Truck driver arrested for pinning girl in opposition to trailer, threatening a number of individuals with gun

A truck driver was arrested after he was discovered pinning a girl up in opposition to his trailer on the facet of a Pennsylvania freeway final week. 

The incident occurred on June 2nd in Franklin County, Pennsylvania on Interstate 81. 

In keeping with Herald-Mail Media, the incident began when 32-year-old truck driver Edward Nickens parked his truck at a Pilot truck cease in Hagerstown, Maryland and walked to get ammunition for his gun and two pints of Jack Daniels. 

Nickens started ingesting the liquor as soon as he returned to the truck, so the lady he was touring with, his girlfriend, informed him he couldn’t drive the truck. Nickens then grew to become upset and loaded his Ruger handgun earlier than pointing it on the girl. He threatened to kill the lady and her household, and stated he would shoot her behind the pinnacle if she tried to depart the cab. 

Whereas on the truck cease, Nickens shot the gun into the air and into the grass in the direction of a employee selecting up trash. Nickens and his girlfriend ultimately left the Pilot and headed north on I-81. The truck quickly crossed into Pennsylvania and handed a weigh station the place police and first responders have been tending to a brush fireplace. 

Nickens quickly began capturing at passing automobiles via his open truck window earlier than pulling the truck over and demanding the lady change seats with him. The girl refused, so Nickens punched her on the best facet of her face, pointed the gun at her, and informed her she would die if she didn’t transfer. The girl complied, however shortly grabbed the gun off the dashboard and threw it out the window. 

Nickens then pulled the lady out of the truck, retrieved the gun, and tried to power her again into the cab, however she refused. Nickens fired pictures on the girl however missed, and she or he was in a position to break freed from his grasp and run. Nickens chased her for a bit, however quickly acquired again into his rig and drove away, leaving her on the facet of the highway. 

Police arrived after receiving reviews of a girl being pinned in opposition to a tractor trailer and located Nickens three miles north. He reportedly had bloodshot eyes and he had problem strolling. 

Upon looking the truck, officers discovered a black Ruger 9mm handgun hidden in a sneaker behind the driving force’s seat, a 50 spherical field of ammunition with 30 rounds nonetheless inside, one shell casing, 5 dwell rounds scattered across the truck, and two Jack Daniels bottles – one in all them empty. 9 rounds are nonetheless unaccounted for. It’s unclear if any of the automobiles Nickens shot at on the freeway have been hit.  

Nickens was arrested and is going through fees of tried murder, kidnapping, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, illegal restraint, easy assault and reckless endangerment, and DUI. He has a preliminary listening to scheduled for June thirteenth. He was denied bail.