A Warren man remains behind bars after being held for court on all charges stemming from an incident where a firearm was allegedly discharged across the Allegheny River.

After a Wednesday afternoon hearing, District Justice Glenn Carlson announced his decision to hold Thomas V. Christeson, 30, for court on charges of two counts – one felony – of possession of firearm prohibited, and recklessly endangering another person, disorderly conduct hazardous/physical offense and a summary count of discharge of firearm prohibited.

Warren City Police Officer Nathan Bond testified that he was dispatched at 10:44 p.m. on June 15 to a report of shots fired from a dark colored truck with a refrigerator in the back in the area of Crescent Park headed toward the Hickory St. bridge.

Bond testified that the caller saw the muzzle blast from the passenger side of the truck and that other officers recovered spent shell casings at the site. He said the vehicle was found parked behind an establishment on the east side and came back registered to Christeson’s girlfriend, Alexandra Wilson.

He testified that he first contacted Christeson at 11:15 p.m. and testified that Christeson informed him he was dropped off at his residence by Michael Kay in the vehicle in question but, when it came to firing the shots, Christeson “did not admit to it.”

Bond said the vehicle was impounded and a search warrant was obtained on June 18. An unspent round was found and Bond testified that colleagues told him the round matched the spent casings recovered from the scene.

Attorney Chris Urbano, representing Christeson, alleged that Kay was a co-conspirator, pointing out that Kay did not contact police and that if someone fired a weapon in a person’s vehicle and they weren’t involved they would be likely to contact the authorities.

Bond testified that he contacted Kay, who came in to be interviewed, and said he was there but didn’t know that Christeson had the firearm.

First Assistant District Attorney Caleb Gnage asked Bond if Christeson had an active protection from abuse order (PFA) against him and Bond said he did and also noted a 2002 conviction bars Christeson from possessing a firearm.

In response to Urbano’s questions, Bond acknowledged that the bullets weren’t found, no damage resulted and no one was injured and that there were no witnesses other than the caller.

Urbano suggested that no one can be sure where the bullets went and could have been shot into the ground but Gnage said that the caller didn’t state that the shots were fired at the ground.

Warren Police Officer Nick Bryan also testified to an incident on October 5 where the firearm allegedly used in the incident was recovered at a Six Mile Run in Tiona.

He said that a friend of Wilson, Christopher Hall, contacted him indicating that he knew where the firearm was. Later in the day, and in conjunction with Warren-based Pennsylvania State Police, Bryan recovered the firearm that had been placed on the property of Wilson’s mother.

Bryan testified that it was Ruger P98 9mm not registered in Pennsylvania.

He said he was initially confused because the reports from the officers who recovered the spent casings indicated the rounds were from a .380 caliber handgun.

“She was pretty adamant that was the gun,” Bryan said of Wilson. Bryan then researched the weapon and ammo and found that the ammo was a Turkish brand and was indeed for a 9mm.

Urbano asked Bryan who fired the weapon. “She said ‘Tommy did,” Bryan said, adding that Wilson said Christeson advised her of the gun’s location where it was ultimately found but said he had moved it.

“The gun was never moved based on her conversation with me,” Bryan said. “(The) goldenrod was undisturbed” in the area of the weapon.

In closing, Urbano said “It’s an interesting case,” arguing that the recklessly endangering another person charge could be dropped because there was “no testimony there was anybody in the area.”

Gnage said that recklessly endangering requires the intent to be reckless. “Firing a gun in the area of a city (is reckless),” he said, reiterating that the shots were fired in the direction of the City of Warren.

Carlson then announced his decision to hold Christeson for court.

Online court records indicate that Christeson’s next court is formal arraignment set for November 19 at 9:30 a.m.