A Falls Township resident is accused of threatening a man with a pickax.
Officers responded to the Penn Park mobile home community on Bristol Pike late Monday night following a report of a fight.
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A man told police Dale Jones, 26, “attacked” him with a pickax after a verbal altercation with his girlfriend’s mother, according to court papers.
The man told officers Jones swung the pickax at him as he tried to get into his Ford-250 pickup truck to leave. During his attempt to quickly flee, the man reversed his truck and got stuck on a median, which Jones then used as an opportunity to strike the vehicle with the pickax, police said.
One final strike from Jones’ pickax, according to the man’s story to police, came as he freed his truck and peeled away from scene.
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Jones was arraigned early Tuesday morning on charges of aggravated assault, possessing an instrument of crime, simple assault, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, harassment and disorderly conduct. He was released Tuesday on 10 percent of $50,000 bail.
Jones is scheduled to have his preliminary hearing on July 29.
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Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
