Jury Hears of Rite Aid Exec's Generosity

AP Online;  October 13, 2003 ;     470 words ......HARRISBURG, Pa. Former Rite Aid Corp. Franklin C. Brown, on trial for conspiracy...lawyers, Joseph U. Metz. Brown, 75, Rite Aid's former chief counsel and...was I. Lawrence Gelman, a Rite Aid lawyer whom Brown hired 1978. He told how...

Generosity of Rite Aid executive described by defense witnesses

Charleston Gazette;  October 14, 2003 ;     453 words ...HARRISBURG, Pa. - Former Rite Aid Corp. Franklin C. Brown, on trial for conspiracy...lawyers, Joseph U. Metz. Brown, 75, Rite Aid's former chief counsel and...was I. Lawrence Gelman, a Rite Aid lawyer whom Brown hired 1978. He told how...

Jury deliberations begin in case against former Rite Aid counsel

Charleston Gazette;  October 16, 2003 ;     402 words ......fraud trial of former Rite Aid Corp. chief counsel...chairman Franklin C. Brown, the first corporate...recounted the essence of Brown's defense: * That...private company with Rite Aid money made good business...dollars" at a time Rite Aid faced serious ...

Witnesses Describe Rite Aid Executive

AP Online;  October 14, 2003 ;     477 words ......HARRISBURG, Pa. Former Rite Aid Corp. executive Franklin C. Brown, on trial for conspiracy...lawyers, Joseph U. Metz. Brown, 75, Rite Aid's former chief counsel...I. Lawrence Gelman, a Rite Aid lawyer whom Brown hired 1978. He told how...

Rite Aid Case Moves Closer to a Jury

AP Online;  October 14, 2003 ;     524 words ......against former Rite Aid Corp. executive Franklin C. Brown moved a step closer...statements by Brown, which were secretly...another senior Rite Aid executive, as...of the former Rite Aid executives who testified against Brown had lied under...

Former Rite Aid chief, three others charged with fraud.(Knight Ridder...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ......indicted former Rite Aid Corp. chief executive...counsel Franklin C. Brown and ex-chief financial...conscientious veteran Rite Aid accountants, including...from his father, Rite Aid founder Alex Grass...charges vigorously. Brown and Bergonzi did...Week had called ...

Former Rite Aid chief, three others charged with fraud.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  June 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ......indicted former Rite Aid Corp. chief executive...counsel Franklin C. Brown and ex-chief financial...conscientious veteran Rite Aid accountants, including...from his father, Rite Aid founder Alex Grass...charges vigorously. Brown and Bergonzi did...Week had called ...

Federal Prosecutors Indict Former Rite Aid CEO for Fraud, Conspiracy,...

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  June 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......indicted former Rite Aid Corp. chief executive...counsel Franklin C. Brown and ex-chief financial...conscientious veteran Rite Aid accountants, including...from his father, Rite Aid founder Alex Grass...charges vigorously. Brown and Bergonzi did...Week had called ...

Rite Aid Trial Focuses on Stock Incentives.

The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  October 3, 2003 ;     679 words ......Franklin C. Brown, Rite Aid's former chief...vice chairman. Brown faces 11 charges...He added that Brown and Martin L. Grass, Rite Aid's former chairman...March 1995. He said Brown believed Alex Grass...the founder of Rite Aid, had become very...

Rite Aid Secretary Tells in Court of Altered Papers.

The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  October 1, 2003 ;     662 words ......who has worked at Rite Aid since 1985, said...started working for Brown in 1995. She added...irregularities at Rite Aid in the late 1990s. Egan said Tuesday that Brown provided her with...encounter, she said Brown asked questions about the status of Rite Aid's ...

Witness Testifies on Land Deals in Trial for Former Rite Aid Executive.

The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  October 10, 2003 ;     618 words ......of Franklin C. Brown, Rite Aid's former general...vice chairman. Brown, 75, faces 11 charges...first learned of Rite Aid's financial involvement...severance letter from Brown in November 1999...2.5 million for Brown. But to offset...burden and make sure Brown ...

Fired Rite Aid Executive Sues Chain for Defamation.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 17, 1998 ;     668 words ......District Court at Philadelphia. Rite Aid Vice Chairman Franklin Brown said Mann has no cause of...Stern is chairman of Hartz. Brown said Rite Aid has been dealing with Hartz...against Mann, Suddath said. Brown said the Rite Aid investigation is continuing...

Rite Aid Sues Former Executive.

The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  December 31, 2003 ;     464 words ......Tom Dochat Dec. 31--Rite Aid Corp. has sued Franklin C. Brown, the former vice...notwithstanding his conviction. Rite Aid stopped payments to Brown for legal expenses...In the lawsuit, Rite Aid seeks a declaratory judgment that Brown is not entitled to...

Four Rite Aid Defendants Arraigned

AP Online;  July 11, 2002 ;     524 words ......Martin L. Grass, Rite Aid's former chairman...executive; Franklin Brown, the former chief...Commission. Grass and Brown also are charged...of Mechanicsburg, Rite Aid's executive vice...Va., the son of Rite Aid founder Alex Grass; Brown, 74, of ...

Rite Aid Chronology

AP Online;  October 17, 2003 ;     394 words ......counts of Franklin C. Brown, the former chief...vice chairman of Rite Aid Corp. _ 1962: The...Touche is hired as Rite Aid's new auditor. _ February 2000: Brown resigns as the company...information from Rite Aid's internal investigators...September 2003: Brown's ...