Tag: Friendship Ridge
In-Depth: IRS Fined Beaver County Over $26,000 After Payroll Tax Payments For Public Employees...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) fined Beaver County $26,625 last month after a payment it made for employee payroll taxes bounced at the end...
Commissioners Egley And Camp At Odds With District Attorney As Lozier Sparks Turf War...
District Attorney David Lozier held a contentious meeting yesterday with officials in the Pennsylvania State Police, demanding his County Detectives maintain control over investigations...
Financial Administrator: County Officials Paid $300,000 Bonus To New Friendship Ridge Owners Without Justification
The previous Beaver County Board of Commissioners paid a $300,000 bonus to the new owners of Friendship Ridge after the sale of the facility...
Commissioners Camp And Egley Secretly Went To State Police About Corruption – Lozier Knocked...
Beaver County Commissioners Dan Camp and Sandie Egley each secretly went to the Pennsylvania State Police in early February to report corruption in the...
In-Depth: Officials Say New Friendship Ridge Owners Had “Money Problems” – County “Loaned” Them...
As Beaver County was in the process of closing the sale of the publicly run Friendship Ridge nursing home to the privately owned Comprehensive...
Investigative Report: Money Unilaterally Withdrawn From County Accounts By Treasurer Javens & LaValle...
The amount of money unilaterally withdrawn from county controlled bank accounts by Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens and former Financial Administrator Vince LaValle tops...
Beaver County Commissioners Fire Chief Solicitor Bernie Rabik
The Beaver County Board of Commissioners terminated the employment of Chief County Solicitor Bernie Rabik today.
Rabik was notified late this afternoon that Commissioners Dan...
Beaver County’s Chief Solicitor Offers Resignation – Commissioners Weighing Whether To Accept It
Beaver County Chief Solicitor Bernie Rabik offered to tender his resignation during a meeting with the Board of Commissioners on Thursday, the same day...
Investigative Report: Beaver County Solicitor Used Public Resources For His Private Law Practice
Beaver County Chief Solicitor Bernie Rabik regularly intermingles work for his private law practice with his public office in the courthouse.
An investigation...
Sources: Prior Board Of Commissioners Stopped Investigation Into Friendship Ridge By Outside Law...
The prior Beaver County Board of Commissioners ordered an outside law firm that was looking into allegations of underpayments and other financial improprieties involving...
Commissioner Egley: Emails And Files Referencing Former Financial Administrator Mysteriously Deleted
Emails and other electronic files referencing former Beaver County Financial Administrator and Chief of Staff Vince LaValle were somehow deleted from a computer sitting...
Investigative Report: Treasurer Javens Withdrew $2.5 Million More From A Second County Account –...
An investigation by the Beaver Countian shows that Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens withdrew nearly $2.5 million from a second county-owned account at PNC...
Beaver County Board Of Commissioners Appoints Ricardo Luckow As Financial Administrator
The Beaver County Board of Commissioners appointed Ricardo Luckow to be the county's new Financial Administrator today. Luckow replaces Vince LaValle who was...
In-Depth: Beaver County Hid Massive Deficits – Wrote Millions In “Bad Checks” At...
Beaver County ended last year by writing "bad checks" totaling $9.5 million and purportedly getting "an agreement" from Huntington National Bank not to cash...
County Financial Administrator LaValle Resigns Following Beaver Countian Reports
Beaver County Financial Administrator Vince LaValle has resigned his position following a series of reports by the Beaver Countian that first revealed nearly $2...
Bank Slips Show $3.4 Million Unilaterally Withdrawn By Financial Administrator LaValle & Treasurer Javens
Withdrawal slips from Citizens Bank show Beaver County Financial Administrator Vince LaValle and Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens unilaterally took out over $3.4 million...
Pennsylvania State Police To Launch Formal Investigation Into Connie Javens & Vince LaValle
The Pennsylvania State Police will launch a formal investigation into Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens and Financial Administrator Vince LaValle next week, according to...
$Millions! District Attorney Berosh Orders Detectives To Investigate Treasurer Javens
Beaver County District Attorney Tony Berosh has ordered county detectives to begin an investigation into a series of bank withdrawals made from a county...
Treasurer Javens Would Not Talk During Meeting With County — Officials In Contact With...
Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens did not provide an explanation of her actions or answer any questions during a brief meeting held with the...
Controller: Treasurer Connie Javens Withdrew $275,000 From County Bank Account Without Authorization
Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens went down to a local bank, withdrew $275,000 from a county account without authorization, and then made no record...