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March 2, 2010

Rehkamp’s attorney wants case dropped

WILKES-BARRE – An attorney for Senior Judge C. Joseph Rehkamp filed a motion in Luzerne County Court on Tuesday afternoon seeking to have domestic violence charges against the judge dismissed, claiming “selective prosecution.”

State police at Wyoming, upon approval from the District Attorney’s Office, refiled simple assault and harassment charges against Rehkamp on Feb. 23, a week after District Judge Donald Whittaker dismissed the case when Rehkamp’s wife, Valerie Rehkamp, 50, opted not to testify at a preliminary hearing.

State police allege Rehkamp, 61, placed his hands around his wife’s neck and shoved her into a chair in their Plymouth Township home in January after a night out celebrating their first wedding anniversary.

For the complete story, see Wednesday's Times Leader.

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