A Saltsburg man has been found not guilty on all charges after having been accused of the sexual assault of a then-15-year-old boy in 2016. 29-year-old Michael Snyder was acquitted on all five counts by a Westmoreland County Court jury. Snyder, who lives in Loyalhanna Township, vehemently denied the accusations after his arrest last year.
The boy claimed Snyder plied him with alcohol and then assaulted him, but the defense contended that he fabricated the story because of another dispute with Snyder, who will remain in the Westmoreland County Prison awaiting adjudication of an unrelated 2015 case, referred from Indiana County. He is charged with aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence, endangering the welfare of children, and related offenses.
