ss cf Heath Long Kelly Callihan § & First Assistant District Attorney Scott M. Lilly Chief Deputy, Appellate Division slily@co.cambria.pa.us Office of the District Attorney 200 South Center Stree, Ebensburg, PA 15531 Phone: (814) 472-1680 » Fax: (814) 472-7134 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jennifer Hagens jhagens@co.cambria,pa.us August 24, 2017 PRESS RELEASE Today District Attorney Kelly Calihan releases the following Investigative Findings/Summary of Events related to the overdose of Officer William Slisz. on September 18, 2016 at the Johnstown Police Department. ing vents: On September 18, 2016 at 1922 hours Chief Craig Foust of the Johnstown Police Department notified the Pennsylvania State Police that an officer employed by the department had a medical emergency at the Public Safety Building, Foust reported that EMS was called and administered Naloxone to revive the officer. It appeared as if this Officer attempted to break into a secured evidence room of the Johnstown Police Department. The officer involved was identified as William Slisz. Foust requested that PSP investigate the incident and events leading up to it in order to have an outside agency conduct the investigation, The Pennsylvania State Police responded to the Public Safety Building to begin the investigation as requested by Chief Foust. Investigators concluded that the actor reported for his scheduled shift of 1500- 2300 hours somewhere between 1330-1500 hours. Slisz. was scheduled to be the Officer in Charge (0.10) on this shift. He went to the roll call room on the 3 floor then entered an office within the roll call room that housed the department's temporary evidence locker. He obtained an envelope that contained 48 stamped bags of suspected heroin and 6 pills from the locker. This evidence had been seized on September 17, 2016 by a fellow officer who responded to an overdose incident on St. Clair Road in which Forrest B. Fordham, III « Erie D. Hochfeld. - Elizabeth Bolton Penna: Jessica F. Aurandt Joseph R. Green « Kevin D. Persio- Erin M. Dominick: Gregory J. Neugebauer: Arnold P. Bernard, Jra driver was passed out behind the wheel of his vehicle with the above listed drugs in plain view. The individual was arrested and the drugs were placed by the responding officer, per departmental procedure, in the temporary evidence locker with the intent they would be transferred by one ofthe evidence custodians to the secured evidence room at a later time. Slisz then entered the men’s locker room, proceeded to the men’s bathroom area and removed the ceiling tiles to gain access to the Administrative Sergeant's office by climbing over the wall. At this time, the Administrative Sergeant was one of the two evidence custodians who had key fobs to the secured evidence room. Slisz tooka hammer from the Administrative Sergeant's desk and exited the same way he entered through the ceiling tile. Slisz then made several attempts to enter the secured evidence room located on the 3 floor. Investigators found ceiling tile was moved and a ladder was left behind in the men’s bathroom where he gained access to the Administrative Sergeant's office by climbing through the ceiling area. In the hallway, the actor moved chairs and removed the ceiling tile in an attempt to gain access to the secured evidence room. The secured evidence room’s walls extend upward through the ceiling to the roof making it difficult to enter in the manner the actor intended to. The actor then used the tool to hammer a hole in the wall of the secured evidence room. Interviews revealed that at approximately 1515 hours, Johnstown Police Officer Robert Hanik was reporting for his assigned duty when he found fellow Officer Slisz lying in a fetal position under a table at the back of the roll call room. Slisz was unresponsive. Officer Hanik noticed a hammer lying near him and a hole was present in the wall between the roll call room and the secured evidence room. Officer Hanik radioed for help. EMS arrived and administered Naloxone then transferred Officer Slisz to Conemaugh Hospital for evaluation. A subsequent search warrant for medical records obtained by the Pennsylvania State Police included toxicology test results of NMS Labs that revealed Morphine, an opiate narcotic analgesic, commonly found as a metabolite or breakdown product of codeine and heroin, was present in the blood sample obtained from Slisz at the hospital. PSP secured the crime scene which consisted of the Administrative Sergeant's office, men’s Locker Room, men’s bathroom, hallway between the Bureau of Criminal Investigations office and the roll call room. ‘Troopers processed the crime scene and collected evidence. The Johnstown Police Department is located in the Public Safety Building at 401 Washington Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Part of the department is located on the 3" floor which houses the offices of the administration (Chief, Captain, and Administrative Sergeant) as well as the Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BCI) office (also commonly referred to as Detectives Office), roll call room, men’s locker room which includes the men’s bathroom and secured evidence room which is accessed only through the BCI/Detectives office. A City of Johnstown map of the 3" floor is attached hereto and marked as Exhibit A. The Administrative Sergeant position was held by Jeannine Grech at the time of the incident on September 18, 2016. Sergeant Grech had an office she accessed by a key and in the office she kept the key for the secured evidence room in her desk drawer, Along an adjoining wall with Officer Grech’s office, on the other side was located the men’s bathroom which is part of the men’s locker room, When viewing the attached map, Sgt. Grech’s office is the “juvenile office” that is depicted.On September 18, 2016 at approximately 2208 hours, Troopers responded to Conemaugh Hospital to interview Officer Slisz, The actor was advised of his Miranda warnings/rights at which time he agreed to answer questions about the incident. During the interview, Slisz related that his shift began at 1500 hours, but he arrived early so he would have time to listen to the Steeler game until his shift started. He reported that he left his duty belt and uniform shirt in his car because he intended to go get them before the start of his shift. He went on to state that he had worked with Deputy Sheriff/Cambria County Drug Task Force Detective Vince Arcurio on the previous Friday and heard different officers respond to overdoses that night. He said Deputy Arcurio relayed to him to keep an eye out for heroin stamps with blue ink because they were suspected in the overdoses and could be dangerous. Slisz said near 1600 hours he checked to see if the heroin bags entered into the department's temporary receiving evidence locker matched the description of the stamped bags that Deputy Arcurio described to him. The log did not describe the stamped bags so he decided to open the evidence envelope. At this time, Slisz told troopers he had to un-band the stamped bags to see if they were blue ink, which they were. He related he was not wearing rubber gloves when this was done and could have absorbed the substance through his skin. During this interview, Slisz denied that he did anything drug related and stated he hoped the investigation would reveal he did nothing wrong. He denied any prescribed medications and indicated there would not be any opiates in his system, His arms and feet were photographed by investigators and showed no signs of injection markings. Trooper Urban obtained the evidence that Slisz described he had opened in the temporary receiving evidence locker, namely blue stamped bags of suspected heroin. This evidence was taken to PSP Crime Lab for analysis. Troopers determined that a complete inventory of the secured evidence room of the Johnstown Police Department was necessary to determine if any other evidence, especially narcotics, had been tampered with or stolen. Asa result, PSP internally transferred the investigation from their criminal investigation unit to their organized crime unit for further investigation at the request of station commander, Sergeant Paraska. On September 20, 2016, troopers interviewed a family member of Officer Slisz who indicated he had been sick with flu like symptoms the day before the incident. The family member stated he did not work the Friday before and was in bed all day Saturday until his shift as he started to get sick. He left for work on Sunday September 18, 2016 around 12:30 p.m. ‘Troopers were told ofa prior incident earlier in the year where white pills were found in Slisz’s nightstand. When questioned about this, Slisz. responded to the family member that the “drugs were from a traffic stop and he just forgot to leave them at work.” A few weeks prior to this incident, a red pill was found on the carpet. It was determined to be morphine, Slisz said “he must have gotten it off. traffic stop or something” when confronted. The pill was flushed down the toilet. This family member told investigators that Slisz was now admitting to using heroin for a couple of months and had been snorting it, not injecting it, but that he “doesn’t remember anything that happened at the police station.” This was the first indication to troopers that Officer Slisz was using heroin ‘Troopers interviewed Sergeant Jeannine Grech, the evidence custodian of the Johnstown Police Department secured evidence room. She described the secured evidence room as being on the 3" floor 3of the Public Safety Building and located within the Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BCI) office. Only two officers, Sgt. Grech and Detective Larry Wagner, had access to the secured evidence room. The locking system at the time of the incident was electronic and controlled by a key fob. To enter, you had to unlock the door with a key fob after obtaining entry to the BCI office. She described the temporary receiving evidence locker as being on the 3" floor as well and located in the on-coming officer in charge (0.1.0) office located in the roll call room on the 3" floor. The on-coming officer in charge office is locked, but every officer has a key to access the office so they can use the temporary evidence locker therein when necessary during their shifts. The key to the temporary evidence locker was located on the wall near the locker. This locker was used by patrol officers to store evidence collected until one of the two evidence custodians would remove it and place it in the secured evidence room. Officers would log the evidence by writing in a log book then place the evidence in the locker, lock it and return the key to the wall area, Sgt. Grech or Detective Wagner, upon returning to duty, would then remove the evidence from the temporary locker, assign ita bin in the secured evidence room and document the transfer. Sgt. Grech stated she is also in charge of destroying evidence, including narcotics, which is periodically done every 6 months. When she was notified that evidence could be destroyed, she would place heroin and marijuana in a large cardboard box located in the narcotics storage area within the secured evidence room for later destruction. Any prescription medication would be emptied into a large manilla envelope and kept in her desk until the envelope was filled. Then she would destroy the contents of the envelope. Sgt. Grech told investigators she became suspicious in July when Detective Larry Wagner called her on July 8, 2016 to say he found the secured evidence room door unlocked. Grech stated the BCI office is always locked unless a detective is in the office. She came to the building on July 9, 2016 at approximately 1400 hours going directly to her locked office to get the secured evidence room key fob which is always located in her middle top desk drawer. She could not locate her key fob in that location and searched her office to no avail. She returned again on July 10, 2016 at 1230 hours to again look for the missing key fob, but could not find it. On July 11, 2016, Sgt. Grech advised Chief Craig Foust by telephone that her key fob was missing. She returned to work on July 12, 2016 and upon looking again in her desk for the key fob discovered that it was in the drawer where it was always kept by her. She reported this to Chief Foust thinking he had found it or someone was playing a joke on her. The Chief was unaware of how it was located and assured her it was not a joke. When she returned to her office she noticed insulation all over her computer, desk and floor. She observed black scuff marks on the wall and the ceiling panel had what appeared to be black smudged fingerprints on the corner. Sgt. Grech immediately contacted Captain Andy Frear and showed him what she discovered. Captain Frear went into the men’s locker room, which houses the men’s bathroom and shared wall, then assured her he believed no one could craw! through the ceiling to her office. She stated Captain Frear and Chief Foust surmised that someone had slammed the door to the locker room and caused the damage. Sgt. Grech indicated she felt uncomfortable with this and asa precaution hid her key fob (only telling Detective Wagner the location), disclosed her concerns to Detective Wagner and made a confidential police report. ‘Troopers obtained the confidential report which Sgt. Grech started when her key fob went missing and continued to maintain throughout her dealings with the secured evidence room. In it she documentedher discussions with Detective Wagner and their belief that someone had entered into her office. Photos were taken to document their observations. They noticed a step ladder in the men’s locker room and felt itcould have been used to climb over the wall. She also documented that on July 20, 2016 she received an email from Agent Mike Kanuch of the Attorney General's Office that he needed evidence from the secured evidence room for an upcoming trial. She discovered missing items to include heroin, 5 ‘unknown yellow pills and a baggie of crack cocaine. Grech reported this to Agent Kanuch and Captain Frear as the Chief was on vacation and would not be returning until July 25, 1016. Sgt. Grech described how she placed a paper clip on the corner of the ceiling tile back at the time her keys went missing as a way to monitor ifit was moved. Upon arriving to work on July 19, 2016, she noticed the same ceiling tile was disturbed and the paper clip had fallen down. She and Detective Wagner again photographed her office and reported their suspicions to Captain Frear. Detective Larry Wagner also documented his findings in a confidential police report provided to PSP investigators, In his report, he states on July 12, 2016, Detective Wagner and Sgt. Grech began an audit of the cash money contained in the safe within the secured evidence room due to their concerns that someone may have used her evidence key to gain access. All funds were accounted for and no signs of tampering with the safe were observed. Sgt. Grech advised Detective Wagner on July 14, 2016 about her observations when she located her key back in her desk on July 12, 2016. She explained to him that she observed insulation and dust all over her computer, keyboard, printer and desk. She said she noticed an item that had been on the wall was now gone and she found it on the floor behind her desk. She described the scuff marks she saw on the wall, which Detective Wagner found to still be present. She also showed him dirt marks on the face of the ceiling tile above the corresponding scuff marks. Detective Wagner entered the men’s bathroom, located on the other side of the wall, where he observed a scuff mark on the wall above the urinal. Sgt. Grech notified Detective Wagner that she had reported this to the Chief and Captain, but they concluded that no one could crawl through that space. Both Detective Wagner and Sgt. Grech indicated in their confidential reports that they consulted their union representatives for guidance on July 14, 2016, as they disagreed with their supervisors’ assessment. Detective Wagner met with Captain Frear on July 15, 2016 to discuss the incident. He advised Frear that he believed someone crawled over the wall from the men’s bathroom into Sgt. Grech’s office. He voiced concerns that this could be related to Sgt. Grech’s key that went missing. He described his observations to support his theory that someone had entered her office. In his report, Detective Wagner stated that Captain Frear expressed doubt that anyone could climb the wall and explained that he often had dust on his desk from people slamming doors which could also be why Sgt. Grech’s wall hanging fell from the wall. Chief Foust entered the office toward the end of the meeting with Captain Frear. Detective Wagner advised the Chief of his concerns and observations as well. Chief Foust also advised he did not believe someone could gain access by going over the wall. Detective Wagner asked the Chief and Captain to notify the City Manager and requested that the Pennsylvania State Police be brought in to investigate. According to Wagner's report, the Chief and Captain then accompanied him to Sgt. Grech’s office where they removed ceiling tiles to view the ceiling area above. The detective noticed hand prints on thesupport braces and a clean spot void of dirt and dust directly above the scuff marks present in Sgt. Grech’s office. Photographs were taken. They then proceeded to the men's bathroom area, passing a 6 foot ladder in the locker room area leaning against two metal lockers. Upon removing the ceiling tiles in the men’s bathroom area, Detective Wagner observed that no cobwebs were present between the metal braces in two spaces corresponding with the scuff marks in Sgt. Grech's office. Other areas contained cobwebs. He also noticed two areas on the pvc pipes that appeared to show hand marks. Photographs were taken, Detective Wagner again expressed his belief to Chief Foust and Captain Frear that he believed someone did in fact climb over the men’s bathroom walll into Sgt. Grech’s office and remove her evidence key from her desk. Detective Wagner documented in his report that Sgt. Grech informed him on July 20, 2016, that evidence from an Attorney General case was found missing from the secured evidence room. While speaking to Sgt. Grech in her office on July 22, 2016, Detective Wagner noticed that the ceiling tile above the scuff marks previously observed, was not flat against the track. Sgt. Grech told him she put a paper clip up there as an alarm to notify her if anyone would move or tamper with the ceiling tile. Upon checking, the paper clip was gone. It was located lying behind her desk. Photographs were taken to document their findings. On July 22, 2016, Detective Wagner met with Captain Frear to advise him of the new findings. He again expressed his concern that someone once again breached Sgt. Grech’s office. He renewed his request to notify the City Manager and the Pennsylvania State Police. Captain Frear reiterated his doubts that anyone had gained access to Sgt. Grech’s office and pointed out that it is not certain whether anyone had her key or she just misplaced it. Captain Frear went on to discuss the implications of bringing in an outside agency when “we're not even sure something happened” and expressed concern to Detective Wagner that if this incident got out to the public it would call into question the department's evidence in every court case. Captain Frear told Detective Wagner he would discuss it with the Chief upon his return to work on July 25, 2016. Detective Wagner and Sgt. Grech, with the approval of Captain Frear, installed a trail camera inside her office. An interview was conducted with Chief Craig Foust at which time he appeared with counsel. Chief Foust confirmed that Sgt. Grech and Detective Larry Wagner were the assigned evidence room custodians. He explained his direct supervisor was the City Manager Melissa Komar, When asked if he was aware that Sgt. Grech discovered evidence was missing in a case being prosecuted by the Attorney General's office, he stated “I didn’t know about it because I wasn’t there that week. I was on vacation that week it was discovered that there was evidence missing and to my understanding they (Frear and Grech) couldn't find the evidence so they notified Agent Mike Kanuch (Attorney General's office) who was the investigating officer.” The Chief went on to state that "Kanuch notified his immediate supervisor (Mike Page) and he contacted Jeanie Grech. I was told, but I have no direct knowledge, that Kanuch got in touch with Tom Owens from the District Attorney's office.” Foust denied this being the reason for the covert camera being installed in the secured evidence room. He stated, “I don’t think anybody did anything in reference to security at that point. I have been after the City to purchase a better security camera for the evidence room for years, ever since I have been Chief. My biggest fear wasn’t internal theft. I didn’t evenhave access to that evidence locker. As Chief of the department I couldn't walk back and open it up and lookin there. Only two people had key fobs but it wasn’t an obsolete system.” According to Foust, it wasn't until Jeannine Grech believed that someone got access to her office that a decision was made to puta trail camera in her office. Foust was aware that a quick audit of the safe containing money was done and no money was found missing, Foust stated “that was our concern, we never thought that a police officer was breaking into the evidence locker to steal drugs. It’s not like I'm naive. Any good street cop knows that you don’t need to break into an evidence locker to get drugs. There's traffic stops and search warrants that no one would ever know you took from it. I never thought internal, in our station, thefts were going to be a problem. My concern was always with external theft.” Foust advised troopers that after it was suspected someone had possibly gained access to Sgt. Grech’s office, he went to City Manager Melissa Komar and requested a camera in Grech’s office and one in the evidence locker. Komar approved funding for a camera in the secured evidence room and approved a new entry system for the building which would record when officers entered the building and identify which door was used, When asked about the monitoring system for the secured evidence room camera once it was installed, Foust explained the access point was his office where the system was set up on a monitor and that Captain Frear oversaw the camera. He stated it wasn’t a daily activity for them to check the camera. He stated, “Wwe envisioned it to be used if there was indication of a possible breach. It was motion activated so if you had to view it you wouldn’t be staring at an empty screen in the evidence locker for 8 or 16 hours.” Foust relayed that he never suspected Officer Slisz of any wrongdoing and reported he was never a problem on the job. He added that Slisz was being actively recruited by the Attorney General's office. Foust explained the temporary evidence locker procedure used by any officer seizing evidence to include drugs. The process was for the officer to place the items in the temporary evidence locker located in the O.LC. office in the roll call room. He indicated every officer had access to the temporary evidence locker. On the date of the incident, Chief Foust was notified and immediately headed to the Public Safety Building, He told investigators that he contacted PSP to handle the investigation because he needed an outside agency to do a transparent investigation. He went to the hospital where Slisz told him he was handling drugs and he absorbed it in his skin. Slisz told the Chief that they found him with a hammer and he doesn’t know what happened. When questioned if evidence policies existed he stated, “no, the only thing that was done if the cases were completed we would destroy the property. Ifit wasn’t crime evidence, we would try to return it. We would purge it on occasion but there was no checks and balances,” PSP investigators determined that a new security system, which included video camera surveillance of the secured evidence room and a new key fob entry system for the Public Safety Building, was installed in mid to late August. ‘The official date the new system became active was September 8, 2016, however the equipment was installed and operating before that time subject to ongoing maintenance checks by the installer. Within the secured evidence room there was a separate area where narcotics were stored which was referred to as the drug closet. Pursuant to their investigation, PSP obtained stored video of 7the secured evidence room and upon reviewing it found footage from September 7, 2016 which showed Officer Slisz enter through the door of the secured evidence room, walk to the area where drugs were stored, remove an envelope and the leave the room with the envelope. An extensive search of property in the secured evidence room was conducted by PSP. Investigators searched all evidence bins dating back several years from 2010 to the date of the overdose incident. This. was an enormous undertaking which consisted of reviewing evidence collected in thousands of police incidents. PSP was aided by Johnstown Police Department Bureau of Criminal Investigation Detectives who were tasked with pulling the incident reports contained on their computer software reporting system and cross-referencing the information contained in the reports and all items listed on documented evidence logs to confirm if it was consistent with what was contained in the secured e lence room, This process was time-consuming, but imperative to the determination of whether any other cases were impacted by the actions of Officer Slisz. It involved taking each piece of evidence from its bin; locating and printing the corresponding police report; comparing the evidence in the bin with the report to verify all items were present in the bin; visually inspecting the package contents by opening the sealed evidence, including counting each item; and then resealing each package with PSP evidence tape for chain of custody purposes. This was done to verify if evidence was present or not. Discrepancies were identified in 16 police investigations from 2013 to 2016 as follows: 20140203M1447 Missing 950 stamped bags of heroin 20110623M044 No evidence located contrary to report 20160917M1077 Missing heroin 20150323M3457 Missing baggie of brown heroin powder 2014013M1331 Missing 23 stamped bags of heroin 20151217M6086 Missing 54 stamped bags of heroin 20140211M1731 Missing 10 stamped bags of heroin 8. 20160112M0733 Missing 1 baggie of heroin 9. 20160220M1900 Missing 4 stamped bags of heroin 10. 20151103M4278 Missing 2 stamped bags of heroin 11.20150912M2004 Envelope 1: Missing 3 stamped bags of heroin (47 not 50) Envelope 2: Contained 11 stamped bags of heroin not 10 as shown on report. Envelope 3: Missing 16 stamped bags of heroin 12, 20160314M2819 Missing heroin. Weight is different than weight in report. 13. 20160926M1418 Missing one white pill 14.20141113M4765 Contained one additional stamped bag 15.20160621M7204 Contained 14 stamped bags of heroin not 13 as shown on report 16.20130411M5907 Missing 1 pill NOMA YEEInvestigators concluded that several reports had missing evidence; most often heroin. They concluded that some items were miscounted due to human error; these were corrected by Johnstown Police Detectives completing supplemental reports to correct the errors. Officer William Slisz, appearing with counsel, submitted to two interviews by troopers after being given his Miranda warnings/rights and admitted his criminal acts. He provided information regarding the timeline of his heroin use and cooperated with investigators with his last interview occurring on July 7, 2017. The investigation conducted by the Pennsylvania State Police was thorough and extensive. Investigators were tasked with reviewing all stored evidence from Johnstown Police Department cases dating back several years. This was a long process and the team of investigators needed ample time to complete the inventory coupled with also investigating the acts of Officer Slisz on the date of the overdose and the months prior thereto. The District Attorney's Office worked with PSP throughout the process while also working with defense counsel and defendants to identify cases that were impacted by the actions of this officer. ‘The findings revealed that Officer Slisz began using heroin and removing evidence from the temporary evidence locker sometime in the Fall of 2015 and escalated to him removing items from the secured evidence room. Officer Slisz had a key to the room containing the temporary evidence locker. The (0.1.C.) office was located within the roll call room and was only used at the start of a shift so he could easily access this locker without others being around anytime he was working. In addition to JPD, Officer Slisz was working for the Attorney General’s Office on a specially funded Cambria County Heroin Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) and was given a key to the Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BCI) office, also known as the Detective's office, in this capacity. Investigators found that Slisz was able to locate a key fob to the secured evidence room inside a cabinet within the BCI office when no detectives were present in the office. At some point, this key fob stopped working for Slisz and he assumed the locks were changed because they realized evidence was missing. Slisz then began to climb through the ceiling rafters into Sgt. Grech’s office to remove the key fob from her desk drawer. He would remove the key fob, leave her door unlocked while he accessed the secured evidence room, then return the key and lock her door afterwards. Eventually, he was not able to gain access to this key or use it as the system was changed. When he did gain access to the secured evidence Toom, he would look for any item marked heroin and quickly remove it. There were times that Slisz would remove the entire evidence envelope. This made it hard for PSP investigators to track some of the missing evidence. Investigators believe he could have also been removing evidence from the temporary evidence locker. If items were removed from the temporary evidence locker before transfer to the secured evidence room, this would not be detected. Likewise, if evidence was seized in the field by Slisz and not logged into the temporary evidence locker there would be no paper trail to identify missing evidence. Investigators were also not able to account for any missing pills contained in the manilla envelope kept in Sgt. Grech’s office. In this regard, there may never bea full accounting of what occurred. 9In 2013, former Attorney General Kathleen Kane agreed to implementa specially funded Cambria County Heroin Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). This additional team of agents would focus on the Greater Johnstown area drug problem. Officer Slisz, was one of the City officers assigned to work with the AG Task Force, The OCIDEF ended around May-June, 2016 and the AG Task Force began to phase out their work and conclude their investigations. As a result, Slisz’s access to heroin was impacted as he was no longer working drug cases with the Attorney General (OCDETE). Slisz was sworn in as a special detective of the Cambria County Drug Task Force in July 2016 with the plan to keep his drug investigations going from the former Attorney General (OCDETF). All evidence seized in Cambria County Drug Task Force investigations is stored in the District Attorney's Office. This time frame of changes is consistent with the incidents that began occurring within the department relative to the secured evidence room and Sgt. Grech’s office. Slisz began to use other means to support his addiction and gain access to the secured evidence room. Today, Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Mark Galli has filed a criminal complaint against William Scott Slisz, date of birth, November 3, 1982, of the 200 Block of Ligonier Pike, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, at Magisterial District Judge Michael J. Musulin’s office. He is charged with Burglary (2 Counts); Criminal Trespass (3 Counts), Criminal Attempt at Burglary (1 Count); Possession (1 Count); and ‘Tampering with Evidence (2 Counts). A copy of the charges may be obtained at the Magisterial District Court Office. Attached as Exhibit B you will find a listing of the cases that the District Attorney's Office has already moved to dismiss or intends to move to dismiss in the upcoming days. This office cannot move forward on these cases due to the incidents outlined above. They consist of filings at both the Magisterial District Judge level and Court of Common Pleas. Prosecutors will continue to work with counsel for any defendants who believe their cases have been impacted by these events, Pennsylvania State Police investigators have worked with the current administration of the Johnstown Police Department since these events occurred, both interim Chief Jeff Janciga and Chief Robert Johnson, to assist with policy changes relative to evidence handling and storage. Many changes have been implemented within the department to avoid any future problems. 10City of Johnstown Public Safety Bldg. Evacuation Routes FL.OO! SCALE Ile" = 1-0" tm Pull Station © Fire Extinguisher = Hose Cabinet ~<— Primary Egress : ~<— Secondary Egress EXHIBIT 'A'21 Active Cases in the Court of Common Pleas ~ 8 have been dismissed on record; 7 entered guilty pleas to lesser charges; 6 remain open and Commonwealth will move to dismiss: CP-11-CR-0001954-2014 cP-11-CR-0000981-2015 CP-11-CR-0002004-2015 P-11-CR-0002000-2015 CP-11-CR-0001328-2016 cP-11-CR-0001381-2016 CP-11-CR-0001139-2016 P-11-CR-0000445-2016 CP-11-CR-0000345-2016 CP-11-CR-0000344-2016 CP-11-CR-0000280-2016 cP-11-cR-0000279-2016 P-11-CR-0000657-2016 CP-11-CR-0001415-2016 P-11-CR-0000788-2016 cP-11-CR-0000342-2016 Kyfen Jones Gino Winkleman Jasmine McGowan Damon Devine Elory Wise Crystal Stehley Jeffery Sacik ‘Shawn Nelson Matthew Melius Shawn Kmecak Joseph Hunter Jasmine Hall Andre Fludd Branden Davis Robert Daniels, Melissa Cochran Possession of a Firearm with Altered Serial Number Possession with Intent to Deliver Heroin; Possession of Heroin; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Possession with intent to Deliver Cocaine; Possession of Cocaine; Possession of Small Amount of Marijuana; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Possession with intent to Deliver Cocaine; Possession of Cocaine; Possession of Small Amount of Marijuana; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Possession with intent to Deliver Cocaine; Possession of Cocaine; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Possession with intent to Deliver Cocaine; Possession of Cocaine; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Altered, Forged or Counterfeit Documents and Plates Possession with intent to Deliver Heroin; Possession with Intent to Deliver Cocaine; Possession with Intent to Deliver Marijuana; Possession of Heroin; Possession of Cocaine; Possession of Marijuana; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia; Tampering With or Fabricating Physical Evidence Possession with intent to Deliver Heroin; Conspiracy of Possession with Intent to Deliver Heroin; Possession of Heroin; Possession of Small Amount of Marijuana; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Simple Assault; Harassment Possession with Intent to Deliver Heroin; Conspiracy of Possession with Intent to Deliver Heroin; False Identification to a Law Enforcement Official; Possession of Heroin; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Possession with Intent to Deliver Heroin; Conspiracy of Possession with Intent to Deliver; Possession of Heroin; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Simple Assault; Terroristic Threats Intimidating a Witness-Misleading Testimony; Intimidating a Witness- Withholding Testimony; Criminal Use ofa Communication Facility Possession with Intent to Deliver Cocaine; Possession with Intent to Deliver Marijuana; Possession of Cocaine; Possession of Marijuana; Person Not To Possess, Use, Manufacture, Control, Sell Or Transfer Firearms; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Possession with Intent to Deliver Heroin; Conspiracy of Possession with Intent to Deliver; Possession of Heroin; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia; Possession of Small Amount of Marijuana EXHIBIT ‘B’CP-11-CR-0001495-2016 P-11-CR-0001075-2016 cP-11-CR-0000744-2016 CP-11-CR-0001553-2016 cP-11-CR-0000192-2017 Shaleik Byrd Alea Bermudez Jeramey Johnson Samantha Peifer Anthony Sanders Receiving Stolen Property; Possession with Intent to Deliver Heroin; Possession with Intent to Deliver Cocaine; Fugitive not to Possess Firearms; ‘Tampering With or Fabricating Physical Evidence; False Identification to Law Enforcement Official; Unsworn Falsification to Authorities; Possession of Heroin; Possession of Cocaine; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Conspiracy to Possession with Intent to Deliver Heroin; Possession with Intent to Deliver Heroin Possession of Heroin; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia DUI Second Offense- Controlled Substance (Morphine and Marijuana); Possession of Heroin; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Possession with Intent to Deliver Her of Drug Paraphernalia Possession of Heroin; Possession 7 Cases at the MDJ Level - All Withdrawn or Dismissed: Mj-47101-CR-0000247-2015 ‘Mj-47101-CR-0000270-2016 MJ-47101-cR-0000290-2016 MJ-47101-CR-0000291-2016 MJ-47101-CR-0000300-2016 MJ-47103-CR-000348-2016 Mj-47102-CR-0000414-2016 ‘Troy Battles Joseph Bailey Shavon Baskin Donnie Jones Dena Millward ‘Troy Cartwright Abby Feightner Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Burglary; 2 Counts of Aggravated Assault; Unlawful Possession ofa ‘irearm; 2 Counts of Recklessly Endangering Another Person; 3 Counts of Criminal Trespass; 2 Counts of Unlawful Restraint Possession with Intent to Deliver; Drug Possession; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Possession with Intent to Deliver; Drug Possession; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia 2 Counts of Simple Assault; 2 Counts of Harassment; 2 Counts of Disorderly Conduct PFA Violation Criminal Mischief