Uniontown teen facing charges for threat involving sword
?A Uniontown teenager is facing multiple charges after he allegedly threatened another teen with a sword Monday evening.
Uniontown police Officer Michael Bittner said the incident occurred shortly after 7?p.m. when the 16-year-old and 17-year-old teens got into an altercation outside a residence on Lemon Street.
According to reports, the older teen struck the 16-year-old in the head while he was skateboarding, Bittner said.
Bittner said that the 16-year-old boy then retreated to his home, where he retrieved a long sword before returning to the street.
Bittner said witnesses said the boy then began swinging the weapon and threatening to “cut everyone’s heads off.”
Bittner said that when he questioned the younger teen about the sword, he at first denied having one, but his father eventually gave the weapon to police.
Bittner said that while the younger teen’s father described the sword as “a toy”, the weapon is made of metal and is sharp.
Bittner said that as a result of the incident, the 16-year-old will be charged in Fayette County Juvenile Court with terroristic threats, possession of a prohibited weapon and possession of instruments of a crime.
The 17-year-old will face a single count of harassment, Bittner added.