Terroristic threats in New Wilmington

NEW WILMINGTON, PA. — A 19-year-old New Castle man has been charged with making terroristic threats, disorderly conduct, harassment and resisting arrest in a Dec. 21 altercation at a home in New Wilmington.

Police said Paul E. McConahy, of 411 Reynolds St., threatened to kill an 18-year-old man at a home on East Neshannock Avenue and threatened his mother, the homeowner, with a knife.

The altercation involved a woman McConahy once dated and a child McConahy fathered who was in the home at the time, police said.

McConahy posted $1,000 bond set by Magisterial District Judge Scott McGrath in New Castle. McConahy is set for a pretrial hearing Jan. 6 in Lawrence County Central Court.