WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE CO, (WOLF) — A man from Wilkes-Barre is facing charges after police say he falsely reported that he had shot and killed his wife, leading to a heavy police presence on Barney Street on Tuesday.
According to our newsgathering partners at the Times Leader, 73-year-old Terrance Winstead told a 911 call-taker that he was “going to blow his wife’s brains out and hang her from the ceiling.”
Court records indicate that he further told the call-taker “I just shot the b—-h.”
Police arrived at the scene at around 4:16 PM to find a woman walking out of the house. She told police her husband had been drinking heavily for the last two weeks and was intoxicated when he made the 911 call.
She told police that he had threatened her with a razor blade and shoved her, but refused to pursue domestic and terroristic threat charges.
Winstead surrendered after police set up a perimeter around the home and closed the 100 block of Barney Street.
He told police that he wasn't happy with his home life and worried that his wife was going to kill him. He further claimed that he didn't remember making the 911 call.
Winstead was arraigned on charges of false alarm to an agency of public safety, disorderly conduct, and communications with 911. He was released on $25,000 unsecured bail.
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