{"id":220005,"date":"2026-06-16T00:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/220005\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T00:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:43:09","slug":"pennsylvania-man-accused-of-pointing-gun-at-officer-in-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/220005\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania man accused of pointing gun at officer in North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRESISTING ARREST AND SCATTERING RUBBISH AT A PENNSYLVANIA MAN ALSO CHARGED IN AN INCIDENT INVOLVING POLICE. THIS TIME IT HAPPENED IN NORTH CAROLINA. 83 YEAR OLD EDWARD LESZCZYNSKI OF HATFIELD, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALLEGEDLY POINTED A GUN AT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER DURING AN INVESTIGATION INTO A REPORT OF AN IMPAIRED DRIVER, AN ONSLOW COUNTY NORTH OF WILMINGTON. INVESTIGATORS ALLEGE H\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania man accused of pointing gun at officer in North Carolina<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769026991_958_wgal.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WGAL logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 8:18 PM EDT Jun 15, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAn 83-year-old Pennsylvania man is facing charges after allegedly pointing a gun at a law enforcement officer during an investigation in North Carolina.  Edward Leshinski, of Hatfield, Montgomery County, allegedly brandished a revolver during an investigation into a report of an impaired driver in Onslow County, north of Wilmington.  Investigators said Leshinski refused commands to exit a property before pointing the gun at the officer.  No one was hurt.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>An 83-year-old Pennsylvania man is facing charges after allegedly pointing a gun at a law enforcement officer during an investigation in North Carolina.  <\/p>\n<p>Edward Leshinski, of Hatfield, Montgomery County, allegedly brandished a revolver during an investigation into a report of an impaired driver in Onslow County, north of Wilmington.  <\/p>\n<p>Investigators said Leshinski refused commands to exit a property before pointing the gun at the officer.  <\/p>\n<p>No one was hurt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RESISTING ARREST AND SCATTERING RUBBISH AT A PENNSYLVANIA MAN ALSO CHARGED IN AN INCIDENT INVOLVING POLICE. THIS TIME&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[95866,95870,95867,59890,26704,95868,95869,95679,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-220005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-83-year-old-pennsylvania-man","tag-allegedly-pointing-a-gun-at-a-law-enforcement-officer","tag-edward-leshinski","tag-hatfield","tag-impaired-driver","tag-montgomery-county-native","tag-north-carolina-investigation","tag-onslow-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220005","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=220005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}