William L. Slocum (born November 21, 1947) is a former Republican member of the

Pennsylvania State Senate The Pennsylvania State Senate is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Pennsylvania state legislature. The State Senate meets in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. Senators are elected for four year terms, staggered eve ...

. Slocum pleaded guilty and spent a month in federal prison for filing false reports to the

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is the agency in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania responsible for protecting and preserving the land, air, water, and public health through enforcement of the state's environmental laws. ...

and discharging raw sewage into Brokenstraw Creek while he was a sewage plant manager in

Youngsville, Pennsylvania Youngsville is a borough in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,729 at the 2010 census. Geography Youngsville is located at (41.853460, -79.318614). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a t ...

.Senator gets jail time for dumping sewage
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* - official PA Senate profile (archived) 1947 births Living people Republican Party Pennsylvania state senators Pennsylvania politicians convicted of crimes {{Pennsylvania-PASenate-stub