(Pa) New Kensington controller listed neighbor's home for sale, but the owner wasn't selling
Frank Coscarelli was getting ready to leave for work one day in January when someone knocked at the door of his New Kensington home interested in buying it. When Coscarelli told him it wasn’t for sale, the man insisted he had found it on the online classified site Craigslist. Turns out, the home was indeed listed on Craigslist. Coscarelli had no knowledge of this. He would later learn that his neighbor, John Zavadak, with whom he had a dispute, had listed Coscarelli’s home on East Hills Drive for sale.
Zavadak, 59, is the elected controller of the city of New Kensington, and is running for re-election this year. Zavadak, a Democrat, was first sworn into office as controller in January 2002. He is unopposed for re-election in November. No Republican write-ins received enough votes to get on the ballot, according to the Westmoreland County Elections Bureau.
According to the two citations issued by Westmoreland County detectives, Zavadak, with the intent to harass Coscarelli, created a fraudulent Craigslist ad listing Coscarelli’s residence for sale without Coscarelli’s authorization. In doing so, he also “created a physically offensive condition,” the handwritten disorderly conduct citation reads.
Zavadak pleaded guilty last month to two summary charges, disorderly conduct and harassment. He was fined $300 for each, plus costs.
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