EAST WASHINGTON, Pa. — A former southwestern Pennsylvania police chief has pleaded guilty to three counts of extortion.
Donald Solomon, the ex-chief of East Washington Borough, entered the plea Friday before a federal judge in Pittsburgh.
Solomon was fired in November 2011. That was a month after a grand jury charged him with accepting money from an FBI agent posing as a drug dealer and illegally selling the agent stun guns.
Solomon faces up to 20 years in prison when he's sentenced May 3.
Solomon was also charged with extorting money by providing protection for fake drug transactions. In addition, authorities allege he threatened a politician and a former girlfriend, the latter resulting in a drive-by shooting that damaged a car.