A Lancaster Township couple is suing a Pittsburgh business owner and the fired Lancaster Township police chief for a series of bizarre actions the family said left them traumatized.

In a lawsuit filed Nov. 1, Richard and Amy Wallace say former Lancaster Township Police Chief David Sitler caused them emotional distress, invaded their privacy and violated their Fourth Amendment rights.

The suit also lists assault, battery, breach of contract and other allegations against Robert Boback, Tiversa cofounder and CEO.

Tiversa collects information from the deep and dark webs in order to “provide cyber threat intelligence, remediation and risk management services to consumers, companies, and government agencies,” according to the company’s website.

Richard Wallace began his employment at Tiversa in 2007 as a cyber-forensic security analyst. According to the lawsuit, Boback’s “bizarre behavior” began shortly thereafter and lasted until 2014, when Wallace was fired.

In addition to making racist and sexist jokes on a daily basis, Boback told Wallace that his wife was having an affair with one of the Wallace’s neighbors, asked Amy Wallace to wear her military uniform to the Tiversa office to make it appear that the company had government contracts.

The suit claims that Sitler directed his police officers to pull the couple’s daughter out of class on two occasions to embarrass her.

He was fired from the police department last year, after an incident involving the alleged use of excessive force during an arrest.

A full story will appear in Tuesday's Butler Eagle.