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The plea agreement reached between Salsman and the Pennsylvania Attorney General s Office also requires Salsman to resign from his elected position, effective immediately.
Salsman initially faced multiple counts of sexual assault, indecent assault, intimidation of a witness or victim, obstruction of justice, and prostitution resulting from complaints filed by five female clients of his former law practice.
He pleaded guilty Friday to charges of promoting prostitution, a felony, intimidation of victims, and obstruction of justice, both misdemeanors. Chad Salsman used his position as a private attorney, and then as the district attorney, to intimidate and silence his victims and interfere with our investigation, state Attorney General Todd Shapiro said following the plea. Today is a powerful reminder that no one is above the law.
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Pa. DA Resigns As He Cops To Intimidation, Prostitution Rap
Law360 (May 7, 2021, 4:19 PM EDT) Bradford County, Pennsylvania, District Attorney Chad Salsman resigned his post Friday as a condition of his guilty plea to charges stemming from his alleged sexual exploitation of female clients while he was in private practice, the Pennsylvania Attorney General s Office announced.
Salsman, 44, pled guilty to one felony charge of promoting prostitution and misdemeanor charges of witness intimidation and obstruction of justice before Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judge Joseph M. Augello, specially presiding in Bradford County after other judges recused themselves. Resigning was a condition of his plea, the attorney general s office said.
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Schools
Wilkes-Barre Area School District plans to merge its three highs schools â GAR, Meyers and Coughlin â after opening the new consolidated high school in Plains Twp. in August or September.
The $121 million project began in April 2019 and was 71% complete in December. This yearâs graduating classes at GAR, Meyers and Coughlin will be the last.
The district may sell the Coughlin property in downtown Wilkes-Barre and the Meyers property in South Wilkes-Barre in 2021. The district plans to use GAR as a middle school after merging the high schools.