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PD-350 (Rev. 12-5-78) .| Undiente page, name of newspnper, cily and state.} THe 1s Digeh GARETT pe Dearth , 14 Date: 7/2/94 | Edition: _ (Mount Clipping in Spoce Below) JOHN P. MURTHA - MEMBER OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D.C. - VICTIM; ° 12/03/1997; CCSCAKA-THREAT or Classification: Submitting Office: SIA-PC “67VYCO ~~ Che Indiansz Gazette / Thursday, July 9, 19% ae ws News briefs. Man guilty of threatening Murtha JOHNSTOWN, Pa (AP) — A self-employed general contractor was convicted of threatening to assault. and kill U.S. Rep. John, Murtha | because he was angiry over what he perceived as attempts to keep him from running: for Mur'tha’s seat. . AUS. District Counrt jury on Wednesday found Donald Lee Fenton, 41, | guilty of threatening Murtha’s life during a telephone conversation with . ; an insurance adjuster. ' His lawyer, Marketa Sims, immediately filed a motion to dismiss the . verdict. She argued that the word “kill” was used only as a figure of “ye, . speech during the comversation last December. . “s Fenton, who was free on bail, could be sentenced to up to five years in prison and a $250,000 sine. . Fenton believed he w'as being followed after he announced he would run for Murtha’s seat, according to testimony. He complained about Murtha during a conversation with insurance adjuster Randy Leventry. Leventi'y said he took notes, them: called police. . oe ee ee | PGA PE CY WO-IE Seemann JUL 221998 Ph - J