Man with lighter fluid threatens to set Pennsylvania store employees on fire, police say
By Rachael Lardani
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MIDDLESEX TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — A man was arrested after threatening to set people on fire in Cumberland County, according to the Middlesex Township Police Department.
Investigators said it happened at a store in the 1000 block of Harrisburg Pike on Thursday, Feb. 12.
According to police, Ronald Hockenberry, 58, was in an argument with store employees when he told them that he had set people on fire in the past.
Hockenberry left the store to buy lighter fluid, then returned with it and threatened to set employees on fire, investigators said.
Police noted that he made other alarming statements.
Hockenberry was taken into custody and transported to Cumberland County Prison.
He was charged with terroristic threats, simple assault, public drunkenness and similar misconduct.
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