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Prosecutors detail case against former Harrisburg mayor
Source: Reuters
US | Mon Sep 14, 2015 5:59pm EDT
Prosecutors detail case against former Harrisburg mayor
HARRISBURG, PA. | BY DAVID DEKOK
Pennsylvania state prosecutors on Monday unveiled details of the corruption case against Stephen Reed, the long-time former Harrisburg mayor charged with using city money from bond sales to buy thousands of artifacts.
In laying out the nearly 500 counts of theft and other charges, special agent Craig LeCadre told a court that investigators recovered 16,000 items in a storage facility and at Reed's home. Both places were crammed full to the ceiling with artifacts, including a $14,000 suit of Spanish armor and a $2,500 knife carried at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, prosecutors said.
"It was like (the television show) 'Hoarders,' on steroids," said LeCadre, chief investigator on Reed's case for the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office.
At a preliminary hearing in the Dauphin County Courthouse, prosecutors must show Magisterial District Justice Richard Cashman that they have enough evidence to support the charges and move forward to the trial phase. The hearing continues on Tuesday.
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Prosecutors detail case against former Harrisburg mayor
HARRISBURG, PA. | BY DAVID DEKOK
Pennsylvania state prosecutors on Monday unveiled details of the corruption case against Stephen Reed, the long-time former Harrisburg mayor charged with using city money from bond sales to buy thousands of artifacts.
In laying out the nearly 500 counts of theft and other charges, special agent Craig LeCadre told a court that investigators recovered 16,000 items in a storage facility and at Reed's home. Both places were crammed full to the ceiling with artifacts, including a $14,000 suit of Spanish armor and a $2,500 knife carried at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, prosecutors said.
"It was like (the television show) 'Hoarders,' on steroids," said LeCadre, chief investigator on Reed's case for the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office.
At a preliminary hearing in the Dauphin County Courthouse, prosecutors must show Magisterial District Justice Richard Cashman that they have enough evidence to support the charges and move forward to the trial phase. The hearing continues on Tuesday.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/14/us-usa-pennsylvania-reed-idUSKCN0RE23A20150914