),%
#ennsylvania attorney
general Bathleen Bane
said today that the
defendants are accused of
?perpetuating a culture of
cheating@ on the
#ennsylvania $ystem of
$chool 0ssessment
O?#$$0@P tests over a
five!year period%
0ccording to Bane, a
grand Hury found that
&orteN, the school
principal, publicly
reprimanded teachers 7ho
did not engage in #$$0
cheating, as 7ell as
students 7ho did not 7ant
to cooperate%
?$he is denying these
allegations and 7e are
going to fight them,@ said
&orteNs attorney,
Matthe7 $edacca%
The grand Hury found that
teachers 7ere encouraged
to take #$$0 tests home
7ith them to familiariNe
themselves 7ith the tests
before proctoring
students%
&orteN, +icente, and
-ughes each are charged
7ith one count of corrupt
organiNations, a felonyD
one count of perHury, a
felonyD one count of
tampering 7ith public
records or information, a
felonyD one count of
forgery, one count of
tampering 7ith records or
identification, and one
count of criminal
conspiracy%
$loane and WysNynski
each are charged 7ith one
count of tampering 7ith
public records or
information, a felonyD one
count of forgery, one
count of tampering 7ith
records or identification,
and one count of criminal
conspiracy%
The school district has
suspended all five pending
disciplinary hearings% 40
Bane says the ongoing
cheating investigation
stretches into other
#hiladelphia schools, and
she e=pects more charges
to follo7%
Back in 'anuary, the
#hiladelphia $chool
9eform &ommission fired
three high school
principals Osee related
storyP and announced
plans to discipline doNens
of teachers and
administrators follo7ing
an investigation into
cheating%
0n attorney for &orteN
said after his client
surrendered to authorities
today that she 7as
shocked to learn of the
charges against her,
maintains her innocence,
and intends to fight the
charges%
Follo7ing this mornings
announcement,
#hiladelphia mayor
Michael Nutter applauded
the indictments of the
educators, and had stern
7ords for anyone 7ho
takes part in cheating on
test scores%
?None of us can ever
countenance or tolerate
cheating under any
circumstances,@ he said%
?There is no e=cuse, there
is no acceptability% There
can be no compromise on
this particular issue%@
Nutter said the school
district has already
tightened up supervision
of the testing after the
allegations first surfaced
three years ago%
Cannon County teacher
arrested on drug
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from TBIP
W334BF9C, TN
OW$M+P !
# "annon "ounty
igh *chool
teacher is accused
of illegally buying
and distributing
prescription drugs%
$hannon "annon, (5, 7as
arrested on Thursday night
and charged 7ith
conspiracy to deliver
$chedule II prescription
narcotics%
The Tennessee Bureau of
Investigation says they are
looking into 7hether any
of the transactions
happened at the school or
involved students%
"annon is being held in
the &annon &ounty 'ail on
a >),666 bond%
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Teacher in Nashville
area charged with
prescription drug
distribution
1une 20th, 2014 10:23
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Shannon ?annon
N0$-+I**G R The
Tennessee Bureau of
Investigation has arrested
and charged a &annon
&ounty -igh $chool
teacher accused of
illegally purchasing and
distributing prescription
drugs%
In recent 7eeks, TBI
agents, along 7ith
investigators from the
&annon &ounty $heriffs
3ffice, began
investigating $hannon
"annon% 4uring the
course of the
investigation, agents
developed information
revealing "annon
allegedly 7as buying and
distributing prescription
narcotics% Whether any of
the transactions happened
at the school or involved
students remains part of
the open TBI
investigation%
3n Thursday evening,
agents arrested "annon
7ithout incident and
charged him 7ith
&onspiracy to 4eliver
$chedule II #rescription
Narcotics% The (5!year!
old 7as being held in the
&annon &ounty 'ail on
>),666 bond%
/nightdale
(oman
charged (ith
conspiring to
take 01
dresses from
mall store
90*GI"- #olice took a
Bnightdale 7oman into
custody over the 7eekend
after she 7as accused of
conspiring 7ith someone
to steal 8) 7omens
dresses from a Belks
store at The $treets at
$outhpoint shopping mall
in 4urham%
9achelle 4% $impson, 8(,
of 86(6 Ballston 4rive in
Bnightdale 7as charged
by 4urham police 7ith
one felony count each of
larceny and conspiracy to
commit larceny, according
to an arrest 7arrant filed
at the Wake &ounty
Magistrates 3ffice%
$impson remained in
custody at the Wake
&ounty Hail late $unday
morning under a >8),666
bail, court records sho7%
#olice say the incident
occurred May 88%
Investigators have accused
$impson of conspiring
7ith another 7oman to
take the dresses, 7hich
have a total value of
>5,8:.%)6, court records
sho7%
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Teacher must
remain in custody
over alleged
beheading plot
By Vivian Kuo, &NN
February ,, 8658 !!
Fpdated 8668 "MT O6(68
-BTP
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Nevine 0ly
Glshiekh is held in alleged
plot to behead 7itnesses
against 7ould!be terrorist
$he is on leave
from position at
Montessori school in
North &arolina
Friend says
charges donAt reflect 7ho
she is
(CNN) !! 0 federal
Hudge on Friday
ordered a North
&arolina teacher to
remain in custody
until her trial over
an alleged plot to
behead 7itnesses
7ho testified
against a 7ould!be
terrorist%
Nevine 0ly
Glshiekh 7as
arrested 7ith
$hkumbin $herifi
on 'anuary 88% 'ust
nine days earlier,
the man they 7ere
allegedly in
collusion 7ith !!
-ysen $herifi,
7ho is $hkumbin
$herifiAs brother !!
7as sentenced to
() years in prison
for being part of
7hat prosecutors
called a Eviolent
HihadE that had
conspired to kill
people overseas
and kill a federal
officer%
0 criminal
complaint alleges
that Glshiekh and
the $herifi brothers
tried to pull off a
plan to Emurder
and beheadE three
people 7ho
testified against
-ysen $herifi at
his trial last year%
Facing charges of
conspiracy to
commit murder,
Glshiekh is on
leave as director of
special education
at the $terling
Montessori
0cademy in
Morrisville, North
&arolina, a
9aleigh!4urham
suburb%
The man listed in
court documents as
her la7yer,
&harles $7ift, did
not immediately
respond to
messages Friday
for comment%
0 longtime friend
of GlshiekhAs said
the charges donAt
reflect 7ho she is%
EItAs hard for me to
imagine that she
could be involved
7ith anything
craNy or shady%
$heAs not the type
of person to get
involved in stupid
stuff,E $ahar Gl
$hafie said%
E0nyone 7ho
kno7s the 7oman
7ould tell you no
7ay% ItAs so out of
character for
someone 7ho is a
special education
teacher%E
#rosecutors said
-ysen $herifi !! a
native of Bosovo
7ho is a F%$% legal
permanent resident
in North &arolina
!! and as many as
eight others 7ere
part of a
homegro7n
terrorism ring
bet7een 866, and
8661%
In -ysen $herifiAs
case, officials say
that involved
taking part in
paramilitary
training and
conspiring to
attack F%$%
military service
members and their
families at the
Marine &orps base
in [uantico,
+irginia% -e 7as
arrested in 8661
and convicted in
3ctober of
conspiring to kill a
federal officer or
employee, plotting
to kill people
overseas,
conspiring to
provide material
support for
terrorism and t7o
firearms charges%
0ccording to the
56!page federal
complaint,
confidential
informants told the
FBI that -ysen
$herifi e=pressed a
desire to hire
someone to murder
three 7itnesses
7ho testified
against him during
his federal trial% -e
also targeted an
inmate 7ho he
believed had
EdefraudedE him
out of money
concerning his
federal charges,
documents state%
E4uring
conversations %%% he
7ants photographs
taken, and
provided OtoP him,
of the dead bodies
and severed
heads,E an FBI
special agent in
charge noted after
revie7ing
recordings
bet7een -ysen
$herifi and an
informant%
E$herifi, in sum
and substance,
e=plained he 7ants
the 7itnesses to
completely
disappear so they
cannot testify
against him, and
others, at any
future trials%E
The complaint said
that an informant
7as told to use the
photos depicting
the decapitated
bodies to
Econvince other
potential 7itnesses
not to testify
against him, or his
co!conspirators, at
future
proceedings%E
Glshiekh visited
-ysen $herifi in a
North &arolina Hail
in 4ecember, at
7hich point $herifi
gave her a
message to pass on
to someone else,
the criminal
complaint states%
In subseJuent
months, she had
repeated contacts
7ith the Hailed
man, his brother
$hkumbin $herifi
and the FBIAs
informants%
Then, in 'anuary,
Glshiekh allegedly
gave an informant
>.)6 as initial
payment to kill
one of the intended
victims% $hkumbin
$herifi gave the
same informant the
other >(,8)6 of the
agreed!upon fee,
the complaint
states%
0 9aleigh, North
&arolina!based
group called 3ur
Fmmah, 3ne
Body is urging
people not to make
assumptions
before hearing all
sides of the case%
E0llegations are
not facts,E the
group said on its
7ebsite% EFacts are
not kno7n yet% 0s
a community, 7e
have kno7n good
from both% We
remind the Muslim
and non!Muslim
community
members that,
according to the
la7, both are
presumed innocent
until proven
other7ise%E
&NNAs Casmin
0mer contributed
to this report%

o Teacher
#rreste
d #nd
"harge
d For
*e,ual
#buse
#ublished Monday
'anuary 85, 865: Y .8:
pm) &omments
Investigators attached to
the Centre for the
Investigation of Sexual
Offences and Child
Abuse (CISOCA) have
arrested and charged a
teacher for carnal
abuse.
-e is :) years old and
teaches at a prominent
primary school in the
corporate area%
It is reported that bet7een
3ctober 866/ and
February 8656, the teacher
had se=ual intercourse
7ith an 55!year!old
student multiple times%
The matter 7as reported
to the schools guidance
counsellor 7ho relayed
the information to
&I$3&0%
The police launched an
investigation and on
'anuary 5:, the teacher
7as arrested%
-e 7as remanded 7hen
he appeared in court%
The teacher is to reappear
before the -alf Way Tree
9esident Magistrates
&ourt on February 86%
1234ear3&ld
Teacher
"harged For
Touching 503
4ear3&ld -irl.s
$utt
#ublished Tuesday March
55, 865( Y 56(: am)
&omments
Deon Green, Gleaner
Writer
MORANT BAY, St
Thomas:
A teacher has been
arrested and charged by
the Morant Bay police in
St Thomas, for child
grooming and touching.
-e is booked to appear in
the Morant Bay 9M &ourt
later today%
9eports reaching The
Gleaner/Power 106 New
Centre are that the )/!
year!old teacher 7as
picked up by the Morant
Bay police yesterday
follo7ing allegation of
abuse against a 58!year!
old girl at the school
7here he is a teacher%
#olice sources in Morant
Bay confirm that the man
is alleged to have given
the minor lunch money,
asked her for kisses,
invited her to his house
and had been touching her
on her bottom many
times%
Teacher "harged
With
#ccessory To
!urder
#ublished Friday March
), 8656 Y )8( pm6
&omments
0 &larendon high school
teacher from the
community of -ayes has
been charged as an
accessory after the fact in
a murder case%
The teacher, :(!year!old
FitNroy -ibbert, appeared
in the May #en 9esident
Magistrates &ourt
yesterday%
-e 7as granted bail in
sum of >)66,666 7ith one
or t7o sureties%
Mr -ibbert 7as charged
after police investigators
found a 7anted man
hiding at his house%
The 7anted man, 88!year!
old "avin &larke of a
Waltham #ark 9oad
address in $t 0ndre7 is
the nephe7 of the teacher%
Mr &larke had been on the
run since 'anuary 8661
after he allegedly killed
3rlando -a7thorne, a
resident of Woodla7n
&rescent, Bingston 55%
Mr &larke is to appear in
the May #en 9esident
Magistrates court ne=t
7eek%
Teachers6
#dministrator
s "harged In
*chool *e,
*candal
#ublished Friday 3ctober
), 8658 Y 1(: am/
&omments
(AP) - Three teachers
at Triton Regional High
School have been
charged with having
sexual relations with
female students last year
and the principal and a
vice principal have been
accused of covering up
the allegations, said
authorities.
#rosecutors say, a cover!
up 7as put in motion that
ultimately unraveled
Thursday 7hen 4e#aul,
an assistant principal and
three teachers 7ere
charged 7ith offenses
ranging from child
endangerment to se=ual
assault and official
misconduct%
Gach of the five adults has
been suspended from the
school in the #hiladelphia
suburb of 9unnemede,
and each could face at
least five years in prison if
convicted%
The teachers, all men in
their late 86s or early :6s,
are accused of striking up
relationships 7ith female
students during the 8655!
8658 school year%
$e=ual relationships
bet7een teachers and
students are not unheard
of%
&amden &ounty
prosecutor Warren Faulk
noted that the media
seems particularly fi=ated
on the female teacher!
male student cases that are
reported around the
country each year%
-o7ever, 7hat
distinguished the
allegations at Triton -igh
7as the inaction by
administrators 7ho
ignored policies and
safeguards that 7ere in
place and instead allo7ed
a culture E7here teachers
thought they could get
a7ay 7ith improper
relationships 7ith their
students,E said Faulk%
Faulk said rape charges
could not be filed because
the se= acts 7ere
consensual and the girls
7ere 5. or 5/ at the time
S old enough to consent
under state la7%
#rosecutors say the
principal met 7ith the
student, 7ho told her sheAd
been to one of the
teacherAs homes 7ith a
girl, 7ho 7as involved
7ith him and had seen the
e=plicit te=t messages%
0uthorities say 4e#aul
asked her to 7rite an
account of 7hat she had
heard and that 0ssistant
#rincipal 'ernee Bollock
stayed 7ith the student to
help her 7rite the
statement, even helping
her 7ith her grammar S
but also making it seem
less serious%
0round the same time,
Faulk said, 4e#aul
learned one of the teachers
had driven an alleged
victim and another student
to 3cean &ity in violation
of district policy% But, he
said, the teacher 7as
merely reprimanded%
Faulk said neither
administrator contacted
authorities% Both 7ere
charged 7ith official
misconduct%
0ll five are due in court
3ctober 55%
Former Teacher
#rrested &n
*e, "harges
#ublished Thursday Y
0pril 8/, 86556
&omments
North &arolina O0#P
A former high school
band teacher in North
Carolina was arrested on
sex charges after a
young woman wrote in
an essay in her college
newspaper that he got
her pregnant, and took
her to get an abortion,
when she was his
student.
The essay, AI had an affair
7ith my high school
teacherA, used some fake
names but identified the
Winston!$alem school,
and the principal there
tipped off authorities% It
7as originally 7ritten for
a composition class at
North &arolina &entral
Fniversity and appeared
in the campus paper this
month as part of an annual
special section%
The piece, 7hich
describes a relationship
that started 7hen the
student 7as 5. and her
teacher 8(, begins 7ith a
chilling description of the
abortion%
EThe sound of the vacuum
still rings in my ears
almost three years later,E
she 7rote% E-e had taken
me to "reensboro because
he 7as scared of someone
from school or anyone
catching us together at the
abortion clinic, didnAt 7ant
anyone Agetting the 7rong
ideaA%E
The teacher, Terry *amar
'ones, no7 8/, turned
himself in on Monday and
7as charged 7ith ,(
felony counts of se= 7ith
a student, each one
punishable by 5) months
in prison% -e 7as Hailed on
>)66,666 bail%
Prosecutors: Mayor
Gray Knew His
2010 Campaign
Got Illegal
Donations
0rosecutors say ;ayor
?ray et with
businessan 4effrey
Thopson about
fundraising@ agreed
to 8eep support
AsecretA using code
nae A<ncle EarlA
By News4 and NBCWash
ington Staff
Y Wednesday, Mar 58, 865(
Y Fpdated
:() #M G4T
$homari $tone
4%&% Mayor +incent "ray
kne7 that his 8656
campaign received money
donated illegally by a
businessman 7ith
multimillion!dollar city
contracts, and even asked
personally for the funds,
federal prosecutors
alleged in court Monday%
PHOTOS AND VIDEOS

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4%&% Mayor +incent "ray
kne7 that his 8656
campaign received money
donated illegally by a
businessman 7ith
multimillion!dollar city
contracts, and even asked
personally for the funds,
federal prosecutors
alleged in court Monday%
Businessman 'effrey
Thompson, )/, pleaded
guilty in federal court to
conspiracy to violate 4%&%
and federal campaign
finance la7s by funneling
more than >:%: million in
unreported donations to at
least 8/ local and national
candidates and their
campaigns beginning in
866,%
The candidates 7ho
benefitted from the illegal
donations are not named
in the court filings%
-o7ever, in court,
prosecutors confirmed that
"ray 7as the person
called EMayoral &andidate
0E 7ho met 7ith
Thompson to discuss the
fundraising, presented
Thompson 7ith a
>(8),666 Eone!page
budgetE !! and agreed to
keep the fundraising
secret by referring to
Thompson 7ith the code
name EFncle Garl%E
"ray also asked
Thompson to pay >(6,666
for improvements to a
friendAs home, prosecutors
said% In court, Thompson
ackno7ledged giving
>(6,666 to a close friend
of "ray and >56,666 to a
relative of "ray%
In total, Thompson !!
7hose company had a
contract 7orth >:66
million a year 7ith the
city !! funneled >,,/,/66
to Ea political candidate
for Mayor,E the charging
documents say% Those
documents also claim that
the unreported donation
7as made Ein coordination
7ithE the candidate%
"ray refuted the claims in
an intervie7 and said he
7as innocent% ?I maintain
these are lies,@ "ray told
Ne7s(s Tom $her7ood
Monday afternoon%
?These are absolute lies%@
RAW VIDEO: "r
ay says EitAs all liesE
"ray attended a
mayoral
forum Monday
evening, Hust hours
after the
allegations
surfaced% -is
supporters 7ere in
full force,
chanting, AFour
more years;A "ray
again told Ne7s(
the allegations are
untrue%
F%$% 0ttorney
9onald Machen
said in a press
conference late
Monday that more
charges may be
forthcoming as
Thompson
continues to help
investigators%
Many other
candidates 7ere
implicated in
ThompsonAs plea
agreement,
including a
candidate for
mayor in 866,, a
candidate for 4%&%
&ouncil 0t *arge
in 866/ and a
candidate for Ward
( council in 866.%
RAW
VIDEO: MachenAs Ne7s
&onference
0lso connected
candidates for
&ongress and a
candidate for
president in 866/,
prosecutors said in
court filings% The
presidential
candidate is
believed to be
-illary &linton,
7ho has said she
did not kno7 of
the fundraising and
has cooperated
7ith the
investigation%
D.C. Lawmakers
React to Thompson
Charges
?Glection after
election, 'eff
Thompson
huddled behind
closed doors 7ith
corrupt candidates,
political
operatives, and
businessmen,
devising schemes
to funnel millions
of dollars of
corporate money
into local and
federal elections,@
Machen said%
?TodayAs guilty
plea pulls back the
curtain on years of
7idespread
corruption% With
Mr% ThompsonAs
cooperation, 7e
have the
opportunity to hold
many 7rongdoers
accountable and to
usher in a ne7 era
of honesty,
integrity, and
transparency in
4%&% politics%@
"ray is running for
re!election
campaign in 4%&%As
0pril 5
4emocratic
primary for mayorD
early voting starts
ne=t 7eek%

Trenton
Mayor,
Brother,
and
Associat
e
Arreste
d and
Charge
d with
Conspir
acy to
Extort
Bribes
Eight
Others
Also
Arrested
in
Separat
e,
Trenton-
Based
Oxycod
one
Distribu
tion
Conspir
acy
U.S. Attorney`s
Office$eptember
56, 8658
,)*a7renceville, Ne7 'ersey0nthony 4imatteo:5Trenton9alph 4imatteo,
$r%,8Trenton"iuseppe 0% $cordato(.-amilton, Ne7 'ersey&arol BounitN).-amilton,
Ne7 'ersey$tephanie *ima(5Cardville, Ne7 'erseyMark Bethea()TrentonGugene
Bro7n.60tlantic &ity, Ne7 'ersey
0ll 55 defendants are scheduled to make their initial court appearances this afternoon
before F%$% Magistrate 'udge 4ouglas G% 0rpert in Trenton federal court%
?Time and again, 7e have seen public officials in Ne7 'ersey 7ho are all too 7illing to
sell their po7er and betray the publics trust,@ F%$% 0ttorney Fishman said% ?-ere, the
complaint charges that Mayor Mack and his co!conspirators 7ere 7illing to let city
property go for a fraction of its 7orth% 0nd he allegedly chose as his middleman a
convicted felon 7ho 7as simultaneously heading a conspiracy to traffic in prescription
medication% Neither selling ones oath of office or illegally selling prescription
medication is acceptable on the streets of Trenton or any7here else in Ne7 'ersey%@
?The citiNens of Ne7 'erseys state capital deserve far better than politicians and cronies
7ho aspire to the Boss T7eed!style, Tammany -all politics of patronage, graft, and
corruption,@ said Michael Ward, $pecial 0gent in &harge of the FBIs Ne7ark 4ivision%
?#ublic service is not an open invitation to enrich ones self via illegal means% 0t no time
should elected officials have need for middlemen, 2buffers, and coded conversations%@
The investigation, 7hich lasted nearly t7o years, included the e=ecution of search
7arrants, court!ordered 7iretaps, and consensually recorded conversations% The e=tortion
conspiracy count 7ith 7hich the defendants are charged is punishable by a ma=imum
potential penalty of 86 years in prison and a >8)6,666 fine%
The Extortion Conspiracy
0ccording to the complaint filed against Tony F% MackD 'oseph 0% "iorgianni, ,:, of
G7ingD and 9alphiel Mack, :1, of Trenton
0s mayor, Mack influenced actions taken on behalf of the city of Trenton, including
matters concerning the disposition of city!o7ned property% "iorgianni, a convicted felon
and the proprietor of a Trenton sand7ich shop called 'o'os $teakhouse, is Mayor Macks
associate% 9alphiel Mack is Mayor Macks brother and 7as employed by the Trenton
Board of Gducation as Trenton &entral -igh $chools head football coach%
The Macks, "iorgianni, and others conspired to corrupt certain functions of Trenton city
government in favor of a purported developer 7ho 7as seeking to build a parking garage
on a city!o7ned lot on Gast $tate $treet% In reality, the developer 7as cooperating 7ith
federal authorities% 4uring the course of the negotiations, 7hich lasted almost t7o years,
the defendants agreed to accept more than >551,666 in bribes, of 7hich >)(,666 had been
paid at the time of their arrests%
To attempt to evade la7 enforcement detection, the defendants employed intermediaries,
used code 7ords, and attempted to limit their discussions of the scheme over the
telephone%
Beginning in $eptember 8656, "iorgianni had several recorded meetings 7ith an
individual 7ho 7as cooperating 7ith la7 enforcement O&W!5P, during 7hich "iorgianni
agreed to serve as an intermediary, or ?buffer,@ for cash payments to Mayor Mack in
e=change for the mayors support of a parking garage proHect% 4uring these meetings,
"iorgianni described his intent to promote and facilitate a corrupt system of government
in Trenton% 4uring a $eptember 5(, 8656, meeting, "iorgianni stated that he conducted
business in the city of Trenton the 7ay ?Boss T7eed@ ran ?Tammany -all@ and provided
e=amples of ho7 kickbacks should be received in e=change for city contracts%
Bet7een 3ctober 8., 8655, and 'une 8/, 8658, the conspirators accepted seven cash
payments from &W!5 and another individual cooperating 7ith la7 enforcement O&W!8P
Date Amount
3ctober 8., 8655 >:,666
'anuary ,, 8658 >),666
0pril 58, 8658 >:,666
0pril 8), 8658 >:,666
May 85, 8658 >),666
'une /, 8658 >8),666
'une 8/, 8658 >56,666
Total $54,000
In e=change for those payments, it 7as agreed that Mayor Mack and another, uncharged
public official O&&!5P 7ould take official action favorable to &W!5s and &W!8s
interests concerning the parking garage proHect% Follo7ing certain of these payments,
"iorgianni 7ould signal to the mayor that he had received cash by using the code 7ords
?Fncle 9emus%@
3n 3ctober 8., 8655, "iorgianni accepted a >:,666 corrupt cash payment from
&W! 5% Moments later, "iorgianni sent a te=t message to Mayor Mack stating, ?Fncle
remins VsicW landed uncles remnis VsicW call me%@
3n 'anuary 8), 8658, "iorgianni, &&!5, &W!5, and &W!8 discussed the proposed
corrupt transaction and future payments to Mayor Mack and "iorgianni% 4uring a
telephone call the ne=t day, "iorgianni told the mayor that ?Fncle 9emus might be
stopping by%@ 4uring a February 5, 8658, telephone call, "iorgianni reiterated that
?Fncle 9emus is gonna stop and visit us, so I 7anted to tell you about it%@ Mayor
Mack replied, ?0ll right% Im gonna stop by there to see you%@
3n 0pril 8), 8658, "iorgianni accepted a >:,666 cash payment from &W!5%
4uring an 0pril :6, 8658 telephone call, "iorgianni informed Mayor Mack that
?9alphiel said he 7as going to stop up% Fncle 9emus, ya kno7, stopped by%@
3n 'une /, 8658, "iorgianni accepted a >8),666 cash payment from &W!8% The
ne=t day, 7hile inside 'o'os $teakhouse 7ith "iorgianni, &&!5 called the mayor and
informed him that ?Fncle 9emus came to to7n today%@ The mayor stated ?CeahL@
and laughed% *ater in the call, &&!5 repeated, ?MR, Mr% 9emus came around%@ The
mayor stated that he 7ould ?be around, Ill be around today%@
3n 'une 8/, 8658, &&!5 O7ho began cooperating 7ith federal la7 enforcement on
'une 85, 8658P met 7ith "iorgianni and delivered to him a >56,666 corrupt cash
payment% The meeting bet7een "iorgianni and &&!5 concluded at appro=imately
,5. p%m% 0t appro=imately ,51 p%m%, "iorgianni sent Mayor Mack a te=t message
stating, ?Fncle remis VsicW is in to7n mr bakers%@ OIn te=t messages to the mayor,
"iorgianni previously referred to himself as ?Mr% Baker%@P
In connection 7ith the >56,666 received on 'une 8/, 8658, both Mayor Mack and
"iorgianni e=pressed significant concern to &&!5 that they might be the subHects of a la7
enforcement investigation because &&!5 had received that money directly from &W!8
and because &W!8 did use not "iorgianni as a ?buffer@ to pass through the money on that
occasion% In a 'une 8/, 8658, recorded meeting during 7hich "iorgianni accepted the
>56,666 from &&!5, "iorgianni chastised &&!5 for taking this money directly from &W!8
and not going through "iorgianni, reminding &&!5 that the ?ground rules %%% put do7n by
Tony@ 7ere that ?VnWobody in the administration touches nothing%@ "iorgianni told &&!5
that it 7as important to use ?buffers@ to take corrupt money% ?0s long as you got buffers,
youre safe% *ook, Tony VMackW kno7s they aint never gonna break me% Tony seen me
do something real serious one day% -e kno7s Im not giving nobody up% I dont give a
]]]]% 'ail, thats my business% I dont give a ]]]]% $o, Tonys safe%@ Then, referring to
employing 9alphiel Mack as an intermediary to pass money for the benefit of the mayor,
"iorgianni told &&!5, ?I even keep Tony safe 7here Ill give money to 9alphiel%@
9alphiel Mack is charged 7ith participating in the conspiracy by serving as an
intermediary to receive certain corrupt cash payments from "iorgianni on Mayor Macks
behalf% 0 'uly 5/, 8658, search of 9alphiel Macks house revealed >8,)66 in Fnited
$tates currency bearing the same serial numbers as the bills delivered to "iorgianni as
part of the 'une 8/, 8658 corrupt cash payment%
In e=change for the money, the agreement contemplated that the mayor 7ould use his
influence to get the necessary approvals for the proHect% 0s the conspiracy developed, the
mayor and "iorgianni proposed that the city sell the land for the parking garage to the
developer for a reduced price in e=change for a larger bribe%
Initially, on May 5), 8658, a city of Trenton official OTrenton 3fficial!5P e!mailed &W!8
letter stating that the total assessed value for the Gast $tate $treet lot 7as >8./,666 and
that the land value 7as >8.5,,66% &W!5 and &W!8 later discussed 7ith "iorgianni that
&W!8 and the proHect investors 7ould be 7illing to purchase the Gast $tate $treet lot for
>866,666 and 7ould be 7illing to pay a bribe to the mayor in e=change for the price
reduction% "iorgianni, in turn, proposed that the city of Trenton set the sale price for the
Gast $tate $treet lot at >566,666 and that the >566,666 difference be split among Mayor
Mack, "iorgianni, and &&!5% "iorgianni reJuested a draft offer letter reflecting the
>566,666 purchase price for the Gast $tate $treet lot, 7hich &W!8 provided to "iorgianni
on May 8:, 8658%
Moments after a May 81, 8658 meeting 7ith Mayor Mack, "iorgianni called &&!5 and
stated, ?I got the okay from you kno7 7ho, rightL Tell VTrenton 3fficial!5W to get that
letter out, today%@ &&!5 then met 7ith Trenton 3fficial!5, 7hose responsibilities included
negotiating the sale of city!o7ned property and reJuested Trenton 3fficial!5 to issue the
>566,666 offer letter% Trenton 3fficial!5, in turn, called Mayor Mack, 7ho, instead of
discussing the matter over the telephone, directed Trenton 3fficial!5 to meet him in
person% Trenton 3fficial!5 then met 7ith the mayor, 7ho approved the letter offering the
Gast $tate $treet lot to &W!8 and the investors for >566,666, and the offer letter 7as
issued that day%
The Drug Distribution Conspiracy
"iorgianni, along 7ith eight other defendants, also appeared in court today facing
o=ycodone distribution charges% ONeither Mayor Mack or 9alphiel Mack 7ere charged
7ith the narcotics conspiracy%P
0ccording to the complaint
3=ycodone, the active ingredient in brand name pills such as 3=ycontin, 9o=icodone,
and #ercocet, is a $chedule II controlled substanceSmeaning that it has a high potential
for abuse%
"iorgianni organiNed and oversa7 a Trenton!based o=ycodone distribution conspiracy
responsible for the distribution of thousands of o=ycodone pills% "iorgianni arranged for
the sale of pain pills prescribed to him and facilitated the distribution of o=ycodone
prescribed to some of the other defendants and others in this case% 'o'os $teakhouse, a
sand7ich shop that "iorgianni o7ned and that Mary Manfredo operated, served as a front
for this drug distribution organiNation and a clearing house 7here prescription pain pills
7ere stored, provided to drug dealers for distribution, and 7here narcotics proceeds 7ere
returned% The investigation uncovered evidence that "iorgianni and the other
coconspirators used a doctor and pharmacy in Mercer &ounty and another doctor in
Gsse= &ounty to obtain and fill these prescriptions, 7hich 7ere in large part obtained
through fraud%
Numerous conversations 7ere intercepted on the 7iretaps among "iorgianni, other
defendants named in the complaint, and &&!5 prior to the time &&!5 began cooperating
7ith authorities on 'une 85, 8658% Based on the recorded conversations and information
subseJuently learned from &&!5, 0nthony 4imatteo, 9alph 4imatteo, $r% and "iuseppe
?'oseph@ $cordato distributed prescription pain medication fraudulently obtained on
behalf of the operation% In one recorded conversation, $cordato described to "iorgianni
his efforts to cause an individual, 7ho according to $cordato had Hust undergone open
heart surgery, to become addicted to o=ycodone by providing this individual 7ith a free
pill as a sample% "iorgianni, in many intercepted telephone calls, used coded language
such as ?steaks@ to refer to the prescription pain pills%
&&!5 7as supplied prescription pain medication from Gugene Bro7n, an 0tlantic &ity
resident, a portion of 7hich Mark Bethea 7ould distribute and a portion of 7hich 7as
delivered to 'oHos $teakhouse for distribution% &arol BounitN and $tephanie *ima also
fraudulently obtained prescription pain medication and provided this medication to &&!5
to be distributed%
"iorgianni, 7ho has a prior felony conviction, also is charged 7ith unla7fully possessing
four firearms 7hich, along 7ith hundreds of rounds of ammunition, 7ere recovered from
his residence during the e=ecution of a search 7arrant% Gugene Bro7n, 7ho also has a
prior felony conviction, is charged 7ith unla7fully possessing a loaded firearm, found in
his residence during the e=ecution of a search 7arrant%
The drug conspiracy count 7ith 7hich the defendants are charged is punishable by a
ma=imum potential penalty of 86 years in prison and a >5 million fine% The felon in
possession of firearms counts, 7ith 7hich "iorgianni and Bro7n are each charged, is
punishable by a ma=imum potential penalty of 56 years in prison and a >8)6,666 fine%
F%$% 0ttorney Fishman credited special agents of the FBI under the direction of $pecial
0gent in &harge Michael B% Ward 7ith the investigation leading to todays arrests%
The government is represented by 0ssistant F%$% 0ttorneys Gric W% Moran and Matthe7
'% $kahill of the F%$% 0ttorneys 3ffice $pecial #rosecutions 4ivision in Trenton and
&amden, respectively%
The charges and allegations contained in the complaints are merely accusations, and the
defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty%
!ayor of Ne( Jersey To(n #rrested on acking and "onspiracy
"harges
By *ucian &onstantin, I4" Ne7s $ervice
May 8), 8658 166 0M
The mayor of West Ne7 Cork, Ne7 'ersey, 7as arrested together 7ith his son on
Thursday, for allegedly hacking into a 7ebsite that criticiNed him and his administration%
Feli= 9oJue, )), of -udson &ounty, and 'oseph 9oJue, 88, of #assaic &ounty, 7ere
charged 7ith gaining unauthoriNed access to computer systems, causing damage to
protected computers and conspiracy to commit those crimes, the F%$% 0ttorneyAs 3ffice
for the 4istrict of Ne7 'ersey said on Thursday%
0ccording to the criminal complaint filed against Feli= 9oJue and his son, on Feb% ,,
8658, the t7o men began to conspire to hack into and disable a 7ebsite called
777%recallroJue%com%
The 7ebsite had been set up anonymously by a -udson &ounty resident and government
official earlier that month and had received contributions from a number of people,
identified in the complaint as victims%
For the ne=t t7o days, 'oseph 9oJue allegedly researched hacking tutorials online and
attempted to learn the identity of the 7ebsiteAs o7ner by sending him messages and
posing as a person interested in contributing to the 7ebsite%
3n Feb% /, 'oseph 9oJue managed to reset the pass7ord for the email account associated
7ith the recallroJue%com domain name and took screenshots of the email messages found
inside, an FBI agent 7ho investigated the case said in a s7orn affidavit% $ome of the
messages e=posed the identities of people 7ho had sent information to the 7ebsite, he
said%
'oseph 9oJue then allegedly performed a pass7ord reset for the "o 4addy account used
to administer recallroJue%com% This allo7ed him to cancel the domain name and
effectively disable the 7ebsite, the FBI agent said in the affidavit%
3ver the course of the follo7ing days, Mayor 9oJue allegedly used the information
gathered by his son to call or email the 7ebsiteAs contributors 7ith the intention of
intimidating them%
4uring a meeting 7ith the 7ebsiteAs o7ner on Feb% 5., 7hich 7as being recorded by the
latter at the reJuest of la7 enforcement, Mayor 9oJue attempted to conceal the hacking
activity by suggesting that he had a friend at the &I0 7ho provided him 7ith the
information%
EItAs incredibly disappointing that resources have to be diverted from protecting the F$
against cyber intrusions targeting critical infrastructure, federally funded research and
military technology, to address a public official intruding into computer systems to
further a political agenda,E FBI $pecial 0gent in &harge Michael B% Ward, 7ho led the
FBI team that investigated this case, said%
The conspiracy and unauthoriNed computer access charges each carry a ma=imum
possible sentence of five years in prison and a fine of up to F$>8)6,666% The charge of
causing damage to protected computers is punishable by one year in prison and a fine of
up to >8)6,666%
Ironically, even though he no7 stands charged 7ith hacking into a 7ebsite that 7as trying
to organiNe a petition to recall him from office, Feli= 9oJue has lead a recall effort
himself in 8661 against the former West Ne7 Cork mayor, $ilverio +ega%
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Bathleen $ebelius earlier this year to promote 3bamacare has been charged 7ith 7ire
fraud in connection 7ith an >/ million mortgage scheme%
*ucie Tondreau, 7ho has been marred by scandal since she 7as elected mayor of North
Miami last year, 7ill be charged in the conspiracy alongside three other suspects%
0ccording to the indictment, bet7een 866) and 866/, Tondreau conspired 7ith the
president of a $outh Florida mortgage company to recruit stra7 borro7ers to obtain
mortgages%
Tondreau and the mortgage company president aired advertisements on a radio sho7 that
they hosted to help prop up the scheme, the indictment alleges% The duo ?recruited and
paid some of the listeners 7ho responded to those advertisements, as 7ell as other
individuals, to pose as borro7ers to purchase properties@%
The indictment also alleges that the co!conspirators fabricated -F4!5 $ettlement forms
7hich misrepresented that stra7 borro7ers had made do7n payments and closing
payments on homes%
The fraudulent loans 7ere made for 86 properties%
In February, Tondreau, North Miamis first -aitian!0merican mayor, helped the 3bama
administration and --$ $ec% Bathleen $ebelius promote 3bamacare% Both spoke at a
National Couth Gnrollment 4ay event to increase a7areness of 3bamacare among young
people si= 7eeks before the March :5 sign!up deadline%
Gven before Mondays indictment and Februarys appearance 7ith $ebelius, Tondreau
7as the center of another fraud probe%
*ast year, Florida state prosecutors linked reJuests for ,6 absentee ballots to an Internet
address from Tondreaus office% Tondreau denied any 7rongdoing in that case%
Tondreaus campaign treasurer 7as discovered 7ith the pile of absentee ballots in his
vehicle% Florida la7 allo7s only individual voters or family members of voters to reJuest
absentee ballots%
Tondreau defeated then!mayor Bevin Burns 7ith nearly ,6 percent of the vote last 'une%
Tondreaus pending arrest marks another in a flurry of recent fraud cases against local
and state 4emocratic politicians%
#atrick &annon, the mayor of &harlotte, N%&%, 7as recently arrested for taking bribes
from undercover FBI agents% &alifornia state $en% *eland Cee 7as arrested in March for
7ire fraud and conspiracy to deal illegal firearms%
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3n behalf of Tritico 9ainey, #**& posted in &onspiracy on Friday, 0pril 5/, 865(%
Many Te=as residents have read or heard about the recent federal criminal charges filed
against the mayor of -utchins, a small to7n of ),666 Hust 56 miles from 4allas% In early
0pril, federal agents charged the mayor and nine city employees 7ith criminal conspiracy
and abuse of official capacity% The conspiracy charges are based on the findings of an
investigation conducted by the 4allas &ounty 4istrict 0ttorneyAs office over the last 5,
months%
0ccording to ne7s reports, the mayor and the others 7ere taking money from the sale of
scrap materials they illegally took from city properties to recyclers in -utchins%
Investigators say the total amount misappropriated 7as more than >8),666%
The chief of police said that an employee 7ith the public 7orks department drove a city
vehicle 7hile 7earing his uniform to collect the money from one of the recyclers, 7ho
7rote a check to the city of -utchins instead of paying the redeemed amount in cash%
The public 7orks director then took the check to the mayor, 7ho instructed the finance
director to credit the money to the general fund% $ubseJuently, city officials issued
another check to the public 7orks director% This person retired from service in 3ctober
865: and 7as not indicted by the 4allas &ounty grand Hury%
When a person faces accusations such as this, it becomes e=tremely important to
understand the legal options that are available to him or her% In such circumstances, a
defendant needs to challenge the evidence and prepare for a possible appeal by carefully
evaluating procedural issues related not only to evidence but also to hearsay rules, Hury
instructions and relevant points of la7% Fnderstanding these issues can be challenging to
most people, so hiring an attorney 7ho is e=perienced at defending people charged 7ith
criminal conspiracy could prove e=tremely beneficial%
Montreal Mayor Applebaum faces 14
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MontrealAs Mayor Michael 0pplebaum, 7ho promised to restore public confidence amid
[uebecs 7idespread corruption scandal, has been arrested and charged 7ith fraud,
conspiracy, breach of trust, and corruption in municipal affairs%
0pplebaum 7as arrested at his home Monday morning by the provinces anti!corruption
unit and faces 5( charges% The charges, investigators said, are related to t7o real estate
proHects that took place bet7een 866, and 8655, before 0pplebaum became mayor%
EThese 7ere bribes that influenced a decision, approvals or permit distribution,E said
Fnite permanente anticorruption commissioner 9obert *afreniere at a press conference
Monday%

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0nti!corruption unit commissioner 9obert *afreniere speaks during a press conference in
Montreal, Monday, 'une 5., 865:%
#olice said the transactions being investigated 7ere 7orth Eseveral hundreds of thousands
of dollars%E
0pplebaum spent nearly 56 hours at the provincial police headJuarters on Monday%
-e later did not provide a comment to reporters as he left the station and entered a ta=i%
T7o other Montreal!area public figures 7ere also arrested Monday%
$aulie TaHdel, 7ho 7orked in a ministerial office for the federal &onservatives on ethnic
outreach, 7as charged 7ith breach of trust, fraud and corruption%
'ean Cves Bisson, a former director of permits 7ho 7orked in 0pplebaumAs 7est end
borough%
EThe message is clear all actions 7hich compromise the integrity of the state are
unacceptable,E *afreniere said, appearing alongside F#0& sJuad captain 0ndre
Boulanger%
They said 86 officers 7ere part of the investigation, and itAs possible that more arrests 7ill
take place in the coming days%
EWe can no longer tolerate these reprehensible acts committed to7ards the management
of our public institutions,E *afreniere said% ENo one is above the la7 !! and you canAt hide
from the la7%E
$even months ago, campaigning on a promise to clean up city hall, 0pplebaum 7as
elected interim mayor of Montreal after former mayor "erald Tremblay resigned 7hen a
7itness at a corruption inJuiry said he turned a blind eye to illegal financing in his no7!
defunct political party%
Montreal city hall 7as raided by F#0& investigators last February, in a s7eep that also
targeted municipal offices in various boroughs of the city !! including the one 0pplebaum
represented as a councillor for many years%
"illes +aillancourt, the former longtime mayor of nearby *aval, 7as also arrested in a
s7eep last month and charged 7ith fraud and gangsterism%
0pplebaum, 7ho is MontrealAs first 0nglophone mayor in 566 years, has already said he
7ill not run in the upcoming municipal election set for November%
Many of 0pplebaumAs former allies, along 7ith [uebec #remier #auline Marois, called
for his immediate resignation on Monday%
E"iven the circumstances, it 7ould be preferable for him to 7ithdra7 from his current
role,E Marois told a ne7s conference%
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&*G+G*0N4 ! Coungsto7n Mayor 'ohn 0% McNally, Mahoning &ounty 0uditor
Michael +% $ciortino and local attorney Martin Cavorcik have been indicted on criminal
corruption charges%
The indictments 7ere announced in a Hoint ne7s conference Wednesday by &uyahoga
&ounty #rosecutor Timothy Mc"inty, 7hose office served as special prosecutor in the
case, and 3hio 0ttorney "eneral Mike 4eWine%
4eWines Bureau of &riminal Investigation assisted in the criminal probe along 7ith
agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation%
McNally, $ciortino and Cavorcik have been charged 7ith criminal conspiracy charges in
connection 7ith the investigation%
McNally 7ere charged in a :(!count indictment that includes engaging in corrupt
activity, conspiracy, bribery and theft in offices%
$ciortino faces 8:!counts involving in corrupt activity, conspiracy and bribery%
Cavorcik faces 8.!counts including tampering 7ith records, bribery and money
laundering%
McNally served as Mahoning &ounty &ommissioner from 866) to 8658 and 7on the
"eneral Glection to serve as Mayor of Coungsto7n on Nov% :, 865:%
-e is a 5115 graduate of "eorgeto7n Fniversity and received a 'uris 4octor and
Masters in #ublic 0dministration in 511, from the &leveland!Marshall &ollege of *a7
and the *evin &ollege of Frban 0ffairs%
-e served as an 0ssistant *a7 4irector for the &ity of Coungsto7n from 511/ through
8668 and *a7 4irector from 8668 to 866(%
$ciortino 7as elected to his first full term of office as Mahoning &ounty 0uditor in
November, 866,%
#rior to that, $ciortino served as 4irector of the Mahoning &ounty Board of Glections
from 5111 to 866) and 4eputy 4irector from 511,S5111%
$ciortino graduated from Coungsto7n $tate Fniversity and hold a la7 degree from the
Fniversity of 0kron $chool of *a7%
The indictments are associated 7ith alleged illegal activity involving Mahoning &ountyAs
purchase of 7hat is kno7n locally as the 3akhill building in the years 'anuary 866) and
'uly 8661%
The allegations involving McNally are related to activities 7hile serving as a county
commissioner%
0 previous indictment against McNally and $ciortino 7as dismissed 7ithout preHudice in
0ugust, 8656, 7ith the option of refiling charges at a later date%

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!iami3'ade Police &fficer "harged in "ocaine Trafficking
"onspiracy
F%$% 0ttorneys 3ffice 0pril 6/, 865( 4istrict of Ne7 'ersey O1.:P ,()!8/// NGW09B
S0n internal affairs officer of the Miami!4ade #olice 4epartment 7as arrested this
morning in Miami "ardens, Florida, and charged 7ith allegedly aiding a narcotics
trafficking organiNationSdistributing cocaine from the 4ominican 9epublic in Ne7
'ersey and else7hereSby orchestrating a murder!for!hire plotD providing firearms and
sensitive la7 enforcement informationD and facilitating the transport of drug proceeds,
Ne7 'ersey F%$% 0ttorney #aul '% Fishman announced%
9alph Mata, (), aIkIa ?the Milk Man,@ of Bro7ard &ounty, FloridaSa lieutenant 7ith
the Miami!4ade #olice 4epartment, Internal 0ffairsSis charged by federal criminal
complaint 7ith one count each of aiding and abetting a conspiracy to distribute cocaineD
conspiring to distribute cocaineD and engaging in monetary transactions in property
derived from specified unla7ful activitySspecifically, drug proceeds%
Mata is scheduled to appear tomorro7, 0pril 1, 865(, before F%$% Magistrate 'udge 0licia
M% 3taNo!9eyes in federal court in the $outhern 4istrict of Florida%
0ccording to the complaint unsealed today
0fter rival drug dealers threatened to kill members of the drug trafficking organiNation, or
4T3, 7ith 7hich Mata conspired, Mata and members of the 4T3 discussed a murder
plot% Mata stated that his contactsSassassinsS7ould 7ear uniforms and badges to make
it appear as though the t7o targets of the plot 7ere being pulled over by la7 enforcement
before shooting them% Mata arranged to pay t7o assassins >5)6,666 per target%
Fltimately, the 4T3 decided not to move for7ard 7ith the murder plot, but Mata still
received a payment for setting up the meetings%
Mata purchased several firearms to provide protection and security to the 4T3 members
located in the 4ominican 9epublic, 7hich he transported on t7o separate trips from
Miami to the 4ominican 9epublic bet7een 3ctober ), 8658 and 'anuary 5., 865:% 0
number of these firearms have been recovered by la7 enforcement%
Mata also helped to transport narcotics proceeds for the 4T3 in e=change for thousands
of dollars in cash and a 9ole= 7atch valued at appro=imately >56,666%
Mata also used sources of information available to him as a la7 enforcement officer to
find out information about the seiNure of >(51,666 in narcotics proceeds from a Bergen
&ounty, Ne7 'ersey residence, 7hich members of the 4T3 suspected had been stolen by
another member but 7ere in fact seiNed by la7 enforcement%
The narcotics charges each carry a statutory mandatory minimum penalty of 56 years in
prison and a ma=imum potential penalty of life in prison and a >56 million fine% The
transaction involving drug proceeds charge carries a ma=imum potential penalty of 56
years in prison and a >8)6,666 fine%
F%$% 0ttorney Fishman credited special agents of the FBIs "arret Mountain 9esident
3ffice, under the direction of $pecial 0gent in &harge 0aron T% Ford in Ne7arkD the
4G0s #aterson #ost of 4uty under the direction of $pecial 0gent in &harge &arl '%
Boto7skiD I9$!&riminal Investigation, Ne7ark Field 3ffice, under the 0cting $pecial
0gent in &harge 'onathan 4% *arsenD and F%$% Immigration and &ustoms Gnforcements
-omeland $ecurity Investigations, Ne7 Cork, under the direction of 'ames T% -ayes 'r%
-e also thanked the Miami FBI, Miami!4ade #olice 4epartment, and Miami!0rea
&orruption Task Force for their assistance 7ith the arrest% The investigation is ongoing%
The government is represented by 0ssistant F%$% 0ttorneys Mary Toscano of the F%$%
0ttorneys 3ffice $pecial #rosecutions 4ivision, 'os^ 0lmonte of the &riminal 4ivision,
and Barbara Ward and Marion #ercell, &hief of the offices 0sset Forfeiture Fnit%
The charges and allegations contained in the complaint are merely accusations, and the
defendant is considered innocent unless and until proven guilty%
Miami-Dade police lieutenant charged in
drug conspiracy gets $500,000 bail
Lt7 )alph !ata charged in N7J7 cocaine conspiracy
0uthor 0ssociated #ress
#eter Burke, Managing Gditor, pburke_local56%com
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0 $outh Florida police lieutenant charged in a Ne7 'ersey cocaine conspiracy 7ill be
released on >)66,666 bail before his trial%
Miami!4ade police *t% 9alph MataAs attorney said Monday an agreement on bail 7as
reached 7ith federal prosecutors%
0ttorney Bruce Fleisher said Mata 7ould likely be released Tuesday%
The FBI claims Mata provided protection, sensitive la7 enforcement information and
security for a drug trafficking organiNation that smuggled cocaine into the F%$% They
allegedly used shipments of bananas and other produce from the 4ominican 9epublic and
Gcuador%
0uthorities also said Mata planned a hit on a rival gang, but it did not happen%
Mata has been 7ith the Miami!4ade #olice 4epartment since 5118% Most recently he 7as
assigned to the internal affairs unit that investigates police 7rongdoing%
EThe allegations against *t% Mata are beyond shocking and disturbing,E Miami!4ade
#olice 4epartment 4irector '%4% #atterson said in a statement% EThe communityAs trust is
vital to us and this department is committed to seek out, identify and rid itself of
individuals 7ho violate that trust%E
#atterson 7ent on to say that Eunla7ful behavior is unacceptable by the Miami!4ade
#olice 4epartment and 7e 7ill fully cooperate 7ith our federal la7 enforcement partners
in this and other investigations%E

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0uthor Barry Talma
Insurance Fraud *cheme "harged as "onspiracy8 "op -uilty &f
9,tortion In #uto Fraud
Insurance fraud is not a charge prosecutors like% 0lthough it is an easy crime to prove
since all it reJuires is a single document used 7ith an intent to defraud an insurer,
prosecutors prefer to deal 7ith more comple= issues and criminal charges% 0n e=ample of
ho7 simple insurance fraud charges 7ere made complicated started in actions of polices
officers 7orking in Baltimore, Maryland%

In 8658, a Hury found defendant $amuel 3casio, a former officer of the Baltimore #olice
4epartment Othe ?B#4@P, guilty of four offenses relating to his involvement in a kickback
scheme to funnel 7recked automobiles to a Baltimore auto repair shop in e=change for
monetary payments% 3casio 7as convicted on three -obbs 0ct e=tortion counts plus a
charge of conspiracy to commit such e=tortion% 3n appeal, 3casio maintained that his
conspiracy conviction is fatally fla7ed and must be vacated% -e also challenged a portion
of the sentencing courts a7ard of restitution%
3casio and ten codefendants 7ere indicted in the 4istrict of Maryland in connection 7ith
the kickback scheme involving payments to B#4 officers in e=change for referrals to a
Baltimore business called MaHestic 0uto 9epair $hop **& Othe ?MaHestic 9epair $hop,@
or simply ?MaHestic@P% Nine of the defendants 7ere B#4% The grand Hury returned a
seven!count superseding indictment charging only t7o defendants, 3casio and another
B#4 officer, Belvin [uade Manrich, 7ho had not been named in the initial indictment%
Thereafter, the conspiracy offense in the first indictment 7as dismissed as to each of the
other defendants, in e=change for guilty pleas%
In <nited States of Aerica 2+ Sauel Ocasio, 865( F%$% 0pp% *G`I$ /68/, OFnited
$tates &ourt of 0ppeals for the Fourth &ircuit, 0pril 81, 865(P, Venhanced version
available to le=is%com subscribersW, the Fourth &ircuit resolved the appeal and the
Juestion of the right to restitution%
FACTS
From in or about the $pring of 866/, and continuing through at least February 8655,
V3casio and ManrichW, and others did kno7ingly and unla7fully combine, conspire,
confederate, and agree together, 7ith other VB#4 officersW, and 7ith Moreno and MeHia to
obstruct, delay, and affect commerce and the movement of any article and commodity in
commerce by e=tortion, that is, to unla7fully obtain under color of official right, money
and other property from Moreno, MeHia, and Vthe MaHestic 9epair $hopW, 7ith their
consent, not due the defendants or their official position, in violation of the -obbs 0ct%
The purpose of the conspiracy 7as for ?Moreno and MeHia to enrich over )6 B#4
3fficers % % % by issuing payments to the B#4 3fficers in e=change for the B#4 3fficers
e=ercise of their official positions and influence to cause vehicles to be to7ed or
other7ise delivered to MaHestic for automobile services and repair%@
The prosecutions underlying this appeal 7ere the result of an e=tensive investigation
conducted by the B#4 and the FBI% The B#4 began its investigation in the summer of
8661% When federal authorities Hoined the investigation in late 8656, the B#4 had
identified appro=imately fifty of its officers as possibly involved in 7rongdoing 7ith the
MaHestic 9epair $hop% In the 7inter of 8656, the FBI placed a 7iretap on Morenos
telephone and began surveillance at both MaHestic and at Morenos residence% 4uring the
period from November 8656 to February 8655, the FBI recorded thousands of phone calls
bet7een Moreno and various B#4 officers, including 3casio and Manrich%
The trial evidence established a 7ide!ranging kickback scheme involving the MaHestic
9epair $hop and B#4 officers% The scheme 7as fairly straightfor7ard B#4 officers
7ould refer accident victims to MaHestic for body 7ork and, in e=change for such
referrals, the officers 7ould receive monetary payments% The payments made to B#4
officers by the MaHestic 9epair $hop for their referrals of 7recked vehicles 7ere made by
both cash and check, and ranged from >5)6 to >:66 per vehicle% 0fter the kickback and
e=tortion scheme began, kno7ledge of it spread by 7ord!of!mouth throughout the B#4%
3casio, at trial, raised the primary argument that he pursues on appeal that he could not
be convicted of conspiring 7ith Moreno and MeHia, because they 7ere the victims of the
alleged -obbs 0ct e=tortion conspiracy% The follo7ing day, Manrich pleaded guilty to the
charges lodged against him in the superseding indictment% 3casio, ho7ever, proceeded
7ith the trial and called five 7itnesses in his defense, three of 7hom 7ere character
7itnesses% 3casio himself did not testify% 0t the conclusion of the evidentiary
presentations, 3casio rene7ed his Hudgment of acJuittal motion, 7hich 7as again denied%
The prosecution sought further restitution 7ith respect to Grie Insurance, predicated on
the proposition that 3casio had defrauded "GI&3, 7hich in turn had been reimbursed by
Grie Oas insurer for the at!fault driver involved in the accident 7ith 3casios 7ifeP% The
court entered an amended Hudgment, directing 3casio to make restitution to Grie in the
sum of >5,/.6%)/% That amount represented the difference bet7een the total
reimbursement made by Grie and the amount actually attributable to the Grie!insured
motorist%
ANALYSIS
The appellate court, revie7ing the conviction, must sustain a guilty verdict if, vie7ing the
evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, it is supported by substantial
evidence% 3casio 7as convicted of conspiring 7ith B#4 officers, as 7ell as Moreno,
MeHia, and others kno7n and unkno7n to contravene the -obbs 0ct by e=torting three
victims R Moreno, MeHia, and the MaHestic 9epair $hop% &onsistent 7ith the statutory
language, the trial court instructed that, in order to convict 3casio of the &ount 3ne
conspiracy, the Hury 7as obliged to find that the prosecution satisfied the follo7ing
elements
5% That t7o or more persons entered the unla7ful agreement that is charged in the
indictment, starting in or about the spring of 866/, and this is the agreement to commit
e=tortion under color of official rightD
8% That the defendant, Mr% 3casio, kno7ingly and 7illfully became a member of that
conspiracyD
:% That one of the members of the conspiracy kno7ingly committed at least one of the
overt acts charged in the indictmentD and
(% That the overt act, 7hich you find to have been committed, 7as done to further some
obHective of the conspiracy%
The statutory obHect of the conspiracy count 7as to violate the -obbs 0ct, 7hich
provides, in pertinent part, that ?V7Whoever in any 7ay or degree obstructs, delays, or
affects commerce % % % by % % % e=tortion % % % in furtherance of a plan or purpose to do
anything in violation of this section shall be Vguilty of an offense against the Fnited
$tatesW%@
3ne 7ho kno7ingly participates in a conspiracy to violate federal la7 can be held
accountable for not only his actions, but also the actions of his coconspirators% &ontrary
to 3casios argument, nothing in the -obbs 0ct forecloses the possibility that the
?another@ can also be a coconspirator of the public official% 0 bribe!payors mere
acJuiescence to the scheme suffices to render a bribe!taker guilty of e=tortion%
0lthough the Fourth &ircuit affirmed 3casios convictions it vacated the sentencing
courts a7ard of restitution to Grie Insurance% 3casio maintains that Grie 7as not a victim
of any of his offenses of conviction% 0t best, he contends, Grie 7as the victim of an
uncharged insurance fraud scheme% The controlling statute defines a ?victim@ as ?a
person directly and pro=imately harmed as a result of the commission of an offense for
7hich restitution may be ordered including, in the case of an offense that involves as an
element a scheme, conspiracy, or pattern of criminal activity, any person directly harmed
by the defendants criminal conduct in the course of the scheme, conspiracy, or pattern%@
The statute authoriNes restitution only for losses traceable to the offense of conviction%
Indeed, nothing in the superseding indictment or in the trial evidence suggests that an
obHect of that conspiracy 7as to commit insurance fraud% Nor does the record suggest that
an insurance fraud scheme 7as part of a pattern of criminal activity included as an
element of the &ount 3ne conspiracy% #erhaps 3casio could also have been convicted of
defrauding Grie Insurance or conspiring to do so, but that did not occur% The Fnited $tates
0ttorney and the grand Hury did not see fit to charge 3casio 7ith an insurance fraud
scheme, and it 7ould thus be inappropriate to penaliNe him as though he 7as also
convicted of that offense%
ZALMA OPINION
&learly the conspiracy that led to officer 3casios conviction 7as an insurance fraud
scheme by MaHestic, 7ho funded the bribery of 3casio and other police officers, so that
they could overcharge accident victims and their insurers for repairs of vehicles% It 7as a
maHor insurance fraud scheme that hurt "GI&3, Grie and other insurers%
G=ercising prosecutorial discretion the F$ 0ttorney and the "rand 'ury decided to only
charge violation of the -obbs 0ct% If they 7ished to punish the officers and gain
restitution for the insurers the state of Maryland could prosecute the officers for violation
of their insurance fraud statute% For reasons kno7n only to the state they did not%
"ity schools officer pleads guilty to federal drug3dealing charge
'uly 6., 865(YBy 'ustin Fenton, The Baltimore $un
0 Baltimore &ity schools police officer pleaded guilty Monday to drug conspiracy
charges in F%$% 4istrict &ourt, and faces no less than five years in prison%
Napoleon Mc*ain 'r%, :5, a four!year veteran 7hose father 7as a longtime Baltimore
#olice homicide detective, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute crack cocaine and
drug possession 7ith intent to distribute cocaine base% 0ccording to his plea agreement,
Mc*ain sold cocaine to a confidential source, 7ho 7as 7orking 7ith authorities, on four
occasions bet7een 4ecember 8658 and 0ugust 865:%


Mc*ain admitted purchasing Emultiple ounces of cocaine base at a time from his
suppliers,E and selling 5)6 grams of crack to the informant for a total of >1,/66,
according to a statement of facts read in court%
F%$% 4istrict 'udge &atherine &% Blake told Mc*ain that he faces a mandatory minimum
of five years in prison% The ma=imum sentence is (6 years%
The charges against Mc*ain 7ere made public for the first time last 7eek, though his
plea agreement 7as drafted in 0pril% Three FBI agents attended the hearing, according to
0ssistant F%$% 0ttorney 4avid $harfstein% FBI investigators believe the drug dealing 7as
limited to Mc*ain, agency spokes7oman 0my '% Thoreson said%
EWe havenAt developed any information that other officers 7ere involved,E Thoreson said
in a statement%
Mc*ainAs attorney, 'ames &ra7ford, said his client Eno longer 7orksE for city schools
police as of Monday morning% $chool district officials confirmed on Monday that he had
resigned% 4istrict officials said Mc*ain began 7orking for city schools in February 8661%
They declined to comment further%
&ra7ford noted that Mc*ain has a side business running a long!term care home, called
4elicate -ands -ome &are, in 9eistersto7n%
Mc*ain, 7ho lives in 9andallsto7n, is scheduled to be sentenced on 3ct% 5), federal
prosecutors said%
Baltiore Sun reporters Erica >+ ?reen and 4ustin ?eorge contributed to this article+
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2014-01-17
0 police officer in &larendon has been arrested and charged for murder and conspiracy to
murder% The Independent &ommission of Investigations OIndecomP revealed in a
statement today that the policeman 7as charged after a search of the May #en police
station yesterday% Indecom says several 7eapons 7ere recovered after the search% The
commission says it had been tracking the conduct of police officers in area : and that it
had received files from the 'amaica &onstabulary Force in furtherance of the
investigation% Indecom says the cooperation of the '&F is appreciated and that the
investigation is at a stage 7here no further comments can be made%

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Forest Service ranger, ex-Arroyo Grande
police officer face conspiracy charges
)anger allegedly hired former officer to patrol private land using
Forest *ervice vehicle
By Matt Fountain
mfountain_thetribunene7s%comFebruary 5:, 865(
0 former 0rroyo "rande police officer and a F%$% Forest $ervice ranger are facing federal
conspiracy charges follo7ing an alleged agreement to use government trucks to patrol
private land near *os #adres National Forest%
The F%$% 0ttorneys 3ffice filed an indictment $ept% 8, on behalf of a federal grand Hury
against $cott '% 0lguire, a fleet manager 7ith the Forest $ervices $anta *ucia 9anger
4istrict, and #hillip *aurence ?*arry@ &ooper, a former 0rroyo "rande part!time police
officer%
Both men are charged 7ith federal counts of conspiracy, false impersonation and illegal
conversion of government property, all felonies% The trial is scheduled to begin March 55
in F%$% 4istrict &ourt in *os 0ngeles%
Neither 0lguire nor &ooper could be reached for comment Wednesday, and a F%$% Forest
$ervice spokesman said the agency cannot comment on a case involving personnel%
0lguire has been 7ith the Forest $ervice since March 8656D &ooper 7as a half!time
officer 7ith the 0rroyo "rande #olice 4epartment from 51.1 until 8661%
The indictment came after a criminal grand Hury investigation into proper use of F%$%
Forest $ervice eJuipment in the *os #adres National Forest%
0ccording to the indictment, 0lguire managed the Forest $ervices fleet of patrol vehicles
bearing la7 enforcement insignia and siren lights at the $anta *ucia ranger station%
0round $eptember 8655, the prosecution alleges, 0lguire gave &ooper possession of a
Ford G=plorer service vehicle S 7orth appro=imately >.,666 S to keep park visitors
from going onto nearby cattle ranch land%
0ccording to court records, the ranch o7ners accused park visitors of poaching and
trespassing on their private property%
#rosecutors allege that 0lguire and &ooper kne7 each other through their membership at
the local Glks *odge%
?4efendant &ooper also had a relationship 7ith the ranch management,@ the indictment
reads% ?0lthough in the past he had served in various la7 enforcement positions both
active and reserve, at the time that he took possession of the Forest $ervice la7
enforcement vehicle from co!defendant 0lguire, defendant &ooper had no active la7
enforcement position or authority, and no affiliation 7hatsoever 7ith the Fnited $tates
Forest $ervice%@
0ccording to prosecutors, &ooper used the vehicle over a couple of 7eeks to stop and
Juestion visitors to the forest, in many cases asking for identification and keeping a
record of the information in the truck%
0t least one person &ooper stopped later told the grand Hury that he sa7 &ooper place a
handgun in a back pocket of his pants and reported that a rifle 7as visible inside the
vehicle%
0t least one 7itness said &ooper identified himself as ?la7 enforcement%@
In a later intervie7, &ooper admitted carrying the guns, 7hich he said he is able to do as a
retired s7orn officer% &ooper is not charged 7ith any 7eapons violations%
9epresentatives from the F%$% 0ttorneys 3ffice 7ere not available for comment
Wednesday%
0lguires attorney, Michael &layton, did not return a call for comment%
&oopers attorney, *os 0ngeles!based $tanley "reenberg, said Wednesday that his client
7as una7are of any 7rongdoing and 7as simply one of a group of individuals 7ho
entered into a 7ritten volunteer agreement 7ith the F%$% Forest $ervice to patrol against
poachers and trespassers%
?Were going to trial, and I believe the trial 7ill sho7 hes been 7rongfully accused and
is innocent,@ "reenberg said%
In 'anuary, "reenberg filed a motion to have the conspiracy charge against &ooper
thro7n out, arguing that &ooper did not kno7ingly conspire to illegally use the vehicle%
The motion 7as thro7n out by 4istrict 'udge 9% "ary Blausner%
Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2014/02/13/2923233/forest-service-raner-and-
former.html!stor"lin#$cp"
March 5,, 8655
"reenbelt, M4
Maryland police officer charged with drug trafficking conspiracy and
computer fraud
*he allegedly used her police po(ers to access la(
enforcement databases to obtain information concerning a co3
conspirator and his drug associates
"9GGNBG*T, Md% ! Montgomery &ounty #olice 3fficer 4elores &ulmer, :., of $ilver
$pring, Md%, 7as charged by criminal complaint on Wednesday 7ith conspiracy to
distribute cocaine, and fraud in connection 7ith computer use% The charges resulted from
an investigation by F%$% Immigration and &ustoms GnforcementAs OI&GP -omeland
$ecurity Investigations O-$IP
The criminal complaint 7as announced by F%$% 0ttorney 9od '% 9osenstein, 4istrict of
MarylandD $pecial 0gent in &harge William Winter of I&G -$I in BaltimoreD &hief '%
Thomas Manger of the Montgomery &ounty #olice 4epartmentD and $pecial 0gent in
&harge 9ebecca $parkman of the Internal 9evenue $erviceAs &riminal Investigation,
Washington, 4%&%, Field 3ffice% This investigation 7as initiated by the Montgomery
&ounty #olice 4epartment%
EThere is no allegation that any other police officers 7ere involved in the scheme,E said
F%$% 9osenstein% EI am grateful to &hief Manger and the Montgomery &ounty #olice
4epartment for their support%E
ETodayAs charges reflect the outstanding la7 enforcement partnership bet7een I&G -$I
and the Montgomery &ounty #olice 4epartment,E said $pecial 0gent in &harge Winter%
EThe la7 enforcement community in Maryland and around the country is committed to
7eeding out the fe7 7ho tarnish the image of the many la7 enforcement officers 7ho
7ork tirelessly to keep our communities and country safe%E
0ccording to the affidavit supporting the criminal complaint, from 0ugust 866/ to
$eptember 8661, &ulmer, a Montgomery &ounty #olice officer, assisted a co!
conspiratorAs drug trafficking organiNation by using her police po7ers to access la7
enforcement databases to obtain information concerning the co!conspirator and his drug
associates% The criminal complaint alleges that the co!conspirator is &ulmerAs boyfriend
or fianc^% &ulmer is alleged to have performed computer checks on individuals 7ho had
drug dealings 7ith the co!conspirator% &ulmer also allegedly put assets in her name,
including residences in $ilver $pring and &leveland, 3hio, that 7ere actually o7ned by
the co!conspirator to hide his o7nership% The co!conspirator allegedly gave &ulmer
>:6,666 in cash drug proceeds to buy the $ilver $pring residence, 7hich the co!
conspirator used as a Esafe havenE from his drug!dealing activities in #ittsburgh and
&leveland% In addition, the co!conspirator is alleged to have given &ulmer e=pensive
gifts, including a >566,666 engagement ring%
The criminal complaint also alleges that the co!conspirator bragged that he could find
anyone at anytime% Further investigation of Jueries made by &ulmer on federal and state
databases revealed that on Nov% 8(, 8661, &ulmer ran registration checks on t7o vehicles
o7ned by a girlfriend of a drug customer 7ho o7ed a drug debt to &ulmerAs co!
conspirator% Those checks provided &ulmer 7ith the current address of the drug customer%
Bet7een 'anuary and 0pril 8656, the drug customer reported to local police in
#ennsylvania that his girlfriendAs t7o vehicles 7ere vandaliNed% 0nd in 0pril 8656 both
vehicles 7ere targets of arson%
The complaint alleges that further investigation of Jueries on federal and state databases
e=ecuted by &ulmer also revealed that on $ept% 5:, 866/, 'uly 5/, 8661 and 'uly :6,
8661, &ulmer conducted computer inJuiries on a #ennsylvania car registered to a second
drug customer% *a7 enforcement agents have seen this vehicle parked in &ulmerAs
drive7ay on several occasions and have seen &ulmer driving the vehicle% #ennsylvania
Motor +ehicle records sho7ed that the vehicle 7as o7ned by the second drug customer%
Maryland +ehicle 0dministration records sho7 that &ulmer purchased the vehicle for a
dollar from the drug customer in the summer of 8656% 0lso on $ept% 5:, 866/, &ulmer
allegedly ran a criminal and 7anted check on the co!conspirator%
&ulmer faces a ma=imum sentence of 86 years in prison for the conspiracy, and 56 years
in prison for fraud in connection 7ith computer use% &ulmer had an initial appearance in
F%$% 4istrict &ourt in "reenbelt before Magistrate 'udge 'illyn B% $chulNe March 5,%
Magistrate 'udge $chulNe ordered that &ulmer be detained pending a detention hearing
scheduled for March 5/%
F%$% 0ttorney 9od '% 9osenstein praised the Montgomery &ounty #olice 4epartment,
I&G -$I and I9$As &riminal Investigation for their 7ork in the investigation%
Mr% 9osenstein also thanked 0ssistant F%$% 0ttorney 'onathan $u, 7ho is prosecuting the
case%
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0 Hury found "ilberto +alle guilty Tuesday of conspiring to kidnap and eat 7omen% The
NC#4 officer 7as also found guilty of illegally accessing a national crime database to
research his potential victims%
+alle, 8/, 7as arrested in 3ctober after his 7ife tipped off authorities to his gruesome
plots% -is 7ife, 7ith 7hom he has a young daughter, later testified against him in court%
When sentenced, he faces life in prison%
From the 0ssociated #ress
The Manhattan Hury reached the verdict in federal court at the kidnapping conspiracy trial
of 3fficer "ilberto +alle, a 8/!year!old father 7ith an admitted fetish for talking on the
Internet about cannibalism%
+alleAs la7yers, at 7hat the tabloids dubbed the E&annibal &opE trial, chose not to hide
7hat they called his E7eird proclivities%E But they insisted that he 7as Hust fantasiNing
and noted that none of the 7omen 7ere ever harmed%
+alle bo7ed his head and looked teary!eyed 7hen the verdict 7as announced% -e hugged
his la7yer, 'ulia "atto, 7ho said later that she and +alle had been crying%
EItAs a devastating verdict for us% We poured our hearts and souls into this,E "atto said of a
defense team that all dropped their heads 7hen the verdict 7as announced%
EThe Hury 7as unable to get past the thoughts,E "atto said% E3bviously, the case involved
thoughts that 7ere unusual and biNarre and frankly very ugly%E
$he called it a Edangerous prosecution 7hen 7e start opening our minds and prosecuting
7hatAs in our brains and not 7hatAs in the real 7orld%E
F%$% 0ttorney #reet Bharara said in a statement EToday, a unanimous Hury found that
"ilberto +alleAs detailed and specific plans to abduct 7omen for the purpose of
committing grotesJue crimes 7ere very real, and that he 7as guilty as charged% The
Internet is a forum for the free e=change of ideas, but it does not confer immunity for
plotting crimes and taking steps to carry out those crimes%E
+alleAs mother, GliNabeth, shook her head as the verdict 7as rendered%
EIAm in shock and 7ant to be left alone,E she said after her son 7as led a7ay% $he said to
herself as she sat on a court bench alone EThis is going to kill my mother%E
+alle faces up to life in prison 7hen he is sentenced on 'une 51% With the conviction, he
loses his Hob as a police officer%
The defense team said it 7ould ask the Hudge to set aside the verdict% 4efense attorney
9obert Baum said the verdict set a Edangerous precedent%E
E#eople can be prosecuted for their thoughts and convicted,E he said%
#rosecutors countered that an analysis of +alleAs computer found he 7as taking concrete
steps to abduct his 7ife and at least five other 7omen he kne7% They said he looked up
potential targets on a restricted la7 enforcement database, searched the Internet for ho7
to knock someone out 7ith chloroform, and sho7ed up on the block of one 7oman after
agreeing to kidnap her for >),666 for a Ne7 'ersey man, no7 a7aiting trial%
+alle Eleft the 7orld of fantasy and entered the 7orld of reality,E prosecutor -adassa
Wa=man said during closing arguments% $he said the officerAs arrest near -allo7een last
year interrupted a ghoulish plan to Ekidnap, torture, rape and commit other horrific acts
on young 7omen%E
Wa=man declined to comment after the verdict, referring Juestions to the prosecutorAs
press office%
The Hury, 7hich deliberated for Hust over t7o days, heard +alleAs potential victims testify
that they 7ere trading innocent!sounding emails and te=ts 7ith him, una7are he 7as
supposedly scheming to make meals out of them% The government also sought to drive
home the point that +alle 7as more of a threat because he 7as a police officer%
The trial opened a 7indo7 on a strange online under7orld 7here people share sick and
t7isted fantasies of torture, murder, dismemberment and cannibalism%
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