5/4/16
by News Department on 05/04/16Attorney claims suspended Cpl. is innocent...
The attorney representing suspended Mahanoy City police Cpl. Michael Dissinger said his client was the person who discovered that $10,000 in funds seized during an arrest was missing from the borough police station.
Attorney Joseph P. Nahas of Frackville said the investigation will prove his client to be not guilty.
Nahas said his client had been actively attempting to upgrade the procedures in the evidence room, which led to discovery of the missing funds that had been seized during the arrest of Daniel J. Bynon III in 2014.
Nahas said his client did not take the money and was the one who reported it was missing and that the lack of proper procedures in the evidence rooms has put other cases in jeopardy.
The Pennsylvania State Police is investigating the missing money at the request of Schuylkill County District Attorney Christine A. Holman who stated she was alerted that the $10,000 could not be located in a police department’s evidence room in order for her office to comply with a county court order dated Jan. 27, 2016.
