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A Luzerne County man was jailed Wednesday on charges of assaulting a Secret Service agent - punching him with a set of brass knuckles and smacking him in the head with a chunk of asphalt - in what city police described as a road rage incident. William Slavoski, 52, resident agent in charge of the Scranton Secret Service office, suffered injuries to his face, head and left arm in the incident Tuesday evening on the Central Scranton Expressway, police said. Police charged his alleged assailant, Kenneth Kile, 25, of 64 Penn St., Kingston, with aggravated and simple assault, recklessly endangering...

Man says Exeter officers retaliated by pursuing unwarranted charges. EXETER (PA) - A Secret Service agent who was cleared of charges he assaulted a borough police officer has filed a federal lawsuit, alleging the officer and his partner pursued unwarranted charges because they were angry he criticized them. William Slavoski of Ivy Drive, Shavertown, is also seeking damages for his son, Jason, whom he says was unlawfully seized based on the officer’s incorrect belief the teenager and others possessed alcohol. The suit names officers Dion Fernandes and Leonard Galli as defendants It comes three weeks after a district judge dismissed...

William Slavoski, 48, placed on leave after alleged physical, verbal assault on officer following son’s arrest. EXETER (PA) – A Secret Service agent cursed and “drove” his shoulder into a borough police officer’s chest after the officer took the agent’s son into custody for underage drinking, police said. Agent William Slavoski, of Ivy Drive in Shavertown, has been put on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of criminal charges filed in the Jan. 9 incident. He is employed at the agency’s Scranton office. Borough officer Dion Fernandes charged the 48-year-old Slavoski Feb. 2 with simple assault, harassment, terroristic threats, criminal...

William Slavoski of the Secret Service was accused of threatening a cop. WEST PITTSTON (PA) – Calling a police officer’s actions an “inexcusable use of the criminal process,” an attorney on Tuesday convinced a district justice to dismiss all charges against an off-duty Secret Service agent accused of threatening and assaulting the officer. Attorney Barry Dyller said William Slavoski was merely venting his outrage because he believed his son was unlawfully detained by Exeter police officer Dion Fernandes. He argued Slavoski’s actions did not warrant criminal charges. District Justice Joseph Carmody agreed, dismissing charges of simple assault, terroristic threats, disorderly...