Published January 26. 2017 02:46PM
A Carbon County woman pleaded guilty on Monday afternoon to a recklessly endangering charge involving her husband that stemmed from a domestic dispute with a weapon.
Sue A. Diehl, 50, of Palmerton, entered the plea before Judge Steven R. Serfass. In exchange for the plea the district attorney's office dropped counts of terroristic threats and discharging a firearm in a structure.On Sept. 10, 2016, Palmerton police responded to 335 Lehigh Ave., for a reported domestic with a firearm discharged. On scene police learned that Diehl and her husbandhad been involved in a domestic dispute in which she fired a shot from a .357-caliber revolver. Her husband managed to take the gun away from her.Diehl told Serfass she did not intend to shoot her husband and fired the gun toward a television.Serfass accepted the plea but deferred sentencing, ordering the adult probation office to prepare a presentence investigation report.