Washington County man jailed after attempting to extort money from mother through threats
A Washington County man is behind bars after he allegedly tried to extort money from his mother while threatening to kill her if she didn’t pay him.
Dillion Andrew Sauers, 28, of Marianna is currently in the Washington County Prison with bail set at $275,000 after he was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Curtis Thompson on felony extortion charges and misdemeanor terroristic threat charges on Wednesday.
The charges stem from an incident at Sauers’ home along Little Creek Road at noon on Jan. 23 where Sauers’ mother awoke to find Sauers standing at the end of her bed, screaming at her and stating that he wanted $35,000 from her.
State police reported the woman told them that Sauers gave her three options that included her paying him $1,500 and he will kill her, call the bank and get $35,000 to give to Sauers and she’ll never see him again, and she couldn’t recall the third option.
Before Sauers left her bedroom, he told her that he’ll cut her head off, tie a concrete block around her legs and throw her into the Monongahela River.
The woman left her house and arrived at the Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Washington County later that day to report what had happened.
A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Sauers before Thompson at 10:45 a.m. Feb. 28.