Jury finds accused cop not guilty of witness intimidation
“This is a witch hunt, plain and simple,” Pike said. “Someone’s got to pay the price.”
“He doesn’t want any record — any evidence whatsoever — of this crash,” Anderson said.
But defense attorney John Pike maintained during closings that Fronzoni, a union steward in Larksville, “pissed off a lot of people” and is now facing retaliation for challenging borough leadership.
“This is a witch hunt, plain and simple,” Pike said. “Someone’s got to pay the price.”
Fronzoni testified Wednesday that he only put Ritsick in his truck because the crash victim was cold and not wearing a coat.
He maintained he never intended to hinder the investigation. He told a medic to indicate no patient contact on a form because she hadn’t checked Ritsick’s vitals, and told an officer not to run the plate of the crashed car because the database was down at the time, he maintained.
