Sidney man arrested on terroristic threats charge

Jason Assad, a 35-year-old Sidney man, was arrested for making terroristic threats last week after an alleged domestic dispute at the El Palomino hotel on Illinois St.

Just after midnight on April 24, personnel at Sidney Regional Medical Center notified Sidney police that they were treating a woman for injuries she allegedly sustained during an altercation with Assad earlier that night.

Assad’s 38-year-old significant other claimed that she suffered the injuries during a fight with Assad at a private apartment at the hotel. Assad said he would kill her during the fight, in addition to making o...