Philadelphia Watchdog Chair Charged Over $500 Witness-Info Sale to Inmate

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 2

$500 is what prosecutors say prison inmate Thomas Scott offered Hassan Bennett for an unredacted arrest report and a witness’s full name in an attempted-murder case.
Prison calls allegedly captured Bennett reading details from the report to Scott, who then circulated the documents to intimidate the witness and stop him from appearing in court.
Bennett, chair of Philadelphia’s Citizens Police Oversight Commission and also a Defender Association employee, now faces felony counts alongside Scott including witness intimidation, conspiracy, bribery and criminal use of a communication facility.
The commission said Bennett has been placed on leave, while District Attorney Larry Krasner called the evidence strong but said the case does not reflect the broader work of the oversight body.