Wannabe terrorist’s sentencing delayed again
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PITTSBURGH (AP) – A western Pennsylvania man’s sentencing on charges that he had a concealed gun when FBI agents arrested him on charges of promoting terrorism on the Internet has been postponed a fourth time.
A federal judge has pushed back the sentencing from Wednesday until Jan. 30 without explanation after his public defender filed a sealed motion.
In past court filings, public defender Marketa Sims has objected to government claims that 23-year-old Emerson Begolly reached for his gun and knowingly resisted FBI officers who arrested him suddenly in a parked car. Sims contends Begolly is autistic and was spooked by the agents but not attempting to harm them he was arrested in January 2011.
The former Redbank Township man faces a possible sentence of 15 years in prison and remains in custody.