Michael Farnan, Esquire, the Chief Counsel for the Pennsylvania Department of Imprisonment has been busted for smashing into the rear end of a van. The van was carrying six victims including a grandmother and her grandchildren. The crime occurred at only nine o'clock at night. The lush was already at twice the legal limit for blood alcohol. Mister Farnan was driving a very costly car owned by the taxpayers. It was estimated to cost us about $12,000 a year for him to buzz around while loaded to the gills. Taxpayers support thousands of such cars complete with gas. The Pennsylvania Department of Imprisonment has a small army of overpaid lawyers. As a group, they are probably the most slimy and disreputable shysters on the state payroll. They are the only state lawyers who actively and consistently work against the well-being of the people of the state. You pay these guys to harm you. The drunk who runs the prison system's army of lawyers is Michael Farnan. He seems to be another political hack and drinking pal of Jeffrey Beard, the secretary of imprisonment. We know Mister Farnan from our legal actions against the prison system. Recently he appeared against us to defend the T-Netix telephone racket. The Pennsylvania Department of Imprisonment (or "DOC" as it's called) skims over $6,000,000 a year from the system. The money is bled from indigent families. Lawyers will do almost anything for a buck. During those hearings, Farnan Esquire gave us the impression that he was pretty well stoned. Tapes are available at the PUC. Decide for yourself. We don't know how many other DUI hit and runs Farnan Esquire had been involved in. On this occasion, published reports drawn from police records suggest that Mister Farnan was very drunk at nine o'clock at night. While driving his state car in Cumberland County not far from the headquarters of the imprisonment department, he apparently smashed into the back of the van carrying the children and their grandmother. He reportedly sped away from the crime (DOC calls it an "accident"). Witnesses to the crime recognized the license plate identifying a state-owned car. They followed Farnan as he fled the scene. The case of a drunken Pennsylvania state legislator who ran down a black man and ran away is still fresh in citizens' minds. Apparently, Mister Farnan tried to cover his tracks by driving to the Camp Hill state prison. He then seems to have circled around and returned to the scene of his hit and run crime. Sounds like guilty knowledge to me. When he was caught, Mister Farnan defended himself with a ploy that's now standard tactics for a certain class of criminal. He said he'd go into "rehab." From congressional perverts to fundamentalist Christian hypocrites, "rehab" has become a way for those with influence to slither out of responsibility; "it wasn't really my fault, I'm the victim of an addiction or something!" Almost 45,000 ordinary people are in Pennsylvania's disgusting prisons. They can't afford the "rehab" cover-up. They don't have the political and social influence to dodge prosecution. Only criminals like Farnan Esquire can cheat justice. Truth-be-told, ALL offenders, even Republican congressmen who lust for little boys, should get rehab, not prison. That includes the 45,000 rotting in prison today. As customarily happens in such cases, the cops covered up the incident for a couple days. Even after the story got out, the cops protected the state flunky. Had it been you or me, we would have been immediately tossed to the wolves. Susan McNaughton, the DOC's press mouthpiece, did her best to perpetuate the cover-up and to excuse the prison employee. Lying is the daily business of the DOC. We recently had dealings with one of Ms. Naughton's minions who laughed about the reported sexual assault of a woman guard. From the top down to the ordinary guards, the Pennsylvania prison system is operated by drunks and addicts. From tobacco to gin in the glove compartment, these people are addicts. The message is to keep a safe distance from employees of the Pennsylvania prison system. Rebecca's Bargain Antiques Collectible Vintage Photos Fine Prints - Old Maps Sheet Music - Old Books Elegant Antiques and Collectibles "The average lawyer is essentially a mechanic who works with a pen instead of a ball peen hammer." Robert Schmitt, 1984 You are welcome to use or republish any of our material. Please give www.prisoners.com credit as the source. Return to the News Items Menu. Return to the Crime Stories Menu. Return to the Lawyers, Sharks and Saviors Menu. Return to the Main Menu. Go to our site's Search Engine. Send us Your Comments, Questions or Input.