Indiana County man charged in robbery, shooting on same day

Police charged an Indiana man with involvement in a drive-by shooting in the borough and an armed robbery in neighboring White Township, both occurring on Tuesday.

State police said Thomas Edward Lindsay, 20, was taken into custody without incident Wednesday at a residence in the township. He is charged with robbery, terroristic threats, theft and receiving stolen property in the home invasion-style robbery at about 1 p.m. in the 400 block of Center Street.

In the shooting, reported after 4 p.m. at a home on North Third Street, borough police charged Lindsay with aggravated assault. reckless endangerment, discharging a firearm into an occupied structure and carrying a firearm without a license.

No injuries were reported in the robbery. A victim in the shooting suffered a minor injury to his forearm, but officials aren’t sure how it occurred. No one was injured by gunfire, according to borough police.

Two victims in the robbery told police that Lindsay. whom they know, and six other unknown males were behaving erratically and were told to leave the pair’s home at about 1 p.m. The group drove away, but Lindsay and two of the other men returned minutes later, forced their way into the home and displayed handguns as they demanded money and drugs, according to court documents. The men who accompanied Lindsay allegedly kicked the victims’ dog.

The suspects ransacked the home and forced the victims to submit to a strip search before stealing an eighth ounce of marijuana, two cell phones, some vape pens and about $500 in cash, police said.

State police were attempting to identify the two other robbery suspects, described by the victims as Black men in their 20s. Anyone with information was asked to contact state police at 724-537-1960.

In the incident on Third Street, a resident at the home and another male victim were standing in the home’s open garage when a car drove by occupied by two men armed with pistols, according to a complaint filed by borough police. Lindsay, in the rear seat, allegedly fired three shots at the resident as the other victim, who suffered the arm injury, “tackled him out of the way,” police said.

Bullets holes were found next to the garage door, in a child’s toy near the driveway and at the base of a window of the home, where the resident’s two young children were present, along with their mother, police said.

The resident told police the shooting occurred after Lindsay argued with him about a robbery and allegedly threatened him through social media.

Borough police took possession of a car stolen from Delaware County that they believe was used in the shooting.

Lindsay was arraigned Wednesday and was placed in the Indiana County Jail after failing to post $100,000 bail.