CLARION TWP., Pa. (EYT) — Six people are facing charges following a brawl that allegedly occurred earlier this month near a group of apartment buildings in Clarion Township.
Court documents indicate the Clarion-based State Police filed criminal charges against the following Clarion residents:
– 23-year-old Valencia Shaquana Cragman;
– 18-year-old Anastasia Snow Hardy;
– 18-year-old Zalyea Taseana Puryear;
– 25-year-old Medinah Kia Hall;
– 21-year-old Aaliyah Lewis-Melendez; and
– 24-year-old Sameer Rasheed Faulk.
According to a criminal complaint, around around 4:54 p.m. on November 7, Trooper Reilly, of the Clarion-based State Police, was dispatched to a location on Robinwood Drive in Clarion Township for a report of a large fight.
According to the complaint, Valencia Shaquana Cragman, Anastasia Snow Hardy, Zalyea Taseana Puryear, Medinah Kia Hall, Aaliyah Lewis-Melendez, and Sameer Rasheed Faulk engaged in a verbal altercation that became physical, with all of the individuals actively fighting outside of the nearby apartments.
During the physical altercation, Lewis-Melendez allegedly scratched Puryear’s cheek under her eye, causing a laceration, the complaint states.
Clarion-based State Police were called to the scene again around 7:26 p.m. for a report of the individuals fighting again, and a gun being displayed, according to the complaint.
According to the complaint, upon the troopers arrival back at the scene, they found all six individuals having another verbal altercation.
The complaint notes the area in which the incidents occurred was surrounded by apartment buildings, and states the neighbors were alarmed and videotaped the incident.
Cragman, Puryear, Hall, Lewis-Melendez, and Faulk were arraigned in front of Magisterial District Judge Duane L. Quinn at 9:44 a.m. on Friday, November 15.
They each face the following charges:
– Riot-Intent To Commit Felony, Felony 3
– Disorderly Conduct Engage In Fighting, Misdemeanor 3
– Harassment — Subject Other to Physical Contact, Summary
– Disorderly Conduct Engage In Fighting, Summary
Lewis-Melendez also faces one third-degree misdemeanor count of simple assault.
All five individuals were lodged in the Clarion County Jail on $5,000.00 monetary bail each.
Hardy was arraigned in front of Magisterial District Judge Duane L. Quinn at 11:22 a.m. on Friday, November 15, on the following charges:
– Riot-Intent To Commit Felony, Felony 3
– Disorderly Conduct Engage In Fighting, Misdemeanor 3
– Harassment — Subject Other to Physical Contact, Summary
– Disorderly Conduct Engage In Fighting, Summary
She remains free on $5,000.00 unsecured bail.
Preliminary hearings are scheduled for 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, November 26, with Judge Quinn presiding.
