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"DA charges Sen. Orie, aide to Justice Melvin; Accused of using state resources for campaigning"

"DA charges Sen. Orie, aide to Justice Melvin; Accused of using state resources for campaigning": The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a news update that begins, "The Allegheny County District Attorney's office today filed criminal charges against state Sen. Republican Whip Jane Orie, R-McCandless, and her sister, Janine Orie, an aide to state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin, in a grand jury investigation that reached into one of Western Pennsylvania's most powerful political families." The newspaper has also posted online the grand jury presentment (36.94MB PDF document) and this letter from State Senator Orie stepping aside as Majority Whip.

And The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update headlined "State Sen. Orie charged with 10 criminal counts."

Full post as published by How Appealing on April 07, 2010 (boomark / email).