Cops: Man threatened girlfriend with loaded gun for grabbing TV remote
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An East Huntingdon man became so angry at his live-in girlfriend for grabbing the television remote earlier this month he threatened her with a loaded handgun and then cut off his electronic home monitoring device before fleeing to Fayette County, according to state police.
Samuel A. Clark, 34, formerly of Hopwood, was arraigned Wednesday before Senior District Judge Douglas Weimer in East Huntingdon on charges of illegal possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, carrying a firearm without a license, simple assault, marking terroristic threats, reckless endangerment and harassment filed by state police in Greensburg.
Trooper Jeffrey Callihan said Clark was in his girlfriend’s apartment at the Huntingdon Village Apartments about 11 p.m. June 5 when he began arguing with her because she took the television remote.
“Clark chambered a round into a large, black handgun and pressed the firearm against her right shoulder. Clark stated (to the victim), ‘Don’t tempt me,’” Callihan said in court documents.
The victim fled from the apartment but was followed out by Clark, who complained she was calling police and grabbed a lanyard from the victim’s neck cutting her hand, Callihan reported.
“Clark then used a knife to cut off his ankle monitor and threw it at (the victim) and stated, ‘Here, you can (expletive) give this to them, too,’” Callihan said.
Clark then ran into the woods, police said. Clark was on home electronic monitoring in connection with a drug-related case in Fayette County, according to online records.
Two days after he cut off his ankle bracelet and ran, court records indicate that he was arrested in Connellsville by city police for illegal possession of a firearm, loitering and prowling and resisting arrest. He was jailed in the Fayette County Prison on $35,000 bail until he was returned to Westmoreland on Wednesday.
Callihan noted in court documents that it is illegal for Clark to possess a firearm because he has multiple felony convictions dating back to 2005.
Weimer remanded Clark to the Westmoreland County Prison on the East Huntingdon complaints after he failed to post $25,000 bail pending a preliminary hearing July 31 before District Judge Charles Moore.