GREENVILLE, PA. Attorney general names officer in harassment case

One of the complainants in the case had filed a sexual harassment complaint against the officer five years ago.
STAFF/WIRE REPORTS
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania attorney general's office has identified one of two officers in an investigation into sexual harassment claims in the Greenville-West Salem Township Police Department.
Officer William G. Roesch, a 24-year veteran of the department, was suspended with pay in mid-December. Roesch referred questions to his attorney, Joseph P. Valentino, who did not immediately return a telephone call.
The allegations involve Roesch and another male officer, still unidentified, and five women employees of the borough, including two dispatchers and a retired dispatcher.
Two dispatchers lodged complaints against Roesch in November and have refused to return to work until the matter is resolved.
Mercer County District Attorney James P. Epstein, whose office conducted its own investigation into the case, asked the attorney general to review the probe at the end of January to avoid any suggestion of a conflict of interest.
He and members of his staff have worked closely on cases in the past with Roesch, he said at the time.
What probe showed: He said his investigation showed Roesch may have committed criminal harassment of up to five people.
Epstein said one of the complainants in the case had also filed a sexual harassment complaint against Roesch five years ago, but an investigation failed to turn up sufficient evidence to file charges.
He said the latest probe looked at allegations of improper conduct on the part of several officers, but only one is being investigated regarding criminal conduct.
No charges have been filed, and the attorney general's office didn't say when its investigation would be completed.