Preliminary Hearings

BELLEFONTE -- District Justice Bradley Lunsford bound over Scott Eugene Wellar for charges of two counts of simple assault, one count of terroristic threats, two counts of recklessly endangering another individual and two counts of harassment yesterday, according to court documents.

The charges are a result of a Nov. 15 incident when the victim arrived with three children at 5050 S. Eagle Valley Road, Julian, Pa., the residence of her husband. Wellar, the defendant, and his estranged wife, the victim, have been separated for about two months.

After unloading groceries and removing clothes from the bedroom while the three children played outside, the victim attempted to exit through the back door and was stopped by Wellar, according to court documents. At that time Wellar pulled a handgun from behind his back and pointed it in the victim's face, dragging her by the neck to the bedroom where he threw her on the floor, according to court documents. He said "he would blow her away," according to court documents.

At this point a child entered the residence, interrupting the scene, and Wellar dropped his gun and went to look for the child in the kitchen before returning to the bedroom, according to court documents. After the victim attempted to get the handgun away from Wellar, the child came into the residence and the victim was able to leave, according to court documents.

--by Jennifer Nejman