WILKES-BARRE — Assault charges were dismissed against Michael Shales, 48, who was accused of threatening a woman with a rifle in Huntington Township earlier this year.
State police at Shickshinny charged Shales after a woman, 47, claimed he threatened to kill her with a rifle on Bonnieville Road on Jan. 28, according to a news release.
A district judge dismissed charges of simple assault, terroristic threats, harassment and reckless endangerment against Shales when the woman failed to appear to testify at a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Central Court on Monday.
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