UPDATED: 8:30 a.m., Saturday:
“The district has not been notified of the charges which have been referenced in the paper and the individual has not been in school for the last several days. Upon confirmation that these charges have occurred we will of course review this matter with our human resources department,” Bristol Township School District Interim Superintendent Dr. Melanie Gehrens said Friday night.
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Original Story:
A teacher working in the Bristol Township School District is charged in with terroristic threats, disorderly conduct and harassment.Andrew Troutman, 35, of Middletown’s Levittown neighborhood, is accused of telling his neighbor that he was “going to kill her” and spitting on a male neighbor during a July 15 incident on Silverbell Lane.
The alleged incident happened after the second-grade Clara Barton Elementary School teacher and his neighbor received a “threatening” letter in the mail, police said.
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When police arrived, Troutman’s neighbors all stated there has been trouble before. According to court records obtained by LevittownNow.com, officers have been called to the street to deal with neighbor disputes in the past.
Troutman’s neighbor told an officer she arrived home only to be confronted by Troutman and his wife on July 15. The woman claims Troutman allegedly threatened to kill her and called her a “whore.”
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As the a man who was with the woman turned away from the couple, Troutman attempted to throw a punch from behind a fence. He then spit on the man, according to an affidavit of probable cause filed by police.
The man felt threatened and then engaged in a tussle with Troutman, court papers stated.
“Once one the ground, [the man] warned Troutman not to threaten his family again,” a police officer wrote in the court documents.
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The charge against Troutman was filed in July and he was arraigned before a district judge Thursday. District Judge John Kelly set bail for Troutman at $100,000 unsecured.
A preliminary hearing scheduled for Thursday ended with the charges being waived to Common Pleas court in Doylestown for trial.
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Toutman’s attorney was not immediately available for comment.
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.
