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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Proceedings were set to begin Monday in the case of a state trooper accused of molesting a minor, but they were pushed to Tuesday morning.</p><p>Patrick Finn, 47, of Harrisburg, is accused of crawling into bed with the 9-year-old girl and telling her he wanted to have sex with her.</p><p>The incident allegedly occurred in the early morning hours of Dec. 4, 2016.</p><p>Jury selection in the case against Finn, a corporal at the Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Carlisle, was set to start at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, but counsel spent much of the afternoon in chambers with Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Vough.</p><p>Eventually, the jury selection process was pushed to Tuesday morning.</p><p>Finn originally agreed to a plea deal last year, but replaced his attorney Demetrius Fannick with Peter Paul Olszewski, who sought to bring the case to trial.</p><style>
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Proceedings pushed to Tuesday morning in trooper’s molestation trial