Jury reaches verdict in 2019 Clearfield County bombing trial

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WTAJ) — A federal trial in Johnstown has come to an end after a jury reached a verdict for a man involved in a 2019 bombing of a Clearfield County home that killed a woman.

Kris Nevling talked his way into a verdict of guilty. Both sides closed their cases Wednesday morning. The prosecution focused on Nevling talking at nauseam to investigators to the point of confessing to knowing details of the bombing that someone would only know if they were there.

Nevling never stopped talking during the trial. He took the stand Tuesday and admitted to knowing substantial details about the bomb, how to make a bomb and telling police he made the bomb.

He constantly leaned over to talk to his attorneys during closing remarks, reacting to any piece of evidence that could be convicting.

The jury talked about the case for over four hours before determining Nevling did possess the bomb that killed Carleson and did conspire with Clint Addleman to plant the bomb at her doorstep.

The jury also returned with an answer of “yes” to the interrogatory question that Nevling’s role in the bombing did cause Carlson’s death.

He is now scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 7 and will remain in custody until that time. Addleman has yet to stand trial and there’s no telling how the guilty verdict on the conspiracy charge against Nevling will impact that case.