Roskovskis' son has felony cases dropped
After prosecutors agreed to drop all felony charges against him, a 22-year-old Center Township man admitted Monday to possessing an array of drugs when authorities investigating his parents' alleged crimes searched his Moon Township, Allegheny County, apartment as part of their investigation.
Jacob Scott Roskovski was arrested and charged Jan. 24 with seven felony charges of possession of a controlled substance, six misdemeanor charges of possession of a controlled substance and one misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. His parents — Stephanie and Scott Roskovski — are accused of stealing more than $1.3 million from Butler Health System, and authorities stumbled upon the drugs he possessed while investigating his parents' corruption accusations.
Allegheny prosecutor Jarrod Caruso, who is prosecuting the case, agreed to drop all felony charges for Roskovski's guilty plea to the misdemeanor charges. Administrative Judge Jill Rangos sentenced Roskovski to a total of one year of probation and 50 hours of community service.
“He's a 22-year-old junior at Robert Morris University,” Roskovkski's lawyer, Michael Porter, said to Rangos. “It's sort of an unusual circumstance. Federal agents were investigating something else in this matter. Mr. Roskovski was very cooperative with the police.”
Porter said that Roskovski has a medical marijuana card — “an explanation for some of the stuff he had.”
Authorities said they found numerous illegal drugs — including marijuana, LSD, psychedelic mushrooms and other hallucinogenic substances — at an apartment he was renting last summer in Moon Township.
Rangos accepted the plea deal and imparted some advice to Roskovski. She recalled a similar story in which a 22-year-old was caught with drugs.
“The community was really tired of college students possessing and distributing small amounts of drugs. He spent the summer in jail. He had no chance,” Rangos said. “You're getting a big break here. Learn from this. You won't get any second chances. Any one of these felonies would've landed you in jail.”
Roskovski's parents attended the hearing. Stephanie Roskovski, the former chief operating officer at Butler Health System, and Scott Roskovski, a former detective with the Butler County District Attorney's Office, were indicted in April by a federal grand jury on charges of embezzlement.
Caruso declined to comment.
