Crime & Safety
Man Threatened, Harassed Bucks Co. Judge, Court Records Say
An Upper Southampton Township man faces felony charges for the threats against a Bucks County magisterial judge.
UPPER SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, PA —A township man faces numerous felony charges for making alleged threats to a Bucks County magisterial judge, authorities said.
Bradford Everette Wilson, 62, of Huntingdon Valley, was arraigned last week on felony and misdemeanor charges of terroristic threatening, retaliation against a prosecutor or judicial official, and other offenses including stalking and harassment.
He then showed up at the front door of a Court of Common Pleas judge seeking help with a lawsuit, a criminal complaint obtained by Patch.
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According to a court affidavit, Wilson has active civil suits filed in Bucks County Common Pleas and U.S. Eastern District Court against his neighbors, Upper Southampton Township and its police department, and a Bucks County District judge.
Court records state that Wilson has a criminal history spanning decades and runs in three states: Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Florida.
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Bucks County detectives allege Wilson started a campaign of harassment against a Bucks County district judge, who was not named in the court document, last year after he was found guilty of harassment and criminal trespassing.
The same district judge also dismissed a civil lawsuit Wilson filed against his neighbor seeking a $12,000 judgment, the maximum allowed in magisterial court.
In August 2023, that judge held Wilson for trial on new misdemeanor and summary charges of stalking, harassment, and terroristic threats, court records state.
A few weeks later Wilson filed his federal lawsuit and allegedly made threatening remarks against the district judge in court documents. The threats led the judge to take steps to get additional security at his home, the affidavit said.
In February, Wilson allegedly showed up at the home of a Bucks County Court of Common Pleas judge seeking help with a 2022 civil suit he filed against his neighbor, the court affidavit said.
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