{"id":127794,"date":"2026-03-02T23:13:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T23:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/127794\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T23:13:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T23:13:05","slug":"scranton-man-pleads-guilty-to-brandishing-firearm-during-no-kings-rally-on-public-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/127794\/","title":{"rendered":"Scranton man pleads guilty to brandishing firearm during No Kings rally on Public Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>WILKES-BARRE \u2014 A Scranton man pleaded guilty to brandishing a loaded firearm at attendees of a No Kings protest held on Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, last year.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Paul Kolarik, 52, of Fourth Avenue, was charged by Wilkes-Barre City police when he displayed a firearm at people attending the rally on Oct. 18, according to court records.<\/p>\n<p>Kolarik stopped on Public Square and consented to a search of his vehicle, court records say.<\/p>\n<p>Police in court records say they found two semi-automatic handguns during the search. One firearm was in the center console of the Jeep, and another firearm was in its holster in Kolarik\u2019s waistband, court records say.<\/p>\n<p>Both firearms had a live round in the chambers with loaded magazines.<\/p>\n<p>Police in court records say Kolarik possessed a valid license to carry a concealed firearm.<\/p>\n<p>Kolarik pled guilty to simple assault and disorderly conduct before Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judge David W. Lupas.<\/p>\n<p>Kolarik remains free on $50,000 bail and is scheduled to be sentenced on April 29.<\/p>\n<p>Charges of terroristic threats and reckless endangerment were withdrawn against Kolarik.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; WILKES-BARRE \u2014 A Scranton man pleaded guilty to brandishing a loaded firearm at attendees of a No&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-127794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}