Flecken's trial delayed
PITTSBURGH — A Butler School District alumnus accused of making online threats against the district will have to wait to see if the case against him will effectively be dismissed.
Bryan Flecken, 28, of Bridgeville, was scheduled Thursday for a non-jury trial before county Judge Randal Todd. But after a brief hearing in Allegheny County court, that proceeding never got off the ground. Todd heard arguments on two motions filed by Flecken's lawyer, Giuseppe Rosselli.
Rosselli last month filed pretrial motions asking Todd to consider whether prosecutors had improperly withdrawn a plea deal in the case, and a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus — essentially arguing that Flecken's online postings, which prompted FBI agents and police to investigate and arrest him on misdemeanor charges of terroristic threats, had been taken out of context and that his incarceration — 26 days in Allegheny County Jail and five months on electronic monitoring — was excessive.
Flecken was arrested by South Fayette police after an incident on Feb. 16 in Allegheny County, in which he allegedly made threatening Facebook posts against Butler schools.
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