CRANBERRY TWP — A township man was arrested last weekend weekend for allegedly threatening his father with a power tool.

Jonathan R. Creel, 25, Friday morning waived to court simple assault and harassment charges from an incident Sunday morning at his home on Willow Drive.

Though he was initially charged with terroristic threats, that charge was withdrawn when he had his preliminary hearing in district court.

Township police were dispatched to the house at 3:02 a.m. Oct. 2.

John Creel told officers that his son had assaulted him earlier in the night, according to court records.

The father and son were having an argument when Jonathan Creel allegedly removed his father’s prosthetic leg and tossed it into another room. He then allegedly shoved his father to the floor, straddled him and held a jig saw to his throat, while threatening to kill him, records said.

The victim was allegedly left lying on the floor without his leg or his cell phone for about 45 minutes. He told police that he waited until his son had gone to sleep before calling 911.

Police reported seeing visible scrapes and scratches on his face, nose and neck.

Jonathan Creel was arraigned later Oct. 2. He is free on $5,000 bail.

He also was arrested in February in Adams Township and charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance. In May he was placed in a 12-month accelerated rehabilitative disposition program for that offense, according to court records.