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The actor having control over the disposition of services of others, namely THE ACTOR, PERSONALLY AND ALSO THROUGH JANINE ORIE AND JANE ORIE, ACCOMPLICES PURSUANT TO 18 PA CS §306,KNOWINGLY DIVERTED SUCH SERVICES VALUED IN EXCESS OF $2,000.00 TO HER OWN BENEFIT WHEN AT VARIOUS DIVERSE TIMES SHE UTILIZED MEMBERS OF HER JUDICIAL ST~FF, ~NRc~~g~EGT~~~_~~~I~~~~~~~~~~
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The actor having control over the disposition of services of others, namely THE ACTOR, PERSONALLY AND ALSO THROUGH JANINE ORIE AND JANE ORIE, ACCOMPLICES PURSUANT TO 18 PA CS §306, KNOWINGLY DIVERTED SUCH SERVICES VALUED IN EXCESS OF $2,000.00 TO HER OWN BENEFIT WHEN AT VARIOUS DIVERSE TIMES SHE UTILIZED CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATORIAL STAFF OF HER SISTER, SENATOR JANE ORIE, THOSE LEGISLATIVE STAFFERS INCLUDING, BUT NOT BEING LIMITED TO, SHARON COCHRAN, JASON DAVIDEK, JOSH DonlAND JAMIE PAVLOT, TO FACILITATE AND PROMOTE THEN-JUDGE JOAN ORIE MELVIN'S POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS FOR A POSITION ON THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA DURING ELECTION CYCLES IN 2003 AND 2009, to which the actor was not entitled, knowingly diverted such services to his own benefit or to the benefit of another not entitled thereto in violation of 18 Pa.C.S.§3926(b).
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evidence and/or information obtained from participants and eyewitnesses to the alleged criminal acts described herein;evidence
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information obtained or observed by other Detectives directly involvbd lin this investigation and the conclusion of the 2010 Allegheny County Investigating Grand Jury investigation resulting i1 the issuance of Grand Jury presentment C-2 b)
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The affiant of this affidavit is Frances Laquatra, a law enforcement officJ of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania within the meaning of Section 5702 of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code and, as such, I am efpowered to make arrests for criminal offenses enumerated therein. I am currently employed as a Detective with the Allegheny Courty District Attorney's office and have bee'n employed in this capacity for the past fourteen years. My current duties involve the imvestigation of all facets of criminal activity, including the investigation and prosecution of white collar crime. The information contained in this affidavit is based on: evidence and/or irformation obtained from participants and eyewitnesses to the alleged criminal acts as described herein; evidence and/or informati~n personally obtained or observed durind the course of the investigation; evidence and/or information obtained and/or observed by pther Detectives (including Allegheny CoJnty Detective's Perann Tansmore, Patricia Parker, Kevin Flanigan, Tim Cross, Alan Bal\o, Rick Byers, Jackelyn Weibel and Lyle Graber) directly involved in this investigation; the conclusion of the 2010 Allegheny Cou ty Investigating Grand Jury investigation resulting in the issuance of Grand Jury Presentment (C-2); the criminal trial which led t9 the conviction of Senator Jane Clare Orie in March 2012 and the conclusion of the 2010 Allegheny County Investigating Grand JLlry investigation resulting in the issuance of Grand Jury Presentment (C).
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During the course of the investigation, your affiant has personally intervi wed or otherwise been present during the interview of witnesses; of those interviews not personally interviewed, your affiant h s reviewed the investigative reports prepared by other Detectives of such interviews. Your affiant has reviewed all available evidence received during this investigation ~nd read all grand jury testimony provided under oath by witnesses. Your affiant has read prand Jury Presentment (C-2) in its entirJty, and avers that the contents contained therein comport to your affiant's aforementio ed knowledge and understanding of this investigation as a result of both your affiant's and other officers' investigative activities that have been told to me. There exists a presumption of regularity which surrounds the Grand Jury proceedings and as such you affiant avers that the source of this information, the Grand Jury Presentment, is presumed reliable. Your affiant has attached a c09Y of said Presentment (C-2)which is made part of this affidavit of probable cause by this reference thereto and offers the infornnation contained therein as probable cause for the issuance of process, namely, a criminal complaint for the herein named actor.
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Based upon the aforementioned information which is believed to be true and correct, and noting that the accused herein has at all times pertinent to these charges (that being the time period spanning Jaruary 2003 through November 2009) and at the current time, Actor continues to be an elected member of the Judiciary of the Colmmonwealth of Pennsylvania and thus a [publiC officer or employee' and therefore subject to the provisions of the Judicial Code, 412 PA C.S. 5552 (c)(2) regarding the applicable statute of limitations for the initiation of criminal proceedings, your affiant respectfu Iy requests that a criminal complaint and warrant of arrest be issued:
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