Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti , who is vying for Congress, once put a man with a criminal history on the city’s Human Relations Commission who later committed crimes while serving in that post. Cognetti, the Democratic nominee to take on Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.), appointed Mike Villa to the commission, which is tasked with fielding complaints from people who allege discrimination. Just last month, Villa was hit with a 10-month prison sentence as well as 38 months of probation for trespassing