Celebrity Private Eye Pleads Guilty To Weapons Charges [Hillary's P.I]

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[Future Useless Eater]

Celebrity Private Eye Pleads Guilty To Weapons Charges

Anthony Pellicano Faces 33 Months In Prison

LOS ANGELES -- Celebrity private eye Anthony Pellicano pleaded guilty Thursday to two felony counts of possessing hand grenades and C-4 explosives, authorities said.

Pellicano, 59, also faced one misdemeanor count of unlawfully storing a plastic explosive, but the count was dropped under a plea agreement, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Pellicano faces up to 33 months in prison and was scheduled to return to court Jan. 20 for sentencing. He previously could have received 21 years in prison if convicted, Mrozek said.

The Hollywood investigator had previously offered to plead guilty to a single charge if prosecutors dropped the remaining counts. Prosecutors said they were willing to go to trial.

Pellicano was arrested last November after FBI agents searched his office as part of an investigation into threats made to Los Angeles Times reporter Anita Busch, who was investigating a possible connection between action star Steven Seagal and an alleged Mafia associate.

An ex-convict, Alexander Proctor, is currently awaiting trial after being charged with threatening Busch with such actions as planting a dead fish, a rose and a sign reading "Stop" on her car.

Proctor allegedly told an FBI informant he had been hired by Pellicano to carry out the threat on behalf of Seagal. Pellicano and Seagal have denied involvement, and neither has been charged with trying to threaten the reporter.

During the abbreviated trial, the defense tried to downplay the danger posed by the explosives. Prosecutors, meanwhile, had an FBI agent testify that Pellicano told him the private detective didn't turn over the weapons to a bomb squad because he knew he'd be asked how he got them.

[Future Useless Eater]

From smh.com.au:

When President Bill Clinton was being probed over his Whitewater dealings, his lawyers hired Pellicano to dig up dirt on Clinton's opponents.

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Pellicano's name has been associated with numerous Clinton scandals including:

* Digging for dirt on Kenneth Starr
* Lewinski's boast she was going to Washington to get her "presidential kneepads"
* Defamation of Gennifer Flowers
* Smashing Bimbo eruptions, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY, MAY 20, 1999
* Burying Whitewater witnesses, etc.

Pellicano's name has also been associated with:

* Illegal Wiretaps
* Dirt about Patricia Bowman, who accused William Kennedy Smith of rape
* Exposing the infamous eighteen-minute gap on the Nixon Watergate tapes
Pellicano's famous quote: "I always start out being a gentleman. I only use intimidation and fear when I absolutely have to."

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It's too bad this sleaze got such a light sentence (33 months instead of the recommended 21 years!).

[Future Useless Eater]

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[stumpy]

Yeah, but those are on state charges. Send the Feds to get him on the federal charges too.....

[ex-Texan]

You have a very good memory for the details. Hit the nail on the head. Wonder if he spilled the beans or at least some of them in return for a 'plea bargain.' Perhaps he gave up a lot more very sensitive stuff that is not being reported.

[backhoe]

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1. 400G BAIL FOR SEAGAL'S P.I. (Pellicano)
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[billhilly]

The prisons have and do hold an inordinate number of Clinton supporters. The same cannot be said of their opponents. Is there some message in that fact?

In my view, corruption was as much a calculation in the Clinton climb to power as his decision to go to church and sing in the choir after his defeat as governor of Arkansas after his first term. It was just another tool to be used by both Clinton's.

[backhoe]

In my view, corruption was as much a calculation in the Clinton climb to power as his decision to go to church and sing...

Absolutely.

I recall a woman who called one of the radio shows in the middle of the Clintons reign of crime and corruption-- she said that whenever he was in trouble back in Arkansas, he either "went to church with the biggest bible he could carry prominent in one hand," or "left town for a while..."

[Reb Raider]

"In my view, corruption was as much a calculation in the Clinton climb to power as his decision to go to church and sing in the choir after his defeat as governor of Arkansas after his first term. It was just another tool to be used by both Clinton's."

Well said billhilly!

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for posting this.

He probably got a light sentence for rolling over on some biggies.

This story may be another reason the left wing mediots/videoits released Yellowcake II or the Wilson/Plame/Foley phoney CIA exposure scam, to take attention away from this story.

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks for the ping, Grampa

[Grampa Dave]

Corruption was not just a calculation for the criminal Clintoons. It was a basic tactic to destroy their enemies and to protect the Clintoons at all costs.

[Miss Marple]

Interesting theory. Could be...

It seems this guy will be locked up during the 2004 elections. This is a good thing.

[Grampa Dave]

The guy will be locked up before, during and for awhile after the 2004 elections.

Who knows, that could send a message to other Rat Dirty Tricksters.