Two Masontown Borough Police officers were on their break at a convenience store Wednesday when they heard a man was opening fire across the street at the local magistrateĢƵ office.“They took off. They didn’t say a word, ask about anything. They just took off,” said Dave Howard, owner ...
When Crystal Dowdell told her husband she wanted a divorce on Aug. 25, he wrapped a belt around her neck and told her he would kill her and anyone else he had to, police said in a criminal complaint.She talked him down, police said, calmed him by saying she'd stay. Then she fled and called ...
An arrest warrant was issued for a McClellandtown man who allegedly brandished a gun at Fort Mason Village and pistol-whipped a woman at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday.Desean Lamar McCoy, 22, of Main Street allegedly ran from police after they arrived for a report of a disturbance at the Masontown ...
An arrest warrant was issued for a Masontown man who allegedly choked his wife with a belt after she told him she wanted a divorce Saturday night.Patrick S. Dowdell, 61, of 108 Poplar St. is charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats, simple assault and strangulation for the alleged ...
A Masontown couple is behind bars for allegedly sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl and showing her pornography, according to court documents.Jessica Marie Archer, 28, and Antonio D. Archer, 29, of 101 E. Harvey Ave. were charged Friday by Masontown Police Department after investigators ...
Brony, Masontown Borough Police DepartmentĢƵ recently retired K-9, died in his handlerĢƵ home Monday after about eight years serving the borough.He was 11 and died of natural causes, said Police Chief Joe Ryan. His replacement, an 8-year-old German shepherd, began his K-9 work in January ...