Police capture man wanted in Menallen burglary
A North Union man who police say has been on the lam since September for allegedly burglarizing a Menallen Township home has been captured.
Jay C. Franklin, 27, of 136 Lower Oliver 3 was charged on Sept. 16 with burglary, theft and criminal mischief at Magisterial District Judge Joseph M. George Jr.’s office, and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
State police Trooper James A. Pierce said police captured Franklin on Nov. 1 and he was subsequently arraigned on the charges before George.
Police said the charges were filed after Debra Rakushin was notified by the alarm company that services her home that her residential alarm had been activated at her home on Old Route 51 on Aug. 27.
Pierce said that, when she arrived at her home on Old Route 51, Rakushin found her door and window had been pried open and a generator and chain saw had been stolen.
Rakushin provided police with several photographs taken from a security camera installed on the property, police said, and the photos captured a man with several tattoos, who was later identified as Franklin.
Franklin was placed in Fayette County Prison on $50,000 straight cash bond following his arraignment and will face a preliminary hearing at a later date before George.