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A Spring Creek man has been sentenced to seven years of probation after pleading guilty to a pair of misdemeanor charges filed in November 2025 after a domestic incident.
Jeffrey M. Keener, 50, was initially charged with second-degree misdemeanor simple assault, unlawful restraint/serious bodily injury, terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another, recklessly endangering another person, false imprisonment, harassment and possession of an instrument of crime with intent filed by the State Police at Warren. Bail was initially set at $150,000 by Judge Daniel Miller.
Further charges were then filed in an incident that allegedly took place on Nov. 19, also in Spring Creek, that included first-degree felony aggravated assault – attempts to cause serious bodily injury or causes injury with extreme indifference, third-degree felony discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure, terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another, possession of a weapon, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and disorderly conduct – engaged in fighting.
On the first docket Keener pleaded guilty to a charge of terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another and was sentenced to five years of probation by Judge Todd Woodin in the Court of Common Pleas. On the second docket, Keener pleaded guilty to recklessly endangering another person and was sentenced to two years of probation.
The rest of the charges against Keener were not prosecuted.
The Nov. 25 incident, according to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, started with a domestic incident during which Keener allegedly pointed a pistol at a woman and threatened to shoot her on Nov. 24. The incident allegedly continued into Nov. 25, when the woman tried to leave her Spring Creek home on foot. Keener allegedly followed the woman in his car, grabbed her by the hair, dragged her into the vehicle and back into the house before an altercation during which Keener allegedly told the woman she wasn't leaving the residence.
When troopers investigated the Nov. 25 incident, the woman told troopers that Keener had allegedly fired gunshots at her within the past week. Keener allegedly admitted to taking a 22 caliber rifle and firing it multiple times into the floor of the residence near a washing machine while the woman was in the bedroom.
"Keener stated this was done in order to scare (the woman)," the affidavit states.
Troopers applied for a search warrant for the home. During a subsequent search, troopers reported seeing numerous bullet holes within the residence, including the floor and a bedroom wall.