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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A local LGBTQ leader is being accused of forgery and impersonating an Allegheny County sheriff’s deputy.According to his attorney, Gary Van Horn will be coming to city court on Wednesday to face charges of impersonating a public official and forgery.The charges stem from a state police investigation into the Delta Foundation president who now stands accused of falsely representing himself as an Allegheny sheriff’s deputy and rigging his personal car with police lights. ...
Sources familiar with the investigation say that in at least one instance, Van Horn deployed those police lights at a scene and presented sheriff’s office papers authorizing him with police powers.
The president of a nonprofit advocacy group for the LGBT community in Pittsburgh turned himself in Wednesday after charges were filed accusing him of forging Allegheny County Sheriff William P. Mullen’s signature and acting as an officer by using police lights and sirens in his personal vehicle. ...The attorney was initially interrupted as he spoke to media Wednesday by president and founder of the SisTers PGH transgender support program, Ciora Thomas, 31. The activist voiced criticism of Mr. Van Horn Jr., stating he has “hurt the community†more than he has helped. ...The Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh announced Wednesday via Facebook that they accepted Mr. Van Horn Jr.’s request for a leave of absence. Their priority remains ensuring community members are treated with “dignity, respect and inclusion,†the group said in a statement. ...