Clik here to view.
Judge Rules Against Early Release For Vince Fumo
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netU.S. District Court Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter has denied a motion that would have granted former state Senator Vincent J. Fumo an early end to his supervised...
View ArticleClik here to view.
"Nineteen Mutts And A Dirty Cop"
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netA trio of defense lawyers today took turns ripping apart the government's case against a band of alleged rogue cops.Jack McMahon got the party started by describing the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Witness Says Cops Took Cash And Drugs, Then Taunted Him About Framed Photo Of...
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netHe was a college-educated marijuana dealer with $80,000 stashed in a safe in his high-rise apartment and a framed picture of mob boss John Gotti hanging on the wall....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Training Day Fuckin' For Real
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netHe said they were all dressed in black and wearing ski masks and his first thought was that it was "the Mafia" coming to rob him.It turns out, according to a federal...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Drug Dealer Says Cop Dangled Him Over A Balcony
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netIt was a police raid on a drug dealer holed up in his condo on North Front Street. The cop used a sledgehammer to bust open the window on a steel door, so he could...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FBI Agent Concedes Mistakes In Narco Cop Investigation
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netMistakes were made in the investigation of six Philadelphia Police Department narcotics investigators, an FBI agent told a federal jury from the witness stand...
View ArticleClik here to view.
D.A. Waves White Flag On Father Andy
D.A. Gives UpBy Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netDistrict Attorney Seth Williams has decided not to retry Father Andrew McCormick a third time for the alleged attempted rape of a former 10-year-old altar...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rogue Cop Jeffrey Walker Set To Testify
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netJeff Walker walked out of the house in the 5600 block of Florence Avenue with $15,000 in his pocket, certain that he had just ripped off another drug dealer. Two...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Archdiocese Serves Subpoena On District Attorney
Does This Man Have Anything to Hide?By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netHere's a switch. More than a decade ago, after former District Attorney Lynne Abraham got a judge to serve multiple subpoenas on the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Judge Lifts Gag Order; Father Andy's Lawyer Rips D.A.
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netThe defense lawyer for Father Andrew McCormick today accused the district attorney's office of prosecutorial misconduct for trying to put a Catholic priest in jail "by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dirty Cop Fingers Brothers In Blue
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netThey broke all the rules, Jeffrey Walker told a federal jury, but they made big arrests, so their supervisors looked the other way."It was nothing but a dog and pony...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Punching Bag In Courtroom 15A
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netAt the start of his cross-examination, Jack McMahon greeted the prosecution's star witness with a slap upside the head."I'd appreciate it if you look at me when I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Gun And A Bottle Of Tequila
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netPolice Officer Jeffrey Walker had parked his car in his garage and left the engine running. He'd brought along a gun and a bottle of tequila.Despondent over his failed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Soldiers In The War On Drugs Or Urban Bandits With Badges?
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netDisgraced narcotics cop Jeffrey Walker spent three days on the witness stand this week in the federal corruption trial of six fellow officers.Walker, depending on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Otter Defense
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netWe're entering our fourth week in the rogue cops trial, and so far the poster boy is Jeffrey Walker. He's the dirty cop who got caught red-handed in an FBI sting...
View ArticleClik here to view.
More Witnesses, More Stories Of Corruption, More Questions About Credibility...
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netThey came dressed in black, waving their guns and hiding their faces behind ski masks.They wanted to know where the drugs and money were and when he didn't tell them...
View ArticleClik here to view.
"Ramshacked" At The Rogue Cops Trial
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netAs the prosecution in the rogue cops trial winds down its case, they're scraping the bottom of the barrel for witnesses.One drug dealer on the witness stand today...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Narcotics Cops Work In A Cesspool
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netSpend all your time in a cesspool and you're going to smell. That's the assessment of retired Philadelphia Police Captain Al DiGiacomo as he follows the ongoing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Defense To Rely On Top Cops To Refute Drug Dealers
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netIt took four weeks for the government to finally run out of drug dealers.After sending a parade of 16 drug dealers to the witness stand, the government this morning...
View ArticleClik here to view.
State Supreme Court Reinstates Msgr. Lynn's Conviction
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netThe state Supreme Court today reinstated the conviction of Msgr. William J. Lynn on a single charge of endangering the welfare of a child.On June 22, 2012, a...
View Article