Pa. man jailed with dad after denied lockup visit

SOMERSET, Pa. (AP) - Police say a southwestern Pennsylvania man is being held in a county jail with his father after police say he drunkenly threatened to fight officials who refused to let him visit his father at the lockup.

Online court records don't list an attorney for 24-year-old Charles Meinhart Jr., of Confluence, who was arrested Sunday after authorities say he cursed, used obscene gestures and threatened to fight jail Somerset County Jail officials.

Police tell the Daily American of Somerset that Meinhart tried to slip his handcuffed hands from behind his back and kicked at police who opened the back door of a police cruiser door

The younger Meinhart faces a preliminary hearing Nov. 11 on aggravated assault, public drunkenness and other charges. It was not immediately clear why his father is in jail.

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Information from: Daily American, http://www.dailyamerican.com

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