Moosic police are still searching for at least two people involved in an armed confrontation over all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes on Sunday evening near the former Rocky Glen Park.
Police arrested two Scranton men, Victor Manuel Cardona-Crespo, 43, of 1714 Pittston Ave., and Kevin Ortiz Cardona, 21, of 32 Crown Circle Drive, after they and several others allegedly surrounded and fired shots at a second group who had accused them earlier in the day of stealing ATVs and dirt bikes from their friends.
The suspects also threatened the men with baseball bats and threw rocks at them before the victims fled and called 911, according to police. No one was injured, police said.
Police stopped a silver Ford pickup driven by some of the suspects on Sixth Street Sunday night and arrested Mr. Cardona-Crespo and Mr. Cardona. Two other men ran from the truck as officers approached. One of the men who fled was identified as Josthann Cardona, police said.
Several men in a black Ford Fusion also ran into the woods as police approached the car near Rocky Glen Park on Sunday night. The car was later found to have been stolen from Dickson City in July.
Borough police and officers from other area departments, as well as the Lackawanna County special operations unit, were involved in the manhunt Sunday night.
Mr. Cardona-Crespo and Mr. Cardona were charged with several counts of criminal conspiracy, reckless endangerment and assault. Both are in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $150,000 bail. Information on their preliminary hearings was not available Monday.
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