The two men charged with stealing a car and burning it are due in court today for a preliminary hearing.
Both 28-year-old Austin Milanos and 47-year-old Matthew Lee Smith, both of Indiana, are charged with reckless burning and exploding, receiving stolen property and disorderly conduct in connection with the incident back on September 15th of last year. State police say that the two stole a vehicle from Indiana Borough and drove it to a pulloff near a railroad crossing south of Route 110. The two then allegedly doused the car in gasoline and set it on fire by throwing lit paper towels on it. Smith was injured in the resulting explosion and was taken into custody after he was treated at the Indiana Regional Medical Center.
The hearings will be before District Judge Susanne Steffee at 1:45 this afternoon.
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