- A Bucks County man is accused of sending threatening text messages to a church deacon.
- The messages allegedly included death threats, racial slurs, and anti-Muslim statements.
- Police instructed the man to cease contact, but he allegedly continued sending threatening texts.
An Upper Bucks County man is accused of making threats that included racial and ethnic slurs against a leader in a Baptist church whose congregation he recently joined.
Buckingham Police opened an investigation earlier this month after receiving a report that a deacon at a Plumstead church received concerning and threatening text messages at his home from a new member, according to a probable cause affidavit.
The deacon provided police with the text messages allegedly sent by Robert Maschock Jr., 61, of Point Pleasant, which started late on Sept. 16 and continued into the next day…