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WILKES-BARRE — A Scranton man was found guilty on Wednesday of charges of making terroristic threats, with the charges coming while the man was on parole for a previous count of attempted homicide.
Andre Fuller, 29, was found convicted of two felony counts of making terroristic threats on Wednesday, after having been on trial before Luzerne County President Judge Michael T. Vough since the beginning of the week.
Fuller, who was on parole for the 2013 attempted homicide of then 19-year-old William Uggiano, was arrested in September 2019 after Kingston police say a woman came to the police station to report the threats.
The woman, who is not identified by name in court records, told police she had previously been in a relationship with Fuller, and that Fuller had been making threats of violence against her and her current boyfriend.
The woman provided the text message thread between herself and Fuller, which implied that he could have people do harm to her boyfriend. He also sent her photos of a pistol, saying, “I got one too but I use mine.”
Fuller also texted the woman, saying that her new boyfriend should change the color of his vehicle, because Fuller would be looking for it.
Court records show that, after jurors completed their deliberation Wednesday, Vough scheduled sentencing for March 25.
The sentence could be harsh, since the threats were made while Fuller was on parole for the attempted homicide of Uggiano.
Fuller entered a guilty plea in that case in July 2014. Fuller was accused of firing seven shots at Uggiano, striking him in the head, shoulder, arm, hip, waist and buttocks.
Uggiano testified he had gone to the area of Wayne and South Grant streets to meet a woman who had invited him to smoke some marijuana. He said he waited about 10 minutes, then began to walk home when he turned around and saw Fuller with a gun.
That’s when Fuller opened fire, Uggiano said.
Fuller was sentenced by Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas to spend between six and 12 years in state prison for that crime.