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Updated: 4:49 PM EDT June 4, 2021
PERRY COUNTY, Pa. A Perry County Magisterial District Judge charged with the indecent assault of a 12-year-old boy is facing new charges of intimidating a witness in the 2013 investigation of a state constable, according to Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro.
Michael Schechterly, 58, of Newport, was charged with unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of minors, and indecent assault in November 2020. The alleged incident occurred in 2012.
He is now charged with intimidation and obstruction and official oppression for allegedly using his authority as a judge to intimidate a woman who was both a witness and an alleged victim in a State Police investigation of a state constable in 2013.
Three candidates running for Duncannon court PennLive.com 3/13/2021 Jim T. Ryan, pennlive.com
At least three candidates have already announced they will run for election to the magisterial district judge in Duncannon.
The candidates running for the judgeship in Magisterial District Court 41-3-03 are Harrisburg police detective Richard Gibney, state constable Clark Steele, and Codi Steigerwald, a former judge in North Carolina.
All three Republican candidates bring professional experience relevant to the office of magisterial district judge, which is the first level of Pennsylvania’s court system that involves everything from criminal matters, to traffic citations, municipal code violations, and private civil disputes under $12,000.