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A longtime district attorney
in our region is stepping down.
Blair county DA Rich Consiglio
announcing his retirement in
2020.
Marshall Keely spoke to his
colleagues about his legacy and
tells us who is going to be
filling his position.
Blair county
attorney Rich Consiglio has
served as a prosecutor in the
county for more than 30 years.
By the time he retires, he will
have served 15 as district
attorney.
Consiglio announced he will
retire on April 1st, 2020.
Consiglio was elected district
attorney for blair county in
2005.
He was elected three times.
He tried over 500 criminal cases
before judges in Blair County.
That is the most criminal trials
in county history.
The law requires first
assistant district attorney to
serve out the remainder of
Consiglio's term as a district
attorney.
He says he will serve until the
completion of that term in 2021
casino expressed confidence in
him.
He also addressed the timing of
his retirement.
"It is to maintain the
consistency, so on and so forth.
I am 75 years old.
I am not getting any younger."
"No one in the legal system
who has earned the retirement
better than Rich Consiglio."
He worked with him
in a district attorney's office
for years.
He tells me Consiglio is the
most dedicated prosecutor that
he has ever worked with.
He considers him a very close
friend.
Consiglio says he will try to
finish up working on cases that
he is handling before his
retirement.
He says what he does is all
about people
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