Man denies pointing gun at state troopers
12/25/2003
PALMER - A Brimfield man accused of pointing a shotgun at two state troopers Monday was released on $500 bail after arraignment in Palmer District Court yesterday.
Timothy Pray, 33, of 68 Apple Road, Brimfield, pleaded innocent to one count of possession of a firearm without a firearms identification card and two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon.
Assistant District Attorney Craig J. Camerlin told Judge Patricia T. Poehler that police went to the home after a 911 caller said Pray was loading a shotgun and might be planning to hurt himself. When police arrived, Camerlin said, Pray was walking around the house with the gun, then pointed it at the troopers and refused to drop it.
Pray's court-appointed lawyer said Pray had recently lost his job and was "struggling with an alcohol problem."
Camerlin said Pray was fortunate that troopers "used discretion and cooler heads prevailed." Pray will be back in court Feb. 5.
VERY LUCKY GUY!!! Who would've blasted this guy?
12/25/2003
PALMER - A Brimfield man accused of pointing a shotgun at two state troopers Monday was released on $500 bail after arraignment in Palmer District Court yesterday.
Timothy Pray, 33, of 68 Apple Road, Brimfield, pleaded innocent to one count of possession of a firearm without a firearms identification card and two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon.
Assistant District Attorney Craig J. Camerlin told Judge Patricia T. Poehler that police went to the home after a 911 caller said Pray was loading a shotgun and might be planning to hurt himself. When police arrived, Camerlin said, Pray was walking around the house with the gun, then pointed it at the troopers and refused to drop it.
Pray's court-appointed lawyer said Pray had recently lost his job and was "struggling with an alcohol problem."
Camerlin said Pray was fortunate that troopers "used discretion and cooler heads prevailed." Pray will be back in court Feb. 5.
VERY LUCKY GUY!!! Who would've blasted this guy?