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Area Teacher Charged After Fleeing Police

OLD FORGE — A teacher is charged with fleeing police and resisting arrest for an incident last weekend in Lackawanna County. Police tell Newswatch 16 Ross...

OLD FORGE -- A teacher is charged with fleeing police and resisting arrest for an incident last weekend in Lackawanna County.

Police tell Newswatch 16 Ross Merieski of Old Forge was threatening people with a gun and driving an ATV recklessly on South Main Street in Old Forge.

When officers spotted him, they say he led them on a brief chase.

According to the Carbondale Area School District website, Merieski is a chemistry teacher there.

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