The man who pulled a gun on a worker using a snow blower at a Bensalem apartment complex who was allegedly burying the man's car with snow will be going to jail.
Eddie Simmons, Jr. was sentenced Wednesday to at least three months in jail and two years probation for making terroristic threats, weapons possession, assault and other charges, according to court records.
Earlier this year Simmons agreed to a plea deal that dropped felony charges.
Police arrested the 26-year-old on Jan. 12 after he allegedly shoved a 9mm semi-automatic gun into the cheek of a man removing snow from his apartment complex.
The suspect thought the snow blower operator had blocked his car in, police said at the time.
“I guess he took matters into his own hands and came out with a handgun and stuck it to the victim’s face and threatened him” said Sgt. Andrew Aninsman of Bensalem Police.
A subcontractor for an apartment complex on Neshaminy Valley Drive was removing snow with a snow blower at about 8 a.m. when Simmons allegedly began arguing with the man.
That’s when things apparently got a little heated. And according to police, Simmons pulled out a black handgun, stuck it in the victim’s right cheek and said that "somebody better move the snow or somebody is going to get shot.”
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Neighbors were stunned. “It’s kinda scary being that I’m a mom and I have a family living here, so I’m not so thrilled about someone pulling a gun right in my neighborhood” said Kimberly Pearil.
As part of the plea deal Simmons isn't supposed to have contractor with the snow blower operator.
