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by News Department on 04/05/18Kessler convicted...
Former Gilberton Police Chief Mark Kessler was found guilty by a Schuylkill County jury on Wednesday of two charges resulting from his making a false statement on an application to buy a gun.
According to the Republican Herald, state police at Frackville alleged Kessler falsely stated he was not charged with a crime carrying a possible prison sentence of more than one year in an application he filed to buy a gun on May 5, 2016, at Dunham’s Sports in the former Schuylkill Mall.
Judge Charles M. Miller, who presided over Kessler’s one-day trial, scheduled the defendant’s sentencing for May 17.
Miller allowed Kessler to remain free on $10,000 unsecured bail pending sentencing.
