A Ringtown man is facing multiple charges after allegedly assaulting family members, stealing a work truck, and causing a disturbance in Union Township on Tuesday morning.
According to Pennsylvania State Police at Frackville, troopers were dispatched at 9:49 a.m. on October 7, 2025, to a residence on Strawberry Lane for reports of a man burning items and throwing hot ashes around the property.
When the homeowners, returned to check on their nephew, 40-year-old Brad Moyer, they found him irate and throwing sand and burning debris. Police say Moyer then struck one of the homeowners with a closed fist and pushed both fleeing the scene in the victim's work truck, a white vehicle bearing “Independent Overhead Door Inc.” markings.
At 9:54 a.m., officers from the Shenandoah Police Department and state troopers located the truck crashed at the intersection of Ringtown Boulevard and Shenandoah Road. Moyer was found walking nearby in the roadway wearing only a white T-shirt and black underwear. He was taken into custody without further incident.
Moyer was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Edward Tarantelli on the following charges:
- Theft by Unlawful Taking (F3)
- Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle (M2)
- Two counts of Simple Assault (M2)
- Two counts of Recklessly Endangering Another Person (M2)
- Dangerous Burning (S)