Jailing the Johnstown Judge, Bruce Siwy
Jailing the Johnstown Judge, Bruce Siwy
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Jailing the Johnstown Judge
Joe O'Kicki, the Mob and Corrupt Justice

Author: Bruce Siwy

Narrator: Danny Campbell

Unabridged: 4 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/28/2023


Synopsis

In 1988, Judge Joe O'Kicki was regarded by his peers as one of the most brilliant legal minds in the United States. He was newly remarried, sworn in as the president judge of a Pennsylvania county and on the fast track to a federal bench . . .

Silently, however, a state police vice unit was in the midst of covert operation into O'Kicki's personal affairs. The judge would be accused of soliciting bribes, frequenting brothels, and running the county as if he were a "battleship commander." Later he'd concoct a plan to flee the country and exact revenge on his enemies.

Set in the aftermath of the 1977 Johnstown flood and including courtroom testimony, the memos of whistleblowers, contemporary interviews, and excerpts from O'Kicki's unfinished tell-all memoir, Jailing the Johnstown Judge is a fresh examination of the extraordinary western Pennsylvania case that attained international infamy.

About Bruce Siwy

Bruce Siwy has a bachelor's in journalism from the University of Pittsburgh and is employed as the managing editor of the Daily American newspaper in Somerset. His resume includes Associated Press managing editors and Pennsylvania NewsMedia Assocation Professional Keystone Media awards in the spot news, sports column writing, sports, business, investigative reporting, column, enterprise reporting and podcast categories. He lives in western Pennsylvania with his wife and kids.


Reviews

Goodreads review by George on October 30, 2022

Bruce Siwi has written an excellent book dealing with one of Cambria County's most colorful characters. Judge O'Kicki at the time of his legal issues was the President Judge of Cambria County which is located in the Laurel Highlands section of Pennsylvania. Local public thoughts about O'Kicki were m......more