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Courthouse Controversy: The Photo

Courthouse Controversy: The Photo - Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 01:16AM EST

Saturday, Sep 26, 2009 @ 01:16am EDT
A old photograph is stirring up alot of controversy. The photo with judges, cocktails, premium vodka --a known drug dealer- is also serving up a round of questions

Luzerne County Judge Peter Paul Olszewski today said the voters will see his record, despite the photo that surfaced in the last 24 hours. A photo that raises many questions, the judge says it was sent to the news media to embarrass him .

And late today, a copy of the picture was sent to the I-Team...
Appearing in it, Judge Olszewski, ex-Judge Michael Conahan, convicted drug dealer Ron Belletiere and Forty Fort Attorney John Kennedy.
A two-page "critical letter" accompanied the picture.
It was unsigned.

Questions range from the actual 2005 trip to Florida where the photo was taken, to the timing of its release, with Olszewski up for retention.

Olszewski told the I-Team "I've also indicated I would have never in a million years would have been there or any place else with Judge Conahan knowing he has committed a crime or doing unethical conduct.
Olszewski went to say "The judge never told me he had a friend down there like that, he never told me was going to be in our presence... And I wouldn't have been in his presence under any circumstances had I know who he was."

Olszewski says somebody sent the photo to the newspaper with intentions to ground his retention campaign.
Two judges, Olsweski and Thomas Burke are running to be retained for another ten years.
 


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