Lower Frederick Man Gets Jail for Shooting

Stephen Charles Jacobs, 54, a former Lower Frederick resident, was sentenced to 11 1/2 to 23 months in the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in connection with that left his wife wounded, according to a Pottstown Mercury article.

A standoff with police ensued after the incident.

Jacobs pleaded guilty to simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and possessing an instrument of crime, the article states. In addition to his jail sentence, Jacobs must also serve two years' probation, according to the report.

Also, "(under) the terms of the plea agreement accepted by Judge Steven T. O’Neill, Jacobs has to undergo alcohol and psychiatric evaluations ..." according to the article. "Jacobs had to forfeit the weapon, a .22-caliber pistol, to county authorities. Jacobs was ordered to stay away from his daughter and a witness to the incident and to have 'no offensive contact' with his wife, who suffered a leg wound during the incident," the article continues.

The incident began when Jacobs, who had reportedly been drinking, “flew into a rage” during a dispute with his 22-year-old daughter and allegedly “pointed a loaded gun at her,” said Lower Frederick Police Chief Paul Maxey during a phone interview the day after the standoff.

Jacobs’ daughter, who lives at home with her parents, grabbed the gun and “a struggle ensued,” Maxey said. Jacobs was allegedly firing the .22-caliber Ruger handgun during the struggle.

According to the report, the daughter eventually threw her father to the floor of the garage, and Jacobs allegedly continued to fire the gun. When Jacobs’ wife came to assist their daughter, she was struck in the leg by a round from the gun, Maxey reported.

Jacobs’ daughter was able to disarm her father, Maxey said, and then put the gun’s magazine in her pocket and threw the gun into the wooded area that surrounds the house.

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