A Hazleton man was found not guilty of all criminal counts filed against him following a one-day trial in Carbon County court on Tuesday.

Jonathan Benjamin King, 31, was charged by state police at Hazleton with criminal trespass, enter a structure; terroristic threats; criminal trespass, defiant trespass by actual communication; and loitering and prowling at night time.

The charges were the result of an incident on Nov. 19, 2019, at a residence along East Oak Street in Tresckow, Banks Township, involving a female King had a prior romantic relationship with.

Troopers Richard Williams Jr. and Michael Kishbach responded to the scene at 1:55 a.m. for a report of an attempted burglary and the suspect known to the victim.

On scene, troopers found King walking near the residence and detained him.

The female testified that she and King had an intimate relationship. It began in May 2019 where the two met at work. It continued through the summer and became intimate in September. She said she broke off the relationship in late October because of the way King was acting with her children. She said they still remained friends.

However, she said he had been texting and calling her repeatedly the previous day and arrived at her residence that night, driving around it several times. He then placed a coffee and gift bags on her front porch, which she told him she would not accept. She did admit accepting a gift bag for the children. She said at one point during the incident she met King at her front door and he attempted to enter, stepping over the “threshold” of the front entrance, but she was able to push him back out and locked the door.

She said during the early hours she saw King at the rear of her home and that he was yelling about her and other men and that he said he would kill her and her three children.

The victim’s daughter testified at seeing King trying to climb a wall onto a front porch roof, but then falling off it.

Under questioning by defense counsel Paul Levy, of the public defender’s office, the victim admitted when King arrived at her home she did tell him she would talk to him later, after she had put her children to bed. She added, however, that she changed her mind because of the way King was acting.

King denied the accusations and Levy argued that King was given “mixed messages” from the victim concerning speaking to him that night and about their relationship.

The commonwealth was represented by Assistant District Attorney Brian Gazo. The trial was held before Judge Joseph J. Matika.

COVID-19 restrictions were enforced on Monday when the jury was selected, with all wearing masks and social distancing in courtroom one at the courthouse. The same was true on Tuesday at the trial, with all wearing masks and practicing social distancing.