A Barnesville man who threatened to kill a Mahanoy City woman and her young daughter will serve six to 23 months in Schuylkill County jail followed by three years of probation.

Jed W. Dubuc, 24, pleaded guilty to recklessly endangering another person, simple assault and possessing an instrument of crime. He'll begin his sentence today.Judge John Domalakes gave him credit for 30 days of inpatient treatment and four in the county jail.Dubuc was also ordered to pay court costs and fees.Additional charges of attempted homicide, committing a crime with a firearm, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, recklessly endangering another person, simple assault, resisting arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia were dropped.Police say Dubuc threatened to shoot his girlfriend during an altercation at their home on Sept. 1, 2015. He had a loaded 9 mm Ruger handgun in his waistband when police took him into custody in the house.The victim told police Dubuc had choked her and threw her against closet doors after she told him she wanted him out of the house because he was trying to buy drugs.He grabbed the gun from a nightstand and threatened to shoot himself. Then he grabbed the victim and held the gun to her head.When her 6-year-old daughter came into the room, Dubuc pointed the gun at her and told her to get out.When the little girl cried, Dubuc told her to stop crying, "or I'll shoot your mom," police said.