EVERETT — A panhandler accused of pulling a knife on a man holding a baby won’t go to trial this month as planned.
The victim was outside a south Everett sushi restaurant, holding his 1-year-old son at the time of the incident in July 2017, according to the charges.
Albert Thelen, 58, faces a life sentence if convicted as charged, with attempted first-degree robbery. Prosecutors allege that he asked for money, threatened to kill the man and then stabbed his car.
Prosecutors believe the case may be Thelen’s third-strike under the state’s persistent offender law. His previous strike convictions, second-degree assault and first-degree child molestation, date back more than two decades.
On Friday, the trial was rescheduled for late July.
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