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9? ' (Indicate page, nume of { newspaper, cIly wid slate, (Rev. "125°78) ? Thravwet - peace + Character: ‘| a, re Jonns rows SA - Date: : . Jud e Baition: Wee] 8 j ; a us, | ; OF 4-64 eh as Tie bs 12/3/67 b | S25K | oles nh PO byve Submitting Office: ‘ 1 a +t i bond | | Fenton facing ithreat charges By SANDRA K, REABUCK THE TRIGUNE-DEMOCRAT - EBENSBURG — Cambria County Judge Gerard Long refused Friday to lower the $25,000 bond for a Stony- creek Township man who's in the county jail on charges he made a - threatening telephone call to his .| insurance agent. The defendant, Donald Lee Fen- ton, 41, of Bedford Street, also is fac- ing federal charges of threatening US. Rep. John P. Murtha's life. Long said that the bond set by Dis- trict Justice Max Pavlovich is appro- priate despite the contention of Pub- lic Defender Richard Corcoranthat it is excessive. Corcoran told fc the judge that |. Fenton has only |” one prior crimi- | nal offense - a | simple assault | conviction dat- 4 ing back to 1980. In addition, | Corcoran said | that despite the : : _) publicity about Fenton : . ithe . alleged | threats against a congressman, | “heré's only one alleged phone call i here, and Rep. Murtha is not the vic- | tim in our case.” * : Long said that if Fenton is able to post bond, he must be brought back before the judge for bond conditions, including a mental evaluation and possibly having to wear electronic ankle bracelets. _ Fenton has been in the county jail since Dec. 11 when he was arrested py the Stonycreek Township police’ on charges of terroristic threats and harassing an insurance agent. | Bederal officials on Tuesday issued an arvest warrant for Fenton ona charee of threatening to assault | and murder.a US. official. The federal complaint alleges that Fenton threatendizig to “blow Con- ' gressman Murtha's head off” and kill Randy Leveniry, the insurance agent, as well as everybody's in Lev- entry's office. A federal preliminary examina- ' tion hearing that was to have been held Friday afternoon for Fenton \ was postponed, authorities said. A | new date was not set for the hearing. ee | ‘ n { l 4 FeIsoos merce ene op oe teem terme ee nanan ak tee,