Daily Archives: 1, April 12, 2008

The suit alleged [Altavilla and Oliphant] made the recording in an attempt to entrap…

The Times Leader / Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:12 P.M

Wiretap case nets trooper $500K

Officer sued two superiors in state police for illegally recording a phone call.

By Terrie Morgan-Besecker tmorgan@timesleader.com

Law & Order Reporter

WILKES-BARRE – A Pennsylvania state police trooper who claimed a phone conversation with a supervisor was illegally recorded without his permission has been awarded more than $500,000 in damages by a federal jury. Continue reading