Man with samurai sword prompts Poconos church lockdown
A 30-year-old showed up armed at a Pocono church, refused to leave and sparked a lockdown before officers detained him, police said.
A Luzerne County man Sunday showed up to a church service with a samurai sword and refused to leave the property, prompting the church to go into lockdown, police said.
Peter Gershon Wonsia, 30, of White Haven is charged with misdemeanor counts of simple assault; possession of a prohibited offensive weapon; making terroristic threats; and disorderly conduct.