2 local officials accused of sexually assaulting teen boy appear in court

KITTANNING, Pa. — Two elected officials, and community leaders in the Kittanning-area were in court Tuesday for the first time after being accused of having sexual relations with a teenage boy.

Mark Alan Feeney, 55, is on the Applewold Boro Council and chief of his local fire department.

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David John Croyle, 60, was the Kittanning Council vice president when he was arrested.

Both men are accused of having sexual relations with a 14-year-old boy in 2016.

Feeney waived his right to a preliminary hearing and prosecutors agreed to withdraw the two less serious charges.

“We made the determination jointly this would be more appropriately resolved in common pleas court," Marc Daffner, Feeney's attorney, said.

Cryole also waived his right to a hearing.

“He has an impeccable record in the community. He has no violations of the law at all, its very strange and difficult for him to comprehend," Duke George, Coyle's attorney, said.

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