The case of a New Castle man accused of making several terroristic threats across several Pennsylvania counties has been bound over to a higher court.

According to court records, 34-year-old Benjamin Bechtol is set for a formal arraignment hearing on November 5 at 9:30 a.m.

Bechtol is facing 57 charges of making terroristic threats stemming from several months worth of alleged threats to police officers, hospital phone operators, security officers and more.

Sharon Regional Medical Center was placed on lockdown in February of 2023 after police say Bechtol called in and threatened to shoot up a nurse's station with an M-16.

Additionally, police say between September of 2022 and March of 2023, Bechtol made several calls to UPMC Jameson in Lawrence County making bomb threats or threats to kill people, even allegedly waving a knife at a security guard at one point.

Other alleged threats came from calls to the Lawrence County 911 center and Slippery Rock University in Butler County.

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