[naviga:h3]Suspect locked in porta-potty[/naviga:h3]

MIFFLINBURG — Police say a Pennsylvania man trying to avoid capture locked himself in a portable toilet.

Mifflinburg police say 32-year-old Christopher Ott of Millmont went to his ex-girlfriend’s workplace and attacked her on Saturday night. She was in the process of trying to get a protection from abuse order after an alleged assault on Friday.

Ott fled the scene and officers found him locked in a porta-potty. He is held on $100,000 bail, charged with simple assault, criminal trespass and harassment.

[naviga:h3]55 rescued on river at tubing event[/naviga:h3]

MARIETTA — Authorities say scores of people were rescued after becoming stranded at a tubing event on the Susquehanna River.

Fire officials told a Lancaster newspaper that responders were dispatched at about 1:40 p.m. Saturday to the East Donegal Township area.

Adam Kosheba, chief of Maytown-East Donegal Township Fire Department, said rescue boats from Bainbridge Fire Company and two other departments were initially deployed to rescue someone with a broken ankle on one of the islands. But numerous personal rafts then reportedly became stranded on the islands or in the water across from Riverfront Park. Kosheba said emergency responders rescued 55 people while several others were rescued by personal boats.

[naviga:h3]Confirmed tornado causes little damage[/naviga:h3]

WASHINGTON — The National Weather Service reports that the EF-1 tornado touched down near Lone Pine in Washington County shortly before 3:30 p.m. Friday, causing some property damage but no reported injuries.

Forecasters said the storm tore the roof off a porch and partially lifted off a garage roof.