Thursday, August 13, 2009 11:26 am Times Leader website
UPDATE: Mericle to donate $2.15 million to benefit children under conditions of plea agreement
SCRANTON - Developer Robert Mericle has agreed to voluntarily donate $2.15 million to a fund that will benefit the welfare of children in Luzerne County as part of a plea agreement to federal charges.
The agreement, which was signed Friday, calls for Mericle to plead guilty to one count of failing to report a felony. Prosecutors say Mericle failed to disclose his knowledge that former judges Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella had accepted kickbacks in exchange for rulings that benefited the PA and Western PA juvenile detention centers that Mericle built.
It was inescapable that a businessman would allow money to pass through his account and not be "accountable"- pun intended.
3 comments:
Throw the book at him !!!
I admit, good one. Good headline!
Damn it! That was really good!
Aaaaaaarrrrrrggggghhhhh!!!!!!!!!
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