State Police at Owego arrested 32-year-old Aaron G. Collins of Barton. Collins was wanted as a fugitive from justice from the state Pennsylvania and wanted on attempted criminal homicide charges. He allegedly bound and terrorized two people in their Bradford County home. Collins allegedly fired a shotgun towards a woman, just missing her head, and drilled three holes into a man’s thigh using an electric power drill. The court documents allege that Collins believed the man was engaged in child trafficking and that he “wasn’t afraid to drill him to get him to talk.” Collins allegedly left the two bound and gagged and stole a car and $80. He was located by troopers and deputies from the Tioga County Sheriff’s Department at a residence on Prospect Hill Road in the town of Barton. Collins was taken into custody after a brief foot pursuit. He was remanded to the Tioga County Jail where he is awaiting extradition to Pennsylvania. He faces a total of 17 felony and misdemeanor counts.
