Subject: Citizen complaint against troopers in Corzine crash thrown out: By MICHAEL CLARK Staff Writer, The Press; A municipal judge found no probable cause in speeding and reckless-driving complaints filed by a Somers Point attorney against two State Police troopers involved in the April 12 crash here that injured Gov. Jon S. Corzine. Judge Christopher A. Brown threw out the complaints presented by Seth Grossman, the second private citizen to file charges relating to the accident, after a 10-minute hearing in which the attorney presented his case. “Without any direct evidence from you or anyone else, I can't go forward with this,” Brown said. “I cannot make a judgment on hearsay within hearsay evidence.” Grossman, who filed the complaints against Corzine's driver, Trooper Robert Rasinski, and State Police Sgt. Jim Ryan, who was driving behind Corzine's SUV on the Garden State Parkway, submitted three pieces of evidence: a State Police news release and two articles from The Press of Atlantic City. Grossman said the statements in the news release and in the Press article made by authorities regarding the timeline of the accident were conflicting. “So, this paperwork is unreliable?” asked Brown. “Yes, it is,” Grossman said. Brown said later in his decision that if Grossman considers the evidence he submitted inaccurate, then it's not acceptable evidence. “I'm not an expert in this part of the law,” said Grossman, who has been a lawyer for about 32 years. “But the mere fact that a car runs off the road going 91 mph, that's enough to show cause.” Grossman is the second private citizen to file a complaint against those involved in the crash. Larry Angel, a Mullica Township resident, filed a complaint against the governor at the end of April for not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident. The complaint was later dropped after Corzine's apology and payment of a fine. Brown was informed by the Attorney General's Office that they, along with the State Police, are still investigating the accident. “I have confidence ultimately that it will be handled appropriately,” the judge said.

RESPONSE: Given the fact that the bar at a 'Probable Cause Hearing' is so low, the belief here is that Judge Brown's decision to dismiss the Grossman Complaint was incorrect. The State Police investigatory reports in the media that the vehicle was traveling over 90 mph should have met the necessary bar of proof at this level of a judicial procedure. However, the notion that had the matter gone to trial before a Judge the State Troopers would have been found guilty I find a reach...but I am not a lawyer..."JD" does not follow my name...more often than not, it is "JO."