Falls Twp. Man Pointed Gun At 16-Year-Old Girl's Head: Court Records

FALLS TOWNSHIP, PA —A township man has been charged with making terroristic threats after pointing a gun at the head of a 16-year-old girl last week, police said.

The Falls Township Police Department said that the Bucks County South Emergency Response Team assisted officers without incident in serving an arrest warrant on the man at a Lowell Drive home in Pennwood Crossing on Thursday.

Jason M. Meyer, 35, was taken into custody on charges of terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another, simple assault, and reckless endangerment. He was preliminarily arraigned before on-call District Judge Maggie Snow and released on $10,000 unsecured bail with a non-monetary condition of no victim contact.

According to an affidavit, police began an investigation Thursday evening when a 16-year-old girl reported that Meyer, the uncle of her former 17-year-old boyfriend, pointed a gun at her Wednesday inside the home.

Meyer was allegedly with the girl and boy when he pulled a handgun from a closet. He also retrieved a magazine, loaded it into the gun, and cocked the firearm, police said.

“[The girl] stated that defendant Meyer then pointed the firearm at her head by pressing the barrel against her forehead. Defendant Meyer then moved the gun to [the girl’s] left collarbone and pushed the barrel into her skin through the clothes," the affidavit stated. "The total amount of time defendant Meyer was pointing the firearm at [the girl’s] head was roughly two seconds, followed by several seconds at her body.”

The girl reportedly told investigators she did not interpret Meyer’s actions as a joke and feared for her life, the affidavit states.

Falls Township Police said in the court documents that two residents in the Lowell Drive home had 32 registered firearms in their names. However, court papers did not say whether the guns were recovered as part of the investigation.