Carlisle tax collector on paid leave during drug case - abc27 WHTM

Carlisle's tax collector won't be able to do his job while drug charges are pending against him, but he will keep his elected position and continue to collect his pay.

Under a ruling in Cumberland County court Monday, George Hicks Jr. will remain on paid leave and borough officials will take over tax collections.

The district attorney's office had asked a judge to remove Hicks from office after he was charged last week with two counts of delivery of a controlled substance for allegedly selling marijuana to an undercover police officer.

According to prosecutors, Hicks on two occasions sold marijuana to the undercover officer at a building on S. Hanover Street near his tax collection office.