The Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission issued a final adjudication on Wednesday that a Sheffield constable and code enforcement officer unfairly used his authority to dismiss summary ordinance charges in order to obtain ownership of real property.

In addition, the matter against Shawn Young was referred by the commission to the Office of the Warren County District Attorney and the Office of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with a recommendation that criminal prosecutions be instituted against Young.

In the decision, the commission also fined Young $87,900.

Young was additionally cited for filing a deficient Statement of Financial Interests for calendar year 2020 when he failed to disclose his office, directorship, or employment in any business and failed to disclose his financial interest in any legal entity in business for profit; and filed deficient SFIs for calendar years 2021 and 2022 by failing to disclose his office, directorship, or employment in any business.

He also failed to file those statements, the commission said, while code enforcement officer for Pleasant Township and Glade Township.

The commission ordered Young to file complete and accurate Statement of Financial Interests for calendar years 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 with both Sheffield Township and Pleasant Township and complete and accurate Statement of Financial Interests for calendar years 2022, 2023, and 2024 with Glade Township and to forward copies of such filings to this Commission. He also was directed to not accept any reimbursement, compensation or other payment from Sheffield Township, Pleasant Township, or Glade Township representing a full or partial reimbursement of the aforesaid treble penalty or civil penalties.