Police: Cumberland Township man threatens to kill mother day before Mother’s Day
A Cumberland Township man was arrested on Mother’s Day for allegedly threatening to kill his mother with a gun.
John Kenneth Thorpe, 26, of 35 Route 21 Mobile Home Park, allegedly arrived at his residence at 3 a.m. Saturday and entered through a window, according to Cumberland Township police. He allegedly woke up his mother, began yelling at her, grabbed her by the hands and started pushing her, according to the criminal complaint.
Police said Thorpe allegedly threatened to get his pistol and kill her, before she got away from him and called 911. Police said Thorpe allegedly took the phone from her and wouldn’t give it back. His mother waited for Thorpe to fall asleep before she fled the house to her daughter’s residence, police said.
Her daughter returned to Thorpe’s residence to retrieve her mother’s cellphone, but Thorpe allegedly became “hostile” with her as well. Thorpe allegedly grabbed her and told her he would “be over to kill her and her family,” the complaint said.
Police said Thorpe’s mother got a protection-from-abuse order against him, and returned to her residence once Thorpe had left.
Police arrested him Sunday and charged him with two counts each of terroristic threats, simple assault and harassment. He was arraigned Sunday morning by District Judge Lee Watson and jailed on $20,000 bond.