A Blakely man entered a local hair salon carrying a gun and making threats toward local police officers, according to a criminal complaint.
A stylist at Great Clips told officers Frank Silver came in to the business Sept. 29 for a haircut, carrying a firearm.
As she was cutting his hair, the stylist asked if he had been up to anything new.
Silver, 56, of Academy Street, told her he’d had an interesting day.
When she asked him what happened he said he had almost “dropped two cops,” because they were arresting his neighbor, according to the complaint.
He then became loud and aggressive, shouting in front of staff, customers and children, she said. Silver made explicit threats toward Blakely police officers, including Blakely Police Chief Guy Salerno and Cpl. Michael Shaheen, who lives three doors down from him, charges read.
Silver began screaming that the officers didn’t know the law and threatened to assault one of them, because he was ex-military and had previously been a sheriff and knows how things should be done.
Police confirmed that earlier in the day they were serving a warrant on Silver’s neighbor and Silver interrupted the arrest, argued with officers and threatened to beat up Shaheen using “karate moves,” according to the complaint.
Shaheen confirmed he lived three doors down from Silver but said he had not previously interacted with him.
Silver is charged with making terroristic threats and remains at Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 14 before District Judge Laura Turlip.