Myspace removes sex offenders from its website

Myspace has admited that they have removed 90,000 registered sex offenders from their web site. My space which is owned by the parent company of Fox news corp was subpoenaed by the Connecticut Attorny General Richard Blumenthal, a co-chairman of the task force of state attorneys general looking into sex offenders' use of social networking.

"This shocking revelation, resulting from our subpoena, provides compelling proof that social networking sites remain rife with sexual predators," Blumenthal said in a statement.

This on the hills of several high profile cases that have revolved around Myspace and other social networking sites.

"Blumenthal's office said it was awaiting a response to a similar subpoena issued to Facebook, another popular social networking site that his office said also might host "substantial numbers of convicted offenders."

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Michael Phelps and the pot controversy

Update: 8 charged in pot sting based on picture of Michael Phelps smoking pot. You can read about it here. It is good to see our tax dollars going to a good cause. Get those pot smoking fiends off the streets and in to jail where they belong right? This Sheriff is a total joke, he must be up for re-election this year. I truly hope the asshole who took that picture is one of the 8 who was charged, it would only be fair.

Update: Michael Phelps could face criminal charges in South Carolina as a result of the bong picture.
Sgt. Kim Myers, a spokesperson for the Richland County, S.C., Sheriff's Dept., on Tuesday confirmed that the incident is under investigation by the department's narcotics division.
The Feb. 2 edition of the British tabloid News of the World had a picture of Phelps sucking on a glass pipe of a type generally used to inhale cannabis, an illegal drug, at a party that reportedly took place Nov. 6 in Columbia, S.C. You can read the rest of the story here. Is this a joke or what?

Well it seems that eight time gold medallist Michael Phelps has gone and done it again. This time he was not driving drunk while under age. This was a little slip up where he stumbled and his mouth hit a bong and he was out of breath so he inhaled. Now I really don’t see what the big deal is. He is in fact only 23 and most 23 year olds are doing far worse that stumbling and getting their mouths stuck on a bong and inhaling. Let’s face it the President of the United States smoked weed. I bet that if you did an impromptu survey you would be shocked at how many people have actually smoked weed. Personally I think it should be legal, but then that is just my opinion.

We have far more problems with alcohol and other drugs than we do with weed. Tell me this, when was the last time you saw someone get in a fight while they were high on weed? Bet you can’t say the same thing about crystal meth or alcohol. And you defiantly can’t say that about a crack addict. There are all of these people who have put poor Michael on a pedestal and made him this role model which I find funny. To tell you the truth parents should be the role models for their own kids and not depend on someone else.

I understand that some kids would want to win 8 gold medals but the fact is you have to have the right genetics and the desire to work really hard to do it, which I might add Michael Phelps has done. Now all of the advertisers who have jumped on the bandwagon to get him to push their products are up in arms because he took a toke. Big deal you are all just banking on his fame for doing something that he worked hard to do just to push your product.



Now if your product does not hurt the environment or cause health problems for those who use it or depend on the labor from sweatshop workers and is made right here in the good old USA you can have a say in what he does in his private life. If none of this is true for your company then you can all just shut up. And make the proper corrections to your products and be role models yourself. People make mistakes and they learn from them. Deal with it I have.



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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.

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Breaking News: Ciavarella, Conahan plead guilty.

Update: Gregory Zappalla now owns Powell's interest in PA child care.
Breaking News: Ciavarella, Conahan plead guilty to income tax charges; will serve 87 months 1:24 p.m.
Well I have said all along that the Luzerne County court system was corrupt and I guess it was proven today with the guilty pleas of Conahan and Ciavarella. Who knows who else will be charged in this case and what the ramifications are to the cases that these judges have tried. I really is a sad state of affairs when the judicial system of a state or county is corrupt. It reflects badly on all involved in that court system and it brings serious doubt to all decisions rendered by the jurist of said county.

How many cases can be appealed due to this new evidence? Who knows what the truth is since they plead guilty. There will not be a trial and the facts of all of the other crimes might never be known. There have been stories about this case for the last couple of years. There was allot of uproar about the changing of the charges for Bryan Kocis, the murder victim in another high profile case. It seems that there has been talk about the judges who were just charged had motive to kill Bryan Kocis. This is due to it being a 3rd degree felony to impede due process of law and not having Kocis register as a sexual offender under Megan's law. There is a mandatory prison term with regards to this type of case.

There is also the possibility that there are other people who are going to be charged down the pipe as there are other things that these judges were involved in. Those who profited from the illegal activities that the judges were involved with could also be charged. Luzerne county is now under a serious microscope and there is the possibility that this latest problem could also affect the DA's office. I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens.

Here is the news story form the Citizens Voice the Times Leader also has reported on this case.

Published: Monday, January 26, 2009 1:36 PM EST
Luzerne County judges Mark A. Ciavarella and Michael Conahan were charged today with two counts of conspiracy to impede the Internal Revenue Service in collecting federal income taxes and a scheme to defraud the citizens of Luzerne County and Pennsylvania of the right to their honest services.Ciavarella and Conahan were charged with concealing the receipt of $2.6 million between January 2003 and April 2007. They have filed a plea agreement, signed by both judges, and pleaded guilty to honest service fraud and income tax conspiracy.The judges stipulated they will resign their judgeship and be disbarred. They will serve 87 months in federal prison and make restitution as stipulated by the court.

There was also the question of misappropriations of funds with regards to the juvenile court system where Judge Conahan's brother in law as the main psychologist for the evaluations of the people who appeared in front of his bench. There is also the the case of Conahan's wife who was involved with a former drug dealer with regards to a auto dealership in Florida. With all of this is there any wonder why Luzerne County is up in arms with regards to their court system.

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Officials: Conahan ordered deposits to his bank

This is a previously unpublished post. I thought with the turn of events that it was a bit more relevant now.

Well it would appear that there is a serious problem in Luzerne County. And it is getting worse by the minute. while searching the Internet for information about Luzerne County I came opon this jewel. I wonder how Conahan will explain this away







I also found this article and then we have this lovely article .
BY DAVE JANOSKI
PROJECTS EDITOR
Published: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:03 AM EDT
Former Luzerne County President Judge Michael T. Conahan directed millions of government dollars to a bank of which he is a director by ordering the county’s magisterial district judges to deposit their fines there, county and state officials say.

First National Community Bank — where billionaire casino owner Louis A. DeNaples was chairman of the board until his recent indictment on perjury charges — handles about $7 million in deposits from those magisterial district courts each year, state and county audits show.

Conahan, whose financial holdings are a focus of an ongoing FBI investigation into the county courts, did not return phone messages seeking comment Tuesday.

Conahan’s decision to direct district court deposits to the bank came shortly before or after he was named to the bank board in 2003, county Court Administrator William Sharkey said Tuesday. Before that decision, the county’s 17 magisterial district judges, who handle traffic tickets, small civil cases and preliminary hearings in criminal cases, used banks of their own choosing.

Sharkey said the change was made because First National Community Bank, headquartered in Dunmore, offered a countywide courier service with daily pickup.

“Some of the magistrates had some concerns for security reasons. They weren’t too thrilled about taking deposits to the bank every day,” Sharkey said.

Sharkey said he didn’t know if the bank approached the county or if Conahan sought proposals from other banks.

“I’m not quite sure how that happened,” Sharkey said. “I’m not sure if they contacted the county and they offered the courier services or vice versa.”

James Koval, communications manager for the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, confirmed that First National Community Bank is the depository for all district courts in Luzerne County. He said decisions about where to deposit fines from district courts are left up to the president judge in each county. The fines are divided between the state and county, with more than two-thirds typically going to the state.

Koval said his office exercises no oversight over the selection of the banks and has no rules governing the selection.

“I’m not aware of any rule that addresses this head-on,” Koval said.

Joseph A. Massa Jr., chief counsel for the state Judicial Conduct Board, which enforces the state Code of Judicial Conduct, did not return phone messages Tuesday.

Conahan was paid $57,583 as a director at First National Community Bancorp Inc. in 2007, according to the bank’s U.S. Security and Exchange Commission filings. He owns 55,927 shares in the bank worth $755,014 at Tuesday’s closing price of $13.50 per share.

DeNaples, a Dunmore businessman with holdings in landfills, used auto parts and real estate, owns about 10 percent of the bank’s 15.8 million outstanding shares. His brother and son, who are also directors of the bank, own about 9 percent. The DeNaples’ shares are worth $40 million.

The bank reported having $945 million in deposits in 2007.

DeNaples took a leave of absence from the bank board on Feb. 6 after he was charged with lying to state gaming regulators about ties to organized crime figures when seeking a license for his Mount Airy Casino Resort in Monroe County, which opened last year.

Federal banking regulators subsequently suspended him from the board and prohibited him from participating in the affairs of the bank while the charges are pending. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board barred DeNaples from Mount Airy and appointed a trustee to oversee the casino until the criminal case is concluded.

DeNaples, 67, and bank President and CEO J. David Lombardi, who is acting chairman of the board, did not return phone messages Tuesday.

Conahan, who retired last year at age 56 and is now a senior judge presiding over the county’s Drug Treatment Court, has declined comment on the ongoing federal probe.

Courthouse sources speaking on condition of anonymity say the FBI and IRS have questioned them about Conahan’s links to the former owner of a juvenile detention center. The center made millions from county contracts after Conahan decided to stop sending juveniles to an aging county-owned facility in 2003.

Conahan has described the former co-owner of the facility, Butler Township attorney Robert J. Powell, as a personal friend. The FBI seized county records detailing the county’s dealings with Powell’s center last month.

The Standard-Speaker first reported in May that Conahan and current President Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr., who presided over juvenile court for a dozen years, have a financial interest in a townhouse development firm headed by Powell’s law partner, county Prothonotary Jill A. Moran. Powell owned half of the townhouse firm until the second half of 2004.

The townhouse firm, W-Cat Inc., is building an 86-unit development in Wright Township called The Sanctuary with $4.5 million in funding through First National Community Bank. Another director of the bank, Michael G. Cestone, is president of the construction company building the townhouses, S.G. Mastriani Co. Inc.

Cestone did not return a phone message Tuesday.

djanoski@citizensvoice.com

Can we say oops, you are going to get busted. Bad judge go to jail and do not pass go.

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1950s pinup model Bettie Page dies in LA at 85

LOS ANGELES – Bettie Page, the 1950s secretary-turned-model whose controverisal photographs in skimpy attire or none at all helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, died Thursday. She was 85.
Page suffered a heart attack last week in Los Angeles and never regained consciousness, her agent Mark Roesler said. Before the heart attack, Page had been hospitalized for three weeks with pneumonia.

"She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality," Roesler said. "She is the embodiment of beauty

Betty Page: April 22, 1923 - December 11, 2008

You will be missed

You can read the rest of the story here

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Doctors say marrow transplant may have cured AIDS

Breaking News

With the recent bad news in California and a few other states with the passing of anti Gay laws the medical profession seems to be shining a bright light on the future of 33 million people world wide. They think that they might have found a way to eradicate the AID's virus. Most in the medical profession are leery of proclaiming it as a cure but the results are promising. There is more here.

The under dog

It seems that I have been trying to stick up for the underdogs my whole life and it has not helped the cause one bit. I have been accused of all manner of things and I just think that it is funny that my accusers are on a mission to make me out as some kind of monster. Well that is your prerogative and you can do and say what ever you want about me if it makes you feel better.

I no longer care to get involved in the controversies of those who lie and cheat and steal and murder. That is what we have courts and lawyers for and I am neither. In the 50 years that I have been on this planet I have come to the conclusion that you can not please some people and no matter what you say there will always be someone who will take issue with it.

So I will only be blogging about things that I deem important to me and if you don't like it well then there are millions of other blogs to read. To those who think they have won the fight good for you. To those who think I have given up, deal with it. To those who don't care, keep on keeping on. As for me I am just going to state how I feel about what ever I want to talk about.

The purpose of this blog was never to talk about a murder or a rape. It just happened to be the topic of conversation. So I will leave it to Jim to debunk all of the lies and PC can be the expert on Joe and Harlow and they can have all of the people talk about it there.

So to those who have nasty things to say about me here is your chance to get it out of your system. Have fun with it cause I am going to celebrate my birthday with people who love me and none of you will be there. Kisses.

Just in case you don't know today is election day and I would advise you to go Vote and Stop worrying about the petty bullshit that you all seem to think is so important.


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Rape is a hate crime

I read something today that seriously disturbed me, the news of the rape of Mason Wyler. What I find disturbing is that he was treated with such disrespect from the police. They just assumed that because he was gay that he wanted what happened to him to happen. I think that all of the officers involved should be put on administrative leave with no pay until the issue of this case is resolved.

Mason describes his totally horrific ordeal at the hands of a decorated United States military officer. The way the police handled the situation just makes me sick. But then again I have been blogging about our legal system for a little bit and I can see just how they look at the gay community. I don't care if you are sitting in the middle of the street naked and holding a package of condoms with a smile on your face NO STILL MEANS NO.



The police asked him if he wanted to be beaten and to have a broom handle shoved up his ass? What the fuck is wrong with our law enforcement when they treat a victim of a crime like that. Form what happened to mason he could have been infected with any amount of things, Lets just hope he was not. I have had several friends who have been raped both male and female and they were all damaged from the event.

Several of my gay friends who were raped are no longer with us. I have myself been accosted on several occasions and was lucky enough to get away unscathed. In my opinion rape is no joke.
I truly hope that Mason gets the counseling that he needs and he has a good support group to help him through this. If you look at our prison system you will most likely see the victims of sexual abuse.




Lets hope that Mason does not go that route. I pray for his recovery and hope that the person(s) who did this gets there just cause. This is not something to joke about and the police should take this and all allegations of rape seriously no matter what sex the victim is. Rape is not a sex crime it is a crime of power and violence and the sooner that we all learn that the better of we will all be.



This is a comment from Mason's blog about him loosing his wallet . Could this be the person who raped him?



Anonymous said...
how did you get home without your keys??????????suggestion for a reward: of course, straightforwardly--"SEX" with that person (hopefully it's a boy). this could be your good excuse to Marcus to sleep with someone, lol....sounds like from your last blog that you have been needing that anyways.
October 4, 2008 8:34 PM

The rest of these selected comments from his blog are by some sick fuck who thinks rape is funny.

Anonymous said...
DON'T BELIEVE THIS LIAR. IT'S A PUBLICITY STUNT AT BEST, A PROMOTION FOR A MOVIE AT WORST.
October 6, 2008 1:18 PM

Anonymous said...
My mother did teach me right...and fantasy or not...ask and you shall receive..he joked for weeks about being raped..well u know what..someone fulfilled his wishes...
October 6, 2008 3:51 PM

Anonymous said...
All I can think of is Mary McCarthy's famous quip about Lilian Helman: "Everything she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'but'!"
October 6, 2008 9:52 PM

Anonymous said...
It's still a lie people. The details between this entry and the previous one are inconsistent, he first stated investigators found the wallet now he says he found it and the investigators don't have it at all. First he says Ben Taub Hospital then he says he was taken a shit hospital, Ben Taub is the best trauma centre around, says he's telling everyone including family...but is telling no one relevant that could you know assist in the situation, etc.He was called out on it not being in any media and is retconing the specific details in such a way that no one cares, everyones doing their job so badly, the alledged incident has no attention beyond the attention he is giving it, no one really cares....all to cover his arse on why the only reference about it is his own, why he isn't pursuing it in any of the relevant avenues. How is it not obvious to you all, you're being manipulated by someones mechanations.
October 6, 2008 10:15 PM

Anonymous said...
Did the raper make you eat his shit,as well as drink his piss and guzzle down his cumsauce? Did it taste good mason?
October 7, 2008 2:57 PM

Anonymous said...
You should try talking to the police wearing nothing but a pair of sheer pantyhose.Then maybe theyll listen.
October 7, 2008 3:13 PM

I truly can not beleive this sick fucker is posting on Mason's blog. I hope Mason has a IP tracker because this will help him track down who this sick poster is.


My guess is that this is the persons or one of the people who raped him. I think the sick bitches should get life in prison for doing this. They will do this again because they have serious issues to deal with and being loose on the streets is not going to help anyone.

If you have been a victim of rape here are a couple of organizations with some resources to help http://www.rainn.org/ and http://www.rapecrisis.com/services-counseling.php


UPDATE 10/12/2008
You know I have been thinking about doing another post on this rape incident and trying to figure out how to go about it.

The funny thing is that it really does not matter because this is not my ordeal.
This is something that Mason and his boyfriend have to deal with.

I do agree that Mason went about this in a unconventional way, but it is his story to tell.
It is not ours to tell and I don't see why so many of you have to "get to the bottom of it".

Now I did a little research and I found out that the police report is actually factual. The report does exist with the redacted information to protect the victims.

Mason did fake the picture with the black eye. The other two were taken the night of the incident.

They were taken around 2 hours before the police were called. I think that Mason was trying to protect his boyfriend with the phony story.

I think that was a nice thing of him to try to do. He probably feels that he brought this on by inviting the guy into his home.

What you all don't seem to get is that even if you invite someone into your home and you are having sex with them you still have the right to change your mind and say "no".

If the other party refuses to abide by your wishes that is rape.

Now I do realize that Mason is a porn star and he is an admitted whore but he still has the right to say no.

Until you have been in a situation such as Mason's or DeWayne's you should not make judgements against him. I was in a similar situation but I was lucky and did not get raped but the fear is still there.

Your trust is violated and you feel that you brought it on yourself.

Mason must feel doubly worse because his boyfriend was involved in the attack.

The fact that he is even trying to talk about it is a big step towards the healing process.

You all seem to think that this is a publicity stunt but maybe it is a public service message to you all to be careful and to not let it happen to you.

Rape is not a crime of sex it is crime of control and power over the victim. The sex part is just the control to make you do something against your will.

I admit that I have been opinionated on this and other subjects and and we are all allowed
our opinions but we should all think about what the victim's are going through before we try to analyse him and decide his future in the porn industry.

We are talking about a person here who has been through a traumatic experience and he needs some time to get his bearings.

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seperated at birth

Why does Sarah Palin remind me of Anita Bryant. The facts are there she has an agenda and it ain't pretty. So lets see how stupid the voting public really is. Anita Bryant did the same thing 20 some odd years ago. and she will go down in history as a insurgent, pity that. Will this be the fate of Sarah Pailin? They both foster the same beliefs that God wants the gay population to be eradicated. The bible tells them so.

I wonder what ever happened to the separation of church and state? The religious right seems to control the Republican party. McCain is a big pimp and he is pandering to these people just as Reagon and bush did before him. But McCain is going them one better, he is going after the foaming at the mouth Hillary supporters by appointing a woman to his parties tickets. This is just a cheap tactic by the republicans to further their agenda.

So lets have four more years of them driving the country further into debt so they can line their pockets with cash while the economy tanks and more and more people are out of work. This is going to be fun to watch America go to hell while we make history and the rest of the world watches us and laughs at our stupidity.

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The house of cards that is Luzerne County PA.

I looks like the winds of change are a blowing in Pennsylvania and the house of cards that is the judicial system better look out for the big bad wolf. It seems that the DA Jackie Musto Carroll is not pleased with the way things are being handled by the court system and she has asked the FBI to become involved. With the attacks by former president Judge Michael Conahan towards fellow Judge Ann Lakuta and he and his wife’s ties to a used car selling former Drug dealer in Florida it was just to much for poor Jackie to take.

There is also the thing about his brother in law who milked the county for more than a million dollars for psych evaluation's and his close ties to attorney Robert Powell former owner of the PA Child Care and Western PA Child Care centers who had they’re financial records seized in June by the FBI in a case related to the placement of juveniles by former President Judge Michael Conahan and current President Judge Mark Ciavarella. It seems that they were not telling the people who appeared in front of their bench that they had the right to an attorney. Then with the evaluations they would send the children to Robert Powell and his PA Child Care and Western PA Child Care centers.

Oh yeah there is also the little business deal that they had with Powell to build condos. This deal came under scrutiny after it was revealed the three had current or former ties to W-Cat Inc., a real estate development firm building a townhouse project in Wright Township. Powell, a former county solicitor, was part owner of PA Child Care and Western PA Child Care in Butler County.
Powell has acknowledged he was part owner of W-Cat, but said he sold his interest to Luzerne County Prothonotary Jill Moran in 2004. Moran is a partner in the Powell Law Firm. He also announced on June 10 he had sold his interest in both firms and another business to his partner Gregory Zappala. Earlier this year.

Powell’s relationship with President Judge Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan was made public. A senior judge, Conahan and President Judge Ciavarella each listed financial ties to W-Cat on statements of financial interest they filed for 2007.
The revelation of the financial ties prompted commissioners Maryanne Petrilla and Stephen Urban in May to call for an investigation to determine if that relationship influenced the decision to utilize PA Child Care.

The county’s relationship with PA Child Care has been fraught with controversy since the courts began sending youths to the facility in February 2003 – two months after Conahan said he would no longer allow youths to be sent to the county-owned juvenile detention center on North River Street. Conahan maintained the county’s facility was too dilapidated to house youths, even though the state Department of Public Welfare had deemed it safe.

The controversy continued in 2004, when then-Commissioner Todd Vonderheid, who has since left office, and Commissioner Greg Skrepenak had voted to enter into a 20-year, $58-million lease of the facility despite concerns raised by DPW that the lease was a "bad deal."DPW continued to raise objections to the cost of the lease, ultimately forcing Skrepenak, Petrilla and Urban to vote in December 2007 to terminate the contract.

On a side note Judge Conahan is also the same judge who had the criminal charges against Bryan Kocis reduced 4 years after he was convicted so that he would not have to register for Megan’s Law. Al Flora was Kocis’ attorney on that case and he heads the public defenders office. President Judge Mark Ciaverella is the same Judge who deemed it proper for Harlow Cuadra to be represented by the public defenders office which I might add is run by the same attorney who represented Bryan Kocis in the matter that Conahan had the charges reduced. Looks like that house of cards is about to collapse.


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Child porn rings fact or fiction

Some seem to think that the idea of a child porn ring is not real. But then I guess that would a waste of time for the Federal Government and many other international agencies working diligently to break them up. All you have to do is a little research on the Internet and you will be amazed at what you just might find. What I find the most interesting in all of this is that the perpetrators of these crimes permeate the religious institutions the government and the press of this nation. These high ranking officials seem to be of the attitude that they can not be touched.

Now I don't know about any of you but there seems to be a large rash of high powered political and religious figures who are getting busted with there pants down. These are the same people who have been so vocal about denying equal rights for the Gay community. Now does it not make you wonder why all of the secrecy with regards to child pornography and child prostitution and child trafficking. We are talking about a world wide billion dollar industry here. Why is not enough being done to put a stop to the willful abuse of Americas children? Sure they pass laws to protect the children but the perpetrators of the crimes just go right ahead and commit these crimes any way because they are writing the laws.

In the past year there have been a few high profile child sex rings busted but do we ever hear about the offenders being prosecuted? No we do not and the reason is that the people who are being arrested are way to connected to the powers that be. If the truth was to ever get out how deep seated this really is the world would be shocked. The fact is that most of the people who are involved are in such denial that it is wrong that it just makes me sick. I don't know how to better say this than to just put it out there. Others have tried and they got no where or they were stopped by high placed officials. The vast majority of the people who read what is out there are just calling them conspiracy theorist. Just ask the parent of one of the children who was abducted if it is a conspiracy.

Here are a few links that you might find interesting "Conspiracy of Silence" and the Johnny Gosch foundation.

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It's Gay pride bitches

The Season of gayness is upon us once again. San Francisco will be celebrating their world famous Gay Pride weekend once again. It looks to be a good one.

Cyndi Lauper will be joining the 38th Annual San Francisco Pride Parade & Celebration as a Celebrity Grand Marshal. You can catch Cyndi in the parade on sunday morning and look for an appearance on the main stage in Civic Center Sunday 6/29 at 1:30 p.m. at the 2008 San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration & Parade

Check out our newly updated line-up of amazing women of color artists who will be gracing the Main Stage. In addition to performances by Crystal Waters, Inaya Day, and Kat DeLuna on Sunday, Cyndi Lauper, Charo, and Margaret Cho will also be making appearances. Presentations by Marriage Equality and speakers Kate Kendell and Geoff Kors are sure to engage as we also entertain.

For more information you can go to this website http://www.sfpride.org/

Don't forget about the kick off party Pink Saturday You all don't know what you are missing if you don't show up. So I hope you all go and have a blast. Just don't get too drunk cause you could end up married to someone you just met. Cause you know that is legal here. Kisses from the land of mystery

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Twisted logic

So many of you seem to be a bit confused with the details of my involvement in this murder saga.

First of all I had no contact with Joe and Harlow before April 16th 2007. So I guess that rules out the possibility of me aiding Joe with the identity of the owner of the Nissan Murano parked in Bryan’s driveway on the night he was killed. You know the one that Rob brought up.

Secondly I knew about the location of the Maserati long before the beach tapes. I really don’t get why so many of you seem to think that I am more involved in this case that I really am. I just blogged about it.

Thirdly I have had no contact with Robert Wagner. No emails no phone contact nada. Robert’s whereabouts on the night of the murder are not known to me. I did not pull his credit report nor anyone else’s for that matter. Where Rob got that bit of info from is your guess as well as mine.

Finally I did not ever write Harlow or Joe’s blogs for them. I have spoken to the both of them on the phone and in emails and they never made and confessions to me about the murder. As far as where the vehicle Harlow was driving on the night of Bryan’s murder was parked, From witness testimony it was parked in the driveway on Midland Drive. Behind Bryan’s car and the mystery SUV with New York plates, as per Rob.

As far as any of the other things that I have been accused of that is pure speculation from the posters. As far as me not supporting Joe and Harlow anymore you all can believe what you want to believe. I just have better things to do with my time than to argue with you all about something that I can not change. I think that this case has been mishandled from the very start. I was never sent anything with regards to this case. Joe and Harlow never sent me anything no packages or letters no evidence what so ever.

I will not be included in the trial, as I have no information that the state would need because PC has everything that the state would assume that I would have. He has made it clear that he is the expert on this case with his intimidation tactics and outing of people who post on his and other blogs. He has all the information on everyone involved and he would be able to make a more compelling argument than I ever could. Jim if you think that I will be indicted in this murder case on conspiracy charges you are more delusional than I ever would have thought. But I guess you could hope that I would be charged with a crime for not believing you and your "Ocams Razor".

Bryan Kocis was in violation of the law with his home business. He illegally filmed porn in his home in Dallas Township. There is video proof of that; scenes filmed in the very living room where he was killed can be seen in "A Boys Raw Urges"and "Naughty boys toys". He used the same sofa where his dead body was found in "A Boys Raw Urges" Yet he was allowed to film porn in his home and use the Luzerne County courts to intimidate Sean Lockhart who claimed that he was filmed by Kocis while he was underage. The courts of Luzerne County are more involved in this murder case than any of us would like to believe.

Just look at all of the news about the legal system in Luzerne County. It really makes you wonder what is really going on in that county and what is going to happen with this murder case if it ever makes it to trial. Bryan Kocis ran an illegal business from his home and used the courts to intimidate a minor child who he filmed in a porn video. He also got a slap on the wrist for having sex on film with a minor child. And the courts of Luzerne County never had him register as a sex offender. Now this same court system is being investigated by the state of Pennsylvania and the FBI. It kind of makes you wonder what is really going on there.

Luzerne County has worked its magic under the radar of the Feds for so long that I guess the good ole boys just got sloppy and thought that they were above the law. Well I think that attitude is going to change when the federal indictments start getting handed out to various parties involved in the mis-justice that is Luzerne county.

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Gay marriage ban overuled in California

Gay marriage appears to be legal in California after a 4/3 split by the states supreme court. Gov. Swartzenegger said he would not support a ballot initiative to over ride the courts decision. He says that the supreme court decision should be let to stand. Now I have never been a great fan of the "Govenator" but his words today speak volumes to how he really feels about the issue. I just want to say this California rules.

Can we all say equal rights for everybody is a constitutional right for all US citizens and leave it at that. I think there will be allot of people who are upset about this decision and they will continue to fight to keep the gay population second class citizens. I personally believe that there should be a separation of church and state but as this election year plays out you will see that the politicians will be courting the same people who are against Gay marriage.

This president who is in office right now campaigned against the rights of gays and was elected by the same people who are going to try and get an initiative on the ballot to override the California Supreme Courts ruling. Through out history it has been the "Christians" who have been oppressive to all other religions. I really wonder what Jesus would think about these people who claim to be his followers.

The problem with most churches and religious groups is that they foster hate and that is why I am not affiliated with any church now. Do I believe in god , yes I do but I have never believed that God did not like gay people. I have never felt any guilt for being gay, I was born this way and if I was not supposed to be gay as some claim than that would make God wrong and that my friends is blasphemy and that is a sin.

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Joe and the truth

Well it appears that Joe Kerekes has spilled the beans on his plan to turn on Harlow Cuadra. Joe has spoken to several jail-mates and told them all about how Harlow killed Bryan Kocis. What I find interesting is that Joe has told so many different stories that it is hard to follow them. Joe claims that Harlow planned this whole thing and that he was just along for the ride. Joe also claims that during the murder he was at the motel surfing the Internet or was he in the car waiting for Harlow. From my perspective it appears that Joe is trying his level best to cause confusion in this murder case. His court room outbursts not withstanding.

First of all on my blog Joe states that he is not Mark but the fact is I knew who he was all along. He was MJT or Mark Joe and Trent. Joe contacted me through Email about a picture that I had of Harlow on my blog that he wanted changed. The date of our first email was Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:58 AM. Contrary to the beliefs of certain bloggers that was our first contact other than his regular rants on my blog. As far as I am concerned with this case my motivation was to just write about it, no more no less. It seemed to take on a life of its own with the attacks and the fighting and blame throwing and it just got ugly.

The sad fact is that a man was murdered and several lives will be forever changed by that fact. Not withstanding that the victim of this murder had already ruined several lives with his bogus legal suits and his lies and his unscrupulous business practices. The fact is that Bryan Kocis was not a nice person and he was willing to do anything to destroy "Brent Corrigan" speaks volumes to his character. Dirty underhanded deals, public smear campaigns, bogus lawsuits, underage porn and child molestation all speak to his character.

Joe and Harlow were not the brightest couple in the world and I don’t think that they should have ever got involved in any of this but that is my opinion. The fact that Sean and Grant were having problems with Bryan was enough for me to know that I would have just avoided the whole situation if I were Joe and Harlow. But then again who knows what they were thinking. Fast cash in the porn industry is a joke but I guess Joe and Harlow were not aware of that.

The fact that I got involved in this whole debacle is something that I do not regret. I have been accused of aiding and abetting two criminals, illegal phone conversations, possession of stolen property and various other crimes by someone who claims to be on the inside of this investigation. I just want to thank PC for posting the arrest warrant that shows that I did not aid and abet two known fugitives. I would also like to thank Jim for confirming the first contact that I had with Joe and Harlow.

Now I do not believe that Barry Taylor was one of Joe and Harlow’s clients. The fact that if he were it would be grounds for his disbarment. I also really don’t understand why Joe would tell complete strangers about his part in this murder other than to gain some street cred in the jail. His claims of being straight and doing this for money and the privilege it provides are in my opinion is a bunch of crap. Joe has lied to the police on several occasions and I think that is his defense. "You can not believe a damn thing I say so I must not be guilty".


Harlow on the other hand has said very little about the case and in the few times that we have spoken after his arrest he has stated the same thing and he has never wavered on that one bit. Do I believe him well that I will just keep to myself as I am not on the jury and it really does not matter what I believe. You all can believe what ever you want and you can spout off about it as well. Just an small note to all of you who think that I am involved in this in any other way other than my blog you are sadly mistaken.

I am still waiting for the truth to be revealed and from what has been posted as relevant to this case it is not the truth. It is just pure speculation, the police are still grasping for a reason as to the why Bryan was killed. The evidence presented so far is purely circumstantial. The beach tapes are in my opinion a joke and it will backfire. The so-called involvement of several of the people mentioned on other blogs that is a joke as well.


Joe and Harlow were aware of the "trap" that was set by the FBI and all of the other police agencies with regards to the beach tapes. They were also aware of the whereabouts of the missing Maserati, as was I long before the beach tapes were made.
This case is really just becoming a joke, a comedy of errors and it will all play out in the fabulous Luzerne County court system which I might add is the biggest joke of them all. There have been claims that Robert Wagner was at Bryan’s house on the night he was murdered and I for one do not know if that is true but some seem to think so and that would explain the constant attacks on BB. I would like to think that BB is not involved and he is being attacked because he is not in agreement with the party line. BB is of the belief that Sean and Grant had something to do with this murder. That is what BB believes and I’m fine with that.

Do I think that Sean and Grant had anything to do with this murder? The answer would be yes. They contacted Joe and Harlow and invited them to Vegas. Joe and Harlow took them out to dinner where the subject of Bryan came up. Now common sense would lead you to believe that Joe and Harlow did not just bring up the subject of Bryan. That would have been Sean and Grant. Their deceitful partner Lee Bergeron was suckering Sean and Grant into a bad deal with Bryan. They were most likely pissed off about the pending deal and voiced there opinion about it to Joe and Harlow.

I don’t know who brought up the subject about making Bryan disappear and I don’t doubt it was brought up. I was not there so I can not attest to who came up with that idea. But for Joe and Harlow to just come out of the blue with something like that is a bit of a stretch. They did not even know Bryan or have any prior contact with the man. Sean and Grant did have prior contact with him and made their animosity well known.

Now as far as Joe and Harlow devising a plot to do away with Bryan on a promise to work with Sean that is a bit of a stretch. Bryan was not a threat to their business and the claim that they did all of this to work with "Brent Corrigan" is a stretch as well. Brent Corrigan is a commodity in porn but he is not the only hot twink out there. As far as Sean and Grant’s involvement in this murder, it is guilt by association. They know the accused and they knew the victim and the are a crucial link in the theory of the police as to why Bryan was killed.

I don’t think the truth will ever be known because there are just to many lies out there and not enough credible witnesses to make the truth available. The police have a theory and it seems that they will make the evidence work with that theory. The fact is that the evidence presented thus far has to prove the guilt of the accused. It could very well do just that but then again it could all be disproved. Did Harlow snap and kill Bryan? Did Joe kill Bryan? Was Bryan dead when Harlow arrived? Was Joe at the motel? Was Robert Wagner at Bryan’s house on the night he was murdered? This is for the courts to decide and I am more than willing to let them do they’re job with regards to that.

With all of the negative press on the courts of Luzerne County I do think that this will be a fair trail as they are being watched by the FBI. The Fed’s want this case over as soon as possible because of their investigation into Bryan’s other dealings. They want Robert Wagner so bad that they can taste it. Bryan had been under investigation for several months prior to his murder and that is why this case had so many different police agencies involved. There are those who deny this but the facts of this investigation prove otherwise.


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Elmysterio Revealed

BB in his own way has found a picture of me and posted it on his blog. Now the world knows what I look like. Who gave him that picture, and why would some one out me on the blogs.

It looks like the state is taking a interest in Luzerne County

State backs challenge of juvie cases
Agency: Percentage of county kids in away treatment 2 1/2 times the state average.
By Terrie Morgan-Besecker tmorgan@timesleader.comLaw & Order Reporter
WILKES-BARRE – Concerned by what it deems an “unusually high” placement rate for delinquent youths, the state Department of Public Welfare intends to file a legal brief supporting a juvenile advocacy group’s efforts to overturn hundreds Luzerne County juvenile cases, a DPW spokesman said Thursday.
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Matt Jones of DPW said department officials believe the high percentage of youths being placed in out-of-home treatment programs is at least partially tied to an assertion that a disproportionate number appear before Judge Mark Ciavarella without an attorney – the key issue in a court action filed last week by the Juvenile Law Center of Philadelphia.
Statistics from the Juvenile Court Judges Commission show that Luzerne County’s placement rate was roughly 2 � times the state average for all counties from 2004 to 2006, the latest data available.
In 2006, 24.5 percent of youths who appeared before Ciavarella for hearings were sent to residential treatment programs, according to the commission’s annual report. The statewide average was 10.3 percent. In 2005, 21 percent of Luzerne County youths were placed, compared to 9.6 percent for the state. In 2004, 22 percent were placed, compared to 10.4 percent for the state.
Ciavarella could not be reached for comment Thursday. In prior interviews he has staunchly defended his philosophy on juvenile placements, saying he favors placement over other alternatives because it’s the only thing that will “get a child’s attention.”
That philosophy is now being questioned by DPW, as well as the Juvenile Law Center.
The center last Tuesday filed a petition asking the state Supreme Court to intervene in Luzerne County juvenile court proceedings, citing what it believes to be serious violations of a child’s right to due process.
The center took the extraordinary legal action based on statistics that showed 50 percent of youths who appeared before Ciavarella in 2005 and 2006 were not represented by an attorney – 10 times the state average.
Further research showed that nearly 60 percent of those youths were placed in residential treatment programs, the center said. The petition asks the Supreme Court to overturn more than 500 cases in which juveniles appeared without attorneys.
Jones said DPW decided to support the center’s petition because it shares the concern that juveniles’ right to due process may be being violated. DPW expects to file its brief by today or Monday.
“We feel those protections should be provided to those who are adjudicated in Luzerne County. We feel this is at least in part responsible for the high placement rate in Luzerne County,” he said.
DPW has an interest in the placement rate, he said, because the department reimburses counties 50 percent juvenile detention costs, and 60 to 70 percent of the cost for treatment programs.
“We do not regularly monitor placement rates of delinquent youth, but we have been aware for some time that Luzerne County has an unusually high placement rate,” Jones said.
Ciavarella is particularly fond of placing youths in wilderness-type programs. Statistics show that from 2004 to 2006, more than 50 percent of youths who were detained were sent to wilderness programs. That compares to a state average of roughly 10 to 12 percent.
Jones said the DPW first approached county officials about the disparity in placement rates last year. The department has been working with court and probation officials to regarding possible alternatives.
“There are some things we’ve seen work effectively in other counties, such as work programs, mentoring and electronic monitoring, in lieu of incarceration,” Jones said. “We would like to see Luzerne County work with us to consider some alternatives for placement other than the detention center option.”
Ciavarella, who is being represented by attorney Howard Holmes of the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, has until the end of next week to file a reply to the center’s petition.
Terrie Morgan-Besecker, a Times Leader staff writer, may be reached at 570-829-7179

Judge Ciavarella defends his stance with regards to Vita

Judge Conahan pictured here


Luzerne county is coming under fire for its judicial practices. Citizens of Luzerne county speak out on the corruption in they're judicial system. Some are asking for a investigation into the court system. Judge Conahan and Dr. Vita, his brother-in-law could not be reached for comment. I am wondering if the citizens will start to question some of the Judges prior cases.
One case comes to mind with regards to Judge Conahan. That would be the "correction" of the record of Bryan Kocis. Maybe just maybe it is going to come back and bite them in the ass. Now I don't know about any of you all but the murder of Mr. Kocis is going to bring more attention to the practices of the Luzerne County Judicial system.
I have always wondered if it was just a coincidence that Judge Conahan retired right before Joe and Harlow were arrested. Was that a calculated move to protect himself from the fallout of his prior ruling with regards to the murder victims criminal past.

Murder victim Bryan kocis pictured left and murder suspects Joe kerekes and Harlow Cuadra pictured right


The arrest of Joe and Harlow and the subsequent trial would bring to light much negativity with regards to the Judge's ruling on the murder victims case. Could that be the reason that Judge Ciavarella stepped into Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. case and allowed the suspects to have the same attorneys as the victim. It is rumored that Judge Conahan hand picked Judge Ciavarella as his successor. It really makes you wonder what is going on in Luzerne County. The "Times Leader" seems to be questioning the conduct of the judicial system of Luzerne county. I myself think it is high time. I wonder if Ciavarella is related to Conahan or Vita. Also there is the question of the "good friend" of Conahan who runs the youth detention facility that most of the juvenile criminals are sentenced to.


More questions raised over services of county juvenile court psychologist
Woman says family forced to use Vita’s services, at a cost of thousands.
By Jennifer Learn-Andes jandes@timesleader.comLuzerne County Reporter
A Plains Township woman said a Luzerne County judge forced her and family members to undergo counseling with psychologist Frank Vita as part of her son’s juvenile court proceeding, costing her thousands of dollars out of her own pocket.

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Erica Michaliga said she now questions that court order in light of the recent revelation that Vita is the brother-in-law of Court of Common Pleas Senior Judge Mike Conahan.
But Court of Common Pleas President Judge Mark Ciavarella, who signed the court order, said Michaliga is completely off base because she and her mother-in-law requested Vita in the first place.
“They were so happy with Dr. Vita after the psych evaluation, that they asked if they could continue to see him,” Ciavarella said. “They requested Dr. Vita.”
Michaliga said she initially welcomed Vita’s counseling because she thought it would be temporary and covered by insurance.
Michaliga said she doesn’t believe the judge made it clear that she had a choice. She said she frequently told Vita she was having difficulty paying him. She plans to review the court transcripts because she believes she raised concerns about the cost of the payment in court.
Vita got involved with the case because the county had paid him to conduct a psychological evaluation of her son, she said. Michaliga said Vita told her he was recommending counseling to the judge and offered to provide it. She said she thought it was a good idea to stay with him because Vita played a key role in the judge’s decision on where her son would be placed.
Ciavarella said Michaliga and her mother-in-law, who was also involved in the counseling, were free to choose any counselor, and he said he never received a request to switch counselors.
“I didn’t care what family counselor they went to. I never would have ordered Dr. Vita without their input,” he said.
The mother-in-law was not named in the documents, and Michaliga said the mother-in-law was not willing to speak to a reporter.
Michaliga said she paid Vita thousands of dollars and has asked him for a copy of bills so she may determine the exact amount. Vita could not be reached for comment on several attempts.
On July 7, 2006, Ciavarella ordered her to pay Vita $1,075 in overdue payments within 30 days. He said Michaliga was trying to “stiff” Vita.
Michaliga and Ciavarella have clashed in the past over a court case involving an insurance claim at Atmosphere Salon and Day Spa, which she used to own.
The county has paid Vita $1.1 million since 2001 to provide psychological evaluations of juvenile offenders, county records show.
County officials plan to publicly advertise the work before July 1 – something that wasn’t done in the past – to determine if other psychologists are interested. The cost of the service will also be considered, county officials say.
Vita charges $90 per hour and usually bills between 14 and 19 hours for work associated with each juvenile, his bills show.
The county probation office, which determines which clients are evaluated by Vita, reported Thursday that Vita saw 120 juvenile offenders in 2007 and 40 offenders this year to date.
Vita was paid $180,360 in 2007 and $74,160 so far this year.
Jennifer Learn-Andes, a Times Leader staff writer, may be reached at 831-7333.

President Judge Mark Ciavarella doesn’t believe he is legally required to comply with the county’s policy.

So what else is new in Luzerne County? The legal system does not seem to think that the law applies to them when it comes to a court of law. They appear to make their own rules. I guess thats the reason no one wants to go visit that hell hole. I for one am not going to go there for Joe and Harlow's trial. All they would need is some lame excuse to throw you in jail. I'd rather go to a Turkish prison than go to Luzerne County.


Vita bill totals $1.1 million
County psychologist made “twice as much as what he’d make in private practice,” another local practitioner says.
By Jennifer Learn-Andes jandes@timesleader.comLuzerne County Reporter
Frank Vita was paid $233,005 to provide juvenile psychological evaluations for Luzerne County’s court system from July 2001 through 2003, bringing his total receipts to more than $1.1 million, county records show.
Vita, the brother-in-law of Court of Common Pleas senior Judge Mike Conahan, charges the county $90 per hour, his invoices show.
The hourly pay is reasonable, but his annual earnings from the county are not typical, said Forty Fort psychologist Robert E. Griffin.
Griffin reviewed salary reports and estimates area psychologists earn $70,000 to $100,000 per year. The annual amounts the county paid to Vita are “twice as much as what he’d make in private practice,” said Griffin.
Vita, of Mountain Top, was paid yearly amounts ranging from $180,360 to $233,705 from 2004 through 2007. In 2004, his highest-paid year, calculations show Vita would have had to work 49.9 billable hours a week all 52 weeks of the year.
County Human Services Director Joe DeVizia said the spending on psychological services is “high for our system.”
“But it is a specialty service, and it has to be looked at as a specialty,” DeVizia said.
In comparison, psychologist Leonora Herrmann-Finn is paid $65 an hour, capped at $80,000 for the year, to provide psychological evaluations in the county’s Children and Youth division, according to the July 2007 commissioner meeting agenda. She was chosen through a public advertising process, said county Chief Clerk/Manager Doug Pape.
DeVizia said “good, Ph.D. licensed psychologists” like Vita are becoming as in-demand as psychiatrists and can earn $125,000 or more per year. He said there are “many good psychologists” in the region, but some don’t have experience in the justice system.
However, officials will have to decide if the county can continue to afford to pay so much for juvenile evaluations, DeVizia said.
“The challenge will be getting someone acceptable to the judge at a cost the county can afford,” DeVizia said.
County officials plan to issue a public request for proposals before July 1 to obtain price quotes and qualifications of all psychologists who are interested in the work now handled by Vita, DeVizia said.
The county’s 2004 purchasing policy requires public searches, but the court has not been in compliance.
County Court of Common Pleas President Judge Mark Ciavarella agreed to the public advertising but said he doesn’t believe he is legally required to comply with the county’s policy. Several county officials disagree with his interpretation.
The courts should have embraced a public advertising process, particularly when Conahan served as president judge from 2002 through 2006, said county minority Commissioner Stephen A. Urban. The president judge oversees probation and other court branches.
“The fact that Mr. Vita is Judge Conahan’s brother-in-law raises a big red flag,” Urban said Wednesday.
Conahan and Vita have not responded to requests for comment. Ciavarella has said he supports Vita’s work because he does thorough, quality reports.
Urban said he learned Wednesday that commissioners were never asked to approve a contract for Vita to work for probation, even though other probation contracts routinely come before commissioners.
“Why was this contract handled differently?” Urban asked.
According to Vita’s invoices, he usually bills between 14 and 19 hours for work associated with each juvenile. For example, his $14,805 payment on April 2 covered assessments for 10 juveniles.
His referrals come from the county’s Juvenile Probation Department, according to county Probation Director Larry Saba.
The probation “forensic department” run by Sandy Brullo determines which juvenile offenders receive psychological evaluations, Saba said.
Those evaluations usually involve several tests, according to Vita’s bills. For most clients, he indicates that he performed the following tests: Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence, Bender Gestalt Visual Motor Test, Rorschach Scoring and Interpretation and the Million Adolescent Clinical Inventory Scoring and Interpretation.
“…(I)t is a specialty service, and it has to be looked at as a specialty.”Joe DeVizia
Luzerne County Human Services Director