Suspect In Frankie I’s Shooting Faces Trial

A North Strabane man is accused of firing shots into a vehicle at Frankie I’s Bar and Restaurant on New Years Eve. He faced a preliminary hearing on Friday. According to witness testimony, Dee Frazee, Jr., 27 got into a verbal altercation with off duty Sheriff’s Deputy Joseph Joscsak inside the bar. When attempting to leave the bar, Joscsak got into a physical altercation with Frazee near the exit door. Several witnesses saw a handgun in Frazee’s waistband. As the fight broke up, Joscsak and two friends got into a car and departed. During their departure, approximately 5 gunshots rang out striking the vehicle and injuring a passenger inside. North Strabane Twp. police responded to the incident. Follow up investigation found .40 caliber shells at the scene and bullets in the victim’s truck. A query into gun ownership indicated that Frazee owned five handguns and one of them a .40 caliber handgun. A search of Frazee’s residence uncovered evidence of ammunition similar to that found in the victim’s truck. It also found four of the five handguns but not the .40 caliber gun suspected in the shooting. Frazee is facing three felony counts of attempted homicide and three counts of aggravated assault among several other charges. Frazee’s attorney tried to get the charges dismissed stating that no one positively identified Frazee as the shooter. All charges against Frazee were held for court. Frazee is currently being held in the Washington County Jail.