Author Topic: Cuyahoga County: Corruption Probe (Read 65702 times)

MOVOODOO · « **Reply #175 on:** March 26, 2009, 12:51:45 AM »

COUNTY IN CRISIS
Cleveland building inspector Richard Huberty to plead guilty in Cuyahoga corruption probe
Cleveland official accused of bribery
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Peter Krouse
Plain Dealer Reporter
A Cleveland building inspector plans to plead guilty to charges of extortion and bribery as part of the ongoing investigation into public corruption in Cuyahoga County, his lawyer said.

Richard Huberty is accused of taking bribes and shaking down owners of a variety of busi- nesses, including a controversial bar linked to Councilman Joe Santiago and another nightclub championed by County Auditor Frank Russo.

More at
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1238056295145310.xml&coll=2

As someone that has had dealings with this man. I find the description of him to be spot on. Chalk one up for the little guy.

327 · « **Reply #176 on:** March 26, 2009, 03:22:05 AM »

I enjoy his name. It sounds like puberty. And I think they should throw the book at him. This is the kind of thing that pulls down the whole community.

MyTwoSense · « **Reply #177 on:** March 26, 2009, 03:27:23 AM »

Well I'm shocked that not one person posted the resignation of the Sheriff of ~~Nottingham~~ Cuyahoga County.

OK, he's not the Sheriff of Nottingham, but just as old!

327 · « **Reply #178 on:** March 26, 2009, 03:29:05 AM »

Quote from: MyTwoSense on March 26, 2009, 03:27:23 AM

Well I'm shocked that not one person posted the resignation of the Sheriff of ~~Nottingham~~ Cuyahoga County.

OK, he's not the Sheriff of Nottingham, but just as old!

I was just about to do that.

KJP · « **Reply #179 on:** April 01, 2009, 10:58:41 AM »

http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=110546&catid=3

Feds subpoena documents from Parma City Hall, county engineer's records
Posted By: Kim Wendel Updated: 4/1/2009 6:18:42 PM Posted: 4/1/2009 10:36:34 AM

PARMA -- Late Tuesday, two federal officials delivered subpoenas for records to Parma City Hall for four companies -- Municipal Solutions, LLC; Vincore, LLC; the law firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease; and 888-OHIOCOMP.

Those four companies have also been named in various subpoenas in connection with the federal probe into alleged corruption in the Cuyahoga County administration offices.

The subpoenas ask for documents from Jan. 1, 2003 to the present.

The subpoena also asks for documents regarding Municipal Solutions' John Frola; Vincore's Vince Russo; Vorys' Anthony O. Calabrese III; and OHIOCOMP's Sam Lucarelli, Jason Lucarelli or Russell Paplardo.

Vince Russo was Parma Mayor Dean DePiero's administrative assistant for six months in 2004. He is the son of Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo and the owner of VinCore. VinCore was raided by federal agents last summer as part of the county corruption investigation.

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MyTwoSense · « **Reply #180 on:** April 01, 2009, 11:13:52 PM »

this is on snowball that has turned into an avalanche! This could be what we need to turn the region around politically.

327 · « **Reply #181 on:** April 02, 2009, 01:21:13 AM »

We need this FBI cleanup maneuver, and then we need good people to step into the void. All is for naught if we get another set of the same goons, seeking to establish the same setup.

Htsguy · « **Reply #182 on:** April 02, 2009, 02:00:35 AM »

^^Or it can just be a fishing expidention. Only time will tell. Actually I am getting a little bored with major headlines regarding something as simple and routine as the issuance of a subpoena.

MyTwoSense · « **Reply #183 on:** April 02, 2009, 02:06:55 AM »

Quote from: Htsguy on April 02, 2009, 02:00:35 AM

^^Or it can just be a fishing expidention. Only time will tell. Actually I am getting a little bored with major headlines regarding something as simple and routine as the issuance of a subpoena.

what do you expect, it's the Plain Dealer!

shs96 · « **Reply #184 on:** April 02, 2009, 02:40:56 AM »

Quote from: Htsguy on April 02, 2009, 02:00:35 AM

^^Or it can just be a fishing expidention. Only time will tell. Actually I am getting a little bored with major headlines regarding something as simple and routine as the issuance of a subpoena.

Here's how it works.

FBI spends lots of time and lots of dollars investigating all of this.

Upon not finding enough to actually charge anybody with anything, they raid the County Offices in a very public fashion, start handing out subpeonas like candy at a parade, and leak stories to the media (which is why you only heard of this starting in August of 2008 - it's been going on for much longer than that).

This is done as they hope someone, anyone, starts talking and giving them information they have yet to find - cracking under public scrutiny. They need to justify spending all this time and money on this investigation, they've hit a wall, and now they are resorting to alternative tactics.

So you'll keep seeing these headlines until either someone talks or they give up. They aren't going to find anything they wouldn't have already found. I mean, there aren't many more places or people to look at.

DanB · « **Reply #185 on:** April 02, 2009, 02:42:57 AM »

and people involved will keep dying of natural causes!!!

McCleveland · « **Reply #186 on:** April 02, 2009, 03:20:15 AM »

I've actually heard from a couple "people" that some of these guys are in very, very deep sh*t. And are most definitely going to jail. Just because it's a long process doesn't necessarily mean they are grasping at straws.

StrapHanger · « **Reply #187 on:** June 12, 2009, 05:05:22 AM »

And here we go...

http://www.cleveland.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/bribes_were_tied_to_moving_cou.html

Bribes were tied to moving county offices, prosecutors say
by Peter Krouse/Plain Dealer Reporter
Friday June 12, 2009, 12:25 PM

CLEVELAND — Kevin Payne and Daniel Gallagher are accused of taking bribes from K&D Group to get the county engineer's office moved to the Stonebridge development in the Flats....

shs96 · « **Reply #188 on:** June 12, 2009, 05:08:44 AM »

you don't think they ponied up the money to sponsor the fireworks for no specific reason, did you?

Hts121 · « **Reply #189 on:** June 12, 2009, 05:57:51 AM »

Quote from: StrapHanger on June 12, 2009, 05:05:22 AM

http://www.cleveland.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/bribes_were_tied_to_moving_cou.html

Bribes were tied to moving county offices, prosecutors say
by Peter Krouse/Plain Dealer Reporter
Friday June 12, 2009, 12:25 PM

After that, K&D provided Dimora, Payne and others with free personal use of a furnished condo at Stonebridge, even picking up the tab for cleaning services, according to the charges.

I wonder what "uses" that condo was put to?

327 · « **Reply #190 on:** June 12, 2009, 05:58:47 AM »

Quote from: Hts44121 on June 12, 2009, 05:57:51 AM

Quote from: StrapHanger on June 12, 2009, 05:05:22 AM

http://www.cleveland.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/bribes_were_tied_to_moving_cou.html

Bribes were tied to moving county offices, prosecutors say
by Peter Krouse/Plain Dealer Reporter
Friday June 12, 2009, 12:25 PM

After that, K&D provided Dimora, Payne and others with free personal use of a furnished condo at Stonebridge, even picking up the tab for cleaning services, according to the charges.

I wonder what "uses" that condo was put to?

Thanks for that image.

SergeViteli · « **Reply #191 on:** June 12, 2009, 06:19:08 AM »

I know it is generally unrelated but is there any chance that all these shenanigans could effect the medical mart project? Unfortunately the commis's are really tied into that project and I would hate to see that there was any inpropriety in that deal coming to fruition.

takeittomygrave · « **Reply #192 on:** June 12, 2009, 09:19:29 AM »

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/
"Kelley took $15,000 in bribes as school board president, prosecutors say
Posted by John Caniglia, The Plain Dealer June 12, 2009 13:57PM
Categories: Breaking News, County in Crisis, Cuyahoga County government, Education, FBI raids Cuyahoga County, Real Time News
CLEVELAND — J. Kevin Kelley used his power as president of the Parma School Board to steer a $1.8 million renovation contract to a business that paid $15,000 in kickbacks to Kelley and two friends, according to federal charges filed Friday.

Prosecutors did not name the company, calling it only "Business 9" in bribery charges against Kelley, Kevin Payne and Daniel Gallagher. The charges said the company won a contract in the summer of 2005 as the manager for a construction renovation project. "

A quick search reveals that RP Carbone was Construction Manager in 2006 during construction at Parma
http://www.rpcarbone.com/Projects/0511.htm
Business 9??

surfohio · « **Reply #193 on:** June 12, 2009, 10:17:03 AM »

Thanks K&D, for helping to illuminate how business is really done.

Quote from: StrapHanger on June 12, 2009, 05:05:22 AM

And here we go...

http://www.cleveland.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/bribes_were_tied_to_moving_cou.html

Bribes were tied to moving county offices, prosecutors say
by Peter Krouse/Plain Dealer Reporter
Friday June 12, 2009, 12:25 PM

CLEVELAND — Kevin Payne and Daniel Gallagher are accused of taking bribes from K&D Group to get the county engineer's office moved to the Stonebridge development in the Flats.

Payne, as chief of staff of the engineer's office, lobbied a county public official to approve the move, according to charges filed Friday. The description of the public official's job and powers matches County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora.

doctabroccoli · « **Reply #194 on:** June 23, 2009, 03:31:38 AM »

Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Chairman Jimmy Dimora to leave party post indefinitely
by Mark Naymik/Plain Dealer Politics Writer
Tuesday June 23, 2009, 10:14 AM

Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora is stellping down temporarily as chairman of the county Democratic Party.

http://www.cleveland.com/naymik/index.ssf/2009/06/cuyahoga_county_democratic_par.html

Oldmanladyluck · « **Reply #195 on:** June 23, 2009, 03:37:26 AM »

One step closer to what we've all been waiting for...

Oldmanladyluck · « **Reply #196 on:** June 30, 2009, 01:20:24 AM »

Now, I'm all for conspiracy theories. But this one, just takes the cake.

(No longer on blog)...

doctabroccoli · « **Reply #197 on:** June 30, 2009, 01:28:45 AM »

Wow, what's up randomly calling out people for things that may not even be related....

CleveChiNola · « **Reply #198 on:** June 30, 2009, 01:31:59 AM »

I would ABSOLUTELY love a Fitgerald type federal prosecutor to come into Cleveland once he is done in Chicago.

327 · « **Reply #199 on:** June 30, 2009, 02:00:27 AM »

Jimmy seems to think that bribery and extortion are the essence of governance, and if he were right, then yes he's being persecuted. But he's wrong, and he's not being persecuted. He's being removed. Then hopefully he's being arrested. The community and the democratic party both need this to happen.

MOVOODOO · « **Reply #200 on:** July 01, 2009, 06:07:33 AM »

I found it quite amusing him attacking anyone that had reported anything negative about him. Tip of my hat to him for invoking the "vast right wing/ Karl Rove conspiracy" defense. This train wreck just took on a whole new level of amusing.

McCleveland · « **Reply #201 on:** July 01, 2009, 06:13:11 AM »

Italian Americans should be outraged over this, OUTRAGED!

MOVOODOO · « **Reply #202 on:** July 01, 2009, 06:47:05 AM »

I may be mistaken but didn't Z. Reed try to turn his last DUI conviction into a prejudicial thing too? IMO, that whole press conference smacks of desperation.

jborger · « **Reply #203 on:** September 02, 2009, 12:12:42 AM »

K&G construction manager Henry "Hank" Picozzi was sentenced to two-years in prison for bribing two Cleveland building inspectors...

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/kd_group_construction_manager.html

MayDay · « **Reply #204 on:** October 08, 2009, 11:29:10 AM »

The doo-doo has hit the fan and is now starting to splatter...

Bribery charges filed against construction exec, nightclub operators
By Mark Puente, The Plain Dealer
October 08, 2009, 5:22PM

CLEVELAND, Ohio —The corruption probe that has gripped Cuyahoga County government for more than a year -- but played out exclusively in federal court -- made its way to state court Thursday when five local businessmen were charged with bribery.

The FBI investigated the Cleveland Building and Housing Department earlier this year. Agents then turned over the case to Cleveland police this spring and said state charges could follow.

More at http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/10/post_58.html

StrapHanger · « **Reply #205 on:** September 09, 2010, 01:35:19 AM »

FFS, he sure took his time.

Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo resigns

CLEVELAND, Ohio

Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo resigned this morning.

Russo is a top target of a large-scale federal corruption probe that broke into the public consciousness in July 2008, when dozens of federal agents fanned out across the county to raid the offices of government officials and businesses that had won public contracts.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/09/post_350.html

Oldmanladyluck · « **Reply #206 on:** September 09, 2010, 01:50:32 AM »

Now if the other one could just do the same... probably won't happen though.

shs96 · « **Reply #207 on:** September 15, 2010, 12:29:09 AM »

http://www.cleveland.com/countyincrisis/index.ssf/2010/09/county_commissioner_jimmy_dimo_1.html

Well, DiMora was arrested this morning by the FBI. Wonder why he gets the dog and pony show while Russo did not?

smith · « **Reply #208 on:** September 15, 2010, 12:39:45 AM »

Just guessing here, but didn't Russo have a deal worked out? If Dimora does not, that would probably explain it.

ClevelandOhio · « **Reply #209 on:** September 15, 2010, 01:11:17 AM »

hahaahahhah

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Author Topic: Cuyahoga County: Corruption Probe (Read 65702 times)