Moore mum on Highway Patrol scandal

Richard Moore has been a hard person to reach of late.

Dome called the state treasurer and Democratic gubernatorial candidate for comment on the latest scandal for the state Highway Patrol — trooper sex romps that did not result in the troopers' dismissal from the force, Dan Kane reports.

At least two of cases involving troopers having on-duty sex — ones cited in an adminstrative law judge's recent decision to reinstate a former trooper who admitted having sex in a patrol car and at a patrol office — occurred while Moore led the N.C. Department of Public Safety and Crime Control, which oversees the state Highway Patrol.

One of those troopers was found to have made death threats against his ex-wife, the decision said.

On Saturday, Moore's spokeswoman, Sara Lang, said he was unavailable to talk about the scandal over the weekend. So Dome asked again Monday, shortly after she issued a release about his roundtable that day with corporate officials to talk about curbing global warming.

Her reply: "The Treasurer is not available today."