Editor s note: This story has been updated to add comment from Shirk s attorney, who did respond earlier Wednesday to a reporter s message seeking comment, though the message was not immediately
A court hearing for the Ephrata lawyer accused of threatening to kill government officials in the Washington, DC, area and his wife has been moved to March.
The Ephrata lawyer accused of threatening to kill government officials in the Washington, DC, area had the means to do it, according to police documents detailing his arrest.
In their Jan. 21 search of a car belonging to Kenelm L Shirk III, state police found an AR-15 rifle, two handguns, âa large quantity of ammunitionâ (including 30 rounds of .380 bullets), rope, gloves and about $5,000 in several rolls of $50 bills. The items were found after Shirk was arrested at a Sheetz near Shippensburg.
Police detained Shirk after his wife called to report that her husband had threatened her life and was planning to attack government officials in the nationâs capital.
An Ephrata attorney who serves as Akron Boroughâs solicitor threatened to kill his wife and government officials and threatened âsuicide by cop,â according to Pennsylvania State Police.
State police in Chambersburg arrested Kenelm L. Shirk III, 71, on Jan. 21 after police in Cornwall Borough, Lebanon County, issued an alert. He had a rifle, handguns and ammunition, police said in a news release.
Shirk is charged with two counts of making terroristic threats and was being held in Franklin County Jail without bail to protect the public, according to online court documents.
A message left at Shirk Law Associates was not immediately returned Monday.