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Benjamin R. Phillips leaves the courtroom of Judge Timothy McNicol with sheriffâs Deputy John Scheets.
LISBON A Salem man accused of entering Minerva area homes and attempting to board a school bus appeared for a preliminary hearing before county Municipal Court Judge Timothy McNicol on Thursday.
Benjamin R. Phillips, 46, Fourth Street, Salem, is charged with two fourth-degree felony burglary charges. He had assured McNicol during his arraignment hearing last week that he would be hiring his own attorney, but appeared without one on Thursday afternoon.
When questioned why he had not hired counsel, Phillips explained he could not go find an attorney because he could not bond out of jail. He agreed to allow McNicol to appoint one at this time. Phillips was found to qualify for one after saying he only gets unemployment since he was laid off due to Covid-19 pandemic.
declaring that he expected robert mueller to indict him. our political correspondent sara murray is joining us right now. sara, what is going on with this stone associate? reporter: well, wolf, that s what we re waiting to find out. you know, we know that the attorney for jerome corsi has been in regular contact with the special counsel s office, but the big question is what happens next. one thing we do know is that jerome corsi was out there talking about this very publicly. it is not the case today. and i expect there s can go to be historic reporter: jerome corsi is back in no comment mode as he prepares to be indicted in special counsel robert mueller s russia probe. the author, conspiracy theorist and associate of roger stone announcing on his web cast that he is bracing for charges. now i fully anticipate in the new fee days i will be indicted by mueller for some form or other of giving false information to the special counselor to o counsel or to one of the other,