MIDDLEBURG — The case against a Bucknell whistleblower continues through the judicial system in Snyder County.

Bucknell University filed preliminary objections to a whistleblower complaint in February by former Bucknell public safety officer Colby M. Snook, in the Union County Court of Common Pleas.

The university is requesting dismissal of the complaint.

Bucknell is citing absence of any evidence of wrongdoing in the allegations made by Snook and denied he was discharged after reporting alleged “wrongdoing” to Union County District Attorney Pete Johnson.

Bucknell said Snook resigned from the university and also denied he was mistreated by other university employees.

The case involved Snook alleging former Bucknell police chief Steve Barilar allowed evidence to be deleted pertaining to a male student who took inappropriate video of a female student.

“I can’t say it (the deleted information) wouldn’t of been discovered anyhow,” said retired visiting Senior Judge Dudley N. Anderson.

Anderson said this was his first-ever whistleblower case after over 20 years on the bench.

“I recognize I’ll need some education from you guys,” Anderson told the court.

In Pennsylvania, a whistleblower is defined as a person who witnesses or has evidence of wrongdoing or waste while employed and who makes a good-faith report of the wrongdoing or waste, verbally or in writing, to the employee's superiors, an agent of the employer or to any other appropriate authority.

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