Salavantis: Consistently dishonest across the board. Who uses their senior picture in their thirties as a campaign picture?

Which one of the is not like the others?

THE FINANCIALS OF SHAM NON-PROFITS

FOR HOME PAGE...  CLICK HERE

NON-PROFITS WITH INTEGRITY (not exhaustive) The Lifeboat Project (Apopka)   See HERE
Krista House (Miami)   See HERE
Florida Abolitionists (Orlando)  See HERE
FL Children First  (Plantation)   See HERE
Polaris Project (DC)   See HERE 

FOUR BROWARD COUNTY NON-PROFIT SCAMS

(1) The scam called the Broward Human Trafficking Coalition (BHTC)  

- No financials were found since 2012. Donors have no idea where their money lands. Yet they have fundraisers... "BHTC's annual fundraiser - Jan. 20, 2018, 9am to 4pm"  

- BHTC meets a total of 8 hours per year besides the workshop they put on once per year at the Court House where attorneys receive CLE credits to help fill the room. (estimated revenues for this Power Point presentation = 425 times $40 = $17,000 plus sponsors... so... where is this money?)

- Nearly 100 per cent of survivors call these "awareness campaigns" a scam. The money does not reach the victims. There is no verification that a victim / survivor has received a penny.

- Google or YouTube provides all of the information you will ever need regarding sex trafficking. Stay home. "Awareness workshops" are superfluous and tend to make money only for the presenters. (a caveat: bringing awareness campaigns to children in schools is very valuable.)

- Thee BHTC "action committees" should be labeled as "INACTION COMMITEES." They also rarely meet. One meeting may include a speaker unrelated to sex trafficking. 

- One group is for law enforcement only. The incongruity of this borders on satire. Law enforcement has essentially surrendered their efforts in finding and arresting both traffickers and the johns (buyers).

- For many more details regarding BHTC please go HERE

(2) The scam called the Covenant House of Fort Lauderdale 

- The manager (Nelson Bogren) of the Ft Lauderdale Covenant House is the principal agent and Treasurer listed for the Broward Human Trafficking Coalition. 

- "Cross breeding" between phony non-profits is very common and produces fruitful networking conduits. For example, one non-profit could take in a victim from the street and place them at a "safe house" where they can be sold for money.

- The Covenant House is considered unsafe based on many legitimate sources. The most appalling anecdote I heard was that they rent out residents to pimps in order to bring in cash (that they pocket like any pimp would).  

- I was recently at a south Florida anti trafficking conference (approximately 45 people). When it came time, as a group, to list legitimate safe houses – the Covenant House was never mentioned.

- The fact that any "mind space" or funding is directed to sham non-profits has deleterious effects. Potential donors will give less money to the healthy non-profits because the donors will have little capacity to separate the sham non-profits from those that are clean. 
- Truth be told... the owners/ managers of the phony non-profits should be convicted for theft and other applicable crimes. 
Here are comments made by a resident:

(3) The scam called New Beginnings (11000 Blackhawk Blvd,  Davie FL)

- See financial home page HERE
- See 100 red flags regarding New Beginnings on home page
- Form 990 (required for non-profits) reveal:
- $5K in donations
- $95 K in government contracts and fees (to sex traffic?)
- $67k fees to maintain $ 2 M home that is in foreclosure (Wells Fargo) 

- 1,500 dollars in net assets... and they claim to have had 700 patients presumably have surgery. The cost of these would be $4.9 million. 

(4) The scam called PHANTOM RESCUE in Pompano Beach   
-  See financial home page HERE
-  It is a one-person team (Tony Sparks) with just two board members. 
-  Tony Sparks does not have offices in Malta and Australia. 
-  Documented rescues = ZERO
-  Tony Sparks has not visited 700 countries. This is part as part of this scam. 
- He paid $50 k to a charity and was placed on their Board same year in 2016
(Note: I am not naming the charity because their facts suggest legitimacy and integrity). 

2016  (latest year available; in thousands)
 $72   Contributions, gifts, grants etc.
($60) Salary for Tony Sparks
($14) Professional fees
($10) Other expenses
($ 50) Payment to sex trafficking charity; given a Board seat)
($62)   Loss

More... 

1) Their crisis number is dead. 

Phantom Rescue has no legitimate sponsors after 11 years. 

3) This is yet another org from Broward County that's is a scam. Like other Broward County orgs - FBI Agent Adam Grainit is the overseer. 

4) Tony Sparks calls himself an "elite emergency force" as if they play out a theme to a kids' adventure movie. A force? There is just one person!

5) Yet at the same time he says that they are not a replacement for law enforcement. So what exactly are they?

6) I have asked their manager Tony Sparks to contact me multiple times and he has NEVER CONTACTED ME. This us the same treatment I received from the Broward human trafficking Coalition (BHTC). The illegitimate orgs run from me. The legitimate ones embrace me. 

7) The video on their web site is pure nonsense. It looks a an ad for the Navy Seals.

8) Under "press" there is NO press coverage!

9) He shows an award from the "Office Depot Foundation." This is a charity that takes in money. They don't hand out trophies to others. 

10) He shows a colorful TV-like screen on the side of a NYC building. It is obvious it was photo shopped.

11) One of their sponsors is McLean Hospital.. a psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts (WTF?)

13) There is no names listed on web site.

14) There is no governing board

15) He claims to have an office in Malta and Australia (wtf?). What is important here is he claims to have an international presence. This "model" is a cover for bringing over youth from overseas. New Beginnings and the BHTC also have an international presence which can be used as an excuse to fly in kids. A kid can bring in $ 250,000 per year.

Laurie Meritt Murder Investigation: A COVER UP... plain and simple

Laurie Meritt Murder Investigation: Case Study in Corruption (from Times Leader  / Jerry Lynott)

The 51-year-old mail carrier died more than a year ago as a result of an intentionally set fire (described by state police) in her Wyoming Street house. No one has been charged in her death and Walkowiak, 51, wonders if anyone will be as long as the Wilkes-Barre Police Department is in charge of the case.

Here is where the corruption starts:

- 2 WB Police Detectives refusing to investigate Laurie's boyfriend (Kosakowski)... a former WB TWP Police detective. Why didn't Salavantis step in with this massive conflict?

- The boyfriend, Kosakowski, left notes in home. Why?

- Why did he not "haul ass" to the home when he was called about the fire.

- The family pointed at (boyfriend) Kosakowski but Simonetti and the other detective Brent Sevinson ignored them. Why?

  

- She (neighbor)  saw Merritt crying after an argument with Kosakowski outside the house the day of the fire. The neighbor went over to Merritt who said, “Just pray for me,” That night she was dead.

- Why would the Simonetti and partner assume laurie Merritt took muscle relaxants when the family was pointing at Kosakowski?  Why wouldn't they investiagate other scenarios anyway? Since when do detectives consider a single theory. This is reckless and corrupt !!

- Even though the family indicated they believe Kosakowski set the fire — and said so in search warrant affidavits filed by investigators — police didn’t think the evidence was important, Walkowiak said. FOLKS... THIS IS A COVER-UP.

- “From day one, we had begged for Wilkes-Barre and the DA to allow the state police in on the investigation because we saw that they weren’t taking us seriously and they would not allow it. Their main focus at this point is covering up shoddy detective work,” she said.

SALAVANTIS IS CORRUPT, UNQUALIFIED, AND MUST GO !!

We had done their job for them by providing them with articles of evidence that they never looked for and they still didn’t make it into evidence,” Kristin Merritt said.

She was found in the attic with the chairs kicked out which she couldn't have done on her own. The attic stairs were in the basement!

The impression Mike Merritt, Laurie Merritt’s ex-husband and chairman of the Wilkes-Barre city council, said he got from meeting with detectives the day after the fire was they did not want to hear what the family had to say. More than a year later, police have not made any progress in the case and Merritt said it’s because, “they guessed and they guessed wrong. “

Look at the disrespect

- When the family provided police evidence and the name of a suspect... they were ignored and and told they watch too much television.

- “Sometimes the bad people in this world outsmart us and we hit a brick wall,” a woman, who said her husband is one of the active detectives, posted on July 22 on facebook. WHY IS SHE FLAPPING HER LIPS?

- She then said, "“He has re-interviewed people, he has (revisited) the scene, he has went through extensive paperwork and feels guilty because he has no further leads on Laurie’s case.” Does this nut speak for the detectives? Walkowiak (Laurie's brother) bristled at the posts and said, “She should be talking to no one.”

More questions

Salavantis  -  15 months too late

- The postings were deleted after Walkowiak said family members met with Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis earlier this month. Salavantis said she was unaware of the postings before the meeting and sympathized with the family as they sought a resolution.

“This is an active investigation,” Salavantis said. “It takes time. It’s not an open-and-shut case.” (ACTUALLY... IT IS OPEN AND SHUT),

But Walkowiak questioned whether the first set of detectives ever started an investigation.

“I did more detective work than them,” Walkowiak said. “They never did anything on their own.”

City’s response

Wilkes-Barre Police Chief Robert Hughes was contacted through city spokeswoman Liza Prokop, who wrote in an Aug. 14 email: “This case is still an open investigation. Chief Hughes has no knowledge of or can confirm any such Facebook posting.”

NOTE: Leighton's appointmemts:
WB Chief Hughes who use to sell LAG's stolen cars at A1 Auto. 
Prokop: Taught classes  at YMCA

OTHER

The impression Mike Merritt, Laurie Merritt’s ex-husband and chairman of the Wilkes-Barre city council, said he got from meeting with detectives the day after the fire was they did not want to hear what the family had to say. More than a year later, police have not made any progress in the case and Merritt said it’s because, “they guessed and they guessed wrong. “

‘Disconnects’

He questioned whether police made any attempt to look at video from the Wilkes-Barre Area School District, whose Daniel J. Flood Elementary School is at the end of the block and wondered what they made of the notes left around the house.

“There are too many disconnects here,” he said.

The April 14, 2014 fire was not declared a crime scene, and a few days later police had to get search warrants to obtain call information from cell phones used by Merritt and Kosakowski.

State police deputy fire marshal Ron Jarocha was asked to investigate and arrived at the fire scene in the early morning hours of April 15 while firefighters were still on the scene.

Over the next month, he said, he and other members of the fire marshal’s unit conducted “a thorough investigation” that included burn tests before concluding the fire was intentionally set.

“It’s my opinion that someone went into the attic and set combustible materials on fire causing that fire,” he said Thursday.

His official determination announced on May 27, 2014, forced a review of the case because it contradicted the accidental death ruling from the county coroner.  

Merritt was pronounced dead at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and an autopsy determined the cause of death was smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning. Salavantis scheduled meetings with investigators to review “the findings of all the agencies to determine how the different conclusions were reached and upon what information each was based.”

She has since asked the FBI to assist in the investigation, and Walkowiak said he spoke to them in July.

“I wrote down from day one who I talked to,” he said, adding he has an inch-thick book of notes.

Among those Walkowiak spoke with is a neighbor who told him she saw his sister crying after an argument with Kosakowski outside the house the day of the fire. The neighbor went over to Merritt who said, “Just pray for me,” Walkowiak said. “That night she was dead,” he said.

How and where Merritt was found in the attic crawl space and the location of a set of folding stairs that connected to the attic door further led the family to believe her death was not accidental.

Family members said Merritt was found on her back in the attic with her iPhone next to her and the fire was started at the opening approximately 10 feet away. Investigators have asked that the passcode for the iPhone be unlocked, the data be copied to a storage medium and the unlocked phone be returned to them.

Family’s theory

The work clothes Merritt went to retrieve were piled near the attic opening. The attic door was open and the folding steps were located in the basement to the side of the stairwell leading from the ground floor.

Nothing was disturbed in the house. The doors were locked and Merritt’s car was parked on the street, not in her usual spot in the driveway, leading family members to believe she was waiting for someone she knew.

Walkowiak said his sister worked that day, came home, faxed her taxes, cooked dinner and was preparing a room for painting for her son Mike, who was graduating from college. In her bedroom, she had bonds that were going to be cashed the next day on her day off. But, he said something else caught his attention; a handgun permit was filled out and left on a dresser.

“She was in fear,” Walkowiak said.

Merritt’s son joined other family members who found fault with the investigation.

“At the scene of the crime, my family was urging the Wilkes Barre Police Department that something wasn’t right, that they really need to investigate this fire. Coincidence only goes so far,” Michael J. Merritt wrote in an Aug. 14 email.

“The Wilkes Barre police didn’t think it was necessary. I mean really? To literally be told, ‘Hey something is up here,’ and not to look into it is neglect at its highest degree,” the son wrote

Police interviewed Kosakowski and he confirmed he spoke with Laurie Merritt the day of the fire. He called and spoke with her at approximately 7 p.m., according to paperwork filed to obtain a search warrant to verify his statements and the location of his cell phone when the calls were made and received.

According to paperwork: Kosakowski said he was at home when he missed a call from Merritt at 10:20 p.m. He returned her call and she told him she was going to the attic to get some things. Kosakowski said he received a call at approximately 11:31 p.m. from John Morris, a next door neighbor of Merritt, alerting him that her house was on fire.

Kosakowski told police he was at home when he got the call.

Rescue effort

Morris recalled another neighbor came to his house to alert him of the fire and, together, they rushed next door. The neighbor went to one side and banged on the windows while calling 911 and Morris, at the front door, dialed Merritt’s number with the hope she would answer and escape to safety.

“I could hear my voice through her answering machine,” Morris said.

In what he described as a “knee-jerk reaction,” Morris said he phoned Kosakowski, thinking he might know if there was a key stashed outside the house in case someone got locked out or in the event of an emergency. “I never thought to call her sister down the road,” Morris said.

“Knowing that she and Mr. Kosakowski were friendly over the years, they were a couple, if anybody knows of a spare key, he may,” Morris said. Kosakowski answered and told him to break down the door, Morris said. Kosakowski had done work for his family, Morris said, explaining how he had Kosakowski’s cell phone number.

The fire department arrived within a few minutes of the 911 call and broke down the door, Morris said. He did not go inside but saw firefighters with flashlights searching the first floor. Morris said he told a patrolman to check the attic where Merritt’s body was found.

The following day, he spoke to fire officials and told them what he did. Morris said he was not interviewed by police.

Burial arrangements

Merritt’s family requested that Morris, a funeral director, handle her funeral.

“Our family was more than humbled and honored to care for her,” he said. She was buried in the clothes she was wearing when she died, her U.S. Postal Service uniform.

A friend of Merritt’s recalled calling her approximately two hours before the fire was reported.

Ken Huhn said the two spoke for approximately 45 minutes before they ended their conversation at 9:30 p.m. with her promising to phone him the next day with a recipe for pork chops. Merritt told him, “I gotta go, Paul’s home,” Huhn said. He was certain of the time he hung up because he kept it on his cell phone.

He doubted Merritt would take her own life because he noticed nothing in her demeanor to indicate she was suicidal.

As did family members, Huhn dismissed any notion that Merritt kicked out the steps from the attic, saying it would have been too hard to do.

Police contacted him by phone about his call to Merritt and asked why he didn’t get in touch with them, Huhn said.

He could not recall the name of the detective he spoke with, but remembered being asked one question, “What was the last thing she said to you?” Huhn said she told him Paul was home because she must have seen his headlights in the driveway.

The conversation with the detective lasted a minute or two, he said. “A year and four months later, I still haven’t heard from any law enforcement,” Huhn said.

3 Wilkes-barre Policemen Charged In Theft, Bribery .

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Google News

WILKES-BARRE - A preliminary hearing will be held June 9 for two wilkes-barre Township police officers arrested in connection with a six-month probe of ... Grencavage and Detective Paul Kosakowski were arrested and arraigned on Friday, ...

Link HERE

WNEP Story HERE

Someone has stepped forward with incredibly damning information.

Someone has gifted me with material that I promise you will cast DA Stefanie Salavantis in a light worse than our State Attorney General. If Salavantis doesn't resign before the election she should. When you see what I know to be true you likely will be livid as I currently feel. I need to put finishing touches on what I have. For safekeeping I have given copies to four individuals who have been with me from the start four years ago in our collective fight against corruption and racketeering. Get ready for new black eyes on our county... and hopefully prison.

DA Office... begin sending resumes or retire in shame (Mike Dessoye)

Cars for Cash        ... Glodzik in jail

Parking Authority activism      ... Grand Jury called

Photo of Majikes illegal plate      ... Credit Union Gate  (officers indicted)

"Child gate"     The Child DA (Salavantis) has crossed the line... and is next

No more Leighton

No more G Dessoye

No more Marty Kane

Salavantis WILL BE next

We have accomplished a lot for no pay

DON'T LET LAW ENFORCEMENT GET AWAY WITH LIES

29 months ago: "County DA will open Hazleton office" ... never happened

Words from Salavantis and Hazleton Mayor aint worth ----

What is really wrong here is:
1) They lied
2) They covered up their lie by putting the DA seal on a door going nowhere (inside city hall; below)

The County Seal may just as well have been put on on an outhouse 

because there is no ASST DA or County Detectives working behind wooden doors pictured below (Locked doors and no lights).

(Confirmation from DA office itself that there is no annex office)

(Standard Speaker article HERE)  From article:  Hazleton Police Chief Frank DeAndrea continues to work on renovations on the third floor of City Hall - the new home of the detectives' division.

But the space will also serve as a satellite office of the Luzerne County District Attorney's office. "District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis loves this county and she recognizes an assistant district attorney and county detective need to be in southern Luzerne County," DeAndrea said. "It's no different than when the courthouse annex was here. "On a daily basis, there will be a county detective and an assistant district attorney here."

Salavantis already has her people in the Hazleton area every day but without the benefit of a base of operations, she said. The satellite office in City Hall will give them a place to work without driving 25 miles back to the courthouse in Wilkes-Barre. (Note: This makes no sense… are they going to stay in a hotel in Hazleton?  … or were two people moving to Hazleton?)

"It'll be the southern annex of the district attorney's office," Salavantis said. "As large as our county is, it's important that we have multiple locations to help police departments from all over and have police officers on the streets where they should be."

READER COMMENT TO ARTICLE:  I hope that no one is buying this. I'm upset that our police chief is playing politics - it's well known that Chief DeAndrea is lining up one of those sweet $100,000 DA detective jobs. Stephanie is the worst District Attorney in Luzerne County history and now she wants you to think that there will be someone in an office? When she just complained to county council that she has no staff? This office is going to be as empty as the District Attorney's head.