Fischer, 54, has been charged with obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds and obstruction of justice/Congress. Police Officer Joseph Fischer remains on unpaid suspension as required by the Pennsylvania Confidence in Law Enforcement Act, Miller read. The township will continue to monitor developments in the case brought by the United States against Mr. Fischer.
Officials did not take questions regarding Fischer or Leahy, saying in their statement, The township has no further comment.
Ellie Salahub, one of several people at the Lebanon Expo Center to discuss the North Cornwall police department, asked why Fischer was not fired from his post for his alleged actions on Jan. 6.
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March 3, 2021 2 min read
North Cornwall Township Supervisor Mike Wahmann, left, and township labor attorney Michael Miller at the Mar. 2 township meeting (LebTown photo)
The North Cornwall Township Board of Supervisors unanimously accepted the resignation of Police Chief John Leahy at a monthly meeting held Tuesday, March 2. Leahy did not attend, and no explanation was given for his resignation from the township’s top law enforcement position.
However, the township had announced in a Feb. 22 news release that Leahy was being placed on “administrative leave with pay” pending the outcome of its investigation “into the events surrounding [NCT] Officer [Joseph] Fischer’s actions on January 6, 2021 and afterwards.” Fischer has been charged by federal authorities with a number of crimes arising out of allegations that he participated in the violent invasion of the United States Capitol on Jan. 6.
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January 13, 2021 2 min read
The NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference has called for community leaders of Lebanon Countys to condemn a November arson incident involving a raccoon.
On the night of November 16, 2020, two people in a pickup truck deposited a raccoon and set it on fire on the front lawn of John and Ellie Salahub, residents of North Cornwall Township. The truck was captured on home security before driving away.
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In a press release issued last week, the organization reiterated the statements made by the Salahubs, who believed the incident to be politically and racially motivated. The couple had put up signs in support of the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris presidential campaign and the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as a sign with the words and image of Martin Luther King Jr.
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December 29, 2020 2 min read
John & Ellie Salahubs West Oak Street front yard, where a raccoon was set on fire on the night of November 16 (LebTown)
The victims of the Nov. 16 arson, in which a raccoon was set afire on their front lawn, have come forward, and they say the evidence points to a political and racial motive for the violent crime.
This year, “we chose to display Black Lives Matter and Martin Luther King signs along with our Biden/Harris banner,” said Ellie Salahub. “As a result, we’d been experiencing passersby shouting profanities and making vulgar gestures at us and our property on almost a daily basis.”