PA Bill Number: HB809
Title: Further providing for definitions and for prohibited acts and penalties; and providing for syringe service programs authorized.
Description: Further providing for definitions and for prohibited acts and penalties; and providing for syringe service programs authorized. ...
Last Action: Referred to JUDICIARY
Last Action Date: Mar 5, 2025
PSP Commissioner Nominee, Marcus Brown, Not Charged for Tossing Signs :: 05/15/2015
It was one of the more bizarre scandals in recent history.
A retired state trooper named Anthony DeLuca was upset with Marcus Brown, Governor Tom Wolf’s nominee to lead the PA State Police Force.
Brown served as head of the Maryland State Police but DeLuca was infuriated by Brown’s habit of wearing a police uniform because Brown didn’t graduate from the academy.
To make his displeasure known, DeLuca put up roadside signs stating “Marcus Brown didn’t earn it!” and “Marcus Brown didn’t wear it!”.
When he saw the signs, Brown ripped them out of the ground. All the while, DeLuca was videotaping him in the hopes of invoking just such a reaction.
Cumberland County District Attorney David Freed announced today that he won’t be filing charges against Brown. He noted that DeLuca “set the bait and Brown took it hook, line and sinker.” Freed did state, though, that Brown still should’ve just let it go.
While Brown is out of the legal woods, his nomination was harmed by the incident. The State Troopers’ Union called on Wolf to withdraw Brown’s name last March.
The Governor continues to stand by his nominee.
http://www.politicspa.com/brown-not-charged-for-tossing-signs/66241/
