Sunday, January 04, 2009

A New Year in the Hamptons

Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view.
--Lillian Hellman


A recent break-in involving several hundred thousand dollars of restaurant decor, fixtures and equipment was carted
away this weekend after an alarm went off in Westhampton Beach. The perpetrators produced a phony set of court papers to the local police officer (called twice on the matter). The police officer just waved on the workers who disappeared with three trucks full of merchandise. On the spot, the officer apparently had ruled that it had to be a civil matter while the alarm blared and the wires were being illegally ripped out. Seems like a little training might be in order.


In Quogue, the Motz case still hangs in limbo since the Christmas Verdict ploy apparently didn’t work. It appears that the stock swindle case will now be heard this month (instead of December) despite attempts to lessen the severity of the matter at hand. A new date is not yet set but is expected to go to trial this month.
Since the Federal judge is in his eighties, the plan to seek succor based upon age may not work. Motz is just a kid as far as he is concerned.
Federal prosecutors have a different level of credibility than local D.A.’s.
While indigenous D.A.’s, like Spota, are known to employ bag men for cooperating attorneys to obtain beneficial results for their clients, use corrupt cops for investigations and informers, and utilize docile jurors who are often half asleep – in order to obtain indictments -- the Feds are usually awake and have a point to make. Political targeting is big in the Hamptons.

Don’t expect too many different results in the Hamptons this New Year.

1 comment:

  1. From what I read in the Press,
    Mayor Mini Madoff Motz is back in court today - January 23'd.

    Seems he forgot to retain Lawyers for the last appearance......

    Did he think his soon to be ex-wife
    the judge would wave her magic gavel and make it all go away.........?

    Oops - wrong court. My bad......

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