A man who pleaded no contest to arson and served a state prison sentence for the fire at a Bedford County church in 2011 faces five summary charges under a private complaint after confronting former Bedford County District Attorney William Higgins Jr. and his 15-year-old daughter in the Bedford Township Sheetz.

Higgins, 49, also faces one summary charge filed by state police after chest bumping Charles Keith Horsh, 32, against his vehicle and threatening him.

According to court documents, Higgins and his daughter were in Sheetz on April 1 when Horsh retaliated against Higgins for prosecuting Horsh for the fire at Trinity Lutheran Church.

While Higgins was waiting for his food order, Horsh goaded Higgins to go outside by screaming “Have a good night, Billy,” from the door on his way out.

When Higgins exited the store to confront Horsh about the remarks, Horsh asked his girlfriend to hold his sodas and then made an aggressive and threatening motion toward Higgins, getting in his face and challenging him to a fight.

Both men exchanged words, court documents state.

Horsh then made more threatening remarks to Higgins, telling him, “I have been waiting for this opportunity for 10 years” and “if you lay one finger on me I will f***ing kill you.”

Horsh repeatedly yelled at Higgins, the complaint states.

After Higgins walked away and re-entered the store, Horsh also re-entered the store and started screaming, claiming Higgins prosecuted an innocent man. “He put me in 10 years for a crime I did not commit,” Horsh yelled.

The complaint states that Higgins sat 20 feet away with his head down ignoring Horsh and his outburst.

On April 11, state police filed one summary charge of harassment/physical contact against Higgins for his role in the incident.

Higgins filed a private criminal complaint against Horsh on April 21.

According to the complaint, Horsh’s confrontation caused alarm to both Higgins and his daughter.

Horsh faces summary charges of disorderly conduct-engage in fighting, disorderly conduct-unreasonable noise, disorderly conduct-obscene language/gesture, harassment-follow in public place and harassment-course of conduct with no legitimate purpose.

Online court documents show both cases are awaiting pleas in Magisterial District Judge Kevin R.

Diehl’s office.

According to published reports, Horsh was arrested in June 2011 by Bedford Borough police on arson and burglary-related charges in connection with the June 8, 2011, fire at the Bedford Borough church. Two juveniles, who were not named, were also charged in the case.

The fire was contained to the parish house with damage estimated at $250,000.

On Dec. 13, 2011, a day before a jury was to be selected, court records show Horsh elected to plead no contest to arson, burglary, institutional vandalism and intentional desecration of a public monument. In exchange for the plea, the remaining 23 counts of arson and seven other counts were dismissed. Horsh agreed to a 10- to 20-year sentence.

Horsh appealed the sentence to the state Superior Court, which deemed it “wholly frivolous.”