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Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
April 3, 2018
Ciavarella, 68, has been serving a 28-year prison sentence after a jury found him guilty of participating in a $2.8 million scheme with former county judge Michael Conahan in the construction of two private, for-profit juvenile detention centers and the placement of youths in the facilities in Pittston TownshipÃâà...
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
March 8, 2018
Meanwhile, the ex-judge's convictions on nine charges remained in place. A jury convicted Ciavarella for his role in a $2.8 million kickback scheme with former county Judge Michael Conahan involving the construction of private, for-profit juvenile detention centers in Pittston Township and Butler CountyÃâà...
PA home page
January 9, 2018
"We will consider all options, as this office remains committed to preserving Ciavarella's convictions." This court ruling has stirred emotions of the kids-for-cash victims and their families. Some say their worst nightmare is coming back. Another Luzerne County judge, Michael Conahan, pleaded guilty in theÃâà...
PennLive.com
January 8, 2018
FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2009 file photo, former judge Mark Ciavarella, center, leaves the federal courthouse in Scranton, Pa. Ciavarella is serving a 28-year sentence and fellow ex-judge Michael Conahan 17 years for taking $2.6 million from companies looking to build and fill a youth detention center forÃâà...
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
October 3, 2017
U.S. District Judge A. Richard Caputo rejected that request Aug. ... Powell served an 18-month prison sentence for failing to report a $2.8 million kickback scheme involving former county judges Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella and two juvenile detention centers Powell had co-owned, court recordsÃâà...
wnep.com
September 22, 2017
Kingston attorney Vito DeLuca was Luzerne County solicitor during the FBI's raid on that county's court annex in Wilkes-Barre in 2008, which led to the indictments of "kids-for-cash" judges, Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella. In yesterday's raid in Scranton, DeLuca says extra troopers were likelyÃâà...
PA home page
September 14, 2017
Another judge, Michael Conahan, pleaded guilty in the case and is serving a 17 and a half year prison sentence. Ciavarella argues that most charges he was convicted of should never have been filed in the first place since the statute of limitations had expired. Those charges include: money laundering,Ãâà...
PennLive.com
July 26, 2017
Prosecutors said Ciavarella and fellow county judge Michael Conahan received nearly $3 million in kickback payments from developers of private juvenile detention centers and improperly channeled juvenile offenders to those centers, often without appointing lawyers to represent the youths. Both judgesÃâà...
witf.org
March 30, 2017
Prosecutors allege that Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella and a second jurist, Michael Conahan, took $2.6 million in kickbacks. (AP Photo/Matt ... The judges pleaded guilty to federal charges, but Kosik rejected the deal, saying they hadn't fully accepted responsibility for the crimes. Kosik sentencedÃâà...
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
March 15, 2017
Former Luzerne County judge Michael Conahan has been moved to a minimum security satellite camp in Miami, Florida, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The camp opened in 1976 and houses 397 male offenders, the bureau said. The relocation is an improvement for the 64-year-old HazletonÃâà...
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
March 1, 2017
Former Luzerne County judge Michael Conahan was moved to a different federal prison in Florida, but it's unclear if this is a temporary stop or final destination. Conahan pleaded guilty in 2010 to a racketeering charge, acknowledging under oath that he illegally used his power as president judge to getÃâà...
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
March 29, 2016
From his Florida prison cell, former Luzerne County judge Michael Conahan has initiated litigation against local attorney Jill Moran, former attorney ... Both former judges are serving federal prison sentences involving a juvenile detention center kickback scheme, with Conahan sentenced to 17.5 years andÃâà...
NBCNews.com
August 12, 2015
Over the past eight years, the kickback scheme, known as "kids for cash," has resulted in prison terms for two Luzerne County judges and two ... admitting to paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to former Court of Common Pleas Judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. and his boss, Judge Michael Conahan.
PennLive.com
September 23, 2011
Standing in a federal courtroom in Scranton, former Luzerne County Judge Michael Conahan, 59, apologized to the incarcerated youths, the legal ... They only caught two...there are a LOT more public officials who are on kickbacks to throw people in jail icluding the police, public offenders, judges,Ãâà...
