Scott Ritter criminal case costs prosecutor her job (Albany Times-Union)

Albany Times-Union ^ | 1/20/03 | Staff reports

[Nubbin]

Pathetic...BTT

[Tacis]

There is a lot more to this than meets the eye!!

Why would a seasoned ADA stick her neck out to protect a high visibility perv? It doesn't make sense. My bet is that there is a lot more being covered up here. Ritter has lived in that area for two years. Why would an ADA cover for him unless she was well paid. Is the charge bad enough that it would effect Ritter's credibility? He didn't have any. And, if the ADA covered for him here, what else did she cover? How did the DA find out about this charge? Is the DA searching to see if there were/are other coverups? If not, why not?

[joesnuffy]

Charges of pedophilia have been taking down a lot of high profiles lately
Wonder how many higher profiles skate

[joesnuffy]

Charges of pedophilia have been taking down a lot of high profiles lately
Wonder how many higher profiles skate

[Reactionary]

It certainly looks like someone covered up for Ritter so they could make use of him later on. That "someone" is obviously someone well connected. We need to find out who it was.

[cynicom]

Whitewash from the gitgo. Wonder if the law in Gainesville has anything on their books????

[Reactionary]

He was arrested in New York, correct? Does anyone know what congressional district this is?

I smell a DNC/Hillary operation.

[McGavin999]

Chances are this is not the first time. I suggest that Iraq found out about Scott's little "preferences" and were using them to blackmail him. He's always seemed to be in a bit of a panic to convice us that Iraq is innocent. Everyone thought it was because of the film money, but he was too panicy for it to just be about money.

[mewzilla]

So, whose sting operation was it, locals or Feds? Sometimes in a Fed operation they'll ask the locals to make the actual arrest. Why did the ADA hide this? Who esle knew besides the arresting officers, the ADA and the judge? And if the Feds knew about this arrest, why the heck have they kept quiet about Ritter?

[mewzilla]

Ritter moved to the area two years ago? So he took up cruising the net for kids right after he arrived!? Does anyone else think that there's a pretty good chance this wasn't the first time he's done this...

[okie01]

"Why would a seasoned ADA stick her neck out to protect a high visibility perv? It doesn't make sense. My bet is that there is a lot more being covered up here. Ritter has lived in that area for two years. Why would an ADA cover for him unless she was well paid."

Your questions are valid. Something is going on here.

By the same token, why is it that the local TV station (WNYT) had video of the arrest and a mug shot of "William Ritter" -- yet, couldn't seem to connect the affair with Scott Ritter? Who, as you note, had been a high-visibility resident of the area for two years.

Incompetent journalists? Or an arranged oversight? By whom? In whose behalf?

I suggest that anybody who might know the answers to these questions will not want to reveal them...

[okie01]

This was not the first time. It was revealed on another thread that Ritter fell for the same stunt three months prior, in March. Was arrested...and let off with a warning.

Even more reason to question the whitewash job on what turns out to be the second arrest.

[mewzilla]

Whoa. He was arrested previously for something like this? Where? And that ex-ADA let Ritter off anyway!?

[okie01]

Source for multiple arrest for underage solicitation:

Update: TV station has video of Ritter bust at BK. See post #53, from local TV station WGRB.

[okie01]

see #15

[Nick Danger]

Does anyone else think that there's a pretty good chance this wasn't the first time he's done this...

His arrest wasn't even the first time he'd done it there. The first time he showed up to meet a "girl" he'd chatted up on the Internet, the cops told him he'd been 'stung' and he should consider it a warning. The second time he did it -- only a few months later -- they arrested him.

Ritter has two daughters. The news story doesn't tell us how old they are, but if I was his wife, I'd start wondering about this guy. Someone that high-profile, who gets the courtesy of a warning, and who can't stop doing it... has a problem.

[mewzilla]

Holy cats. Forget Mr. UNSCUM for the moment. That damned ex-ADA has some explaining to do.

[The Great Satan]

The news story doesn't tell us how old they are, but if I was his wife, I'd start wondering about this guy.

If you were Ritter's wife, you'd be a Russian spy.

[mewzilla]

Don't get me started on the subject of Mrs. UNSCUM :)