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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

The Cobra Effect On Luzerne County Justice

With all of the different thoughts about who killed Bryan Kocis and speculation that he was killed to keep him from testifying against the judge who changed his charges after the fact it really makes you wonder if Bryan had something on Judge Conahan that helped him avoid jail time. Now early on in this investigation someone suggested that Bryan was killed by a hit man. I will admit that I thought that to be the case. What is really interesting is that the more that is discovered about this case the more I think of it as a possibility. There were always just to many things with this case that did not fit.

I know that it is claimed that Joe and Harlow killed Bryan because he was an impediment to them working with SeanLockhart/Brent Corrigan. But what is interesting is that the more I look at what has transpired in this case more I think that Joe and Harlow could have been framed. mind you I do understand all of the evidence that is being presented against Joe and Harlow. I have seen enough of the evidence to understand the belief of those who think that they did this. But you have to understand that you have only seen the prosecutions side of the case. I really have no clue what the defense will provide as evidence. The one thing good about our justice system is you don't have to disprove the prosecutions case you just have to introduce doubt.

First of all Joe and Harlow were under investigation in Virginia Beach for a Rico case with regards to their escort business. The search of their house in February was based on the Rico charges and had nothing to do with the murder of Bryan Kocis. The Pennsylvania police went on a ride along on that search because Harlow was a "person of interest". What is also interesting is that the affidavit for that search warrant is still sealed and the people who have tried to get a look at it have found it is resealed every time it comes up to be viewed by the public. I wonder why that is? Could it be that what was seized in that search was seized illegally?

You also have the recently indicted Judge Michael Conahan who is same judge who was accused of illegal campaign practices by Judge Musto during their heated campaign. Judge Musto alleges that Conahan received $180,000.00 in campaign donations illegally. Conahan said that he loaned it to his campaign by taking a second mortgage on his home but no records existed of any such transaction in county records. Federal agents conducting a probe on the financial dealings of Judge Conahan, and his wife are also examining the county court records as well .

When Judge Conahan was a magisterial district judge he was involved in a cocaine trafficking case. Judge Conahan’s name surfaced during Mr. Belletiere’s 1991 federal trial in the "Empire" drug case involving Hazleton drug trafficking in the 1980s. Federal witness Neal DeAngelo testified Judge Conahan called him in 1986 and said he had heard Mr. DeAngelo’s brother, Paul, had been buying cocaine from a dealer who was under investigation. Judge Conahan offered to put the DeAngelos in contact with a Florida dealer, Mr. DeAngelo testified. Mr. Belletiere, who is a former Hazleton resident, subsequently called Mr. DeAngelo at Judge Conahan’s request.

According to testimony, and the DeAngelo brothers and another man traveled to Miami to buy $26,500 worth of cocaine from Mr. Belletiere. While Judge Conahan was on the prosecution’s list of witnesses for the Belletiere trial he was not called to testify. The federal prosecutor in the case, during a "sidebar" conversation with the judge out of the jury’s earshot, called Judge Conahan an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the case, according to a court transcript.

Four years ago Judge Conahan’s wife, Barbara, formed a Pompano Beach used-car business, according to an official with the company who said Monday that he met with Judge Conahan, the judge’s wife and Mr. Belletiere (the former dealer from Florida) to discuss setting up the business in 2004. Barbara Conahan was president of the used-car business, RAB Auto Sales Inc., according to Florida corporate documents. The former drug dealer, Ronald Belletiere, operated RAB, according to the company’s former secretary/treasurer. Florida documents indicate the company has been inactive since September 2007.

Judge Conahan "retired" shortly before the arrest of Joe and Harlow with 6 years left on his ten-year term. Yet no one wants to believe that this man is capable of setting up a hit on a man who could get him thrown in prison on a mandatory 3rd degree felony where he could serve up to 15 years in prison. Now I have read various sentiments with regards to Conahan and Ciavarella and how could they do what they did and not get busted sooner. Someone in the DA’s office had to know what was going on. Could that person be Judge Peter Lupas the former Luzrene County DA? When you look at all that has transpired with regards to this case the whole conspiracy to frame Joe and Harlow does not really seem so far fetched.

It was claimed that it would be too hard to cover up a hit and to frame two guys for murder. The interesting thing is that there were several times that this case could have come to a horrible end for those accused. There was the early morning search of the home of Joe and Harlow. The police used concussion grenades and the swat team to raid the home. The fact is someone could have easily been killed. There is also the travesty that has been the case so far. With the musical chair game with the attorneys for the accused. The mad rush to trial by the Luzerne County courts. Judge Ciavarella stepping in to deny the accused legal representatation by denying them conflict council.

David Lupas was the DA when Bryan was convicted and he was also the DA when Joe and Harlow were arrested. He became a Judge at the beginning of this year. He is also the judge that was picked by Ciavarella to oversee the juvenile court system. He was also the DA when Joe and Harlow’s house was searched. He was overseeing this case from the start. It kind of makes you wonder what was going on in Luzerne County.

Judge Conahan is/was on the board of First National Community Bank — where billionaire casino owner Louis A. DeNaples was chairman of the board until his recent indictment on perjury charges with regards to a casino and organized crime. He is also in the business of landfill and used auto parts and real estate. DeNaples is one of the principal shareholders in this bank with his brother and his son. Now we have this connection for Conahan. Are you starting to get the picture now?

Then you have Judge Conahan and Ciavarella who were good friends with a Mr. Powell who wanted to build a new juvenile detention center. Powell and his partner built this center and gave the judges kick backs for all of inmates that were sent there. That is another huge travesty in Luzerne County. Mr. Powell then sold his interest in the youth centers to a Greg Zappola who I might add is not the most above board person I have read about. You have the builder and the lawyer and the judge all involved in a nice little scam against the public. And now Ciavarella is saying that he did not defraud the taxpayers. And guess who his attorney is, If you said Al Flora you would be correct.

The same attorney who with Conahan and Lupus got the charges reduced for one Bryan Kocis,
the victim of a murder that is being tried in Lucerne County in the very same court house where these dishonored judges used to preside. Does anyone else see something wrong with this picture? Now I can understand that from the point of view of the court system of Luzerne County they would want to keep this case in house. But in the name of justice I think it should be moved to a Federal Court. Luzerne had too much to loose to let this case get away from their control and now their worst nightmare has been realized.

What is funny is that the FBI was investigating the victim and the court system was also being investigated. Either way Conahan was going down but I guess it is better to go down for embezzlement than for consorting with a known child molester and allowing him to remain free to molest again. If you have to be tainted than just be a crook and not a pervert. But the one problem is that there are too many loose ends floating around out there that could continue to cause problems for his dishonor Judge Conahan.

It makes you wonder why the child detention centers? I wonder if Robert Powell has something to do with Kocis. Why would Conahan review all of the video that was confiscated during Bryan’s trail and then return it all and the equipment except the one video that should have convicted him. Why would he allow him to continue to produce pornography in a state where he took an oath to uphold the law and allow Bryan to continue to break it? Why did the prosecutor not protest this travesty of justice? Was he told that it would help him get on the bench if he ignored it?

It seems that Bryan Kocis was a big thorn in the side of Judge Conahan. He we was too high profile and he was drawing to much attention to Luzerne County. The slap on the hand that he received after raping that 15-year-old boy was drawing focus on the court system. The bogus court case with regards to Sean Lockhart, the civil case in federal court in San Diego, the back door deal with Lee Bergeron, the online fighting with Sean and Grant, Sean’s blog which was telling the world that Bryan was a pervert. The fact that Sean was underage when he filmed for Cobra Video. All of those reasons could have brought this little dirty court system down to its knees.

So Bryan Kocis had to be destroyed to protect the "integrity" of the court system.
There is a nasty taint on anyone who has ever had anything to do with Bryan Kocis. The fact that killing him did not remove it is quite telling. There are still those who defend Bryan and his actions as honorable. It really makes you wonder about those who are condoning his actions. They throw aspersions at Sean and Grant and anyone who defends them by calling them murderers. Bryan Kocis needed Sean Lockhart silenced but alas that did not happen, someone silenced him.

This is Elmysterio and I’m out

21 comments:

  1. "It seems that Bryan Kocis was a big thorn in the side of Judge Conahan."

    Elm, are we reading the same news stories? EVERYTHING we've read SCREAMS exactly the opposite conclusion: Bryan Kocis was not even on Conohan's radar screen.

    I've been diligently reading the FBI releases and news stories the past two days, and you want to know how many times Kocis' name has come up?

    Zero.

    If Kocis had any relevance to this story, the FBI would have mentioned him in the indictments. They didn't.

    This is now a dead issue.

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  2. Tell me why Conahan would bring up Kocis. If he did then it would be a lot worse than it already is for him.

    It seems that Bryan Kocis was a big thorn in the side of Judge Conahan.

    For Conahan to mention Bryan in any way shape or form would bring more attention to the shit storm that was the Luzerne County courts.

    Due to Bryan taking his crap with Brent Corrigan on the Internet, the bogus court case in Luzerne county and the civil suit in San Diego. All of this brought more undo attention to Bryan due to the charges being changed after the fact.

    There was already a ground swell due to Bryan's case and the fact that he never had to register for Megan's Law.

    I am just trying to show that there are other possible options with regards to the murder of Bryan.

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  3. Elm, the issue is why the FBI (not Conohan) hasn't mentioned Kocis in the indictments and news stories.

    If there was any substance to this Kocis thing, then the FBI certainly would have included it in their case.

    They haven't. After extensive investigation, the FBI has included EVERY crooked deal C&C have done over the past decade in their indictment...but made no mention of Bryan. None.

    So, what does that tell you?

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  4. Jim where does it say anything about any of the court cases that Conahan had anything to do with in is plea agreement?

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  5. Jim I can understand that you want Joe and Harlow to go to prison or to the death chamber.
    that is your right to have your own opinion.

    I on the other hand think that there is more to this story than Bryan was killed because he would not let Sean/Brent work with Joe and Harlow.

    The argument for that is at best circumstancial.
    Bryan and Conahan were more involved than you care to believe. I get that and that is fine if you believe that.

    I just don't happen to believe that. It is my right to believe what I want to believe.
    Just because the indicment does not say anything about Bryan does not mean that there is no connection to this case.

    Conahan was a catalyst to many of the things that happened in this case. He was the judge in Bryan's case and that is a fact. That he let Bryan get away with the crime that he did opened the door to his other ctimes.

    Those crimes that Bryan perputrated against Brent/Sean and untold other models and young men. Those crimes are one of the reasons that Bryan is dead. Bryan was a fool to think that he could ever get Brent/Sean back under his thumb. It was that foolishness that brought about his death.

    There are still people who are going to go down with those "judges". This is still an on going case. You said that there was no investigation and that I was wrong about that, you said that Bryan was not being investigated and you were wrong about that.

    You claim that Robert Wagner was not involved in any of Bryan's nefarious avtivities and you will be proven wrong about that. So you can go back to MT. Shitmore and sit there all smug but the fact is those black helicopters are climbing that mountain.

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  6. "The argument for that is at best circumstancial."

    Well,
    1)Since Justin Hensley is an ear witness to the motive, no, then by definition it's not circumstantial; and
    2) Is circumstantial somehow bad? YOUR entire argument is circumstantial! Because right now, I do not see one shread of DIRECT evidence judges were involved in the Kocis murder. In fact I see a total absence of such, in a massive FBI investigation which picked those judges activities and decisions apart with a fine tooth comb.

    "Just because the indicment does not say anything about Bryan does not mean that there is no connection to this case."

    It certainly suggests that though, doesn't it?

    "You said that there was no investigation and that I was wrong about that, you said that Bryan was not being investigated and you were wrong about that."

    I said there was a lack of evidence I could see Bryan was being seriously investigated. Unless your referring to Grant's oft unsuccessful attempts to motivate the FBI, then that pretty much remains the case.

    "You claim that Robert Wagner was not involved in any of Bryan's nefarious avtivities and you will be proven wrong about that."

    I never made that claim.

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  7. Jim I can understand that you want Joe and Harlow to go to prison or to the death chamber.

    Elm, you overlook the fact that Joe has pleaded guilty to participation in the murder of Bryan Kocis and is already in prison for life.

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  8. Jim, Justin Hensley did not hear Joe and Harlow say that they were going to kill Bryan. Also Justin's testimony is tainted by the fact that he was offered a deal for his testimony. Yes that is a fact because he was a part of the Rico investigation. It was that investigation that got Justin involved in this case in the first place.

    Prof, I have taken Joe's confession into consideration and the reasons behind it are quite compelling.

    This case is really not as simple as was once thought. I am not saying that it did not happen like it is claimed, but that it could have happened another way.

    There is also an investigation into the cases that Conahan and Ciavarella had in there court rooms. So you never know Bryan's case might just come up.

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  9. "Jim, Justin Hensley did not hear Joe and Harlow say that they were going to kill Bryan."

    He did hear them admit to having the motive for the crime.

    "Also Justin's testimony is tainted by the fact that he was offered a deal for his testimony."

    He said exactly the opposite, under oath, when asked this at the prelim.

    As you've correctly complained before Elm, you've been lied to by many people many times before in this case. This "deal" is yet another example of you being lied to by one of your shady sources, I think.

    I wouldn't be surprised if we come to find out Justin (and Andrew) were recruited by police before they joined Boybatter, and were planted informants from day one.

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  10. Well then they both performed in a pornagrahic videos under the guise of being informants. How cool is that.

    Also you have not taken into consideration that Ciavarlla and Conahan were hiding the money that the stole in businesses.

    I wonder if they were investors in Cobra Video as well as all of the other businesses that they were involved in to hide the money they stole.

    Who knows they're still investigating how they hid the money for all those years as well a Cobra Video is also being investigated.

    That could expalin why Cobra was allowed to operate in a state where the production of porn is illegal.

    Maybe that is why Bryan said that he was untouchable. Who knows I'm just saying that it could of happened.

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  11. As you've correctly complained before Elm, you've been lied to by many people many times before in this case. This "deal" is yet another example of you being lied to by one of your shady sources, I think.

    Yeah I was lied about too, Just ask PC about that one. He said that I threatened to have him arrested when he know's it was Renee. The two of them are probablby laughing about it right now. You know the fact that they are in constant communication.

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  12. "I wonder if they were investors in Cobra Video as well as all of the other businesses that they were involved in to hide the money they stole."

    Somehow, they don't strike me as the gay porn types.

    But hey, you never know. If you can manage to find proof of this, ANY proof, well even I will have to credit that as an interesting development. Good luck.

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  13. "You know the fact that they are in constant communication."

    Figured as much.

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  14. Well we will have to see what Harlow's defense attorneys come up with. Seems that there is a bit of checking going on right now in to the finances of Conahan. I bet the kocis estate in being investigated as well. it was always said follow the money.

    Seems Conahan has been relieved of his post at the bank as well and there is also the thing about a boat owned by Powell and a condo in Florida.

    The association wanted Powell to remove his boat and sued him but the case was handled in PA. It really should have been handled in florida but I guess when you have a fix in PA you use it. The Condo in question was owend by Ciavarella and Conahan from what I gather.

    As well as the car dealership with the former drug dealer that Mrs. Conahan owned. The same drug dealer that her husband was supposed to testify against.

    I think that there was also the matter of some land that Bryan owned that was in the same neighborhood as Conahan. Some lake property that was sold rather quickly after Bryan was murdered. Some land I might add that was paid for with cash.

    Their business dealings were diversified.

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  15. jim said...
    "You know the fact that they are in constant communication."

    Figured as much.

    January 29, 2009 4:24 PM


    I hear Robert Wagner belongs to that little coffee clutch as well but who can you believe on the blogs.

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  16. Prof, I have taken Joe's confession into consideration and the reasons behind it are quite compelling.

    I'm not sure what you think the reasons behind it are. To me they are that Joe actually participated in the murder of Bryan Kocis, if not physically at least in the planning and preparation. It also seems to me that Joe's confession implies that Harlow also participated and, in fact, since Joe claims that he was back at the Fox Ridge Motel at the time of the murder, that Harlow was the person who actually committed the physical murder.

    Given this, it seems to me that your elaborate conspiracy theory is totally unbelievable.

    Some time back Jim introduced the idea of Occam's Razor into the discussion. Occam's Razor (from William of Okham) can be translated from the Latin as "Do not multiply entities beyond necessity," or, in colloquial Americanism, "Keep it simple, stupid." You keep complicating the discussion for no apparent reason.

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  17. Prof, I am well aware of Jim's Ocams razor theory. That being said Joes confession is a bit troubling to me due to the fact that I believe he was coerced into pleading guilty.

    There were certain incintives used to aid him in making that decisian. With the current state of the Luzerne County court system I am not so sure that it is not that out of the question.

    To me it seems that all of this adds a certain doubt to what is being presented as evidence by the prosecution. The courts are under scrutiny by the fedral governmet.

    With all of this information I think that there may be some credence to the outcry by some that there may be another theory as to why the murder occured.

    Whether any of this is true is not the point, the point is that it has raised doubt as to the why and the who.

    That bodes well for Harlow, Joes confession does not but a jury is going to decisde the fate of Harlow.

    You also have to be aware that all of the evidence presented so far is for the prosecution and not the defense.

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  18. I think Joe was motivated to plea alright, but not due to fear or coersion.

    A different emotion rather, one that has been haunting this saga since Chris Henriquez flipped on his webcam: Revenge.

    I mean, you look at all this from where Joe had been sitting a month or so ago, and pissed off is the only emotion I can imagine him having. Harlowites abounded, but nary a Joe-ite.

    First the Harlowites tried to steal Fannick from him. He went justifiably ballistic when he first found out (in open court, of all places!).

    Prominent Harlowites come out like preacher George, and say that they have "nothing good to say about Joe." Joe reads this in his cell, and simmers.

    The final straw was Roecker. Does Roecker interview Joe? NO! It's all about poor little "Harlow Cuadra."

    The final straw to the final straw was Roecker giving $50 grand to Harlow...and zip diddly squat to Joe. I think when Joe found that out, he finally snapped.

    So, when those plea offers rolled around, Joe decided to give all you "Harlowites" the one-finger Irish wave, and pled guilty. And then proceeded to confess to his AND HARLOW'S guilt, probably exagerrating the latter as much as he could (ie, Harlow went to the house alone...).

    And he probably BEGGED to be allowed to testify against Harlow! Melnick was to smart to allow that, however, and told him that no way. His open desire for vengeance against Harlow was so palpable that it was obvious he would have made a terrible prosecution witness.

    Joe tried to spin this by implying the decision was his, but the truth here is obvious.

    Moral of the story: If you Harlowites had thrown Joe a bone on occassion, perhaps Joe wouldn't have pled. But, you guys collectively as a group basically tried to ignore him, and treated him like dirt...and now, you're reaping the consequences of that.

    And BTW, when I say collectively, I mean by that the "average." In fact Elm, you of all Harlowites were probably nicest to Joe; I can't recall you saying anything bad about Joe until after he pled, the worst you did was to chronically ignore him for extended periods of time. Other H'ites were, by and large, much worse on Joe. And that in the end had it's predictable effect.

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  19. BTW Elm check out this new article:

    http://www.timesleader.com/news/IN_ROBES_OF_CONTROVERSY_02-01-2009.html

    A pretty exhaustive compilation of corruption. And once again, no mention of any "Kocis plea scandal."

    Elm, for your theory to ever gain traction, one of these days someone besides you and Matt Fondel will have to actually believe there ever was such a scandal.

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  20. Joes confession is a bit troubling to me due to the fact that I believe he was coerced into pleading guilty.

    Unlike Jim, I agree with you that Joe's plea was coerced.

    The American Heritage Dictionary defines "coerce" as "To force to act or think in a certain way by use of pressure, threats, or intimidation."

    What forced Joe to agree to the plea deal is that the prosecution laid out to Joe and his attorneys the evidence that they were going to present if the case went to trial. They asserted that, given this evidence, it was highly likely that the jury would convict and sentence Joe to death. Thus intimidated, Joe, on the advice of his attorneys, accepted the plea deal.

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