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Search Warrants in Home Invasion Arson Case

CANTON TOWNSHIP — Authorities executed search warrants Thursday morning and police are looking for a woman in connection with the armed home invasion and ...

CANTON TOWNSHIP -- Authorities executed search warrants Thursday morning and police are looking for a woman in connection with the armed home invasion and fire that terrorized her parents.

The investigation into Wednesday's home invasion and arson in Lycoming County is now focused on Bradford County.

That's where the two suspects were found and where the victims' daughter is presumably missing.

Brian Vroman and Michael Houseweart were arraigned early Thursday in Montoursville.

The two face a long list of charges including attempted criminal homicide and arson.

A third person of interest in this case, Michelle Inch, is the daughter of the couple who was terrorized in their home. She is being called a missing person and state police are looking for her.

This incident began early Wednesday morning when Houseweart and Vroman allegedly robbed Gary and Linda Inch at gunpoint inside their house near Montoursville. Police claim the two were duct taped and their house was set on fire. Linda Inch escaped the burning building while her husband was rescued by firefighters.

Agway Road near Canton was closed for most of the day as state police searched the area. This road is where authorities found the car of the third person of interest in this case, Michelle Inch, the victim's daughter who has been missing since Tuesday.

 

State police executed two search warrants, one on Houseweart's house and one on Vroman's car, which is impounded at the state police barracks in Towanda.

We learned from the search warrant filed on Michael Houseweart's house, that the day before the incident, both victims and their daughter reported checks being stolen.

Those checks were written out and cashed by Houseweart in Canton. We also learned Houseweart was depressed over messages exchanged with his girlfriend Michelle Inch, over Facebook.

Houseweart's brother-in-law told state police Houseweart said he felt like burning someone's house down but couldn't say more or he'd incriminate himself.

Michelle Inch has been missing since Tuesday.

Christopher Selfridge noticed a large state police presence next to his house before a trooper knocked on his door.

"Asked me if I had seen any vehicles going down the tracks because they had found one about a mile down the tracks from here, and they said they were looking for the owner of the car."

State police found her missing car on Agway Road Thursday afternoon.

Beverly Griffin knows the Vroman family and is surprised.

"He comes from such a good family and I just can't imagine what that family's thinking. It's too bad."

State police are actively looking for Michelle Inch. If you have any information on her whereabouts you are asked to call 911.

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