BAIL SET FOR LIGONIER TOWNSHIP MAN

Bail was set at $150,000 for a Ligonier Township man who was involved in an hours-long standoff with police.  The Trib reports that 47-year-old Thomas Crary has been in jail without bail since his arrest on April 28th.  Ligonier Valley police arrested Crary after being called to Terrace Road around 4:30 p.m. He is accused of punching a woman and attempting to throw her over a second-floor railing inside a home. Police said she lost consciousness after Crary choked her. She was taken to a hospital for treatment.  The standoff involving the State Police SERT Team ended at 1:30 the next morning when he surrendered.  He is charged with aggravated assault, strangulation, simple assault and reckless endangerment.