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UNITED STTES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVNIA UNITED STTES OF MERIC v MICHEL TCONHN and K  CIVELL, JR, Defendants THE GRD JURY CHRGES: I N D I C T M E N T Count 1 8 . § 962(c) {Racketeering)  THE PRTIES
FILED
HAR�I
JRt. PA
S�P 9-
2009
1t all times material to this Indictment, the defendants MICHEL TCONH and K CIVREL, JR were judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Between approximately January of 2002 and January of 2007, MICHEL T CONHN served as President Judge for Luzerne County Between approximately 996 and November of 2008, K  CIAVRELL, JRserved as Judge of the Juvenie Court for Lzerne County In approximately January of 2007, K  CIVRELL, JR was named President Judge for Luzerne County2s judges of the Court of Common Pleas, the defendantsMICHEL T CONN and K  CIVREL, JR owed a fiduciary duty to the citizens of the Comonwealth of Pennsylvania and to the Judiciary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and were
Page 45, Counts 15-24: Corrupt receipt of bribe/reward for official action concerning programs receiving federal funds 18 USC 666
 
 
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required to file an annual statement of financial interests with the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts, reporting the source of any income, direct or indirect. The Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts maintains a number of offices, including an office in Philadelphia Conty, Eastern District of Pensylania. B THE ENTERPRISE
3.
 At all times material to this Indictment, the Court ofCommon Pleas for Luzerne County, part of the Judicial Branch of the government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as estabshed by Artice
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o te ennsyana osttuto
and
 the Pennsylvania Judicial Code, constituted an "enterprise as defined in Title
18,
United States Code, Section
96(4)
(hereinafter referred to as 11the Enterprise ) The Enterprise was engaged in, and its activities afected, interstate commerce. C.  THE PRPOSE OF THE DEFENDTS
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 The defendants MICHAEL T. CONAH and
MK
 ACIAVARELLA, JR. abused their positios within the Enterprise to enrich themselves by improperly takig payments and other things of value from individuals and organizations doing business with the enteprise.  D  MENS AND METHODS OF THE DEFENDTS
5.
Betwen approximately June o
2000
and January
1, 2007
the deendants MICHEL T. CONAN and
MK
 A. CIAVARELLA, JR.
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bused their positions within he enterprise nd violted the fiducir dut the owed to the citizens of the Comonwelth of ennslvni nd to the Judicir of he Comonwelth of ennslvni b secretl deriving more hn $28 in incoe in ddition to he copenstion to which the were lwfull entitled in echnge for their officil ctions nd nticipted officil cionsThe ctions fro which the derived improper incoe included bt were not limited to: entering into greeents gurnteeing plceen of juvenile offenders with Child Cre C (hereinfter referred to s " Child Cre) nd esern   re ereer reerre to s "estern  Child Cre)ting officil ction to remove funding frothe uzerne Count Court budget for the uzerne Count jvenile detention fcilit effectivel closing the count-run outh detention centerfcilitting the construcion of jvenile detention fcilities nd n epnsion to one of those fciliies b  Child Cre nd Western  Child Credirecting tht juvenile offenders be lodged  juvenile deention fciliies operted b  Child Cre nd Western  Child Cresumril grnting otions to sel the record nd for injunctive relief in  civil cse relted to  Child Crend through their ctions ssisting  Child Cre nd Western  Child Cre to secure greements with uzerne Coun worth tens of millions of dollrs for the plceent o juvenile offenders including n 3

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