Man Who Prompted SWAT Team Response in Collier Going to Trial

The man who claimed he had taken a woman hostage in his Collier Township residence, prompting a massive police response last December, is going to trial on numerous reckless endangerment charges.

Investigators said Ronald Harrison, 34, called 911 in the early hours of Dec. 23 to say he had a hostage at his apartment on Dog Leg Drive near Nevillewood.

That brought police officers from Collier, Heidelberg, Scott and the Allegheny County SWAT team. Police said the man told dispatchers he had a handgun and officers apparently heard a gunshot when they arrived. Police said they found a handgun in the bedroom and numerous rounds of ammunition.

Harrison waived to court four charges of reckless endangerment and one count of false reports to police during his preliminary hearing with District Judge Maureen McGraw-Desmet on March 11. Felony charges of attempted homicide and assault on a police officer were withdrawn.

Harrison is free on $50,000 bond.

District Judge Maureen McGraw-Desmet – 3/11

Charges waived to court

• Charges of drunken driving and disregarding a traffic control device against Allison Phillips, 21, of California, PA, were waived to court. Bridgeville police charged Phillips on Jan. 5.

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