US Marshals employee caught having sex on courthouse roof in Pennsylvania

A US Marshals Service employee was photographed having sex on the roof of a federal courthouse in Pennsylvania, the force confirmed.

A resident of a nearby apartment building sent the pictures to local news station WHTM-TV thinking a member of the public had breached security to get up to the top of Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse in Harrisburg.

But after the station alerted authorities, it transpired the man in the pictures is a staff member.

 

They were later pictured sat by the building in a photo that confirmed the man's identity for authorities

According to the resident who took the pictures, the couple regularly engage in sex acts on the roof after working hours. 

U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane issued a statement on Thursday confirming the employee's involvement. He said the matter is under investigation. 

Pane said the Marshals Service is confident that the security integrity of the courthouse is intact.

The 12-story facility was built in 1966 and renamed after the former president in 2004.