As fire crews finished putting out a small fire at a home in Lower Allen Township, but officials say the man who lived at the home was taken into police custody after a drunken altercation with police.
Just after 6 this morning, fire crews from Lower Allen Township Police responded to a call of an attic fire at the home at 1916 Letchworth Drive. They say there were no injuries.
While the cause is under investigation by a fire Marshall, the tenant who rented the home is facing charges of public drunkenness and institutionalized vandalism.
Police say the man, who's name has yet to be released, was intoxicated and in the way of firemen responding. He was asked to sit in the back of a police cruiser and began an altercation with officers causing damage to the window and door.
There was also damage to a blue Suburu at the scene of the fire, and officials say that was caused by a responding fire truck.
The fire remains under investigation.
Just after 6 this morning, fire crews from Lower Allen Township Police responded to a call of an attic fire at the home at 1916 Letchworth Drive. They say there were no injuries.
While the cause is under investigation by a fire Marshall, the tenant who rented the home is facing charges of public drunkenness and institutionalized vandalism.
Police say the man, who's name has yet to be released, was intoxicated and in the way of firemen responding. He was asked to sit in the back of a police cruiser and began an altercation with officers causing damage to the window and door.
There was also damage to a blue Suburu at the scene of the fire, and officials say that was caused by a responding fire truck.
The fire remains under investigation.