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01-23-2015, 06:45 AM
ESPN's Outside The Lines is reporting today that the head of security for the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2001 has at the same time continued working as a high-ranking law enforcement officer in the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office. This sure looks like a potential conflict of interest, and ESPN's Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada lay out several detailed examples where that seemed to happen. It also might explain why Lt. Jack Kearney's nickname in certain circles, ESPN reports, is "The Cleaner."
One example is Kearney's involvement after Steelers offensive tackle Mike Adams was stabbed last year outside a Colombian restaurant in Pittsburgh. One officer on the scene, Sgt. Stephen Matakovich, tried multiple times to contact Kearney until he reached him on his home phone. Kearney would later testify that he thought he was the first person contacted by police.
Shortly after he was stabbed, Adams told police he had been minding his own business, standing near his truck on the crowded street after eating a sandwich, when three men surrounded him. One asked if the truck belonged to him, Adams said. Another remarked: "I should shoot you." When he turned around, Adams said, one of the men stabbed him in the stomach.
After his two-hour meeting with Kearney at the hospital, Adams' story changed.
When detectives investigating the case arrived that afternoon, Adams said one of the men had pulled a gun out of his waistband, pointed it at his head and said, "I want your car or I will shoot you in the face and kill you in front of all these people." Another man punched him in the face, Adams told the detectives. A third man stabbed him before all three men fled.
That change meant the crime happened inside the truck, which Kearney had moved to the Steelers' practice facility. Kearney later became an active part of the case because he also leads the sheriff's fugitive squads and pursued one of the three men charged (though he was later captured in Florida by the U.S. Marshals). The three men charged were acquitted of all major charges, ESPN reported, and one of the men, Dquay Means, is suing Adams for "malicious prosecution." Means spent 11 months in jail awaiting his trial.
Then there's the time the U.S. Marshals asked for help arresting a Steelers player. In 2007, investigators had an arrest warrant for linebacker Richard Seigler, who was suspected of running a Las Vegas prostitution ring (charges were later dropped).
http://deadspin.com/report-lieutenant-called-the-cleaner-also-steelers-sec-1681253034
One example is Kearney's involvement after Steelers offensive tackle Mike Adams was stabbed last year outside a Colombian restaurant in Pittsburgh. One officer on the scene, Sgt. Stephen Matakovich, tried multiple times to contact Kearney until he reached him on his home phone. Kearney would later testify that he thought he was the first person contacted by police.
Shortly after he was stabbed, Adams told police he had been minding his own business, standing near his truck on the crowded street after eating a sandwich, when three men surrounded him. One asked if the truck belonged to him, Adams said. Another remarked: "I should shoot you." When he turned around, Adams said, one of the men stabbed him in the stomach.
After his two-hour meeting with Kearney at the hospital, Adams' story changed.
When detectives investigating the case arrived that afternoon, Adams said one of the men had pulled a gun out of his waistband, pointed it at his head and said, "I want your car or I will shoot you in the face and kill you in front of all these people." Another man punched him in the face, Adams told the detectives. A third man stabbed him before all three men fled.
That change meant the crime happened inside the truck, which Kearney had moved to the Steelers' practice facility. Kearney later became an active part of the case because he also leads the sheriff's fugitive squads and pursued one of the three men charged (though he was later captured in Florida by the U.S. Marshals). The three men charged were acquitted of all major charges, ESPN reported, and one of the men, Dquay Means, is suing Adams for "malicious prosecution." Means spent 11 months in jail awaiting his trial.
Then there's the time the U.S. Marshals asked for help arresting a Steelers player. In 2007, investigators had an arrest warrant for linebacker Richard Seigler, who was suspected of running a Las Vegas prostitution ring (charges were later dropped).
http://deadspin.com/report-lieutenant-called-the-cleaner-also-steelers-sec-1681253034