PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: … [The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission ] on Wednesday will announce it is hiring Ray A. Morrow, of Washington, Pa., who will conduct internal investigations of theft, fraud and waste, Turnpike officials told the Tribune-Review.
Eight former Turnpike employees, vendors and an ex-legislative leader were charged in a bid-rigging and influence-peddling scheme. Most are expected to face trial this fall.
Laurel Brandstetter, the prosecutor handling the case for the attorney general’s office, told a judge last year it’s about “a breach of the public trust.” Defense attorneys say the men — including former Turnpike CEO Joe Brimmeier of Ross, former agency chairman Mitchell Rubin of Philadelphia and ex-Senate Democratic Leader Robert Mellow of Lackawanna County — are innocent… (more)
