Pa. school board leader pleads guilty in probe
(AP) — A school board president in northeastern Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge that he participated in a scheme to sell a teaching job.
Sixty-five-year-old Frank Pizzella Jr. pleaded guilty on Thursday to brokering a $5,000 bribe in 2004 between a member of the Wilkes-Barre Area School Board and a teacher seeking a job in the school district.
Pizzella faces a maximum of five years in prison, three years probation and a $250,000 fine. His sentencing is scheduled for May 10.
He resigned from his school board position Wednesday. The resignation is effective Monday, Feb. 8.
Two other Wilkes-Barre Area School Board members pleaded guilty last year to taking bribes and are no longer in office.
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