Feds obtain sealed case of Ritter's arrest

AP | 1/25/03

[kattracks]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Federal authorities have obtained the sealed records in the alleged Internet sex sting of former U.N. chief weapons inspector Scott Ritter to review for possible federal charges.

State Supreme Court Justice Joseph Teresi signed an order Thursday requiring police and Albany County prosecutors to provide records and any evidence to the FBI and the U.S. attorney's office.

Federal authorities filed a motion earlier in the week to obtain the records to determine whether federal laws were violated, the Daily Gazette of Schenectady and the Times Union of Albany reported in Saturday editions.

Assistant U.S. Attorney William Pericak refused to comment to the newspapers. A message to his office by The Associated Press was not immediately returned Saturday.

Ritter, 41, a critic of the Bush administration's push toward war with Iraq, acknowledged his June 2001 arrest this week in national television appearances but said he was prohibited from discussing details because the charges had been dismissed and the records sealed.

Ritter has suggested recent news reports about the arrest were an attempt to silence him. He said the publicity has forced him to cancel a recent trip to Baghdad, where he said he would have offered an alternative to military action.

Broadcast reports when he was arrested and recent newspaper reports have indicated Ritter was caught in an Internet sex sting, something he did not admit.

At the time of the arrest, NBC station WNYT-TV of Albany reported that William Scott Ritter Jr. -- Ritter's full name -- was charged with trying to lure an undercover police officer posing as a 16-year-old girl to a restaurant.

WNYT broadcast Ritter's mug shot but did not make the connection to his role as the chief U.N. weapons inspector in Iraq during most of the 1990s.

He was charged with attempted endangerment of a child, a misdemeanor that carries up to 90 days in jail, reports said. The case was adjourned in contemplation of dismissal, meaning that if he stayed out of trouble for six months, the charges would disappear and the file would be sealed.

[The Electrician]

I once did some quick research on the question of the proper usage of "bold-faced" vs. "bald-faced" (because I was wondering whether it was more correct to say "Bill Clinton is a bold-faced liar" or "Bill Clinton is a bald-faced liar"). My conclusion was that the most correct statement would have been "Bill Clinton is a despicable, lying, treasonous rapist". Oh, but I digress. My other conclusion was that the term "bold-faced" has been in the language for a long time. The word "barefaced" has also been in the language for a long time. And, it appears that the term "bald-faced" may have been derived more recently as a combination of the two (but meaning essentially the same thing), but indeed it has entered the language, and so all of them are valid.

[cake_crumb]

Have you heard about this?

Man Shouting "Save Me" Enters UN Compound in Iraq (and the UN turns him over to the Iraqis!!)

[PeaceBeWithYou]

Not the same person.

NY judge is Peter G. Crummey
Florida Investigator is Peter F. Crummey

[nicmarlo]

Yes; early today; I found it rather peculiar...didn't know quite what to think about that episode.....although I didn't comment, I read quite a few of the posts. Very interesting discussion on it, actually. Thanks for the link, though.

[TLBSHOW]

Ritters next book will be

How Doug From Up Land and TLBSHOW Slammed me But GOOD
or whine whine whine from a former somebody!

By Scott Ritter aka Pervert.

[MeekOneGOP]

ALBANY - Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter was secretly prosecuted in Albany County in 2001 after he was snared in an Internet sex sting operation, law enforcement sources told the Daily News .

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He was arrested by Colonie Police in June 2001 on a misdemeanor charge after he allegedly had a sexual discussion on the Internet with an undercover investigator he thought was an underage girl, law enforcement sources disclosed on condition of anonymity.

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Scott Ritter:
Show me tha money !

Scott Ritter was paid for his interest in a movie - $400,000. Some discussion on this article here on FR...

Also this FR article...

Scott Ritter in Pro-Iraq Movie Deal

[nicmarlo]

Not the same person.

Wonder if they're related though?

[nicmarlo]

Didn't the protesters last week claim that harm would come to Iraqi women and children if the US took action against Saddam? Looks like harm has already come to the children, at least. Of course didn't Hitlery's "its for the children" slogan only apply to children that might possibly be helped by her specific political agenda? The rest be damned, literally.

Well worth repeating.....and highlighting!

[TLBSHOW]

Sorry nic but this is a open post to Ritter and his frind Mr. SP

Hey Scott answer the question, what about the Childrens Prison that would make the case for War even better than the fact Iraq has Weapons of mass destruction?

and I don't want the rest assured BS!

[cake_crumb]

"1. They are blaming others for their own immoral, unethical, behavior; and 2. They are telling the media to go after those who 'dare' hold them accountable for their immoral, unethical, behavior."

Yep: they want to intimidate us into silence, so the whole thing can die a quiet media death, and Scuddy Boy can go back to chanting "impeach Bush" with impugnity while ranting about land wars in Iraq. Which sounds suspiciously like the "land war" in Afghanistan the drooling anti-war thugs were going on about in '01. The one where thousands of American soldiers were gonna die, next Viet Nam, etc. They're recycling old keywords again <G>

[cake_crumb]

"I think so, lol; I'm always reading something here to make me laugh.....how sarcastic we all are (and some of us creative, me the least probably.....no one ever likes my 'caption this pic' remarks, lol... :)"

LOL...Mine either.

[MeekOneGOP]

Feds obtain sealed case of Ritter's arrest

A little ping to those that might otherwise miss this...

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest ping list!. . .don't be shy.

[sweetliberty]

I knew you'd figure it out. You always do. ;-)

[Texagirl4W]

I've signed up -- $.50/mussel.

[sweetliberty]

It would be very unladylike for me to try and explain what Scotty appears to be describing, so I will leave it to your always active imagination. LOL!

[PeaceBeWithYou]

We also don't know for sure that he was the justice involved in the case. There are 3 current Town Justices listed, 2 of which were elected in 2002. Could very well have been one of the previous occupants, not Crummey.

From Town of Colonie Department Directory.
Richard T. DiStefano, Town Justice 1/02-12/05
Peter Crummey, Town Justice 1/00-12/03
Mary Sweeney, Town Justice 1/02-12/05

I'll see if I can wayback machine the website to 2001.

[Texagirl4W]

I meant to send this to you on the mussel thread -- not this one. I'm sure You know what I meant.

[nicmarlo]

Just found this on the web, more coverage:

Ritter files unsealed
Updated: 1/25/2003 8:03 PM
By: Capital News 9 web staff

According to the Times Union and Daily Gazette, federal prosecutors are looking into charges against former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter.

Both papers reported Saturday morning that State Supreme Court Justice Joseph Teresi has signed an order to unseal Ritter's files. The papers reported the unsealing was at the request of the US Attorney's Office in Albany.

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The US Attorney's Office has not commented on the unsealing of Ritter's record. But the Times Union reported this move could result in further prosecution on the federal level.

[TLBSHOW]

Yep: they want to intimidate us into silence

That is a fact! Doug and me are targets! I have already alerted friends on the Police Force about this. So if don't post sometime longer than 24 hours make those calls! Since Scott likes to blame so much it will be his fault. As they have already made threats.

[nicmarlo]

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