EX-OFFICER TO FACE HEARING ON HOUSE ARREST VIOLATIONS

A former municipal police officer from Washington County on house
arrest for heroin possession apparently has become involved with drugs
again.

Joseph H. Impiccini Jr., 27, of 75 Low Hill Road, Centerville, was a
corporal on Centerville's police force. He was sentenced in Fayette
County court in October to 23 months' intermediate punishment with 180
days of house arrest and electronic monitoring.

Impiccini was convicted of buying heroin from a house in the Menallen
Township community of Keisterville.

His parole officer filed a court motion alleging that marijuana was
found in a vehicle Impiccini was driving on Nov. 2. That day,
Impiccini allegedly told parole officials that he would test positive
for marijuana and opiate use. The motion states that lab results are
pending.

A hearing on the alleged house arrest violations is set for next
week.

Impiccini resigned from the Centerville police after his arrest in
September 2003.