Former Officer Suing Borough

An ex-police officer in Renovo says he was fired unjustly after making two separate drunken driving arrests, one involving the son of a borough councilman. Adam Leiter says in a federal lawsuit that Councilman Richard Thompson pressured him to drop the charge against his son following the arrest in October 2006. Leiter says then-police Chief G. Jeffrey Bealer later directed a hospital to discard a blood sample from the younger Thompson, who was never charged. Leiter alleges he was fired a month later after another drunken driving arrest, this time the son of a borough employee. Leiter is suing borough council members and Bealer for unspecified damages. Thompson declined to comment. Bealer left the department in February and could not be reached for comment.