Man Put Gun to Wife's Head on Easter Sunday, Police Say

A Bethlehem area man is accused of putting a gun to his wife’s head and threatening to kill her and then himself if she called police, according to Colonial Regional Police.

Ian M. Cantor, 46, of 4501 Kathi Drive in Hanover Township, Northampton County, allegedly made the threat against his wife at their home at a little after midnight Sunday, police said.

The victim told police that her husband also tried to shove her out of the house at one point, according to court records. The couple’s teenage daughter  recorded the threat on her cell phone and played it for police at the scene, court papers said.

Cantor told police that his wife had been drinking “and that he had enough.” He admitted to shoving her and to threatening to shoot her, but denied putting the gun to her head, the arrest affidavit says.

Cantor was charged with terroristic threats, simple assault and harassment. He was arraigned before on-duty District Judge David Tidd of Lower Saucon Towsnhip and committed to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $100,000 bail.