Pubdate: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI) Copyright: 2003 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Contact: http://www.jsonline.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/265 HEARING FOR RICHFIELD FUGITIVE POSTPONED West Bend - A court hearing for a man who was a fugitive for 17 years after being charged in connection with 34 pounds of marijuana found in his Richfield home was rescheduled Monday. A Washington County Circuit Court judge ordered Peter M. Hersh, 47, to return to court Nov. 6. The hearing was delayed so that similar charges against Hersh in Maricopa County, Ariz., can be consolidated with the Wisconsin case, District Attorney Todd Martens said. Hersh was taken into custody Aug. 2 after being stopped by a Waukesha County sheriff's deputy. He was arrested after the officer noticed the license plate on Hersh's car didn't match the registered vehicle description. Hersh is in custody in the County Jail on $50,000 bail. He faces one charge each of possession with intent to deliver marijuana and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Hersh managed to evade the law even after coming into contact with Waukesha deputies who arrested him in 1995 for resisting officers. When he missed a court date there, another warrant for his arrest was issued. Hersh and his father, Frederick, then a Port Washington attorney, were arrested in Arizona in connection with the alleged purchase of 200 pounds of marijuana from an undercover agent. Frederick Hersh was sentenced to two years in prison and was fined $63,000. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin