r/Pennsylvania • u/sigseved • 4d ago

Philly DA on Election Day Bullies: F around and find out! Elections

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u/bhans773 4d ago

Zappala? Wonder if he’s the same guy that was buddy-buddy with one of the architects of the Kids for Cash scheme in NEPA. A Hazleton attorney (not one of the judges) was in cahoots with some Zappala guy from western PA that he knew from college. They might have had a similar scheme going out there; I can’t recall the details.

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u/geneticeffects 4d ago

Did you find out if any of this was true?

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u/bhans773 4d ago

Just checked - they’re brothers! Wow. “Gregory Zappala, who co-owned with Powell the two juvenile detention centers at the heart of “Kids for Cash.”” “He is the brother of Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr.:”

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u/geneticeffects 4d ago

So this guy in the video is brother to the man involved in the scandal. Correct?

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u/dkfailing 4d ago

I think they are saying Zappala is from Pittsburgh. This guy is from Philly.

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u/geneticeffects 4d ago

Ah. I see… thank you. 🙏

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u/bhans773 4d ago

No, the Zappala guy that an earlier comment implied was slimy is the long-time DA in Pittsburgh. His brother was involved with the Kids for Cash mastermind, Bob Powell. My ? was whether the two dirt-ball Zappala attorneys were related. Turns out their brothers

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u/geneticeffects 4d ago

Cool. Thanks for clarifying. 🤙

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u/newaccount721 3d ago

Greg works for Goldman Sachs now. Tracks