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A Plum man who ran for Allegheny County Council in 2021 was held for trial Wednesday on charges stemming from allegedly threatening three men with a gun outside a Plum Borough Republican Committee meeting in April. The preliminary hearing for Eric Casteel, 62, had been continued four times from May
A man threatened several people with a gun at a Plum Boro Republican Committee meeting Thursday evening, police said. Eric Phillip Casteel, 62, was arrested at his Plum home Thursday. He ran for a seat on Allegheny County Council in 2021. According to a criminal complaint, he began yelling during
Eric Casteel reportedly walked out of the meeting upset and then allegedly threatened three of his fellow GOP members with a gun shortly afterwards.