BROOKVILLE, Pa. (EYT) — A North Carolina man is facing felony gun charges and other offenses after an incident that happened at a Brookville truck stop on Monday.
Court documents show that the Brookville Police Department filed charges against Adam James Ennis, 28, on Monday, October 13, in Magisterial District Judge Gregory Bazylak’s office.
According to a criminal complaint, police were called to the Travel Center of America on Allegheny Boulevard in Brookville around 8:18 a.m. for a report of a man sleeping in a car that was parked at a fuel pump.
An officer arrived and found a man, later identified as Ennis, reclined in the driver’s seat of a white Honda Accord, the complaint states. The officer also saw a semi-automatic pistol on the front passenger’s seat.
The complaint says the officer knocked on the window to wake Ennis up. The officer asked Ennis for his driver’s license and told him not to touch the gun, but Ennis reached for the gun, according to the complaint. At that point, the officer ordered Ennis out of the car.
Police learned that Ennis had a DUI suspended driver’s license, the complaint indicates. A criminal history check showed that Ennis was convicted in New Jersey of burglary in 2013, and felony terroristic threats in 2020, which makes him ineligible to own or possess a firearm, according to the complaint. He also did not have a permit to carry a firearm.
While speaking with Ennis, police smelled an odor of an alcoholic beverage, the complaint states. Ennis refused to submit to a preliminary breath test and a blood draw.
Ennis was arraigned on Monday and placed in the Jefferson County Jail on $50,000 bail. He faces two felony firearms charges, a misdemeanor DUI charge, and three summary traffic offenses.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for November 3 before Judge Bazylak.
