Connellsville woman charged with assaulting trooper, threatening man
A Connellsville woman is behind bars for allegedly assaulting a state police trooper and threatening to kill a man and burn his house down in Springfield Township.
Shannon Lynn Ermlick, 40, is charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats, simple assault, resisting arrest and defiant trespass.
According to the affidavit of probable cause against her, state police were called to a Hickory Street address to speak to her about an unwanted person at her home.
“While on the scene, (police) determined that Ermlick was the person trespassing,” Trooper Zachary Webb wrote in the affidavit.
The property owner is listed as Charles Ohler in court documents. A trooper ordered Ermlick to leave, and she refused, police said. Officers handcuffed her after a brief scuffle. While on the way to the patrol car, she allegedly threatened to kill Ohler and kicked a trooper in the leg near his crotch, court paperwork said.
In the police car, Ermlick reportedly said she will go back to the house when she is released and plans to burn it down or destroy it, according to the affidavit.
She was arraigned by on-call Magisterial District Judge Daniel C. Shimshock, who set bail at $50,000. Ermlick remains in Fayette County Prison unable to post bail.