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Monday, October 22, 2012

Norco's Former First Assistant Public Defender Charged With Theft

On August 15, I told you that Northampton County's First Assistant Public Defender, Anthony Martino, was under an ethical cloud as a result of the possible misappropriation of money from his law firm, as well as the outright theft of client money. I followed up on August 24 with a second story, reporting that he had been suspended and listing numerous tax claims filed against him.

I was taken to task by numerous people for exposing Martino. "Things are often enough not as they first seem and this type of career damaging information should not be disseminated without certainty," huffed Jim Fiorentino, himself an attorney and Chair of Bethlehem's Planning Commission.

According to The Express Times, Martino was charged today with nine counts of theft, three counts of receiving stolen property, three counts of misapplication of entrusted funds and one count of forgery.

Is that certain enough?

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hopefully, he is not a Moravian graduate.

Bernie O'Hare said...

Good one!

Unknown said...

What's wrong with Moravian?

Bernie O'Hare said...

Yet another Moravian Defect heard from.

Anonymous said...

Thats OK Bernie, you defended him to no end as solicitor of County Council, when he agreed with Angle.

Bernie O'Hare said...

What I did was defend him when Lamont McClure took it upon himself to fire Martin unilaterally, with no authority from the rest of Council. Don't ascribe positions to me that I have never taken.

Anonymous said...

Most lawyers and realators are on the integrity level as local politicians. All will sell the publics souls to the highest monetary doner.

Look at allentown and whitehall now, there is a dick measuring contest going on between both. Judging from the hoes dangling around, allentown with ms giggles and jiggles has got about the same chance as ice WATER in hell¿


REDD

Anonymous said...

I need a good lawyer joke, now please!

Anonymous said...

Like local officials think of allentowns public and I quote " the cancer" they should be all put on a barge like garbage they are and set out to sea on a voyage never to land¿

REDD

Anonymous said...

In most professions this would be a dark day. For lawyers, it's Monday.

Anonymous said...

" turn out the lights the party's over"

Anonymous said...

Hey O'Hare, isn't this stealing from clients why you had your law license yanked?

Rin Tin Tin said...

well at least he didn't rape a dog

Anonymous said...

I don't know Rin Tin Tin, word on the street is...

Better tuck that tail.

Anonymous said...

I for one thought this post would have had considerably more attention that it received.

humm...

Anonymous said...

than

Bernie O'Hare said...

I think people might be more focused on the election right now.