I've been researching corruption in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since 1969, beginning with my senior class term paper on the corruption in labor unions.

Former Allegheny County coroner and world-renowned forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht claimed that current Allegheny County District Attorney Steven Zappala Jr. said to a legislator in 2005 that anybody who screws with him or his family is going to get indicted. Wecht would then go on to volunteer to take a polygraph test.

Sadly, those words weren't enough to prevent Zappala's indictment of state Sen. Jane Orie. So, I have a question for the Pittsburgh branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office and any local, state or federal agency involved with investigating organized crime.

My question is this:

Can anyone verify that Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala has no ties to organized crime? The same question goes for any past Allegheny County district attorneys.

My research is done. I also understand that law enforcement agencies might not want to dignify my question with a response.