◆ SpookStack

Declassified Document Archive & Reader
Log In Register
Reader Ad Slot
Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.

John Murtha — Part 19

419 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Dec 31, 1995 · Broad topic: General · Topic: John Murtha · 419 pages OCR'd
← Back to feed
FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) & -l- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 3/1/99 ANDREW HAVAS, JR., Chief, West Hills Regional Police Department (WHRPD), 1000 Luzerne Street, Johnstown, PA 15905, (814) 255-4145, was contacted regarding[—————“‘;CSCSCCC*dt:SCté«CKASVAASSS provided the following information: Chief HAVAS advised according to a report filed by WHRPD Officer on December 3, 1998, at approximately 6:40 p.m., Officer was proceeding in his patrol unit on Wyoming Street near Lehigh Street. A blue 1983 Ford Ranger be truck, proceeding in the opposite direction, rounded the curve at BIC a high rate of speed in the same lane as Officer forcing Officer[__]to take evasive action and nearly strike an embankment. After turning the patrol unit around, Officer pursued the Ford Ranger and made a traffic stop, at which time the driver of the truck exited the vehicle and began walking toward OfficerL____]| Officer[___ ordered the driver to return to his vehicle and the driver complied; however, the driver was heard to remark, “Just don’t shoot me.” When Officer approached the driver to obtain his driver's license information, the driver again asked the officer not to shoot him. At about this same time, WHRPD OfficerL__Jarrived at the scene to assist Officer The driver again related something about police officers wanting to shoot him for [Ssd|:« The officers explai the driver, that they did not work Bort [nox do they shoot people tor traffic violations. Upon checking the vehicle, it was determined the Pennsylvania inspection sticker and registration plate had both expired in July 1998. It was also determined the vehicle was not insured. The vehicle was subsequently towed from the scene and be [as transported to his residence by the towing service. b/7c su Sequentiy,. to this incident. was issued four traffic citations relating Chief HAVAS provided a copy of the WHRPD incident report, #98-005637, as well as copies of four traffic citations issued as a result of this incident. These copies are attached and made a part hereto. Investigationon 12/21/98 at Johnstown, PA (telephonically) File# 89A-PG-64410 Date dictated 1/11/99 i by SA Ni This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. BIA Vs O G4 Y, =
OCR quality for this page
Community corrections
First editor: none yet Last editor: none yet
No user corrections yet.
Comments
Document-wide discussion. Follow the Community Standards.
No comments on this document yet.
Bottom Reader Ad Slot
Bottom Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.

Continue Exploring

Use the strongest next step for this document: continue reading, jump to the topic hub, or move into the matching agency collection.
Continue Reading at Page 379
Jump straight to page 379 of 419.
Reader
John Murtha — Part 25
Stay inside John Murtha with another closely related document.
Topic
FBI Documents & FOIA Archive
Open the FBI agency landing page for stronger archive context.
FBI
John Murtha Topic Hub
See the topic overview, related documents, and linked subtopics.
Hub

Agency Collection

This document also belongs in the FBI Documents & FOIA Archive landing page, which is the stronger starting point for agency-level browsing and for searches focused on FBI records.
FBI Documents & FOIA Archive
Open the agency landing page for introduction text, topic links, and more FBI documents.
FBI

Explore This Archive Cluster

This document belongs to the General archive hub and the more specific John Murtha topic page. Use these hub pages when you want the broader collection context, linked subtopics, and more documents around the same archive thread.
letter bureau
Related subtopics
Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy
42 documents · 2653 known pages
Subtopic
D B Cooper
41 documents · 13789 known pages
Subtopic
Kansas City Massacre
38 documents · 5300 known pages
Subtopic
Black Panther Party
36 documents · 3066 known pages
Subtopic
Malcolm X
36 documents · 3932 known pages
Subtopic
Supreme Court
36 documents · 3376 known pages
Subtopic