STATE COLLEGE – An online biography for the Centre County magistrate who set the unsecured bail for retired Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky states that she volunteered at the same charity that he is accused of using to access his victims, according to GantDaily.com news partner WJAC-TV.
A profile currently listed on Goodall & Yurchack Attorneys At Law Web site said Magisterial District Judge Leslie Dutchcot volunteers with The Second Mile. However, it neither indicated when she started nor in what capacity she worked with the charity.
Officials with the Attorney General’s office requested that Sandusky’s bail be set at $500,000, as well as requiring that he wear an electronic leg monitor bracelet at his preliminary arraignment, but Dutchcot released Sandusky on $100,000 unsecured bail.
In Pennsylvania, an unsecured bond means the accused is not responsible for any monetary deposit unless they fail to appear for court or violate conditions of the bail bond.
According to a presentment following a two-year grand jury investigation, Sandusky has been accused of molesting and sexually assaulting eight boys.
Several days after details of the alleged sex assaults and cover-up were released, Penn State Athletic Director Tim Curley and Interim Vice President of Business and Finance Gary Schultz stepped down from their positions and surrendered themselves to authorities on charges of perjury and failing to report suspected child abuse.
Following a Board of Trustees meeting at the Penn Stater on Wednesday, officials announced that Penn State President Graham Spanier and football coach Joe Paterno were fired, leading to a destructive riot in downtown State College.
Sandusky is expected to return to court to face 40 charges connected to child sex abuse next month.