Men Threatened Northampton Woman With Rifle: Police

NORTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, PA — Two men were arrested on drug, weapon and other charges Wednesday morning after a Northampton woman reported being threatened by one of them.

Officers were called at about 9 a.m. Wednesday to an address on Tinari Drive, where a woman reported that a man she knows had parked in her driveway and she wanted him to leave.

They arrived and made contact with Austin Carter, 32, who they say had an AR-style rifle leaning on the driver-side center console area of the car. He was arrested on charges of harassment, possessing an instrument of crime and possessing a firearm when he was not supposed to have one.

A passenger in the vehicle, Patrick Herens, 32, also was arrested after police say he failed to give his real name and date of birth when they tried to identify him. They say there also were drugs and several items of drug paraphernalia in plain view.

Herens was charged with false identification to law enforcement, possession of controlled substances and possession of drug paraphernalia.