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Man allegedly threatens to bring gun to get COVID-19 vaccine

MUNCY — An elderly man faces misdemeanor charges for threatening to bring a gun to the Weis Market on East Penn Street in order to get the vaccine for COVID-19, state police alleged.

William Cardennis, 82, of 179 Heatherbrooke Estates, was charged following the incident that occurred in the Muncy Creek Township supermarket about 5 p.m. on Feb. 22, police said.

He has been charged with one count each of terroristic threats and disorderly conduct, police said.

Cardennis approached a female employee in the store’s pharmacy and asked about how to get a vaccination shot for the virus.

When the woman told him there were no more vaccines that day and that he would have to schedule an appointment online for a later date, he told her, “Well, I have a gun at home. If I brought it (to the store), would I get the vaccine? ‘Cause I’d do it,” according to an affidavit filed by Trooper Matthew Chamberlain.

Cardennis then walked away from the counter and out of the store, but not before using his customer shopper’s club card at a checkout counter, the trooper said, adding that the man was identified by the store through the use of the card.

Following his arraignment before District Judge Gary Whiteman, he was released on $15,000 bail. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for this morning.

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