Frank DeJesus was charged Friday with six counts of second-degree forgery, five counts of second-degree false statement and one count of falsely certifying the administration of an oath. The forgery charges are felonies, each punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
DeJesus, 58, was investigated by the chief state's attorney's office over allegations made by his opponent, Rep. Minnie Gonzalez, D-Hartford, that he committed fraud and intimidated illiterate, disabled and elderly voters to get his name on the ballot.
The warrants for his arrest allege that DeJesus signed the back of five petitions, though he did not gather the signatures. He also is charged with falsely certifying signatures on six petitions in his post as a justice of the peace. (AP)
DeJesus is an ally of Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez, a Gonzalez foe. Perez is now calling for him to drop out of the race.
Source
"State House candidate charged with forgery." Associated Press 29 July, 2006.
10 comments:
DeJesus is an ally of Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez
Somehow the whole story falls into place with that one line.
og gee, another weekend of Democrat politics as usual in Hartford...
bluecoat said...
and Perez is backing Malloy, right?
I see the logic here:
A Hartford hack commits forgery (similar stuff has gone on with absentee ballots for years, cf. Edwin Garcia in '96 and Coleman/McCrory 2 years ago).
Said hack had been backed by Eddie Perez.
Perez has also endorsed Dan Malloy.
Ergo, Malloy is a crook. QED.
Takes the attention from the sleaze democrats in Bridgeport.
Didn't another Dem state rep -- Garcia, I think, get busyed for something similar?
Then, of course, there was Dem. State Rep Barnaby Horton -- no longer practicing law because of similar violations.
Gee, I sense a pattern.....
Maybe Caruso et al should call for a hearing...
Anonymous 4:43:
Horton was in the room when ballots were being filled out, and carried them to the mailbox. Illegal, but not close to multiple counts of forgery and taking false oaths.
By the way, Horton had already lost his primary when Elections Enforcement went after him. Seems like Jeff Garfield only makes examples of losers. The winners can get away with anything...
Chris MC said...
And Eddie Perez
You really don't want to go down that road backing that guy.
Check around.
Call some friends that are familiar with the Hartford Windshield / FBI coke sting of the late 1980's and the one major player that (then) agent David M. Spruance just couldn't get on camera.
Give me a break.
The Hartford person pinched in the Coleman/Mccrory incident is now on Malloy's payroll...
Chris MC said... "
I googled that and came up empty."
What pray tell does come up from the late 1980's?
Usually nothing.
Ask around - seriously.
Wow. Just ran across this blog and can't believe the ignorance and negativity. Why would you make such an outrageous comment about Eddie? Is it because Eddie is Puerto Rican? Or because you will never affect as many people in a positive way as he has and will? How many homeless people have you gotten jobs for? How many kids have you gotten full scholarships for?
I want to set the record straight regarding comments posted about me on July 30, 2006 by "Anonymous," I stopped practicing law in 2000 as a result of a career change - not because of the state's case against me. Also, all charges against me were dismissed by Judge Wendy Susco on July 10, 2006.
Barnaby W. Horton
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