Reply #4: Man accused of posing threat to Ridge convicted of gun charges

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Man accused of posing threat to Ridge convicted of gun charges


September 30, 2003

A convicted felon accused by federal authorities of posing a threat to Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge and others was convicted of illegally owning guns.
After a one-day trial Monday, U.S. District Judge Maurice Cohill Jr. found Douglas B. Leuschen, 53, of Strattanville, guilty of illegally owning a pistol, four rifles, a shotgun and ammunition in July of last year.

Leuschen faces as much as 10 years in prison when he is sentenced in January.

Leuschen was barred from owning handguns because of several felony convictions, including one of pointing a gun at a motorist who pulled in front of him in traffic in Erie in 1989. He also has a conviction for assault in Virginia in 1980.

According to court records, Leuschen said he had a right to defend himself against "belligerents," was ready to "go to war" and had recently driven past Ridge's family home in Erie.

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