A Summit Township man told a judge Friday that he will hire a new attorney to defend him against charges Saxonburg police filed after responding to a 911 call from a 13-year-old child reporting his parents overdosed on drugs.

Nathan Kyle Frndak, 45, is facing three felony charges of endangering the welfare of children and one count of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. He also faces three misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment filed by Saxonburg police following the Oct. 23, 2025, incident.

Jessica Leigh Bisignano, 36, has been charged with the same child endangerment and reckless endangerment charges, but not the drug charge. Her case remains active.

Earlier this month, Frndak filed a motion to have substitute counsel appointed. His court-appointed attorney, Armand Cingolani, then filed a motion to withdraw as counsel.

Both motions were resolved Friday in a hearing before Common Pleas Court Judge Joseph Kubit.

Cingolani said Frndak claimed the case against him can’t proceed because it falls under the good Samaritan law, and said he was late for one of his hearings and unprepared when he arrived.

He said Frndak also wanted him to file a motion to suppress evidence. He scheduled a meeting with Frndak to discuss it, but Frndak didn’t show up.

Cingolani filed a motion to suppress evidence in April and filed an amended motion in June, according to court records.

“He made false allegations. I realize he doesn’t like me, and he doesn’t want me to represent him,” Cingolani said.

Assistant District Attorney Laura Pitchford said Cingolani has done more in Frndak’s case than some other attorneys would do.

“I think he has zealously represented him,” Pitchford said.

She said Frndak might not like Cingolani’s advice, but that doesn’t mean the advice is wrong, and other attorneys would give him the same advice.

Kubit said Frndak did not establish a basis to have a different attorney appointed. He said Frndak could hire an attorney, represent himself or have a court-appointed attorney.

Frndak said he filed the motion for substitute counsel instead of going to the meeting with Cingolani. He said Cingolani was late for a hearing on the suppression motion. He also claimed Cingolani suggested he hire a different attorney to handle the suppression matter.

Kubit said Cingolani is a skilled and respected lawyer, and Frndak hasn’t produced anything showing Cingolani isn’t doing his job.

Frndak then agreed to withdraw his motion, and said he would hire an attorney.

According to police, three children — ages 13, 2 and 1 — were in a home on Mitchell Hill Road when Frndak and Bisignano overdosed, and the 13-year-old called 911.

The children were outside being tended to by East Butler Ambulance Service and the Herman Volunteer Fire Company when police arrived, according to preliminary hearing testimony.

Police entered the home and found Frndak unconscious in a living room chair. Frndak kept saying everything was all right, but showed signs of impairment, according to testimony.

Frndak said three times that emergency services were not welcome in the home while they were there, according to testimony.

Medics reportedly told police they saw drug paraphernalia on the floor in the area within reach of children, according to testimony.

Bisignano asked if all of the children evacuated the residence, prompting police to go back inside and search. Police found hundreds of full and empty stamp bags and syringes in the master bedroom, according to testimony. Some stamp bags had been packaged into bundles and bricks. A bundle typically is 10 stamp bags and a brick is usually 50 stamp bags.