Marcus A. Fair

A Cranberry Township man was sentenced to county jail in Butler County Court on Thursday, after being charged in two cases, including threats to his wife and illegally recording police during a traffic stop.

Marcus A. Fair, 32, was sentenced to a total of 3 to 6 months in the Butler County Prison by Judge William Shaffer. His parole will be followed by 1 year of county probation. He was also ordered to pay court costs and a $200 fine.

Fair previously pleaded guilty to misdemeanor terroristic threats, disorderly conduct and summary driving on a suspended license in two cases on March 22.

In the February 2017 incident, Buffalo Township police said he refused to stop audio recording his conversation with a police officer during a traffic stop regarding a susb on North Pike Road.

The officer, according to court records, told the man that he did not have permission to record her voice and repeatedly asked him to stop before taking the phone, turning off the recording, arresting Fair and having his car towed.

In the September incident, Buffalo Township police said Fair threatened his wife with a kitchen knife during a domestic dispute at their Jacks Mobile Home Park residence on Linda Drive. Police said the woman reported that Fair “took the knife to her and began stabbing at her face and neck, not making contact,” according to court documents.

Fair had previously been sentenced to probation in October on two assault cases, also involving his wife, that occurred on March 12, 2016, and April 23, 2016.

A full story appears in the Butler Eagle.