KITTANNING, Pa. (AP) — A former Leechburg police chief arrested in a child predator sting has pleaded guilty to failing to properly register as a sex offender.
Michael Diebold, 44, entered the plea Wednesday. He was charged with failing to provide accurate information when he registered as a sex offender.
Diebold was previously arrested in a child predator sting for soliciting sex online from a state trooper who posed as a 14-year-old girl.
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He pleaded guilty in December 2018 to statutory sexual assault, attempted statutory sexual assault, unlawful restraint and criminal use of a communications device.
Diebold was sentenced to nine to 23 months in jail and three years probation. The former police chief also was required to register as a sex offender and refrain from using the internet for anything other than work.
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