TOWN OF CHAMPION, New York (WWNY) – State police have made an arrest in last month’s shooting incidents in the town of Champion.
Troopers charged 30-year-old Logan Moore of Felts Mills with:
- felony count of second-degree criminal Possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine)
- felony counts of second and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon
- felony count of first-degree attempted assault
- felony count of first-degree reckless endangerment
- felony county of fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property (firearm)
- second-degree reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor
- fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon 4th degree, a misdemeanor
- second-degree criminal use of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor
Moore was arraigned on the charges and ordered held without bail in the Jefferson County Jail.
On September 21 at 6:43 a.m., troopers responded to a shots-fired complaint at 36100 Jackson II Road in the town of Champion.
They learned from the homeowner, who called in the complaint, that a neighbor had seen a man in a black Volkswagen shoot a firearm at the home.
No one was injured in the shooting.
While police were interviewing neighbors, a second call came in at around 9:20 a.m. for another shots-fired incident – this one on a snowmobile trail off State Route 26 across from the Great Bend Fire Department, also in the town of Champion.
The homeowner who reported the first incident located a suspect, pursued him onto an ATV trail and restrained him until troopers arrived.
The suspect, who was injured from a motor vehicle collision and being restrained, was taken to a hospital for treatment.
On Thursday, Police arrested the suspect, now identified as Moore.
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