A Schuylkill County man was sentenced Thursday to house arrest for his attack and racially-motivated tirade against an Amazon delivery driver last year.
Schuylkill County Common Pleas Judge James Goodman showed some leniency toward Kevin Zimmerman, 59, of Tremont Township, based on testimony he heard in Courtroom 7 yesterday that the defendant is suffering from serious medical conditions.
Goodman sentenced Zimmerman to 3-23 months of house arrest, including 3 months on electronic monitoring for a felony count of ethnic intimidation.
He imposed an 18-month probation sentence for a charge of terroristic threats, 12 months of probation for false imprisonment, another 12 months of probation for reckless endangerment, and 12 months concurrent to that charge for simple assault.
Zimmerman agreed to plead guilty on these charges on Dec. 5. In exchange, the ethnic intimidation charge was amended from a first-degree felony to one of the third degree. Charges of reckless endangerment and harassment were dismissed. Other charges of aggravated assault and unlawful restraint were also dismissed in this case.
He was also ordered to perform 30 hours of community service.
Zimmerman Went Full Racist on Amazon Driver in March 2025
Zimmerman was accused of attacking an Amazon delivery driver in his driveway back in March 2025. The driver reportedly went up the wrong driveway to make a delivery in Tremont Township.
As the driver got to the top of the driveway, she realized she was at the wrong home and turned around to go back down the driveway.
At that time, Zimmerman came after her in his tractor-trailer, driving up at her. The Amazon driver told police initially that she backed up Zimmerman’s driveway to give him room to pass her on the side.
However, Zimmerman drove at her in his truck then got out and came after her with a black object in his hand. He said to her, as she had her hands in the air, “Don’t wave your n***** hands at me!” and “Get off my land or I’ll kill you, n*****!”
The black object in his hand turned out to be an 8-inch serrated knife. Zimmerman reached through the window of the Amazon vehicle, grabbed the victim by her face and pushed her head backward.
When talking to police, Zimmerman explained to them that he he saw the van’s driver to be a “n” and that “I fing hate n***s” because of a previous incident involving his wife.
Zimmerman described the victim to police as a “G** da** ghetto rat” and used more racial slurs to describe her.
At his arraignment before then-Magisterial District Judge David Plachko, Zimmerman continued his racial tirade. It got to the point that Plachko actually stopped his arraignment short and charges were re-filed in District Court in Tremont.
“Everyone learns their lesson when they’re in front of a judge.”
Senior Deputy District Attorney Jen Foose informed Goodman that the Commonwealth was looking for a state prison sentence of 6-24 months for Zimmerman.
“This was a completely senseless act,” Foose said.
However, prior to sentencing, Zimmerman explained to the judge that he suffers from several serious medical conditions, including a tumor on his back. He also said he’s undergoing bone cancer treatments regularly at the Veterans Administration hospital in Lebanon.
It was for those reasons that he was released on bail from Schuylkill County Prison last year in relation to another case that’s since been dismissed. At the local prison, he was unable to get the necessary medical care so it was agreed that he would be placed on electronic monitoring while awaiting trial on that other case.
Zimmerman tried explaining that he regrets his actions last year. He said at the time, he was on more drugs than he is now and his behavior is a reflection of that. He said he was sorry for what he’d done to the victim and has learned his lesson.
Goodman replied “Everyone learns their lesson when they’re in front of a judge,” he said. “I don’t know how sincere his apology is now that he’s looking at potential prison time.”
The judge then read a Victim Impact Statement submitted by the Amazon driver directly affected by Zimmerman’s actions that day last year. In it, she said she held no grudge against Zimmerman and forgave him and wished him “peace, love, and healing.”
Regardless, Goodman told Zimmerman his actions severely impacted the victim’s life, not only physically and mentally, but also financially. Since the incident, Amazon has pulled her from the Pine Grove route.
Goodman did, however, consider that Zimmerman had no prior record, as his attorney Jeffrey Markosky noted.
Second Case Dismissed
Zimmerman found himself on the wrong side of the law a second time in 2025. An alleged confrontation with a road construction crew near his home resulted in aggravated assault charges filed against him.
However, those charges have been dismissed.
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