MAKING THE CONNECTION FROM CUYAHOGA COUNTY CORRUPTION AND MEDINA COUNTY

In the prior segment to this blog, readers were shown the connections in the Cuyahoga County Corruption investigation between former Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo, former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, and Dimora's neighbor, drug runner, bomber, murderer (according to the late Angelo Lonardo) and reputed "Don" of the Cleveland Family of La Cosa Nostra, Russell J. Papalardo.


Having established those connections, one certain connection between Cuyahoga County corruption and Medina County corruption can be made in the person of former Brunswick Service Director SAM SCAFFIDE.


Regular readers of this blog may recall a prior post that, according to a well-placed source, SCAFFIDE had been terminated from his employment as Service Director by the Brunswick City Manager James Lukas in May 2011.

When approached by the media about SCAFFIDE'S firing, the Brunswick City Manager refused comment.  An online Cleveland Plain Dealer article about SCAFFIDE'S removal form his position as the Brunswick Service Director can be found at http://blog.cleveland.com/brunswicksuntimes/2011/05/scaffide_leaving_brunwick_serv.html .

The well-placed source reported that SCAFFIDE had been fired for MISAPPROPRIATION. 


Further, the source reported that SCAFFIDE got the job based upon the intervention of Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora.


OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE IN THIS ENTIRE MATTER IS THE FACT THAT CORRUPT MEDINA DEMOCRAT PROSECUTOR DINO HOLMAN HAS NOT UNDERTAKEN ANY PROSECUTIVE ACTION AGAINST SCAFFIDE, A DEMOCRAT COUNCILMAN IN TWINSBURG, OHIO, IF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE SOURCE IS ACCURATE.


Readers can easily review the prior post, captioned THE FIX IS IN! DINO HOLMAN WON'T PROSECUTE POLITICALLY CONNECTED FELLOW DEM PUBLIC OFFICIAL! easily found at http://medinacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/07/fix-is-in-dino-holman-wont-prosecute.html

Readers who have been following testimony in the Dimora trial will be aware that corrupt former Cuyahoga County Frank Russo, just this past week, offered testimony against his old pal Jimmy Dimora at DiMora's trial in U.S. District Court, Akron.

One particular interesting bit of Russo's testimony was his testimony that he and Jimmy Dimora did, indeed, approach judges in attempts to fix cases.  Convicted judge Bridget McCafferty was one of them.


Following are excerpts from an online article of the Newsnet 5 (TV channel 5) website.  The article can be found at http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/political/corruption_probe/frank-russo-names-judges-he-and-jimmy-dimora-allegedly-contacted-for-help-on-court-cases :

  -  "Frank Russo testified he and Jimmy Dimora called judges to "fix cases," and some names were mentioned in the trial for the first time. Russo also testified Dimora asked him to call judges on his behalf "at least five times."

  -  "One named of the first time was Judge Cheryl Karner. She is a domestic relations judge at the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas."

  -  "Another judge Russo said he and Dimora called for help was Judge Joseph F. Russo, a juvenile court judge at the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas." 
  -  "Frank Russo also named former judge Bridgette McCafferty , who already is in prison."

  -  "Russo also named Cleveland Municipal Court judges Joe Zone and Emanuella Groves, both of whom had not been mentioned before."


  -  "Russo said retired domestic relations Judge James Celebrezze also was contacted...."

  -  "Many judges over the years were called," Russo said in federal court late Wednesday afternoon."
  -  " Russo also named some bailiffs he and Dimora contacted, trying to reach judges."

Additional online articles about the corruption of the courts by DIMORA and RUSSO can be found at http://www.cleveland.com/countyincrisis/index.ssf/2012/02/jimmy_dimora_called_five_judge.html  and at http://www.cleveland.com/countyincrisis/index.ssf/2012/02/jimmy_dimora_trial_what_we_now.html

The evidence against Jimmy Dimora consists in no small part of hours of telephone conversations between Dimora and others, secretly recorded by the FBI pursuant to court ordered Title III wiretaps.

Turning back once again to former  Brunswick Service Director Sam Scaffide, most of the general public is unaware that SAM SCAFFIDE IS JIMMY DIMORA'S COUSIN !

The matter of the failure  of CORRUPT MEDINA DEMOCRAT PROSECUTOR DINO HOLMAN to initiate a prosecution of Democrat SAM SCAFFIDE, Democrat JIMMY DIMORA'S COUSIN, takes on a new dimension.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT JIMMY DIMORA PLACED A TELEPHONE CALL TO HOLMAN THE CORRUPT TO WARD OFF A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF SAM SCAFFIDE, HIS COUSIN?  

OR IS IT POSSIBLE THAT JIMMY DIMORA PLACED A CALL TO CORRUPT MEDINA COUNTY JUDGE CHRISTOPHER COLLIER TO THAT SAME END?  AFTER ALL, LAPDOG COLLIER IS AN ITALIAN, HAVING BEEN BORN CHRISTOPHER CALAFATO.   THOSE OLD ETHNIC ITALIAN ROOTS CAN RUN REALLY DEEP.

The recent testimony in Dimora's trial demonstrates that Dimora and Russo have a history of intervening in legal matters in the courts.

WAS SUCH A PHONE CALL EVER MADE?  ONLY DIMORA, SCAFFIDE, HOLMAN THE CORRUPT, AND LAPDOG JUDGE COLLIER KNOW FOR SURE!

DOES THE FBI HAVE A RECORDING OF SUCH A TELEPHONE CALL?  ONLY THE FBI KNOWS FOR SURE AT THIS POINT.

IF, HOWEVER, SUCH A PHONE CALL HAD BEEN MADE, HOLMAN THE CORRUPT AND/OR LAPDOG JUDGE COLLIER HAVE GOT TO BE CRINGING AT THE PROSPECT THAT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN RECORDED!

TIME WILL TELL!

MUCH MORE TO COME ....

THE FIX IS IN! DINO HOLMAN WON'T PROSECUTE POLITICALLY CONNECTED FELLOW DEM PUBLIC OFFICIAL!

The blogger has received some interesting information about further CORRUPTION IN THE MEDINA COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.


It certainly takes very little imagination to connect the following dots.

An informed source informed the blogger on July 6, 2011 that SAM SCAFFIDE, the Brunswick Service Director had been removed from his office for misappropriation of funds. 


A brief inquiry located the following online article at Cleveland. com, found at this link http://blog.cleveland.com/brunswicksuntimes/2011/05/scaffide_leaving_brunwick_serv.html


Stealing from the public while in governmental employment is a criminal offense, otherwise known as THEFT IN OFFICE,  in violation of Section 2921.41 of the Ohio Revised Code, A FELONY OFFENSE.  The Theft in Office Statute can be found at http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/2921.41


SECTION 2921.41 OF THE Ohio Revised Code provides:

A) No public official or party official shall commit any theft offense, as defined in division (K) of section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, when either of the following applies:

(1) The offender uses the offender’s office in aid of committing the offense or permits or assents to its use in aid of committing the offense;

(2) The property or service involved is owned by this state, any other state, the United States, a county, a municipal corporation, a township, or any political subdivision, department, or agency of any of them, is owned by a political party, or is part of a political campaign fund.

SECTION 2901.01 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE DEFINES "PUBLIC OFFICIAL" THUSLY:

(A) “Public official” means any elected or appointed officer, or employee, or agent of the state or any political subdivision, whether in a temporary or permanent capacity, and includes, but is not limited to, legislators, judges, and law enforcement officers. “Public official” does not include an employee, officer, or governor-appointed member of the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code.

THEFT OFFENSES PROSCRIBED BY SECTION 2913.01 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE CAN BE FOUND AT http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/2913

One of the consequences of conviction for the OFFENSE OF THEFT IN OFFICE is set out in SECTION 2921.41 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE:

C)(1) A public official or party official who pleads guilty to theft in office and whose plea is accepted by the court or a public official or party official against whom a verdict or finding of guilt for committing theft in office is returned is forever disqualified from holding any public office, employment, or position of trust in this state.

Now, the common citizen residing in the County of Medina might reasonably believe that theft by a public official would merit a prosecution.  That, of course, is not the case if you happen to be politically connected in Medina County.

The blogger has queried the websites of the Clerk of the Medina County Court of Common Pleas found at http://www.co.medina.oh.us/medct_epublicnodr/ and the Clerk of the Medina Municipal Court found at http://24.144.216.42/connection/court//index.xsp.  NOT SURPRISINGLY, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RECORD OF ANY PROSECUTION OF SCAFFIDE TO BE FOUND!

If you have read the article at Cleveland.com, linked above, you will notice that, in addition to his former employment as the Brunswick Service Director, Scaffide is also involved in Democrat politics as a Councilman in Twinsburg, Ohio.


Based on the above, it is obvious that, if Scafiide were to be convicted of the Felony Offense of Theft in Office by fellow Democrat Dino Holman, Scaffide would be forever barred from holding any public office and position in the future.


DINO HOLMAN IS JUST NOT PREPARED TO CONVICT ANOTHER CORRUPT FELLOW DEMOCRAT, ESPECIALLY A DEMOCRAT CONNECTED TO CUYAHOGA COUNTY COMMISSIONER JIMMY DIMORA!


Of course, HOLMAN is no stranger to looking the other way when it comes to theft in office.  In fact, all one need do is look to the conduct of HOLMAN'S ASS. PROSECUTOR SCOTT SALISBURY, THE PATHOLOGICAL LIAR.  [See http://medinacorruption.blogspot.com/2010/12/salisbury-poet-continues-to-steal-your.html ] AND [http://medinacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/04/assistant-prosecutor-scott-salisbury.html ]


READERS MAY RECALL ANOTHER LOCAL POLITICIAN WHO WAS NEVER PROSECUTED BY HOLMAN.  [See http://medinacorruption.blogspot.com/2010/12/equaler-protection-under-law-in-medina.html ]


HOWEVER, MORE THAN THE ABOVE, THE PLOT THICKENS WELL BEYOND THE PUBLIC VIEW AND THERE IS QUITE A BIT MORE TO THIS STORY THAN MEETS THE EYE.


In or about 1974, SAM SCAFFIDE was arrested at Northfield, Ohio on the basis of a FEDERAL ARREST WARRANT which charged SCAFFIDE WITH A FEDERAL FELONY OFFENSE ARISING FROM THE POSSESSION AND USE OF STOLEN CREDIT CARDS.


How, do you suppose, that the requisite background check of SCAFFIDE prior to his hire eluded the detection of Brunswick City Officials?  An inquiry of the NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER (NCIC) database would have most surely provided SCAFFIDE'S  FBI Number and documented his Federal prosecution.

And just how did SCAFFIDE, a resident of Twinsburg, get the job of Service Director in Brunswick?

ACCORDING TO AN INFORMED SOURCE, CUYAHOGA COUNTY COMMISSIONER JIMMY DIMORA, CURRENTLY UNDER FEDERAL INDICTMENT IN THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY CORRUPTION PROBE, PLACED A TELEPHONE CALL TO A MEDINA COUNTY PUBLIC OFFICIAL AND PERSONALLY ARRANGED FOR SCAFFIDE TO GET THE JOB!


IT IS PLAIN TO SEE HOW THE TENTACLES OF ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPTION IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY HAVE REACHED WELL DOWN INTO MEDINA COUNTY,

THIS IS JUST ONE MORE REASON THAT MEDINA COUNTY NEEDS A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF ITS "CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM"  BY THE CRIMINAL DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.


MUCH MORE TO COME ....