Sam Sanguedolce was born and raised in the Greater Pittston Area of Northeast 
Morgan Bathgate is a college student at Messiah University studying Psychology. She 
graduated in 2020 from Mechanicsburg Area Senior High where she also played water 
Pennsylvania. He was appointed Luzerne County’s District Attorney after serving as 
polo, swam competitively, played violin, maintained a 4.0 GPA and took six Advanced 
a prosecutor in the DA’s Office for nineteen years – nine of which were as the First 
Placement (AP) classes.
Assistant District Attorney under District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis who is now running 
for Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. 
She was diagnosed with Autism when she was 3 years old. Morgan likes to remind people 
that she may think differently, learn differently and at times struggle to focus—but she 
Sam is a graduate of the University of Scranton where he received a Bachelor of Science 
embraces her extraordinary abilities. She is different—but not less.
degree in Economics. He went on to graduate from Penn State’s Dickinson School of 
Law where he obtained his Juris Doctorate. 
Morgan describes herself as family oriented, artsy, techie, bookish, musical and 
adventurous. She loves nature, animals, video games and drawing.

istrict Attorney Sanguedolce led the team in the prosecution of Luzerne County’s most 
famous serial killer, Hugo Selenski, where the team obtained a double murder conviction 
and two life sentences plus over two hundred years’ sentence.

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As District Attorney, Sam continues actively prosecuting cases while supervising the 
District Attorney’s Office.

MORGAN 
SAM 
BATHGATE
SANGUEDOLCE