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REEDSVILLE A 19-year-old man has been charged with arson for his alleged involvement in causing a fire that burned down the “Biden barn” in the early morning hours of March 6 in Brown Township.
One 15-year-old has also been taken into custody for involvement.
Michael Rogers Kauffman, of Yeagertown, is being charged with felonies arson of a historic resource, possession of an explosive material, two counts of criminal mischief and misdemeanor and recklessly endangering another person.
According to a report from Mifflin County Regional Police Department, the juvenile was turned over to Mifflin County Probation officers and transported to the youth detention center in Centre County. The juvenile also faces numerous felony counts of arson and related charges.
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LEWISTOWN One man has been arrested and charged with shooting another man several times during a fight Wednesday night in Lewistown Borough.
Lewistown Police Department said during a fight, 21-year-old Victor M. Guzman-Ortega, of Lewistown, withdrew his 9mm handgun from his waistband and fired 10 shots, striking 20-year-old Trevor T. Taylor, also of Lewistown, several times.
According to the affidavit of probable cause filed by police, Guzman-Ortega told investigators he and a friend had been “jumped from behind” by Taylor and one of Taylor’s friends while walking along Valley Street just after 8 p.m. Wednesday and that Guzman-Ortega’s friend had prior issues with Taylor and his friend.
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LEWISTOWN – A Mifflin County man is facing aggravated assault and other charges related to an early Wednesday morning shooting on Woodland Avenue in Derry Township, according to a criminal complaint and affidavit of probable cause filed at Magisterial District Judge Kent Smith’s office.
Mifflin County Regional Police Department said 32-year-old Randy Lynn Dressler Jr. and 31-year-old Eric McMinn were arguing just after 2 a.m. Wednesday outside Dressler’s Lindy Lane residence when Dressler fired one round from a 9mm rifle that struck McMinn in his right thigh just above the knee.
McMinn was flown to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville for surgery to treat his injury. His condition is not known.
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