Ex-Lawyer Gets Time-Served Sentence in Lawmaker Threats

A former Pennsylvania lawyer who pleaded responsible to threatening to kill Democrats within the U.S. Senate has been sentenced to time served and a $10,000 effective.

Kenelm Shirk III, 72, of the town of Lebanon, pleaded responsible in March to a cost of threatening to homicide a U.S. official. U.S. District Choose Jennifer Wilson took his age and well being into consideration in decreasing the sentence vary from 18 to 24 months.

“I feel that’s ample to attain the aim of simply punishment and determent on this case,” she stated Friday, in keeping with LNP.

Authorities stated state police arrested Shirk at a gasoline station close to Shippensburg the day after President Joe Biden’s inauguration in January 2021. Present in his automotive have been an AR-15 rifle, two handguns and a field of ammunition, police stated.

Authorities started searching for Shirk after his ex-wife reported he had threatened to kill her in addition to authorities officers within the Washington space, in keeping with an affidavit filed in state courtroom. Police noticed his automotive parked at a gasoline station simply off the interstate, about two hours north of Washington, and arrested him with out incident.

Shirk, who was solicitor for Akron borough in Lancaster County earlier than his arrest, was disbarred final yr.

Protection legal professional John Abom earlier known as the case “very a lot making a mountain out of a molehill.” He stated his consumer had the weapons as a result of he’s a goal shooter, and was headed to Virginia to go to household.

Earlier than he was sentenced, Shirk apologized to his purchasers, regulation enforcement, the courts and his ex-wife for his actions, LNP reported.

“I’m not a terrorist,” he stated. “I’ve no excuse. I ought to by no means have stated what I stated.”

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