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at The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa, Page AS eee ‘Murtha menace to stand trial By FRANK SOJAK THE TRIBUNE DEMOCRAT | A Geistown man will stand trial on charges | he threatened to kill 0.8, Rep. John Muttha of Johnstown, a Murtha aide, and others. Donald Lee Fenton, 41, of the 2400 block of Bedford Street, was ordered to stand trial atapre: ‘| Timinary hearing before District Justioe Max | Pavlovich, Geistown, Fenton is charged by the .} Stonycreck Township police with makingterror- i} istic threats and harassment. | He was returned to the Cambria Courty Jail in lieu ofbail. ‘The police said Fenton also br kil an employee of a Richland Township i uranice company. | | — Randy Leventry, an insurance adjuser for } Brie Insurance Co. in Richland ‘Townshis testi- fied! that Fenton had his vehicle serviced é a ga- rage late last spritig. He said the garage rinoved the oil in the vehicle but failed to put nev oil in. — 5 b7c He said the engine was damaged shortly after- ward. He said Fenton made a claim to Erle for the damage and a rebuilt engine was installed in the vehicle, He said Fenton continued to have prob- Jems: the rebuilt engine developed problems and the transmission failed because the engine was not installed correctly, He said the insurance com- pany continued to pay for repalrs. He said Fenton called him at his Stonycreek Township home on Dec, 3 and said the engine was leaking oil again and that he was upset about how hisclaimn was being handled. Leventry said Fenton told him the employees at the garage where the vehicle was being re- paired worked for Murtha and, if Fenton went to the garage, he might kill them. Leventry said Fenton told him that Murtha wwas behind his problems and it was a conspiracy torain him. According to Leventry, Fenton said he would shoot Murtha, his aide, John Hugya, all the em- floyees of Erie Insurance and employees of The Tribune Democrat, the latter because the paper took three months to publish his letter to the Readers’ Forum. . Leventry said Fenton also told him that Murtha had stolen Fenton's economic devel opment plans for the area, Defense attorney Rich Corcoran said the charges should be dismissed. He said Leventry wos not terrorized by Fenton's call and didn’t immediately hang up and call police, He said he listened to Fenton for 6 to 8minutes. He said Fenton was upset over his claim and that one call {s not enough to place extreme fear into somebody. Fenton said after the hearing — just before his attorney asked him not to speak to the news media — that he likes The Tribune- Democrat ahd thathe wouldn't harm anyone. : Murtha said at a press conference when he re: turned to Jolmstown froma trip to Bosnia, thathe takes all threats seriously because of a previous incident, »O 9O 343 2% 08 2a 70 an ca 2 20 8 ag 2 of 32 Tek anu hed » ¢ aN) C wa — (He18q oeds Ul Gulddija suneW) iDIwE|g oe PO pale FMAM OO C—8 W? 8 lear Bae SIN OTL OD —_ iontpal AW. taadudsaou hu 'ased oywotpur) ie ca oS JO ov 2. &/, eras pt