MONESSEN MAN ACQUITTED

A Monessen man was acquitted of sexual assault charges at his trial yesterday.  The Trib reports 63-year-old Jerry Geist was found not guilty of three charges connected to accusations made by an autistic woman who claimed she was raped after she rejected his sexual advances at her apartment building in August of 2022.  Judge Christopher Feliciani also dismissed the two most serious charges of rape and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, claiming the prosecution did not prove Geist used or threatened to use force.