Additional Charge Against Mills Man
A Mills, PA, man accused of firing a gun in an apartment while five children were present is facing another charge.
Police say 36-year-old John Huggler was heavily intoxicated when got into to a fight with a 33-year-old woman on March 2 on Route 49 in Harrison Township. They ended up outside, where Huggler allegedly went into the road and disrupted traffic.
He then allegedly got a rifle and fired one round into the ceiling of an apartment, when five children, ages 3 to 11, were present.
Huggler was originally charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied structure, endangering the welfare of children, recklessly endangering another person and several summary offenses.
The additional charge is illegal possession of a firearm, a second-degree felony.
Huggler remains in jail on $100,000 bail.
Police say 36-year-old John Huggler was heavily intoxicated when got into to a fight with a 33-year-old woman on March 2 on Route 49 in Harrison Township. They ended up outside, where Huggler allegedly went into the road and disrupted traffic.
He then allegedly got a rifle and fired one round into the ceiling of an apartment, when five children, ages 3 to 11, were present.
Huggler was originally charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied structure, endangering the welfare of children, recklessly endangering another person and several summary offenses.
The additional charge is illegal possession of a firearm, a second-degree felony.
Huggler remains in jail on $100,000 bail.
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