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Slate Belt Senior Pointed Gun At Neighbor, Police Claim Slate Belt Senior Pointed Gun At Neighbor, Police Claim
Slate Belt Senior Pointed Gun At Neighbor, Police Claim A Northampton County man is accused of threatening his neighbor with a gun, say authorities.  Robert Overpeck Sr., 84, of Wind Gap, is charged with misdemeanor counts of terroristic threats, simple assault, and reckless endangerment, Slate Belt Regional Police wrote in a release.  The neighbor claimed to police that on April 13, Overpeck walked onto her property, pulled a gun from a holster, and pointed it at her, the department said. A search of his home turned up a revolver in a holster as well as a rifle, police wrote.  His bail was set at $20,000 and he will appear in co…

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by Mac Bullock
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'Person With Gun' Report Prompts Lockdown At Delco Community College 'Person With Gun' Report Prompts Lockdown At Delco Community College
'Person With Gun' Report Prompts Lockdown At Delco Community College Police in Marple Township are investigating the reports of a "possible subject with a gun" that briefly locked down the Delaware County Community College campus on Monday, April 10.  It started when dispatchers received the call at about 1:30 p.m., Marple police wrote in a statement. Officers arrived on the scene "in less than a minute" and were told that two people had been involved in an "altercation" outside on campus property, but both had left before police showed up, according to the release.  "An uninvolved third party who was near the altercation when it occurred thought a…

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by Mac Bullock