UNITYVILLE — Criminal charges have been filed against a Jordan Township man accused of allegedly taking two of his neighbor’s cows, one of whom was found dead and another with a wound to its neck, according to state Trooper Anthony Mazzone.

Gary Colatosti, 60, of 145 S. Woods Road, has been charged with two counts each of aggravated cruelty to an animal, cruelty to an animal, theft, receiving stolen property and one count each of criminal mischief and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.

The charges stem from the theft of “two bovine cattle heifers” belonging to the Kitzmiller farm in the 2700 block of Keller Hollow Road in early January, Mazzone said.

Read more in Thursday’s Williamsport Sun-Gazette.