{"id":192446,"date":"2026-05-14T17:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/192446\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:22:09","slug":"psp-acting-commissioner-addresses-concerns-over-delayed-notification-to-lawmakers-following-online-death-threats-berks-regional-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/192446\/","title":{"rendered":"PSP acting commissioner addresses concerns over delayed notification to lawmakers following online death threats | Berks Regional News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HARRISBURG, Pa. &#8211; The acting commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) addressed concerns about how state lawmakers were notified after a Lebanon County man made death threats against them.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued Thursday, PSP Lt. Col. George Bivens said that although the investigation and threat mitigation against Adam Berryhill were handled properly by state police, a review of the process revealed a breakdown in the notification process to the affected legislators.<\/p>\n<p>42-year-old Berryhill of Lebanon City was charged May 6th with terroristic threats for allegedly threatening to shoot over a dozen state Democratic lawmakers, including two representing parts of Berks County.<\/p>\n<p>Bivens said miscommunication between various departments led to the delayed notification process and, in turn, prompted law enforcement officials to reevaluate how they alert lawmakers to threats made against them.<\/p>\n<p>State Senator Judy Schwank, who represents parts of Berks County, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/news\/area\/berks\/lebanon-county-man-charged-with-making-death-threats-against-over-a-dozen-state-lawmakers\/article_406816f8-569b-404c-8f66-44a2e1b6fb99.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told 69 News Wednesday she was deeply disappointed she was not made aware of the threats sooner<\/a> and said she learned about her inclusion not from police but from a colleague.<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Col. Bivens full statement, and the changes to how threat notifications will be handled in the future, can be viewed here:<\/p>\n<p>Adam Berryhill was in court Thursday for a preliminary hearing, which he waived.<\/p>\n<p>He remains in custody at Lebanon County Jail unable to post $250,000 bail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRISBURG, Pa. &#8211; The acting commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) addressed concerns about how state lawmakers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[85645,85319,349,34046,37,8667,85646,85647,1224,128,130,129],"class_list":["post-192446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-acting-commissioner","tag-adam-berryhill","tag-berks-county","tag-george-bivens","tag-harrisburg","tag-judy-schwank","tag-lebanon-county-jail","tag-online-death-threats","tag-pennsylvania-state-police","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192446","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=192446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}