Washington City Councilman Matt Staniszewski faced a hearing in front of President Judge John DiSalle on Wednesday to have his probation detainer lifted. Staniszewski is in jail on a probation violation that occurred in Bedford County. Pennsylvania State Police say they found Staniszewski intoxicated in his car in the medial strip of a major highway on February 16th. State Police alerted the Washington County Probation Office of Staniszewski’s incident and probation officers went to Staniszewski’s home to arrest him. Staniszewski’s father let officers in to take him and when they entered his room they found a nearly empty bottle of alcohol in his room and Staniszewski had to be carried to the car. Staniszewski’s attorney Sean Logue hoped to have him transferred to a rehabilitation hospital but due to insurance issues, that plan fell through and Logue then hoped to have Staniszewski released on house arrest with his father. DiSalle pointed to the fact that Staniszewski was drinking while in his father’s house when he was arrested and that there is no clear plan for treatment if DiSalle was to lift the probation detainer. DiSalle denied the petition and Staniszewski will remain in the Washington County Jail. Charges for the accident that instigated these proceedings are pending in Bedford County.