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I don't expect him to address any of this stuff in his weekly press conference. Nobody does that. But how fucking hard is it to say, "Unfortunately, I can't comment on any specifics regarding an ongoing police investigation," instead of slithering off the stage like a worm. I don't know how much of that is on Franklin or on their SID, but they handled that really, really poorly.

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14 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

Pretty sure the prosecutor that was bringing charges died suspiciously as well.

The DA, Ray Gricar. Pretty crazy story. He was the Centre county DA from 1985-2005. 

He looked into the Sandusky case in 1998 and declined to press charges. On the surface that seems to be the only connection to that. 

In 2004 he announces he’s not going to see reelection for DA and will retire at the end of 2005. 

In April 2005 he calls his girlfriend who he lives with at the time and says he’s on his way home. He never shows up and she reports him missing that night. The next day his car is found near a bridge in the opposite direction from his house from where he told his gf he was. 

Side note that his brother disappeared in ohio 9 years earlier, his car found near a river. His body his found in the river a week later and his death ruled a suicide. 

It’s noted that his car smells like cigarettes despite him not being a smoker. His county cell phone is in the car but his keys, wallet, and laptop are missing. Cops say that the scent dog’s behavior indicates that he may have gotten into another car. 

3 Months later fishermen find his laptop in the river with the hard drive missing. 2 months after that someone finds the hard drive on the bank of the river 100 yards away but it’s badly water damaged. FBI and secret service try unsuccessfully to pull anything from the hard drive. Police reveal that shortly before he disappears someone uses the home computer at his GF’s house where he lives to search “how to fry a hard drive” and “water damage to notebook computer”. His GF and her daughter take and pass polygraphs. 

He’s never seen or heard from again. 

Popular foul play theories about the mysterious death of an assistant US attorney (Jonathan Luna) he was investigating, his decision to not press charges against Sandusky, a heroin ring he had recently assisted in busting, his GF having him killed for some reason. 

Another theory is that he wanted to disappear. He allegedly expressed interest in a Cleveland police chief who disappeared to start a new life. He was fluent in Slovenian and had made trips to visit relatives who lived in Slovenia. 

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16 minutes ago, heso said:

The DA, Ray Gricar. Pretty crazy story. He was the Centre county DA from 1985-2005. 

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Thanks for posting this. It's substantially the same information I found at the time (other than possible new life in Old Country).

It also appears that it was not just Sandusky under investigation, but the entire Second Mile (? I think that was the organization's name) group that was allegedly heavily involved in child abuse. 

I believe Second Mile "sold" itself to a similar outfit, in Dallas, and when subpoenas of Second Mile records were sought, the new group couldn't find them. Darn.

 

 

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14 minutes ago, Tex Long said:

Thanks for posting this. It's substantially the same information I found at the time (other than possible new life in Old Country).

It also appears that it was not just Sandusky under investigation, but the entire Second Mile (? I think that was the organization's name) group that was allegedly heavily involved in child abuse. 

I believe Second Mile "sold" itself to a similar outfit, in Dallas, and when subpoenas of Second Mile records were sought, the new group couldn't find them. Darn.

 

 

Second Mile    Yes, evil

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41 minutes ago, heso said:

The DA, Ray Gricar. Pretty crazy story. He was the Centre county DA from 1985-2005. 

He looked into the Sandusky case in 1998 and declined to press charges. On the surface that seems to be the only connection to that. 

In 2004 he announces he’s not going to see reelection for DA and will retire at the end of 2005. 

In April 2005 he calls his girlfriend who he lives with at the time and says he’s on his way home. He never shows up and she reports him missing that night. The next day his car is found near a bridge in the opposite direction from his house from where he told his gf he was. 

Side note that his brother disappeared in ohio 9 years earlier, his car found near a river. His body his found in the river a week later and his death ruled a suicide. 

It’s noted that his car smells like cigarettes despite him not being a smoker. His county cell phone is in the car but his keys, wallet, and laptop are missing. Cops say that the scent dog’s behavior indicates that he may have gotten into another car. 

3 Months later fishermen find his laptop in the river with the hard drive missing. 2 months after that someone finds the hard drive on the bank of the river 100 yards away but it’s badly water damaged. FBI and secret service try unsuccessfully to pull anything from the hard drive. Police reveal that shortly before he disappears someone uses the home computer at his GF’s house where he lives to search “how to fry a hard drive” and “water damage to notebook computer”. His GF and her daughter take and pass polygraphs. 

He’s never seen or heard from again. 

Popular foul play theories about the mysterious death of an assistant US attorney (Jonathan Luna) he was investigating, his decision to not press charges against Sandusky, a heroin ring he had recently assisted in busting, his GF having him killed for some reason. 

Another theory is that he wanted to disappear. He allegedly expressed interest in a Cleveland police chief who disappeared to start a new life. He was fluent in Slovenian and had made trips to visit relatives who lived in Slovenia. 

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15 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

Pretty sure the prosecutor that was bringing charges died suspiciously as well.

You taking about the lawyer who was starting the investigation and then took a "trip" like a hour+ away and disappeared, only for his car and laptop to be found in a river with the hard drive deleted?

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On 10/26/2024 at 11:21 AM, Harrison Stafford said:

The fact that earlier this year PSU’s  Board of Trustees even considered renaming their football stadium to honor Joe Paterno the enabler tells you just how fucked up they are.  That football program should have been given the death penalty.  

Wyatt Massey: Trustees drop proposal to name Penn State football field after Joe Paterno in heated meeting

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STATE COLLEGE — A trustee’s resolution to name the Penn State football field at Beaver Stadium after former head coach Joe Paterno was introduced and then withdrawn only minutes later when Paterno’s son objected to the timing. At the university Board of Trustees’ public meeting Friday, Anthony Lubrano, an alumni-elected representative, proposed “Paterno Field at Beaver Stadium” and the creation of a day specifically honoring the longtime coach and his wife, Sue.

“My fellow trustees, we have reached a moment of truth,” Lubrano said. “Are we going to honor two people who have literally given their lives in the pursuit of a better Penn State? Or are we going to allow fear mongering to prevail?” Joe Paterno was Penn State’s head football coach for 45 years, and won two national championships, until the board fired him in November 2011 during the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Joe Paterno died in January 2012.

Some trustees were visibly uncomfortable as Lubrano read his resolution and Edward “Ted” Brown III, also an alumni-elected trustee, handed out copies of the speech. Joseph “Jay” Paterno Jr., the former coach’s son and an alumni-elected trustee, said he visited his father’s grave Thursday morning, the day news broke that the board had discussed honoring the football coach in two closed-door meetings in January.

Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi and her administration do not support the idea of honoring Joe Paterno at this time, Jay Paterno said, and instead want to focus on existing challenges, such as the university’s budget deficit and upcoming cuts. “At this moment, were Joe Paterno to be standing here right now, he would respect the president’s opinions,” Jay Paterno said. “He would not want the focus on him to be the issue of the day.”

Jay Paterno requested that “the resolution brought forward today be held for a future date, a date upon which time we’ve charted a course to meet the same vision and shared history of the two people we hope to honor.” Lubrano withdrew his resolution following Jay Paterno’s comments, but suggested he might introduce it again in the future.

Trustee Brandon Short, who was elected by alumni, said that while he supported the resolution, the handling of the proposal insulted him. Short, who played for Joe Paterno in the 1990s, accused people of using the coach’s name for “stunts.”

“There are people here that no one would ever know if it wasn’t for the scandal and what happened to Joe Paterno,” Short said. “They use that constantly. Please stop. Stop. If you really wanted to do the resolution then put the resolution up and call for it. But to put it up and then pull it back means you never wanted it, and it doesn’t seem like you actually care about it.”

Jay Paterno then asked that there not be any further discussion on the topic, and board Chair Matthew Schuyler ended the board’s meeting seconds later.

In 2012, Sandusky was convicted on 45 counts of child sex abuse and sentenced to up to 60 years in prison. Former university President Graham Spanier, former athletic director Tim Curley, and former vice president Gary Schultz also served jail time related to the scandal. Spanier was convicted of child endangerment, a misdemeanor. Curley and Schultz pleaded guilty to the same offense. Joe Paterno was never charged.

Spotlight PA first reported how trustees met behind closed doors twice in January to discuss the proposal. The meetings — a Jan. 16 “briefing” and a Jan. 29 “executive session” — lasted for hours and might have violated state law that requires governing bodies to conduct business in public view, continuing a decadelong pattern of the board convening behind closed doors.

The university’s board is required under Pennsylvania’s open meetings law to deliberate its decisions in public. The law does allow groups to hold private executive sessions, but only to discuss specific topics — pending or current litigation, internal investigations, academic standings, and employment or property negotiations.

A Penn State spokesperson wrote of the Jan. 16 gathering that “counsel conducted this privileged informational briefing and no deliberation occurred.” The spokesperson added that trustees discussed “confidential and privileged matters” during their Jan. 29 executive session and that the private meeting was legal under the law’s exemptions.

In response to questions from Spotlight PA on the meetings, a Penn State spokesperson said the administration and board are focused on the president’s priorities. On Friday, Schuyler said the Jan. 29 executive session was held to discuss “board initiatives.”

Spotlight PA, in partnership with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, sued the trustees in December for alleged violations of the Sunshine Act. The suit argues the trustees illegally conducted public business in private. University officials contend they have always followed the law, and the suit is pending in the Centre County Court of Common Pleas.

 

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51 minutes ago, Royal Horn said:

Ever go back to earlier years and read about how many rapes and crimes Notre Dame covered up on their football players ?

Not sure about the school, but the Catholic Church as a whole covered up an unknown number of allegations numbering in the tens of thousands globally. In any case, I'll be rooting for a meteor in the Pedo Bowl. 

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9 hours ago, Txslnghrns said:

I wonder how those players, coaches and team managers work, walk, shower, laugh and go about their daily business in the same places where minors were unapologetically taken advantage of and sexually violated. The idea of existing in the same space where absolute evil took place would disgust me.

do you live in america ? how do you think we got this place ? people are evil don't empower effect 

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