In brief
Jury convicts man James R. Davis, 53, of 8 Markle St., Uniontown, was convicted in Fayette County Court Wednesday of drug possession.
Masontown police charged Davis with possession and possession with the intent to deliver drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia and persons not to possess firearms.
Davis reportedly was at a South Main Street bar in the borough when officer Timothy Sheehan and police chief Jack Lewis approached him because another police department wanted to talk to him.
Although both requested he do so, Davis would not remove his hand from his front right pocket and Lewis had to grab him to remove his hand.
Police found a gun, a pipe with crack in it and additional crack cocaine.
Davis was tried before Judge Steve P. Leskinen.
Man convicted
John S. Campbell was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol Wednesday in Fayette County Court.
Campbell was charged by Redstone Township Police Capt. H. Dennis Field with driving with a blood-alcohol level of .259 percent.
That level is over Pennsylvania’s allowed limit of .10 percent.
The alleged DUI offense occurred along Route 40 on May 5, 2000.
Field pulled Campbell over for driving 69.7 mph in a 45-mph zone, according to the criminal affidavit.
Fayette County Judge Gerald R. Solomon presided over the case.
No verdict reached
Fayette County jurors heard closing remarks and were instructed on the law Wednesday in John Henry Miller’s firearm-possession case.
The panel deliberated most of the day, and as of the close of the courthouse at 4:30 p.m. still had not reached a verdict.
State police charged Miller, 39, whose address was not listed in a state police affidavit, with illegally possessing a firearm.
He was precluded to do so, according to police, because of a prior felony conviction.
The charges stemmed from a Dec. 4, 1999, incident in which Miller allegedly pointed a .22-caliber rifle at Clayton Wilson. Miller allegedly went to Wilson’s home to ask about a clip for a gun.
However, police allege that when Wilson said he did not have the clip, Miller threatened his life and then fired a shot from the rifle at him.
At the time of the shooting, Wilson lived along Brown Hill Road in Markleysburg.
Wilson, along with two family members, told trooper James Custer that was what happened after the shooting occurred.
Assistant Public Defender Mary Campbell Spegar represents Miller. First Administrative Assistant District Attorney John A. Kopas III is prosecuting the case before Judge John F. Wagner Jr.