Attorney Robert J. Powell, one of the former owners of the child detention facility at the heart of the Luzerne County judicial corruption probe, was the victim of a shakedown by two former judges, according to court documents filed Tuesday in connection with Powell’s plea agreement.
Powell, who has pleaded guilty to failing to report a felony to federal authorities and with being an accessory after the fact to a tax conspiracy, told the government that he “felt the judges ‘had him over a barrel,’” and caved in to their demands, court documents said.
