Epstein Secrets

ges of procuring teenage girls for acts of prostitution, he was sentenced to 18 months in jail. The plea agreement, which caused sentencing judge Deborah Pucillo to shake her head in amazement, allowed Epstein to serve his sentence at the Palm Beach County jail rather than state prison; allowed him extensiv

"We cannot comment on your questions." Didn't she really mean will not? This case got into the federal system because former Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter believed that Palm Beach County State Attorney Barry Krischer wasn't moving aggressively enough. Mr. Krischer retired last year. The assistant stat

e Chief Michael Reiter and his department stand alone in trying to uphold justice in this case. Without their dogged pursuit of the evidence and Mr. Reiter's push for Mr. Epstein's prosecution, he could still be plying his sexually deviant behavior with impunity. Read all the public documents in Mr. Ep

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ny other jurisdiction that so requires. Epstein, 55, will spend 18 months in the Palm Beach County Jail followed by a year of house arrest. Judge Deborah Pucillo, who grilled Epstein and his attorneys throughout today's hearing, read off a litany of other conditions of Epstein's house arrest, including a 10

0 at Windsor and has attended a weekend house party at Sandringham. According to official documents seen by this newspaper, Palm Beach police chief Michael Reiter has asked the FBI to determine whether Epstein broke laws designed to protect children from prostitution and pornography. Some such offences carry

described State Attorney Barry Krischer's handling of the case in a bluntly critical letter to Krischer last year before Epstein was indicted. Reiter referred the mat- ter to the FBI to determine whether any federal laws had been violated. Epstein's allies countered by attacking the chief perso

against Epstein was unsealed this week, Police Chief Reiter referred the matter to the FBI. "We've received

00-square-foot mansion on El Brillo Way in Palm Beach, will spend 18 months in the Palm Beach County Jail followed by a year of house arrest. Judge Deborah Pucillo, who grilled Epstein and his attorneys throughout the hearing, read off a litany of other conditions of Epstein's house arrest, including a 10 p.m.-

d it to take the unprecedented step of presenting the evidence against Epstein to a grand jury, rather than directly c ing Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter was furious with Statesay Attorney Barry, Krische ing in a MaY 2006 letr,ter that the prosecu- tor should disqualify himself- "' continue to find

han directly c ing Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter was furious with Statesay Attorney Barry, Kris

00-square-foot mansion on El Brillo Way in Palm Beach, will spend 18 months in the Palm Beach County Jail followed by a year of house arrest. Judge Deborah Pucillo, who grilled Epstein and his attorneys throughout the hearing, read off a litany of other conditions of Epstein's house arrest, including a 10 p.m.-

at Windsor and has attended a weekend house party at Sandringham. According to official documents seen by this newspaper, Palm Beach police chief Michael Reiter has asked the FBI to determine whether Epstein broke laws designed to protect children from prostitution and pornography. Some such offences carry

ney's office handed down one indictment of Epstein on a felony count of soliciting prostitution. There is no reference to minors in the indictment. Reiter was enraged. He released a letter he had sent out to five underage girls that read "I do not feel that justice has been sufficiently served." Epste

s between police and prosecutors, with then-Chief Michael Reiter saying in a May 2006 letter to then-State Attorne

nsealed for 1:30 p.m. June 25. Epstein agreed in September 2007 to plead to state charges to avoid federal prosecution, Goldberger told County Judge Deborah Pucillo at Epstein's plea conference last year. The sealing of the records in question was said to be a "significant inducement" for Epstein, who is serving