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Title: = Susan ~~ “ Character: y EVANS ~ THE TREUNE-DEMOCRAT anced FG--71A497 EBENSBURG = The man convicted of nits t Submitting Office: tic threats arid barred froin contact with U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Johnstown, The TribuiieDemoc-§ rat and others, is in jail, charged with violating | “ Donald L: Fenton, 56, 6f Geistoivn has béen Sént | ‘to'Cambria County Jail and may face new crimi- hal charges, court papers show. a __ The new charges may not be conhectéd to aniy- oneinthisregion, © In 1998, Fenton was’ sentenced: io five years’ oe on tlie repair. ~ ° pots Fenton threatéried fo “blow the (expletive) hea off” of Murtha and one of his aides, court testirno! nyshowed, Judge Thomas Swopé placed’ Fenton on proba- tion for-60 months and ordered ‘him ‘not to have any contact with Murtha, The Tribune-Democrat! ‘and {ts émployées, Leventry or the auto dealer- ship where Fenton's truck was repaired. . “Fénton also was required to undergo’a mental evaluation and anger ‘mahagement counseling! and follow recommendations. i Fenton failed to comply with orders eee displaying overt-behavior and- other conditions; said papers filed by the county Probation Office.| Those -papers-also refer:.to “riew criminal .] charges,” but do not specify what they are, or the -hicident from which they stem.” “We can’t release that information as of yet. But; it has nothing to do with this area,” saida probay__ tion office employee; who ‘declined further com- ment in a telephone interview. : " wood . Murtha aide Brad“Clemenson said he’ was not 2 pals oak: s (GRRE a ; AS : antheriged to’ coinmént on Fenton's niost recent? “Donald Fenton iS ii ——— . May face new’ charges Sea Me 3 bi ee ‘s 2328 ° ee YT sy ha, 3 fs ard PE Ry ey ge Ab Bd i Bye 4 ? iy SPLIT A SSH nay Even Fenton's attomey wasinthedark, “I haven't héard any of this until-now,”-said public defender Richard Corcoran, who repre- isentéd Fenton in his 1998 trial and appeals, | “It would be up.fo Mr. Fenton to contact'me,”* Corcoran said in a telephone-intérview from his Ebensburg law office. os In the past, Corcoran has said Fenton was dis- appointed with his probation conditions, especial. ly not being able to write to The Tribune-Democ- rat, a condition he thinks violates his free-speech rights. ; _ ; rstate Superior Court disagreed when’ Fenton ‘Fappealed; saying: “Writing one’s congressman or newspaper and expressing one’s displeasure with the current political system is one thing, contact- iHing such officials after one has credibly and cate- .gorically threatened their lives is another.”= ~~ - Swope’ scheduled a Noy. 13 hearing on the pro. bation violation charges. Fenton will remain failed until then.