REYNOLDS DUE FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING TODAY

Several preliminary hearings are scheduled for today in Indiana County District Courts, including a hearing for a man charged in connection with an incident in late May where he allegedly damaged a car with a shovel.

Court documents say that 30-year-old Russell Lee Reynolds of New Alexandria is due before District Judge Guy Haberl at 1:15 PM today for his preliminary hearing.  He is charged with felony criminal mischief, misdemeanor simple assault and summary harassment and disorderly conduct for an incident that happened May 28^th in the 1000 block of Sage Street in Clymer Borough.  Police say around 8:00 AM that day, Reynolds and an unnamed 30-year-old Clymer man got involved in a physical altercation when Renyolds allegedly hit a black Volkswagen Jetta that belonged to another woman with a shovel.  Reynolds told police that the other man hit him in the head with a glass beer bottle thrown at him.

Also due before Haberl today is 47-year-old Hiram McGill of Indiana, who is charged with simple assault, harassment and criminal mischief for an incident on May 30^th.

And 24-year-old Lori Ann Murdock will also have a preliminary hearing today on charges of receiving stolen property and public drunkenness for an incident on April 4^th of this year.