Lower Gwynedd’s former solicitor, Michael Savona, was charged with lying to the FBI on Tuesday.  Savona served as solicitor for several other municipalities, including Lower Southampton Township, where he was allegedly part of a bribery scheme.

In December, he abruptly resigned from his position in Lower Gwynedd, as well as from the prominent law firm in Doylestown, Eastburn and Gray, where he served as a municipal attorney.  From the Bucks County Courier Times:

Former Lower Southampton solicitor Michael J. Savona has been charged with lying to federal investigators in connection with a corruption probe involving a trio of public officials.

Savona was charged Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia with a single count of making false statements to investigators, according to court records.

The charge is a felony.