Noe pleads innocent to 3 charges in federal court in Toledo

[Algorem]

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051031/BREAKINGNEWS/51031014

Tom Noe appeared in federal court in Toledo today with his attorney, Jon Richardson, entering not guilty pleas to three felony counts in the alleged laundering of $45,400 to President Bush’s re-election campaign.

U.S. District Judge David Katz accepted the pleas and then accepted a property bond valued at $350,000 to keep Mr. Noe out of jail. The bond is secured by two properties, one in Maumee and one in Bowling Green.

Once the friend of governors and a guest at the White House, Judge Katz also restricted Mr. Noe’s travel, ordering that he be allowed to go between Ohio and Florida. He must seek the approval of the court if he wants to travel elsewhere.

Mr. Noe entered the court striding defiantly past waiting reporters, wearing a blue suit and sporting the beard he had when surrendering to the FBI on Friday in Orlando...

[Democrats_win]

1. Good lord these Republicans are learning how to appear in court.

Surely this thief could afford a razor.

We need a program to keep with all of the GOP crime lords.

[Algorem]

2. Article published Tuesday, November 1, 2005

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051101/NEWS02/51101001/-1/NEWS

OHIO SCANDAL
Noe pleads not guilty
Relatives’ homes cover coin dealer’s $350,000 bond

By MIKE WILKINSON and JAMES DREW
BLADE STAFF WRITERS

...Prosecutors have charged Mr. Noe with three counts alleging that Mr. Noe exceeded federal campaign limits, that he ‘know-ingly and willfully’ used others to make the contributions, and that he caused the President Bush re-election campaign to file a false campaign-finance statement...

Mr. Noe’s mother, Doretta, put up an interest in her home in Bowling Green while Mr. Noe’s father-in-law, Buddy Restivo, a retired Lucas County judge, put up an interest in his Maumee home...

Mr. Noe has been at the center of the scandal that has gripped Columbus since The Blade reported about problems with the investment the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation made with the former Maumee coin dealer. Mr. Noe’s attorneys have acknowledged that as much as $13 million may be missing from the funds...

Scarlett Bouder, campaign manager of the reform group looking to pass four statewide ballot proposals, called the arraignment of Mr. Noe “one more sad chapter in the sordid drama of ongoing corruption and campaign contributions playing out in our state.”

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• Noe indicted: GOP backer is accused of laundering cash | 10/28/2005
• Dems see culture of corruption; GOP distances itself | 10/28/2005
• Origins of $190,000 puzzle local party | 10/28/2005
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Noe denies charges; bond lowered
Coin-fund liquidator asks more time to sell

http://www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/1130841270112770.xml?nohio&coll=2

Toledo-...

...A task force of state, federal and county investigators is looking at Noe's management of a $50 million investment in rare coins for the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation that is being liquidated...

"As we get closer to the deadline, the price I will be able to receive for coins and assets of the funds will be reduced because buyers will know that I must sell," wrote Bodoh, a retired U.S. bankruptcy court judge. "I cannot expect to obtain maximum value in the face of an April 2006 deadline."

Another concern involves the coins held as evidence by investigators and prosecutors. Authorities confiscated everything Noe held in his Maumee coin shop, including collectibles other than coins. Those assets would be liquidated under the current statute...

State Sen. Marc Dann, a Youngstown Democrat and leading critic of the bureau's investments, issued a statement criticizing Taft for appointing a new chief without first implementing a plan to fix the system...

http://www.cleveland.com/millions/

[WhiteTara]

3. too bad he won't appear in the orange jumpsuit

it so suits the Republican values.