Tag: corruption scandal

"Oh Gregory How Could You?" Or, "How Skrep Found God."

Posted on 12/18/09 by Scott Sanfilippo No Comments

Details came out this morning on Luzerne County’s favorite dumb-jock – disgraced county commissioner, and now admitted gangster, Greg Skrepenak. The former football player who got knocked in the head one too many times, plead guilty to accepting a bribe from a developer. In return Skrepenak can spend 3 to 4 years in the lock-up. [...]

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"$1,500 for a Suit?" Or, "A Dummies Guide to Political Corruption"

Posted on 11/12/09 by Scott Sanfilippo No Comments

[gplayer href="http://www.scottsanfilippo.com/wp-content/audio/blog-billbrace.mp3" ] [/gplayer] Like an episode of the HBO series The Sopranos, another gangster thug in Luzerne County has been nabbed. This time it’s “Big Billy” Brace the county’s former Deputy Clerk. Brace plead guilty today to accepting a $1,500 tailor-made suit in exchange for helping a contractor win a contract with Luzerne County. [...]

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