Homicide suspect Hugo Selenski, his attorney Shelly Centini, and defense investigator James Sulima have been charged by a grand jury with trying to intimidate witnesses in his case and lying under oath.

According to the grand jury, Selenski, Centini and Sulima conspired to undermine the prosecution of Selenski through whatever means necessary, including; conspiring to impede justice; intimidating witnesses; soliciting perjury and obstructing the administration of justice.

The grand jury found the three defendants met with at least five potential witnesses and provided them letters, allegedly handwritten by Selenski. Each letter was specifically addressed to the witness and allegedly contained references to their personal lives and how they should testify while in court.

Read the grand jury indictment

Additionally, Selenski, Centini and Sulima allegedly lied regarding their involvement and conduct while testifying before the grand jury. The indictment alleges "the brazen criminal conduct of this group continued through their appearance before the grand jury."

Selenski, 40, currently incarcerated in a state correctional institution, is charged with five counts of intimidation of witnesses, five counts of solicitation to commit perjury, one count of conspiracy to intimidate witnesses, one count of theft by deception, one count of conspiracy to commit theft by deception, one count of perjury, one count of conspiracy to commit perjury, one count of obstructing administration of law, one count of conspiracy to obstruct administration of law, one count of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and one count of conspiracy to tamper with or fabricate physical evidence.

Centini, 38, 16 Old Mill Road, Wilkes-Barre, is charged with five counts of intimidation of witnesses, five counts of solicitation to commit perjury, one count of conspiracy to intimidate witnesses, one count of theft by deception, one count of conspiracy to commit theft by deception, one count of perjury, one count of conspiracy to commit perjury, one count of obstructing administration of law, one count of conspiracy to obstruct administration of law, one count of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and one count of conspiracy to tamper with or fabricate physical evidence.

Sulima, 49, 39 Ziegler Road, Pittston, is charged with five counts of intimidation of witnesses, five counts of solicitation to commit perjury, one count of conspiracy to intimidate witnesses, one count of theft by deception, one count of conspiracy to commit theft by deception, one count of perjury, one count of conspiracy to commit perjury, one count of obstructing administration of law, one count of conspiracy to obstruct administration of law, one count of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and one count of conspiracy to tamper with or fabricate physical evidence.

Selenski was arraigned via video this morning. Dauphin County Magisterial District Judge David Judy set bail at $1.5 million. Centini and Sulima are scheduled to be preliminarily arraigned before Judge Judy at 2:30 p.m.

Selenski's trial was set to begin March 3.

Selenski is charged in the 2002 killings of pharmacist Michael Kerkowski and Kerkowski's girlfriend, Tammy Fassett, whose bodies were found buried in the yard of Selenski's Kingston Township home in May 2003. Selenski was charged with those killings on March 15, 2006 — minutes after being cleared of an unrelated set of homicide charges.

Selenski is currently serving a state sentence of 32½ to 65 years for a Monroe County home invasion and robbery.