Commonwealth v. Tiberi

Opinion by

Cercone, J.,

The instant appeal arises from appellant’s conviction, after a jury trial, of one count of extortion 1 and one count of “macing.” 2 Appellant also was charged with bribery 3 and tampering with witnesses, 4 but on those charges the jury found him not guilty. The extortion and macing charges arose from the same series of discussions between appellant, Mr. Tiberi, who was an area superintendent with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDot), Jerome Hornyak, a local superintendent with PennDot, and Floyd Critchlow, a heavy equipment operator. The facts giving…