Alleged Stalker Still Primary Frontrunner

Pennsylvania’s Fifth Congressional District — including Penn State, Oil City and Lock Haven — race has been heating up, with Democrat Bill “Care” Cahir grabbing the endorsement of his wife and dog.

And now, whoops! Republican primary front-runner Derek Walker was charged yesterday with two felonies and four misdemeanors for allegedly stalking his ex-girlfriend, filming her with another man and burglarizing her house.

Filed by Clearfield Police Chief Jeffrey Rhone and signed by [the district attorney], the complaint accuses Walker of using his cell phone to videotape a former girlfriend in an intimate moment with another man on Aug. 25, 2007. To do so, Walker entered the unlocked apartment uninvited and unannounced, according to court documents. The complaint also alleges that he had contact with the woman on two other occasions, despite being told by a police officer on Aug. 25 that he should avoid further contact and that charges were pending.

Just before the charges were filed, state Sen. Joe Scarnati, of Brockway, Jefferson County, Senate president pro tempore and the state’s most powerful lawmaker, endorsed Walker.

Walker, of course, claimed the charges were filed right before the election due to one of his rivals pushing the DA to do so. He also said the charges were false and any “thinking citizen” would still vote for him, the alleged asshole stalker. He’s also been running a TV ad — they have TV out there? — about an encounter one of his rivals had with police last year.

Oh, and he also said his former girlfriend says she supports him 100 percent. Yes, but do all these candidates wear an American flag lapel pin?

Two felonies, four misdemeanors filed days before vote; Candidate says action political [Centre Daily Times]