Penn State Scandal: Leslie Dutchcot, Judge Who Granted Jerry Sandusky Bail, Is Second Mile Volunteer

During the week since the sordid accusations of sexual abuse -- and a potential cover-up -- at Penn State became public, there has been a constant flood of new information and allegations.

Not only has the number of alleged victims of former PSU defensive coach Jerry Sandusky potentially risen from the eight cited in the 23-page grand jury report, but many suspect that several people on the Penn State coaching staff were aware of these alleged crimes as far back as 1998. The latest revelation comes from Deadspin, as they have discovered that the judge who ordered Sandusky be freed on $100,000 unsecured bail is a volunteer for the ex-coach's foundation, Second Mile. Judge Leslie Dutchcot's order meant that Sandusky wouldn't have to post any money unless he didn't show up for court.

Her Goodall & Yurchak profile shows that she volunteers for the American Heart Association, The Second Mile and Centre County PAWS.

Late last week, after SportsByBrooks posted ominous tweets of a new horrifying detail about the scandal soon to be reported, Pittsburgh radio host Mark Madden revealed a shocking rumor that Sandusky and his foundation were "pimping" out young boys to rich donors. Madden claimed this story is being investigated by two "prominent columnists."

On Friday, Sara Ganim of the Patriot News outlined all of the missed opportunities to investigate Sandusky dating all the way back to 1995. At the end of her article, she writes that only two things are certain: "Many of the accounts in this tragic and tangled history conflict with one another. And everyone cannot be telling the truth."

Among those who could have taken action against Sandusky was district attorney Ray Gricar. However, the Center County DA went missing in 2005. His whereabouts -- dead or alive -- remain unknown.

If the previous week is any indication, there will likely be as many answers yielded as new questions raised in the coming weeks and months.

Comments

[HowardAJanet]

01:08 PM on 12/19/2011

I am one of the attorneys representing Victim 6 in this terrible event. Every new layer of the cover up and corruption is more appalling then the last. In 1998, our client and his mother reported the sexual abuse by Sandusky to the police. They thought his case had been dismissed. It was the police who came to him to reopen the case. Sandusky's attorney is saying his victims are motivated by money and collaborating. For information and updates on this case as well as our firm's interviews with the media, please visit http://myadvo.us/tw4XE4

[jacobisrael]

06:58 PM on 12/23/2011

Well God Bless You, HowardAJanet for finally seeing that justice is done. You are 100% correct that "Every new layer of the cover up and corruption is more appalling then the last" as I have JUST discovered the following connection, which goes straight to the Pope.

Do you know what Liberia, Taiwan, CHINA, Japan, Cyprus, Greece, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Tajikistan, Algeria, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, New Zealand, Pakistan, Romania, Serbia, and Uzbekistan ALL have in common? They are the countries which have recorded NO cases of HIV. They are ALSO the countries with the FEWEST AIDS carrying, child abusing Catholic priests who openly promote legalized gay marriage.

Do you know what Estonia, the Dominican Republic, Panama, El Salvador, the US, Argentina, Colombia, Spain, France, Peru, Costa Rica, Italy, Luxembourg, and Paraguay ALL have in common? They are the countries with the HIGHEST rates of HIV. They are ALSO the countries with the HIGHEST percent of AIDS carrying, child abusing Catholic priests who openly promote legalized gay marriage.

Absolutely mind boggling? You can confirm it here:
http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=ms_mil_xpnd_gd_zs&idim=country:USA&dl=en&hl=en&q=us+military+expenditure#ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_y=sh_dyn_aids_zs&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=country&idim=country:USA:NOR:IDN:UZB:LTU:MNG:NZL:PAK:ROM:SRB:TJK:DZA:LBY:CYP:SWE:GRC:DNK&ifdim=country&tstart=945936000000&tend=1261555200000&hl=en&dl=en

[jacobisrael]

12:07 PM on 12/24/2011

Whew. Connecting the dots here indicates that you have a HUGE job ahead of you, HowardAJanet. This revelation, which JUST struck me today, boggles the mind.

Do you know what the District of Columbia, New York, New Jersey, California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Delaware, and Rhode Island all have in common? They were the states in 1993 who had a rate of AIDS deaths which was up to 100 TIMES higher than many other states. Do you know what ELSE they ALL had in common? They were the STATES with the HIGHEST percent of AIDS carrying, child abusing Catholic priests who openly promote legalized gay marriage.

Do you know what Mississippi, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Alaska, Idaho, Kentucky, West Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, South Carolina, and Tennessee ALL have in common? They ALL had very low AIDS death rates, with Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana reporting NO AIDS cases. And you guessed it. They were ALSO the states with the LOWEST percentage of AIDS carrying, child abusing Catholic priests who openly promote legalized gay marriage.

Which six states STILL have the utterly highest AIDS death rates? The very six states (New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, and Vermont, PLUS Washington, DC.) which just legalized gay marriage, thus giving AIDS deaths a government stamp of approval, are ALSO the states with AIDS death rates as much as FORTY TIMES HIGHER than non-Catholic states.

Whew. Our AIDS epidemic was spread by Catholic Priests. There's no other explanation.

[CB5]

01:32 PM on 12/14/2011

connecting the dots...

[Blastrocat]

09:19 AM on 12/07/2011

Great. Why don't we just let his mother decide his fate? How appalling. When will the ludicrous mishandling of this case end?

[mymolly]

06:01 PM on 12/05/2011

Just wait people, we will find bodies and I mean the real ones. The coach has had his way and is so in your face about it, I keep wondering when will they find the remains of some kid. Sounds terrible right, better brace yourself.

[advocate3079]

05:01 AM on 11/17/2011

Judges in Luzerne County Pa were just sent to prison for a kids for cash scheme no one wanted to report the wrong doings . The Judicial committee that held the hearings found that the culture here was allowing this to happen. Now this judge thinks its ok not to disclose and step a side when setting bail I guess the culture of Centre County needs a little reviewing also.

[Minnielee]

04:46 AM on 11/17/2011

If this is true, the judge should recuse himself.

[Dan Covey]

05:40 PM on 11/16/2011

The judge that set this guy free, IMO has a great conflict of interest attached. I sure makes one wonder!!!!

[MSmith1984]

02:19 AM on 11/17/2011

What is wrong with this college, administrators, coaches, judicial systems, judges, etc. ????
Everyone is in each others pocket. Can you imagine a judge who gave money to Sandusky's charity determining his bail? How corrupt can you get! Pennsylvania...don't let this judge get off scott free.
Here in Texas....the FIRST person who has the slightest hint that a child is being abused makes the report to Child Protective Services within 24 hours of receipt of knowledge. We don't call our boss, and then hope the boss calls his boss, etc. and think that somehow, as if by magic "the police will be notified." No siree bob. Read the 23 page Grand Jury report. You will be sickened.

[John R Barker]

12:44 PM on 12/07/2011

Don't fool yourself - this kind of thing goes on everywhere, even Texas.

[travelsmart]

03:38 PM on 11/16/2011

Take Joe's record away. It is obvious they waited till after his record win to break the story. He knew this was going down in July if he transferred his home to wife at that time. Shameful.

And the arrogance of Sandusky. The case needs to be moved out of Pennsylvania.

Ban Joe from the hall of fame and all the Pennsylvania Predators.

[Malcolm Daigle]

02:46 PM on 11/16/2011

Sandusky and Barney Frank would get along just fine. Sandusky could take Barney to a football game and Barney could introduce Sandusky to his boyfriend on Wall Street. What a jolly jolly season.

[sarah1960]

06:27 PM on 12/07/2011

You are confusing being gay with being attracted to children. Straight guys like women, gay guys like men. Pedophiles like children.

Please keep your outdated bigotry to yourself.

[Malcolm Daigle]

08:03 PM on 12/07/2011

If its not "gay," "homosexual," or "whatever," why is it always "man on boy," as with the Catholic Church. That's not pedophilia. I don't see any girls involved with this thing. If there was, that would qualify as pedophilia. When "man on little girl" is involved, that's pedophilia. When "woman on little boy is involved," that's also pedophilia. This Penn State thing is "man on boys," as with the Catholic Church. That's "gay" or "homosexuality," not pedophilia. End of story!

[mgatton15]

06:46 PM on 12/14/2011

No person in their right mind would refer to "man on little girl" or "woman on little boy" as an example of being straight. That is what mature adults would refer to as pedophilia. Barney Frank is not a sexual predator. You should be ashamed.

[deebastet]

11:47 AM on 12/19/2011

I do believe with the catholic church there were some priests who liked girls.

[MEGADRAGON]

10:06 AM on 11/16/2011

COVERING YOUR BACKSIDE

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/sports/ncaafootball/in-july-paterno-transferred-ownership-of-home-to-his-wife-for-1.html

Paterno Passed On Home to His Wife for $1

Joe Paterno transferred full ownership of his house to his wife, Sue, for $1 in July, less than four months before a sexual abuse scandal engulfed his Penn State football program and the university.

[DMW1]

01:49 AM on 11/16/2011

I cannot believe this judge did not only not recuse herself, but did not require Sandusky to come up with a penny for bail (unsecured) nor wear an anklet as prosecutors requested!

Sandusky's house is next store to Lamont Elementary School. He has a view of it from his back yard: http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/15/sandusky-lives-near-an-elementary-school/

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/strippaternowins/

[MEGADRAGON]

10:04 AM on 11/16/2011

As long as they have security at the entrances and they keep Jerry out of the shower room things should be cool. He has a crappy house for having made so much money.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/sports/ncaafootball/in-july-paterno-transferred-ownership-of-home-to-his-wife-for-1.html

Paterno Passed On Home to His Wife for $1

Joe Paterno transferred full ownership of his house to his wife, Sue, for $1 in July, less than four months before a sexual abuse scandal engulfed his Penn State football program and the university.

[tombartho]

08:34 PM on 11/15/2011

With the charges and time he is facing, $100,000 would not be enough considering his resources. This judge should have reclused herself. This needs the feds brought in on to enclude a federal judge. With the influence of Penn State, Penn State football, Paterno, Sandusky, and the Second Mile program in this area, nobody in Pennsylvania can be trusted to do a fair, unbiased look at this.

[Aries Warrior]

10:40 PM on 11/15/2011

exactly.

[icwhite02]

10:45 PM on 11/15/2011

This has the potential to bring down so many people at the top that the FBI had better get involved to make sure nobody who is guilty escapes!

[wallacerabbit]

07:19 PM on 11/15/2011

They need to give the Death Penlty for this type of crime.

[icwhite02]

10:43 PM on 11/15/2011

YES they do! PREYING ON CHILDREN is a type of CANNIBALISM! Let all the pot smokers out & put ALL THE PEDOPHILES IN!

[wallacerabbit]

07:26 PM on 11/16/2011

First they need to cut it off. Yeah the whole thing. You know what I am talking about. Then they need to cut the hands hands of these criminals . then they need to blind them.

[joeljoey5160]

07:12 PM on 11/16/2011

They have to gut the program and bring in a new squeaky clean administration.

[Flavor]

06:37 PM on 11/15/2011

This has made Parents do more talking to their children about inappropriate touching & even the radio stations here in Illinois are all talking about how to talk to your children about someone violating them. If anything good could come out from this awful, horrible act, it did make Parents do more talking to their children about bad people. I already have friends ready to home school their children next year because they just don't trust anyone anymore to protect their children, this has made so many sick. Although we have been sickened by what this Monster did, let me say that there are some great teachers, coaches, principles, ect.... that will & do do the right thing everyday & they would never harm a child & they love teaching children & would have saved that one child had they seen the act. We in America now have to step up as Parents & visit the schools more & make sure that the school of your choice puts children first & not a reputation before a child.

[edvince]

06:14 PM on 11/15/2011

If Penn State atheletic staff knew back in 1995 so did the NCAA. How could an organization like this not be aware of the rumors at Lineback U, the most winningest coach and team. What did they know. when did they know it, how long did they know it; but kept quiet, Simple money and image