Kettering police were dispatched around 1:50 p.m. Thursday on a menacing complaint after Etter reportedly sent someone multiple intimidating text messages on Tuesday, according to a statement of facts.
“It was also determined during these text messages Jason Etter threatened to kill another victim,” the court document read.
Etter previously pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of aggravated menacing and handling a weapon while intoxicated in Montgomery County Municipal Court - Western Division in November 2024. He was off-duty and intoxicated when he pointed a weapon at neighbors for shooting off fireworks during Independence Day weekend, according to court records.
In that case, Etter was given a suspended six-month jail sentence for the weapons charge and was placed on community control for two years. According to court records, his probation was terminated Monday.
Etter was fired from his position in the Miami Twp. Police Department in August 2024.
He is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Kettering Municipal Court.
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