12/19/18
by News Department on 12/19/18Christy denied...
27 year old Shawn Christy, of McAdoo, who is accused of threatening President Donald Trump tried twice Tuesday to have state burglary charges against him dismissed — and was twice rejected by a magisterial district judge.
According to the Republican Herald, Christy is facing burglary and theft-related charges alleging he broke into his uncle’s home in Butler Township, Luzerne County, in July while on the run from U.S. Marshals.
Christy, acting as his own attorney, began a preliminary hearing on the burglary charges Tuesday afternoon by asking Magisterial District Judge Donald L. Whittaker to throw the case out.
Christy asserted he had a constitutional right to confront his accuser — in this case, his uncle — but his uncle was not present for the hearing. Whittaker denied the motion.
