Lewistown Police Department searching for Mount Union man

LEWISTOWN — The Lewistown Police Department is encouraging anyone with information about the whereabouts of Casey Dale Huffman, 36, of Mount Union, to contact them through Facebook Messenger or contact the non-emergency dispatch phone number at (717) 248-9607. Huffman currently has an active arrest warrant from the Pennsylvania State Police for felony strangulation as well as a DUI suspended license, the report said. After an incident in Lewistown at 1:14 a.m. on May 20, police charged him with an additional arrest warrant for him fleeing and eluding, flight to avoid apprehension, possession with the intent to deliver drugs, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving with a DUI suspended license-second offense and numerous summary traffic offenses. The warrants stemmed from an incident where officers received a report of a suspicious vehicle on Pannebaker Avenue that was speeding and failing to stop at posted stop signs, the report said. Officers located a black Dodge Ram on Chestnut Street at the five points area, the report said. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle on North Dorcas Street; however, the vehicle failed to yield and officers pursued the vehicle through alleys and streets, the report said. Eventually, the driver fled on foot and discarded a bag containing a large amount of methamphetamine and a butane lighter, the report said. Officers were unable to locate the driver but determined he entered a specific residence and spoke to Heather Rand, 34, of Lewistown, who lived there. Rand was uncooperative and would not identify herself to officers and refused to provide her name and allowed the officers to perform a limited search, police said. Officers secured the truck and it was towed to an impound lot, the report said. Officers spoke with Rand’s landlord who indicated that Rand and Huffman both rent from the landlord, the report said. Officers conducted a search of the truck and obtained fingerprints from the truck as well as various drug paraphernalia, the report said. Officers also located alcohol purchased from Sheetz and used surveillance footage to identify Huffman. Rand is being charged with hindering apprehension after failing to cooperate with officers, police said.

Lewistown man charged with possession of drug paraphernalia

LEWISTOWN — Hayden Kulp, 37, of Lewistown, charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and public drunkenness after a Lewistown Police Department officer on patrol observed him trespassing on the former Buchanan Elementary School property at100 Franklin Ave. in Lewistown at 2:57 p.m. on May 19, according to a release issue on Friday. The subject appeared visibly impaired from a distance, and officers had contact with Kulp, who showed several signs of being under the influence of drugs, the report said. Officers said they located a hypodermic needle in Kulp’s possession.

Milroy man cited for fleeing the scene of an accident on Valley Street

LEWISTOWN — Lewistown Police Department officers responded to a reportable crash on the 600 block of Valley Street in Lewistown at 9:08 p.m. on May 21, according to a release issued on Friday. Frank E. Parker Jr., 40, of Milroy, was traveling westbound when he lost control of his vehicle and struck two parked cars, disabling his vehicle, the report said. Parker fled from the scene of the crash, but he was followed by one of the vehicle’s owners, police said. The vehicle owner followed Parker across Central Avenue to Route 322, but they lost sight of Parker, the report said. The vehicle Parker was driving was registered to him, the report said, and Armagh Township Police responded to Parker’s home in Milroy to check if Parker was home. Contact was made with a family member who confirmed that Parker was not home, police said, and during the course of this investigation, officers discovered that the subject who ran after Parker previously was Parker’s landlord and was able to confirm that Parker was the driver of the vehicle which crashed. Officers seized a cell phone from inside the vehicle as evidence as well as a baseball cap which Parker lost when running away from the crash, the report said. Several citations were filed against Parker, police said, and the roadway was shut down for a short period of time, the report said. Police said no injuries were reported and all three involved vehicles were towed from the scene.

Lewistown man arrested for PFA order violation

LEWISTOWN — The Mifflin County Regional Police Department requested assistance at 7:43 p.m. on May 22 from the Lewistown Police Department regarding an arrest for a Protection From Abuse order violation, according to a release issued on Friday. Officers responded to the first block of Forsythe Street where they arrested Vincent E. Benveniste, 19, of Lewistown. Charges for the PFA violation were completed by regional police, the report said.