With the exception of time spent in the hospital, this week Ray Shetler Jr. will have been in custody for one year and his trial on two counts of aggravated assault and single counts of resisting arrest and attempting to disarm a law enforcement officer was to begin tomorrow, but last week Westmoreland County Judge Meaghan Bilik-DeFazio granted yet another request for a continuance. The trial is now scheduled for February 6th.
Shetler was found hiding in his girlfriend’s mobile home outside of Seward last December after he skipped a probation hearing. He brawled with police officers and Westmoreland County detectives and was struck in the eye by a stun gun. One of the officers suffered serious injuries in the fight.
Among Shetler’s claims is that he was attacked by police in retaliation for his acquittal on murder charges after he gunned down St. Clair Township police officer Lloyd Reed Jr. in 2015. He demanded that his trial be held in June, threatening legal action if it was not. Since then, the trial has been delayed and rescheduled four times.
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