COMMONWEAI IF 1 POLICE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
PENNSYLVANIA. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,
COUNTY OF:DAUPHIN vs.
‘Magisterial District Number: 12-3-03 °
MoJ: Hon, WILLIAM. C, WENNER DEFENDANT: (NAME and ADDRESS):
Address: 5925 STEVENSON AVE, SUITE B ‘STEPHEN _ RUSSELL ____—_REED _
HARRISBURG, PA 17112 Frat Name — Mile Name Laat Kana Bo
‘Telophone: (717)545-0261 212 CUMBERLAND STREET
HARRISBURG, PA 17102
NCIC Exiradition Code Type
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‘DEFENDANT IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION
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Office of the attorney for the Commonwealth CI Approved [1 Disapproved because:
(he atfomey forthe Commonwostth may require that the complain, gee warrant alidavit, ox both bo approved bythe atornay for the Commanwaalh lor
Cae conRee eam
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DAG CLARKE H. MADDEN
(Nae fe stoma the Conmanwcaly ‘Spat ait Corer) pon
1, INSPECTOR CRAIG S. LECADRE 902 = Ze
(Name ofthe At) . PSPMPOTE-Aecied Mant Nini ase —
of PA OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL 0222400
{ently Department or Ajoey Ropes ed and Fazal Sian) — Paice Age ORT ROTO
do hereby state: (check appropriate box)
1. Bl accuse the above named defendant who lives at the address set forth above
1D J accuse the defendant whose name is unknown to me but who is described as.
1 accuse the defendant whose name and popular designation or nickname are unknown tome and whom | have
therefore desianated as John Doe or Jane Doo
with violating the penal laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at
SIDMSOTCOOR. ~PRCE-PORICAT SUBIR ———
in DAUPHIN County £1 onorabout
(County Codey
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| 28-15 07/14/2015 | T 676764 43-1036-13
| Defendant Namo | Fist Tier Task
N STEPHEN RUSSELL REED
2. ask that @ warrant of arrest or a summons be issued and that the defendant be required to answer the charges | have
made.
3. | verify that the facts set forth in this complaint are true and correct to the best of my knowledge or information and belief
This verification is made subject to the penaities of Section 4904 of the Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S. § 4904) relating to
unsworn falsification to authorities.
4. This complaint consists of the preceding page(s) numbered __ through _.
“The acts committed by the accused, as listed and hereafter, were against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and were contrary-o the Act(s) of the Assembly, or in violation of the statutes cited.
(Before a warrant of arrest can be issued, an affidavit of probable cause must bo completed, sworn to before the
issuing authority, and attached.)
(@ate) 2 Leg” fon
AND NOW, onthisdate July 14, 2015 | ceriy that the complaint has been properly completed and verified,
‘An affidavit of probable cause must be completed before a warrant can be issued.
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First: i ast
Defendant Name STEPHEN RUSSELL REED
‘The acts cominitted by the accused are described below with each Act of Assembly or statute allegedly violated, if
appropriate. When there is more than one offense, each offense should be numbered chronologically
inchoate | Ll attempt TT Soictation i Conspiracy
[Offense | feoora se0024 rece
O [or [oir B(2)(3) [eitte [18 CSA 2. [rt |
Laer “ofa et —— "Sion Px Sis (as) Camis —s05 WOE Gena Cae — WORNERS Cae
PennDOT Data] —Accient 5
roar | eet Ti inerstato 1 Saety Zone i Werk zone
Salute Description (include the name of stalule or ordinanos) Comat Orsanzalins
[ Tnchoate] CY Atompt Ti Solctaton Ti Gonspirasy - ]
Offense _| — oor Yeo _ |e raao8! J
O [oz [sit A (12) [ore [ascsa [2 - |
sect Ofte Sst; sen ~~ “PRS [oa NGI Oana 6s — Ton
PonnDOT Data] Acciont
(appiieabiay | nonter _ interstate Safety 2000 Cl Work Zo00
Statute Description (include the namie of statute or ordinance): Dean in Poised of Uw Aaties
inchoate | Cl Atop? Ci Sonctaton Ti Conspiracy 7
Offense | — 109074 tooo : ‘e308
O [03 | 3922 [aq [ort [ascsa [2 Pl
eae oss Sieg — sass PA Sais TNS] Caas ~ — Ges NS Osa Came — VERNER Cas —
PonnDOT Data —] Accident
camper bas | Asien i inersate UD sely Zo Tl werk zone
Statute Description (include the name of statute or ordinance): Theft by Deception
‘Set fora bref summary of tie facts Sifcint to aavive tho defendant of the nature of he oensla) charged A caton tothe Hataa(e) aTegealy
Wlolated, without more, isnot sufficient Ina summary case, you must cite the specific action(s) and aubsoction(s) of the statutes) or raiars(o)
allegedly violated, The age of the victn at the ine ofthe offense may bo Included f known. in adtton, sacal soeusty numbers std nance! information
| (e.g, PINs) should not be listod, ithe Ident ofan account must be estlished it ony the last four digits 204 PA Code $6213. = 210.7
Acts of the accused:
4, That on and about diverse dates from December 24, 1990 through January 2010, the Defendant, @ person, uniawfull through a pattem of racketeering
activity that includes but isnot imited to acs which are inditable under Chapter 47 (eating to bribery and corrupt infuence) and Chapter 39 (relating to
theft offenses), acnuired or maintained, recy or indteciy, any interest In or contol oF the enterprise then knowm as The Harsburg authority. On er
‘bout diverse dates from December 24, 1990 through January 2010, the defendant, a person employed by or associated with te enterprise, partes,
ether dirty or indirectly inthe conduct of The Harrisburg Author's affairs through a pater of racketeering actives that includes but not Ried
acts which are incictable under Chapter 47 (relaling to bribery and coruptinfience) and Chapter 39 (relating fo theft elenses)
2. ‘On or about diverse dates from January 1, 200 through September 7, 2007 the defendant conducted a financial transaction with the knowedge thatthe
Broperty involved, including stolen or legally obtained property, represents the proceeds of unlawful activity, the defendant acted with the tent to promate
{the carving on of the unlawful activity. On or about civerse dates between May 18 and May 31,2015, the defendant conte a finance transaction
Involving consigning 20 firearms to acetal establishment in Gettysburg with knowledge thatthe property involve, Ince stolen or legal cbtained
broperty, represented the proceeds ofan unlawful act and thatthe transaction was designed in whole of In part to conceal or disguise the nature, location,
Source, ownership or contro of the proazeds of sald uniawful ativty by use of monies urfawfuly obtained fromm the City of Harsburg and the Haisouny
‘Authority and by dealing in stolen property obtained with those monies,
'3._On or about September 2003, the defendant intentionaly obtained property wth a value over $500,000.00 from the Hartsburg School District by
deception with respect to the ising costs of ts 2003 debt offering. On or about various dates from May 2000 tolanuary 2010 the defendant ntenvonally |
‘obtained property With a value over $500,000.00 from the Harrisburg Parking Authority by deception by transfering montes into the special projects fund,
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First: ~ Middle: ~ Last:
Defendant Name STEPHEN RUSSELL REED
The acts committed by the accused are described below with each Act of Assembly or statute allegedly violated, if
appropriate. When there is more than one offense, each offense should be numbered chronologically.
(Bet forth abrir summary of the facts suficient to advise the defendant of the nature ofthe offense(s) charged, A ellation fo the statute(s) allegedly
Violated, without more isnot sufficient Ina summary eas, you must ete the zpecific section(s) and subseetion(s) ofthe statutes) or ordinanen(s}
allegedly violated. Tho age ofthe vet at the time of tho offense may be Included f known In adeltion, social seounly numbors and financial information
(6.9. PIN) shoul! not be listed. the identity of an account must ba established, list only the last fur digits. 204 PA.Code $§ 218.1 213.7)
inchoate | LI Atiompr Ti Solictaton [Drees -
Offense _| 1890" : ieo0za toa ;
G [o+ [3022 [A@) _ [ortte [18 csa 1 ([F3
Leet, “oma ——~Saeiay — “se PASE (i) — Gas ede — WD CaaS TERNS
PennDOT Data | Accident
memos see | sce | Ones | Geet] Chveznw
‘Statute Description (include the name of statute or ordinance): Theft by Deception
Ais of the accused associated with this Offense: On or about diverse dates between June 2008 and December 2008, the defendant
intentionally obtained or withheld property of the Cty of Harsburg , by deception in an amount In excess of $2,000.00 and less than $200,000.00 with
respect to Invoices submitted for travel relnbuisement.
Tnchoate | Ei Atempe Ti Seitation - Ti Ganapiacy
Offense_| ~ 100014 even aso 7
G [os [3922 Jaq) forme Jiscsa [a F2 :
Lease Oemast—_— Sasa ——" “Sica PAS Ci] — Cui —— als — Wei sas Cae — DONATE
Vaamnoane | acauet i ertto Disatiy2an0 | CWozono |
Statue Description (include the name of statute or ordinance): Theft by Deception .
‘Acts of the accused associated with this Offense: On or about diverse dates between 2004 and December 2006, the defendant intentionally
‘obtained or withheld property ofthe Gty of Harisbura by deception in an arnaunt in excess of $100,000.00 and less than $00,000.00 with respect to
‘expenses forthe National Sports Hal of Fame Foundation.
inchoate | CT Amt Toten
Offense | 199074 Hoon ;
© [06 [a7or [ad [oti [ascsa [7 [FS 1
Leo onan — seas — "i 2A Site Te] — aa eae” “NO Oma me — URS cae
PennDOT Data] Accident °
Coe | atent [Crista Cisutayzen0 [Ch wazone
‘Statute Description (inciude the name of statute or ordinance): Bribery in Official and Poltical Matters:
‘Acts of the accused associated with this Offense: On or about dverse dates bebween October 1999 and December 33, 2003, the defendant
‘offered, conferred or agreed to confer upon Richard House the poston as "Director of Community Relations forthe Harisburg Senators Baseball team as
‘consideration for the decison, vote, recommendation or other exercise of official cscetion by the recipient In ajuda, administrative or legsatve
proceeding. On or about diverse dates between 2003 and December 14, 2005, the defendant offered, conferred or agreed to confer upon (6) members of
Farisburg éty councl a beneft as consideration for their decision, vote, recommendation ar ater exercise of offical disretion by the redpient in a judical,
administrative or legiatve proceeding
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First wid ast
Pefendant Name | STEPHEN RUSSELL REED
The acts committed by the accused are described below with each Act of Assembly or statute allegedly violated, if
appropriate. When there is more than one offense, each offense should be numbered chronologically.
(Sot fort a brief summary of th facts sufcient to advise the dofendant ofthe nature ofthe offense(s) charged. Action to tha statuto()alogealy
lated, without more, snot sifciont.n a summary case, you must ete tho specific section(s) and subsections) ofthe statutes) or ortnanec{s)
allegedly volatod, The age ofthe victim a the time of the offense may bo included f known. In adatlon, social secur numbars and finance! nfermation
{c.g PINs) should not bllsted. I the Monty ofan account must be established stanly tha last four digits. 204 PA.Codo g§ 218.1 218.7),
Inchoate | [) Attempt TI Sollettation C1 Conspiracy
Offense | 13001 sen 13503,
O [or [4113 18 CSA 158 | m-2
seas“ Oteneat So PA Siuis (TR Co__ GSS WEIS OFanea Coa —UoRATBRS a
PennDOT Data ‘Accident | “
(ifapplicable) ‘Nurnber Di interstate Safety Zone (Cl Work Zone:
‘Slatule Description (include the name of statute or Ordinance): Misapplialion of Eneusted Propary and Propeny of Govamment or Fenda
Instutons
‘Acts of the accused associated with this Offense: On or about January 2000, the defendant Gsposed of property of the government (see
‘Attachments, B and C), namely the Cty of Harrisburg in a manner which he knows is Unlawful and involves substantial sk of lessor detriment to the
‘owner of the property or toa petson fr whose benefit the property was entrusted.
Tnchoate | CI Atompe Tr Salicaton TiGonspiracy
Offense | 18007A 189024 19003
© [os |4910 A(t) Jotthe'[iscsa [a M2
taser “Ore ay Sse PAS THS|_—_ Cou — Gadi NOI Ona ce UGB Oo
PennDOT Data | Accident
eames | Ae i Irorstate U1 Setety Zone Work Zone
‘Statute Description (include the name of statute or ordinance): Tampering with or Fabricating Physical Evidence
‘Acts of the accused associated with this Offense: On or about dverse dates in May 2015, te defendant balleing that an offidal proateding or
investigation was pending or about to be instituted, he altered, destroyed, concealed or removed any record, document or ting with intent to impale Is
verty or availabilty in such proceesing or investigation by attempting to dispose of evidence by commercial Sale ata real establishment In Gettysburg,
I
Inchoate | [1] Attempt 0 Solicitation Di Conspiracy”
Offense | — 189074 1e902A Yaoee
Q [09 [ai07 A) ferme [18csA [1 M2
Least “omar es ——— ses ASS [e)” Counts Gags NOE Oss 5s" UGRNUBRS Code
PennDOT Data] Accident
Wrempbeaeie | aaaet Ti inerstate Cisaeyzom [Ch Workzone
Statute Description (include the name of statute or ordinance): Densptive Business Pracices
‘Acts of the accused associated with this Offense: On or about September 2003, the defendant, in the couse of business, made or duced
‘others to rely on false or misleading writen statements with respect to the dosing cats ofthe Harishurg Schoo! District 2003 debe offering for the purpose
‘of promoting the sale of secures or omitted information required by lw to be discosed in writen documents related to secures.
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PefendantName | STEPHEN RUSSELL REED
The acts committed by the accused are described below with each Act of Assembly or statute allegedly violated, if
appropriate. When there is more than one offense, each offense should be numbered chronologically.
(Set forth a brief summary ofthe facts sufiiant to advise the defendant ofthe nature ofthe offenses) charged. A cltalion tothe statute(s) allagedy
Violated, without more isnot sufficient. Ina summary eae, you must clte the specific escton(e) and aubesetion() ofthe statutes) or erlinanes(s)
allegedly Violated. Tho ago of tho victim atthe te ofthe offense may be Included If known. In adition, socal securly numbers and financial information
{0.g. PINs) should not betiste, Irth identity of an account must be established lat only the last fou digits. 204 PA Goda $§ 2131 219.7).
Inchoate | [J Attempt Bi Solicitation TiGonspiracy
Offense | 18900A 18902 16.903,
902 ‘tthe | 18 CSA 3 M-2
Sain PA Sia ia] Coune NGIC Offense Case UCRNIERE Coe
sanDOT Data 7
i applicable) Ci inerstate Di sutety Zone Work zone
Statule Description (include the name of statuie or ordinance): Criminal Soldtavon
‘Acts of the accused associated with this Offense: On or about August 17, 2004, the defendant, wit te tent of promoting or foclitating ts
‘commission, he commanded, encouraged oF requested another person to fkify a lave record fr Rchard Pickles, On or about August 3, 2005, the
defendant, withthe intent of promoting or facltating its commission, he commanded, encouraged or requested another person to falsy’@ leave recoed for
Richard Piles, On or about February 12, 2007, the defendant, withthe intent of promoting or faciitating Its comission, he commanded, encouraged or
requested another person ta fala a leave record for Richard Pckes.
‘inchoate [1 Attempt Ti Solicitation Teonspiracy
Offense | 185014 189024 16.903
B [11 [3925 ‘ofthe | 18 CSA 29 F3
Lead —oneat Sean Saeaton PASiauia Wa] Couns Gaga ~ NCTE Ofenas Gade USRUBIS Cae
PennDOT Data | Accident fty Zone lork Zone
‘ifapphicabiey Nanber interstate Safety Zo Work Zon
Siatule Description (include the name of statute or ordinance): Taft by Receiving Stlen Property
‘Acts of the accused associated with this Offense: On or about diverse dates from April 2015 to Jane 2015, the defendant intentionally received,
retained or disposed of movable property (see Attachment A) of the Cty of Harsburg knowing that it Rad been stuen, or believing tat ithad probably
‘been stolen,
Tnchoate | 1 Atompt Ti Sofcitation TH conspiracy
Offense | 139004 189024 18.908.
O [12 | 3925 ofthe || 18 CSA 110 | Mt
Leas? __Oiaast Sion ‘Stes PAS (Tia) _— Counts Gea ie Ofenan Code UGRAINBRS Gade
PennDOT Data | Accent interstate ‘one lek Zone
(if applicable) Number interstate C1 sstety 2 Cl wWork zo
Statute Description (include the name of staiuie or ordinance): Theft by Receiving Sklen Property
‘cis of the accused associated with this Offense: On or about diverse dates from Ap 2015 to une 2015, the defendant intentionally received,
‘eained or disposed of movable property (see Attachment 8) ofthe Cy of Harsburg knowing tat Ie had Been stolen, or belleving that t had probably
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Defendant Namo
i STEPHEN ___| RUSSELL, ___| REED
The acts committed by the accused are described below with each Act of Assembly or statute allegedly violated, if
appropriate. When there is more than one offense, each offense should be numbered chronologically,
(Set forth a brief summary of tho facts suficient to advise tho deondant of the nature of tho offenees) charged, A citation tothe statues) allogody
‘violated, without more isnot sufcont. Ina summary case, you must cife the specific scton(s) and subsection} ofthe statutes) or vainanee(s)
allegedly violated, The age of the victim a the time of the offense may be included if known. In edition, social securty munibors and fnancll Information
(6.5. PINs) should not bo iste. If the Identity of an account must be established, ist only the les our gis, 204 PA.Gode $§ 218.1 213.7)
[ inchoate [T Attempt Ti Solicitation. — Ci Conspiracy ~
Offense _| ~ /000"A sean 10003
O [13 [3925 ofthe. | 18 CSA [20 [F2
Leos? ORR Secon Babee PA Se To} — Gomis — — Sade C16 Oense Code UCRRIBRS Came
PennDOT Data] Accor
‘appicabioy | Nant | Clinaiste [Ed satayzone | C1 Warczone
‘Statute Description (include the name of statute or ordinance): Theft by Receiving Stolen Property
‘Acts of the accused associated with this Offense: On or about diverse dates from Apr 2015 to June 2015, the defendant intentionally received,
retained or disposed of movable property (see Attachment C) of the City of Harsburg knowing that Had been stolen, or believing that It had probably
been stolen,
Inchoate | [1 Attempt [Paes Ti Conspiracy
Offense _| ~ /090"A yoann _ 18905,
O [a4 [3026 [tte Tas csa [3 F3
Lect OR ——_ Seas ——~— sro Sains] Cans Gas WiC Of aa — USERS Tals
PennDOT Data] Accident
FembOt Oats [Asian Cie | Esstyzom [Wenz |
| Statute Description (Inciude the name of statute or ordinance), Thet of Series
‘Acls of the accused associated with this Offense: On or about May 10-17, 2004, the defendant who had contol over the disposition of services
of others to which he is not entitled, knowingly diverted the services of Richard Piles to his own benefit orto the beneft of another nt ented thereto
‘On or about July 8-17, 2005, the defendant wo had control over the dspostion of services of aters to which he isnot ented, knowinaly diverted the
‘Serves of Richard Pickles to his own beni orto the benefit of another not entitled thereto. On or about November 29-Decemiber 13, 2005, Une defendant
‘who had control over the disposition of senvces of others to which he Is nt eed, knowingly verted the series of Richard Pikes to his own bene Or
{0 the benefit of another not entitled thereto,
Inchoate | TJ Attempt Solicitation Di Conspiracy
Offense_| 1090" foo [Preset _
o [15 [3021 i ie [18 CSA [29 | F-3
Lado “Ofiasat —— sani —"— saan Bi San — aa — ee oi CoS Cae
PennDOT Data] Accent
Femoor bua [Aiea Gras | elesepene |G wouca
Statute Description (indlude the name of tafe or ordinance) Tel by Unlawal Tting or Dspction
‘Acts of the accused associated with this Offense: On or about January 2010, the defendant exercised unlawful control over movable property
(Gee Attachment A) ofthe Cty of Harisburg with the intent to deprive the cty thereof.
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Defondtont Nemes STEPHEN RUSSELL REED
The acts committed by the ‘accused are described below with each Act of Assembly or statute allegedly violated, if
appropriate, When there is more than one offense, each offense should be numbered chronologically.
(Set forth a bref summary of the facts sufllentto advise tho defendant ofthe nature of the offense(s) charged. Acton to tha statuo(e) allogodly
ilated, without more, is not suficent Ina summary ease, you must cathe specie section(s) and subsections) ofthe state(s) or ordinancele).
edly Violated The go of the victim atte time ofthe afense maybe tncluded if own. In ado, social sxeunty numbers a inanctal Information
PINs) should not be sted. f the identity ofan account must be established, ist only the lat four gts. 208 PA.Code 66 2121 218.7)
inchoate | TI Attempt Ti Soliekation Ti Conspiracy
Offense | 189074 12902 18503
O [16 [3921 ofthe: | 18 CSA 110 [Mt
Lea — OFerae in ‘Satan PASS (Ti) — Counts Gado WIC Ofenes Coda _—JORNIBRS Coie
PennDOT Data | Accldant
epee ttt Aecident interstate Li satety Zone Work Zone
Statute Description (Include the name of statute or ordinance): Theft by Unlawful Taking or Dispostion
‘Acts of the accused associated with this Offense: On or about January 2010, the defendant everclsed unlawfll control over movable property oF
the Gty of Harisburg (see Attachment B) withthe intent to deprive the Gty thereof.
Tnchoato [TI Atempt TT Sottation Ty Conspiracy
Offense _| 16801 tes02A e003
© [47 [3021 atte liscsA [20 [2
Lost “oes saa PASuiie TW] Couns Gade N03 Ones Cade — DORNER ase
PennDOT Data Accident
Trereaate | ete C inertto i saety Zone Tl work Zone
‘Statute Description (Include the name of statule or ordinance): Theft by Unlawil Taking or Dispstion
‘Acts of the accused associated with this Offense: On or about January 2010, the defendant exercised unlawful control over movable property of
the City of Harrisburg (see Attachment C) with the intent to deprive the ety thereof
inchoate] Ty Atompt Ti Sotetaton Ti conspiracy
Offense | 18507A ras024 ass
a ofthe
Loser Daa ten Sa Pais Re — Cas TG Oa ade UCR Ce
PennDOT Data] Acciant
tote | ae Di irerstato Satay Zone iWork zone
‘Statute Description (include the name of statute or ordinance):
‘Acis of the accused associated with this Offense:
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DefendantName: | STEPHEN ——__| RUSSELL REED _
AFFIDAVIT of PROBABLE CAUSE
Your Affiant, Inspector Craig S. LeCadre, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General (hereinafter: OAG), being
duly sworn, deposes and says:
Your Affiant has been conducting an investigation of allegations of public corruption involving the City of
Harrisburg and many of it's ancillary governmental entities which includes but is not limited to The Harrisburg
Authority, former owner of the Harrisburg Resource Recovery Facility (incinerator). The OAG's investigation
has utilized the 37th Statewide Investigative Grand Jury seated in Allegheny County under Presentment No.
21, same accepted by order of the Honorable Norman A. Krumencker, III, Supervising Judge. This
Presentment, attached to this affidavit and incorporated herein by reference, recommends charges to be filed
by the Attorney General or her designee, against the defendant, Stephen R. Reed. Additionally, there are
three attachments to this affidavit which are referenced as “Attachments A,B and C", respectively.
Your Affiant has reviewed the above cited Presentment and having been present at all proceedings, finds
that the factual findings described therein correspond to the OAG Investigative findings. Your Affiant has
reviewed the sworn testimony given by the witnesses before the Grand Jury and finds that itis consistent with
the information contained within the Presentment. Your Affiant has reviewed the evidence presented to the
Grand Jury and finds that it comports with the results of the OAG investigative efforts and findings as to the
allegations contained in this instant criminal complaint.
Your Affiant states that based upon the above facts, there is probable cause to believe that the defendant,
Stephen R. Reed, committed the acts alleged therein, in violation of Pennsylvania law and respectfully
requests the issuance of this warrant of arrest.
1, CRAIG S. LECADRE, BEING DULY SWORN ACCORDING TO THE LAW, DEPOSE AND SAY THAT THE FACTS.
SET FORTH IN THE FOREGOING AFFIDAVIT ARE TRUE AND CORRECT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE,
INFORMATION AND BELIEF. Poo-
(Signature of Aftant)
‘Sworn to me and subscribed before me this 14 day of shay 2015
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[ 05/25/00 | Spanish Armor _ $14,000.00 w | 2001231
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[11712797 | 3 original photographs €1890 of Crow Indians $925.00 WA | 1997.53.06
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11/13/98 | Buffalo Beaded Bag wipipeknive $900.00 Ww | 1998.87.261297
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05705/00 8700.00 Ww | 2000.29.17
TA697 $650.00 WA__| 1997423
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10/07/02. | Gambler's Gun $550.00 ww | 2002,168.1
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11/12/97 | 2 original photographs of Sioux Indians 01880 $525.00 WA | 1997.533ab
08/08/97 | 1898 Al Jennings Signed check (Okla outlaw) $500.00 wa | 1997.83
| 06/2995 | Sioux or Cheyenne War Trophy knife === $500.00 w | 195.2181
01/28/05 | Original Photo Roswell, NM/Gen, Lee $484.16 ww | 2005.11.24
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08/20/01 | Sombrero wiSilver Hat Band 3450.00 w | 2001.805
(0770601. | Bedu Mask - Gurunsi Tribe, Rep of Upper Volta ‘$450.00 ‘AFAM | Citylist02/01/96 | Wells Fargo Mail Bag $400.00 w | 1996.14.56 :
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07727105 | Rug, Two Grey Hills ; 400,00 w [20053638 |
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(08/08/95 | Possee photo " [$400.00 wa | 199529228 |
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[ 08/11798 | Cody Fire Dept w/Buffalo Bill 1907 $575.00 Ww | t998.449
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11/0197 | Indian-Mining payroll - sooo | WA | 1997457
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09/08/01 | Beaded Skull - $300.00 | W | 20011062 |
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05/0295 | photograph Ft, Grant, AZ framed $300.00 Wa | 195.144.1352 _ |
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08/05/95 | Wells Fargo Corp Stamp/Sea, prints Exp. San Fran, CA | $275.00 w |is9ssa6.i0 |
10/01/95 | Geo. Mason $250.00 wa | 199539143. |
08/11/98 | sitting Bull Camp Ft, Randal stereo $250.00 wa | 1998.44.14
08/25/02 | Custer Postcard Series $250.00 wa | 2002.230.10
11/0197 | Governor's Rifle Duel letter $227.00 wa | 197.453
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[11701797 | US Commissioners Complaint $217.00, WA [197.452
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‘We, the members of the Thirty-Seventh Statewide Investigating Grand Jury, having
received and reviewed evidence regarding allegations of violations of the Pennsytvania Crimes
Code and related laws, occurring in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, pursuant to Notice of
‘Submission of Investigation Number 11, do hereby make the following findings of fact,
conclusions, and recommendation of charges.
FINDINGS OF FACT
This investigation was commenced upon a conflict referral from the Dauphin County
District Attomey’s Office. It concemed allegations of potential criminal misconduet with
respect to the financing, operation, and management of the Harrisburg Resource Recovery
Facility or what hes popularly become known as the “incinerator.” Over time, this Grand Jury’s
inquiry broadened in scope to receive and consider evidence of misconduct in-the administration
of other Harrisburg municipal entities and by officials of the Harrisburg City government.
Much has been written elsewhere about the public debt crisis which resulted from the
decision by Harrisburg City, Dauphin County, and state public officials, to encumber the region
‘through serial issuance of public debt in the forlom hope of transforming the ‘incinerator’ into a
profitable enterprise. ‘The Forensic Andit prepared for the Harrisburg Authority comprises a
thoughtful and, this Grand Jury finds, accurate exegesis of the incinerator project.
‘This Grand Jury, however, finds that the root causes of this crisis were endemic to
Harrisburg city government itself at the time. The misguided decisions which later became
criminal misconduct are visible in a number of civic institutions which this Grand Jury has
studied.‘The scope and complexity of this investigation make précis difficult but, in short, this
Grand Jury finds that then Mayor Stephen Reed, abetted by associates in government and the
professional community, exploited the availability of capital in the municipal debt market to
raise money for purposes utterly unrelated to the civic project for which a given bond was issued.
In other words, in every instance this Grand Jury examined, Reed and his associates marketed.
and sold bonds for one purpose, such as retrofitting the incinerator or renovating schools, then
diverted at least some of those proceeds to buy things in which Reed was interested and to create
fees payable to 4 coterie of professionals.
‘This model of the issuance of public debt for one purpose and the expenditure-of
proceeds on totally unrelated goods and services appears in not just the former Harrisburg
Authority, but in the Hanisburg School District, the Harrisburg Civio Baseball Club, the
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, and other municipal enterprises. Each was
exploited to raise capital ostensibly necessary for a legitimate purpose and each was damaged
under the crushing weight of the debt incurred in its name. Itis the investigation of this engine
of debt which drove the City of Harrisburg inexorably info receivership, and Stephen Reeds role
in fueling it, which is the subject of this presentment: Accordingly, the instant presentment is
addressed to the alleged criminal misconduct of Stephen Reed only. This presentment is issued
in furtherance of the Thirty-Seventh Statewide Investigating Grand Jury’s ongoing investigation
into allegations of misconduct by those named herein and others as yet unnamed.
‘This presentment will address the role of each municipal entity in what became the ‘Reed
model’ of the misuse of public debt and other public funds. Additional findings of fact and a
recommendation of criminal charges follow.Stephen Reed graduated from Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg in 1967. He
attended Dickenson College but left off his studies prior to graduation in favor of pursuing a
career in polities.
In 1974, when he was only 25 years old, Reed won a seat in Pennsylvania’s House of
Representatives. He served three terms there before departing in 1980.
In 1981, Reed was elected Mayor of the City of Harrisburg, am office he would hold
‘without interruption or meaningful opposition until January 4, 2010. A dynamic and forceful
personality, Reed would come to exercise near absolute control over the offices and institutions
of the city he govemed.
Undoubtedly, Reed did much that was good for the City of Harrisburg and its residents.
This Grand Jury finds however that, over time, the prudent stewardship and innovative thinking
which Reed brought to his office early on gave way to a.use of public money and other resources
to gratify his own interests at the city’s expense.
L “INCINERATOR” AND THE HARRISBURG AUTHORITY
‘In December of 1993, the City of Harrisburg sold the Resource Recovery Facility,
hereinafter referred to as the incinerator, to a municipal entity called The Harrisburg Authority.
‘Thomas Mealy, one time executive director of The Harrisburg Authority testified before
this Grand Jury. He was appointed to that position by Stephen Reed in 1990. ‘The Authority
began as a mundane municipal entity overseeing traditional city utilities such ds sewer and water.
Under Reed’s conttl, the scope of the Authority’s portfolio would swell to include
administration of the incinerator and participation in the issuance of public debt on behalf of theHarrisburg School District, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology and in other
municipal finance transactions.
Organizationally, Mealy testified the Authority's board of directors comprised five
individuals who were all appointed by then Mayor Reed. They served terms of either two or four
years.
‘Mealy testified that in 2000 or 2001 the Authority began to divert money into a “special
project fund” the idea of which was to bring in “non-Harrisburg money” to be used and spent on
improving city services. Mealy indicated that some of the initial projects paid for by this fund
inchided installing lights on the Walnut Street Bridge and creating a running trail on City Island.
Mealy testified that over time Reed became more “iggressive” with the use of money from this
fund. Specifically, Reed used it to purchase antiquities and Mealy testified that the Board would
entertain requests by Reed to use Authority money for that purpose’.
*Reed had indicated to the Harrisburg Authority through a memo that “the ‘law
does not prescribe any particular manner in which such funds should be
utilized”. This notion is incorrect. To the extent money in the Special
Projects Reserve Fund is money of THA, the Municipality Authorities act
expressly prescribes: i) permitted usage - to include acquisition of. land,
structures, equipment, and facilities and improvements thereto, and ii}
permitted projects and purposes for which money can be spent - to include
water, sewer, storm water, parking, airports, incinerators, schools and
healthcare facilities (nowhere is acquisition of museum artifacts mentioned
as a proper use, purpose or project of a municipal authority). Moreover, the
Authority, like the City was subject to competition in award of contracts and
these provisions at the time would have applied to any contract for purchase
with a cost of over $10,000 per Section 5614 (that is, had the acquisition of
anvartifact with THA or City money been legal in the first instance). To
the éxtent that money in the Special Projects Reserve Fund was money of the
City, the City Charter and applicable State law have bidding requirements and
would requixe that such amounts are properly budgeted and-appropriated by
City Council‘The city sold the incinerator to the Authority at a time when the EPA introduced more
stringent regulations of waste to energy facilities like the incinerator. Tt became clear it would be
necessary either to close the incinerator or to spend a great deal of money to retrofit it to bring it
into compliance, with federal lew.
In 1993, the Harrisburg Authority purchased the incinerator from the City of Harrisburg
for $26.7 million dollars. As the forensic audit for the Harrisburg Authority noted, that purchase
was made entirely with borrowed money. It was necessary to borrow an additional $7.5 million
Gollars at the same time bringing the 1993 purchase price, all of which was borrowed, to $34.2
million,
In 1996 and 1997, it was necessary to borrow $3.5 million and $10.9 million respectively.
Millions of dollars of that aggregate borrowing were consumed by a working capital deficit
signifying that the revenues generated by the incinerator were not sufficient to pay the expenses.
In 1998, it was necessary for the Authority to issue close to $56 million dollars in debt
‘which purported to refinance the 1993 and 1997 borrowings. Far from generating revenue or
cutting expenses, this borrowing was necessary to prop up the operation of the facility with ever
increasing borrowing at increasing cost to incinerator operations. Again, in 2000, the Authority
issued another $25.2 million dollars’ worth of debt to restructure prior borrowing and to back fill
the hole which the previous bond issues had created. Despite the self-evident need for every
available dollar to go to debt service and operations, $4.2, rnin dollars more in debt was
incurred in 2000 and diverted to the City of Harrisburg as a “guaranty fee.” This “guaranty fee”
‘was created and sized to fill a budget deficit in the City of Harrisburg’s General Fund. This
Grand Jury finds that this fee was disproportionate to the value of the guaranty, and a clearexample of Reed taking bond proceeds from one bond issue and using them for a purpose that
Reed believed would be beneficial to him. ‘The incinerator could ill afford this additional debt
constituting the guaranty fee bonds and this is an instance of exploitation of the municipal bond
market by Reed,
Jn 2002, still more debt was issued, and the: Authority offered $17 million dollars of
additional bonds for sale. The vast majority of bond proceeds from this offering had to be
cexpended-as working capital, By this time; the incinerator was producing nothing but additional
debt, and each bond issuance forged a new link in the chain of debt wrapped around the city end
which the city still drags behind it to this day.
But the woist was yet to come, In 2003 the Authority issued Series A, B and C notes of
2003 for a total amount of almost $76 million dollars. Like paying one credit card with another,
‘the massive 2003 issuance accomplished little more than kicking the can down the road at great
expense to “incinerator operations. “This borrowing pushed principal out into the future so that
THIA was able to make interest payments on the prior debt. As the forensic audit noted, by this
point in 2003 the incinerator was carrying almost $105 million dollars’ worth of debt. The
Authority issued still more debt, comprising its D, E and F series of 2003 which encumbered the
facility with a spectacular additional $125 million dollars’ worth of debt. It was from this
malignant mass of debt that Reed picked “fees” to be spent on artifacts and curiosities.
By the end of 2006, things had gone from bad to worse at the incinerator. The task of
retrofitting the incinerator to make it fall in line with EPA standards had fallen far shoxt of
? me expense of this, and other, municipal debt offerings and their
certification as “self-liquidating” to the ‘Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and
to the investors to whom the bonds were marketed, is the subject of an
ongoing investigation by this Grand Jury.
8projection and the Authority was faced with needing to raise an estimated of $25.5 million to
complete the project. This coupled with the fact that the Authority had debt service and swap
payments due in 2007 that totaled $13.4 million, made it clear to the Authority that additional
debt would have to be issued in order to save the project and prevent further financial min for the
city of Hanisburg.
At this same time, Reed was attempting to hash out the terms of the borrowing in such a
way that the city of Harrisburg and county of Dauphin would be on board anid willing to
guarantee the loans.
A city council woman from 2001-2009, testified that the city council was not in favor of
the 2007 borrowing. Council had come together and drafted a set of 15 conditions that had to be
met prior to them voting to approve the borrowing. One of the conditions was that none of the
professionals that were paid on the first round of borrowings could be used this time around.
This condition-was ultimately removed due to the former special projects advisor and a senior
counselor to Reed threatening to sue her for tortious interference with contract. Some of the
other conditions included reducing the working capital amount, repaying the city for the
guarantee payment that it had made on June 1, fring all individuals connected with the Barlow
retrofit, replacing the Authority board, an agreement from the Authority board that it would
attempt to sell the facility on or before July 1, 2009, and hiring individuals to perform a forensic
audit of the project.
‘Dauphin County had its own list of conditions that had to be met before they would
guarantee the debt as well. Some of the conditions included that it would receive all money that
‘was past due to it and its professionals from the working capital loan that was a part of the
10borrowing, that the working capital loan would be for no more than $30 million and that the debt
would be restructured prior to June 30, 2009. Jeff Haste, a Dauphin County Commissioner since
2003 testified before the Grand Jury. He recalled the discussions leading up to the 2007
borrowing as being very difficult, “I remember sitting in the meeting being very frustrated, and I
made a comment, and this still holds true today. I felt that the County was almost like that Coast
Guard rescue person that we had jumped into the waters to save-the City, to swim with them to
shore, You know, agein, financially that’s what we were doing to try to save them, and-we
weren't told the whole story. And.I remember stating at that time when we had to make a
decision in *07, do we continue to try on our mission and swim to shore with the City or do we
Just say it's time to sink and drown.”
‘Ultimately, both the City and County were able to reach a compromise whereby they got
some of their conditions met and, in return, agreed to act as a guarantor for the 2007 borrowing.
Bemadette Barattini, the attomey for the PA Department of Community and Economie
Development who administers the Local Government Debt Act which includes the certification
of debt as self-liquidating, testified before the Grand Jury. She indicated that it would have been
“problematic” to certify the existing debt as self-liquidating if all of the projections that were
prepared indicated that the incinerator would not be able to produce sufficient revenne to pay for
past bonds let alone the new ones being issued. She stated if this was the case, the seli-
liquidating certification should have been changed to indicate only the amount of the debt that
could be paid for by reasonable projections of revenue.
In an effort to proceed with the issuance of new debt, the Authority asked multiple parties,
to prepare projections of the expected operations for the incinerator for the period 2007 through.
uw2011. All but one of the projections? indicated that the Authority would be unable to service the
current debt for the facility, let alone any new debt that would be issued. In spite of this dubious
forecast, the Authority went ahead with issuing the debt and all parties to the borrowing still
signed the form, certifying all of the previons debt as self liquidating,
On December 26, 2007, the Harrisourg Authority issued the 2007 C’Note for
$20,961,574.40 and D Note for $9,033,234.45. Included in the closing documents was a
reference-to the Tri Party Interim Funding Agreement which was drafted to prevent Covanta
from terminating its services. ‘The agreement included the Authority, the city and the county and
provided that the Authotity would make a payment of $800,000 to Covanta, the city would make
a payment of $250,000 to Covanta and the County would make a payment of $2.25 million to
Covanta. ‘The money paid by the City and County would be reimbursed to them through the
2007 borrowing, effectively paying them back for having to make payments that they were
contractually obligated to make, as guarantors of the previous loans.
‘The 2007 Notes also included payments outstanding to Covanta as well asthe monies
that would be owed to Covanta in 2008 totaling $5,716,728.55. Aside from that amount, the
remainder of the money that was acquired through the borrowing was spent to pay past debts, to
cover upcoming debt service payments and to pay the professionals who put together the deal.
‘There was a $3,456,097.99 payment to the City of Harrisburg to reimburse if for a June and
September debt service payment. The Notes were also used to repay the city and county for debt
service payments that were coming due in November and December of 2007 as well as to cover
the payments that were due in 2008, totaling $14,220,927.86. There was also a $1,067,783.00
The one projection was stale, based upon facts that were known to have
changed well before issuance of the debt, and did not contain the information
generated by experts on which the bond professionals ultimately relied.
2reimbursement to the County for fees that the Authority had collected on its behalf and had failed
to remit for 2006 and 2007. Finally, there was'$1,222,671.12 in legal and financial fees that
‘were tied to the borrowing that were also paid from the Notes.
Although he was the executive director of the Harrisburg Authority, Mealy could not
explain how the Authority became entangled in so many different municipal transactions, so
many of which seemed plainly outside the scope of the Authority’s institutional expertise. For
example, $77 million dollais of debt was issued by the Authority on behalf ofthe school district
of the City of Hanisburg. The official statement provided with respect to that debt issuance
announces the purpose of the bond float as follows “the bonds are being issued to provide funds
that will be used, together with certain other available funds, to finance a project of the school
district consisting of (i) the financing of various capital projects of the school district (“the
capital projects”); (ji) the current refunding of the outstanding amount of the school district's
general obligation notes,..; (ii) the funding of capitalized interest on the bonds; (jv) the payment
of the costs of issuance of the bonds.” Although investors were told that proceeds of this bond
issue would be spent on the improvement of the schools of the City of Hamisburg for the benefit
of its students; Reed took more than balf a million dollars to buy Wild West and other curiosities.
Reed himself, in memorandum dated September 21, 2003 to ‘Thomas Mealy then the
Executive Director of the Harrisburg Authority candidly announced the purpose of the
“administrative fee.” In a thirteen (13) line memo attached to a thick stack of artifact invoices,
Reed informed Mealy that the balance in the “Special Account” had dwindled to $8,783.97.
“With the closing on September 23° of the THA bonds,” Reed told Mealy “there will be an
additional $515,000.00 added.” . That money would not long remain in the “Special Account,”
because Reed simultaneously presented to Meely close to half a million dollars’ worth of artifact,
Binvoices which he instructed Mealy are to be paid the day after the bond closing. From the
nearly $550,000.00 syphoned into the Special Account from the school district of Harrisburg,
only $56,000.00 by Reed’s own account would be left after payment of the “already pending”
orders for curiosities.
As part of that transaction, Authority board member Frederick Clark moved that the
Authority take a $515,000 “administrative fee™ from the issuance of 77 million dollars of
Harrisburg School District debt and move it into a special projects fund. Mr. Mealy had no idea
what role the Authority could have played in a refinancing done by the Harrisburg School
District that would justify a fee of more than a half'a million dollars. Mealy testified that
Stephen Reed or “the other two that I mientioned,” referring to a senior counselor to Reed and a
former special projects advisor, would tell him what amount the Authority fee would be: The
Grand Jury wishes to emphasize this is the first, but by no means the only, instance in which a
witness'in a position of authority testified that Reed would dictate the particular terms of a
* such an amount is largely outside the bounds of the traditional fee charged
by a conduit issuing authority. Some other examples of administrative fees
that are typical in this area include:
a. City of York General Authority. This authority was used by ‘the
School District prior to Stephen Reed's control of the board for a borrowing
in 1999, Their fee on an $80 million transaction was $75,000.00,
approximately 686% lower than what the School District was required to pay to
THA in 2003.
State Public School Building Authority. For the past 10 years
or so, issuing through this authority has been relatively inexpensive and
today, it is free of cost to the borrower. When the School Board was given
a choice, it availed itself to this low cost option and on a borrowing of
very similar size ($77 million) paid $12,500 or, 4;1208 less than the School
District.paid THA in.2003.
¢.. Dauphin County General Authority. This Authority charges a flat
fee based upon size of the transaction and complexity. In 2010, in
connection with a continuing care retirement community (considered moze
complex than a school district financing) DGGA charged $25,000 which was also
intended to cover legal costs of the DCGA. Another general authority in
Pennsylvania (Delaware County General Authority) for-this sized transaction
would have also charged $25,000 according to its published fee schedule.
rTfinancial transaction into which city entities under his control would enter. This extended to
dictating the actual amount of the fee in this instance. It is self-evident that this fee cannot have
been related to services performed by the Authority where the amount of that fee is not
determined by the labor of Authority employees but is rather declared by the Mayor.
Professionals retained by the Authority , such as Authority legal counsel and a financial advisor,
who did employ Isbor on behalf of the Aufhority were paid separately by the School District
from proceeds of the bonds.
At that very same September of 2003 meeting, the Board voted to pay $471,506.00 worth
of artifacts payments to various antiquities dealers. Reed would simply submit requisitions for ©
payment and, Mealy testified, the Auttiority would then vote to approve payment. ‘Then Grand
Jury notes that the amount of the reinibursement corrélates to the amount of the Authority's
‘fee.
This was not the only such fee taken. In a November 2002 letter, Reed told Mealy to
expect money from the Parking Authority and from the school district and directed that those
funds should be moved into the special projects fund. In a review of the city special projects
fund revenue from 2000-2005, it is notable that large sums of money flow into the fund from the
Harrisburg Parking Authority, begining with a deposit of $1.3 million on May 5, 2000. On.
August 3, 2001, there is $750,000.00 that makes its way into the special projects fund from a
series of bonds issued on behalf of the Parking Authority. October 9, 2001, there is an additional
{$973,000.00 that is deposited into the special projects fimnd for what is noted to be the 7" Street
Garage sale, Less than three months after this deposit of close to $1 million, the fund was down
fo a balance of $4,456.64 and an additional $175,000.00 was deposited for the remainder of the
7 Steet Garage sle on December 27,2001. Again on February 28,2003 $250,000.00 makes
15its way. into the fund from the Parking Authority. An additional $500,000.00 is deposited on
April 3, 2003 and another $170,130.00 is deposited on May 16, 2003. The Grand Jury notes that
‘cach influx of cash from the Packing Authority seems to occur at a time when the balance for the
fund is nearing zero and a deposit is needed to prevent the fund from going into the red. Bach
payment fiom the Paiking Authority decreases the amount the Parking Authority would
otherwise be transferring to the City's General Fund for core municipal services and/or requires
it to borrow more for parking improvements.
Tn August of 2002, Mealy acknowledged a request by Reed to move $175,000.00 worth
of proceeds from bonds sold on behalf of the incinerator to make them available for the purchase
of artifacts. Mealy candidly assessed the difficulties in using the bond money for that purpose,
and suggested to Reed in that letter that perhaps it would be possible to re-charactetize money
from bond proceeds as “fees” so that they could be used for another purpose. Mealy testified
‘that, in retrospect, it was improper for the Authority to give Reed money in that manner by
characterizing it as a.fee when no services, that Mealy could recollect, were rendered. Mealy
testified that no one had more influence in the affairs of the Authority than Stephen Reed,
During his testimony, Mealy was shown a document that was included in-the closing
documeiits for a March 2003 swap in which the school district participated. ‘The swap involved
an underlying $80 million borrowing (1999 Bonds) that utilized the City of York General
Authority as the conduit issuer on behalf of the Harrisburg School District Not wanting to be
left out of an oppoitunity to reap the benefits of a swap, Reed negotiated that the Harrisburg
Authority would receive a $239,000.00 fee, paid by JP Morgan, for “research and
16development”, Mealy could not say what “research and development” a municipal Authority
‘would have undertaken on behalf of a school district and an investment bank to justify such a
fee. He testified the Authority did a small amount of research into the wastewater treatment
plant and a unique treatment process that was being used but indicated that it would not have
been appropriate to take inoney out of the bonds floated to benefit the school district to pay the
Authority for thet research.
‘Trent Hargrove testified before this Grand Jury. Hargrove served on the board of the
Authority and as its chairman from 1991 to 2004. Hargrove also served, at various times, on the
Harrisburg School Board of Control to which he was appointed by Reed, the Board of the
Harrisburg Civic Baseball Club to which he was appointed by Reed, and as chairman of the
Board of Control for the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology to which he was
appointed by Reed. Indeed, Hargrove served on the Authority Board at the same time as he was
Chairman of the Board of Control for the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
during the period the Authority was involved in the issuance of debt on behalf of the University.
With respect to the $77 million dollar school district debt transaction, from which the
Authority claimed a $515,000 dollar fee, Hargrove had no personal knowledge of what work
‘would have been done by the Authority to justify that fee, He concurred that the Authority did
not determine the amount of the fee they simply approved it at the time of the closing of a given
transaction. Of Reeds influence over the Authority, Hargrove testified “obviously, everybody
Sithe $239,000 fee that Reed created was paid to THA on March 19, 2003
and coincidentally filled the deficit that existed in the special projects
fund. According te the City Special Project Fund QuickReport, on the date of
the deposit of the $239,000.00, the fund was operating in the red to the tune
of $224,216.28. The influx of money filled the void and allowed the fund to
be in the black by $14,783.72.
7would know the true reality of process that was that no major decisions were made, n6 major
bonds were issued, no financial transactions occurred, nobody was appointed as-a contractor,
advisor, or Counsel without [Reed’s] expressed or tacit approval. If Reed did not want it to
happen, it would have not happened.”
Frederick Clark testified before this Grand Jury. He was appointed by Reed to the board
of the Harrisburg Authority from 2002-2007. He'also served on the board of the Harrisburg
Redevelopment Anthority and the Parking Authority. Both positions were bestowed upon him
by Reed. He sat on the Board of Control for the Harrisburg School District as well.. He testified
that Reed selected every professional that was involved with every financial transaction that
occurred in the city and that their fees were always paid out of the proceeds from the bonds.
‘Wir. Clark discussed the Special Projects Fund and indicated that there were often times
‘when the fund had no money remaining in its coffers and the board would have to approve
movement of money from other Authority accounts into the special projects account. The other
way that the board would balance the budget of the special projects fiand was through the
administrative fees that came out of most of the financial transactions. He testified that the
administrative fee was-something wholly created by Reed. It had no basis in work that was done
by the Authority and the board had no.voice in determining what the fee would be.
David Brinjac, of Brinjac Engineering, testified before this Grand Jury. Brinjac had
performed work on the incinerator from 1982 to 1988 or 89. Brinjac installed the initial turbine
engine in that facility. When talk began in the mid ‘90’s of the need to retrofit the incinerator,
Brinjac, in association with Chester Engineers and Malcom Pimie, responded to a 1995 request
for proposal concerning the feasibility of bringing the incinerator into compliance, Brinjac
18concluded such an effort was not financially viable for either the City or the Authority because of
the amount of debt already outstanding and the additional amount it would be necessary to incur.
In Angust of 1995, Brinjac presented his conclusions to Reed and his executive staf
‘The engineers informed Reed that if it was easy to do this kind of waste to energy facility
project, they would be “building incinerators everywhere” and that it was much harder with the
$68 million or $70 million dollars alzeady outstanding in debt. Reed said “[{Jhank you. You are
fired.” Reed walked out of the room,
‘Ultimately, the decision was made to hire Barlow, an unknown entity in the City of
Harrisburg, to perform the retrofit. The problems with that company and the project itself are
‘widely known and certainly served to send Harrisburg deeper into financial main.
IL_HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT
‘William Gretton, III, testified before this Grand Jury. Gretton served as business
administrator of the school district from December of 2001 to March of 2008. In that capacity,
he oversaw all non-educational functions of the school district to include facilities,
transportation, food service, information technology, and others. He reported to the
superintendent who in turn reported to the Harrisburg Schoo! Board of Control. When Gretton
began his work, the school district was undertaking a process of major renovations to its facilities
around the district. The money to make those improvements was raised by issuing municipal
bonds. Gretton testified that he was aware that the school distict paid a fee to the Harisburg
Authority. Gretton testified he was under the impression that school districts couldn’t issue their
‘own debt and had to pay the Authority a fee for the use of their “service” in issuing the debt on
the district’s behalf. This is not actually the case and the School District had issued directly
19before and after his tenure. When shown the 2003 closing statement which records the
$515,000.00 paid to the Authority by the school district, Gretton theorized that the amount of the
fee was based on the size of the underlying transaction, but testified he would not be surprised to
learn that in this instance, Reed had set the amount of that fee. He “understood at the time
[Reed] directed that certain bond counsel be utilized and that certain legal firms be involved. So
certainly that would not surprise [him] that that amount was established in that manner.”.
Gretion testified that he was sometimes surprised by the amount of the fee that the school district
‘was obliged to pay but that he wouldn’t see it until after the bonds had been issued and the fees
set and then he just had to accept it. It wasn’t his job, he felt, to question it.
Gretton fimther testified that the school district entered into bond “swap” transactions
which are complex, and in this instance, expensive, financial products meant to manage interest
rate risk. The swap transactions also generated fees which were paid fiom the proceeds of
school district bonds to professionals whom Reed selected.
Gretton testified that he was unaware that money from the “administrative fee” charged
by the Harrisburg Authority to the school district went to the purchase of Wild Westem and other
artifacts and memorabilia. He did recall, however; that he received a telephone call from.a
reporter inquiring about that misuse of school district money for that purpose and that he referred
the matter to then superintendent Dr. Gerald Kohn.
Gretion testified he was concemed about the district’s spending at Reed’s direction. He
recalled an instance where Reed directed the district to hire the Afiican American Chamber of
Commerce for minority and women’s business enterprise compliance services. The chamber had
no customers, and so had to be paid in advance by the school district justo begin the work for
20which they had been engaged. Grétton indicated that the work that the Chamber was doing for
the school district rapidly fell off to a level that was not worth the money that was paid to them.
Gretton recalled too that the district spent more on lobbying and legal fees than any other district
for which he worked. Gretton testified that they had their own in house solicitor, their own
construction firm, and e firm that dealt with special education services. Gretton testified the
district paid $1.1 million dollars in lobbying-costs alone to an area lobbying group which
routinely received contracts from Reed. This money was budgeted under “legal fees” although
the services provided by this lobbying group were self-evidently non-legal in nature.
Of Reeds control of the einterprise that is the Harrisburg School District, Gretton testified
“i you look at the history of the [school] board of control ... there were certain times when
somebody from the Board of Control didn’t agree with one of [Reed’s] decisions and that person.
was quickly replaced. ... “[I}he control was coming from above, [Reed’s] level.” Indeed, Reed
threatened to fire Gretton himself when “I made a decision that conflicted with something [Reed]
thought should happen...”
Dr. Gerald Kohn, Superintendent of the Harrisburg School District from 2001 to 2010,
testified before this Grand Jury. Dz. Kohn indicated that he had recently left a New Jersey
School District and applied for and was selected to be superintendent of the Harrisburg School
District. During that time, Kohn testified, Reed was able to appoint, and remove, members of
the school board pursuant to the Education Empowerment Act. § Dr. Kobn recalled that he
‘would meet with Reed and Reed would tell him that the district had to issue bonds for a certain
* This Grand Jury has considered and rejected the defense that, the Education
Empowerment Act authorized Reed so completely to usurp the basic
responsibilities of the board members he appointed and so totally to direct
the business of the school district that he picked every vendor and
professional and ultimately used school district money to buy collectibles
and memorabilia for hinself.
21project. Reed would instruct hinras to the recommendation that would need to be made to the
‘board of control and Kohn would thereafter make that Vote an agenda item for the next board
meeting.
‘Kobn recalled he was in attendance at several meetings concerning the issuance of school
district bonds where Reed ordained to everyone in the room who would be appointed bond
counsel, financial advisor, and so on and what the particular tems of that bond issue would be.
Dr. Kohn told this Grand Jury that he was not aware that bond money was being paid to
the Harrisburg Authority in the form of an administrative fee. He testified that he was “greatly
surprised” that the district had paid more than half a million dollars to the Authority as a
transaction fee for the 2003 bond issue. He testified that he did not know Reed was using that
money to buy antiquities and collectibles. Incredibly, the post-it-note on which Bill Gretton had
‘written to Kohn regarding the reporter’s inquiries about artifact purchases survived and is an
‘exhibit before this Grand Jury. When confionted with that note, Kohn had testified he did not
remember having seen itor its contents.
Kohn corroborated Gretton’s testimony that it was Reed who recommended the “swap”
transactions to the school district and in fact told him to pat swap approval on the agenda for the
board of control. Kohn was unequivocal that Reed dictated the terms of debt transactions both to
the school district and the professionals whom he would appoint. He testified that Reed would
send his advisors to the board of control meetings to make a PowerPoint presentation and they |
were “quite convincing that it was in the school district’s best interest to do this or not do it.” He
indicated thet if Reed recommended a specific financial transaction, which they could be certain
he had or it wouldn’t have made its way onto their agenda, “then the board would vote for it.” .
2To illustrate that point, Kohn recalled an instance upon which he and other members of
the board of control met in public session. A gentleman in the audience, who had just been
appointed by Reed as the first president of the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology,
stood up to thank the board for its $3.25 million gift to the University. No one on the stage had
any idea what he was talking sbout. They didn’t know, Reed had not consulted them, and had
negotiated, pledged, and delivered this money from the school district without the slightest
involvement of anyone responsible for its governance. Kohn testified “I can’t tell you how
surprised I was as was everyone else, Theré was outrage. Literally you could hear the jaws
hitting the table as we heard this...” Kohi was apparently only one of two people on the school
board that had Reed’s direct phone number. He called and demanded a meeting. When Reed
eventually gave them an-audience, “the five members of the board of control-and I were there
and they were furious not to have known and the mayor got angry and said, stop, listen to this:
and he explained that the $3.25 million dollars was the beginning of down payment on a
building that was going to be built for the school district for Sci Tech High School for $20
million doliars of which the mayor had obtained $4 plus million dollar private contributions from
a number of business people in the community.” Reed went on to explain, Kohn testified, that
Reed had actually pledged $20 million dollars of school district money for this Sci Tech High to
be paid in installments over a number of years. Again, this Grand Jury emphasizes that this
massive encumbrance of the schools of Harrisburg was accomplished by fist and continues to
haunt the financially strapped school district to this day.
Dr. Kohn testified that he “was hurt that I didn’t now about [Reed’s $20 million dollar
pledge on behalf of the school distrigt}at first; but when you work with Mayor Reed that
bappens a lot.”
2‘The Grand Jury was able to review a letter dated August 5, 2004 from James Losty, the
managing director at RBC Dain Rauscher to Reed wherein Losty indicated that Act 72 was
adopted in Pennsylvania and was to go into effect as of September 3, 2004. The Act was going
‘o require school districts to go to referendum for approval of municipal bond offerings. Losty
indicated that he had been in talks with Public Financial Management and Bill Gretton regarding
‘the possibility of negating this requirement by entering into a bond purchase agreement at that
time for future delivery of bonds. Losty wrote that such a transaction wouldn’t require any up-
front fees but would allow for “future flexibility with regard to the timing of the actual delivery
of bonds and the structure of bonds”. He ended his letter by noting that the school district had
roughly $25million of borrowing capacity remaining. This Grand Jury finds Reed
enthusiastically agreed and encumbered the school district with the maximum possible debt and
gave Losty the business inzeturn, Reed also set aside $5 million ftom the $25 million to be used
for capital and operating costs at the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology,
indicating that this was “a critical component of this bond transaction”. Dr. Kohn testified he
‘was not aware of this transaction until the day of his Grand Jury testimony.
ir October 2004, two Memoranda of Understanding were prepared between the
Harrisburg School District and the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. One of the
MOU provided for $5 million to be paid to the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
out of the proceeds of the $77 million bomowing from 2003. In exchange, Harrisburg University
of Science and Technology agreed to grant district students access to the university. It is unclear
what value that should have been fo the School District as consideration considering the entire
Purpose of the project was to serve Distiict students. The other MOU provided that the district
would provide assistance to the university in the form of planning, staffing and construction of
24the facilities, technical assistance related to the construction, academic support, fundraising and
grant counseling and any other assistance agreed to by the parties. In exchange, the university
‘was to make yearly payments of $290,000.00 to the school district for a period of ten years
beginning on November 1, 2016 and concluding on October 31, 2025 as payment for the services
rendered. Dr. Kohn testified that he was not aware of this transaction either. Notwithstanding
the memorunda’s recording many transactions, Dr. Kohn maintained he was only aware of the
$3.25 million dollars that was given to the University of Science and Technology and even then
only after it was revealed to him by a spectator at an open session board meeting,
Kok testified it was normal for him to be excluded from decision making regarding the
finances of the school district which he was paid $235,431.00" annually to superintend,
Dr. Kohn likewise testified he was unaware of any termination of the swap agreements in
to which the school district entered during his tenure or at what cost to the district such
‘terminations were obtained.
Il. HARRISBURG CIVIC BASEBALL CLUB
‘This Grand Jury finds that by the time of the debt issuance necessary to renovate the
Harrisburg Senators Stadium facility on City Island, Reed had found a model that worked. This
Grand Jury further finds that Reed began to view any instance of municipal borrowing as an
opportunity to create and divert resources for the acquisition of antiquities and collectibles. ‘This
Grand Jury is satisfied that by the time of the transactions described below, Reed was treating the
resources of the Harrisburg Civie Baseball Club, the municipal entity which administered the
city owned Hanzisburg Senators baseball team, and disposing of them, as his own.
Gregory Martini testified before this Grand Jury. Martini served as chairman of the
board of directors of the Harrisburg Senators fiom 1996 to 2006. In 2004, during Martini’s
7 As of the end of his tenure.
25temure, the Harrisburg Redevelopment Authority issned $18 million dollars? worth of bonds to
‘pay for the renovation of the Harrisburg Senators” stadium facility on City Island. The state was
expected to provide grant money for this project as well, however the money was not
immediately forthcoming,
Ofnote for this particular borrowing is that the Harrisburg Authority did not participate
in the financing in any way, but they still received a fee in the amount of $70,000.00 that was
deposited into the special projects fund. ‘This fee was the subject of much debate within city
council, as they believed that such a fee was in direct contravention of the ordinance that
authorized the project, which directed that all revenue be-placed in the general fund. City
Council demanded return of the $70,000.00 to the general fund. The Harrisburg Authority
responded by having the solicitor, Bruce Foreman, write a letter to City Council President
Richard House wherein he stated that the ordinance-that was passed provides for “payment of
excess net revenues from the operation of the Stadium.” He went on to indicate that the
ordinance did not refer to receipt and deposit of fees, as they cannot be characterized as
operating revenue or net operating revenue and therefore, the receipt by the Authority of the fee
‘was entirely appropriate
Around the same time, Reed began buying sports memorabilia and imagining some sort
of sports museum in the Harrisburg area.
To legitimize that effort, Reed tapped his friend John Levenda to become the only
employee of a national sports hall of fame foundation. The question now became how to pay
Mr. Levenda, Martini testified he recalled a letter sent to him by Reed in Decémber of 2004
asking the Harrisburg Civie Baseball Club to pay $125,000.00 to the National Sports Hall of
Fame. Martini testified he took his direction from Reed and was prepared to cut the check based
26solely on the letter; no further documentation as to its necessity or proposed use was supplied or
requested, The fantastically temious reason advanced for why the Harrisburg Civic Baseball
Club should want to simply give $125,000.00 to. museum which did not exist and to the one
person foundation marketing it came from Reed, The museum, if it was ever built, Reed
explained, could be built on City Island. ‘The Senators also play on City Island. So it followed,
+o Reed’s mind, that when the non-existent museum appeared it is possible that some of its
patrons might-also visit the Senators and that provided sufficient justification for the Harrisburg
Civic Baseball Club to simply pour moiey onto John Levenda. ‘This Grand Jury is troubled that
Reed went so far as to suggest to Martini that the HCBC could book this payment as a legitimate
expense under the 2004 bond agreement based on nothing more than his bald assertion that if
such a museum was ever built some of its customers might go to a Senators game,
“That transaction between Reed-and Martini was not consummated in 2004. On January
26, 2005, Reed wrote Martini again, this time requesting a payment of $100,000.00 for John
Levenda. Martini made this payment from Senators’ bond pfoceeds based on nothing more then
Reeds letter, Martini testified that Levencla never submitted any documentation to account for
the expenditure and none was requested, Martini testified that the National Sports Hall of Fame
never existed in any form more substantial than proposals, never broke ground, and Martini was
not sure if city council voted on the project or evenif they were aware of it.
a. Midwinter baseball meetings
‘This Grand Jury heard testimony that Reed would travel to the“Mid-Winter Meetings”
held by Majo League Baseball in various locations and throughout the country and which also
included events for minor league teams. Reed attended these meetings at the expense of the
Harrisburg Civic Baseball Club, Martini testified he would write checks directly from the
27HCBC account to Reed.* Sometimes Reed would submit receipts, and sometimes he would
simply ask for an amount without supplying any documentation at all. Again, he provided no
‘documentation and no one asked him for any. For travel, Reed would simply ask for a given
amount to be paid to him and indicate that he had receipts if anybody wanted to look at them.
Reed was unable to confine the activities of these junkets even to their nominal purpose
and frequently seized the opportunity to go artifact shopping. Even though these shopping trips
were in no Way related to any legitimate business of the Harrisburg Civic Baseball-Club, Reed
‘would ask for and receive reimbursement from the HCBC anyway.
Martini testified that he was aware that John Levenda and Richard Pickles, then a
member of the Harrisburg Police Department, would sometimes accompany Reed on these
shopping trips. The findings of this Grand Jury with respect to those shopping trips are set out
more completely below.
Storage of property in Martini’s basement
Those checks are as follows:
1. July 9, 2007 $ 5,000.00*
2. Rugust 3, 2007 3 9,443. 46+
3. August 20, 2007 $3,633. 76*
4. September 20, 2007 $ 1,659.12*
5. June 18, "2008 § 10,000.00
6. July 21, 2008 3 4,821.00
7. August 5, 2008 $ 6,900.00
8. August 18, 2008 $2,600.00
9. September 2, 2008 $2,617.37
10. September 24, 2008 $ 3,750.00
21. November 3, 2008 $3,671.63
12. December 5, 2008 3 1,000.00
13. December 22, 2008 8 4,722.11
Total $ 59,818.25
‘Prior to sale of team
28‘Martini testified that Reed called him in December of 2009 shortly before he left office,
-asking if he could store some things in his building. Martini acquiesced and did not press Reed
about theteason that he needed the storage or whet in particular he would be storing. Martini
testified that Reed and other city employees showed up to his office with 15 different sized
cartons for storage which they put into the storage area in the basement of his building. The
items remained in his possession until they were turned over to the Office of Attorney General in
2014, Martini testified that, upon advice from counsel and in answer to a Grand Jury subpoena,
‘he opened the storage containers that were not wooden shipping crates and created an itemized
list of the artifacts shat were contained within them. One of the storage containers had a packing
slip attached to the outside which matched one of the checks from Harrisburg Civic Baseball
Club. .Other items that ‘were within the collection in Martini’s basement are:
Box I:
‘Unopened carton from Silvertip in Glorieta, NM
Box 2:
Unopened carton from Silvertip in Glorieta, NM
Box 3:
10 plastic pennant holders
Hall of Fame 2006 bat
‘Autographed Adirondack bat forNY Yankees
2 other unopened bats
2 bat holders
1893 baseball print—Unix, of PA
Hbg. Colored Elks ticket
1920’s catcher’s chest protector
Catcher's glove
Box 4:
Box of Topps Anniversary collection 1952-1990 baseball cards
Senators? shirt
Framed cards of Robin Roberts, Ritchie Ashburn, Don Drysdale & Hank Aaron.
‘Yankees flag
Yankees 100 card legacy set
Autographed Orlando Cepeda baseball
Autographed Ron Guidry baseball
Autographed Mickie Riveria baseball
6 baseball books
29Box 5:
Box 6:
Box 7:
Box 8
Box 9:
Braves shirt for Assenmacher
5 Harrisburg Senators 2008 programs
Yankee stadium memorabilia
13 various framed cards,
56 baseball card sets
‘Topps baseball card set for 2008
Wheaties box.
‘Unopened box from Great American Ilustrators—detailed packing list included
4T signed posters
‘Unopened carton from Silvertip in Glorieta, NM
2 Babe Ruth photos
1 Jackie Robinson photo
Batting Rug poster
‘US Marines poster
1920. Negro League poster
Box 10:
50 Major League baseball card packs
1 shot glass
Box I:
1 Western lamp
Box 12:
1 Western bar stool
Box 13:
‘Negro League leather jacket
Hg: Cougars 2002 state champion hat and shirts,
‘Major League duffel bag,
3 baseball gloves
2 Negro League baseballs signed on July 12, 2008 at Broad St. Market
NY Yankees and Negro League hats
Phillies towel
Box of baseball magazines and papers
Cateher’s mask
Ball holders
“Yankees jacket
Hg. High license plate holder
Baseball encyclopedia
Box 14:
8 ball holders
4 catcher’s masks
Jason Giambi bobble head
303 packs baseball centennial cards from Cooperstown
Yankees shirt
4 baseball gloves
1978 Topps baseball card set
Glove & 4 baseballs
6 2008 Hall of Fame programs
‘Mickie Mantel book
4 Yankees magazines
Yankees coffee mug
Baltimore Orioles pennant
Cal Ripkin shirt
Shea Stadium shirt
2. Negro League hats
Pennants for Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Black Hawks, Chicago Bears, Chicago White
Sox & Brooklyn Dodgers
7 autographed baseballs
8 Upstate Life magazines
7 Gatemen programs for 2008
5 Memories & Dreams magazines
Box 15:
3 unwrapped photos
Goose Gassage framed photo
‘Negro League framed photo
“Yankee Stadium collector’s patches
Final season Yankee Stadium photo
1942 Whitehouse correspondence to Judge Landis,
Shea Stadium final season framed picture
Certificates of authenticity signed by Mayor Reed regarding Negro League purchases
Jackie Robinson bobble head
‘Maris & Mantle bobble heads
3 Yankees hats
Shea Stadium hat
2Negro League hats
Correspondence from Tom Snyder to Mayor Reed
‘Wrapped baseball
Mickie Mantel and Ted Williams photos
Baseball from July 3, 2008 at Commerce Bank Park
Hbg. Giants baseball shirt
3 baseball pins
Baseball mug
2 Cooperstown souvenir bats
4 posters signed by Jose Cansaco & Jack Clark
Other besebail posters
31‘Some of these items were purchased from a vendor called “Silvertip”. Documentation
provided by the City of Harrisburg and presented to this Grand Jury establishes that this
“Silvertip lot” of items was purchased with city money and considered missing at the time of the
inventory of city owned meniorabilia and the subsequent auction of Wild West items. This
Grand Jury finds that those Silvertip items belonged to the City of Hamisburg and their rendition,
by Reed to Martini’s basement deprived the city and its creditors of their value,
Special Agent Craig LeCadre testified that during an interview with Reed, he specifically
asked him about the items that were stored in Martini’s basement. Reed’s response was that he
1ad‘no idea why there would be any artifacts stored in Martini’s basement. LeCadtre testified
that Reed asked him if a mirror was among the items recovered from Martini’s basement because
there were plans to put a restaurant called the “Bullpen Café” in the vicinity of the visiting
team’s dugout in the renovation project of the Harrisburg Senator’s ball park. Agent LeCadre
testified that he showed Reed pictures of the items that had been retrieved from Martinis
basement on his cell phone. Upon viewing the photographs, Reed acknowledged that he
recognized the mirror and hors but did not recollect the matching table lamps, He went on to
acknowledge that the container shipped to “Harrisburg Civic Baseball Ass, c/o Office of the
Mayor”.
IV. ‘THE NATIONAL SPORTS HALL OF FAME,
John Levenda testified before this Grand Jury. Levenda testified that he served as the
President of AA Minor League Baseball's Eastern League from 1993 to 1996. The Eastern
Leagues offices moved to Harrisburg because Reed agreed to build a space for them there and to
charge them the same amount of rent as their old facility in Plainville, Connecticut, In that role,
32.Levenda oversaw umpires and score keepers and insured that each team was paying its annual
dues, He attended ballgames and baseball meetings and looked after league expenses. After his
move to Harrisburg, the owners of the Eastem Eeagne did not re-elect him in 1996 and he was
looking for work. He suggested to Reed that he be hired to fimidraise for the burgeoning
‘National Civil War Museum and the nascent Sports Hall of Fame, Reed hired him as a
consultant fo reise money for both projects. This contract did not need City Council’s approval
‘because it was considered “a personal service contract.” Levenda testified that Reed didn’t
advertise or look for other candidates and that this position was created for him at his suggestion,
‘Levenda recalled he was hired in November of 1996 at a salary of $45,000.00 or $50,000.00.a
year including health insurance. Levenda testified he began ta try and solicit donors and
sponsors for the Civil War Museum and the Sports Hall of Fame. Levenda testified that he
discovered the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, an organization which already existed, had
received $9.5 million dollars in RACP® grant money. Levenda testified that Reed attempted to-
persuade the PA Sports Hall of Fame to hire an executive director and raise matching finds so
that the state grant could be accessed and spent.
‘The PA Sports Hall of Fame in tum asked Reed to loan them the matching moriey. Reed.
tentatively agreed but the deal was never consummated. Levenda testified he did not believe
Reed discussed the possibility of this $7 million dollar bridge loan with city council nor did he
seek city councils approval. Levenda himself did not question Reed about this because, he
testified, he just wanted to advance the project.
® The Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) is a commonwealth grant
program “for the acquisition and construction of regional economic, cultural,
civic, recreational, and historical improvement projects.”
33Levenda testified that at some point it became clear that the PA. Sports Hall of Fame was
not serious about the museum project anid Reed decided that the city was going to take the
project over exclusively and rename it the Pennsylvania National Sports Hell of Fame, In 2002,
that name was changed agein to the National Sports Hall of Fame, and was intended to feature
athletes, coaches and administrators from youth sports through professional and Olympic level
sports.
Levenda testified that the RACP money was still available from the State but the newly
named National Sports Hall of Fame (NSHF) would still need to raise matching money.
In 2005, Levenda testified that the City had been through a round of layoffs and Reed and
Levenda decided that it “didn’t look good” for the City to continue paying Levenda’s salary as a
consultant for the NSHF so they created a board for the NSHF. Levenda became the only
employee of the National Sports Hall of Fame Foundation in 2005, carried the title President and
Chief Executive Officer, and received an annual salary of $87,500.00, health benefits, a $600.00
monthly car allowance and four (4) weeks of paid vacation. Again, Levenda testified, Reed re-
characterized his employment because it “didn’t look good” to have him continue working for
and receiving payment from the City during this time of increasing financial stress,
Levenda testified that as the Foundation’s lone employee he approached city council to
solicit them to guarantee $10 million dollars? worth of loans for the Sports Hill of Fame
Museum. City council refused, and Levenda testified his solicitation came at a time when the
fall extent of Reeds’s municipal debt crisis was becoming visible.
34By December of 2008, hope for the museum had been abandoned and, Levenda testified,
any money left in the foundation coffers went to pay for his continuing health insurance in
accordance witht his employment agreement,
Indeed, even after the decision was taken not to pursue the. museum, the foundation
continued to accept money. In January of 2009, two checks were written from HCBC to the
‘National Sports Hall of Fame Foundation for $750.00 each after the project was ostensibly
abandoned. John Levenda testified that “every dollar that we could still raise, number one,
helped with my health insurance.” ‘This Grand Jury finds the administration of the HEBC was
consistent with the pattern of the institutjonalization of conflict apparent in every other municipal
enterprise which Reed controlled. Levenda himself was placed on the Board of the Harrisburg
Civic Baseball Club by Reed in 2003 and remained on the Board during the period he solicited
HCBC for money, sometimes for no purpose other than fo pay himself.
Levenda testified extensively about his travel with Reed and other associates to “Mid-
‘Winter Baseball meetings,” which would often migrate into artifact shopping trips and pure
vacations.
‘Levenda recalled he attended such'meetings with Harrisburg Police officer Rick Pickles,
Reed, Martini, and sometimes the general manager in at least the years 2004 through 2008.
Levenda testified that the 2004 meeting was held in Anaheim, California. He traveled
with Reed to Anaheim four (4) days prior to the meeting, and testified that he and Reed flew to
San Francisco, spent the day there, drove into Nevada for a day, drove back through San Jose
and spent the night there. They then drove to Los Angeles or San Luis Obispo before traveling to
Anabeim for the meeting. Levenda testified that this trip had nothing to do with baseball and
35Reed wanted to “see the sights.” He and Reed submitted all their receipts for reimbut'sement to
‘the HCBC for payment.
Levenda also attended the 2005 meeting which was held in Dallas. He scheduled a
meeting for Reed with a sports memorabilia collector in Boca Raton, Florida for three days after
the baseball meetings ended. Rather than flying. back to Harrisburg and back down for the
shopping trip, Levenda and Reed went directly to Florida. They “killed time” before their
meeting by visiting Key West, This trip was paid for by HCBC and, Levenda testified, had
nothing to do with Senators’ baseball. Levenda testified that at the time he didn’t ask questions
about the propriety of these trips but now, in retrospect, recognizes that they were wrong,
Levenda testified that no one questioned Reed about these trips and that Levenda did not
believe that any HCBC board members saw the receipts from the trips, rather, they were
submitted directly to the general manager who simply wrote a check.
In addition to accompanying the Mayor on artifact shopping trips, Levenda and Rick
Pickles, who was a member of the Harrisburg Police Department at the time, would travel twice
a year to locations designated by Reed to pick up artifacts which Reed had purchased and haul
them back to Harrisburg. Levenda testified that most of the artifacts they collected appeared to
be Wild Wester era pieces but there might have been some civil war artifacts as well. Levenda
testified they were not, however, picking up baseball or sports related memorabilia, For these
trips Levenda collected his regular salary and did not take vacation time, Richard Pickles was
also paid his salary as a Harrisburg City Police Captain. Levenda testified he and Pickles would
fly out to a destination designated by Reed then travel on to whatever particular vendor or site
was holding the artifacts which Reed had purchased. They would then load those items into a
36conventional U-Haul type rental truck and drive them back to Harrisburg. No special
accommiodation for the sensitivity of antiquities to the environraent was made, No insurance or
other indemnification was sought or puichased. Levenda testified that the truck could be
carrying anywhere from $100,000.00 to $1 million dollars’ worth of artifacts. This Grand Jury
has learned that the renial truck would often be left siting unattended in the parking lot of a
motel as Levenda and Pickles made their way back across the country to the vity with Reed's
purchases. When they arrived, Levenda testified, they would deliver the load of artifacts to the
“D and D building” located near the incinerator and unload the artifacts into a storage zoom
there.
On one suck 2004 trip, Levenda submitted receipts to thé Harrisburg Authority for
reimbursement in the amount of $9,900.00. Even Thomas Mealy expressed concern about this
reimbursement request because it incliided alcohol, typically an item unewailable for
reimbursement by the Authority. Levenda told Mealy that he was “driving a 25 foot truck
‘through blizzards and tomados and at the end of the day if I want a drink Iam going to have
one.” That reimbursement request was paid.
Special Agent Lecadre testified that he and Special Agent Thomas Gote interviewed
Stephen Reed on April 7, 2015. LeCadre testified that during the course of the interview, Reed
was asked about using John Levenda and Rick Pickles to transport artifacts. Reed indicated to
the agents that the city “literally saved tens of thousands of dollars” by utilizing those gentlemen
to do that work. Reed considered Pickles’ actions as part of his duties as a city police officer to
protect the artifacts during the shipping process. LeCadre testified thet Reed did not consider the.
use of a city police officer to be inappropriate. Reed informed LeCadre that he allowed Pickles
to be carried as “administrative leave with pay” while on these assignments,
37Review of documentation from Pickles’ personnel file indicate that there are three
separate instances where Pickles’ time sheet was changed from vacation time to “leave with pay”
af the behest of Reed.
‘The first incident occurred in 2004, In an August 17, 2004 memo from Reed to the
director of Human Resources, Reed indicated that Captain Pickles was “dispatched by the City
of Harrisburg for the purpose of renting a vehicle and retrieving items purchased by the City in
other states and returning them safely to Harrisburg.” Reed indicated that Pickles? leave for May
10-14 and May 17 should be changed from “Vacation With Pay” to “Administrative Leave”.
‘There is a follow-up email from Deborah Felker, Personnel Officer with the Bureau of Human
resourtes to Pickles where she confirms that “pursuant to Mayoral instructions”, she converted
those-vacation days to leave with pay. A reviow of his leave history for the year also
demonstrates that the modificatiomwas made.
‘The second incident occurred in 2005. In an August 3, 2005 memo from Reed to the
director of Human Resources, Reed indicated that Captain Pickles was a representative of the
City of Harrisburg in a visit to the Eastern Professional Baseball League All-Star Game in
Portland, ME from July 8-17. Reed indicated that Pickles* leave history should be adjusted to
administrative leave so that his personal leave and vacation time remain unaffected. A review of
his leave history for 2005 does not show that he used vacation or personal time for these dates.
‘The third incident occurred in 2006. In a February 12, 2007 memo from Reed to the
director of Human Resources, Reed indicated that Pickles was on “detached assignment in
connection with the Winter Meetings of Professional Baseball” from November 29, 2006 until
December 13, 2006 and that his leave should be changed to admisiistrative leave rather than
38personal or vacation leave. There is a follow-up email fiom Deborah Felker, Director of Human
Resources to Pickles where she indicated that “per Mayoral directive” she converted all vacation
usage to administrative leave for the period of November 26 through December 13, 2006,
‘Documentation from the Personnel system indicates that he was on Leave With Pay status for all
of these dates.
Todd Vander Woude testified before this Grand Jury. Vander Woude was employed as,
the general manager for the Harrisburg Senators from 1992 until 2007. Vander Woude testified
that the HCBC board had five (5) members and that Reed appointed them. Vander Woude
corroborated Martini’s testimony that Reed would attend mid-winter baseball meetings at the
civic baseball club’s expense, and therefore the City’s, and sometimes’extend those trips to £0
artifact shopping. Vander Woude recalled in 2005, for example, Reed went fo Boca Raton to
look at a collection of sports memorabilia, Vander Woude recalled this instance particularly
‘because Reed-had written requests for reimbursement for the trip in the amount of $10,550.19.
‘Vander Woude testified that he was concemed about this request as it was an unbudgeted item
and he didn’t feel the trip was related to Senators’ baseball but rather to the as yet unbuilt Sports
Hall of Fame. That notwithstanding, Reed receiveid his reimbursement.
Vander Woude corroborated Martini’s testimony that Reed would simply submit a
request for reimbursement without any receipts or other documentation and HCBC would simply
cut him a check. When shown the Silvertip items recovered fom Maartini’s basement which
were purchased with HCBC money, and indeed were sent in crates marked HCBC to city hall,
‘Vander Woude testified they had nothing to do with the Senators or even with a Sports Hall of
Fame. He testified that he would not have authorized HCBC money for those items had he
known thet was what Reed was buying. More generally, Vander Woude testified unequivocally
39that HCBC was not a partner with Reed in purchasing artifacts; it wes not the business of the
Harrisburg Civic Baseball Club to provide seed money for the Sports Hall of Fame or to buy:
artifacts. Expenditures for artifacts were inno way related to the business of the ball club. As
with so many other witnesses, Vander Woude testified he simply did not question Reed. Reed
asked for the money and he got it.
Y. THE HARRISBURG CITY COUNCIL,
Richard House was elected to the Harrisburg City Council in 1989 and served for 16
years. He was Council president for 11 of those years. Reed was the mayor throughout House’s
entire tenure on city council. Of Reed’s relationship to the Council, House testified “there was a
saying-the media always called him the mayor for life. You know, if you start reading media
clips long enough you start believing them. yourself. That was my beginning interpretation of
city politics and that’s what Tmeant by saying he ruled with an iron thumb because he never
believed in the philosophy that we could agree to disagree. It was always you vote with me ot
you are the enemy.”
Mr. House testified before this Grand Jury and indicated that in 2001, tliere was a
position with the Department of the Auditor General that he wanted. Mr. House asked Reed to
help him to get that ob, Reed met withthe Auditor General but then informed Mr, House that
he couldn’t help him get the job. Soon after, Reed asked House if he would like to be the
director of community relations for the Harrisburg Senators, a position that did not exist,
previously. With respect to that job, House testified to the quid quo pro which existed, “[Reed]
offered me that position because therefore he knew he could control me and he could get me toget all the votes that he needed for all his projects...” Indeed, Mr. House was asked directly
about the existence of a quid quo pro in the following exchange:
Question: “Did you feel... that this job, for instance, was an example of a guid quo pro,
in other words, that you understood you were being given that job in exchange for your vote or
the discharge of your official duty? “
Answer: Thaf’s how I felt, yes, sir.”
‘He went on to testify that when Reed gave him the job with the Senators, Reed was buying not
just Mr. House’s vote but also the votes of those on city council that House could control.
Randy King, testified before this Grand Jury. Mr. King served as préss secretary and
director of communications for Reed from 1989 to 2007. In that role he handled all media
requests, was the public information officer, wrote presé releases, gave interviews, arranged
press conferences and media events and served as the legislative liaison to city council whose
meetings he would attend.
He confirmed that when Richard House lost his state job, he went to Mayor Reed to find
him another job and, when there was no job to be had in state government, Reed gave him a job
as a community relations coordinator with the Harrisburg Senators.
House testified that city council often had to deal with issues surrounding the incinerator.
The city often had to use general fund money to support the operation ofthe facility. Mr, House
recalled that the city got so far in debt because of the need to support the incinerator that there
came a time when there was not enough money in the coffers to cover payroll and the city had to
go out and secure bridge loans from the bank. In the worst times, city council was approving a
a1bridge loan every four months just to cover all the debt that the incinerator-was creating. This
financial crisis was hidden from the citizens and was the backdrop to the decision to retrofit the
incinerator and to float more than $100 million in bonds in 2003.
The decision to go forward with the retrofit of the incinerator was not one that was made
lightly by the City Council. ‘There were four public meetings that were held, at which the
general project wes discussed. In addition to the public meetings that were ocourring, there were
also many closed door, private meetings taking place as well. Richard House met with Mayor
Reed on several occasions fo discuss the incinerator and at each of these meetings, it was made
clear to Mr. House juist how important it was to get a yes vote for the incinerator bonds, Mr,
House testified that at the outset, the votes to move forward with the project were not there,
House conveyed this information to Mayor Reed at one of their meetings. Reed’s response to
learning that there were not enough-votes was to ask Mrr. House what he had to do for him
personally in exchange for Mr. House getting the requisite number of yes votes for the
incinerator bonds. Mr. House testified that he found Reed to be so direct iri his proposed bribe
that House amiously, and silently, wrote out and held up a note asking Reed whether he was
recording the conversation. Reed responded by writing down that he was not recording the
conversation and then asked if Mr. House was recording it.
After this bizarre meeting between the two public figures, Mr. House went back to City
Council and spoke with other members to find a way to make the incinerator bond vote more
palatable. They devised a plan to create a city council special projects fund where the money
held in the account would be divided amongst the council members and they could use it to
donate to their own pet projects. A city council woman suggested that House rsk Reed for $1
million and indicated that was the amount of money it would take for her to vote yes for the bond
42deal. Mr, House testified that he felt that was too large a sumt of money and decided to ask Reed
for $700,000.00. He had another meeting with Mayor Reed where he pitched the special projects
fund idea and the $700,000.00 figure. Mir. House testified that Reed'was angered by the request,
bbut when told that the fund was what it was going to take to get the yes votes from city council,
he acquiesced and agreed to $500,000.00. Ultinately, due to budget constraints, the special
projects fund only received $200,000.00 which was divided between all 7 city council members,
with Mr, House receiving a slightly larger portion as the city council president. The money from
the find was then donated to various organizations like The Boys and Girls Club of America,
Salvation Army, Goodwill Industries and other community-based organizations in the city of
Harrisburg. Mr. House testified that, although the donations were charitable in nature, each city
council member derived a political benefit from each donation that was made,
Randy King testified that the city council wantec'a WAM fund (Welking Around Money):
in exchange for pushing forward the vote on the incinerator bonds. He indicated that the WAM.
funds were desirable to city council because “they wanted to throw money around to community
groups so they could gather political support” as they were gearing up for re-election.
King was asked directly about the quid pro quo of the WAM or ‘councilmanic? find in
exchange for votes:
Question: “[UJltimately you had to sort of agree to confer the fund just t0 get -
them to vote for the -
A. That is comect.
Question: They held their vote hostage to a benefit at least in the conitext of that '03 deal?
43Aj That's correct.
‘VI. HARRISBURG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Dwayne Maun testified before this Grand Jury. Mr. Maun is employed as the Chief
Financial Officer for the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. In that role, he is
responsible for all the regularly kept business records of the University’s assets. Mr. Maun
testified that Reed is 2 board member on the University and has served in that capacity since
2002. .
‘Mr. Maun testified that in 2010 the president of the University was Mei Schiavelli. Maun
testified that Schiavelli and Reed were “very close friends.” Maun testified that the proposal was
made by Schiavelli that, when it was clear Reed would not be retuming to the mayor's office,
that “[wle’re going to find something for Mayor Reed to do. This will help him get on his fect.”
‘A contract was drafted between the University and Reed under which Reed would'be
paid as a regular guest lecturer in the “political mind” or “civic mind” courses. Undér the
contract, Reed was also to work with University faculty to develop an elective three credit course
in Entrepreneurship in Government which was to be offered in the spring of 2011. Additionally,
Reed would serve on the University advisory board for its entrepreneurship program. Reed
‘would also participate in a panel discussion to be scheduled in the fall of 2010 on topics related
to the future of government. Reed would additionally participate in student recruiting activities
as appropriate.
44For these services Reed was to be paid a monthly stipend of $2,000.00 not to exceed a
contract total of $12,000.00. Mann testified thet, the terms of the contract notwithstanding, the
only services Reed ever provided were to appear as a guest lecturer several times, Maun testified
that he felt the University did not get its money’s worth out of this contract, but that it was paid
in fall to Reed. This Grand Jury saw the 1099 form issued by the University for 2010 which
demonstrates that he received the full $12,000.00,
Another, similar, contract was created-for 2011. Maun testified Reed knew the
University was about to come into $10 million dollars in loan proceeds. Maun testified that the
relationship between Schiavelli and Reed was “pretty secret.” The two held closed door off site
meetings. Maun testified that this new contract for 2011 was limited to six (6) months and that
limitation was intended to communicate to Schiavelli the distaste by the University’s
adnzinistrators for paying Reed for another year,
‘Maun testified; with respect to the 2011 contract, Reed didn’t perform any of the services
for which the University contracted. The class for which Reed was supposed to lecture did not
even exist in the University’s curriculum, ‘The only “recruiting” effort Reed made was to goto
Harrisburg High School and tell the students that they could come to the University of Science
and Technology for free. Maun expressed ambivalence as to whether that was a “recruiting”
activity for which Reed should have been paid. The entrepreneurship program Reed was
supposed to develop badn’t been established. ‘That notwithstanding, another contract between
Reed and the University for the remaining six (6) months of 2011 was drafted. Maun testified
‘that this occurred during a period when the University was in financial distress. In fact, the
University missed its debt service payments in 2012 and the County has been paying $1.5
million per year for the past several years due to lack of sufficient funds to pay operations and
45debt service on the bonds. Agein, Maun testified that the contract grew out of the personal
relationship between Reed and Schiavelli. Again, Reed received a $1,000.00 a month for each of
the six months and again, Maun testified, Reed performed none of the services for which he was
being paid. This Grand Jury has seen the 1099 form issued by the University to Stephen Reed
for 2011, which confirms that he was paid $6,000.00: Maun testified that during that time the
University was illiquid and did not, and could not pay all ofits vendors, which is why Reed did
not receive the entire $12,000 in 2011.
Reed considered that he was owed additional money. Maun testified that in 2012 the
board of the University held a fund raising challenge. ‘The idea was that individual board
members would pledge or solicit a certain amount of money which would be matched by other
board members, Maun testified that Reed participated in this challenge by offering to “forgive”
the money that he was ‘owed’ under the 2011 contract. Reed proposed that he should then be
credited with having “contributed” that amount to the capital campaign.
‘Maun testified no contract was drafted between the University and Reed in 2012.
‘Schiavelli was looking for new employment himself and, Maun testified, was no longer focused,
on “feeding a friend.” Maun testified he was not aware that Reed created any work product
under any of these contracts, No syllabi, time cards, class materials or any other tangible product
which the University might use for the benefit of its students, Maun additionally testified that
usually guest lecturers are not compensated. By way of comparison, Maun testified, a typical
contratt for an adjunct professor would be $3,000.00 per semester. In other words, such an
adjunct would teach for fifteen (15) weeks and receive $3,000.00. Reeds’ contract paid him four
(4) times what the normal adjunet professor would receive and he did nothing to eam it.
46MIL ARTIFACTS.
This-Grand Jury has heard testimony from numerous witnesses on the subject of Stephen
Reed’s compulsion to purchase antiquities, collectibles, and other memorabilia. This Grand Jury
finds that Reed demonstrated an almost pathological preoccupation with the act of buying such
artifacts. It has been the uniform testimony of witnesses before this Grand Jury, and the
irrefutable proof of the evidence presented, that Reed little cared for the ultimate disposition of
the artifacts he purchased on behalf of the vity. Indeed, this Grand Jury finds, that as a result of
his indifference to the storage and maintenance of objects he purchased, those objects were
exposed to a substantial risk of diminution in value or outright loss,
In addition, as i8 set out in detail below, this Grand Jury finds that Stephen Reed
improperly obtained possession of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars? worth of
artifacts purchased with the money of the people of the City of Harrisburg in violation of
Pennsylvania’s Criminal Code.
Linda Lingle testified before this Grand Jury. Lingle worked for Reed from 1989 to
January of: 2008. She began as the city's Director of Bureau of Operations and Revenue, twice
served as acting director of Human Resources, and spent her last five (5) years with the city
serving as Business Administrator.
She testified that she knew John Levenda and Richard Pickles would eccompany Reed on
trips to shop for artifacts.
She testified Reed would seek reimbursement for those trips and would submit receipts
sometimes. The receipts that were submitted to her were for artifacts not for expenses associated
with the shopping expeditions.
a7Ms. Lingle testified as to the process by which such reimbursements were processed. For
example, in 1999, in excess of half.a million dollars was disbursed from the city’s general fund
for the purchase of artifacts. Ms. Lingle noted that a secretary to the former special projects
advisor handled that particular transaction. Evidence shown to Ms. Lingle and to this Grand Jury
comprises the following: Ax invoice dated November 3, 1998 billed to Stephen Reed, Mayor,
from Purple Sage Antique Guns and Corrales, New Mexico. This itemized invoice lists the
artifacts purchased including a badge, pistol, razor, and cane ostensibly belonging to Wyatt Earp,
and other items. ‘This Grand Jury notes that the items which appear on the Purple Sage invoice
appear to be Wild Western era artifacts.
‘A city check requisition form was completed: Ms. Lingle did not know why the special
project advisor’s secretary filled out the form. That form in tum was submitted to Robert
Kroboth, the city’s former financial director, for review and approval. This Grand Jury notes,
‘that the description given on the check requisition form indicates “civil war archives” even
though the items purchased are plainly described as belonging to the “Wild West” era. ‘This
Grand Jury finds it misleading to characterize an item sold as Wyatt Earp’s cane as an item
appropriate for “Civil War” archives.
‘That notwithstanding, a city check numbered 16090 for $540,000.00 and dated August
10, 1999, was produced. This Grand Jury notes that the memo line indicates “Civil War M.”
‘Ms. Lingle observed that it appeared as though the description of the items had transformed from
Wild Wester nature on the invoice to Civil War archive on the check requisition to Civil War
“M” on the public check diawn on the city’s funds.Randy King described Reed’s acquisition of artifacts, “his first project was the National
Civil War Museum, and he bégan buying artifacts for that, probably in the mid-90"s, It got to the
point where he had purchased about $2 million dollars’ worth of staff, and to purchase these
artifacts he would take money from various city accounts and council eventually found out about
this and put road blocks up to prevent him from using public dollars, tax dollars to do this. He
reached the point where he had aequired about $2 million dollars’ worth of atifacts for the
‘National Civil War Museum and [Reed’s former special projects advisor} and I were very
concemed about this, we thought he was getting out of control. So we went in and talked to him,
one night and begged him to stop and he told us he was nearly finished. Well, he was not. He
spent a lot more. [The Civil Wat Museurn] opened in 2000 to rave reviews and kind of energized
hin to push forward with other museum projects including the National Museum of the Old
‘West, the Pennsylvania Fire Museum, the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame and the African
American Museum. His artifuct acquisition activities increased dramatically. By this time [city]
couneil prevented him from using regular city budget funds to purchase artifacts, so they set ua
special projects fund at the Harrisburg Authority to funnel money through to allow the Mayor to
continue his artifact acquisition activities.”
‘Mr. King testified it was his belief that by the mid-2000s the city had collected more
than enough artifacts to populate any of the proposed museums and that he began to believe that
the purchase of the artifacts was a therapeutic personal endeavor - a personal means of stress
management. King testified that artifact collection would ocoupy Reed for days on end. He
would add acquisition of artifacts to any official trip he took. King testified that before he would
leave for a trip, Reed would have a staffer prepare stacks of UPS slips, filled out with City Hall’s
address and his name. When he purchased artifacts he would put them in plastic tubs, tape them
49,up and affix the UPS label to them and, within days of Reed's departure for a given trip, King
testified, UPS would begin delivering tubs to city hall. King testified that there were periods of
time where the office was so full of these blue plastic tubs that it was difficult for staff to
maneuver around them.
King testified that both he and other city officials would go to Reed an.a weekly basis
and tell him “you've got to.stop this, you've got to cut it out, it’s just going to kill your career”
but that Reed would not listen. He would simply repeat to them that he was “almost finished.”
King testified that he believed acquisition of artifacts was a personal release for Reed, a
sort of private hobby that made him happy and allowed him to feel relaxed. King expressed his
personal view, and this Grand Jury notes he is not a clinician, that Reed suffered from depression
which began to manifest itself in a more pronounced way in the early 2000's. King felt that
‘Reed developed a binge artifact buying “addiction” that had a salutary effect on his mood.
King testified that it was his opinion as a member of Reed’s executive staff that Reed
‘would sometimes claim to be traveling to an engagement on city business at City tax payers*
‘expense when the “real” purpose of the trip was artifact shopping.
King testified that as the blue tubs of artifacts would come into city hall, Reed would
have public works employees come to transport the tubs to places around the city where they
‘would be stored. King testified Reed made no effort to comiprehensively catalog or record the
items bought with public money or the expenses incurred in sequiring them,
King testified that when Reed would travel to purchase artifacts he wouild attempt to
“sweet talk” the vendor into giving him possession of the artifacts in exchange for subsequent
payment by the city. The seller would fax a purchase order to city hall and it was King’s
50impression that Reed did not much concem himself with the city requisition and payment
procedure,
Robert Kroboth testified before this Grand Jury, Kroboth served as the city’s finance
director, a sort of Chief Financial Officer for the city, and testified he was accordingly involved
in accounts payable, aiudits, budget development and providing financial data on the business of
the city,
Kroboth corroborated Lingle’s testiinony with respect to the city check requisition
procedure. Mr: Kroboth could not explain why more than half # million dollars was peid out of
the city capital projects fund to pay for artifacts pursuant to the Purple Sage invoice described
above. Mr. Kroboth testified it was “curious” that the description of the items transformed from
‘Wild Wester era objects on the invoice itself to the “Civil War M” when the check itself was
made out.
Mr. Kroboth was shown an email obtained by investigators from him to the Executive
Director of the National Civil War Museum, in which he directed that Brett Kelly delete then
missing THA purchased artifacts from the manifest then add them back to'the manifest once they
had been located. Mr. Kroboth was unable to remember the facts that precipitated his request to
remove missing artifacts from the THA inventory. He assured the Grand Jury that it was not
their intent to hide artifacts,
Special Agent Craig LeCadre testified that agents of the Office of Attorney General
executed a search warrant upon Stephen Reed’s personal office and storage facility located in
downtown Harrisburg. At this facility, which is a former hospital building converted for
commercial use; Reed enjoys the use of the entire ground floor comprising some twelve (12)
51.individual rooms." In each and every room they searched, this Grand Jury has learned, agents
found artifacts and collectibles of every description co-mingled with documents and other
Gbjects and piled from the floor to the ceiling. This Grand Jury finds that Reed created inthis,
suite of rooms a veritable treasure house comprising quite literally thousands of items which
belonged to the people of the city of Harrisburg.
In the first room searched, agents discovered that Reed had re-created his mayoral office
in the largest of the commercial storage rooms. Special Agent LaCadre testified to, and this
Grand Jury examined photographs of, this area. Init, Reed had displayed his many civic awards
and commendatious as well as various historic artifacts including a saddle and other Western
items.
During the execution of this warrant, agents interviewed Stephen Reed regarding the
contents of the rooms being searched. Reed represented to investigators that they would not find
any city property stored there, that the items comprised his personal collection, and in the
unlikely event that city property was discovered, it would be because it had been “inadvertently”
packed by city employees and brought there without his knowledge. This Grand Juy finds that
assertion to be wholly incredible and belied by the facts as found below.
Special Agent LeCadre testified to, and this Grand Jury examined photographs of, some
‘examples of items discovered in the numerous rooms of Reed’s facility. The contents of these
rooms were not organized in any discemable way and objects and documents lay strewn in heaps
on the floor and piled in high stacks thet sometimes reached almost to the ceiling. Some of the
items observed included a life sized sarcophagus, a full suit of armor, a suit of chain mail, a
2° me owner of this facility provided this very large space to Reed for his
personal ahd exclusive use rent free as an accommodation and out of respect
for the former mayor.
82Calvary soldier’s saddle, bugle, and sword, native American items, horse and stage coach tack,
wardrobes of uniforms from various eras including WWI and Vietnam, militaria, farming
implements, litho- and photagraphs, what appeared to be a life sized buffalo head, and a host of
other items,
Agents of the Office of Attomey General were obliged to spend hundreds of hours, ina
process which is still ongging, carefully to sort through the items discovered and safeguard and
attempt to identify them.
To aid them in this effort, investigators contacted Brett Kelly, a curator of the National
Civil War Muséum, Mr. Kelly testified before this Grand Jury. While Reed was stil in office,
Kelly worked to catalog and inventory the stream of artifacts flowing into the city from Reed’s
sundry shopping expeditions, Particularly, Kelly would retrieve items from city hall when they
would arrive in shipments and would take them to the “D and D” building near the incinerator.
He would also receive items at the “D and D” building as they were either shipped there or.
brought by Levenda and Pickles.
Kelly testified that the “D and D” building was a large warehouse located by the
incinerator. The building was heated and cooled by the use of large, antiquated suxplus naval
units that often broke, rendering the temperature in the building susceptible to vast fluctuations.
‘The warehouse had large rollup garage bay entrances that, when opened, would let ina myriad of
insects as well as stray birds. The roof, while mostly waterproof, had sun lights that had been
sealed with tar which melted and dripped into the building and onto the artifacts in the sumamer
months. None of these conditions were conducive to proper storage of rare historical antiquities,
certainly not if the overarching goal was placement in a museum. Kelly recalled withi deep
53regret that artifacts were simply rotting at the “D and D” building. One such example to which
he testified was when an exquisite tapestry had been brought into the “D and D* building that
‘was filled with bright colors and intricate designs. Within weeks, the moths had gotten to it and
had laid their larvae within it, Shortly thereafter, the entire tapestry had become a pile of grayish
goo. He indicated that it was a constant struggle at the building to keep on top of all of the
environmental enemies to the artifacts and that the job was bigger than somethinig that he alone _
could handle. Kelly testified that he repeatedly raised his concems with the CEO of the Civil
War Museum who then relayed those concems to Reed, The response that Kelly got back froma
the CEO was-that he should begin to distance himself from the building and the task of caring for
the artifacts.
For someone who spent millions of dollars of city money on the purchase of the artifacts,
Reed did not seem to have any care or concem about them once they had been purchased. He
did not listen to the concerns of Mr. Kelly, as relayed to him by the CEO of the Civil War
Museum. He did not venture to the “D and D” building when a big shipment was coming in to
be able to view the artifacts as they arrived, Indeed, Mr. Kelly only vaguely recalls one time in
which Reed visited the “D and D” building in all of his service there.
Kelly testified that in an attempt to maintain some sort of record of the great many items
being arbitrarily purchased, Kelly began to undertake an inventory. He was able to take over a
list that had been kept by Reed's secretary beginning in 1994 and greatly expand it to capture a
great deal more information than it had previously included. Kelly testified that to each item
received by him Kelly would assign an “accession number.” This number is a convention used
in cataloging the collections of museums. Each number comprises three values separated by
decimal points, For example, the number 2000.28.43 would indicate that the particular item was
54.acquired in the year 2000, was the 28" lot of items to be acquired in that year, and was the 43"
item within that lot. In the data base he was creating, Kelly testified, in addition to assigning
each item an avcession number, he provided a description of the item and the price the city had
‘paid for that item when it could be determined from the documentation which accompanied the
shipments.
‘Mr. Kelly did his best to capture in his inventory all of the items of which he was aware.
Mr. Kelly provided that inventory to investigators.
Investigators then began to compare the items discovered in Reed’s suite of storage
rooms to those listed on the city’s manifest, It should be noted, and Mr, Kelly and other
witnesses testified, that the items which appear on that inventory are city property. They were
acquired with city money, and were shipped or delivered by city employees to a city facility.
Over and over, investigators discovered items in Reed’s personal storage facility which
appeared on the city’s manifest of city property. A: spreadsheet summarizing those items which
belonged to the city and were discovered in Reed’s private storage facility is attached to this
Presentment, The aggregate value of those items discovered which appear on the city’s manifest
is, so far, $121,169.20.
Mr. Kelly testified he was shocked at the sheer scope and number of artifacts discovered
in Reed’s storage rooms. Kelly testified he thought he had seen the extent of the Wild Wester
collection amassed by Reed but that the staggering number of items found in Reed’s possession
‘would be sufficient to form a museum collection all on its own. Having had the opportunity to
survey those items discovered by OAG investigators in Reed’s possession, and understanding
that he could not identify and reliably appraise each item, Mr. Kelly nonetheless felt confident
55that such a collection, when compared swith the insured and appraised collection of the Civil War
Museum, was worth millions of dollars. This Grand Jury finds Stephen Reed lied to
investigators when he represented that there was no city property, or only a small amount of
inadvertently transported city property, to be found in his possession. To the contrary, hundreds
of artifacts which appear onthe manifest of city property, and for which no evidence exists that
Reed subsequently purchased or obtained lawfully, were discovered in this treasure house.
In addition to stolen artifacts, investigators discovered:-boxes of documents which belong,
to the city of Harrisburg. These do not include Reed’s personal papers, notes, and other
documents, which, of course, it would have been appropriate for Reed to take with him when he
Jef office, Rather these documents comprise official correspondence, memoranda of
negotiation, and other records which belonged to the city and are part of its institutional memory.
A warrant was also executed at Reed’s three story private residence in the city of
Harrisburg. Even having seen and cataloged the vast collection secreted away by Reed at his
storage building, investigators testified they were shocked by what they found. Thousands more
artifacts, many of an American Westem theme, were densely packed into the living spaces,
basement, and along stairwells and hallways. Statuary, oil paintings, pottery, weapons, clothing
a ‘vampire hunting kit’ and all manner of other items were displayed on table tops, walls, in
cabinets, on the floor and on top of television sets and furniture. Some items still had tags from.
the City’s action of Western memorabilia attached. Both auction houses confirmed to the
Grand Jury that no record existed of any auction purchases by Stephen Reed. The process of
cataloging these items is ongoing, but many items found in Reed’s home appear on the manifest
of city property referenced above,
56ou teaibiel Tatetass
Additionally, this Grand Jury heard testimony that in the period between the search of
Reed’s storage facility and the search of his home, Reed travelled to Gettysburg to attempt to sell
a number of firearms on consignment. Investigators recovered those weapons, and at the times
of this presentment, at least twenty appear on the list of city property. In a television interview
played for this Grand Jury, Reed asserts that all the artifacts found in his home belong to him.
In conclusion, this Grand Jury finds that Reed exercised control over the municipal
enterprises described above to such a degree that they became mere ciphers.
‘We find that Reed improperly diverted proceeds from bond offerings which were
themselves ill-advised, portions of which were used to fill the coffers or reimburse the City so
‘that Mr. Reed could pursue his interests. In every instance, bonds were sold for one purpose and
some of the proceeds spent on another purpose. This diversion was actively hidden from
investors and the citizens of Hantisburg. Transparency and competition for city business were
subverted in favor of obfuscation and patronage, Debt which encumbers Harrisbirg to this day
‘was heedlessly issued to enable the purchase of artifacts and to pay select professionals. We find
that Reed offered things of value to officials in exchange for the discharge of their official duties
and to bring them to heel, We find that Reed improperly retained possessiou of a massive
collection of city property at the expense of the city and its creditors. Ultimately, Reed began to
‘treatthe city’s assets as his own and to build a city which was a monument to him and not
administered for the common good.
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