OT: Centre County DA cleared of forgery allegation

[Ceasar]

Grand Jury determined the signature on the bail order in question was in fact the Judge's signature. Two handwriting experts each testified to this effect. Makes one wonder why they didn't simply ask the Judge if they signed it? Certainly seems like there is a lot of political infighting in Centre County government.

 

[WeR0206]

Grand Jury determined the signature on the bail order in question was in fact the Judge's signature. Two handwriting experts each testified to this effect. Makes one wonder why they didn't simply ask the Judge if they signed it? Certainly seems like there is a lot of political infighting in Centre County government.

Good God centre county is a complete dumpster fire...like you said, couldn't the judge have cleared this up months ago? Did they really need a GJ to get to the bottom of it? Why did the court aide (or whoever it was) claim the DA forged the signature if it never happened??

 

[mn78psu83]

Grand Jury determined the signature on the bail order in question was in fact the Judge's signature. Two handwriting experts each testified to this effect. Makes one wonder why they didn't simply ask the Judge if they signed it? Certainly seems like there is a lot of political infighting in Centre County government.

LINK: GJ finds no evidence to charge SPM
This is good (our DA is cleared of forgery) and bad for the reason you state. I am not a big fan of SPM, but it seemed to me from the beginning that she had decided not to do business in and around the Bellefonte Courthouse the way it had previously been done and made enemies who were/are determined to bring her down.

 

[NittPicker]

I find it hard to fault a judge who likely signs a multitude of documents every week - many of which aren't memorable. She may have felt the signature looked like hers but she wasn't a document examiner. Only a very good forger would have been able to pen out an authentic looking signature on one try which is what the former secretary claimed SPM did. Whatever anyone thinks of SPM, I seriously doubt she's close to being a forger which was proven by expert testimony.

My question is will the former secretary be charged? She claimed she witnessed SPM forge the judge's signature when experts have testified the signature was authentic. Given that fact, it follows the secretary couldn't have seen what she claimed. Will anyone even care enough to investigate? I doubt it.