Overview
- Irwin Joseph Dickstein, 87, allegedly told his pastor he had killed his roommate and was arrested after police found Michael Roy Bushnell, 63, dead in a Franklin Street bathroom on Sunday.
- Officers obtained a search warrant for Dickstein’s vehicle and recovered a Beretta handgun inside a case that investigators believe is the murder weapon.
- Dickstein was charged with one count each of first-degree and second-degree murder, is being held in the Frederick County Jail without bond, and was assigned a public defender.
- Neighbors and charging documents describe repeated disputes between the men over electrical work and report hearing several loud bangs from the home around 5:30 a.m. the morning of the killing.
- A competency hearing is set for October 13 and a preliminary hearing has been noted for October 21, and authorities say the investigation is ongoing with no indicated threat to the community.