Man Calls in Fake Threat so He Can Go to Jail
Franklin – A Franklin man is charged with five felonies for calling in a fake bomb threat at Venango County’s Home Depot store last Tuesday. 27-year-old Justin Stewart called the Pennsylvania State Police last Tuesday to claim that he had built a pipe bomb at an abandoned house in Oil City and placed it inside the men’s bathroom of Home Depot. After his arrest, he allegedly described the device to the police while being questioned, but once he was questioned about the specifics of the construction, he admitted that the bomb threat was made up and reportedly told police that he just wanted to go to prison.

Man Dies After Falling off Erie Cliff
Lawrence Park – A 72-year-old man died after falling off a cliff and into a creek in Erie County. A man identified by the Erie County Coroner as Jeffery Martin died Friday afternoon while walking his dog near the Lawrence Park Golf Club. The Lawrence Park Police and Erie Coroner say that Mr. Martin was walking his dog across from the Lighthouse Inn when he had a sudden cardiac event and fell into Four Mile Creek, where he was found dead. The dog was taken to ANNA Shelter, which reunited it with Mr. Martin’s family.