CRANBERRY TWP., Pa. (EYT) — A man allegedly caught driving a stolen vehicle in Cranberry Township waived his preliminary hearing this week.

Court documents indicate the following criminal charges against 30-year-old Fabian Jamee Young, of Erie, were waived for court on Wednesday, November 28:

• Receiving Stolen Property, Felony 3
• False Identification To Law Enforcement Officer, Misdemeanor 3
• Evidence Of Emission Inspection, Summary
• Driving Unregistered Vehicle, Summary
• Driving Without A License, Summary
• Failure To Carry License, Summary
• Driving While Operator Privilege Suspended Or Revoked, Summary
• Operating Vehicle Without Valid Inspection, Summary

The charges have been transferred to the Venango County Court of Common Pleas.

Details of the case:

According to a criminal complaint, on Tuesday, November 13, Troopers Shiley and Bingman, of the Franklin-based State Police, were traveling west on U.S. 322 following a white Dodge Ram when they discovered the vehicle’s registration returned to a dead plate.

A traffic stop was initiated in the Cranberry Walmart parking lot.

According to the complaint, during the course of the investigation, the driver of the vehicle repeatedly provided Trooper Shiley with a name and date of birth that did not match information in their system.

The complaint also notes the driver did not match the photo in the system for the name given.

The driver was then placed under arrest for false identification to law enforcement, while the passenger in the vehicle was released.

The complaint states that the driver refused to submit to fingerprinting, and when informed that a criminal complaint would be filed, he related that “he did not care.”

Trooper Bingman then returned to the Cranberry Walmart where he was able to contact the passenger who identified the driver as Fabian James Young Jr.

Young stated that the reason he lied was due to outstanding warrants, according to the complaint.

It was also learned that the vehicle was reported as stolen out of the City of Erie.

Based on the investigation, Young was arraigned on Wednesday, November 14, in Magisterial District Judge Patrick E. Lowrey’s office on the following charges: