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Chase ends in driver's arrest

Robert F. Meany Jr., 30

EAST FRANKLIN TWP, Armstrong County — It took chasing, bumping and running, but in the end, troopers got their man.

State police arrested Robert F. Meany Jr., 30, of East Brady early Thursday morning following a suspected drunken driving pursuit.

He is being held in the Armstrong County Jail on felony and other charges.

Police said the chase began just after midnight when troopers attempted to stop the defendant for unspecified traffic violations in the area of the Hilltop Plaza on Route 268.

This is an excerpt — pick up Friday's Butler Eagle.

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