An arrest warrant has been issued for a Schuylkill County man accused of stealing his ex’s phone because he believed she had started an OnlyFans account. He then allegedly threatened to kill her with a sledgehammer.
According to an affidavit filed by State Police-Frackville, Troopers were dispatched to the Redner’s parking lot in West Mahanoy Township at about 8 a.m. on Sunday, June 15, to meet with the alleged victim in this case. She reportedly told police that she and her ex-boyfriend – identified as Christopher Zukas, 34, of West Mahanoy Township – had gotten into an argument.
Zukas, she said, was mad under the belief that she had started an OnlyFans account. The victim said she was holding her phone in an attempt to show Zukas that she didn’t have an OnlyFans account.
That’s when Zukas allegedly grabbed the phone from her hands and wouldn’t return it. The victim said this was not the first time Zukas had taken her phone.
Also during this argument, the victim said Zukas threatened to kill her with a sledgehammer, saying he had one in the home where the argument was taking place.
Police say they went to a home on Mt. Olive Blvd. where the argument had taken place in an attempt to contact Zukas but were unsuccessful. They also tried to contact Zukas by phone but also came up empty.
Zukas had previously been arrested following a domestic violence incident with this same victim, police say.
For this most recent incident, police are charging Zukas with robbery, a third-degree felony, and misdemeanor offenses of making terroristic threats, theft, and receiving stolen property, along with a summary offense of harassment.
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