 During his tenure, in 1998, Gricar declined to press charges against longtime Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky following allegations of child sexual abuse; Sandusky was charged and convicted of multiple counts of sexual abuse thirteen years later.In 2004, Gricar announced he would not run for re-election, and would retire from practicing law altogether in December 2005, shortly after his 60th birthday.Gricar met Barbara Gray during his undergraduate study at the University of Dayton.