A retired lab technician for the Philadelphia Police Department was sentenced to jail after admitting to terrorizing and endangering citizens and police officers by pointing a weapon at them in a Plymouth Township shopping center while suffering from an apparent mental health crisis.
Cynthia L. Dargan, 64, of the 8000 block of Michener Avenue, was sentenced to 2 to 23 months in Montgomery County Jail on Tuesday for aggravated and simple assault, terroristic threats causing public inconvenience, possession of a weapon, and recklessly endangering others in connection with the Nov. 2, 2024, incident at the Metroplex Shopping Center.
Dargan, a U.S. Army veteran, will be compensated for the 20 days she spent in an inpatient mental health treatment program at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Coatesville following the incident…