News Dump: Lofink Pleads Guilty
Nice timing eh? They (and yes “they” includes people in the highest reaches of our state government) have done everything to try and make this a non-story.
Sorry folks. When a state legislator pulls strings to get his son a job – and that son goes on to steal a million bucks from the state, it is A STORY.
WILMINGTON — The son of a Delaware state legislator pleaded guilty today to three felony counts in U.S. District Court related to the theft of more than $1 million from the state.
Anthony J. Lofink, 29, the son of state Rep. Vince Lofink R-Bear, admitted to wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
He now faces up to 20 years in prison on each count plus restitution or fines up to two times the amount of the money involved.
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I feel very sad for the Lofink family…this is and should not be a reflection on Vince! We parents are not responsible for our over 21 year old kids…my thoughts are with his mom and dad.
Good for you, Liz.
We parents are not responsible for our over 21 year old kids
I’m not so sure in this situation. Did he really get the job in a blind process?
But on a deeper level, don’t we expect parents to instill a set of values and ethics to serve as a check against their children’s short-sightedness and selfishness?
I think the parents should come under some scrutiny.
Just on the TV news. $1.2 million claimed as stolen. Line up headed by Colm Connelly. Wagner, Governor, what’s-his-name in charge of the Department were not there.
I do feel for his dad. The kid not only screwed himself but also his family. Colm went for the prosecutorial sympathy, stating that stolen funds were spent on clothes, cars, plastic surgery, jewelry, etc. Fuck off, Colm. He stole it. For you to try to spin his crimes into moral outrage is just cheap crap. Maybe these cheap, plastic theatrics is why you couldn’t do shit against Gordonberry; you just annoyed the judge until he threw the whole mess out.
DOC may have to build a new prison, or at least a new wing, for Delaware’s political criminals…start w/Capano save next cell for Lofink….that is if he gets any time
…I’m sure the dirty cog of politicos are hard at work trying to get a ‘fair deal’……once again we will see American justice dispensed….luckily he’s not poor and/or of color.
RE: Parents/Responsibility….remember that age old saying: (sic) ‘the sins of the parents…..’