Pa. lawyer accused of threatening to kill U.S. senators is disbarred

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


Matt Miller pennlive.com 2 hrs ago

A central Pennsylvania lawyer who is facing federal charges that he threatened to kill his wife and Democratic members of the U.S. Senate has been disbarred by consent by the state Supreme Court.

The action that prevents Kenelm Shirk III, 71, of Cornwall, Lebanon County, from practicing law comes as Shirk prepares for a trial scheduled in U.S. Middle District Court in Harrisburg for August. Shirk maintained a law practice in Ephrata, Lancaster County.

The federal charges were lodged against Shirk in February, several days after his arrest by state police.

Investigators said Shirk had an AR-15 rifle, two handguns, “a large quantity of ammunition,” rope, gloves, and about $5,000 in several rolls of $50 bills when he was arrested at a convenience store near Shippensburg on Jan. 21. Police said they used Shirk’s cell phone to locate him.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/pa-lawyer-accused-of-threatening-to-kill-us-senators-is-disbarred/ar-BB1gEHi9?li=BBnb7Kz

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[Sneederbunk]

1. Shirk shirked.

[dutch777]

2. Well deserved disbarment. Will be interested to see what sentence he gets assuming he is guilty

Of course at 71 and an apparent whackadoodle his legal career may have well been over unless he joined the Guilliani/Powell/Wood team.

[soothsayer]

3. Never seen that first name before. Apparently there's a saint named that

From the Old English name Cenhelm, which was composed of the elements cene "bold, keen" and helm "helmet". Saint Kenelm was a 9th-century martyr from Mercia, where he was a member of the royal family. The name was occasionally used during the Middle Ages, but has since become rare.

[AllaN01Bear]

4. thanks for the word orign lessons .

[Mr. Evil]

5. Keen helmet, eh...

covering the dimmest of dim bulbs.

[Mr. Ected]

6. I think the term now means "tinfoil hat"

In which case he couldn't have been more aptly named.

[soothsayer]

7. Ha! And he'd be the saint from Murica

[GeoWilliam750]

15. The St Kenelm's Church in the Clent Hills is a charming one

[monkeyman1]

8. soft in the brain dept. !!

[COL Mustard]

9. Another Stupid (Alleged) Criminal

Don't people realize your phone is not your friend, when you are up to no good? For better or for worse, big brother is watching.

Edited to add: This alleged crime took place AFTER 1/6, so numbnuts here should have known his cell phone was tracking him. What a tool.

[SunSeeker]

10. Good. There needs to be a lot more disbarments. nt

[iluvtennis]

11. Oh, what a happy day!

[Deep State Witch]

12. Peak Pennsyltucky There

Yep, that's peak Pennsyltucky right there.

[machoneman]

13. Funny, if he were black (or a white mass murderer) what about his middle name? The FBI ALWAYS....

make a big effen deal about those middle names now don't they?

How about: Kenelm Emil Shirk III?

White privilege again?

[Warpy]

14. I don't imagine his wife is particulaly motivated to get him a health check

In his case, going that far down the rabbit hole can easily have an organic cause.

Yeah, they needed to disbar him. Maybe that will be enough of a wakeup call to see the appropriate doctors.