Apr 27, 2021
After weeks of continuances, a preliminary hearing is scheduled for Brian St. John III, 19, of Lock Haven, who is charged with criminal homicide in the shooting death of Jakob L. Haines, 21, of Beech Creek.
The in-person hearing will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 25, in the large courtroom of the Clinton County Courthouse.
A limit of 50 people will be allowed in the courtroom for the hearing and COVID guidelines will be followed.
St. John has been held without bail in the Clinton County Correctional Facility since the fatal shooting on Feb. 26, 2021 at the St. John home, 330 Brewery Hollow Road.
BRIAN ST. JOHN III
LOCK HAVEN After weeks of continuances, a preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Brian St. John III, 19, of Lock Haven, who is charged with criminal homicide in the shooting death of Jakob L. Haines, 21, of Beech Creek.
The in-person hearing will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 25, in the large courtroom of the Clinton County Courthouse.
A limit of 50 people will be allowed in the courtroom for the hearing and COVID guidelines will be followed.
St. John has been held without bail in the Clinton County Correctional Facility since the fatal shooting on Feb. 26, 2021 at the St. John home, 330 Brewery Hollow Road.
LANA MUTHLER/THE EXPRESS
Hundreds of people, many of them young men and women in their early 20’s, turned out Wednesday afternoon to say good-bye to a special friend, Jakob L. Haines, 21, of Beech Creek, who died tragically last Friday night. Vehicles filled the large parking lot and beyond at Beech Creek Wesleyan Church on Main Street in Beech Creek, for hours as long lines of visitors waited at the front door of the church to enter and pay their respects. Haines is the son of Jason Lee Haines of Beech Creek and Patricia (Olshefskie) and Joseph L. Kreitz of Mill Hall. He will be remembered for his handsome smile, love of the outdoors and spending time with friends and family.
From staff reports
LOCK HAVEN The first court appearance for Brian St. John III, charged with criminal homicide in the death of Jakob L. Haines, 21, last Friday night, has been continued.
The proceeding, originally scheduled for Central Court yesterday, is now scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 16, in Central Court. The defendant made a brief appearance via Zoom with his attorney, David Lindsay, before the announcement was made to continue the proceeding.
St. John, 19, of Lock Haven, remains in the Clinton County Correctional Facility without bail.
According to state police at Lamar, St. John was holding the Taurus Judge revolver and shot Haines in the chest during a gathering at the St. John residence at 330 Brewery Hollow Road, Woodward Township.
Mar 1, 2021
LOCK HAVEN – Brian St. John III, 19, admitted to police that he was holding the Taurus Judge revolver and fired the shot that killed his friend Jakob L. Haines, 21, of Beech Creek. But the defendant also said they “were messing around with the gun when it went off,” according to the criminal complaint filed by state police at Lamar.
The complaint provides more details in the fatal shooting of Haines last Friday night during a gathering at the St. John resident at 330 Brewery Hollow Road.
Haines suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the center of his chest and was pronounced dead at the scene by Clinton County Coroner Zach Hanna, who said the cause of death was “a close contact gunshot would to the chest” and the manner of death was homicide.