HEMPFIELD MAN CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS

A Hempfield man was convicted Thursday of aggravated assaults against two first responders last October.  The Trib reports that 33-year-old Anthony Flowers spat on two EMT’s, threatened additional violence against them, threatened to bomb a Westmoreland hospital and destroyed equipment in the back of the ambulance as he was taken in for a stomach ailment.  Flowers will undergo a mental health evaluation prior to his sentencing in three months.