CLEARFIELD – Former Congressional candidate Derek Walker waived his right to a preliminary hearing and entered a plea of guilt to misdemeanor charges prior to his planned preliminary hearing date.
Court records indicated that Walker entered a guilty plea to disorderly conduct, invasion of privacy, harassment and defiant trespass. He was fined $399 and placed on one year of supervised probation. He is to have no contact with the victim or her family.
According to court documents, the criminal complaint was filed on Thursday, April 17.
On Aug. 25, 2007 Clearfield Borough Police were called to meet with a Clearfield woman concerning an incident involving Walker.
The woman stated that there was a disturbance on the second floor of her apartment. She related to police that she and a male companion had entered her apartment after meeting at a local tavern. Both were long-time friends. When they entered her apartment at 2 a.m. the apartment was warm so they left the door open. The two began to talk and became intimate.
Several minutes passed before they reported hearing Walker make a statement about the video ending her job. Both the woman and the man told police they saw Walker with a cell phone in his hand. They reported that they got the impression that Walker taped them.
After making the comment Walker left the apartment.
The woman stated that earlier in the year she and Walker had dated. Due to problems the relationship ended in June 2007. The woman said that she took steps to avoid Walker. She also told police that Walker was at Busters when she met her friend, and that he had no contact with her. She also stated that she did not hear Walker enter her apartment.
Curry made contact with Walker. Curry advised Walker not to have anymore contact with the woman. According to the affidavit of probable cause Walker admitted to the officer to being in the woman’s apartment, stating that he knocked and wanted to smooth things over with the woman. He reportedly told police that he witnessed the woman and man on the sofa and to making a comment.
On Oct. 17, 2007 the woman and a friend were at a Penn State football game when the woman received a phone message from Walker’s phone. According to the affidavit the message read, “Wow, that move takes balls, how did you end up with my tickets?”
The report states that the woman and her friend left the game after receiving the message.
Walker was initially charged with burglary, criminal trespass, disorderly conduct, stalking and related charges.
Walker was one of a number of candidates for the Republican nomination for the Fifth Congressional District seat.
After news broke that Walker was facing charges, he released a statement through his campaign, stating that, “These charges are false.”