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Aleppo man charged in shooting to stand trial

By Messenger Staff 3 min read
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WAYNESBURG – An Aleppo man charged with firing several shots out of his vehicle into a truck and a home was ordered to stand trial during his preliminary hearing Wednesday.

Neil Robert Young, 54, was arrested on June 23 by state police and charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied structure, recklessly endangering another person, driving under the influence and several related traffic violations.

According to the criminal complaint filed in the office of Magisterial District Judge Glenn Bates, state police said Young was operating his red Nissan truck and traveling west along Green Valley Road in Aleppo Township at 9:15 p.m. June 23 when he stopped in front of a residence on Green Valley Road, pointed a shotgun out of the driver side window and fired one round through the windshield of a white Ford F150 truck.

Police said Young continued along the road and turned around, only to return to the residence and allegedly fire another round out of the passenger side window, which hit the residence; the pellets entered through the wall and into the living room area, the complaint states.

Police said Teresa and Chloe Jones were standing outside the residence at the time and within close proximity of the fired shot; a two-year-old boy was inside the residence in a bedroom next to the living room, police said.

Young then fled the area traveling east on Green Valley Road, the complaint states.

While several patrol units were in the area investigating the incident, Young was observed pulling out of Gun Hill Road; Young turned onto Quiet Dell Road without signaling and then traveled to his residence, the complaint states.

Police followed Young to his home and placed him into custody; police said he appeared to be intoxicated and had an open container of alcohol between his legs, and they also observed a Winchester model 37 16-gauge shotgun, four rounds of unused shotgun shells and two spent shells in plain view on the front seat of his vehicle, the complaint states.

Young was then transported to Southwest Regional Medical Center, where he agreed to provide a blood sample to determine his blood-alcohol content level, police said.

He was then transported to the state police barracks, where he stated he was tired of the Jones’s “criminal acts, and something just clicked,” the complaint states.

Young said he shot the windshield because someone at the residence broke his windshield earlier in the day by throwing a brick at it.

Young said he then drove up the road and turned around, then stopped at the residence and fired a round “up high on the trailer,” and that he was not trying to hurt anyone, the complaint states.

Following arraignment, Young was placed in Greene County Jail after failing to post $50,000 straight bail.

During his preliminary hearing Wednesday before Bates, Young was ordered to stand trial on all charges.

He remains in jail in lieu of bail.

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