Overview
- Prut faces aggravated assault, simple assault, theft by unlawful taking, and theft of services following Wednesday’s confrontation on Water Street in Ardara.
- Police paperwork says he pointed a gun at a Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County worker and warned him not to run or he would be shot.
- The worker fled into nearby woods, swam across Brush Creek, and was found unharmed near Old Brush Creek Cemetery after police pinged his phone, and he later told local media he feared for his life.
- Investigators say Prut took a tool and the van keys from the utility truck and used the tool to turn his water service back on.
- Prut was arraigned in Westmoreland County court Thursday morning as the criminal case moves forward.