Judges recuse; Stockwell trial moved to Lincoln County

RITZVILLE – The trial of a man accused of attacking state Sen. Mark Schoesler was moved to a different county.

Glenn R. Stockwell, 71, of Ritzville, allegedly assaulted Schoesler, R-Ritzville, last October. His trial on related charges was moved last week from Adams County District Court in Ritzville to Lincoln County District Court in Davenport, where Judge Dan B. Johnson presides.

Defense attorney Sara Duross Porto said Schoessler was elected to public office representing Ritzville and the surrounding area since 1992 in her oral argument on Feb. 17.

Porto suggested that notoriety presents “a...