A Kunkletown man accused of pointing a gun at three men in a landscaping dispute entered a guilty plea on Thursday in Carbon County court.

Daniel Haldaman, 70, pleaded guilty to three counts of recklessly endangering another person before President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II. In exchange for the plea, the district attorney’s office dropped charges of robbery — threat of immediate serious injury, terroristic threats, simple assault and harassment.

Haldaman was charged by state police at Fern Ridge for an incident on Oct. 23, 2017, at his home in Penn Forest Township. Workers for Pappas Landscaping were at the property to remove their equipment after Haldaman had notified the firm he did not wish to have any work done. He also requested the return of his deposit that he made in hiring the firm.

The state police report indicates that one of the employees of the firm gave Haldaman a check from the company. Haldaman left his residence and went to a bank where he was told the check was not clear.

He then returned and confronted the man who gave the check, complaining that the check wouldn’t clear and that he wanted his money. The confrontation occurred at a pull-off along Little Gap Road near the Carbon/Monroe line in Towamensing Township.

After confronting the employee, Haldaman then went to his vehicle and secured a pistol and went back to the employee and told him he would shoot him if he didn’t get his money. The report also stated the victims said Haldaman threatened to kill them. Troopers noted the gun was loaded at the time of the incident.

Defense attorney Brian Collins said he viewed a video taken by one of the victims using his cellphone. He said Haldaman’s actions with the pistol were more of him “waving” the gun at the victims rather than pointing it directly at them.

Haldaman told Nanovic he had no memory of what happened.

He said, “I’m sorry I don’t remember.”

He did agree to accept the facts as read into the record by Assistant District Attorney Seth Miller.

At the request of Collins, Nanovic deferred sentencing to a later date.