A man who is in jail for threatening to kill a woman has now been charged with threatening to harm a Carbon County district judge.

According to the affidavit of probable cause filed by Detective Christopher Ritter of the Carbon County District Attorney’s Office:

On Aug. 19, Mohammad Shah, 50, was arrested on criminal charges by the Nesquehoning Police Department, and arraigned later that evening by District Judge Casimir T. Kosciolek, who set bail and scheduled a preliminary hearing for Aug. 28.

Shah was then committed to the Carbon County Correctional Facility in lieu of bail.

On Aug. 21, the preliminary hearing was rescheduled to Sept. 18, and a rescheduling notice was faxed from Kosciolek’s office to the prison the same day to be signed by Shah.

The notice was faxed back from the prison to Kosciolek’s office on Aug. 26, with vulgarities handwritten in the signature line.

On Sept. 11, the preliminary hearing was again rescheduled, this time to Oct. 2, and a rescheduling notice was faxed again to be signed by Shah at the prison.

The next day, the notice was faxed back from the prison to Kosciolek’s office, and on the signature line, more vulgarities were handwritten.

On the second page was a handwritten note which stated: “(expletive) your days are over my milennia is coming you filthy (expletive) criminals 2nd amendment is imposing in you (expletive) hostage Pennsylvania and (expletive) turn in to hellsylvania we will show you under one God one flag one nation you will have no place to run we wil hunt you down jails will be full streets will be blood I promis I promis (expletive) you go to hell.”

The note on Sept. 12 was viewed by Kosciolek and members of his staff, and the content there within caused Kosciolek and his staff to fear that Shah would attempt acts of violence toward them and their office.

The threats also caused the Lansford Police Department to be on heightened alert and conduct extra security patrols of the District Court facility.

Due to the fears and concerns shared by the judge and his staff, Kosciolek recused himself from Shah’s case.

On Sept. 13, Ritter and Detective Timothy Nothstein of the Carbon County District Attorney’s Office interviewed Shah at the prison.

Shah signed a waiver of his Miranda rights, and consented to an interview during which he admitted writing the note on the rescheduling notice of Sept. 12.

When asked why he wrote the note, Shah stated that all police officers and judges in Pennsylvania are “filthy, corrupt criminals,” and that his mission is to impose the Second Amendment on Pennsylvania.

When asked who the note was for, Shah replied, “This is to the judge.”

Shah also expressed his view that the police officers and judges in Pennsylvania are “filthy and racist” and need to step down.

Shah faces charges of retaliation against prosecutor or judicial official; threats and other improper influence in official and political matters; terroristic threats; and obstructing administration of law or other governmental function.

He is currently incarcerated in the Carbon County Correctional Facility in lieu of $1 million bail, and is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing Oct. 10 in front of Magisterial District Judge William J. Kissner in the Carbon County Courthouse, Courtroom No. 2.

In the previous case, Nesquehoning police were dispatched to an apartment complex along the 100 block of West Catawissa Street for a report of a burglary.

Police officer Richard Neikam was told that Shah, who lives inside one of the apartments, entered another resident’s apartment and took various food items.

He spoke with the woman, whose apartment Shah stole food from, in another neighbor’s apartment.

The victim told police that she and another resident were watching a movie in his apartment when they heard a knock on the door. Shah then asked them to help him hide his truck from his wife.

The victim agreed to help hide the truck near the park in New Columbus, but on the way back, Shah asked her to go down near the stream with him to talk and she refused. At that time, Shah became irate and threatened to kill her.

The victim returned to her friend’s apartment and Shah then returned, banging on the door and calling her names.

Once Shah left, she went back to her apartment, which had been unlocked, and noticed the food, valued at $45, was missing.

Neikam then went to speak with Shah, who said he had been arguing with his wife and he didn’t want her to take the truck so he asked the victim to hide it with him.

Shah agreed with the victim’s statement about getting angry but denied stealing the food because he had purchased it for her the day before and she never did.

For that incident, Shah was charged with burglary, criminal trespass, terroristic threats, theft and harassment.

He was arraigned before Kosciolek and bail was set at $5,000. He was then taken to the Carbon prison after being unable to post bail.