With A’s pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training Tuesday, starting catcher Bruce Maxwell remains in legal limbo.
No plea agreement was reached during Maxwell’s settlement conference Monday in Superior Court in Phoenix, and another hearing was set for April 13 at 9 a.m.; Oakland is scheduled to play in Seattle in a regular-season game that evening. His trial date is Aug. 9 should a plea agreement not be reached.
Maxwell, 27, was indicted by a grand jury Nov. 7 on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and disorderly conduct after allegedly pointing a gun at a food-delivery person on Oct.