Dauphin County Judge Scott A. Evans imposed a 15-month-to-3-year prison term on the Susquehanna Township man who was high on bath salts when he set a fire in his girlfriend’s basement and attacked two firefighters from the Progress Fire Copany as they were advancing into the basement on April 22, 2011. Click the link for the full story http://www.mattmilesfirephotography.com/news/fullstory/newsid/134909
"Jeffrey C, Chappell, 30, was so high on the now-banned synthetic drug that he was hallucinating when he started the fire, defense attorney Matthew Gover said.
Chappell was sentenced to the prison term, plus 5 years’ probation, under a plea deal after pleading guilty to charges of arson, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment.
Deputy District Attorney Joel Hogentogler said Chappell pushed one Progress Fire Company firefighter down during the incident and hit another with a stick. Neither firefighter suffered serious injuries, he said.
Chappell’s arson case was among several bizarre bath salt-related incidents midstate police encountered just before sale of the synthetic drug was banned by the state Legislature in June, Hogentogler said." Information Courtesy of www.Pennlive.com full story at http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/01/dauphin_county_man_gets_state.html
