WAYNE MADSEN REPORT
By Wayne Madsen
02/08/2014
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Lamar Alexander and Jesse Ryan Loskarn |
On February 7, Bruce Goldfarb, a spokesman for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) for the State of Maryland in Baltimore, told WMR initially that the autopsy report on Jesse Ryan Loskarn had not yet been completed.
But when Goldfarb returned our call 45 minutes later, he said there was no autopsy report on Loskarn. When Loskarn’s body was taken to the OCME morgue on January 23, an OCME inspection determined that the cause of death for the decedent was by hanging and that no full autopsy to determine the cause of death was necessary.
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Sykesville's "A Likely Story Book Store." |
The Carroll County Sheriff's Department, which investigated Loskarn's hanging, is not required to release the police report of the incident until 30 days after its final completion.
The delay in Loskarn's indictment by the Justice Department indicates that a possible plea agreement with federal prosecutors was in the works. However, with Loskarn's death, any hope additional information leading prosecutors to others involved in the distribution and receipt of child pornographic materials came to an abrupt end.
Loskarn's parents own CG Print and Promo at 7533 Main Street in Sykesville. CG stands for Consolidated Graphics |
Although most residents of the Washington, DC area were well aware of the Loskarn case, residents, including police officials and employees of businesses in Sykesville, feigned ignorance of the high-profile arrest and suicide of a member of a well-known family in the small Maryland town where a number of employees of the National Security Agency live. Maryland Route 32, which goes past NSA headquarters at Fort Meade, extends through Sykesville.
Loskarn was arrested at his Southeast Washington home near the Stadium-Armory Metro station on December 11, 2013 by officers of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service on a probable cause basis for possession and distribution of child pornography, including videos.
The children depicted in the hundreds of videos and thousands of photographs seized by authorities were as young as 6 years old. Loskarn was held in custody in Washington and arraigned the following day, December 12, at the U.S. federal courthouse for the District of Columbia.
Federal law enforcement agents seized materials and a computer from Loskarn's residence and searched his computer in Alexander's Senate office. Alexander removed Loskarn from his payroll on December 11. Loskarn's indictment was not scheduled until February 10, the last day federal authorities had to bring formal charges against the fast-rising star in Congressional GOP circles.
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The Haight Funeral Home |
Alexander told Politico that he was "stunned, surprised and disappointed by what I have learned."
Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Mi Yung Park argued against Loskarn's release from jail at a detention hearing at the U.S. District Courthouse. However, Loskarn's attorney, Pamela Satterfield, who is married to Chief Judge Lee F. Satterfield of the District of Columbia Superior Court, successfully argued that Loskarn was not a suicide risk. Loskarn was then released on his own recognizance with the provision that he wear an electronic ankle bracelet and stay at the home his parents, Chuck and Gay Loskarn, at 6496 Ken Mar Lane in Sykesville. It was at this address where Loskarn's body was found hanging in the basement on January 23.
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Chief Judge Lee F. Satterfield of the District of Columbia Superior Court, successfully argued that Loskarn was not a suicide risk |
Satterfield's biography at the law firm of Schertler and Onorato in Washington states that she was "the Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1994 to 2003 where she was deputy chief of the Sex Offense and Domestic Violence Section, prosecuting adult criminal cases involving sexual abuse of adults and children, intra–family offenses, and child maltreatment."
Federal prosecutor Park, who, in 2013, assumed the sex offense prosecutor's position once held by Satterfield, argued against Loskarn's release because she stated that he was considered a suicide risk. However, U.S. Judge John Facciola disagreed with Park and ordered Loskarn's release to his parents custody.
Investigative journalist, author and syndicated columnist, Madsen has over twenty years experience in security issues.
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Wayne Madsen |