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Post by mcb on Oct 20, 2013 2:24:05 GMT -5
UPDATE 10/18/13 BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Barboursville Police are investigating a possible attempted suicide by a former judge being investigated by the U.S. Senate Committee for awarding disability benefits. According to a police report WSAZ.com obtained from Barboursville Police, David B. Daughtery was found in a church parking lot in Barboursville about 3:20 p.m. Monday. Police say a worker at the church found Daugherty unconscious, sitting in his car. They say his breathing was labored and he had a poor pulse rate. According to the report, the person who found Daugherty pulled him from the car. Investigators say they found a garden hose duct taped to the exhaust pipe of the car, running into the rear passenger side window. According to the report, police found the garden hose was pinched on one end and melted on the other end by the exhaust. According to the report, police also found an empty liquor bottle and empty pill container nearby. Daugherty was taken to a Huntington hospital. No word on his condition. Earlier this month, Daughtery was named in a report by a US Senate committee, saying he and Kentucky attorney Eric C. Conn improperly awarded disability benefits to hundreds of applicants. The report says Daugherty approved claims in "assembly-line fashion," using manufactured medical evidence. The report accuses Daugherty of plotting with lawyer Eric C. Conn to approve more than 1,800 cases from 2006 to 2010. The report says Daugherty retired in 2011 after questions were raised about his relationship with Conn. www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/Local_Social_Security_Judge_Under_Scrutiny_122259399.html?device=phoneBARBOURSVILLE — Police are investigating what they called a possible suicide attempt by a former judge under investigation by a U.S. Senate Committee for possible fraud in awarding government disability benefits. David B. Daugherty was found sitting unconscious in his car in a Barboursville church parking lot about 3:20 p.m. Monday, Barboursville Police Chief Mike Coffey said on Friday. Coffey said a church worker found Daugherty and called police. When officers arrived at the lot, investigators found a garden hose duct-taped to the exhaust pipe of the car and leading into the passenger compartment through a rear side window. The garden hose was pinched on one end and melted on the other end by the exhaust pipe. Coffey said police also found an empty liquor bottle and empty pill container near the car. Before an emergency squad arrived, Coffey said police were unsure if Daugherty was alive and used the church's defibrillator to check for a heartbeat, which he had. He was then taken to St. Mary's Medical Center and was breathing on his own shortly thereafter, Coffey said. As of 5 p.m. Friday, he was no longer a patient at St. Mary's. www.topix.com/forum/city/huntington-wv/TB9NBTLCLRKCO3CM0 |
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Post by JudgeRatty on Oct 20, 2013 8:46:51 GMT -5
This is so sad. What a mess all the way around.
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Post by ssaogc on Oct 20, 2013 9:09:07 GMT -5
There is one person that is responsible for the predicament that Judge D is in. He has no one but himself to blame. His supervisors did not do any favors but he made his bed and now he has to lie in it.
Who I do feel sad for are the SSA employees who attempted to right the wrongs being committed at the WV office only to be targeted by private investigators, to be fired, to be ostracized and to be isolated--now that is truly sad.
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Post by bartleby on Oct 20, 2013 11:18:44 GMT -5
UPDATE 10/18/13BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Barboursville Police are investigating a possible attempted suicide by a former judge being investigated by the U.S. Senate Committee for awarding disability benefits. According to a police report WSAZ.com obtained from Barboursville Police, David B. Daughtery was found in a church parking lot in Barboursville about 3:20 p.m. Monday.
Police say a worker at the church found Daugherty unconscious, sitting in his car. They say his breathing was labored and he had a poor pulse rate.
According to the report, the person who found Daugherty pulled him from the car.
Investigators say they found a garden hose duct taped to the exhaust pipe of the car, running into the rear passenger side window. According to the report, police found the garden hose was pinched on one end and melted on the other end by the exhaust.
According to the report, police also found an empty liquor bottle and empty pill container nearby.
Daugherty was taken to a Huntington hospital. No word on his condition.
Earlier this month, Daughtery was named in a report by a US Senate committee, saying he and Kentucky attorney Eric C. Conn improperly awarded disability benefits to hundreds of applicants.
The report says Daugherty approved claims in "assembly-line fashion," using manufactured medical evidence.
The report accuses Daugherty of plotting with lawyer Eric C. Conn to approve more than 1,800 cases from 2006 to 2010.
The report says Daugherty retired in 2011 after questions were raised about his relationship with Conn.
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Post by bowser on Oct 20, 2013 14:34:46 GMT -5
Idiot is as incompetent in offing himself as he was at doing his job! Moreover, the drama wh0re has to go about it in public. I sure hope this bum - and a few others - end up in jail.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2013 15:01:17 GMT -5
I've been practicing criminal defense for a good while now. I have noticed when people in positions of authority get caught with their hands in the cookie jar they can get self-destructive. I knew a high-ranking officer who got caught wearing the wrong decorations and offed himself, and if I am not mistaken a former Chief of Naval Operations did the same thing. And I knew two lower-ranking officers who self-administered the death penalty for other minor infractions. Somebody should study it, if they haven't already.
Makes his lawyer's job tougher, if nothing else.
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Post by Orly on Oct 20, 2013 15:04:08 GMT -5
Idiot is as incompetent in offing himself as he was at doing his job! Moreover, the drama wh0re has to go about it in public. I sure hope this bum - and a few others - end up in jail. Maybe this is the true meaning of his life:  |
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Post by trekker on Oct 20, 2013 15:44:55 GMT -5
No matter what we privately think about the misdeeds of others, none of us should sit in judgment. Judge Daughtery is paying for his mistakes and I don't believe this forum is appropriate for posting mean and vile statements about his choices. We have had some constructive conversations about the debacle in WV and I don't believe this is the first, nor will it be the last, time that someone in a position of authority has misused his/her position. And I would bet the insiders on this board could tell a lot more stories if they wanted. There have been scandalous rumors in almost every ODAR office where I have represented clients. We reps would hear it from the staff and ALJ's who knew us. And there were some real doozies in the Army and civilian offices where my spouse worked. I would just ask that all of us be respectful in our criticisms of Judge Daughtery. You may not think he deserves it, but most of us on this board want to engage in meaningful dialogue about topics related to becoming and being an ALJ.
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Post by ssaogc on Oct 20, 2013 15:52:03 GMT -5
No matter what we privately think about the misdeeds of others, none of us should sit in judgment. Judge Daughtery is paying for his mistakes and I don't believe this forum is appropriate for posting mean and vile statements about his choices. We have had some constructive conversations about the debacle in WV and I don't believe this is the first, nor will it be the last, time that someone in a position of authority has misused his/her position. And I would bet the insiders on this board could tell a lot more stories if they wanted. There have been scandalous rumors in almost every ODAR office where I have represented clients. We reps would hear it from the staff and ALJ's who knew us. And there were some real doozies in the Army and civilian offices where my spouse worked. I would just ask that all of us be respectful in our criticisms of Judge Daughtery. You may not think he deserves it, but most of us on this board want to engage in meaningful dialogue about topics related to becoming and being an ALJ. Trekker, respect your POV, others have POVs that differ from yours. I would suggest you simply not click on this thread if you take offense with the POV that others have about this situation. I do not believe the board was meant to simply limit discussion to threads related to becoming an ALJ. |
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Post by bowser on Oct 20, 2013 16:51:05 GMT -5
No matter what we privately think about the misdeeds of others, none of us should sit in judgment. Judge Daughtery is paying for his mistakes and I don't believe this forum is appropriate for posting mean and vile statements about his choices. I respect your opinion, but I disagree. J Daugherty is an affront to every hardworking judge and HO staff, deserving claimant, reputable attorney, and taxpayer. Is he in jail? Has he made the public fisc whole for the millions of $ in undeserved benefits he ordered? Is he receiving retirement benefits? I personally think he deserves a heck of a lot more than a little scorn on a message board. He's proving himself a coward - and an incompetent one at that. |
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Post by bartleby on Oct 20, 2013 18:03:50 GMT -5
I do think we should keep the board professional when it comes to discussing one of our own. I don't condone what he has been accused of doing, but we are supposed to be Judges or Judicial Candidates or Judicial applicants. This forum is open to the public and the press. Let's not say things we wouldn't say to his wife or mother. Thanks.
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Post by trekker on Oct 20, 2013 18:30:52 GMT -5
Which was my point but Bartleby said it better. Thank you.
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Post by patiently on Oct 20, 2013 18:51:01 GMT -5
I do think we should keep the board professional when it comes to discussing one of our own. I don't condone what he has been accused of doing, but we are supposed to be Judges or Judicial Candidates or Judicial applicants. This forum is open to the public and the press. Let's not say things we wouldn't say to his wife or mother. Thanks. A little compassion please. My thoughts and prayers are with him, his family and friends. We've all made mistakes. |
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Post by ssaogc on Oct 20, 2013 19:12:29 GMT -5
We have all committed mistakes but we all have not committed crimes
Mistake:
1. An error or fault resulting from defective judgment, deficient knowledge, or carelessness.
2. A misconception or misunderstanding.
Crime:
1. An act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it and for which punishment is imposed upon conviction.
2. Unlawful activity:
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Post by privateatty on Oct 20, 2013 19:14:03 GMT -5
Found in a church parking lot by an employee on a Monday afternoon. In a prior job, he was a W. Va county Judge. Now he is a federal Administrative Law Judge dispensing the Trust.
The facts speak volumes. He was, IMHO, (to use a Bob Dylan line), "...bargaining for salvation...".
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Post by epic0ego on Oct 20, 2013 19:16:16 GMT -5
He who hath not sinned let him cast the first stone.
If improprieties were committed there are people whose job it is to take the appropriate action. That will undoubtedly run its course as it should. But I am with those who caution restraint with our comments, if nothing else because our comments reflect as much upon us as they do upon the judge. I wish him and family the best under the circumstances.
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Post by govtgirl on Oct 20, 2013 19:22:48 GMT -5
Oh please, those gals on "60 Minutes" were crap employees, too. And, they have a personal financial stake in the outcome of this debacle, see their quantum merit suit.
Everyone needs to own their own failings in this cluster nut.
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Post by workdrone on Oct 20, 2013 19:47:12 GMT -5
I do think we should keep the board professional when it comes to discussing one of our own. I don't condone what he has been accused of doing, but we are supposed to be Judges or Judicial Candidates or Judicial applicants. This forum is open to the public and the press. Let's not say things we wouldn't say to his wife or mother. Thanks. Concur on the plea for professional discourse and some decorum, but I certainly would not classify a betrayer like him as "one of our own" anymore. |
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Post by bartleby on Oct 20, 2013 21:45:27 GMT -5
As Judges and Lawyers, let us remember a man is presumed innocent until proven guilty. The Judge has not been convicted of any crime as of yet and I am not sure he has even been charged. One should remember their professional decorum until one has all of the facts and not rush to judgment. Leave that to the lay people. let's remember what seperates us from those that appear before us or that we represent in Court depending upon our position.
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Post by ALJD on Oct 20, 2013 23:46:04 GMT -5
I really can't see this thread going anywhere but further down. Both sides made their points. I think Bart's post is a good place to end it.
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