A Schuylkill County man was arrested reportedly in just a T-shirt and underwear at the scene of a crashed truck he’d stolen from a relative Tuesday morning.
Police say they received a call just before 10 a.m. today about a man burning items and throwing hot ashes at an address on Strawberry Lane in Union Township.
It was also learned that the victim of this incident had his work truck stolen from the scene by his nephew, Brad Moyer, 40, following a confrontation.
State Police along with help from an officer in Shenandoah located the stolen truck just a few minutes later at the intersection of Ringtown Blvd. and Shenandoah Rd. in Union Township.
At the crash scene, Moyer was reportedly walking in the road waring just a white T-shirt and black underwear. He was taken into custody without incident, police say.
State Police continued their investigation into what led Moyer to that location in the stolen truck by returning to the scene of the original call.
It was learned that Moyer was allegedly burning items in the yard of a home along Strawberry Lane, where he was staying. Moyer was allegedly “throwing burning items around” as well, police say.
Moyer’s uncle went to check on him and that caused him to become irate. He allegedly began throwing sand and burning ash. He then punched his uncle and pushed he and another relative.
Moyer then got into his uncle’s work truck and fled the scene until he crashed it a few minutes later.
Police have charged Moyer with felony theft and misdemeanor charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, two counts of simple assault, and two counts of reckless endangerment. He also faces a summary charge of dangerous burning.
Moyer was arraigned Tuesday morning before Magisterial District Judge Edward Tarantelli, who set bail at $75,000 cash, and remanded Moyer to Schuylkill County Prison.
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