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sun ANN H1WFLEFIN(JIlR IInd ; IN TIIIi COIlRT OF COMMON Ill.EAS OF
BRADY 0, IIRFFLBFINGlJR,
Illlllntlllll : ClJMBEI\LANI> COUNTY, IlHNNSYI_VANIA
fur them8~lves and on bohall' oftholt. mlnol'
children: April M. Wass, Susan M. Wass, ; CIVil, ACTION - LAW
Brlldy A. Hemellnllor, ~ndJolllno A. Kopplo : NO, 98~~8l ,. CIVIL TERM'
PAV/I) LEll W ASS,
l)efotidlln\ . : PRbTIWTION FROM ABUSE,
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" AND NOW ,t~ls illlY ot' May, 1998, 4Ppn pre~el)tlltlon ~nd l,lonslderatlpn of t~e
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wlt~ln 'poiltl~n, IIlld'upon flndl~8 thllt the pl~lntlllN; SUll Ann HomoflnHer and Br~dy 0,
Heffilllln~er, IIndtholr mlnorchUdten,Brady A.' Hoffiellnller, April M:Wa8s"Susan M, WIIS~, Ilnd
}~l~tto A.. Kepple, n,ow rosllllngl\l ~~. West Main Street, N~w Kingstown. ,Cul11boflllnd C04nty.
'~~nn8ylv~nla,l\re Inlmmedlato and present dllngor ofllb'lsofto", t~o dofondallt. David LeoWlIss, "
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t~~ foUoWlnll1'ompotllry ardor Is entllrod.
.'J'hodotQndllnt...DlIvld Loo Wass,(sSN: 186-60.90,61)(008: 03/17/80). J8 yeauqld,
whosll WMrel\boLlts are unklll;lwn to the pllllntlffs, IsherebYlll1jolned ,from physloalty,abuslnsthe
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plall1tltrs\ Suo Ann'Hefflel1ng~'t'and Brady' O. Heffiellnger.. or their mlnorchlldron.ar~dy ,A.
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,HoIlW1nger, April t\of.\Vass, Susan M. Wass, and ~olel\e, A, Kepple, or from,pla9Itlg,tl1omlll,fellr
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Tho detlmdant Is Qrdored to stay, away ~om the plaintiffs' resldonce located at S2 West
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the plalntlffs",and Is orderod to st~y ,~way from any resldencei~e' plalntlfts may In ,theftlt\lro
establish tbr themselves.
The dofilndant Is ordered to refrain from havln\l any dlreot or Indirect oontact with, tho ,
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p,lalntllTh or the minor children IncludlnB. but ,flot limited ,to, tele'phoneand written..
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Thedot\ll1dant I~ enjoined frOIl1 harRRslng and stlllklng the plalntlffil or Iho lulnor ehlldren.
The defendant Is eiljolned Irotngolng' to the plalntlllli' plaoo8 of employmenl or Ihe
sohools of the minor ohlldren. '
. . 'the detimdimt Is el\lolnod 1\'0111 damaging or. destroying any propel1y owned by the',
pllllntlffs.
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, A violation onhl~ Order may subJeet tho defenda".. tOI I) lIrreat under 23 Pa,C,S,
16113111) a prlvat~ erlmlnal eompla1nt ,under ,~3 Pa.C,S. 16.13.1111I) a ehal1e of Indlreet
, erlll"nlll eontelnpt'u~der 23 P,,;C.S.16114, pu~lshablebY'lmprlsonme~t up to slll1!onths. '
and.a nne C)fSIOO,OO-St,OOO,OOI and Iv) elvll contempt ,,,nd~~23 Pa~C.S.16114.1. '
This Order shall remain In effilot until modll1ed or tormlnated by the Court and olin be, .
, 'extendod b~yond Its orlglnlll exp,lratlon dRlo Iflhe Court l1nds that the defendant hils commtttedan.
Rot ot' abuse pl'. has engaged Ina pattern or, praotlce that Indloates risk, of harm to .ho pllllntlffs
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and/or th.e minor children. , "
The defend~n. I. ordered to rellnqul.h to the, sheriIT's department any weapons '
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'" which he o\Vnl or pOllelSeS, InCluding, but not.llmlted to knives that h, may carry Clnhls..
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pen..n, hal used or thre~tened .to'ule In an Incld,ent of abule alllllnlt the plalntlm '.lInd/or
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the minor Children' The .defendant II prohibited from aeq!lliing or pO""llnll ~!lY otb~r'
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'weapon. for the duration of the Order lInd II required to ~lInqulsh to the :.herift' any
firearm i1eenle'the defendant may pOlIN., The defendant'swellpons and Orea~ license ", .
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inay be returned at the elpl/'atlon of. the ProteeUon OrcJer 'after the.. defendant hal,
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lubmltted a written request to the CO,I!rt for the return ohhe weapons and the Court.ha. "
notlne,d the phllntll1i of the requlll. and liven the plalntltri an oppo~unlty tompo~"i A',', .'. '.
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. copy of this Omli'r shall betranlmltted'to the chief orhe~d of the pollee depart",~ntot.ilte
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department. a'ild the Iheri" nf Cumb:eiiand County.
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fQ"rof~pdlly Injury, This has,ln,oludetl, but Is not IImltodto, tho full owing ospeoltlo Instaneesbf
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'a) ,Onor about May II, 1998. Jamie, the boyltlend of the plall1t1lTs' daughter.
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Jolene, wentQut to his truok parked'bohlnd th,e plaintiffs' house, IInd tbund that all '
tbur,tlroson his vehicle had b~on sla,hed,twloe.' ThedofQndanfth~eatened to "sot"
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Jl\mlo during the Inoldent whloh ocourlld on or about May3;'1998 [seo,paragraph
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b) On or about M~y 3, 1 998,atnpproxlmately 11:30 a.m,,' the defel\dant
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telephonodthe homo of the plaintiffs, Sue Ann al1d BradY,Hetlleftnger (hls.mother
I\ndstep.fat,hor), harassed his mothorand made tlIlse aoouslltlonli. When his step.
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tRther got on the telephono and ask!ld him what he wanted,the defend~l1t s~ld,"1 "
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want you, it and told Brady to'meot him out In ,baok of the' plallltlffs' ,house at .4:00
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At approximately 4:00 p.m..' the defendant went to the p1alntlffsl homo. ,
verbaIly abused his !l'other whIle poking hlsflnger In her ohest, refusod'to.1eave,
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threatenod to slam her to the ground, and threatened to kidnap the plalntlft"s' 7.'
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Year old son, Brady Hetllel1ngor, The dot\lndant left after his step.fkthor came
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, of the house, 'and tcld him to loave the family alone, and. to leave the pr~pei1Y,'
LMer the same afternoon, at abou'! 5:00 p,m" the detei1dant'~J1i1Oiu'
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pl~yground where, the pl\llntlffs' 16~yoar old daughtor,' April, wa~ wat6 "
, brother,' Bl'ady. Alarmed by. the defendant'~ presenoe,' April trlod Iq, I~.
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home, told the' plalntlftil, and when the m6ther got to th~ pla~~u'
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'defendant and Brady were gone,' Approxlml\tely one hauf later, aft .'
sel\rohed the ne,lshborhood fur the boy, the detendarit retume<fwlt,
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, doton~ai1trllleased th~, boy andtpld the plalntlff thftl he WftUloltt~ tQ \~set" hi,s.
~I~p-tftthor arid Jamll:',hls slster'sboyfrlond.
0) 'InQr aboulll1ld-Pebruary 1998, dunns separate Incidents. Ibe det\!ndllnt
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yelled afhls mllthllt, oalledhor names, poked his ftnser In her oheal. ftnllthrolltoned
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JQslall1 ,her to tho ground causlns her to, fear fi>r,her satQty., Inanothor Inoldent,
th~.4~tiltldant grabbed his sister, April, by the n-ont ofherclothlllg, li5rabbedher by
lli~ ~hllUlders and Shook horvlolently, and poked his' flnger In her cho8t:whlle
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yelllnllllt. her,Duritlg lillQth,erlncldont, the defert~ant shoved hlsllrolhor, Brady,
and held a plllQW oyortho boy'sl1loe so he 'coulll not broathe. FoarinQ fi>r tholt
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satetyandthat ot'thelr children, the plaintiffS told the detilndantto leftvo thq, bouse
anti not to return;
,.d) ,In orllb(?41 February 1996,the dofendant. who~a8.'t6-yelIrS old aqho
.tlme, throatened to ~Iow up Cumberland Valloy High Sohool;kill iusteacllers. l\l1d
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one. of the ptlholpats. The dofendant .was placed In PhUhavotl H08~111l' fur
lreftlrriont 'andwlla~laeedonJ~venllo pr9batlon IIsaresull?fthls Ittoldent:
e) In or abput OeQember t 995, tho detelldllnl call1C1 home./l'prl'laohQ01, Wllnt
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10 tho neighbors' house, ret~l"tled tchls h~me With i\U.BS\ln. $hot out lI.wlndQ\V.
shot 'his bedroom door. waved the QIlnal his ,mother and~lsters,JoteneandApnlj
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bold ,thoguil to April's hoad, and thr~atenedto shoQt her lr~h~ totdllnY?llUb04t
lh.otttoldllnt, Aprlltold' her ~tep.P\ther what had happened arid wh.Oll hu,l,lOniron~ed
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thodefelldilnti ',hethroatehod to shoot h1a,slep-flIther with th,q guO,', "
f), In or IIbllut 1992, the defendllnt, who wa,tj2,yeats otd,throMonod,to,sn~k
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i.l1ta the plalntlff\l' bedr\!om whllo they slopt IIlld kill his Slep"f'a1hllr wIth ,II blls~bllll ;,
. bat. Fo~tltlgJhattho'detond~nfw(luld tbllo\Vthrou8hwllh hlslhroat,'hla, rnot~er
removed the bllsllballbatsfrom the hOUse. When the dofendrinttbund,'thatthe bats
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, SUB ANNtfBllJlLBJlINQER and : 11'1 THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
BRADYO','HEFIlLBJlINOER. .': ,"" ' .' ,
Plaintiffs ' : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, P~NNSYL VANIA
for themselves and on bohalf of their minor :
ohlldren: .April M, Wass. Susan M. Wass, : CIVIL ACTION. LAW ..
~rftdy A.Heffleflnl&~r. al)d JoleneA. Kepple: '
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PAVID LBB W A$S. :
Oefendant : PROTECTION FROM ABUSE
Tlie plaintiffs, Sue Ann Heftlel1\lgor and Brady O. 'H~m~llnger. by and. through their
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,allomey. Joan ClIrey of l.egal~ervlces. Inc:. '!10VllS tho Court lbr an Order resohedullng tho'
hearl~$ln t~e above-cllptloned case on th~, grounds that: ' , . '
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),' A Temporary 'Protection Order was Issued by this Court on May IS, 1998,
schedulll)g Ii hearlnglbr Friday. May 22,1998. at 3:30 p.m.
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I' 2.' To the best of the plaintiffs' knowledge, the del:ilOdant lives a translont lifestyle and
his i~urrent Whereabouts are unknow~ to them, The defendant' s ,last known IIddress' was that ~f
their own home .when the def)lOdant last resided with them In February 1998. The Cumberland
'County Sheriffs Department has a certll1ed copy of the Temporary Protection Or~or', andPetltlon '
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fur proteetlon Order ,to aerve on the defendant should he be located and the pllllntlfrs 'have an ' .
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'eXtra oertllled copy at their residence to provide tQ looalpolloe tll effect 's~rvioe should t~~,
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defendant be sighted near their residence. " ' "
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, 3. "The pllllntlffs request that the hearing be'rescheduled pendl~g further Order of '
Court to continue to seareh fur the defendant to serve him In this matter. '''' ,.'" '
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4. Theplal\1t1tfs request th~t the Tempcrary Prot~Cltlon,Ordor remalnh1 effilot fur~, :'
period ofoneYeBr or until further Order of Court, whl~hever comes first.
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7. 'The defOndant ls.ordered to relinquish to thllsherlft's departmentanywellponshe '
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p~rson. and prphl~ltlnll the dot'endantli'om acquiring or possesslnyany weapons furthe duration
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of this Order,
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8, Courtoosts and t\I\ls lire waived.
.9, ThlsOtder shaliremaln In effilct fur a period of,onll (I) ~ear'an~ can bo extended.
" beyond that time ifthe Court finds that the dofendant has committed an Bot of:abus\l or has
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engag\ld In.a panern or. practice that Indloates risk of hllrm. to the plalntlftli and/or their minor
ohlldren: This Order shall be eritbreeable In the same mannel'lIs the Court's prior Temporary ,
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, 'Ptoteotlon,Ordorentored In this caso,
10., A violation of this Order ll1~y subjeot the defendant to: I) IIrrllst under 23 PII.C,S.
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06113; II) a prlvllteorlmlnal oomplalnt under 23 ~~.C,S.06113.1 ;11I) a oharge of Indlrootcrlmlnal '
9pntempt under 23 Pa,C;S, ~6114, punishable by Imprisonment lip to six months and a f1ne(\f
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$100,00-$1,000.00; and IV) olvll contemptunder ~3pa.C.S. .0611'4.1. .... .... '
11. The Sliver 'Spring Township, Shlremanstown, and Lower Allen Township Polloe .
Depal1mentsshall beprovldcd with oertll1ed copies of this Order by,ihll"plalntlft's att~rney and
mayoniOrce this Order by arrest for Indirect comlna1contempt without warraltHlpon probable
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'caose that this Ordllrhas been vlolllted. whether Qr not the,vlolatl6nls committed In the presence
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,ofthepolloo officer, In the evont that an arrest Is made under this section, the defOn~!lIltshallbe'
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ttlkllnwlthoutunnecessar>: delay befure the ,Ilourt that Issued .the ordllr. When .Ihatcoyttls
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, unavailable, thellefendant shllll be taken 6efure the approprllltedlstrlot justice, (23pa,pJ.
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