Dale Salabsky, 74, faces charges of simple assault and harassment following a June 19 incident outside the Tamaqua ABC Hi-Rise, where he is a resident.

According to Tamaqua police, another resident of the building told police he saw Salabsky’s wife at the bus stop and talked to her at 4 p.m. After he did so, Salabsky grabbed the man by the throat, made a fist and told the man that he was going to kill him. A witness pulled Salabsky’s hand back, police said.

Police spoke to Salabsky who claimed the man annoyed his wife by telling her that she should move because she was sitting where the “man club” sits. Salabsky demonstrated how he clenched his fist and told the man, “You’re lucky I don’t knock you out of that chair.”

Charges were filed in Tamaqua district court.