Ex-Lawyer Gets Time-Served In Lawmaker Threats

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A former Pennsylvania lawyer who pleaded guilty to threatening to kill Democrats in the U.S. Senate has been sentenced to time served and a $10,000 fine. Seventy-two-year-old Kenelm Shirk III of Lebanon pleaded guilty in March to a charge of threatening to murder a U.S. official. U.S. District Judge Jennifer Wilson took his age and health into account. Authorities said Shirk had weapons in his car when state police arrested him at a gas station near Shippensburg the day after President Joe Biden’s inauguration in January 2021. He apologized before sentencing, saying “I am not a terrorist. I have no excuse. I should never have said what I said.”