{"id":202879,"date":"2026-05-26T21:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/202879\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:33:07","slug":"scranton-man-faces-charges-in-dispute-over-water-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/202879\/","title":{"rendered":"Scranton man faces charges in dispute over water gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Scranton man attempted to force his way into a residence and threatened to kill a man after a dispute over a children\u2019s water gun, police charge.<\/p>\n<p>Wilfred Quintana-Robles, 47, is charged with making terroristic threats, assault, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct.<\/p>\n<p>The incident stemmed from an earlier dispute over the children\u2019s toy, after which police advised two neighbors to stay away from each other, according to a criminal complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Officers were called back to the 500 block of Mary Street on May 16 at about 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Conden and Alyssa Steinruck said Quintana-Robles attempted to force the door of the residence\u00a0open while Conden tried to close it. They told police Quintana-Robles threatened to kill Conden.<\/p>\n<p>Conden said Quintana-Robles yelled, \u201cGive me the gun,\u201d leaving him shaken and fearing for his life.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers arrested Quintana-Robles, of 581 Mary St., and transported him to police headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Quintana-Robles admitted he pushed the door and told Conden he wanted to \u201chandle it like men,\u201d but denied threatening to kill Conden.<\/p>\n<p>Officers searched Quintana-Robles and found two marijuana joints. He is also charged with harassment and possession of paraphernalia.<\/p>\n<p>A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 27 before District Judge Joanne Corbett.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Scranton man attempted to force his way into a residence and threatened to kill a man after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[202,201,182,139,28,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-202879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202879","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=202879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}