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Yahoo
15-05-2025
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Pine Grove man to face charges in ethnic intimidation case
TREMONT — A Pine Grove man accused of threatening a Black female Amazon delivery driver with a knife in Tremont Township will face all charges in the Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas. Kevin Zimmerman, 58, appeared Thursday for a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge David Rossi in connection with the March 26 incident. During the brief hearing, state police Trooper Connor Nettles testified to the validity of the charges filed against Zimmerman. He is charged with felony counts of aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation; misdemeanor counts of terroristic threats, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and unlawful restraint; and a summary count of harassment. Zimmerman, who was present for the hearing, has been out on bail since March 27. His bail was originally set at $75,000 cash and was posted by a third party. Police were dispatched March 26 for a report by a Black female Amazon driver who said she was assaulted by Zimmerman while on her delivery route, according to reports. According to police, Zimmerman accosted the delivery driver — brandishing an eight-inch knife, using racial epithets and grabbing her by the face — while she attempted to leave the property after realizing she was at the wrong address. The woman was able to drive away and call 911 after Zimmerman released her from his grasp, police said. Police were waiting for Zimmerman when returned home, according to documents. Zimmerman confirmed his use of a racial epithet to describe the driver, as well as wielding the knife and grabbing her head, police said. He told police he confronted the driver because he had previously had problems with people stealing from his property. Police then found the knife in Zimmerman's truck. Zimmerman continued to express hate and bias toward Black people while saying a racial epithet during his arraignment by Magisterial District Judge David Plachko, court documents said. The suspect's language prompted Plachko — who had already warned Zimmerman prior to giving his statement — to end the arraignment.
Yahoo
28-03-2025
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Pine Grove man faces felony ethnic intimidation, other charges
A Pine Grove man is facing felony charges of aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation after police said he threatened a female Amazon driver with a knife in Tremont Township. Police were dispatched Wednesday for a report by a delivery driver who said she was assaulted by Kevin Zimmerman, 58, while on her delivery route, according to reports. The woman told police she was assigned to deliver a package to 23 Zimmerman Lane, which is a private dirt road accessible from Molleystown Road. She drove to the top of the driveway, but discovered she was not at the right address. While attempting to leave, a tractor trailer drove toward her at a high rate of speed. In fear for her life, she pulled off to the side of the road and threw her hands in the air. According to documents, Zimmerman exited the tractor trailer, shouted a racial epithet, and told the Amazon driver to get off his property. He then approached the window of the delivery van while continuing to shout racial epithets, before brandishing an 8-inch knife and grabbing the woman by the face and shoving her head backward, police said. The woman told police she felt threatened and unable to speak as the incident occurred. Zimmerman eventually released the woman from his grasp, and she was able to drive away and call 911, according to police. Zimmerman returned home in a tractor trailer, as police waited there to speak with him, according to documents. The suspect told police he noticed the van and previously had problems with people stealing from him, so he confronted the delivery driver. Zimmerman used a racial epithet to describe the driver, and confirmed he had the knife and pushed the woman's head, police said. Police obtained permission to search Zimmerman's truck and found the knife inside, according to documents. During his arraignment by Magisterial District Judge David Plachko in Port Carbon, Zimmerman expressed extreme hate and bias toward Black Americans while saying a racial epithet, police said. The suspect's language prompted Plachko — who had already warned Zimmerman prior to giving his statement — to end the arraignment. Zimmerman was initially charged with felony aggravated assault; misdemeanor counts of terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another and simple assault; and a summary charge of harassment, according to documents. Those charges were withdrawn and new charges were added, according to police. The updated charges against Zimmerman are felony aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation; misdemeanor counts of terroristic threats, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and unlawful restraint; and a summary charge of harassment, according to documents. Zimmerman was arraigned on $75,000 straight cash bail and remanded to Schuylkill County Prison. Bail has since been posted on his behalf. A preliminary hearing is set for 11:30 a.m. on April 17 before Magisterial District Judge David Rossi in Tremont.
