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Former Reagan Aide Sentenced to 5 to 10 Years

By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Wed Oct 11, 2006 at 01:46:20 PM EST
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A former aide to President Ronald Reagan and veteran Republican advisor was sentenced to 5 to 10 years in state prison.

A veteran GOP consultant was sentenced today to 5 to 10 years in prison for luring two male college students into his home on separate occasions, holding them captive in his spartan apartment and threatening them with Mafia retaliation if they contacted their friends or family.

A jury convicted Leon Abramovitz, of Shadyside, in July on charges of theft, coercion, false imprisonment, unauthorized practice of law, simple assault, indecent assault and making terroristic threats. His victims, 24-year-old and 22-year-old University of Pittsburgh students, were lured into his home with the promise of jobs tailored to their career goals.

Abramovitz told the judge he feared for his safety in prison:

He told the judge he feared for his safety after inmates in his pod at Allegheny County Jail got their hands on a discovery folder from his trial and began calling him a "baby raper" and threatening to have inmates at the state prison "take care of him."

The Judge's response:

Judge Allen told him he "chose to victimize two people while on probation for the very conduct" he was previously convicted of engaging in. "It's your verbal prowess that poses a danger to society," she said. "As long as you are able to speak, Mr. Abramovitz, you are a danger to society."

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    Former Reagan Aide Sentenced to 5 to 10 Years | 7 comments (7 topical)
    Re: Former Reagan Aide Sentenced to 5 to 10 Years (none / 0) (#1)
    by cpinva on Wed Oct 11, 2006 at 03:50:11 PM EST
    maybe they could put a muzzle on him?

    Re: Former Reagan Aide Sentenced to 5 to 10 Years (none / 0) (#2)
    by ding7777 on Wed Oct 11, 2006 at 05:38:31 PM EST
    Calling Leon Abramovitz a Reagan aide is a bit of a stretch - he worked in the Office of Constituent Affairs

    Re: Former Reagan Aide Sentenced to 5 to 10 Years (none / 0) (#3)
    by jimakaPPJ on Wed Oct 11, 2006 at 06:09:43 PM EST
    Let's see..... Reagan has been gone for 18 years.... So if you want to identify this guy as a former Reagan aid, then you really should certify that he has done else since then..

    Re: Former Reagan Aide Sentenced to 5 to 10 Years (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Oct 11, 2006 at 09:25:16 PM EST
    what exactly is he accused of doing?

    Re: Former Reagan Aide Sentenced to 5 to 10 Years (none / 0) (#5)
    by jimakaPPJ on Thu Oct 12, 2006 at 05:41:16 AM EST
    Anon - Several very nasty things, compounded by being a Repub. ;-)

    Re: Former Reagan Aide Sentenced to 5 to 10 Years (none / 0) (#6)
    by cpinva on Thu Oct 12, 2006 at 10:09:04 AM EST
    what exactly is he accused of doing?
    theft, coercion, false imprisonment, unauthorized practice of law, simple assault, indecent assault and making terroristic threats.
    and having a big mouth.

    Re: Former Reagan Aide Sentenced to 5 to 10 Years (none / 0) (#7)
    by ScottW on Thu Oct 12, 2006 at 03:31:07 PM EST
    Ya, you know how we are so tired of everything being Clinton's fault. Maybe, just maybe we should quit with the Reagan/Bush I employee credential non-sense.

    Former Reagan Aide Sentenced to 5 to 10 Years | 7 comments (7 topical)