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Joseph Adam White, 29, who applied to become a Pa. State Trooper, saw his application derailed when he allegedly admitted to unlawful sexual contact with an underage girl during a pre-polygraph test that was part of the application process back in January in Meadville, Pa. He now faces trial in the case.

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Never let it be said that the application process for becoming a Pennsylvania State Police cadet is anything less than thorough.

You might remember the case of Joseph Adam White, 29, who applied to the State Police. His application was quickly derailed, however, when he allegedly admitted to unlawful sexual contact with an underage girl during a pre-polygraph test that was part of the application process and interview back in January.

The alleged underage sex occurred almost four years before, but it is coming back to haunt the failed State Police applicant, big time.

The Meadville Tribune reports that White waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday. This means he now faces trial in Crawford County Court on a total of 14 charges filed by Pennsylvania State Police at Meadville. His trial could be held as early as September.

White allegedly admitted to troopers he had multiple sexual contacts with the girl in the spring and summer of 2011. And in an instant, he went from applying to becoming a State Trooper to seeing the law from the opposite side - as a charged suspect in a sex crimes case.

Police say White "made statements that he had consensual sexual intercourse and other inappropriate sexual contact with the victim when she was a juvenile," the newspaper reports.