Marino So Concerned That His new TV Ad Attempts to Re-Write His Own History
Dingman, PA – Marino’s new TV ad says
he prosecuted scam artists who prey on seniors but the truth is he
helped get a lighter sentence for a convicted felon, Sean Healy, who
defrauded Pennsylvania seniors and families in a Bernie Madoff/Ponzi
scheme.
“Pennsylvania seniors and families depend on their hard
earned retirement savings and on Medicare, but seniors can’t depend on
Tom Marino,” said Phil Scollo. “Everyone knows Mr. Marino has the
money and the Washington connections to run TV ads that distort his
record but hardworking people deserve the truth from Tom Marino and
they deserve to hear it straight from his mouth. He voted twice to end
the Medicare guarantee and he should have the courage to stand up in
a debate on Medicare and explain why. He is refusing debates and
trying to re-write history on TV. It’s disgusting.”
Sean Healy was indicted on 51 counts of fraud, money laundering
and obstruction of justice involving investors of $20 million. Healy was
accused of defrauding more than 50 investors throughout the country,
including about 40 investors from the Chambersburg and Harrisburg
areas. (Patriot-News, 10/17/09)
As Healy’s attorney, Marino pulled strings and negotiated–with
his old U.S. Attorney’s office on the other side of the table–a
lighter sentence. Marino signed the plea agreement as the counsel for
the defendant. (U.S. District Court for the Middle District
of Pennsylvania, USA v. Healy, 1:09cr00319, 10/09/09)
According to the indictment, Healy promised investors he would
use their money to purchase stocks and commodities on their behalf.
The indictment accused Healy of spending the money to fund a
lavish lifestyle, which included the purchase of a $2.4 million
waterfront mansion furnished with more than $2 million of home
improvements, $1.5 million in men’s and women’s jewelry and numerous
exotic vehicles worth more than $2.3 million. (Patriot-News, 10/17/09)
Why stop there. Citizens Voice reporter Michael Sisak did some digging in 2010 and came up with
another questionable relationship that Tom Marino has with a convicted
criminal. He interceded on behalf of a guy served time in prison on weapon's charges and has a history of bizzare behavior plus Marino
tried to get his record cleared of a cocaine dealing charge.
A prominent central Pennsylvania car dealer
once described as a “friend” by former U.S. Attorney Tom Marino has
racked up an extensive rap sheet since leaning on Marino to have a
cocaine dealing conviction cleared from his record more than a decade
ago, court documents obtained by The Citizens’ Voice show.
Jay W. Kilheeney, an admitted drug addict and alcoholic,
has been busted three times since Marino clumsily and unsuccessfully
interceded in the drug case, in June 1998, and has been accused in
protection from abuse petitions of leading a violent, vagabond home
life.
Kilheeney, 46, of Williamsport, spent 33 months in federal prison on
a 2002 illegal weapons possession charge, paid hundreds of dollars in
fines to settle disorderly conduct and harassment charges in 2002 and
2009 and, following the weapons conviction, was barred by a state board
from selling cars for five years.
At home, Kilheeney abused
drugs, his family and the law — smoking marijuana daily, providing
alcohol to his minor son, choking his girlfriend and running into the
street naked — according to protection from abuse petitions filed in
June and October 2008.
Marino,
whose relationship with Kilheeney triggered concerns among colleagues as
he transitioned into the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2002, has remained
silent about the status of his relationship with Kilheeney and
Kilheeney’s continued criminal behavior.
A spokesman for Marino,
the Republican challenger in the 10th Congressional District, said he
could not comment on “anything related” to Marino’s time as a prosecutor
and would not confirm whether he and Kilheeney were still friends.
Marino’s involvement in the
Kilheeney case, while the district attorney of Lycoming County, appeared
to bookend his controversial role, while U.S. Attorney, as a personal
reference on DeNaples’ December 2005 application for a license to
operate the Mount Airy Casino in Monroe County.
Carney campaign spokesman Josh
Drobnyk said Friday that Marino’s involvement with DeNaples and
Kilheeney were “absolutely” relevant to the campaign and to gauging the
“integrity and honesty” of Marino’s tenure as a district attorney and
U.S. Attorney.
“(Marino) touts being tough on criminals when the
truth is he was seeking to help clear the criminal record of a close
friend who was a drug trafficker and has since been charged with
multiple crimes,” Drobnyk said. “Tom Marino has refused to address basic
questions about his record and continues to insult all of us by
refusing to tell the truth.”
Marino’s drive to clear
Kilheeney’s February 1992 conviction for delivering two grams of cocaine
led him into the nebulous, unethical world of judge shopping, according
to court records.
According to court records, Marino
hand delivered an expungement motion to a judge relatively unfamiliar
with criminal procedure, Dudley N. Anderson, a month after the judge who
presided over the case, Kenneth D. Brown, refused.
Anderson
approved the expungement in July 1998, but reversed himself when he
learned of Brown’s previous decision to deny the request.
Anderson
ordered all copies of his expungement order returned, but Kilheeney
kept a copy and included it with personal letters of reference from
Marino and a Lycoming County detective to obtain authorization from the
Ford Motor Co. to open a dealership in Lock Haven, according to a report
in the Harrisburg Patriot-News.
Had the expungement stood,
Kilheeney would never have faced the felony weapons charge — possession
of a firearm by a convicted felon — that landed him in federal prison
for 33 months.
Shortly before he reported to prison, in November
2002, Kilheeney pleaded guilty to summary harassment and disorderly
conduct charges for forcing his way into the office of a business
associate, grabbing him and threatening to kill him.
In August,
Kilheeney pleaded guilty to a summary disorderly conduct charge more
than a year after a traffic stop in which police said he dropped his
pants to his ankles, exposing his genitals and buttocks.
“You can strip search me right here,” Kilheeney said, according to police.
Marino vote for NDAA, Patriot Act, HR347 anti-protesting law, and against a law preventing employers for asking for employees' facebook signons. So did Barletta. The Tea Party should be livid.
On the radio, Marino said, "WE REPEALED OBAMACARE TWO TIMES, AND 36 OTHER TIMES". That's a quote, a friend of mine had the interview recorded.
So, did you know OBAMACARE has been repealed TWO TIMES? (and 36 other times???) That's like the Home Rule website saying the Voter ID law is still in place: FALSE, misinformation for citizens.
Marino vote for NDAA, Patriot Act, HR347 anti-protesting law, and against a law preventing employers for asking for employees' facebook signons. So did Barletta. The Tea Party should be livid.
ReplyDeleteOn the radio, Marino said, "WE REPEALED OBAMACARE TWO TIMES, AND 36 OTHER TIMES". That's a quote, a friend of mine had the interview recorded.
ReplyDeleteSo, did you know OBAMACARE has been repealed TWO TIMES? (and 36 other times???) That's like the Home Rule website saying the Voter ID law is still in place: FALSE, misinformation for citizens.