Crime & Safety
Montco Man Charged With Ethnic Intimidation After Drunk Texts
Police said the were 16 pages worth of racist and threatening texts sent after 2 a.m.
UPPER GWYNEDD, PA — One man has been arrested after police in Upper Gwynedd said he made racist and threatening phone calls while he was drunk to a local resident.
Police became aware of the incident back on Aug. 22, when the victim told authorities that he had received a missed call at around 2:19 a.m.
The call was followed by texts from the same number "containing racial, lewd, threatening, and obscene language," according to police.
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The number was traced to David James Eyes, 44, who admitted to police he had made the call and sent the texts after being shown a 16-page transcript of the texts, authorities said. Police said he told them he was intoxicated when he sent the texts.
The victim said he did not know who Eyes was.
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Eyes was charged with ethnic intimidation, terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another, harassment-lewd/threatening language, and harassment-repeatedly alarm or annoy.
Bail was set at $10,000. A preliminary hearing is set for Oct. 8.
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