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‘I’m a broken man’: Ex-Pittsburgh police chief sentenced to prison
WPXI ^
| February 25, 2014
Posted on 02/25/2014 11:30:30 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh former police chief Nathan Harper was sentenced to 18 months in a federal prison for conspiring to create an unauthorized slush fund from which he spent more than $30,000 on himself.
U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon handed down the sentence Tuesday morning. She also ordered 61-year-old Harper on Tuesday to repay $31,986 from the fund that he spent on himself.
Target 11 investigator Rick Earle was in the courtroom for the sentencing hearing. Earle reported that Harper made an emotional apology moments before the judge handed down his sentence.
“I am a broken man,” Harper said. “I made a mistake.”
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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; nateharper; pittsburgh; police
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
“I made a mistake”. I’ll say.
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:34:36 AM PST
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Perhaps he thought that the money he took was reparations.
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:36:01 AM PST
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
He spent a couple hundred of that in a porn shop.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Usually a mistake doesn’t require directing staff to set it up and happen over a period of three years. But like the article says he’s a really nice guy and doting grandfather who “empowered people.”
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:37:25 AM PST
by
Pan_Yan
(Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
“I made a mistake.”
No, you committed a crime, got caught, and now you pay.
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:38:03 AM PST
by
dainbramaged
(Windage and elevation, Mrs. Langdon; windage and elevation.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
He has nothing to worry about. The ‘justice’ department will find that he was convicted on account of his race and get him set free.
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:39:27 AM PST
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Former Pittsburgh police Chief Nate Harper leaves the Federal Courthouse on Grant Street,
Downtown, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, after being sentenced to 18 months in prison.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
this guy was chump change compared to a lot of these stories
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:40:46 AM PST
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: hal ogen
He didn't divvy up generously enough with the other Democrats in the city. Otherwise, he would've only got probation.
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:41:12 AM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: GeronL
You beat me to it. Charlie Rangel makes this guy look squeaky clean.
To: dainbramaged
“I made a mistake.”
No, you committed a crime, got caught, and now you pay.
What he meant was he made a mistake by getting caught. See? lol
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:48:37 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Pittsburgh is the belly of the beast when it comes to political/union corruption. New York may be the heart and Chicago the soul but Pittsburgh is absolutely the belly.
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posted on
02/25/2014 11:53:25 AM PST
by
prisoner6
(FREEDOM)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Waaaa.. You thought it was pretty cool till you got caught.
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posted on
02/25/2014 12:05:00 PM PST
by
loungitude
(The truth hurts.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
“I made a mistake committed a crime.”...there fixed
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posted on
02/25/2014 12:08:28 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: rightwingintelligentsia
“I made a mistake.” Sure buddy. Just one. I'm sure if anyone really looked, there would be no other evidence of corruption, bribes, graft, theft, nepotism, etc, during your reign.
I loathe crooked cops.
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posted on
02/25/2014 12:09:28 PM PST
by
LouAvul
(In a state of disbelief as to how liberals destroyed America in a mere 40 years.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
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posted on
02/25/2014 12:10:24 PM PST
by
bkopto
(Free men are not equal. Equal men are not free.)
To: dainbramaged
I made a mistake."His mistake was getting caught.
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posted on
02/25/2014 12:16:09 PM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
If only the IRS, the DEA, the bank examiners, in fact the entire lexicon of federal alphabet agencies could learn that you can’t extort money from citizens with armed enforcers, the world would be a better place.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Pittsburg and Philly have some interesting headlines recently.
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posted on
02/25/2014 12:18:34 PM PST
by
SgtHooper
(If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
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