A Kirkland man is facing a charge in King County Superior Court of threatening someone in the wrong place — in the parking lot at Kirkland Municipal Court.

The charge of intimidating a witness was brought against Anthony T. Hebert, 27, who listed an address in the 10600 block of Slater Avenue Northeast with police.

The incident, according to charges filed Aug. 23, took place June 16 at the Kirkland court at 11515 N.E. 118th St.

At about 8:30 a.m., police were called when a witness was reported being threatened in the court parking lot.

When officers arrived, they reported finding Hebert had approached a witness who was scheduled to testify against him in an assault case. Hebert began to “verbally assault and threaten” the witness, police reported.

At the same time, the judge pro tem who was scheduled to hear the assault case, Kenneth L. Schubert III, also was in the parking lot, police continued. Schubert said he tried to separate the two men, but Hebert continued to make “clearly threatening” comments to the witness, calling him a “pigeon” and a “snitch.”

Schubert later removed himself from the original assault case, concluding he had “just witnessed intimidation of a witness,” police added.

The intimidation charge is the latest of legal troubles Hebert has been involved with, police noted. His criminal history includes four convictions for drug possession and possession of stolen property.

He also was charged in Superior Court last year with assaulting a Bellevue police officer and resisting arrest after a fight at the Samena Club on Lake Hills Boulevard in August, 2010. A court now has ordered that a summons be issued for Hebert to appear on the intimidation charge and that he have no contact with the witness in the Kirkland case.

Arraignment is scheduled for Sept. 6.