A Huntingdon County man faces charges after police say he threatened to kill the county’s president judge.

Tyler Douglas Martin, 34, of Broad Top was arraigned early Tuesday after Huntingdon Borough police were told by two witnesses that Martin asked them if they knew where Huntingdon County President Judge George Zanic lived because he was going to kill him, according to the charges.

The two witnesses were outside a restaurant on Washington Street about 6 p.m. Monday when Martin, whom they didn’t know, walked up to them as they were getting in their vehicle. Martin looked “strung out,” according to one witness, and after asking if they knew where Judge Zanic lived, Martin started to complain that it should be a matter of public record and no one knew where the judge lived, police noted in the charges.

Martin allegedly said he was going to kill Judge Zanic because the judge had just sentenced him after he got a “DUI after a drug episode,” police wrote in the charges.

The witnesses called 911 and the communications center then contacted the Huntingdon County Sheriff’s Department. Zanic was able to tell police that he had sentenced Martin that same day and after police obtained a photograph of Martin, one of the witnesses was able to identify him as the man who made the threats on the street, police said.

Online court records indicate Martin was sentenced on July 13 to 11.5 to 23 months in jail, with credit for time served, and three years’ probation after he pleaded gulty to drug-related charges.

Martin was charged with a felony count of retaliation against a prosecutor or judicial official as well as misdemeanor terroristic threats. Bail was denied by Magisterial District Judge Rufus Brenneman at Martin’s arraignment early Tuesday and he is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing at Huntingdon County Central Court on Wednesday.