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HARRISBURG – Attorney General Michelle Henry announced Monday that DuBois City Manager and Executive Director of the DuBois Area United Way, John “Herm” Suplizio, was arrested on charges related to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from public accounts. Suplizio, 62, of Clearfield County, allegedly committed $620,815 in fraudulent transactions, using funds from city bank accounts and the Dubois Area United Way account to pay his personal credit card bills, make political donations and gamble. Pharrell Williams pulls festival out of Virginia Beach over handling of cousin's death The majority of the funds came from accounts for Community Days, an annual summer event presented by the DuBois Volunteer Fire Department, for which Suplizio and his secretary were the sole signatories. “Suplizio was a trusted public official who should have been acting in the best interests of his community,” said Henry. “Instead, he betrayed that trust by stealing hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars for his own personal use. “This egregious violation of the trust Pennsylvanians put in their officials is disgraceful. Today’s arrest is a reminder that no one is above the law, and that everyone who holds public office in Pennsylvania is accountable to the people.” A Grand Jury investigation found that, in addition to the fraud, Suplizio used his position as city manager to enter into contracts with businesses for which he received personal benefits. From 2014-2021, Suplizio also provided false information on his tax returns, paying for numerous charges with public money and claiming those charges as unreimbursed expenses on his taxes. Suplizio was charged with five counts of theft by unlawful taking; one count of conflict of interest; one count of misapplication of entrusted property; and eight counts of fraudulent return. This case was investigated by Trooper Jeffrey Walters and Trooper Eric Guido of Pennsylvania State Police Organized Crime Section in Erie, Special Agent Terrence Sweeney from the Office of Attorney General Financial Crime Section, the Office of Attorney General Public Corruption Section and Detective Steven Kontaxes of the Fayette County Bureau of Criminal Investigations. This case is being prosecuted by Senior Deputy Attorney General Summer Carroll. All charges are accusations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

New update More details have been obtained regarding arrest of Dubois Coty Manager John “Herm” Suplizio… Monday John “Herm” Suplizio was arraigned and waived his right to a preliminary hearing on over a dozen Felony and Misdemeanor charges stemming from allegedly stealing funds while working at the Dubois United Way, and as Dubois City Manager. Court documents state that for over a decade Suplizio was misappropriating money, which included donations to the United Way and Dubois Volunteer Fire Department Community Days Funds. Suplizio is also accused of accepting money from a fracking company for selling materials to the company, while making agreements on the behalf of Dubois City with the fracking company, EOG Resources. To date, in total, Suplizio is accused of stealing over $260,000 from Public accounts of the City of Dubois, Dubois United Way, Dubois Volunteer Fire Department Parade Committee and Community Fund Accounts. Fraudulent transactions with those accounts Suplizio is accused of totals over $620,000. Tax Fraud associated with those accounts Suplizio is accused of totals over $350,000. John Suplizio waived his right to a preliminary hearing on the charges he is facing and will now stand trial on the 15 charges. He is free on $100,000 unsecured bail.

And wonder what happens now? They had just extended his contract as City Manager...

Multiple charges have been filed this morning against 62 year old John Suplizio of Dubois. Felony charges include Theft by Unlawful Taking (5 counts), and Restricted Activities - Conflict of Interest (1 count). Misdemeanor charges of Fraud Tax Return (8 counts), and Misapply Entrusted/Govt/Fin Inst Prop (1 count). Keep it tuned to OK 1029 for details as more information is released.

Another one shot down today over Lake Huron. Wth?

Anyone know what's going on corner of Hubert and South Ave? It's been closed off for almost 6 hours and fire trucks still there.

Anyone know what happened there this morning? Scanner only said icy road, but quite a bit of Police and fire personnel there for an icy road?

It ended in front of St Michael's Church the motorcycle wrecked.

I will definitely miss his posts and him! Prayers and peace be with his family and friends.

https://www.facebook.com/106965944795/posts/pfbid0aRmRH1vAiSGqDSRuQhF4bn9Do72sJTUshxmbFmq2YtN5SFJW2fuJwVsxtptA9ieEl/

Have they still not found him?

Last I saw they still haven't caught them

A block and a half down the hill from the Church.