That might mean getting creative through a teleconference or some other means. Hathaway planned to address the situation with the county’s district judges and district court administrator to ensure press access to future preliminary hearings where space and the number of those present might be a concern, she said. “I didn’t mean that to apply to the press,” she said. He discussed the move ahead of time with President Judge Rita Donovan Hathaway, who said she agreed with the decision to limit the number of family members who could attend. “We just thought for the safety of everyone in the courtroom,” he said. The number of people attending a hearing was limited to investigators, a witness, attorneys and two family members of 52-year-old Tracy Marie Squibb, who was fatally shot as she slept in her Derry Township home by a shot fired from outside the home.īilik said he was opting for safety amid the coronavirus pandemic. It all was aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus. Emily Smarto, Quidetto’s defense attorney, said her client waived his right to be present during the hearing, opting to wait outside with sheriff’s deputies. The man charged with killing a Derry Township woman in her home on July 20 was ordered held for trial Friday in a hearing closed to the public.Įven suspect Nathan Joseph Quidetto, 20, of Unity waited outside District Judge Mark Bilik’s tiny Derry Township courtroom during the hearing.
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