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Suspended Pa. trooper forcibly removed phone from daughter’s pants as discipline: attorney

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A suspended Pennsylvania state trooper is accused of forcibly removing a cell phone from his teenage daughter’s clothing. His attorney argues the incident was a matter of parental discipline rather than a criminal act. The legal case centers on whether the trooper’s conduct constitutes a crime.

Forcibly taking the cell phone from his estranged teenage daughter was parenting not a crime, the trooper argues.

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