'Abuse' of Subpoena Costs Ex-Tullytown Councilman His Job
Former Tullytown Councilman George Fox will not face charges.
Former Tullytown Borough councilman George Fox has lost his job as a clerk with the Bucks County Prothonotary department after an investigation by the district attorney found he issued two unauthorised subpoenas. While Fox will not be facing any criminal charges, District Attorney David Heckler wrote in a letter to Prothonotary Patricia L. Bachtle that labeled the clerk’s actions as “misconduct” and an “abuse” of the subpoena system. Fox overstepped his legitimate authority when he purchased a subpoena, stamped it with the county seal and delivered it to Farm and Home Oil on Levittown Parkway in Tullytown as part of an effort to compel them to show him security camera footage from their property, Hecker said. “The purpose for which Mr. Fox…
Eileen
3:54 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013
It appears a notary seal has more protection than the county seal used on subpeona's when they allow someone to just use it for their own purpose. Nice job if you can keep it. lol more ›