Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Alleged killer exposed himself on I-95 last year

The man charged with killing Melissa Ketunuti, a doctor of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, exposed himself while driving on I-95 in Bensalem last year, according to court documents.

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Alleged killer exposed himself on I-95 last year

POSTED: Monday, January 28, 2013, 12:29 PM
Jason Smith

The man charged with killing Melissa Ketunuti, a doctor at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, exposed himself while driving on I-95 in Bensalem last year, according to court documents.

Jason Smith, a 36-year-old exterminator from Levittown, has little on his criminal background and nothing that would indicate he was capable of the violence he's alleged of committing on Jan. 21 in Ketunuti's Center City home.

He's got a driving under the influence arrest from 2004 that was for a combination of drugs and alcohol and he has several minor traffic violations.

My colleagues and I have also been interested in a disorderly conduct charge that kept showing up on his background, because the charge was for obscene language or gestures.

We had trouble determining where the case originated from though, but while I was working on this profile of Smith yesterday, I found the court docket.

This morning, I called and spoke with a court clerk at one of Bensalem's two magisterial district courts, where the charge was filed. The clerk said it was just a citation, but according to the citation, Smith received the disorderly conduct charge for "exposing himself while traveling on the highway during a road rage incident" on I-95 in Bensalem on March 16.

She had no further information on the case, which was handled by state police. I have put in a call to state police to try to get more information about the incident.

On April 12, Smith pleaded guilty to that single charge of disorderly conduct for obscene language or gestures, according to court documents, but it's not clear what penalties he faced.

Stephanie Farr @ 12:29 PM  Permalink | 25 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:41 PM, 01/28/2013
    What about the story he is being investigated as the Pennypack Park sexual predator in (3) different incidents as reported the other night on CBS3?
    BobbyD
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:44 PM, 01/28/2013
    Good investigative journalism, Ms. Farr. I would like to see much more of this type of intensive research done on other prominent news figures.
    Pugh
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:47 PM, 01/28/2013
    Please sterilize this man.
    thegreengrass
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:53 PM, 01/28/2013
    It would be nice if the press looked into the under age prostitute scandel with Robert Menendez. But they won't
    jersey girl
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:10 PM, 01/28/2013
    Democrat Menendez allegedly had sex with children? There's not much between BHO&DNC and a totally compliant media. Eliminate one network, and you will never hear one word of opposition, just the way we like it.
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:27 PM, 01/28/2013
    Why So Few Consequences in Robert Menendez and Mike Crapo Senate Scandals?
    by John Avalon, The Daily Beast, Jan 16, 2013 6:16 AM EST
    EIK
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:40 PM, 01/28/2013
    Why So Few Consequences in Robert Menendez and Mike Crapo Senate Scandals?
    John Avlon, The Daily Beast, Jan 16

    "I’ve debated with friends which senator’s civic sin is worse. Pete Dominick has argued that Menendez’s alleged procurement of prostitutes was a victimless crime (prostitution is apparently legal in the Dominican Republic, and Menendez is not married), whereas Crapo’s sin wasn’t just hypocrisy—he could have killed someone. This is true.
    What’s also true is that if a private citizen had been credibly accused of these very shady deeds, at the very least he wouldn’t have received a public promotion so soon after the fact. There is a shamelessness to the lack of inquiry or accountability in the Senate chambers. Both men are protected by senior status and recent reelections. Voters won’t have a chance to voice their opinion for several years, and memories are short, particularly in deep red or blue states—just ask Sen. David Vitter"
    EIK
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:55 PM, 01/28/2013
    Meth freak and just a freak. Too bad he wasn't already put away on something else to save the young Dr's life.
    PhillySubsMac
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:56 PM, 01/28/2013
    Sterilize him? Lethal injection is too good for this monster, I suggest that he should be stripped naked, hog-tied, doused with gasoline and set on fire. If anyone is too squeamish I'll volunteer to toss the first lit match on him.
    lostInPhilly
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:06 PM, 01/28/2013
    This guy is a real "weiner"
    jbandit2116
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:11 PM, 01/28/2013
    No telling what else this pervert has done where he wasn't caught.
    The_Unknown-Poster
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:11 PM, 01/28/2013
    Up Periscope?
    ricciaje
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:19 PM, 01/28/2013
    King George Norcross III issued an edict. No reporting on the Bobby Melendez sex scandal. The King has invested too much money in that pervert to lose him now for what should be a personal matter.
    Wilhelm Von Humboldt
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:23 PM, 01/28/2013
    Still can't fathom why the doctor would have called a Bucks County exterminator,and then he just happens to subcontract the job out to an unlicensed killer. Something is wrong with this picture. This looks to me like a targeted, ritual cult-style killing and I bet Smith had "help." And perhaps that phone record of the doctor supposedly making that call to the Bucks County exterminator was a fake. I smell psyop on the likes of Sandy Hook, Sihk Temple shooting, Aurora Batman movie shooter, Virginia Tech, etc. etc. Perhaps Smith was under mind control entrainment via no-touch radio frequency weapon technology? Don't think that's possible? Read this: viclivingston.blogspot.com/2011/12/u.html
    aviben
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:47 PM, 01/28/2013
    A large number of the Philadelphia area Thai-American Community lives in lower Bucks County, which is why there is a beautiful Buddhist Temple there, built by the Thai community and Religious leaders. The good Doctor lived in Center City, but its likely she was referred to this outfit by a friend or acquaintance in that general area. There ARE conspiracies, but this thing ain't one of them.
    laser5


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