Sentence ends road rage case
A Chicora man charged with threatening to kill another person with a knife during a road rage incident, as well as a probation violation for a previous driving under intoxication incident, was released to house arrest after being sentenced in Butler County Court on Thursday.
Jamie T. Pyle, 47, was sentenced to nine to 18 months in Butler County Prison, with credit for time served, followed by 12 months probation by county Judge William Shaffer, after previously pleading guilty to misdemeanor terroristic threats, simple assault and summary driving on a suspended license on Oct. 12.
He was ordered to undergo 75 days of house arrest with electronic monitoring and pay a $500 fine. He also was sentenced in the probation violation incident to six months minus one day in the county Intermediate Punishment Program, with the first 30 days in county prison. He was given time served on that sentence.
Pyle has been incarcerated for 257 days, according to information given during the proceeding.
The charges stem from a Dec. 23 road rage incident between Pyle and Andrew Jones on Route 68.
Pennsylvania State Police initially charged Pyle with felony aggravated assault, misdemeanor terroristic threats, simple assault, two counts of recklessly endangering another person and summary driving an unregistered vehicle, driving with a suspended registration, driving with a suspended license, following too closely, and a high beams violation, after it was reported that Pyle had threatened Jones and Caleb Young.
Police said it was reported that Pyle began tailgating the men in another vehicle while flashing his high beams, and both vehicles eventually pulled into the Rummy Mart parking lot.
Police said Jones then attempted to open his door when he was grabbed by the throat and pulled out of the vehicle and threatened with a knife. The affidavit of probable cause states that the driver brandished a knife and held it to Jones' stomach, stating, “If you ever (mess) with me again on the highway, I'll kill you.”
Pyle was identified by the two men and later arrested. Bail was set at $100,000, and he was held in the Butler County Prison.
