Grand Old Police Blotter: Jack Shit Edition

The long road to bring Jack Abramoff, the best bud of Texan Bugchaser Tom Delay, began with the single step of taking the scumbag into custody:

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 - Jack Abramoff, the once-powerful Republican lobbyist involved in ethics allegations facing Representative Tom DeLay, was indicted in Florida on Thursday on unrelated fraud charges involving his purchase of a fleet of gambling boats from a businessman who was slain amid bitter wrangling over the sale.

The indictment by a federal grand jury in Fort Lauderdale charges Mr. Abramoff and a business partner with conspiracy and wire fraud in the $147.5 million purchase of the shipping line, SunCruz Casinos, in 2000. They are accused of presenting lenders with a counterfeit document suggesting that they had arranged a $23 million wire transfer to the seller.

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The Associated Press reported late Thursday that Mr. Abramoff had been taken into custody in Los Angeles. Mr. Sonnett said that Mr. Abramoff had not surrendered immediately to the authorities on Thursday because he was traveling with his 12-year-old daughter and needed to arrange for her safe return to the Washington area.

"The government has taken the position that if he doesn't turn himself in immediately, that they are going to consider him a fugitive," Mr. Sonnett said. "The government doesn't seem to care that he's with his 12-year-old."

The government isn't the only one who doesn't care.

Don't worry, Jack. I'm sure you can get a lighter sentence if you tell the truth about Tom.

And Michael Medved can watch your kids while you're repaying your debt to society.