Thursday, June 12, 2008

Ex police officer sentenced to 3 to 6 years for assaulting acquaintance

Peter Paul Lieback, 43, a former police officer, will spend 3 to 6 years in a Pennsylvania prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman he knew. He will have to register as a sex offender for life, and also abstain from drugs or alcohol for life. He pleaded guilty to a single count of sexual assault, a 2nd degree felony in Pennsylvania. He could have received a maximum 10 years in prison and a $25,000 fine.

The woman testified at a preliminary hearing last July and said she tried to stop Lieback, but his only response was, “Don’t worry, I have a condom on.”Luzerne County District Attorney Jackie Carroll Musto, Assistant District Attorney Jenny Roberts and Lieback’s attorney, Frank Nocito, did not return telephone messages Wednesday.

Lieback served as a member of the Jenkins Township police department in the 1990s and later worked as a security guard for the Pittston Area School District.At the time of his arrest, Lieback was employed as a maintenance worker by the Ben Franklin Kindergarten Center in Dupont.

The school received a resignaiton letter in March after placing him on suspension.

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