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Saturday, February 09, 2008
Ind. Courts - More on "Judge admits he's target of criminal probe"
Updating this entry from yesterday, Nick Werner reports today in the Muncie Star-Press, in a long story under the headline "Judge says he was target of extortion attempt," that begins:
MUNCIE -- Judge Wayne Lennington said Friday he believed an extortion attempt might have kindled an already existing investigation into his business affairs."If I would have paid him, I'm sure it wouldn't have gone anywhere," said the Delaware Circuit Court 5 judge. "But I wasn't going to do that."
On Friday, Lennington provided The Star Press with a copy of an e-mail whose author threatened to deliver to federal investigators information that was damaging to Lennington and a business partner, Joseph Gray, unless the men paid him $250,000.
On Thursday, Lennington, 77, had confirmed rumors that he was under investigation -- by Indiana State Police and the Delaware County prosecutor's office -- at least in part over his business connections to ESS Investments LLC, which is operated by Gray and chartered out of Westerville, Ohio.The exact specifics of the investigation remain unknown.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 9, 2008 09:47 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts