Prosecutor May Face Disciplinary Action For Screw-Ups

DA aide's flub trouble
The New York Post b Jamie Schram, Larry Celona and Kirstan Conley 

A senior Bronx prosecutor may face disciplinary action from the Bronx district attorney for blowing deadlines that freed a parolee accused of trying to kill an NYPD cop, The Post has learned.  "Discipline is not off the table," said Steven Reed, spokesman for DA Robert Johnson. "There are a number of things we have to look at before we determine what, if anything, should be done."  Christine Scaccia, a 20-year veteran with the lofty title of director of gang prosecutions, was supposed to try Darren Morris for allegedly firing two bullets at Officer Daniel Beddows in November 2009.  Beddows tackled Morris, who was charged with attempted murder.  But Scaccia dragged her feet when she got the case and missed several deadlines that forced the charges to be dropped, sources said.  "Ultimately the case in question was dismissed because it appears that there was a serious professional lapse in the assistant's performance of the duties necessary to move the case forward," Reed said.  The arresting officers plan to meet with the US Attorney's Office next week -- and there's a good chance federal prosecutors will take the case, police sources said.  "They're definitely looking to take it," one source insisted.  Originally, the feds had shown interest because they wanted to see Morris, 27, get a stiffer penalty, but state prosecutors won out in their negotiations.  Under the "Trigger-Lock Program," gun violators convicted in federal court receive harsher sentences than they would in state court.  In 2006, Morris also pulled a gun on cops, who restrained him before he could open fire. While being cuffed, Morris tried to wrestle a cop's service weapon from his holster, the sources added.  He was convicted of criminal possession of a weapon and paroled last year.  Scaccia's bungling is the second black eye for the Bronx DA's Office this year.  In April 2011, Assistant DA Jennifer Troiano was busted on a DWI charge after being allegedly involved in a three-car wreck on the Major Deegan Expressway a year earlier.  Troiano is awaiting trial but still working for the office.  jamie.schram@nypost.com