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Ambridge Police Release Statement on District Attorney's Allegations 

12/23/2015

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Beaver County Judge has ordered a safety deposit box to be inventoried by the district attorney, Ambridge police and the controller’s office, according to the borough solicitor.

The Beaver County District Attorney says that Ambridge police gave full cooperation and provided records in a timely manner, Ambridge Solicitor Richard Start said.

According to a press release from the Ambridge Police Department:
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The Beaver County District Attorney’s office on Dec. 9 filed a petition alleging that the Ambridge Police Department violated “several court orders regarding forfeited/confiscated (sic) by not delivering said items to the Office of District Attorney for disposition,” and “informed the Ambridge Police Department to do an inventory of the safety deposit box and deliver said inventory to the office of the District Attorney…”

The petition does not say when that communication was made or who gave it to whom at the police department. Finally, it alleges that the funds involved are being held in a safety deposit box rented by Ambridge, but the district attorney’s petition does not attach copies of any such violated court orders, according to the statement from the police department.

“Today, neither Mayor D’Ambrosio nor Chief Mann know of any court order that has been violated,”

In 2012, Ambridge Mayor D’Ambrosio met with Police Chief James Mann to discuss a safety deposit box containing money and property seized by the department during its regular course of operation. Chief Mann investigated the matter and located the department’s key to that box. 
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​The Beaver County District Attorney’s office on Dec. 9 filed a petition alleging that the Ambridge Police Department violated “several court orders regarding forfeited/confiscated (sic) by not delivering said items to the Office of District Attorney for disposition,” and “informed the Ambridge Police Department to do an inventory of the safety deposit box and deliver said inventory to the office of the District Attorney…”

The petition does not say when that communication was made or who gave it to whom at the police department. Finally, it alleges that the funds involved are being held in a safety deposit box rented by Ambridge, but the district attorney’s petition does not attach copies of any such violated court orders, according to the statement from the police department.

“Today, neither Mayor D’Ambrosio nor Chief Mann know of any court order that has been violated,”

In 2012, Ambridge Mayor D’Ambrosio met with Police Chief James Mann to discuss a safety deposit box containing money and property seized by the department during its regular course of operation. Chief Mann investigated the matter and located the department’s key to that box. 


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A copy of the five page inventory was made at the bank and then shown to Officer John Chickos later that day. At that time, Officer Chickos indicated “he hand-delivered said inventory to First Assistant Amid Aziz in September or October of 2010.”

The Mayor and Chief still believe that the DA, the police department and possibly other departments in the courthouse need to be involved in conducting the inventory process. Neither alone has the ability to perform this task efficiently and accurately.

Resolving all that must be done with the contents of this box makes it impossible to complete this work before Berosh leaves office.

Therefore, before receiving this petition, Mann spoke with DA-elect David Lozier about the box and the need for the Ambridge police department and the DA’s office to cooperate to complete an inventory of the box and obtain a court-ordered disposition of those contents.

Lozier agreed that he and his staff would get together with the mayor and Chief Mann to work this out.

Mayor D’Ambrosio and Chief Mann continue to look forward to working with the DA to obtain the proper court orders commanding the disposition of this box’s contents.

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