Pottsville man charged with stabbing Orwigsburg man to death

Apr. 13—A Pottsville man was charged late Monday night with stabbing an Orwigsburg man to death in what state police are calling a road rage incident earlier in the day along Route 61 in West Brunswick Township.

Tamir Ion Whitted, 29, of 119 W. Market St., Apt. 1, was charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder and related offenses.

State police at Schuylkill Haven said the body of George Marcincin, 38, of Orwigsburg, was found near the concrete barrier in the left southbound lane of the highway at the intersection with Brick Hill Road south of Orwigsburg. He was pronounced dead at the scene by a Schuylkill County deputy coroner.

Police said the victim and the alleged assailant were involved in a road rage incident about 2 p.m. and stopped their vehicles along the highway. Both men exited their vehicles and the assailant allegedly stabbed Marcincin multiple times and drove off.

Orwigsburg police tried to initiate a traffic stop, but the driver fled. He eventually pulled over a few miles south along Route 61 between Holly Road and Chestnut Hill Drive, where he was taken into custody, police said.

Both the northbound and southbound passing lanes at the intersection were shut down as police investigated.

Roman Delight restaurant is on the west side of the highway in that area and BB&T Bank on the east side.

Whitted was arraigned by on-call Magisterial District Judge James K. Reiley, Pottsville, and committed to Schuylkill County Prison without bail.

In a homicide case, bail can only be set by a judge in the county County of Common Pleas and not at the magisterial district judge level.

Reiley tentative preliminary hearing for 10 a.m. April 22 before Magisterial District Judge James R. Ferrier, Orwigsburg.