Man in Monroeton, Pennsylvania Arrested After Allegedly Rigging Booby Trap With Gun in Mobile Home

Man in Monroeton, Pennsylvania Arrested After Allegedly Rigging Booby Trap With Gun in Mobile Home
Epoch Newsroom
4/1/2016
Updated:
4/1/2016
(Bradford County Correctional Facility)
(Bradford County Correctional Facility)

A man in Pennsylvania was arrested after setting up a “booby trap” using a long gun and metal wire inside his mobile home, police said.

James Taylor, 27, of Monroton, has been charged with attempted aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person.

Officers told the Press & Sun-Bulletin that two men, ages 82 and 54, found the “booby trap” on Sunday.

Their conditions are unclear. The trap involved a long gun set to discharge if any door was opened in the mobile home. 

Taylor is being held at the Bradford County Correctional Facility on $20,000 bail, reported WBNG.