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West Hazleton Police Department Chief Brian Buglio was charged with threatening a man with fake criminal charges in retaliation for critical Facebook posts, federal prosecutors said.
May 29—Brian Buglio must resign as West Hazleton's police chief and plead guilty to violating the civil rights of a citizen as part of an agreement reached with a federal prosecutor, according to court records. Buglio, 45, of Lattimer Mines, allegedly threatened a citizen with criminal charges in retaliation for social media posts that the person created that were critical of Buglio and the ...
Brian Buglio allegedly told a man who published critical social media posts about him that he could "make up a fake arrest" and jail him.
The police chief "said that he was going to arrest me for a crime...I've never even done or had any part of," according to the Facebook user.
WEST HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) — A police chief in northeastern Pennsylvania threatened to...