Salem gun threat nets prison sentence
A Washington County man was ordered to serve up to five years in prison for threats made during a confrontation last year with a former girlfriend in her Salem home.
Robert Wisdom, 36, of California pleaded guilty to simple assault, terroristic threats and reckless endangerment in connection with allegations that last Oct. 4 he brandished a gun and threatened a woman and her new boyfriend. Police claimed Wisdom unholstered a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol, loaded the weapon and threatened to shoot.
According to court records, Wisdom, when questioned later by police, contended the weapon he brandished was his son’s BB gun.
Prosecutors dismissed one count of aggravated assault as part of a plea bargain approved by Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Mears.
Mears sentenced Wisdom to serve 2½ to five years in prison.
Rich Cholodofsky is a TribLive reporter covering Westmoreland County government, politics and courts. He can be reached at rcholodofsky@triblive.com.
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