WILLIAMSPORT — A convicted murderer from Dauphin County has been held for court in absentia after she refused to leave her cell to attend a preliminary hearing.
Lycoming County District Judge Kirsten Gardner on Friday chose to proceed with the preliminary hearing for Deneshya A. Poole, 45, in her absence.
Prior to the hearing, state police dropped one of the three counts of assault by prisoner of an employee and added one count of aggravated harassment…