A report of gunfire sent Carlisle Borough Police officers scrambling, setting off a search that ended with a 52-year-old man in handcuffs by morning. Jeffrey D. Fink now faces multiple charges tied to the incident.
Gunshots Reported
Officers were dispatched after a report of a man firing a gun into the air, according to Franklin County Free Press.
At approximately 7:30 a.m., officers executed a search warrant at the residence where Fink was staying and took him into custody, the outlet reports.
Four Charges Filed Against Fink
Fink was charged with recklessly endangering another person, disorderly conduct, persons not to possess firearms, and violating the borough ordinance that prohibits discharging a firearm, per the same report. He was arraigned at Magisterial District Judge Birbeck’s office following his arrest.
The persons-not-to-possess-firearms charge stems from a Pennsylvania statute that bars anyone convicted of an enumerated offense, or who otherwise meets specified criteria, from possessing, using, controlling, selling, transferring or manufacturing a firearm in the Commonwealth, according to Pennsylvania General Assembly, Title 18, Section 6105. Under that same statute, a violation can rise to a felony of the second degree when the underlying qualifying conviction was itself a felony.
The reckless endangerment charge also carries its own legal threshold. Pennsylvania law classifies that offense as a second-degree misdemeanor when a person recklessly engages in conduct that places or may place another person in danger of death or serious bodily injury, according to Pennsylvania General Assembly, Title 18, Section 2705.
Fink is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, the outlet notes.
