In complaint, cop says 'Just let me have sex with you'
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An Allegheny County Common Pleas judge this morning ordered that a Pittsburgh police officer accused of soliciting sexual favors from at least four women be released on home electronic monitoring while his case is pending.
Officer Adam Skweres, 34, of Lincoln Place, was originally being held on $300,000 cash bond for three cases filed against him Thursday. Charges in a fourth case came this afternoon.
Deputy District Attorney Christopher Avetta asked Judge Jeffrey A. Manning to keep a cash bond on Officer Skweres, because, he said he believed the man had made threats against witnesses against him.
"We have received information there have been threats made to some of the witnesses," Mr. Avetta said.
He said he could not be more specific with the information.
Officer Skweres' attorney, Phil DiLucente, said the charges being brought nearly four years after the first accusations diminishes their credibility.
"This is not a person who I believe would have the character of a person to have committed what is charged," Mr. DiLucente said.
Mr. DiLucente argued that Officer Skweres has strong family ties and should be released.
"He has valiantly represented his country by serving in Iraq," Mr. DiLucente said.
Officer Skweres was in the Army Reserves for 12 years and served in Iraq for one. He has been a Pittsburgh police officer for five years, though he is suspended from his $52,000-a-year job without pay.
Pre-trial services assessed Officer Skweres as a low risk and recommended release on his own recognizance.
Judge Manning ordered that the man's home be cleared of all weapons before he is returned there, and he must have no contact with any witnesses in the case.
"It gives me great pause when you tell me witnesses have been threatened," the judge said.
Charges against him include official oppression, indecent assault, coercion and other crimes stemming from four incidents, the earliest of which dates to June 2008.
First Published February 17, 2012 9:20 am
