Former Bristol Herald Courier SE sentenced

Just saw on the NBC station in the Tri-Cities where Jim Cnockaert was sentenced to three years in prison today. I feel badly for some guys in my former shop, but not for the guy who chose to hire him or the company which gave its blessing for this hire. What an embarrassing day for the BHC and Media General.

 

Re: Bristol Herald Courier SE sentenced

in good news at bristol... jim sacco replaced cnockaert a while ago. jim's a great guy and should quickly erase the stain of all the mess that went on there...

 

http://www2.tricities.com/tri/sports/other/article/former_bhc_sports_editor_sentenced/43661/

1) A $100 fine.
2) The writer actually used the term "stiffer sentence."

 

Well, he hasn't been CAUGHT doing anything illegal.

He IS guilty of marrying way above his head.

 

I used to work with Jim - used his computer, too, when he wasn't there, though I never saw anything improper. And, he is a nice person.

That said, Jim needs to man up and not keep insisting that he's innocent. He was fired from where we worked together because he was viewing porn on a work computer. He was caught again viewing porn at work, which led to this mess. It's easy to trace where somebody's been on a computer. How can you maintain you're innocent when you've left an electronic trail at more than one place?

I hope and pray that he gets the help he needs and can emerge from this as a better person. There's no doubt in my mind that he'll get the good behavior credit that's mentioned in the story. He just needs to face his problem and overcome it. It's up to him and no one else - not his wife (whom I also used to work with and also is a good person) or his daughters.

Jim has to man up. I hope and pray that he does.

 

Given the turn the thread has taken, it might be prudent to specify which Jim you're talking about. I thought I'd learned something new about Sacco for a minute there.

 

Jim Cnockaert

 

two words:

George fucking Stone

 

That would be three, but George is/was the man. He was my first editor there and was quiet, yet professional. He also wrote a couple of books on minor league legends like Muscle Shoals and Ron Necciai. His book on Necciai's 27-strikeout game in 1952 is very good.

 

Viewing porn on a computer -- even at work -- is not a crime.

Viewing child porn is an altogether different matter.

 

The second instance was child porn.