Scottdale man denied bail in domestic abuse case
A Scottdale man was locked up without bail for allegedly threatening to kill his wife multiple times, claiming he made documentation for police about his reasons for killing her.
Stewart Duane Lint, 52, of Kelley Street is facing a misdemeanor count of terroristic threats.
According to the affidavit of probable cause filed in his case, he threatened to beat his wife to death after she came home from visiting her daughter at the hospital at about 7:45 p.m. Friday. Police wrote in court documents that “he had been documenting everything she had ever said to him to provide proof to police as to why he killed her.”
He reportedly left and came back, saying that he decided he would just shoot her and kill her with his crossbow, police alleged. When she said she was leaving, he told her that it was in her best interest to leave before he killed her, police said.
She told police he abused her in the past and that he owns a crossbow. She fled her home that night in fear for her life, according to court documents.
Lint was arraigned Saturday afternoon by on-call Fayette County Magisterial District Judge Mike Defino Jr., who denied bail in the case. Lint is lodged in Fayette County Prison. Charges were filed before Magisterial District Judge Richard A. Kasunic II. His preliminary hearing is tentatively scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday.