3/7/17
by News Department on 03/07/17Gun charges...
A Tamaqua man has admitted that he had a gun and a knife on Tamaqua Elementary School property.
According to court documents, police saw 31 year old Matthew R. Bachman outside the school at 3:23 a.m. June 26. He tried to flee, and police used a Taser to stop him.
When police searched Bachman, they found he was carrying a handgun without a permit, and a pocket knife. Bachman also had methamphetamine and hydrocodone, along with drug paraphernalia.
He’s in the county jail under $40,000 straight cash bail and is to be sentenced March 15 before Schuylkill County Judge Jacqueline L. Russell.
