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Semenza to be Released on Bail

SCRANTON — The former police chief of Old Forge will soon walk free. A Lackawanna County judge decided on Thursday to let Larry Semenza out of prison on b...
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SCRANTON -- The former police chief of Old Forge will soon walk free.

A Lackawanna County judge decided on Thursday to let Larry Semenza out of prison on bail as he awaits a second trial.

He was convicted in 2013 and sentenced to 18 to 40 months behind bars for having inappropriate contact with a 15-year-old girl. Semenza has served 20 months so far.

Last month, a state appellate court ruled a judge wrongly allowed certain evidence at Semenza's first trial.

County prosecutors plan to appeal that decision.

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