Cecil Man Charged with Assault, Discharging Firearm Into Occupied Structure

A Cecil Township man was remanded to the Washington County Jail early Friday after an alleged standoff with police on Thanksgiving, according to media reports.

The Observer-Reporter indicated that Joseph Jene Kovan was arrested after a standoff with police—an incident that required

While details of the incident were not immediately available, online records indicate that Kovan was charged by Cecil Township police with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats and discharging a firearm into an occupied structure.

Cecil Township police were not immediately available for further comment on the incident late Thursday.

Kovan was arraigned before district judge Valarie Costanzo, who remanded him to the Washington County Jail on $100,000 bond, according to online court records.

Kovan is scheduled to appear before Costanzo at 10 a.m. Dec. 3 for a preliminary hearing, according to online court records.