Opinion ID: 520595
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: bribery and kickbacks

Text: 7 On October 16, 1985, Medina was arrested on Pennsylvania state charges for aggravated assault in connection with the motor vehicle accident of June 21, 1985. Thereafter, conversations were intercepted in which Traitz, Jr. said that he was going to buy Medina out of trouble and was going to get the right judge for the case. When Medina was released on his own recognizance, Traitz, Jr. acknowledged having arranged for Medina's release with the Bail Commissioner Margaret McCook. Later, Traitz, Jr. gave $300 to Philadelphia Police Officer John McCook, the husband of the Bail Commissioner, and said to John McCook, give that [the $300] to your wife. 8 In addition, a conversation on November 11, 1985, among Traitz, Jr., Crosley, Hurst and Mangini, was intercepted in which the men were discussing giving Christmas envelopes, containing cash, to various public officials. This discussion was followed by several conversations in November in which Traitz, Jr. and other individuals created the procedure by which the gifts were to be made. In order to assure secrecy, the gift envelopes would not contain the names of the recipients but would bear a number of hash marks corresponding to the total number of hundreds of dollars contained in the envelope. 9 On December 6, 1985, Traitz, Jr. met with Tommy Brown. Traitz, Jr. gave Brown 21 envelopes and a list of names of the public officials to whom the envelopes were to be delivered, including how large a gift each person was to receive. On December 17, 1985, Brown reported to Traitz, Jr. that he had delivered 19 of the 21 envelopes; Brown returned the undelivered envelopes to Traitz, Jr. Other public officials traveled to the offices of the Roofers Union to collect the gifts intended for them. In addition, appellant Nuzzi traveled from Pennsylvania to New Jersey to deliver gifts to Sheriff William Simon of Camden, New Jersey and his Deputy, Norbert Zuchowski.