ALLENTOWN – After three years of litigation, a New Jersey man jailed by Bethlehem authorities for allegedly soliciting sex with what he believed was a 14-year-old girl has lost his case against law enforcement authorities, which claimed he was falsely taken into custody and imprisoned in the sting operation that resulted in his arrest.
A group of former emergency dispatchers suing Lehigh County, Pa., in federal court said that operators routinely refused to use a translation service. The county disputes the allegations.
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ALLENTOWN – Numerous counts have been dismissed against municipal and state authorities in the false arrest case of a New Jersey man apprehended through a sting operation for allegedly soliciting sex with who he believed was a 14-year-old girl.
Robert Andrew Saultz of Phillipsburg, N.J., first filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Dec. 9, 2019 versus state Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s office, Special Agent Eric Barlow of the AG’s Office, the City of Bethlehem, its mayor Robert Donchez, its chief of police Mark DiLuzio and Bethlehem Police Department members Sgt. Michael Leaser, Sgt. John Doe and Officer Dawn Heuser, all of Bethlehem.