WILKES-BARRE — County prosecutors on Monday sought to increase the bail of a mother and son charged in a drive-by shooting, citing statements by the alleged gunman that he would "do it again."

Charles Sherbin, 26, is charged with aggravated assault, discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person. Hhis mother, Donna Sherbin, 65, is charged with conspiracy to commit those crimes in a drive-by shooting in Hanover Township last week.

The victim, 42-year-old Harry Sager, reported that the passenger in a vehicle that had been following him suddenly opened fire at his GMC Yukon, possibly in a case of road rage. Police later found two Glock handguns — a .357- and a .40-caliber model — along with multiple shell casings inside the 2009 Jeep Laredo that was driven by Donna Sherbin.

Magisterial District Judge Rick Cronauer arraigned the duo and ordered them jailed with bail set at $75,000 cash for Charles Sherbin and $20,000 bail for his mother.

Both posted bail but were subsequently re-incarcerated for failing to comply with their release conditions.

But in a filing Monday, Assistant District Attorney Jill Matthews notes that Charles Sherbin told police that he would "do it again" and that his mother told a bond agent they were "going on the run."

"The charges at hand are extremely serious in nature and the commonwealth fears (the defendants are) a threat to the community given the disturbing facts of the case," Matthews said. "Based on the information outlined in this petition, the commonwealth has serious concerns about the safety of the community and the possibility of flight should (they) post bail again on the above cases."

The shooting took place about 10:15 p.m. Thursday, with Charles Sherbin allegedly firing at least five shots at Sager — two at the mechanic's garage and several more while fleeing. One of the bullets lodged in the door jam of the driver's side of Sager's vehicle.

When Sager tried to follow the fleeing Jeep to get a license plate number, Charles Sherbin shot out the back window while shooting at Sager's vehicle, police said.

Police pulled over the fleeing vehicle on Kings Road and took the Sherbins into custody.

During questioning, Charles Sherbin made repeated admissions, saying he "wanted to empty the entire clip into the guy's head" and Sager is "lucky to be alive," according to police.

The pair remain in custody at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility.

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