CLAY TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa — Charges have been filed against a Lititz man after numerous reports of an explosion near Clay Township were called in to police.
After numerous calls to report a loud explosion in the Clay Township and Ephrata area, came in to Lancaster County dispatch on Saturday evening, officers from NLCRPD and Ephrata Police Department investigated.
A total of 13 callers reported the loud explosions.
Officers responded to the 200 block of Wood Corner Road, in Clay Township around 7:30 p.m., where they identified Rodney Hursh, 23, of Lititz among a group of three people.
Hursh admitted to shooting a container of tannerite, a material capable of producing an explosive effect.
Due to the nature of the incident, and the extreme nature of public alarm created, Hursh was charged via a summons with one count of disorderly conduct.