Ulster man sentenced up to five years for January police standoff

ROME TWP, Pa. ( WETM ) — A Bradford County man was sentenced in June on charges related to a police standoff in January in Rome Township.

According to the Bradford County District Attorney’s Office, 26-year-old Sebastian Lee Shults was sentenced to a minimum of 18 months to a maximum of five years in a Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution.

Shults was convicted on the charges of possessing a firearm with an altered serial number, a felony in the second degree, and terroristic threats, a misdemeanor in the first degree.

The charges stem from a standoff incident where police say Shults had made several threats toward people on Battlecreek Road in Rome Township in January of 2024.

During the standoff, it’s said Shults had escaped from the residence and was on the run for three weeks before he was found and arrested on Feb. 14.

Police said that before his arrest, Shults was found on State Line Road in Windham Township in Bradford County.

According to the sentencing, Shults will be on probation for two years after his prison time, if he fails to comply with the terms of the probation the probation can be revoked and he could be re-sentenced to harsher punishment, including more time in state prison.

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