EASTON â A Talbot County judge on Monday found that accused murderer David Faulkner poses a âdanger to the publicâ and again ordered him to remain in the county corrections departmentâs custody in response to an ongoing lawsuit alleging Faulkner is being detained unlawfully.
Circuit Judge Stephen Kehoe, prompted by another judge to clarify whether Faulkner is fit for the pretrial house arrest Kehoe authorized but declined to enforce in August, said while he finds Faulkner is a threat to the community, he still permits the corrections department to supervise him on home detention.
The hearing Monday did not clear up the concerns Faulknerâs attorney raised in a habeas corpus petition that Talbot County Corrections Director Terry Kokolis âdoes not have the authorityâ to hold Faulkner against Kehoeâs having permitted his release to home detention ahead of his May 2021 retrial.