Philly Man Awake On 5-Day Drug Bender Busted With Pistol In MontCo: Police
A Philadelphia man was found "sweaty," "unkempt," and on drugs when police seized his handgun in Montgomery County, authorities said in a release.
Police in Lower Moreland Township were dispatched to a home on the 2300 block of Philmont Avenue for a reported domestic disturbance just before 6 a.m. on July 24, officials said.
There, officers found 30-year-old Rui Miguel Matos, shouting at a woman inside the house, they said.
"It was clear Matos was under the influence of a controlled substance," police wrote. "He had been up for five days, was sweating, was unkempt, talkin…
PA Man Sets House On Fire With Police Inside: Report
A Pennsylvania man is police custody after authorities say he set his house on fire while state troopers were inside, according to a report from CBS 21.
John Andrew Young, 59, of Montour County, is charged with three counts of attempted murder, making terroristic threats, and related offenses, state court records show.
Troopers were dispatched to a home on R & H Avenue in Liberty Township at around 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2 for a reported domestic disturbance, the outlet wrote.
When officers were inside, investigators say Young retreated to a back room and started a fire …
Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say
A 28-year-old registered sex offender injured a police officer during a tussle in Lititz, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, authorities say.
Derek Alan Manz fled before Lititz Borough police responded to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance at a home in the 400 Block of West Marion Street at 6:12 p.m., according to a release by the department.
Upon arrival, a woman told them that Manz assaulted and choked her. Her injuries were non-life-threatening, according to the police.
That wasn't the last officers heard about Manz that evening, around 9:37 p.m., a Lititz Borough officer noti…
