A Saylorsburg man has been charged for shooting at a pizza shop because he was upset the business didn’t have handicapped access into its building.

According to the affidavit of probable cause filed by trooper Daniel Magarelli of the Pennsylvania State Police, Lehighton barracks, in the case against Richard Held:

On July 15, the owner of Saylorsburg Pizza on Route 115 in Ross Township discovered vandalism to the outside of the business, including a wooden handrail post that was completely splintered at the base; two metal cigarette butt containers emptied out on the parking lot; an extension cord was tied up across the entrance way; soda was poured onto the front window; and an electrical box alongside the building was damaged.

Video surveillance cameras showed Held, 63, damaging the items. Held was seen operating a white pickup truck to damage some of the items.

The owner said that he along with other employees identified Held, who was one of their customers.

The owner requested that police make contact with Held and tell him that he is no longer welcome at the business.

The owner valued the damage to be about $200.

At 1 p.m. July 16, Magarelli went to Held’s residence and saw a white pickup truck parked in the driveway at the residence.

At around 11:20 a.m. July 20, Trooper Justin Magluilo was dispatched to Saylorsburg Pizza for a report that a window in the front of the business appeared to have been shot at.

At 4:14 a.m. on surveillance footage, a white pickup is seen stopped across the street from the business. Shortly after that, something is seen hitting the window and the truck is seen leaving the area.

The damage to the window is about $500.

On the afternoon of July 21, Magarelli interviewed Held, who said he was upset with Saylorsburg Pizza because they didn’t have any handicapped access into their building and admitted that he went to the business on July 15 and caused the damages.

Held said that in the early morning of July 20 he parked across the street from the business and fired one round with his Remington model 521T, .22-caliber rifle, at a front window, and told Magarelli that the rifle he used in the incident was inside his vehicle and gave him permission to retrieve it.

There are two apartments above the business which were occupied at the time when Held shot a round at the front window even though he does not possess a license to carry a firearm.

Held faces charges of discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure; firearms not to be carried without license; terrorist threats; recklessly endangering another person; and criminal mischief.

He is currently incarcerated in the Monroe County Prison in lieu of $25,000 monetary bail, and scheduled to have a preliminary hearing Friday before District Judge Collen Mancuso of Brodheadsville.