BUTLER, Pa. — A man is facing multiple charges, including homicide, after another man was found dead in Butler on Saturday.
Pennsylvania State Police say troopers were called to the 400 block of Miller Avenue at 4 p.m. for a report of a deceased man.
Officers identified the victim as 69-year-old James P. Hoover.
In a report, police say, “the scene indicated the victim’s manner of death to be homicide.”
A 37-year-old man, who troopers identify as Richard Alan Swann II, was identified as a suspect and detained. He was later arrested on charges of homicide, robbery, aggravated assault and theft by unlawful taking.
PSP officials say Swann is being held in the Butler County Jail.
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