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UNITED STTES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVNIA UNITED STTES OF MERIC v MICHEL T CONHN and K CIVELL, JR, Defendants THE GRD JURY CHRGES: I N D I C T M E N T Count 1 8 . § 962(c) {Racketeering) THE PRTIES
FILED
HAR�I
JRt. PA
S�P 9-
2009
1 t all times material to this Indictment, the defendants MICHEL T CONH and K CIVREL, JR were judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Between approximately January of 2002 and January of 2007, MICHEL T CONHN served as President Judge for Luzerne County Between approximately 996 and November of 2008, K CIAVRELL, JR served as Judge of the Juvenie Court for Lzerne County In approximately January of 2007, K CIVRELL, JR was named President Judge for Luzerne County 2s judges of the Court of Common Pleas, the defendantsMICHEL T CONN and K CIVREL, JR owed a fiduciary duty to the citizens of the Comonwealth of Pennsylvania and to the Judiciary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and were
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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 Conty, Eastern District of Pensylania. 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 estabshed by Artice
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o te ennsyana osttuto
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 afected, interstate commerce. C. THE PRPOSE OF THE DEFENDTS
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The defendants MICHAEL T. CONAH and
MK
ACIAVARELLA, JR. abused their positios within the Enterprise to enrich themselves by improperly takig payments and other things of value from individuals and organizations doing business with the enteprise. D MENS AND METHODS OF THE DEFENDTS
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Betwen approximately June o
2000
and January
1, 2007
the deendants MICHEL T. CONAN and
MK
A. CIAVARELLA, JR.
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bused their positions within he enterprise nd violted the fiducir dut the owed to the citizens of the Comonwelth of ennslvni nd to the Judicir of he Comonwelth of ennslvni b secretl deriving more hn $28 in incoe in ddition to he copenstion to which the were lwfull entitled in echnge for their officil ctions nd nticipted officil cions The ctions fro which the derived improper incoe included bt were not limited to: entering into greeents gurnteeing plceen of juvenile offenders with Child Cre C (hereinfter referred to s " Child Cre) nd esern re ereer reerre to s "estern Child Cre) ting officil ction to remove funding fro the uzerne Count Court budget for the uzerne Count jvenile detention fcilit effectivel closing the count-run outh detention center fcilitting the construcion of jvenile detention fcilities nd n epnsion to one of those fciliies b Child Cre nd Western Child Cre directing tht juvenile offenders be lodged juvenile deention fciliies operted b Child Cre nd Western Child Cre sumril grnting otions to sel the record nd for injunctive relief in civil cse relted to Child Cre nd through their ctions ssisting Child Cre nd Western Child Cre to secure greements with uzerne Coun worth tens of millions of dollrs for the plceent o juvenile offenders including n 3
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