City Employees Stealing Guns

[bob2055]

The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office announced that arrest warrants have been issued for nine individuals who used their city jobs as cover to traffic in guns and other items they stole from homes in Northeast Philadelphia.

A Grand Jury found that a crew of city employees assigned to the Community Life Improvement Program (CLIP) took a program designed to improve a city neighborhood by abating code violations, and turned it into a criminal enterprise. Supervisors employed by the Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I) and their crew entered houses illegally, without homeowners' permission or court orders. The supervisors then not only allowed, but abetted and joined in, the workers' thefts of valuables. The city employees stole expensive televisions, sterling silver, whole dining room furniture sets, money, and in some cases, large gun collections.

Guns stolen by the city workers were then sold illegally on the streets of Philadelphia and ended up in the hands of criminals. Police have recovered only a handful of the dozens of guns stolen. One was confiscated from a murder suspect.

Arrest warrants have been issued charging these individuals with numerous counts of theft, criminal conspiracy, burglary, official oppression, corrupt organization, perjury, and illegal transfer of firearms.

The complete Presentment is available below:

http://www.phila.gov/districtattorne...resentment.pdf

My tax dollars at work.

[King 5.45]

One wonders if their program having had the acronym MAGAZINE would have made for a different outcome.

[mollymayhem82]

One wonders if their program having had the acronym MAGAZINE would have made for a different outcome.

Well played, sir.

[King 5.45]

I'm just amazed that I beat Curmudgeon to it.

[andrewjs18]

"we're from the government and we're here to help!"

[Toorop]

That is some bullshit. I hope that people can sue the pants off the city for this. I cannot believe that this was allowed to happen. Have they made plans to reimburse victims, I wonder?

[snuffy19608]

That is some bullshit. I hope that people can sue the pants off the city for this. I cannot believe that this was allowed to happen. Have they made plans to reimburse victims, I wonder?

Dude, it's Philly. Look up "corruption" in Websters- you'll find a nice view of the city skyline. They should change the city motto to "We make Boss Tweed look GOOD!"

The last time I was in Filthedelphia I was directed to testify by supeona. And I tried like HELL to get out of THAT.

[streaker69]

I only have one thing to say about this:

[edsollen]

Curmudgeon was at the PP meet and greet otherwise you would not have stood a chance