Jan 17, 2008 - While awiating trial on corruption and drug charges, the former president of the Penn-Delco School Board was arrested again.
The new charges of witness intimidation, retaliation, stalking and harassment are a violation of the his bail conditions.
Authorities say [Keith] Crego, 37, of Aston, created a fake name and e-mail address and made defamatory statements about Christina Fink, a Marple Newtown School District teacher who had provided detectives with information used to file criminal charges against Crego.TT - We reported on Crego's arrest last October. Fink and Crego had a romantic relationship before they filed protection-from-abuse orders against each other. TT Link We're dying to know what the Superintendent wore when she pleaded no contest plea and agreed to help prosecutors.
In November, Crego allegedly e-mailed Marple Newtown officials, falsely claiming that Fink had a criminal history. He attached court records that actually referred to a different Christina Fink from Scranton, according to the arrest affidavit signed yesterday by county Detective Thomas Worrilow.
When police arrived at Crego's home over the weekend with a search warrant, he first demanded his lawyer, then blurted out, "Is it illegal to send an e-mail?" according to Worrilow.
From the latest story: "The bad publicity brought on by the breakup cost Crego his posts as school-board president and vice chairman of the Aston Republican Party."
