Former Reading Cop Gets 4 Years Probation For Threatening Daughter's Boyfriend
(Reading, PA) -- A former City of Reading police officer will serve a total of four years of court supervised probation for threatening his daughter's boyfriend. Matthew Troxell, of Elverson was arrested in July by state police. Prosecutors say he held a gun to the neck of Seth Miller and told him he would shoot him after he found the two of them violating curfew. Miller was charged with making terroristic threats, assault, reckless endangerment and possessing an instrument of crime. Troxell is required to forfeit the handgun that was used, complete an anger management course, undergo a drug and alcohol assessment, and have no contact with the victim.