Pennsylvania AA member Robert Rene Ortgiesen was sentenced to jail for threatening to kill a fellow Alcoholics Anonymous member at an AA meeting, taking place at St John’s Church (Hope they have good insurance). Ortigesen was accussing the victim of selling drugs to other AA members at the meetings!
Police: Man pulled gun at church AA meeting, charged with assault
Published On: Dec 29 2011 12:25:45 PM EST
The stories just keep coming! Here an AA member at St John’s Church pulled a gun on another Alcoholics Anonymous member accusing him of selling drugs to AA members in the church bathroom. I hope the church and the AA group have a good insurance policy.
Police: Man pulled gun at church AA meeting
POTTSTOWN, Pa. –
A man was arrested Wednesday after police said he pulled a gun at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
Robert Ortgiesen was taken into custody at his home on Annette Dr. in Limerick Twp., Montgomery Co., and charged with assault, police said.
A man told police Ortgiesen, 47, pulled the gun after an argument outside St. John’s Church on Church St. in Pottstown, according to court documents. He said Ortgiesen then followed him inside the church.
Ortgiesen allegedly made a threat and then left in his car.
Ortgiesen told police he confronted the man because he was selling drugs to AA members in the church bathroom, according to court documents.