Because of a settlement, a federal judge in Johnstown on Monday closed a civil rights case in which a resident of Northern Cambria contended he was the victim o
Phil Ray
Former Hollidaysburg Area School District intern Scott M. Vinosky has until next week to answer petitions by area police departments, a prosecutor and school officials, seeking dismissal of a lawsuit that charges he was falsely arrested for leaving threatening voicemail messages in 2019 at five of the district’s schools.
U.S. District Judge Stephanie L. Haines set Jan. 27 as the deadline for Vinosky, through his Johnstown attorney Ronald P. Carnevali, to respond to arguments that the lawsuit be dismissed based primarily on the immunity granted law enforcement to investigate criminal activity.
In late November, Carnevali filed an amended complaint, which prompted dismissal requests from Blair County, Logan Township and its police department, Allegheny Township police and, most recently, retired Blair County District Attorney Richard A. Consiglio, Hollidaysburg and its police officers involved in Vinosky’s arrest and two members of the school district staff, wh