Posted on 06/15/2019 6:28:57 AM PDT by george76
A Massachusetts judge accused of helping an illegal immigrant evade ICE has had $127,000 in legal fees paid by taxpayers, .
In addition, a court officer who was indicted along with the judge has benefitted from $2,500 in legal fees paid by the public, .
Newton District Court Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph,
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Prosecutors claimed in court documents in April that Joseph, along with Court Officer Wesley MacGregor, 56, helped Jose Medina-Perez, a twice-deported illegal immigrant with a fugitive warrant for drunken driving in Pennsylvania, sneak out a back door – eluding agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement -- after he appeared in court to be arraigned on drug charges,
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Medina-Perez, who had been barred from entering the U.S. until 2027, was caught by immigration officials about a month after the hearing. He is currently involved in deportation proceedings after previously being deported in 2003 and 2007
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MacGregor was being paid $83,344 a year but recently retired
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Gen Flynn could have benefited from the generous govern employee who assented to this payment.
“”Court Officer Wesley MacGregor, 56
MacGregor was being paid $83,344 a year but recently retired””
56 and retired - everyone’s dream. Is this what we’re talking about here?
>>Court officers, or bailiffs, are law enforcement officers who maintain order in the courtroom. As a court officer, you’ll follow the direction of the judge. These directions can include swearing in a witness, collecting court documents, presenting court documents, reviewing reports and filing complaints on behalf of the judge.<<
~~~Nice work if you can get it and you can get it if you try.~~~
Sounds like a boondoggle for some of her lawyer friends.
That is why Howie Carr in MA always refers to the worst nightmare of the connected lowlifes who serve in government there as the “Dreaded Private Sector”: nothing worse to them than missing out on the golden government teat and having to actually work for a living.
Neither one of those POS are worth that kind of taxpayer money.
They should be forced to pay it themselves from their own accounts....or go to jail.
AMEN....disgraceful. CA several years back allowed state employees to retire at age 50 and 90% of their last salary or some dumb combination. Knew several people who took advantage of that and look where their pension fund (CalPERS)is today.
These aren’t pensions but salaries....SICK!
https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/state-of-california/
Different retirement age and pension at this link:
https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-pension-crisis-davis-deal/
This judge needs to be charged with obstruction if justice!
There's a rough gig. 40 bucks an hour for standing around doing nothing.
Ain't America great?
Be sure to pay your property taxes, Massachusetts peasants.
One of the MOST corrupt courts protects criminals
and makes taxpayers PAY the legal fees.
but WHO made the decision?
THAT was obstruction of justice after the fact.
arrest them, too.
“CA several years back allowed state employees to retire at age 50 and 90% of their last salary or some dumb combination. “
I believe you are mistaken! CA allows “public service employees” ( mostly cops and FFs) to retire at 50, but not anyone else. The State did give one-time payments to all employees fifteen years ago when it was flush with “extra money” that it now wishes it had kept. Retirements are pegged at some percentage of their last three years pay or something along those lines, but that isn’t unique to CA. I knew a guy who retired from the NYPD ( they upped his pension by upping his last three years pay), he moved out to Concord, CA where he got a job with the USPS ( because NY offers early outs for cops), then he retired from the USPS and was living on easy street with two pensions. The real problem here is that pensions are indexed, so they go up every year. People retire and end up getting more in their pensions than they earned while working.
I HATE government. Yes, it’s necessary but we are far beyond what the Founders spilled their blood and sacrificed their lives to stop: TYRANNY.
“”I believe you are mistaken! CA allows “public service employees” ( mostly cops and FFs) to retire at 50, but not anyone else””
Not true - Wouldn’t you call someone working at the CA Franchise Tax Board or at DMV or the CA Highway Patrol (desk job) a STATE EMPLOYEE?
We had personal friends and relatives who took that retirement package offer and I believe I did indicate that the “age” requirement differed in different links so whether at 50 or 55 - not sure. I believe the ones we know took it at 55...and laughed all the way to the bank. One had high blood pressure which had been treated for years and years and was written up at retirement with the state as a disability and his pension was increased because of that. “Let’s say the job caused it” was the reasoning.
I think everyone is aware of the CA pension plans offered for employees who were firemen or cops - their earnings were inflated with overtime just before retirement so as to raise the monthly pension awarded. It was a big stink at the time and certainly made the news.
It has been a long time - probably 20+ years ago so I don’t remember all the details. My best guess for the time this was taking place was the late ‘90’s.. We moved out of CA in 2006 and it was definitely quite awhile before that.
Excerpt from the second link in my post. My estimate was pretty close - 1999 - I said 20+ years. It was not a one time payout as you suggested. Not that I remember or can find...
“”With the stroke of a pen, California Gov. Gray Davis signed legislation that gave prison guards, park rangers, Cal State professors and other state employees the kind of retirement security normally reserved for the wealthy.
More than 200,000 civil servants became eligible to retire at 55 — and in many cases collect more than half their highest salary for life. California Highway Patrol officers could retire at 50 and receive as much as 90% of their peak pay for as long as they lived.
This series is a partnership of
Los Angeles Times CALmatters Capital Public Radio
Proponents sold the measure in 1999 with the promise that it would impose no new costs on California taxpayers. The state employees’ pension fund, they said, would grow fast enough to pay the bill in full.””
“”There’s a rough gig. 40 bucks an hour for standing around doing nothing.””
What are you talking about? I’ve watched enough TV court shows (starting with Wapner) to know that a bailiff is kept busy retrieving documents from those appearing in a case in court so he can hand them to a judge! Now you have to be on your toes to be ready for such a task as that. NOT to mention, calling the court to order!
Why don’t we ever see female bailiffs, I wonder?
Injustice from Dishonorable Judges.
LOLOLOL!!!
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