Attorney: Police refused access to ambush suspect
An attorney hired by Eric Frein’s family to represent the ambush suspect the night of his capture said Monday that police prevented him from seeing Frein and refused to tell his client a lawyer was available.
James Swetz is a veteran criminal defense attorney from Stroudsburg.
Police interviewed Frein at the barracks after his Oct. 30 capture. Authorities have not revealed what he told them.
His public defenders could try to get any confession Frein made to police that night ruled inadmissible at trial, though U.S. and Pennsylvania Supreme Court decisions could make that difficult.
Frein is charged with opening fire outside the Blooming Grove barracks on Sept. 12, killing Cpl. Bryon Dickson and seriously wounding Trooper Alex Douglass.