IN A REPORT BY WJAC, THE FATHER OF SUSPECT PRESTON HINEBAUGH HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE. UPPER YODER TWP POLICE CONFIRMED THE ARREST TO CHANNEL 6. 51 YEAR OLD PHILSON HINEBAUGH WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY LAST WEEK. HE IS ACCUSED OF TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE AGAINST HIS SON PRESTON, FOR ALLEGEDLY PLOTTING TO CAUSE A MASS SHOOTING AT WESTMONT HILLTOP HIGH SCHOOL LAST FALL. POLICE REPORT THAT HINEBAUGH GAVE THEM A DIFFERENT GUN FROM HIS SONS ROOM TO INVESTIGATE. PRESTON HINEBAUGH AND LOGAN PRINGLE WERE ARRESTED IN NOVEMBER AND CHARGED WITH THAT PLOT. THE ELDER HINEBAUGH IS SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING APRIL 13th.
