Pennsylvania Crime Commission April 1981
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C. 20531 , -' ---~----------------------------------------------------~---....-----"'- -- -------- ______-"'- _______C:_--C-_ Contents 1980 Crime Commission Activities. .. 3 i?ennsylvania:lCrime Commission Investigations. .. 3 Referrals. .. 3 Organization Chart ...................... 4 Alvin B., Lewis Jr., Esq., Chairman Cooperative Efforts . .. 4 Fiscal 1980 Expenditures .................. 5 Clifford C. Cooper, Esq. Malcolm L. Lazin, Esq. Reports Issued. .. 6 Thomas F. Lamb, Esq. Kenneth B. Lee, Esq. Public Hearings. .. 6 ; Leviticus. .. 6 Wallace P. Hay, Executive Director MAGLOCLEN ............................ 6 t Results ....................... '" ....... 7 Donald E~ Lewis, Esq., Chief Counsel Status of Organized Crime ..................... 8 Overview ................................ 8 Activities of Organized Crime. .. 8 Special Agents-in-Charge Staff Gregory Kerpchar LevitiClIs Staff Update on Prominent Figures ............... 9 , FranklinR. Booth, St. Davids Debra J. Ashton Gino L Lazzari Legrome D. Davis, Esq. ACloserLook ............................ 10 :\ William J. Fry III, Harrisburg John R. Barron Regina M. McBride Thomas J. Connor Crimes Reported ......................... 12 Oliver H. Hunter, Pittsburgh Beverly J. Beccaloni Edward J. Mokos Michael R.l-loey Distribution Map of 10 Selected Crimes .... 12-13 George R. Van Durick, Scranton Sharon L. Beerman Nancy S. Monzi Cynthia A. Hahm Narcotics and Arson Distribution Maps ...... 14 Carl P. Brown Joseph V. Morace Dwight L. McKee Crime Trends .......................... 14-15 Deborah J. Brown Jack Murmylo Law Enforcement Efforts .................. 16 Willie C. Byrd Marilyn B. Peterson Prosecutorial Efforts ...................... 17 Nancy B. Checket Wasyl J. Polischuk Out of State Impacts ...................... 18 Vincent F. Clemente Albert B. Risdorfer Outlook for 1981. .. ........................ 18 Eileen Commons GeraldD. Rockey Pending Prosecutions ..................... 18 John J. Contino, Esq. Sharon A. Rockey Crime Forecast. .......................... 19 Wendy M. D'Agostino Mary Margaret Russell The Commission's Goals .................. 20 Christopher J. DeCree LoiS Ryals ., Recommendations to the Legislature ........ 20 Victor N. DiCicco Carol C. Salter Daniel S. Fedeanis Diane L. Schwandt William F. Foran Richard L. Schultz DonnaJ. Groom Gregory C. Smith Phyllis J. Hale Paul J. Spear James F. Kanavy Margaret A.Ward R. Lee Kautzmann Joan Weiner, Esq. Steven R. Keller Michael A. Zaffiri 4i \i d U.S. Department of Just/ce . National Institute of Justice 80711 T~:s document has been reproduce In t~fn ~r organization originating it ~ ~~ac!lY as received from the repre~en~cumen! ~re those of the 'au~~:~sof view or opinions stated JUstice the official Position or POlicies of t~ndNdo. not necessarily , e alional Institute of Permission to reprod ' granted by uce !h,s copyrighted material has been Public Domain PA Crime Commission ~- to the National Criminal Justice Refe This report is published ,pursuant to the Act of , renee Service (NCJRS) October 4, 1978, P.L 876 No. 169, which mandates Further reproduction outsld ' slon of the copyright OWner. e of the NCJRS system requires permis- that an annl.{f\i report 01) the status of organized 523 East Lancaster Pike crime in the· Commonwealth be presonted to" the Saint Davids, PA 19087 Legislature by th~ Crime Commission each April. (215)687-6500 " " By 1970, federal requirements for Although most investigative sub Crime Commission investigations when A Decade of Organized Crime: often look at several of the above cate The Past criminal justice planning agencies had 1980 Report was presented to the Leg 1980 jects are generated internally, others changfld and a new agency, the Penn islature. are suggested by public officials, law gories of crime as integrated activities The marked increase in crime rates sylvania Criminal Justice Planning enforcement agencies and the public. because organized criminals are usual during the 1950s led all levels of gov The passage of the Commonwealth Crime Commission ly invc!ved in a multi-faceted complex Board, was formed. The responsibility Attorney's Act and the election of an When a request for an investigation is ernment to seek new and different for justice planning was transferred Activities made, the first step is to do a prelimi of criminal activity. For example, when methods of dealing with criminal in Attorney General, both of which oc the Commission looks at patterns of il from the Commission to this new curred in the fall of 1980, also impact nary investigation to ,see if the facts vestigations and prosecution. Board. 1980 was the first calendar year warrant further scrutiny. legal behavior, it also investigates the A President's Commission on Law ed upon the Crime Commission. The that· the Crime Commission operated 'legitimate' business involvements of The Commission, however, was Commission, which had relied upon At the conclusion of a preliminary Enforcement and the Administration as an independent law enforcement persons engaged in particular types of still empowered to inquire into organ the Department of Justice for adminis investigation, the matter may be fur of Justice was formed in 1965 and pre ized crime and public corruption. An agency. While this n~w status did n.ot ther investigated by the Crime Com illegal behavior, sented its comprehensive findings in trative support, became an administra effect its basic staffing pattern or in average of three public reports a year tively independent agency. mission referred to another agency, or It should be noted that the investi early 1967. One of its recommenda ternal organization, new Commission gatory personnel of the Crime Com were published during the 1970s by The new law also provides the closed due to lack of substantiation. tions was that agencies should be cre the Commission. Most of these re ers and Executive Directors did re-di Due to the Commission's unique mission handled several hundreds of Commission with the responsibility to rect some of the focus of the Commis ated to look at overall crime patterns ports were the result of completed in status, it can focus on broad or narrow inquiries from other law enforcement aliJd problems and to make sugges work even more closely with the inde sion. agencies during 1980. These included vestigations into types of criminalac pendent Attorney General on lawen patterns of organized criminal activity. tions for improvements to the criminal tivity. Others delved into such topics Structurally, the work of the Com It is not required to 'make cases' requests for information, records forcement and investigative matters of mission is broken into four regional of justice system. as sentencing patterns. (A complete against people who have broken the checks and other types of support or concern to the Commonwealth. fices, each of which is supervised by a In response to that recommenda listirrg of Crime Commission publica law. When information of a criminal assistance. Special Agent-in-Charge. Under these tion, Pennsylvania Governor Raymond tions can be found at the back of this violation is gathered, the referral of P. Shafer issued an executive order in report.) people are supervisors, agents and that material to the appropriate agency Referra~s clerical staff, all housed in offices March of 1967 creating a temporary is a by-product, rather than the primary Because the Crime Commission is Crime Commission. The Commission also continued its within their regions. In addition, the role as a catalyst for positive change in purpose, of the Commission's w<;>rk. an investigative (rather t.han an accu~a The duties of this Commission Commission maintains a headquarters the criminal justice system. It drafted Statutory Its purpose is not to look at Isolat tory) agency it refers eVidence of crim were to look into the causes of crime in St. Davids (suburban Philadelphia) ed incidents of criminal activity in one the Pennsylvania Corrupt Organiza in which administration, intelligence, inal actions to other agencies. Those and delinquency, assess the adequacy Jurisdiction municipality or another. That job is agen.::ies to which evidence was re of preventative and law enforcement tions Act, which was designed to curb liaison, public information and legal racketeer infiltration into legitimate done by policing agencies. The Com ferred in 1980 include: efforts and to make recommendations The Pennsylvania Crime Commis work are done. bUSinesses, in 1970. It also recom mission looks at broader