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John Murtha — Part 24

103 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: May 11, 2004 · Broad topic: Murder · Topic: John Murtha · 12 pages OCR'd
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Page 35 of43 AND INTERVIEWED ME ON CAMERA. I TOLD THEM THAT MY APT. WAS SHOT UP BY POWERFUL POLITICAL ENEMIES. THEY SHOT FOOTAGE OF THE CONCRETE BLOKS THAT WERE BLASTED BY THE BULLETS. I ASKED TI!EM IF THEY WERE GOING TO DO A REPORT OTNITE. THEY SAID THAT SINCE THE COPS DIDN'T TAKE A REPORT, THEY WOULDNT DO A REPORT. NOW, I LIVE IN A HOUSING PROJECT. LOTS OF KIDS AROUND. MY APT. GETS SHOT UP BY MURTHAS GOONS AND IT DOESNT EVEN MAKE THE NEWS AND I CANT FILE A POLICE REPORT. ALSO, IN 98 WHEN I WAS TALKING TO WJAC-TV6 OUTSIDE THE COURlliOUSE AS THE JURY DELIBERATED; A RED DOT FROM A SNIPER RIFLE APPEARED ON MY FOREHEAD. ON 10/07/03 I LAID IN BED THINKING ABOUT MY PRELIMINARY HEARING IN BELLFONTE THE NEXT DAY. tHAD NO WAY TO GET THERE AND IT WAS 100 MILES AWAY. I COULDN'T RIDE THE DAVVAN; I WAS BANNED. I COULDN'T EITTCH-HIKE; rD BE RUN DOWl~ ALONGSIDE THE ROAD BY MURTHAS GOONS; NOBODY WOULD GIVE ME A RIDE BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL SCARED TO BE AROUND ME BECAUSE THEY DONT WANT MURTHA TRYING TO HURT THEM LIKE HE DID MY OTIIER FRIENDS. EVEN IF I COULD GET THERE, I MAYBE SHOT BY A SNIPER IF I TALK TO THE MEDIA ON CAMERA. I DECIDED THAT THE ONLYTHING I COULD DO IS "NOT GO; IN DELF DEFENSE". SO I DIDN'T GO. I FIGURED ID BE GETTING A VISIT FROM SOMEONE SO I STAYED AT HOME AND WAITED. ON 10/10/03 I CAME OUT OF THE SHOWER AND WAS GETTING DRESSED IN MY L~VING ROOM WH5 THE POLICE KNOCKED ON MY DOOR. I SAID "YEAH" THEY b6 b7C SAID' THERE IS SOMEONE FROM TIIE ATIORNEY GENERALS OFFICE HERE TO SEE YOu." I SAID "TELL THEM TO SEE MY LAWYER" AT THAT TIME MY P.O. PEEKE! D OUT FROM BEHIND THE COPS AND TOLD ME TO OPEN THE DOOR. I DID. AS I DID THE COPS AND MY P.O. CAME RUSHING IN AND 1HE COPS STARTED TO DO A SWEEP OF THE APT. THEY SAW A HUNTING KNIFE WIlli A COMPASS IN THE HANDLE TIIAT I USE TO TAKE WITH ME WHEN I GO FOR HIKES IN THE WOODS NEAR MY APT. SO I DON'T GET LOST. THEY PUT THE CUFFS ON ME AND MY P.O. SAYS I'M BEING ARRESTED BECAUSE I DIDN'T SHOW FOR THE PRELIM HEARING. TIIEY TAKE ME TO CAMBRIA COUNTY PRISON. A FEW DAYS LATER AN INMATE SHOWS ME A STORY ABOUT ME, IT TALKS ABOUT MY 19981RIALS FOR THREATENING TO KILL MURTHA. IT ALSO SAID THAT I HAD SOME KIND OF HEARING ON NOV. 13TH. A MONTH FROM THEN. A FEW DAYS LATER MY FIVE YEARS PROBATIONRAN OUT AS I SAT IN JAIL. I SAT IN QUARANTINE TILL 10/25, THEN I WAS TAKEN TO B BLOCK CUBE 11. AS SOON AS I WALKED IN MY CELLMATE CAME UP TO ME AND SAID" I JUST WANT TO KNOW ONE THING; DO YOU SMOKE MARAJUANA?" I THOUGHT ''NOW WHY DO THE GOONS WANT ME TO SAY I SMOKE MARAJUANA", SO I FIGURED I'D BITE AND! I SAID" YEAH, I DO." A FEW DAYS LAlER THE C.O. TOLD ME TO ROLL UP, I WAS LEAVING. I WENT OUT FRONT AND WAS HANDCUFFED BY A COUPLE STATE COLLEGE COPS AND TAKEN TO A MAGISTRATE. I WALKED IN, SAT DOWN, AND A MAGISTRATE WALKED IN , SAT DO~, LOOKED AT 1Y.IE, AND WALKED AWAY. THE COPS TOOK ME TO BE;;FONTE TO BE ARRAIGNED ON THE TERRORISTIC THREAT CHARGES. I COULDNT MAKE BAIL SO I WAS ATK.EN TO CENTRE COUNTY JAil.. ON 10/30. FROM 10/30 TO 11/06 I WAS TORTIJRED IN THE CENTRE COUNTY JAIL. I NEARLY DIED. I DONT KNOW HOW I STAYED ALIVE. RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA. I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME. MY "LAWYER" THE PUBLIC DEFENDER NEVER CAME TO SEE ME. ON 11106 THE COPS CAME AND TOOK ME TO CENTRE COURT FOR A PRELIM. AT THE PRELIM I TOLD THE JUDGE THAT I WAS TORTURED FOR THE LAST SIX DAYS. HE HAD ME SENT BACK TO CAMBRIA COUNTY. ON 11/13 I WAS TOLD TO GET READY FOR COURT. FOR 30 DAYS I WAS WRlTING TO THE JUDGE, MY P.O., EVRYBODY. THRYINGTO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WHAT. I WENT TO THE MYSTERY HEASRING ON 11/13/03. IN FRONT OF CAMBRIA JUDGE SWOPE I WENT OFF. I 5/11/2004 L
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