City man jailed after domestic incident
A Warren man has been taken to the county jail on a total of $95,000 bail on two separate dockets after a domestic incident on Sunday.
Michael S. Cobb, 50, of Warren was charged on one docket with terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another, harassment and a traffic citation by the State Police at Warren. He was arraigned Monday morning by Magisterial District Judge Todd Woodin and jailed after bail was set at $75,000. Cobb had been arrested Sunday by Warren city police on charges of first-degree felony burglary, third-degree felony criminal trespassing and theft by unlawful taking.
He was arraigned by Woodin and bail set at $20,000 cash. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause filed by the State Police, troopers were notified of a domestic incident near Jackson Run and Matthews Run roads in Sugar Grove at 9:24 p.m. Sunday. A woman said she and Cobb had been having dinner in Jamestown and, on the way home, Cobb allegedly became upset over a number of issues.
“The victim related Cobb was yelling at her and threatened to drive her down a dirt road and slit her throat,” the affidavit states. “The victim related Cobb became upset after he believed the victim had thrown her engagement ring out the window.”
The woman told police Cobb grabbed her by the back of the head and neck and pushed her against the passenger window of the vehicle. Cobb then allegedly stopped the vehicle near Jackson Run and Matthews Run road, at which point the woman got out and hid in the woods, where she contacted her daughter for a ride.
After the woman returned home, she found Cobb had allegedly broken into her home and taken some of her personal belongings. Warren city police officers responded to the complaint of missing items at 9:03 p.m., when the woman said photo collages of her deceased mother and father had been taken. She said Cobb hadn’t lived in the home for more than a month and didn’t have permission to be in the house.
“While speaking to the victim, Cobb kept calling and text messaging the victim,” the affidavit filed by Warren city police officers states. “Cobb did send a picture message of a fire, stating, ‘It’s a great night for a fire,’ as the victim feared Cobb was burning the photographs.
Cobb later told police he had a key to the front door of the woman’s home and, when asked where the photographs were, told police the woman would get her photos back when he got photos back from a cell phone she had broken previously. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for July 30.