Monday, July 20, 2009

State Worker's Drug Den

The Record: State staffers linked to drug den
Louis Marciano, an Office of General Services employee who supervised the East Parking Garage at Madison Avenue and Eagle Street, and Gary Pivoda, a janitor, are accused of setting up a locked room with couches, televisions and scales to weigh marijuana, and giving others special access to it, officials said.
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According to investigations, Marciano, 50, of Rensselaer, and Pivoda, 48, of Colonie, would often clock in to work at 4 p.m., smoke marijuana and sleep while other janitors cleaned Pivoda’s section of the garage.

Times-Union: State: 'Man cave' hid drug den [photos]
Two state workers have been suspended for secretly operating a clandestine party lounge called a "man cave" tucked away inside a maintenance area of the East Garage off Phillip Street, officials said Friday.

Here are all the other articles via Google News.

UPDATE: Times-Union: 'Man cave' workers got overtime
OGS duo who allegedly got high on job earned thousands in extra pay
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Lee Kindlon, the attorney for Marciano, rejected the IG's allegations.

"That crew worked long hours," Kindlon said. "They had a break room -- just like every other break room in America. Any allegations of wrongdoing, I think, are far overblown."

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