Bruce Barclay
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Claims to fame: Republican Monroe Township (Cumberland County), Pennsylvania, commissioner (2004-2008); member, Children’s Services Advisory Board, member, Victim/Witness Policy Board; member, South Central Assembly for Effective Governance; member, Military Heritage Board; member, DUI Advisory Board; member, Holy Spirit Hospital Corporation board; former chair, Monroe Township Municipal Authority; recipient, Award of Excellence, Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association; self-made businessman; current host father to two high school exchange students; past host of 15 others; closet case; voyeur; rape suspect; idiot
Moral apex: Became “focus of a state police rape investigation” after a March 30, 2008, rape allegation by an adult male triggered a raid on Barclay’s home April 2nd. Barclay resigned from his county the same day, when the news went public (although details are sketchy; a judge has sealed search-warrant documents for 60 days). As of this writing, no charges have been filed.
But wait! There’s more! Barclay has a thing for male prostitutes — and for videotaping his sexual encounters with them, without their knowledge.
Reported the Cumberland County Sentinel, on April 9, 2008:
State police say former Cumberland County commissioner Bruce Barclay videotaped hundreds of sexual encounters — many with male escorts — using cameras hidden throughout his Monroe Township home.Police say the sexual encounters were videotaped without the knowledge of the participants…
According to court documents, Trooper Bryan R. Henneman said he “received information prior to the search warrant that Barclay had been involved in the hiring of prostitutes.”
During a subsequent interview, Henneman said Barclay admitted to hiring prostitutes on a weekly basis at his residence in Monroe Twp.”
The affidavit describes several such encounters with an Internet escort service known as “harrisburgfratboys.com.” Court documents indicate Barclay twice flew a 19-year-old man referred to as “W.M.” to his West Palm Beach home. During a trip last month, “W.M” told investigators that Barclay flew a male prostitute from Binghamton, N.Y., and paid that man $1,500.
The affidavit describes a hidden camera network that included cameras hidden in a bathroom, bedrooms and “indoor recreational areas.” Cameras were hidden inside AM/FM radios, motion detectors and intercom speaker systems, court documents say.
During an interview with Barclay, Henneman said he “admitted to using the cameras to record sexual encounters.” Police say Barclay saved between 100 and 500 encounters on his computer system. …
…Barclay also admitted to having a camera installed at his business along the 500 block of North York Street in Mechanicsburg. According to court documents, Barclay told Henneman that one sexual encounter was filmed on that camera, which also fed into his home computer network.
Memorable observations:
In the 30 years after he graduated from high school, Bruce Barclay’s name became a synonym on the West Shore for hard work, philanthropy and homegrown goodness.— Patriot-News
April 3, 2008
It is clear in my client’s private life he has made an error of judgment.
— Attorney Matthew Gover
April 9, 2008
In Electrical Contracting, Reputation Means Everything
— Home page, BBEC, Inc.
(Bruce Barclay, Electrical Contractor)
Suggested Bible reading for Mr. Barclay:
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.— Matthew 18:9
