NORRISTOWN — An Allentown man was sent to prison after Horsham Township police found him to be in illegal possession of a handgun during an altercation with another man outside a local bank.
David Costantini, 64, of the 300 block of North 16th Street, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 5½ to 12 years in a state correctional facility after he pleaded guilty to a felony charge of person not to possess a firearm in connection with the Feb. 7, 2025, incident outside the Navy Federal Bank located on Horsham Road.
Judge Steven T. O’Neill, who accepted a plea agreement in the case, said Costantini, who also listed an address in Philadelphia, will receive credit for time he spent in jail, while awaiting court action, since his Feb. 7 arrest.
An investigation began about 4 p.m. Feb. 7 when Horsham police responded to a report of a disturbance outside the bank in the 300 block of Horsham Road. Arriving officers found Costantini there with another male who Costantini claimed owed him money, according to court documents.
When interviewed by police, the victim claimed that Costantini told him to get him his money or else he would kill him, according to the arrest affidavit filed by Horsham Police Officer Edward J. Timcho III.
Costantini then allegedly punched the man in the head.
Costantini denied police requests for his identification and when police patted him down for identification they noticed bulky items in his pockets, including a firearm in his back right pocket.
Court papers indicate it was a .25-caliber handgun.
“The firearm was loaded with two live rounds, including one in the chamber,” Timcho alleged, adding police subsequently determined that Costantini had a criminal history that prohibited him from possessing a firearm.
A search of Costantini also found he was possessing methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana.
As a condition of the sentence, the judge ordered Costantini to forfeit all firearms to the county district attorney’s office for destruction.
Other charges of possession of controlled substances, robbery, carrying a firearm without a license and possession of drug paraphernalia were dismissed against Costantini as part of the plea agreement.