Police: Craigslist Deal Leads to Gun Assault

An Easton man was jailed Thursday night after he allegedly pistol-whipped another man at the Palmer Township McDonald's over a Craigslist deal gone wrong.

According to the Express-Times, John Brown, 22, of West Grant Street, turned himself into Palmer police Thursday night.

Police say Brown and another man, fellow Easton resident Robert Peters, had begun a correspondence on Craiglist and worked out a deal: Peters would give Brown a set of rims and a computer tower in exchange for an X-box and a speaker box.

But police say the computer didn't work, which led to a series of threatening text messages between the two men.

They agreed to meet at the McDonald's at the 25th Street shopping center, where Brown confronted Peters and hit him with a handgun. The gun went off during the assault, police said, and hit the roof of the car.

Brown is charged with three counts each of aggravated assault, simple assault and criminal mischief and other offenses. He was sent to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $100,000 bail.