Story by Rick Hiduk / Map by Google
(Also published in the Rocket-Courier)
State Police at Tunkhannock were called to Nicholson a little after 4 am on Saturday morning for a report of a car over an embankment in the area of Quarry Street, just west of the borough. Upon arrival, Trooper Joseph Bufalino Jr. encountered Lucas Davidson near his vehicle in a resident’s yard.
Davidson informed the officer that Taylour Sherman (above) had rammed him from behind, forcing him off the roadway. Davidson’s vehicle had rolled over several times, but he refused medical treatment at the scene.
Davidson acknowledged that he and Sherman have been feuding over an ex-girlfriend, and that Sherman sent him a text telling Davidson to return to Nicholson.
Driving a white Dodge Ram, Sherman followed Davidson around the borough for an unspecified amount of time before approaching him from behind at a high rate of speed and pushing Davidson off the road. Sherman left the scene of the accident and drove to a residence on Carr Street, northeast of the borough.
PSP caught up with him there and found his heavily damaged truck under a blue tarp in the yard. According to the affidavit of probable cause, Sherman admitted to hitting Davidson’s vehicle from behind and exhibited no remorse. He told police that Davidson had been threatening and harassing him and his girlfriend relentlessly. Sherman did not stop after causing the accident, he told the trooper, because he did not care.
Sherman was taken into custody and transported to PSP Tunkhannock where he was processed. His truck was towed from the residence on Carr Street and impounded. Sherman was charged with aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, accident involving damage to attended vehicle, harassment, failure to stay in the proper traffic lane, careless and reckless driving, and failure to give immediate notice to a police department of an accident.
He was initially arraigned in front of magisterial district justice Carl Smith on the morning of Oct. 27 and temporarily confined to Wyoming County Prison before posting $20,000 bail. His preliminary hearing is set for Nov. 6 at justice David Plummer’s office.