State police say Loyalhanna Township man arrested after threatening neighbors over music
Apr. 15—A Loyalhanna man was arrested Wednesday, charged with twice threatening to harm his neighbors because he thought they were playing music too loud.
Robert L. Spigler, 35, is charged wth two counts each of disorderly conduct, harassment, making terroristic threats and public drunkenness after troopers were dispatched twice to the 400 block of Cherry Drive, where the confrontations occurred first at 8:40 p.m. and again an hour later, according to court records.
A Loyalhanna couple had just pulled into their driveway and had music playing on their car radio "when (Spigler) began yelling and screaming as they pulled in the driveway," Trooper Anthony Baum reported.
The couple claimed Spigler told them "he had a gun in his home and was going to retrieve it," Baum reported, adding the man said Spigler threw beer on him while continuing to make threats.
According to police reports, troopers told Spigler he would be mailed summary citations in connection with the incidents and advised him to go home and "leave the victims alone."
"I got five minutes down the road and was advised by our dispatcher that (Spigler) was outside fighting with the victims again," Baum wrote in court documents. "(Spigler) was yelling he was going to burn down their residence."
Baum reported that when he returned to the scene at 9:50 p.m., Spigler was taken into custody.
Spigler was arraigned Thursday and released on $10,000 unsecured bond.
He could not be reached for comment and did not have an attorney listed in court documents. Online dockets indicate he has no prior criminal record.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled May 3.
Paul Peirce is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Paul at 724-850-2860, ppeirce@triblive.com or via Twitter .
