Officer Anthony McFadden Accused of Inappropriate Convesations with Teen

State police at Hazleton arrested a Weatherly police officer Friday and charged him with unlawful contact with a minor and corruption of minors.

Full-time Weatherly police Officer Anthony James McFadden, 49, of Main Street, Weatherly, engaged in inappropriate telephone conversations with a 15-year-old girl for more than a month, according to troopers.

State police in Hazleton said they received a complaint on Oct. 30 that McFadden took part in phone calls described Friday in arrest papers as "phone sex" with the girl.

McFadden's cell phone log listed 171 calls with the juvenile's home telephone number between Sept. 24 and Nov. 2, according to arrest papers. One call lasted 144 minutes, state police said.

The calls were sexually explicit, and the girl understood her and McFadden to be "boyfriend and girlfriend," arrest papers said.

The state police investigation into the allegations began about two months ago, and McFadden has been on suspension with pay since then.

Charges were filed Friday with District Judge Bruce Appleton in Palmerton. McFadden was arraigned before Appleton and bail was set at $20,000 unsecured. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Weatherly Mayor Tom Connors called the charges "disgusting."

"It's just a shame," he said.

Connors said the borough will take a closer look at its police department to make sure something like this doesn't happen again. He also cautioned the public not to hold the actions of one officer against the entire force.

Weatherly Borough Council began hearing complaints about some members of the department last year, including those involved in an alleged drug raid of a home based on statements made by a 7-year-old at his school. Then-police Chief Gary Veasie resigned after that incident and moved out of state to take another police job.

Council appointed Brian Markovchick as the new chief in November. Since then, council has praised his work in trying to regain the confidence of borough residents.

Markovchick said he could not comment on the allegations against McFadden while the officer was under investigation.

Ex-Officer Michael Curtin Jr Arrested Again

A fired Munhall police officer who is serving a five-year probation sentence for unlawful sexual contact with minors was arrested last night on charges he violated conditions of his release.

Michael Curtin Jr., 37, had faced 11 counts in connection with soliciting girls for sex acts. He pleaded guilty in February to two counts of unlawful sexual contact with minors and one count of corruption of minors.

Common Pleas President Judge Donna Jo McDaniel sentenced Mr. Curtin to five years probation. Condition of his probation included his prohibition from using computers or texting on his cell phone.

A warrant was issued yesterday for his arrest in connection with an undisclosed probation violation that occurred at the Waterfront in Homestead.

Mr. Curtin is being held on a detainer in the Allegheny County Jail, pending arraignment on his arrest.

Judge McDaniel, before the arrest, had granted Mr. Curtin permission to leave the state tomorrow to vacation with his parents in Delaware until Aug. 10.

That permission now is expected to be be revoked.

Mr. Curtin also is scheduled for a Sept. 10 hearing before Judge McDaniel to consider whether he should be classified as a sexually violent predator.

Mr. Curtin was fired in February 2008 from the Munhall Police Department following his arrest. He had been investigated for soliciting teenage girls online for sex and offering them money to allow him to suck their toes.
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Officer John Dalziel Charged with Having Unlawful Contract

BRIMFIELD TOWNSHIP

Police arrested the township's fiscal officer, John Dalziel, 40, on a charge of having an unlawful interest in a public contract.

The contract involved Dalziel's insurance agency. Brimfield police Chief David A. Blough did not provide details. The Portage County Prosecutor's Office and the Ohio Ethics Commission assisted in the investigation.

Dalziel was arrested Jan. 30 and arraigned Wednesday. He is free on bond on the 1st-degree misdemeanor charge and is due back in court Feb. 26. The offense carries a maximum sentence of 6 months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

Trial for Former Officer Samuel White Continues

Prosecutors this morning are trying to show Samuel Kase White had a pattern of behavior they hope will help prove he sexually assaulted five women in fall 2007.

Fort Collins police Officer Jake Schneider testified he arrested White on Sept. 8, 2007, after a couple reported a prowler at a residence on East Plum Street. Schneider said he initially stopped White, who was on foot, because he was a black man in his 30s, which matched the description of the prowler provided to a police dispatcher.

The arrest was made at about 4:40 a.m. and Schneider said there was no one else walking in the area at the time.

White is not facing charges for the Sept. 8 case, but prosecutors are trying to show White had a pattern of behavior related to the assaults. The jury has been instructed by Larimer District Court Judge Terence Gilmore to consider the testimony and presentation of evidence solely for that purpose.

A Fort Collins police computer forensics analyst is also testifying this morning that he found Internet searches on White’s CSU work computer using Yahoo maps for directions from White’s home to addresses near the campus.

White is accused of sexually assaulting four women at their homes near the CSU campus and another woman in Loveland. Three of the women were CSU students at the time and said they did not know White. Two of the women said they knew White through a friend or relative.

All five women have testified against White. Prosecutors Emily Humphrey and Michelle Brinegar say they expect to wrap up their case by Thursday, while public defenders Erin Richmond and Norm Townsend say they expect to rest their case by Monday.

White is charged with five counts of felony sexual assault, five counts of burglary, one count of trespassing, one count of harassment and one count of unlawful contact.

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Ex-Cop Arrested for Offering Money to Suck Underage Girls Toes

Former Munhall, PA police officer Michael Curtin has been charged with trying to solicit sex from several underage girls and offering them $1000 to suck their toes.

Curtin’s began hanging around the underage girls in January 2006, and also supplied alcohol to at least three teenage girls. The girls also accused Curtin of touching them inappropriately.

Using MySpace to contact more underage girls, Curtin would offer them $1000 to allow him to kiss their feet and suck their toes.

"The parent had felt that her daughter had some contact that she felt wasn't quite right with a person who they believed to be police officer in Munhall," said Allegheny County Police Superintendent Charles Moffatt.

In the MySpace postings, police said Curtin actually mentioned in one solicitation, "I'm a Munhall cop."

Curtin is charged with corruption of minors, unlawful contact with minors and criminal solicitation of indecent assault and prostitution from the MySpace probe of his alleged foot fetish.

That probe led to additional charges, involving corruption and the endangering of three additional underage girls. He's accused of indecent assault against two of them, and providing girls alcohol and letting them drive his car.

Former Steel Valley High School student Sarah Chalfont said she remembers when Curtin used to patrol outside of the school.

"He was really lurky. You know, he was always standing around and looking around at people and usually the cops that were up there weren't like that. You're taught to trust an officer and then for someone that you trust to hurt you and scar you for life like that, it's really sad."

As far as they know, police said they believe all of the alleged activity happened while Curtin was off duty.

In order to post bond, Curtin must first clear a screening by the jail's behavioral unit. The Munhall Borough Council voted unanimously to fire Curtin in February.

On Wednesday, Curtin's attorney said the officer's dismissal was partially related to the allegations that are surfacing now, but he declined to comment further.

Investigators suspect that some of the activity involving the girls occurred at Curtin's Munhall home, according to the complaint.

Curtin is currently being held in Allegheny County Jail on a bond of $100,000.