Published November 05. 2013 05:00PM
A Schuylkill County man was jailed on Sunday after a retail theft incident in which he allegedly threatened two store employees. State police at Schuylkill Haven said the incident occurred at the Kohl's Department Store in the Fairlane Village Mall, in Norwegian Township, about 2:30-2:45 p.m.
Troopers said Mark Peter Georgeff, of Shenandoah, was observed by store security removing two pairs of sneakers from the store without paying for them.He was confronted outside the front of the store by two security officers. Georgeff was then observed reaching into his front pants pockets and acted like he was pulling out a gun. He then stated, "I am going to shoot both of you. I am going to shoot both of you."Georgeff then ran toward his car and was tackled by the security officers and taken into custody.He was charged with retail theft, simple assault, terroristic threats, and receiving stolen property. He was video-arraigned before on-call District Judge Christine Hale, of Frackville, and committed to the county prison in Pottsville after failing to post 10 percent of $15,000 bail.