6/8/16
by News Department on 06/08/16Shooting suspect captured...
39 year old Courtland Irving Stackpole III, who was wanted for an attempted homicide in Pottsville during the early morning hours, Monday, was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon by Pottsville police.
According to the Republican Herald, Stackpole was identified as the shooter in an incident that injured a 50 year old Pottsville man.
Police Chief Richard F. Wojciechowsky said that Stackpole was taken into custody without incident about 4 p.m. by Pottsville police and an assisting state police trooper in the area of King and Queen Streets, inPottsville.
Stackpole, of Mount Carbon, was arraigned by on-call Magisterial District Judge David A. Plachko, Port Carbon, and committed to Schuylkill County Prison, unable to post $250,000 straight cash bail.
At the time he was taken into custody, Wojciechowsky said, Stackpole was found to be in possession of an unloaded .22-caliber handgun and a large Bowie knife.
The victim of the shooting incident was treated and released from an area hospital later Monday morning.
