Finnegan

A road rage incident that turned into an assault has landed a city man in prison.

Logan Township police were dispatched shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday for a reported road rage incident in which the victim reported a vehicle traveling in reverse, nearing striking their vehicle.

The victim told police that the driver of the reversing vehicle was following a woman who was walking beside it. When the victim honked his horn to alert the driver as they approached their vehicle, the driver, later identified as Justin Joseph Finnegan, 41, exited his truck and began yelling at the victim.

The woman fled the scene and Finnegan got back into his truck and left, the victim reported.

Finnegan then returned to the scene and encountered the victim again. Finnegan yelled at the victim and then held a knife to the victim’s throat and stated “I will kill your family” while spinning the knife in his hand, the report states.

Finnegan then got back into his vehicle and left the scene, the victim told police.

Officers were able to identify Finnegan from video surveillance, vehicle registration and further investigation into the matter, police reported.

A search warrant was compiled and executed on Finnegan’s residence, at which time a knife matching the description was retrieved, police stated.

Finnegan was taken into custody and transported to the Blair County Prison on several charges, including a felony count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and misdemeanor counts of possessing instruments of a crime, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, disorderly conduct and terroristic threats, along with a summary traffic violation.

He was arraigned Sunday before Magisterial District Judge Paula M. Aigner and remanded to prison after failing to post $100,000 straight bail. His preliminary hearing is set for Feb. 20 before Magisterial District Judge Matthew Dunio.