Posted on 01/11/2007 8:13:33 PM PST by Howlin
Something is wrong with the new thread (not the one that shows as being locked, but the other one). I can't get the reply box and there have been no posts for well over an hour. Anybody know what gives?
Which thread?
The one linked to in maggie's #244 on this thread.
It works for me; try closing your browser and opening it again.
It's working now. Must have just been some wires temporarily crossed.
I already saw the one that was locked, and went to the new one through maggie's link. I tried to reply several times and could not get the reply box to open - it just kept going back to the beginning of the thread. Weird. But it's okay now.
Thanks for checking. :)
You are right--that is why I am an only an armchair cop, and will never get paid for my knowledge, LOL!
Just getting in from son's b-ball game...other thread locked. Was there a letter?
Whoops, found it,never mind!
Yes, he could be, and would probably warm rapidly to it if the prospect of doing would save his own butt and his business.
Is this the active thread?
BTW, the subpeona came from the defense attorneys.
bump
JAKKI on Gweta!
Nifong misled her cousin
Congressman still requesting a federal investigation, hehehe!!
"I don't care if he does flips to New York and back to North Carolina"
Wants to meet eronally with Gomzales
Thanks Jakki for her comments
Jakki: for a long time he [Nifong] was her champion
Gweta on a misson: she is pissed about the other ADA's in that office who knew what was going on.
Thanks! I caught it! "The best thing that could have happened to the case!" it said.
Nifong, Nifong. You not only picked the wrong family when you went after Rae Evans' son, but you also picked the wrong family when you hitched your wagon to Crystal's star.
I really needed to see Cousin It tonight. Pure comic relief. It was wonderful.
Yes, we learned that the subpoena came from the defense around 3:30 or 4:00 PST today. Thanks.
There are a couple of threads active, as usual. I don't think we're supposed to be limited to one active thread at a time.
I hope the parents sue the pants off of everyone involved in this miscarriage of justice.
FOX will carry 2 :30 pm EST
NC AG news conference.
Pimp gets three years in sex and cash case
Probe brought arrest of Jersey ex-lawman
Friday, January 12, 2007
BY SAMUEL MAULL, [Star-Ledger, New Jersey]
Associated Press
NEW YORK -- A once-boastful but now purportedly chastened pimp at the center of a prostitution and money laundering racket was sentenced yesterday to a maximum of three years in prison.
Jason Itzler, 39, entered the Manhattan courtroom, his clothes loose and disheveled and his hands cuffed behind his back, winking and smiling at several detectives who had investigated and arrested him.
That same investigation led to the indictment and arrest this week of Paul Bergrin, 51, a former Essex County, N.J., prosecutor and former assistant U.S. attorney who was once Itzler's lawyer, on money laundering and promoting prostitution charges.
Jail records showed that Bergrin posted bail through the ABC Bail Bond Co. and was released from the Essex County Jail in Newark at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. As a condition of his release, he had to turn in his passport. He did not return repeated calls yesterday for comment.
His former client, Itzler, told state Supreme Court Justice Daniel FitzGerald that he was sorry for what he had done. "I'd like to say I was wrong," he said to the judge. "I am remorseful for what I did."
As for the women who sold sex for him, Itzler said, "I really believed I was helping them. I want everybody to know I will never run an escort agency again."
Itzler pleaded guilty June 29 to money laundering and attempted promotion of prostitution in a deal that eliminated serious drug charges and got him a promised sentence of 18 months to three years in prison.
Barry Agulnick, Itzler's lawyer, told the judge that laundering the relatively small amounts from prostitution services might be called "money laundering with a fabric softener."
Itzler said in interviews that he charged $1,000 an hour for most of his prostitutes, and for one, his incomparable "Natalia," he charged $2,000 an hour. His business cards called his escort service "Rocket Fuel for Winners."
The defendant, a law school graduate whose brothel was about three blocks from the courthouse where he was sentenced, told the judge he believes he has grown since he was arrested in January 2005.
"I wouldn't trade my two years in jail for anything," said Itzler, who was not released on bail. "I grew up. I matured. I learned a lot. People will see that I'm a good person. I never meant any harm."
Itzler then said he saw problems with the way the Department of Correction runs the jails and he believes he has ideas that could fix them.
Itzler's name figured prominently Wednesday when the Manhattan district attorney's office announced the indictment and arrest of Bergrin.
Bergrin, who attended the same Florida law school, and two co-defendants were accused of taking over Itzler's prostitution business after he was arrested. They were charged with money laundering, promoting prostitution and conspiracy. They face up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
A defense lawyer for one of Bergrin's co-defendants, James Cortopassi, 27, a law student who had worked for Bergrin and lived in his same neighborhood in the Morganville section of Marlboro Township, said his client will surrender today to New York Police.
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1168583083225080.xml&coll=1
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