Posted on 01/20/2003 10:58:19 AM PST by Timesink
Latest Capital News 9 article (Albany):
From Fox 23 News - WXXA Albany (This is straight from the newsroom's teleprompter/closed captioning feed), posted approximately noon Eastern:Articles report dismissed charges
Updated: 1/20/2003 12:36 PM
By: Capital News 9 web staff
According to newspaper reports this weekend, former UN weapons inspector and Delmar native Scott Ritter was arrested for a Class B misdemeanor.
The Daily Gazette and Daily News said the incident happened back in June 2001. All records in the case, including the nature of the arrest have since been sealed.
A veteran Albany County Assistant District Attorney was fired as a result of how the case was handled.
District Attorney Paul Clyne has an office policy to always be informed when cases of a sensitive nature arise.
He said he was shocked when he heard about the Ritter case, and fired Cynthia Preiser after 15 years of service.
Both Ritter and his attorney declined comment on the case.
Efforts to reach Cynthia Preiser have also been unsuccessful.Ritter has appeared as a commentator on national news networks, and right here on Capital News 9.
Ritter gained national attention as a former UN weapons inspector in Iraq for his outspoken opposition to the Bush administration policies in Iraq.
From WTEN Channel 10 Albany:Ritter Arrested on Sex Charges
FORMER U-N WEAPONS INSPECTOR SCOTT RITTER A FIXTURE ON LOCAL AND NATIONAL NEWS SHOWS--- HIS PICTURE NOW GRACING THE AIRWAVES IN DISGRACE AFTER DETAILS OF AN ARREST COME OUT.
REPORTS SHOW SCOTT RITTER OF DELMAR-- -WHO FREQUENTLY SOUNDS OFF IN THE PRESS ON IRAQI ISSUES--- WAS SECRETLY PROSECUTED IN ALBANY COUNTY TWO YEARS AGO AFTER BEING CAUGHT IN AN INTERNET SEX STING OPERATION. THE CASE APPARENTLY SEALED...AND A DEAL STRUCK WITH ONE OF ALBANY COUNTY'S ASSISTANT D-A'S.....THAT D-A NOW FIRED.
AND THE CHARGES AGAINST RITTER JUST NOW COMING TO LIGHT. {realistic thinking, responsible thinking. I spent time in Iraq--I would spend three or four weeks there.}
HIS LOUD CALLS FOR PEACE BRINGING GOVERNMENT SCRUTINY AT EVERY ANGLE...NOW FORMER U-N WEAPONS INSPECTOR AND DELMAR NATIVE, SCOTT RITTER UNDER SCRUTINY AGAIN-- THIS A LITTLE MORE PERSONAL--- FOR SEX CHARGES.
REPORTS SHOW RITTER WAS ARRESTED BY COLONIE POLICE IN JUNE OF 2001 AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY HAD A SEX CONVERSATION ON THE INTERNET WITH AN UNDERAGE GIRL, WHO TURNED OUT TO BE AN UNDERCOVER COP.
RITTER NOT AT HOME TODAY.... HIS WIFE REFUSING TO COMMENT.... {Is there any comment that you'd like to make? no comment what so ever. What about Scott? the same position, he will not make a comment what so ever.}
ASSISTANT D-A, CYNTHIA PRIESER HANDLED THE CASE AGAINST RITTER. REPORTS SHOW THE TWO STRUCK A DEALâ?¦ SEALING THE CASE AND DISMISSING IT 6 MONTHS AFTER THE ARREST.PRIESER NOW FIRED FOR FAILING TO TELL DA PAUL CLYNE THE CASE EVER EXISTED.
NEIGHBORS IN DISBELIEF THAT RITTER, A HUSBAND AND FATHER OF TWO WOULD DO THIS... {I'd be shocked. Scott's a good guy. Every encounter I've ever had with him has been positive. He's been a good neighbor and a friend.} {The timing seems suspicious on top of the origination of some of the allegations.}
RITTER HAS SAID THAT WAR WITH IRAQ SHOULD ONLY BE PURSUED AS A LAST RESORT...THIS OPINION WIDELY CRITICIZED BY MANY POLITICIANS.... NOW HIS OPINION MAY CARRY EVEN LESS WEIGHT IN LIGHT OF THIS SEXUAL SCANDAL.
SCOTT RITTER WAS MOST RECENTLY ON TELEVISION LAST WEEK COMMENTING ON THE DISCOVERY OF EMPTY WARHEADS IN IRAQ. HIS WIFE TELLS US HE'S NOW IN CALIFORNIA.
Delmar Weapons Inspector in Hot Water(posted: January 20th, 8:58am) The spotlight is back on former UN Weapons Inspector and Delmar native, Scott Ritter. But it's not over Iraq instead its over charges he talked with an underage girl on the Internet.
The Daily Gazette broke the story over the weekend. The paper says Ritter was arrested in June of 2001 after having a sexual conversation on the Internet with someone he "thought" was an underage girl.
The girl turned out to be an undercover investigator.
LOL! And rape is "just touching" while counterfeiting is "just an arts and crafts hobby."
But it seems to me the fix was in...
Ugh...can't believe I did that. Thanks for noticing it.
According to police, the intent of that meeting was so that she could watch him perform sexual acts on himself.
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