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Former Cop Admits to Molesting Young Girl

WILKES-BARRE — A former Wilkes-Barre police officer has admitted to sexually assaulting a young girl. Gerald Cookus was arrested in April. Police said he ...

WILKES-BARRE -- A former Wilkes-Barre police officer has admitted to sexually assaulting a young girl.

Gerald Cookus was arrested in April. Police said he assaulted an 8-year-old girl in his home on Mayock Street in Wilkes-Barre.

Cookus had been working for the Wilkes-Barre Area School District as a security greeter who checked children as they went through a metal detector.

He is scheduled to be sentenced in February. He faces a maximum sentence of 7 years behind bars.

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