Threats In Poconos
From The Morning Call of the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania:
A man on Friday threatened to make trouble at the Social Security Administration office near East Stroudsburg if the office did not immediately put money into his account, police said.
Joseph J. Findley, 41, of Bushkill, Pike County, hinted the trouble would involve a firearm, state police at Swiftwater said. He was charged with making terroristic threats.
Findley phoned the office at 9:50 a.m. to say if he did not have cash in his Social Security account on Friday he was "going to go down there and there would be a problem," state police at Swiftwater said.
"He further related that he liked guns and he liked to shoot them," police said.
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posted by Social Security News at 8:57 AM
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charles the alj job just opened on usajobs - sorry didn't know how to contact you
What a country!
Good luck, man. The payment center is an enigma shrouded in mystery unreachable even by SSA employees...
Why is the Payment Center an enigma? Confused...
@11:12am
"Police did not say whether Findley was entitled to the money he demanded."
So how are you certain the PSC has anything to do with this? Him being under 54 though, does mean a good chance the delay is at PC7.
I cannot BELIEVE the out-in-left-field imaginings that go on here as comments. WHY do you think it is PC7's fault. Nowhere in the article did it say that his claim had even been allowed. Nor did it say it was a title II claim rather than a title XVI claim. In fact, it doesn't even say he had filed a claim - just that he wanted the FO to put money in his account. Maybe he just listened to one of the commercials that claimant representatives are plastering across cable TV - you all know the type - the ones that say"If you think you are disabled, you ARE entitled..." What in the world did you all learn in law school?
And why is the PC unreachable by SSA employees? Is that meaning SSA employees goal is reaching the enigma of the PC?
I didn't mean to ruffle so many payment center people's feathers. They do great work, and there is no indication this fellow was entitled to any pay, let alone that it was the payment center's fault. I made a quip about the payment center--they are unreachable directly, even by employees. Field and District office employees send requests, there is no picking up the phone and calling them or even emailing them. Also, how they do what they do is shrouded in mystery. I was simply trying to point out that even employees don't have good access to, understanding of, etc. the payment center, so beneficiaries with payment issues shouldn't expect to be able to sort out a payment issue quickly.
My bad for sounding disparaging or blaming of the payment center folks.
Sounds like a typical SSI incident--wonder if he did not get his direct express card after not signing up in time for direct deposit.
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