Beech Tree News Network

A local man has been arrested and is facing multiple charges following a July 3 incident in Morgantown.  

 According to the Morgantown Police Department (MPD), officers responded to a report of a man pointing a gun and pulling a knife on his neighbors .

Eyewitnesses state that Ryan Lee Smith, 48, of Morgantown, walked into his driveway possessing a handgun and knife and told him to “stop idling your truck or I’ll shoot you and it up.”

A search warrant later obtained by law enforcement officers led to the discovery of a loaded firearm and a knife.  Smith is a convicted felon and cannot legally possess a firearm.  Suspected methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia was also discovered.

Smith was arrested and transported to the Butler County Jail.

Smith is charged with first-degree wanton endangerment, third-degree terroristic threatening, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, first-degree possession of a controlled substance (first offense- methamphetamine) (enhancement) and drug paraphernalia buy/possess.

The investigation is ongoing.