NEW CHARGES FILED AGAINST EAST HUNTINGDON MAN

New charges were filed against an East Huntingdon man who was wounded in a confrontation with state troopers. The Trib reports that 61-year-old James Miller Jr. now faces charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault and other crimes related to an incident on January 28th when two troopers responded to an incident on route 819, when neighbors reported shots fired in the area. When police went to Miller’s home, he came outside with an assault-style rifle. Troopers said they retreated and ordered him to put down the weapon, but Miller fired the gun while the troopers were 7 to 15 yards away. Miller was shot in the torso by return fire from the troopers’ handguns. He remains in Westmoreland County Jail on $500,000 bail.