Did we know that 'Joseph Recarey', the decorated and highly regarded Palm Beach detective who led the JEFFERY EPSTEIN investigation died mysteriously at age 50 just 3 weeks ago? (pizzagate)

submitted ago by millennial_vulcan

Well he did. And so obviously Killaryed absolutely nothing anywhere on the cause of death. Seriously, google his name and you get diddly squat.

RIP Joseph. Say hi to Andrew Breitbart, Michael Hastings & co. while you're up there. Related to Pizzagate because, uh, hello.

Palm Beach Daily News: 05/31/18

Joseph Recarey, a former Palm Beach detective who had a knack for making others smile, who tackled the island’s largest and most important investigations, and who cared deeply for his family and friends, died Friday, May 25, 2018, after a brief illness. He was 50.

Recarey was one of the most decorated police officers in the history of the department with more than 150 commendations, 11 officer-of-the-month awards and a 2013 Palm Beach Police Foundation Officer of the Year award, Reiter said. He worked in several units, including the Organized Crime Vice and Narcotics Unit and the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Public Integrity Unit. He was a lead detective in many major investigations, including the high-profile solicitation-of-minors case against billionaire Jeffrey Epstein

Before department meetings began, Recarey entertained officers with spot-on impressions of the chief, impressions that sometimes lasted too long. At least one time, Recarey turned around to find the chief standing behind him. “It was a riot,” Szarszewski said. “He made work extremely fun to be at.”

“As hard of a worker as he was, he was a family man,” Szarszewski said. “His wife and his kids were the world to him.”

No other information about the cause of death was released.

https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/local-obituaries/decorated-detective-remembered-for-work-ethic-making-others-smile/Xn9DqgNZ544V3qx0dSbWpJ/

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letsdothis2 ago

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/pervy-billionaire-agreed-plea-deal

According to an account by Detective Joseph Recarey, prosecutor Lana Belohlavek related to him the terms of the Epstein deal during an April 17 meeting in her West Palm Beach office. Recarey reported that Belohlavek, chief of the prosecutor's crimes against children unit, told him that Epstein had accepted the plea deal via criminal attorney Guy Fronstin (who has since been replaced). Belohlavek, according to Recarey, played for him a voicemail message from Fronstin in which the lawyer 'agreed to the deal' and requested that investigators 'call off the grand jury as they would accept this deal.'

It is unclear why the plea bargain was not formally struck at that point, but the report indicates that police investigators--who anticipated five felony counts being lodged against Epstein--were incensed at what they clearly viewed as a sweetheart prosecution offer.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/labor-pick-cut-deal-with-billionaire-in-sex-abuse-case-involving-40-underage-girls-a7645176.html

Donald Trump's nominee for Labour Secretary, Alexander Acosta, is at the centre of a Florida court battle over his decision a decade ago to cut a non-prosecution deal with a billionaire alleged to have sexually abused more than 40 underage girls

But Epstein's unusually light punishment – he was facing up to a life sentence had he been convicted on federal charges – has raised questions about how Acosta handled the case.

DRKStar00 ago

I have seen articles and comments about Acosta giving Epstein a deal, but when I looked into some other articles, and read about what Acosta went through, it totally changed my opinion. It certainly seemed as if Epstein's dream team of attorneys put Acosta through quite an ordeal. I dont remember everything, but I vaguely remember there, at one point, being over 150 appearances/changes, and things seemed to drag on and on. I got the feeling he was extremely frustrated and upset that he had to deal with all the crap. He possibly "gave up" at some point, because dealing with all the changes every few days became overwhelming. Appearance after appearance after appearance, change after change, dispute after dispute.

I wouldnt fully trust those articles saying he was simply "cutting a cozy deal". There appeared to be way more to it.

septimasexta ago

Good comment. I read a bit about this case when it broke. The hidden hand of Epstein was just too powerful for the locals. Let's not forget that Trump spends lots of time in Palm Beach. Perhaps he saw that Acosta could be trusted to do the right thing given enough support.

DRKStar00 ago

"Labor secretary nominee Alexander Acosta’s involvement in the saga could be personally or politically awkward for President Donald Trump. | AP Photo Trump’s Labor nominee oversaw ‘sweetheart plea deal’ in billionaire’s underage sex case

By JOSH GERSTEIN 02/16/17 02:22 PM EST Updated 02/16/17 03:17 PM

Acosta acknowledged to the media in 2011 that he came under extreme pressure from Epstein's high-powered defense team, which included legal heavyweights such as Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, former Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr and Florida criminal defense attorney Roy Black. Acosta said Epstein's defense mounted "a yearlong assault on the prosecution and the prosecutors."

"I use the word assault intentionally, as the defense in this case was more aggressive than any which I, or the prosecutors in my office, had previously encountered," the former U.S. attorney wrote. He said his office stuck to its opening position in the case, but he also acknowledged that the ultimate punishment in the case may have been more lenient than Epstein deserved."

letsdothis2 ago

Thanks for your comment. I wasn't paying too much attention at the time so your insight is useful.

DRKStar00 ago

Labor secretary nominee Alexander Acosta’s involvement in the saga could be personally or politically awkward for President Donald Trump. | AP Photo Trump’s Labor nominee oversaw ‘sweetheart plea deal’ in billionaire’s underage sex case

By JOSH GERSTEIN 02/16/17 02:22 PM EST Updated 02/16/17 03:17 PM

Acosta acknowledged to the media in 2011 that he came under extreme pressure from Epstein's high-powered defense team, which included legal heavyweights such as Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, former Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr and Florida criminal defense attorney Roy Black. Acosta said Epstein's defense mounted "a yearlong assault on the prosecution and the prosecutors."

"I use the word assault intentionally, as the defense in this case was more aggressive than any which I, or the prosecutors in my office, had previously encountered," the former U.S. attorney wrote. He said his office stuck to its opening position in the case, but he also acknowledged that the ultimate punishment in the case may have been more lenient than Epstein deserved.