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Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
December 12, 2016
Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judge Ann Lokuta orders the state police to release their investigative files. The police later turn over some of the files. May 9, 1994: A new team assembles to continue the investigation. Aug. 23, 1994: Robert Curley's body is exhumed from Mount Olivet Cemetery inÃâà...
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
February 27, 2016
He's out of prison now, but Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan, the two former county judges he conspired with to close the county juvenile detention center and build two new ones, are serving 28- and 17.5-year ... One who must be amused by all of this is former Luzerne County judge Ann Lokuta.
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
August 22, 2015
Remember former Luzerne County Judge Ann Lokuta? I don't necessarily think Kane is innocent of the perjury, obstruction and ... In Lokuta's case, she had the goods on corrupt former county judges Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella. She was aware of their involvement in the now infamous “Kids forÃâà...
PennLive.com
December 15, 2014
Among the SERS forfeitures, judges were the most common job category — 19 of them have lost their pensions in the past decade, including Supreme Court ... Luzerne County Common Pleas Judge Ann Lokuta got her pension taken away after being removed from the bench for mistreating courthouseÃâà...
The Patriot-News
July 14, 2014
geoffrey moulton kane report Geoff Moulton walks media through his report on Sandusky investigation. June 23, 2014. (Dan Gleiter, PennLive)Dan Gleiter, PennLive. But if that was the goal, Moulton really never had a chance. His assignment, the Widener University School of Law professor-turned-specialÃâà...
Standard Speaker
October 21, 2013
Ciavarella, Michael T. Conahan and Michael T. Toole all resigned in the wake of corruption charges, while voters elected not to retain Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. Ann Lokuta was ousted by the Court of Judicial Discipline. Joseph Augello, Chester B. Muroski and Hugh Mundy all shifted to senior judge statusÃâà...
Citizens Voice
February 7, 2013
Mark Moran / The Citizens' Voice Former Luzerne County Judge Ann Lokuta is suing to reverse a state Supreme Court order barring her from running for ... reiterated in the lawsuit her long-held contention that former county president Judges Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and Michael T. Conahan orchestrated herÃâà...
Standard Speaker
September 20, 2011
Conahan, who was elected by his fellow judges to a five-year term as president judge in 2002, had a reputation as an able administrator who brought more order to scheduling and case ... He clashed often with former judge Ann Lokuta over her work habits and her treatment of court staffers and attorneys.
Citizens Voice
February 19, 2011
Lokuta said she first talked to Flood, the county controller from 2002 to 2006, about "a concerted effort to switch" judges handling cases when Conahan became president judge in 2002. "Steve Flood is the unsung hero of this whole thing," Lokuta said. Flood started an investigation into the county decisionÃâà...
Standard Speaker
December 3, 2009
Arrests and a disciplinary action have combined to leave the court severely shorthanded, with only seven active judges. ... The turmoil on the bench began last December when the state Supreme Court removed Judge Ann Lokuta from the bench over allegations that she mistreated court staff and attorneys.
