Former Bucks County ADA Charged

HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced the arrest of a former Bucks County Assistant District Attorney for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a minor, along with providing alcohol to and smoking marijuana with the victim and two other juveniles.

Corbett identified the defendant as Anthony Cappuccio, 31, 16 Country Road, Perkasie. Cappuccio was a Bucks County Assistant District Attorney until his resignation from the position on Sept. 6, 2008.

According to the criminal complaint, the investigation began on Sept 5, 2008, when Richland Township Police officers discovered Cappuccio and a 17-year-old male, both partially-dressed, inside a vehicle at a shopping center located at 225 N. West End Blvd., Quakertown.

Corbett said that as a youth leader at the First United Methodist Church in Perkasie, Cappuccio allegedly took the three juveniles to various concerts in the area starting back in 2005, smoked marijuana with two of the juveniles and provided all three of them with alcohol on different occasions.

Corbett noted that the Attorney General's office received the case as a referral from Bucks County District Attorney Michelle Henry.

Cappuccio is charged with three counts of endangering the welfare of children, three counts of corruption of minors, three counts of furnishing liquor or malt or brewed beverages to minors and one count of criminal use of a communication facility.

Cappuccio was preliminarily arraigned today before Bucks County Magisterial District Judge Robert C. Roth, at 281 California Road, Quakertown.

The case will be prosecuted in Bucks County by Senior Deputy Attorney General E. Marc Costanzo.

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