Man accused of judge threat free on bond

YOUNGSTOWN — After spending nearly five months in Mahoning County Jail following a death threat against Judge R. Scott Krichbaum, a 19-year-old city man was released on a personal recognizance bond Friday.

Visiting Judge Thomas P. Curran of Cuyahoga County set the bond, which requires only a signature, not payment, during a hearing in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Also during the hearing, Judge Curran received a psychiatric evaluation report saying that Richard Clark Jr. was competent to stand trial.

Clark was charged with the third-degree felony, retaliation, April 13, after he allegedly told two deputy sheriffs at the courthouse that he was going to kill Judge Krichbaum.

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