Though it didn’t come in the form of a complaint, a former solicitor for the Luzerne County Controller’s office told the Judicial Conduct Board’s deputy counsel as early as 2005 that he had concerns about two of the county’s judges and a private juvenile detention center being built there.
West Chester, Pa.-based attorney Samuel C. Stretton, who was representing former Luzerne County Judge Ann H. Lokuta in her dealings with the JCB at the time, said he was only armed with suspicions, however, and had little information to pass along. He said he raised concerns repeatedly in 2005 and 2006.
