HUDSON — A Hillsdale man charged with making a terroristic threat at St. Mary’s/Holy Trinity Church during the 9 a.m. Mass on April 14 appeared in Hudson City Court on Tuesday morning for a brief hearing on the status of his court-ordered mental health evaluation.
Cameron A. Jamieson, 47, was arrested April 15 and charged with one count of making a terroristic threat, a class D felony, after he allegedly interrupted the Mass service Sunday at the church, according to a statement from Hudson police.
Jamieson first appeared in court April 15, when Hudson City Court Judge John Connor ordered an expedited mental health evaluation of the defendant.
Columbia County Mental Health was split on Jamieson’s evaluation, Connor said at his court appearance on Tuesday.
“We have been notified by Columbia County Mental Health of their split decision, and they have retained a third psychiatric professional to do an evaluation of Mr. Jamieson, so we will have to adjourn until we have those results,” he said.
At about 9:38 a.m. Sunday, April 14, Hudson police responded to the church on a report of an unidentified man on the premises, according to police.
Witnesses who attended the April 14 Mass described an individual in a mask and long, black cloak who disrupted the service by shouting “all hail” at members of the congregation and church officials, police said.
The man, suspected to be Jamieson, continued walking toward the front altar of the church with a glass bottle raised above his head, police said.
Members of the congregation apprehended the individual before police arrived, and he was handed over into the custody of the Hudson police when they arrived.
Jamieson was transported to Columbia Memorial Health for a mental health evaluation. Following his discharge from the hospital, Jamieson was taken into custody by the Hudson police and held on $3,000 bail.
Jamieson was released from police custody April 16 after his charge of making a terroristic threat was found to be ineligible for bail by the Columbia County Court under the 2019 state bail reform law.
Columbia County Public Defender Shane Zoni, who represented Jamieson in court Tuesday, requested Connor recuse himself from the case.
“I’ll put on the record today that I would ask that your honor recuse himself from this case,” he said.
Connor said the court would consider the motion.
“Well Mr. Zoni, I will tell you to make the motion and we’ll consider it, and see what response the DA (district attorney) has, and we’ll go from there,” the judge said.
Jamieson is scheduled to appear back in court May 14.
According to New York Penal Law, the sentencing term for a class D felony is at least two years, and cannot exceed seven years.