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Police probe COG books

HOPEWELL TWP, Beaver County - What began as a simple call for computer tech support has mushroomed into a full-blown state police investigation of questionable accounting practices at the Councils of Governments of Beaver and Butler Counties.

State police say they are investigating the financial accounts of the COG following a discovery that the organization failed to pay computer maker Dell Corporation about $43,000 for computer equipment.

Once police informed the COG's 10-member executive board of the unpaid bill in February, the board suspended executive director Sharon Sambol without pay. The board then named COG employee Jan Tagliaferi interim executive director.

Sambol could not be reached for comment.

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