MIFFLINTOWN Eleven people were displaced due to an apartment building fire that tore through Main Street Saturday night. According to Juniata County Department of Emergency Services Public Information Officer Glenn Kerstetter, the fire involved five rental units between 104 and 106 North Main Street. Kerstetter said firefighters from Mifflintown Hose Company and mutual aid […]
LEWISTOWN A mobile home on Roosevelt Avenue was considered a total loss as a result of a fire that started just before midnight Sunday. Chief Logan Volunteer Fire Company Chief Eric Moist said the occupant was able to escape, but two cats were killed in the blaze. Moist said one firefighter was also treated […]
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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.
MIFFLINTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPMT) Mifflin County Regional Police have charged two Juniata County teens with setting a fire that consumed the “Biden Barn,” an empty structure painted with a campaign ad for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and a message calling for unity over division, on March 6.
Michael Kauffman, 19, of Mifflintown, is charged with arson, possession of explosive/incendiary material, two counts of criminal mischief, recklessly and endangering another person in the destruction of the Reedsville, Mifflin County landmark, police say.
The other suspect is a 15-year-old boy that police did not identify due to his age.
The 15-year-old suspect is a volunteer firefighter with the Yeagertown Fire Company, according to the complaint. He, Kauffman, and two other juveniles were driving around in the 15-year-old suspect’s pickup truck on the night of March 6.