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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 34 of43 CENTRE COUNTY MAGISTRATE. I WAS BEING CHARGED WITH TERRORISTIC TIIREATS AND HARASSMENT. FUNNY HOW MURTIIA KILLS YOUR PEOPLE AND THEN HAS ME CHARGED WITH TERRORISTIC THREATS. HE'S THE TERRORIST. THEY WANlED ME TO COME TO BELLFONlE PA., SOME 100 :MILES AWAY FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING. I HAVE NO VElllCLE AND NO WAY TO GET THERE. I CALLED THEM AND CONTINUED THE HEARING. I NEEDED A PUBLIC DEFENDER, SO I CALLED THEM. THEY SAID TIIAT I HAD TO C01vIE OUT AND FILL OUT AN APPLICATION. I HAD NO WAY TO GET THERE SO I CALLED A GIRL I KNEW WHO LIVED NEAR ALTOONA, ABOUT HALFWAT BETWEEN JOHNSTOWN AND BELLFONTE. I ASKED HER IF SHE WOULD "MEET "ME AT THE ALTOONA VA HOSPITAL AND GIVE ME A RIDE TO BELLFONTE TO APPLY FOR A PUBLIC DEFENDER. SHE AGREED. I HAD BEEN RIDING TIffi DAV VAN FROM JOHNSTOWN TO ALTOONA ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO ATTEND SlRESS AND ANGER MANAGEMENT IN ALTOONA. SO I SHOWED UP TO RIDE THE DAV VAN TO ALTOONA TO MEET MY GIRL FRIEND. DAV MEAN DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS. I AN A HONORABLY DISCHARGED, VIET NAM ERA, MARINE CORP VETERAN. I WAS A GRUNT. THEY WOULDN'T LET ME ON THE VAN BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT OR A RESERVATION ON THE VAN. I TOLD TIIEM 1HAT I HAD AN ! EMERGENCY AND I NEEDED TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL; SO THEY LET ME ON. I WENT TO ALTOONA AND MET MY FRIEND AND WE WENT TO BELLFONTE AND I APPLIED AND RECIEVED A PUBLIC DEFENDER THEN SHE TOOK ME TO ALTOONA AND TOLD.ME TIIAT WE COULD DO TIffi SAME THING WHEN I HAVE MY PRELIMINARY HEARING. ON THE DAY OF MY PRELIMINARY HEARING I WENT DOWNTOWN TO TRY TO GET A RIDE ON THE DAV VAN TO ALTOONA. IT NEVER SHOWED UP. I CALLED ALTOONA TO INQUIRE. THEY SAID THAT I WAS BANNED FOR LIFE FROM RIDING THE DAV VAN BECAUSE I ABUSED THE PRIVLEDGE BY USING IT FOR PURPOSES OTHER TIIAN HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS. I CALLED THE CENTRE COUNTY COURT AND TOLD THEM THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT AND I NEEDED AN01HER POSTPONEMENT. THEY GAVE ME A NEW DAlE. 10108/03. IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO 10.08/03 I WAS NEARLY RUN DOWN AS I WALKED ALONG A ROAD. THEY COULD HAVE EASll.-YDONE IT. IT WAS MEANT TO SCARE "ME. IT HAPPENED AGAIN A FEW DAYS LATER. AND A THIRD TIME A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT I WAS NICKED BY A SIDEVIEW MIRROR AS I DOVE! OUT OF THE WAY OF A CAR THAT TRIED TO lilT ME AS I WALKED TO THE STORE ALONG THE SIDE OF A ROAD TIIAT DIDN'T HAVE A SIDEWALK. A YEAR EARLIER I WAS LAYING ON MY COUCH GETTING READY TO GO TO SLEEP ONE NIGHT[I DIDN'T OWN A BED]. I TURNED OFF TIffi TV AT 11:30 P.M AND WAS ruST STARTING TO DOZE OFF AS ALL HELL BROKE LOSE. MY APT. WAS BEING RIDDLED WITH BULLETS. I HAD MY WINDOW OPEN AND IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS HAPPENING RIGHT NEXT TO MY EAR. I COULD FEEL THE SHOCK WAVES OF THE BULLETS HITTING MY APT. AS I LAID ON MY COUCH. I THOUGHT THEY WERE TRYING TO SHOOT "ME RIGHT THRU MY WALLS. A FEW DAYS EARLIER TIffiRE WAS A STORY IN TIIE PAPER ABOUT THE COPS GETTING INFRADER IMAGING GOGGLES FROM MURTHA SO THEY COULD SEE PEOPLE THRU WALLS BY THE HEAT TIIEIR BODIES PUT OFF. MY FRONT DOOR WAS OPEN AND MY SCREENDOOR LOCKED. SOON TIffi SHOOTING STOPPED AND I LAID STILL. I LAID THERE STARING AT MY SCREEN DOOR. MY HEART WAS POUNDING THRU MY CHEST. I WAS SURE THEY WERE GOING TO KICK IN MY DOOR AND KILL ME. NOTHING HAPPENED FOR AN HOUR OR SO, SO I FELL ASLEEP. IN THE MORNING I GOT UP AND LEFT MY APT. AS I WAS LEAVING I SAW A JOHNSTOWN COP AND A NEWSCREW FROM WWCP-TV8. I TOLD THEM ABOUT MY APT. GETTING SHOT UP LAST NIGHT AROUND MIDNITE. I TOLD THE COP THAT I WANTED TO Fll.-E A REPORT. HE SAID TIIAT HE NEEDED TO GET illS NOTEBOOK. HE GOT IN IDS CAR AND DROVE AWAY. I DIDN'T SEE HIM AGAIN. THE NEWS CREW PUT A :MICROPHONE ON.ME 5/1112004
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