Armed Missouri man threatens coach at son's basketball game, charged with terrorism
BOLIVAR, Mo. (KY3/Gray News) - A 35-year-old Missouri man is facing a felony terrorism charge after being accused of threatening one of the coaches on his son’s basketball team. The incident happened during a tournament at Bolivar High School in Bolivar, Missouri, on January 27. It was a match-up between a pair of area junior varsity teams, KY3 reports.
Bolivar police were called to the gym around 7:40 p.m. on a disturbance call after 35-year-old Bryan Scott Pellham allegedly got upset with one of the coaches for the Marion C. Early team from Morrisville, Missouri, that his son plays on. “From our interview, he was upset that a varsity coach was coaching the junior varsity team,” said Lt. Roger Barron, the Bolivar Police investigating officer. “He made the comment after engaging in an argument with the coach that he threatened to kill him. It was something to the effect of ‘I’ll put a red dot on your head and watch the mist appear.’” Barron said Pellham later admitted that he made that statement and that the coach reported Pellham saying that he knew where the coach lived.
“When he was later apprehended that same night by deputies from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office he was found to be in possession of a gun,” Barron said. “In a later interview with the suspect, he admitted that he did have the gun while he was at the high school.”
The second-degree felony terrorist threat charges carry a one to four-year jail term and a possible $10,000 fine if convicted. Barron said there is the possibility of follow-up charges involving the unlawful use of a weapon. Pellham was released from the Polk County Jail on a $25,000 bond.
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