A MCKEAN COUNTY CAMP IS DESTROYED BY A FRIDAY FIRE…KANE STATE POLICE TELL US THE FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND 3 FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN A REMOTE AREA ON WEST CHAPEL FORK ROAD IN HAMILTON TOWNSHIP.  BECAUSE OF THE REMOTE LOCATION OF THE CAMP, IT TOOK A WHILE FOR FIRE PERSONNEL TO GET TO IT…AND AS A RESULT, THE CAMP WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.  THE FIRE MARSHAL IS DEEMING THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE ACCIDENTAL…ORIGINATING FROM THE WALL NEAR THE WOOD STOVE.  THE CAMP IS OWNED BY JOSEPH MILES. 

A JOHNSTOWN MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER AN EARLY THANKSGIVING MORNING HIGH-SPEED CHASE IN PUNXSUTAWNEY.  PUNXSY STATE POLICE TELL US THE INCIDENT HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER 2AM TURKEY DAY WHEN 61-YEAR OLD KENNETH THIEL WAS DRIVING ON ROUTE 119 IN THE VILLAGE OF COVODE WHEN POLICE TRIED TO PULL HIM OVER.  THIEL SPED OFF LEADING POLICE ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE.  DURING THE PURSUIT, THIEL ALLEGEDLY STRUCK THE POLICE CRUISER WITH HIS VEHICLE TWICE, AND ENDING WITH THIEL BEING REMOVED FORCEFULLY FROM THE VEHICLE AFTER ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE POLICE.  HE’S IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL TODAY.

A RIDGWAY MAN IS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR AN ALLEGED ATTEMPTED RAPE.  POLICE SAY THE ALLEGED INCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY AT A RESIDENCE NEAR BRANDY CAMP IN RIDGWAY TOWNSHIP WHEN THE 55-YEAR OLD UN-IDENTIFIED MALE ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO HAVE SEX WITH A 28-YEAR OLD FEMALE.  THE DUO SHARE THE RESIDENCE.  THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES…