MONT ALTO -- The Mont Alto Post Office will reopen, but the exact date has yet to be determined.
A pickup truck crashed through the front doors of the post office, 3 Ash St., on Sunday, Jan. 21. The building was boarded up, and people with Mont Alto Post Office boxes started getting their mail at the Quincy Post Office, 6617 Orphanage Road, Waynesboro.
“Mont Alto is still under renovations, but should be operational in a few weeks,” said Karen Mazurkiewicz, central Pennsylvania spokeswoman for the U.S. Postal Service.
The front brick wall has been restored, and the porch and windows replaced.
The Quincy Township man convicted of running into the building has been ordered to pay $45,506 in restitution.
Joshua Allen Etter, 23, is on work release after Franklin County Court Judge Carol Van Horn sentenced him to six to 23 months in jail followed by up to six months on probation. Etter pleaded guilty Feb. 28 to a third-degree felony of fleeing law enforcement and the two misdemeanors of recklessly endangering and high rate of blood alcohol/driving under the influence.
Etter around 4 a.m. on Jan. 21 led police on a mile-long chase at speeds exceeding the posted speed limit by 65 mph, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg.