Post by dgriffin on Jun 22, 2009 15:38:48 GMT -5
Police: Man threatened, clucked at kids
06/20/2009
KINGSTON, Pa., June 19 (UPI) -- Police in Pennsylvania said they arrested a man who allegedly used a gun to threaten a group of children while clucking like a chicken.
Investigators said Gerald Wiernusz, 41, of Kingston, was apparently drunk when he confronted a group of kids playing basketball and threatened to shoot them if they came onto his property, WNEP-TV, Moosic, Pa., reported Friday.
The suspect then clucked like a chicken at the children, police said.
Wiernusz was arrested and charged with assault and making terroristic threats. He was taken to the Luzerne County Jail.
So waddaya think? Obviously, the man didn't play nice, and we certainly don't need people running around pointing guns at children, but "terroristic threats?" I wonder how a crime qualifies as terror today. I know the consequences are much greater with that label.
How about it, Swimmy? How would a potential transgression ... like threatening to pop a politician ... be raised from simple assault to terrorism? Maybe by clucking like a chicken?
