Campton Township man jailed for his role in fight

A Campton Township man recently was sentenced to 180 days in jail and ordered to pay $30,000 restitution as part of a plea agreement for a 2009 fight at a party near Sugar Grove.

Christopher A. Fillmore, 23, of the 43W900 block of Fox Hill Court, also received 30 months probation as part of a plea deal, in which felony charges from 2010 that he threatened to shoot four sheriff’s deputies were dropped, court records show.

Fillmore was charged with four felony counts of threatening a public official after sheriff’s deputies were called to his home on June 1 for a complaint of a loud party.

Authorities said two of Fillmore’s pit bulls charged deputies, biting one on his gloved hand and causing minor injuries. The bitten deputy fired a shot at the dog — but missed — in an effort to prevent another attack.

Fillmore was going to receive citations for a loud party and loose dogs but was accused of threatening the deputies, prompting the charges.

Defense attorney Kathleen Colton disputed the charges, saying the deputies approached Fillmore’s residence in the middle of the night, and that most dogs would have protected their land. Colton said Fillmore did remark to deputies that if his dog was shot, bad things would happen to the deputies.

“That doesn’t constitute threatening a public official by any stretch of the imagination,” Colton said.

For the 2009 charges, Fillmore was accused on June 14 of aggravated battery and mob action from a fight at a party in the 40W500 block of Tanner Road near Sugar Grove. Five others were charged in that case. One was acquitted, two were convicted of misdemeanors and two more are awaiting trial.

“It was a huge party. It was very dark. Mr. Fillmore decided to accept the state’s offer,” said Colton, noting the $30,000 restitution for the victim’s facial injuries will be split between Fillmore and possibly the two men awaiting trial if they are convicted.