Glen
Rock officer showed buttocks in photos that led to suspension, report says
By Myles Ma
GLEN ROCK -- A police officer
is shown baring his buttocks in two pictures he allegedly deleted from the
police department's computer server, the Record reported.
Officer Christopher McInerney,
who filed a lawsuit Friday containing internal affairs documents describing the
photos, was suspended along with Officer Bryan Scott for allegedly deleting the
photos. The photos were taken during an officer's retirement party in 2005.
A borough disciplinary notice
says the photos featured former Glen Rock Police Officer Matthew Stanislao, who
has filed his own lawsuit claiming he was sexually harassed by other officers
for being gay.
McInerney's lawsuit asks a
judge to lift his suspension.
Glen Rock residents and the
state PBA have criticized Glen Rock Police Chief Frederick Stahman and the
borough council over the suspensions. Scott is the department's PBA president
and McInerney is a 17-year veteran.
Fired
cop’s case back on docket
Fired cop’s case back on docket
By Justin Strawser
SUNBURY — A fired Mount Carmel
Township patrolman found guilty of a Labor Day joy ride in which he and his
colleagues tossed lit fireworks from their
car at a Kulpmont patrolman’s unmarked cruiser is taking his case to
Northumberland County Court of Common Pleas.
David J. Stamets, 27, who was
found guilty Jan. 29 by Shamokin District Judge John Gembic of three summary
violations, appealed the decision and will have his case heard by Northumberland
County Judge Tony Rosini at 9:15 a.m. Monday, May 18, in courtroom 3.
Stamets, who was fired from the
township force on Nov. 5, was found guilty of failing to pull over for an
emergency vehicle, a stop sign violation and driving without registration for
his alleged involvement in a Sept. 1 incident with Patrolmen Matthew Filarski,
Michael Pitcavage and Patrick J. McAndrew.
Testimony from the summary
hearing revealed that at 11:58 p.m. Sept. 1, they were in an unregistered and
unlicensed green Jeep Wrangler being driven by Stamets at the intersection of
Sixth and Chestnut streets. McAndrew threw a lit firework from the vehicle near
Kulpmont Patrolman David Tomtishen’s unmarked cruiser, and the four officers
drove away. Tomtishen followed them through the roads of Kulpmont, then
activated his lights and sirens and gave chase. Other officers from the
township and the borough assisted Tomtishen in the pursuit, which led into
Marion Heights and back into the township.
In October, District Attorney
Ann Targonski issued a press release in which she cleared the four officers of
any criminal activity and dismissed “speculation and inaccurate information” on
the incident investigated by Milton state police Trooper Phil Davis.
“There is absolutely no
evidence that anything was thrown at the officer or his vehicle nor was there
any high-speed pursuit involved,” Targonski said at the time.
Filarski was suspended from his
job; McAndrew and Pitcavage resigned. They all have positions in other
municipalities.
