Commissioner Tyree C. Blocker announced that 101 men and women graduated from the State Police Academy and were assigned to troops across the commonwealth.

Area graduates have been assigned to the following troops across the state:Troop C: Matthew J. Grasso of Schuylkill CountyTroop H, Harrisburg: Peter K. Conforti of Schuylkill County; Matthew S. Kelly of Lehigh County, Anthony S. Giarrizzo of Lehigh County, Rush W. Stehlin IV of Northampton County and Matthew D. Urbanski of Northampton CountyTroop M, Bethlehem: Nikos Bilianis of Northampton County, Jacob R. Lipp of Lehigh County, Matthew J. Orchulli of Northampton County, Matthew J. Lento of Monroe County, Diane M. Shukaitis of Monroe County.For more information on the state police, visit

www.psp.pa.gov.