Man charged with making threats
An Ohio man is facing charges he threatened to kill everyone at a Pike Days party in May in Somerset Township.
State police Friday filed charges of making terroristic threats, reckless endangerment and harassment against Benjamin Martin Ursic, 30, of Scio, stemming from the May 20 party on Meyers Road, court records show.
The alleged victims told police Ursic became angry when a band was making fun of him and left in his pickup truck about 2 a.m. May 20. Two women at the party went to investigate after hearing what sounded like a vehicle accident shortly after Ursic left, according to court documents.
They found debris and Ursic sitting in his truck along a road that went into the woods. They told police Ursic pointed a shotgun at them and said, “You’re dead to me.” They later saw Ursic driving past the party several times, the record indicates.
Later, the father of one of the women found a message from Ursic on his answering machine in which Ursic allegedly said he considered going back to the party and killing everyone, but that he was sorry.
Ursic will receive the charges in a summons from District Judge Curtis Thompson.