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By The Editor | August 20th, 2007 | 7 comments
Jury selection in the federal drug trial of former South Carolina Treasurer Thomas Ravenel, originally scheduled for Sept. 5, has been postponed until Nov. 8. U.S. District Judge Joseph Anderson signed an order Monday granting a request to give attorneys more time to prepare, WIS reported.
Ravenel’s attorney entered a not guilty plea for him on July 6.
Complex Case? Everybody needs more time?
Initially, the story was cocaine user sharing with friends. Simple.
Now, army of lawyers fights feds and delays case or we need more time to secure plea deal. Either way, it’s a complex case.
Needs more time? What a farce! If you pay lawyers enough money they will do anything. The judicial process is in a sad state of affairs. Money and drugs are driving the system. Let’s all celebrate.
I went on a couple of dates with Thomas back in 1989. He was so drunk on the 2nd and LAST date we had, that he stumbled out of the restaurant in Mt. Pleasant. I saw my life flash before my eyes when he insisted on driving-back over the bridge- the old bridge, mind you, into Charleston. I am sure a guardian angel got us safely over it.
I managed to call a cab from his house and took it all the way home to Columbia. He was so disgusting. I cannot and won’t even try to tell the things he pulled on me, just short of rape, thank God he was too drunk to really hurt me.
I saw his mom shortly after that and she asked me if I would be seeing him again, and I said respectfully, “No, ma-am”. She didn’t have a bit of a problem with that!
God help us if we allow that kind of mind come into our government. And may God help you, Thomas Ravenel. The only way out is through.
Mrs. Marti Comyns of Columbia, SC
It IS, what it IS!
COCAINE DISTRIBUTION! If his sentence is reduced from 20 years to a matter of months or nothing. What is the message the Prosecutors are sending to the Drug Smugglers? Hey, CRIME PAYS! CRIME PAYS BIGTIME! If you hire the right attorney and pay them enough money, you’ll get off with minimal punishment.
We should all be very proud of our justice system.
Prosecutors said taxpayers paid for the sisters’ spending sprees, which included four homes in Edisto Beach, 10 luxury cars, boats, and expensive jewelry from New York and Alaska vacations.
C & D co-owner Charlene Corley, 46, was charged with wire fraud and money laundering and pleaded guilty to both Thursday. A sentencing date has not been set.
She was accused of bilking taxpayers by inflating shipping costs for Defense Department materials that cost a few dollars.
In one example, C & D collected $998,798 to ship two 19-cent bolt washers, court documents show.
Corley’s twin sister, Darlene Wooten, shot herself Oct. 2 after Defense Department investigators confronted her with evidence of a nine-year scheme that included billing the Pentagon for $71.6 million in shipping costs.
Third man indicted with Ravenel on cocaine charges
A third person has been indicted along with former state Treasurer Thomas Ravenel on a federal charge of conspiring to possess and distribute cocaine, according to an amended indictment issued this afternoon.
The defendant was identified as Pasquale Pellicoro, though no other identifying information about him or details about his alleged crime were presented in the indictment. A grand jury meeting in U.S. District Court in Columbia issued the amended indictment, known as a superseding indictment.
Federal prosecutors and Ravenels attorneys could not be immediately reached for comment.
Ravenel, Pellicoro and a third defendant, Michael L. Miller, 25, of Mount Pleasant, each is charged with conspiring to possess and distribute less than 500 grams of cocaine, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine.
The amended indictment also charges Miller with eight new counts of possession with intent to distribute and distributing less than 500 grams of cocaine from Sept. 20, 2005, through Jan. 3, 2006.
[...] Aug 23rd, 2007 by notverybright I was reading over at Palmetto Scoop this morning and saw a comment from a person claiming to be Marti Comyns. The comment was about a date she went on with Thomas Ravenel a long time ago. It wasn’t exactly a fond memory for her. Read her comment here. [...]