(PA) State Rep. Habay(R) charged in white powder hoax

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05089/480088.stm

State Rep. Jeffrey E. Habay of Shaler was charged today for allegedly lying about a white powder he said he received in the mail from a contituent who was critical of him.

Allegheny County authorities charged Habay, 38, with facsimile weapons of mass destruction, falsely incriminating another and fictious reports for claiming in May that he received an envelope in his home that contained a suspicious white powder.

U.S. Postal Service investigators had said the powder was harmless.

In court documents, authorities claim Habay said the package came from George Radich, a constituent who along with four others asked Commonwealth Court to conduct an audit of Habay's political action committee, the Friends of Jeff Habay.

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He's a 5 term Repuke who's also charged with 2 felonies for using state workers to campaign for him on state time.

[Megahurtz]

1. Ha!

So what white powder did he really recieve in the mail?:eyes:

[rodeodance]

2. good god--is this for real?? "facsimile weapons of mass destruction" is ,

one of the charges against him.

[msanthrope]

18. Hey, don't laugh--"facsimile weapons of mass destruction."

May be all we can charge Saddam with.....

[nonconformist]

29. Can we charge Bush with that? nt

[HereSince1628]

Oops! Only the Whitehouse gets to promote phony WMDs

How did he not know that???????????????????????????

[UpInArms]

8. don't forget about Frist and his "ricin" scare

that wasn't.

[politicat]

3. How does he keep getting elected???

Man, even Arizona threw out Mecham and Symington....

[sui generis]

4. I believe he himself engaged in "terror"ism doncha think?

they should ship his crooked ass off to guantanamo bay and throw away the key, and the plus here is that he's already been charged so there's not really a constitutional violation.

[fob]

14. There may not be enough room at Gitmo for all the repukes that need

to be there, any way to get Halliburton a contract for a Jeff Habay Wing?

[oneighty]

5. Go to plan "B" Mr. Habay

Surely it will be better than plan "A".

180

[MindPilot]

6. and the hits just keep on coming...

nice, really nice...

[Kingofalldems]

7. Why does he hate America?

n/t

[Hobarticus]

9. Buh-bye...thanks for playing. We have some lovely parting gifts...

Including this stylish orange jumpsuit!

[AlCzervik]

10. OMG!!! What a fing mental case!!!

[Coexist]

11. wow - that's got to be worthy of being promoted to

some cushy job in this adminstration. Big balls and no morals. Where can we get him an award for peace or good citizenship?

[not fooled]

26. yeah, real Presidential Medal of Freedom material!

at least by the gutter-level standards of this admin.

To follow in the glorious footsteps of Iraq big-time bunglers J.P. Bremer, T. Franks, and G. Tenant :eyes:

[katsy]

12. The whole world is his stage.

sheeeesh what a dork.

:puke:

[napi21]

13. HOLY COW! I used to live in Shaler Twp!

Don't blame me for this idiot though. I moved in 1987, and he wasn't there then!

I don't remember most people in Shaler being pukes or crazy. Who was running aginst this nutjob?

[chookie]

15. This guy is a wacko

He gets into some bizarre trouble about once a year.

Last election, he got into trouble for campaigning WITHIN polling places. He was clearly in the wrong, but just like a right wing wacko, he insisted anything negative found out about him was the result of liberals persecuting him because he is a Christian and a conservative.

As some point out here -- one of the hallmarks of the Right Wing wacko is a pervading belief in their "victimhood" -- they're forever claiming to be persecuted, when in fact what they are really up to is giving the shaft, by any means necessary, to others.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

16. That's one. How many more left to go?

[truthisfreedom]

17. this is a weird story.

it just smells weird.

[spotbird]

19. State Rep. Charged in Anthrax Hoax

State Rep. Jeffrey E. Habay was charged Wednesday for allegedly lying about a white powder he said he received in the mail from a constituent who was critical of him.

*skip*

Habay, a five-term Allegheny County Republican, is already awaiting trial on ethics charges. He was charged last year with theft of service and conflict of interest for allegedly using his staff to campaign on state time.

The State Ethics Commission ordered Habay to pay nearly $13,000 in restitution and referred the case to state prosecutors, who filed the felony charges.

http://kdka.com/local/local_story_089152709.html

Tom Delay should start the legal defense fund, this guy sounds like Delay's kind of guy.

[merci_me]

20. State Rep from WHAT state?? n/t

[RamboLiberal]

22. Pennsylvania - Shaler outside of Pittsburgh

eom

[struggle4progress]

21. kick for lying Rs

[grannylib]

23. Surprise, surprise, surprise.....not. Nothing these shameless

assholes do anymore surprises me in the least.
God.

[Sufi Marmot]

24. This coming week's Top 10 Conservative Idiots just got easier...

...I guess it just writes itself some weeks... :shrug:

-SM

[frustrated_lefty]

25. Classic.

Truman: say he "f^&cked" a pig. I don't care if he did it, make the bastard deny it. Win, lose, you lose.

[Renew Deal]

27. Idiot

Why did he think he'd get away with something like this?

:spank:

[The_Casual_Observer]

28. Put this bastard in jail and throw away the key

We suffer enough with the fed scares on this shit, we don't need some local bastard chiming in for his own stupid agenda.

[Moderator]

30. kick to combine

[Zuni]

31. Pennslyvania Republican indicted for framing constituent for Anthrax

The US Postal Inspection Service had said the powder was harmless.

In court documents, authorities claim Habay said the package came from George Radich, a constituent who along with four others asked Commonwealth Court to conduct an audit of Habay's political action committee, the Friends of Jeff Habay.

Radich had insisted the powder was not there when he mailed the letter and said he did not try to hide his identity when mailing it. Postal officials said Radich paid for the mailing with a credit card, an unusual thing to do if someone had put the powder in the envelope.

Habay, a five-term Allegheny County Republican, is already awaiting trial on ethics charges. He was charged last year with theft of service and conflict of interest for allegedly using his staff to campaign on state time.

The State Ethics Commission ordered Habay to pay nearly $13,000 in restitution and referred the case to state prosecutors, who filed the felony charges.

[napi21]

32. Well, that's one way to get rid of these Pub crooks!

I'm proud of the investigators in this case, and thestate prosecutors who filed the felony charges!

I am sad for the Shaler Twp residents that this AH represented. I hope you get a better candidate next time.

[Zuni]

33. agreed

this guy is a real scum bag. I am glad they got him for attempting to frame a constituent

[DS1]

34. Needs to spend some time in Federal Pound Me in the A$$ prison

:eyes: