Lorain/Elyria, OH
FBI searches county offices in Cleveland
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CLEVELAND (AP) — FBI and IRS agents served search warrants Monday at
About 200 FBI agents, some brought in from
“This stems from a long-term public corruption investigation,” FBI spokesman Scott Wilson said. “The warrants are sealed through the court and basically I cannot comment on anything that’s being searched or seized.”
Staffers at the county’s information services center said they were told they could go home because they wouldn’t be able to work. About 80 are employed at the center, which does computer work for various county agencies.
Agents entering the administration building searched the third and fourth floors, including Auditor Frank Russo’s office and Commissioner Jimmy Dimora’s office. Their homes also were searched.
FBI vehicles were spotted at Dimora’s suburban
Dimora is also chairman of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party.
“Jimmy Dimora is my friend and colleague, and I fervently hope and pray that when all is said and done, this is a mere tempest in a teapot,” Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones said in a statement.
Prosecutor Bill Mason instructed employees to cooperate with investigators.
Agents also searched DAS Construction Co. in
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Maybe they should be searching FEDERAL government offices in Columbus …. corruption there too.
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The chairman of the county democratic party and the democratic auditor would never do anything that wasn’t above board!! DAS construction didn’t give them any good deals on the work on their extravagant mansions. This is all a story made up by the Republican party. NOT!!! Both of these guys have been thieves since they got in office and just finally got caught. When the FBI sends in groups of agents from all over the area, they’re not just exploring. They have the goods on these guys and they’re going down. There will probably be a lot more coming down the line.
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I’m waiting to see if their personal county drivers bring then to their court hearings and when they are sentenced to prison. Peter Lawson Jones (commissioner) has a news conference today at 11am and he will probably be escorted by his limo driver that the taxpayers are footing the bill for. We’ll see how many others go down. 200 agents from the FBI and the IRS are no joke. There a lot of folks going down in public office and also in private industry. KUDOS to the FBI and IRS.
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come on into Lorain County next. It’s the same good old boys club here too. Whatever happened Urbin? Does he still work for the county?
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