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Beaver County Radio News

(Independence Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that a man from Aliquippa was apprehended and charged on Thursday for causing a fire in Independence Township that day. Thirty-four-year-old Joseph Long became reckless and started a fire at a home on 111 Ranch Street. According to police, Long fled the scene and was taken into custody not far from the scene. Charges were filed against Long for reckless endangerment and criminal mischief.