8/22/16
by News Department on 08/23/16Kessler found not guilty...
Former Gilberton police chief and North Schuylkill school board member Mark Kessler, of Frackville, was found not guilty of what police called a road rage incident.
Judge Jacqueline L. Russell, who presided over Kessler’s one-day trial, ruled that he committed no crimes during the incident in August 2015 on Route 61.
Frackville borough police charged Kessler with harassing and threatening Shannon Heiber, including briefly showing a gun to her, about 7 p.m. Aug. 22, 2015, on Route 61, beginning in New Castle Township and ending in the borough.
