Six days after a violin performance postponed a plea hearing for Western Albemarle High School student Patrick Crider, accused of threatening WAHS classmates, a rescheduled hearing at the Albemarle County Circuit Court was also deferred. The cause? Heat:
Notice posted on the door of the Albemarle County Circuit Court
A letter posted on the door of the courthouse reads that temperatures in the court yesterday "constituted a threat to health based upon the heat and the temperature of the courtroom." The letter also says that there is no identifiable problem with the air conditioning of the courthouse. Crider’s first appearance was postponed when a three-minute violin performance confirmed a conflict of interest for Chief Judge Cheryl Higgins.
