An Ohio man charged with leaving a threatening voicemail for state Rep. Mark Gillen has been released on $50,000 bail pending further court action in Berks County Court, according to court documents.
Kenneth Yochum, 58, of Hamilton County was held for court following a preliminary hearing Monday before District Judge David Yoch. Yochum faces charges of making terroristic threats, threatening unlawful harm to influence official and political matters, and harassment.
According to court documents:
The voicemail left by a male caller on the morning of Dec. 17 stated “…if Pennsylvania thinks they’re going to come after our guns, the … blood will roll. You get it?”
A staff member for Gillen, a Robeson Township Republican who has represented parts of Berks County for 15 years, reported the threat to Cumru Township police after the voicemail was left at Gillen’s district office.
Detectives were able to obtain phone records tracing the call to Yochum.
On Dec. 20, police officers in Ohio interviewed Yochum at his residence and he admitted leaving the threatening voicemail.
Yochum was formally charged by Cumru Township police three days later.