Corbett's On-Duty State Police Guard Drives Cabinet Secretary's Wife Home After DUI Chase and Arrest

[JPZenger]

http://www.witf.org/regional-state-news/fff

Excerpt:

"A controversy is brewing over the use of a state vehicle by a state trooper to drive home the budget secretary’s wife after she was arrested for driving under the influence. Some analysts agree the incident has become a public matter, especially given the governor’s history of prosecuting the misuse of state resources. It wasn’t a public matter when Georgina Zogby, wife of state budget secretary Charles Zogby, was arrested for driving under the influence, after fleeing from police.

But after it was reported that a state trooper from the governor’s personal security detail received a call from Mrs. Zogby at the Governor’s Mansion and drove a state car to pick her up and take her home -- then, the incident became a public story. Chris Borick, associate professor of political science at Muhlenberg College, says it’s fair to ask questions about how the state trooper handled the situation. "Given that Governor Corbett built his reputation in many ways upon ferreting out and prosecuting abusive power and misuse of state resources, he always is going to be looked at and his staff and administration is going to be viewed under a very narrow lens," he says. A spokesman for the State Police says the trooper was acting on his own personal judgment, and his decision doesn’t reflect agency policy."


The wife was "extremely intoxicated" and led police on a chase before she was stopped. The State Cops left the Governor's Mansion in Harrisburg where they were on duty, in a state car, and drove west to the Cumberland County prison, got her out of jail, and then drove her south to her home in York County. Corbett says he sees nothing wrong with it.

[MrMickeysMom]

1. After "fleeing from police"????

Jesus, these people never cease to amaze me.

[JPZenger]

2. Call Corbett's Mansion for 24 Hour State Police Taxi Service If You Are Arrested

So if you are arrested, call Corbet's mansion. They will have a state cop in an unmarked police car drive you home from jail. This service is now available 24 hours a day. Corbett said he saw nothing wrong with it, so you might as well take advantage of it. After all, you are paying for it.



....hmmm .... a State employee on State time using State property for political purposes.... I wonder if someone could be prosecuted for that???

[Divernan]

3. Out boozing without her husband on Sat. night -GOP family values.

Where on earth was Corbett's cabinet member while his wife was getting plastered at the Mayapple Bar and Grill on a Saturday night? Had his own action going? Certainly he didn't step up to make a comment in support of his wife. Why didn't he show up to drive her home? Maybe she didn't have his girl friend's number when she got her one call.

She was previously arrested for shoplifting from a TJMaxx store.
She refused to exit her Volvo and had to be forcibly removed by officers.
She refused a breathalyzer test so has her license suspended for a year.
Cops had to us a spike strip across the road to stop her car.

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/07/pennsylvania_budget_secretarys_1.html
State Budget Secretary Charles Zogby's wife was stopped by police in Cumberland County early Sunday only after officers placed a "spike strip" on Trindle Road to deflate the tires on the Volvo she was driving.

But Georgina Zogby, of the 600 block of Moore's Mountain Road, Fairview Township, refused to voluntarily exit her car(Volvo), and ultimately had to be forcibly removed by responding officers, police said.

Georgina Zogby had apparently been at the Mayapple Bar and Grill in South Middleton Township, according to sources familiar with the case.

What followed was a pursuit through Monroe and Silver Springs townships, mostly conducted at or near the posted speed limits, according to Junkin's preliminary briefing on the case.

Zogby, who police said was alone through the duration of the incident, refused a breath test after she was finally stopped, Junkin said, which results in an automatic one-year suspension of her license under state law.

Georgina Zogby, 47-year-old mother of three, will face a felony count of fleeing or attempting to elude police, state police said today, in addition to a driving while under the influence charge.

A criminal history check showed Georgina Zogby was arrested in January 2010 by Hampden Twp. police on retail theft charges, stemming from the alleged theft of merchandise worth $248 from a TJ Maxx store.

She is awaiting disposition of that count in Cumberland County Court. Zogby had applied to be considered for a program for first-time offenders that could ultimately lead to her record being cleared of that charge.