Gervais man sentenced to 2 years after yelling slurs, threats at neighbors

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Gervais man was sentenced to two months in prison after yelling slurs and threatening neighbors, officials said.

In May, Gervais police said they responded to a home where a victim reported that her neighbor, Richard Pennise, 52, had repeatedly directed slurs at her and her family and threatened to kill them.

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Officials said that it had been happening nearly daily and that the neighbor had been forced to keep her kids from playing outside when Pennise was home…

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