A Bristol man who allegedly held a handgun to his neighbor’s head last summer will avoid more jail time if he follows a court order.
Mark A. Zaccadelli Sr., 50, pleaded guilty to class C criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, a felony; and class D assault, a misdemeanor; in Lincoln County Superior Court in Wiscasset Friday, Jan. 30.
The district attorney’s office dismissed charges of class C reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and class C terrorizing with a dangerous weapon in exchange for his plea.
A court order requires Zaccadelli to abide by certain conditions for six months while he remains free on $1,000 unsecured bail.
The order prohibits contact with the victim, prohibits the possession or use of dangerous weapons, requires Zaccadelli to pay $717.51 in restitution, and subjects Zaccadelli to random search.
If he follows these conditions and other standard conditions for six months, the district attorney’s office will dismiss the felony criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon charge.
Zaccadelli would then receive a sentence of time served and a $300 fine for the misdemeanor assault charge.
It is not clear from court documents how much time Zaccadelli served, and neither the prosecutor, Assistant District Attorney Andrew Wright, nor the defense attorney, Robert W. Weaver, were immediately available for comment.
If Zaccadelli does not follow the order, he could receive a sentence up to the maximum for a class C crime, five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
Zaccadelli is due to return to Lincoln County Superior Court at 8:30 a.m. July 27 to determine the final outcome of the case.
The July 17, 2014 incident started with a dispute between Zaccadelli’s son and a neighbor on Poor Farm Road in Bristol, according to a statement by Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Bridgham.
Zaccadelli’s son and the neighbor started fighting, Bridgham said in a statement. Zaccadelli was in a truck nearby and exited the truck to help his son.
Zaccadelli assaulted the neighbor and bit him on the left cheek, breaking the skin, Bridgham said.
Zaccadelli then pulled a semiautomatic handgun out of his back waistband and held it against the man’s left temple, Bridgham said.
He allegedly told the neighbor “he was going to kill him and that if the gun incident was reported to the police, (the neighbor) ‘would be dead in three days,'” Bridgham said.
Bridgham arrested Zaccadelli in Round Pond later the same day.
