NAZARETH, Pa. (AP) - An eastern Pennsylvania man has been jailed on charges he fired shots during an argument over a pet hermit crab that belongs to his fiancée’s son.
Thirty-two-year-old Mario Maisonet, of Nazareth, was jailed after Sunday’s arraignment on charges including aggravated assault.
Nazareth police tell The (Allentown) Morning Call (https://bit.ly/1XbybAU ) the shooting happened as Maisonet and his fiancée met her ex-husband outside their home. The ex-husband was dropping off the boy after a weekend visit when police say Maisonet and the other man began arguing about whether the boy could bring the crab, which was in a fish tank, into the home.
Police say Maisonet fired a shot into the front wheel of the father’s car, then aimed the gun at the boy’s father and his girlfriend.
Online court records don’t list an attorney for Maisonet.
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Information from: The Morning Call, https://www.mcall.com
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