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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Plum, PA) A former police officer from Penn Hills now has several charges against him after investigators confirm he pulled a PIT maneuver. This action causes someone to spin out after someone hits the back of another car. According to the criminal complaint, Plum police were dispatched to Universal Road for a two-vehicle crash on June 26th. Dennis Pape admitted to a Penn Hills police officer of his PIT maneuver and The charges for Pape are careless driving, reckless driving, disorderly conduct, recklessly endangering another person, resisting arrest and obstructing the administration of law.