Filing to vote as Dick Tracy nets charges (Women in cocaine for voter registrations found dead)

The Columbus Dispatch ^ | December 12, 2004 | DEFIANCE, Ohio (AP)

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A grand jury indicted a man who authorities said submitted phony voter-registration cards in the names of Mary Poppins, Dick Tracy and star athletes.

Chad Staton was charged with 10 counts of false registration. He was being held yesterday in the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio pending a bond hearing and arraignment Wednesday in Defiance County Common Pleas Court.

Staton was arrested last week after being indicted by a Defiance County grand jury investigating allegations that a woman paid him with cocaine in exchange for registration efforts.

Authorities have said Staton filled out phony voter forms himself rather than getting citizens to fill out legitimate registrations. He was first arrested in October but was released without bond during the investigation.

Officers said then that they interviewed a woman who said she had paid Staton with cocaine for the registrations.

That woman, Georgianne Pitts, 41, of Toledo, was found dead in her home Monday, possibly because of a drug overdose, the Toledo police crime log indicated.

The Lucas County coroner’s office conducted an autopsy but was waiting for toxicology results before releasing the cause of death.

A message seeking comment was left yesterday for Coroner James Patrick.

The Lucas County prosecutor’s office was planning to file 10 counts of filing false registration forms against Pitts, chief investigator Frank Stiles said.

"She was the central figure in all this," Stiles said. "Everything went through her."

False registration is a felony and carries a sentence of six to 12 months in prison.

[Miss Marple]

"She was the central figure in all this," Stiles said. "Everything went through her."

And now she's dead. How convenient.

[sticker]

Somebody covering the trail back to someone at the DNC?

[davisfh]

I didn't see a party affiliation mentioned in the article,
but I think I could guess.

[stevie_d_64]

Take the "red" pill, and see how deep the rabbit hole goes...

Raise your hand if you think she was the "only" one involved at that level???

[stevie_d_64]

You have three choices...

Red

Blue

Green

[martin_fierro]

Staton

He was probably registering people as R. *snort*

Pitts, on the other hand, was working on behalf of the NAACP National Voter Fund, which was formed by the NAACP in 2000 to register new voters.

[MKM1960]

Sounds like an Arkansas dirt nap in Ohio.

[FreePaul]

That woman, Georgianne Pitts, 41, of Toledo, was found dead in her home Monday,..

I guess that the Arkancide Virus is still rampant.

[concretebob]

Original news stories linked this incident back to the National Association of Constantly Complaining People.

[holymoly]

Georgianne Pitts, 41, of Toledo, was found dead in her home Monday, possibly because of a drug overdose

She was suicided.

[Congressman Billybob]

The dead woman was not only a hard-wired Democrat, she was a state coordinator for the NAACP. I can't for the life of me understand why those facts did not make their way into this story. /sarcasm

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[got_moab?]

I'll bet that much like Tupac, Georgianne Pitts will rise from the dead and vote for Hillary in 08!

[flutters]

Thanks for posting that cross-link.

[concretebob]

Reminds me of the woman in Tennessee who provided drivers' licenses to muslims and was found burned in her car.

[flutters]

I can't figure out why we didn't hear about this story earlier. One would think Pitts death would have made news somewhere.

[exnavychick]

My thoughts exactly.

[cpdiii]

THE DEMONRAT PARTY IS A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE

[thackney]

Is she related to Vince Foster?

[TexasTransplant]

Is she related to Vince Foster?

If she isn't she sure is crashing the Re-union Party