Overview

• Stephan Marcum, 58, was arrested in Stanton on charges of third-degree terroristic threatening and intimidating a participant in the legal process.
• Police say the yard display showed five fake bodies in trash bags labeled with titles of local officials, including a hanging figure marked "district judge" with a rope around its neck.
• Officers responded to a call just after 2 p.m.; Marcum refused to speak with them or remove the props, Kentucky State Police seized the items, and he is being held on a $5,000 bond at the Powell County Detention Center.
• Evidence was taken to Kentucky State Police Post 8 in Morehead as the case progresses and a new court date is pending following the recusal.
• Reports tie the incident to an ongoing zoning dispute in which a judge fined Marcum $250 and ordered compliance, while local officials described the display as alarming and experts noted true threats are not protected speech.