Man wanted for assault in attempted $300 shakedown over minor car crash, cops say
Updated Mar 30, 2021;
Authorities were searching for a Carbon County man accused of demanding $300 following a minor car crash in Easton, and assaulting and threatening two people in the other car involved.
Easton police got a warrant Wednesday from District Judge Richard Yetter III for the arrest of Rodney Keith Rivers, 43, of the 300 block of East Bertsch Street in Lansford.
According to court records, police responded about 6 p.m. March 7 to Wilson Borough police headquarters for an assault report.
Two people, male and female, said they were in a minor car crash with a black Audi about 4 p.m. in a parking lot at 1441 Butler St. in the city, court records say.