RIMERSBURG, Pa. (EYT) — A woman is facing four counts of felony terroristic threats and related charges stemming from a standoff with police that lasted over four hours on Monday in Rimersburg Borough.
According to court documents, Clarion-based State Police filed the following criminal charges against 56-year-old Carol L. Morris of Rimersburg, on Wednesday, September 26:
- Terroristic Threats With Intent To Terrorize Another, Felony 3 (two counts)
- Terroristic Threats Cause Evacuation Of Building Etc, Felony 3
- Terroristic Threats Cause Serious Public Inconvenience, Felony 3
- Recklessly Endangering Another Person, Misdemeanor 2
- Disorderly Conduct Hazardous/Physical Offense, Misdemeanor 3
Morris is currently awaiting a preliminary arraignment.
According to a criminal complaint, on Monday, September 24, Trooper Lingel and Corporal Yockey, of the Clarion-based State Police, were requested to assist Southern Clarion Regional Police Department for a female stating that she was going to harm herself with a gun at Cherry Run Estates in Rimersburg Borough.
The officers arrived at the scene and located the apartment where the female, later identified as Carol Morris, was located.
According to the complaint, Morris refused to come to the door, and Corporal Yockey attempted to communicate with her through an open window with no result. After he heard her talking on the phone through the window, he asked again for her to open the door, and she refused.
Corporal Yockey then held a conversation with Morris that lasted over an hour, during which she kept asking “how many times she needs to load this clip,” the complaint indicates.
The complaint states that Morris said she had multiple firearms inside the residence and requested that Corporal Yockey contact the individuals she was upset with and have them come stand on Chestnut Street. Corporal Yockey was finally able to get Morris to give him a phone number to make phone contact with her.
While on the phone with Corporal Yockey, Morris kept saying “This was not going to end well,” and stated, multiple times, that she would not come down until the individuals she was upset with were standing on Chestnut Street. During the conversation, Morris also said she had dropped the one firearm, the complaint states.
According to the complaint, Morris also noted she could hear the police outside her door and said to stop moving the doorknob. She then discharged the firearm into the door.
The apartment building was evacuated due to the risk of harm.
After over two hours on the phone with Corporal Yockey, Morris finally came downstairs and ended the standoff. She was then taken into custody.
The complaint notes that the entire incident lasted over four hours, causing serious inconvenience to the community and the residents of Cherry Run Estates.
