Nemacolin man has charges dropped, accused of threatening his family
Cumberland Township police were forced to drop charges Wednesday against a Nemacolin man accused of threatening his family with a shotgun last month after no witnesses showed for his preliminary hearing.
Robert Andre Gephart, 40, faced four counts each of simple assault, terroristic threats and harassment following a July 19 argument with his wife, Tiffany, at their Pershing Boulevard home in the presence of their three young children.
Cumberland Township police said Gephart threatened to shoot his wife and himself during an argument.
Township police Chief Craig Miller said investigators were forced to drop all charges against Gephart before his Wednesday morning preliminary hearing with Senior District Judge Jesse Cramer because none of the alleged victims.
“All information came from them,” Miller said. “All of the testimony would’ve been hearsay.”
Gephart, who had a protection-from-abuse order against him the day of the alleged incident, had been free on $5,000 bond since his arrest.