Butler man apprehended and charged for allegedly trying to light a police cruiser on fire in the city of Butler

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Butler, PA) Thirty-two-year-old Shane Albert Everetts of Butler was recently apprehended and charged after allegedly trying to light a police cruiser on fire in the city of Butler. According to Pennsylvania State Police, Everetts is facing several charges, including aggravated arson and reckless endangerment after he lit a lighter and tried to put it in the gas tank of a trooper’s police cruiser that was stopped at a red light at the intersection of South Main and West Cunningham Streets in Butler. Pennsylvania State Police also confirm that Everetts allegedly did these actions after he asked the trooper he met up with during this incident for a ride to the hospital. Everetts also allegedly ran around the car, opened the cover to the gas tank and ignited the lighter, as the trooper was standing next to the cruiser, when this trooper accepted the request from Everetts to ride him to the hospital. Troopers stated that Everetts escaped, which lead the officer on a chase on foot. Everetts was arrested after being tackled by a Pennsylvania State Police trooper with the help of some backup. Everetts is now in the Butler County prison and next week is when he will make an appearance in front of a judge.