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Former LCCC professor, fake SEAL kills self A former Luzerne County Community College adjunct history professor who was fired for falsifying his job application and had falsely claimed to be a Navy SEAL committed suicide in Delaware last week. Officer Trinidad Navarro confirmed that David Silbergeld, 65, of Mountain Top, was found in Rockwood Mansion Park at about noon April 15. "He was found on the walking trail, deceased, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound," said Navarro, police media coordinator in New Castle County, Delaware. The body was taken by the state medical examiner's office for an autopsy. Medical examiner's office...

Wilkes Barre Times-Leader Newspaper Web Posted on Tue, Apr. 09, 2002 LCCC fires professor for falsifying application David L. Silbergeld's termination on Friday comes one day after officials were notified that he has been convicted of felonies. By STEVEN A. MORELLI smorelli@leader.net NANTICOKE - Luzerne County Community College fired an adjunct history professor for falsifying his employment application, said LCCC President Andreas Paloumpis. Paloumpis would not specify what David L. Silbergeld falsified, but the teacher's contract was terminated Friday after the Times Leader told the college Silbergeld has been convicted of federal felonies, including participation in a major cocaine smuggling...