Pennsylvania Woman Arrested for WMD Threat

(Shickshinny, Pennsylvania) An 18-year-old woman, Sarah Marie Myers, was jailed this week for allegedly threatening to bomb the home of President Judge Mark A. Ciavarella of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas.

Authorities were alerted after Myers told a youth counselor of her plan and also revealed that she had already scoped out the location of the judge's home and surveilled the street.

Myers has been charged with retaliation against a judge, threatening with weapons of mass destruction and terroristic threats. Interestingly, the WMD charge is only a misdemeanor.

Myers blames Judge Ciavarella for ruining her life by "always putting her away" when she was a juvenile. She allegedly intended to end Judge Ciavarella's life in return.

Judge Ciavarella told police that he was familiar with Myers and considered her threats to be a serious danger for him and his family.

Arraignment before Magisterial District Judge John Hasay in Shickshinny was Thursday. Myers was booked into custody at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility with bail set at $35,000.

Notably, before this episode Myers was scheduled for trial on charges of disorderly conduct and simple assault for wrestling a state trooper to the ground and assaulting him in a neighbor's yard.

Companion post at Jawa Report.