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Michael Filaroski

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A 43-year-old Middlesex Township man is charged with threatening to shoot police who were arresting his son.

Michael Scott Filaroski was charged with two counts of terroristic threats, and one count each of illegal possession of a firearm and carrying a firearm without a license.

Middlesex Township police said they were arresting his son, Colin Filaroski, 18, on drug charges July 9 and 10 when Michael Filaroski, threatened to shoot police, telling them he was a member of a "Three Percent Militia," court documents said.

A "Three Percent Militia" is reportedly a self-described, far-right patriot movement that opposes government intervention, except as stated in the U.S. Constitution.

Police accused Michael Filaroski of threatening to shoot "everyone involved in his son's case, including heroin dealers, and said he had a 9 mm handgun stuck in his waist, court records say.

Filaroski had a felony conviction in New Hampshire, which prohibited him from possessing a firearm, and also had a Protection From Abuse violation in Pennsylvania, police said.

He is in Cumberland County prison in lieu of $150,000 bail, and his preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 1.

Colin Filaroski was charged with possession of drugs and paraphernalia and public drunkenness, and was released from prison on $10,000 bail. He waived his preliminary hearing Tuesday, and his case moves to Cumberland County court.