An elected Lower Towamensing supervisor had his case continued in Carbon County court Monday.

Carbon County District Attorney Michael S. Greek filed a civil action and is seeking an immediate injunction to keep Terry Kuehner from participating in any township actions.

Judge Matika continued the case in order for Kuehner to obtain an attorney. Kuehner said he had only been served with the papers on Friday, though the action was filed Tuesday.

Greek is seeking to have him removed from office because of prior felony convictions on his record.

Greek is seeking an order of court declaring that Kuehner, who was elected to a six-year term as supervisor in the township in last November’s election, is “unqualified due to his prior felony convictions pursuant to Article II, Section 7, of the Pennsylvania Constitution. He is asking for removal.

The Lower Towamensing supervisors did not reorganize last week, but are scheduled to meet tonight.

According to a Carbon County Court of Pleas Court Summary, Kuehner was convicted in November 2005 of three felonies and three misdemeanors.

The first conviction was for aggravated assault with attempted bodily injury. The word aggravated is used when a deadly weapon is part of the assault. He was sentenced to prison for 18 months to 10 years for the conviction.

He also had two more felony convictions for aggravated assault, but one sentence length was merged into the other. Again, the sentence was 18 months to 10 years in prison.

All three misdemeanor convictions were for simple assault, which carry a sentence of six to 12 months in prison. He pleaded guilty to one of the misdemeanors and was sentenced for it, but the other sentences were merged into the felony.

The convictions stem from an incident in September 2004 where after a nine-hour standoff at his house with state police, Kuehner fired his weapon. The bullet struck the hood of a police cruiser where an officer sat and put in a three-quarter-inch scrape.