A man reported missing Nov. 23 actually abandoned two people with disabilities he had charge of at a group home, according to charges filed Tuesday by Butler Twp. police.
An area man threatened Tuesday to âshoot upâ the office of Magisterial District Judge Daniel OâDonnell in Butler Twp. and then shoot himself, according to Butler Twp. police.
Police said Deathrice Gray, 47, of Route 940, Freeland, called a WNEP-TV employee at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday and ranted about how he had never received money that he was awarded in a court case.
He then told the employee that he would âshoot up OâDonnellâs officeâ and then himself.
Police advised OâDonnell of the threatening telephone call. OâDonnell told police that he and his staff were familiar with Gray. Because they believed the threat to be real, the building was evacuated. Court was in session that day, police said.
An area man threatened Tuesday to “shoot up” the office of Magisterial District Judge Daniel O Donnell in Butler Twp. and then shoot himself, according to Butler Twp. police.
A 42-year-old man from Duncannon in Perry County was charged Sunday with homicide, kidnapping and abuse of a corpse after the body of Erica Shultz, Bloomsburg, was found in a wooded area east of Hobbie Road in Butler Twp.
Harold David Haulman III admitted to killing Shultz, who was autistic and whom he met on an online dating site in November.
He was taken into custody and committed to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility following an arraignment before Magisterial District Judge Daniel OâDonnell in Drums.
Haulman was denied bail because of the homicide charge and for being a threat to the public and himself, authorities said.