WILLIAMSPORT — A Pennsylvania College of Technology student has been charged criminally and banned from campus following a fireworks incident that resulted in the evacuation of a residence hall.

Christopher Charles Greenawalt, 20, of Wellsboro, was arraigned Tuesday night on three counts of arson and one each of risking a catastrophe, criminal mischief, recklessly endangering another person and disorderly conduct.

District Judge Kirsten Gardner banned him from Penn College property as a condition of his $50,000 unsecured bail.

The charges are the result of an incident that sent city firefighters to Lancaster Hall, a four-story residence hall on campus, about 11:30 Tuesday morning.

A Penn College police officer said he detected smoke upon entering the building, and the fire panel show

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