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GRAND ISLAND – A 43-year-old Phillips man is accused of holding a pocketknife to a 17-year-old male’s throat on Sept. 14 at 310 N. Cherokee.
Robert Lewis of Phillips is charged with felony terroristic threats and felony using a pocketknife to commit a felony.
According to a Grand Island Police Department probable cause statement, at approximately 3:05 a.m. Sept. 14, officers talked to a juvenile male and juvenile female about a weapons offense.
“It was reported that an adult male pulled a knife and placed it against the juvenile male’s throat,” the statement said. At the time that Lewis was arrested, a pocketknife was located on him. Witnesses confirmed that Lewis put the knife against the 17-year-old’s neck.
A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Oct. 25 before County Judge Alfred Corey. Bond was set at $50,000.
