Warrants issued for three Greene County suspects in theft cases
WAYNESBURG – Felony warrants have recently been issued for three Greene County suspects following their alleged involvement in two recent incidents of theft.
In one case, warrants were issued on Jan. 31 by state police for Sarah Marie Blake, 27, of Waynesburg, and Angela Dee Barr, 38, of Carmichaels. Both women have been charged with burglary, theft, receiving stolen property and criminal conspiracy to commit burglary following an incident that occurred last October at a residence at the Eastview Trailer Park in Franklin Township.
According to the affidavits of probable cause filed in the office of Magisterial District Judge Glenn Bates, state police responded to a report of a theft that occurred at a residence on Oct. 10.
The resident, Steven Williams, told police that he left in the early morning for work and returned at 9 p.m., when he noticed his door was forced open; he then went inside and discovered that several pill bottles containing medication were taken from a shelf, a prescription bottle containing jewelry were taken from a coat pocket, and a carton of cigarettes and $1,500 in cash was taken from his freezer, the affidavits state.
On Oct. 11, Williams contacted police and said he heard that Barr and Blake were involved in a car accident earlier that morning, and he he believed that the two women may have taken the items from his residence because they were at his residence on Oct. 9, the affidavits state.
Police then investigated the car that was involved in the crash and found the carton of cigarettes and prescription bottles with Williams’ name on them, and discovered that the car had been involved in a crash in the early morning of Oct. 11, after the items were reported missing, the affidavits state.
Police interviewed Blake on Oct. 16, who reported that she was at a residence in Carmichaels on Oct. 9, and she woke up on Oct. 10 and was taken to a methadone clinic on Oct. 10; she said she was not sure what time she was there and she could not recall what she did the rest of the day until she and Barr picked up another woman later in the day, the affidavits states.
She told police that she was with Barr all day, and when police asked if she had been at Williams’ residence on Oct. 9, she said she was there, that she and Barr were there together, and that Barr was the driver of the car involved in the crash and she was the passenger, the affidavits state.
Police also interviewed Barr on Oct. 16, who reported that she was at Williams’ residence on Oct. 9 with Blake and was involved in the crash; she initially told police that she was with Blake all day, but when she was questioned about the items found in the car she “changed her story” and told police that she picked up Williams at his residence on Oct. 10 in the morning and took him to a store to get the cigarettes, the affidavits state.
She also told police that Williams bought a bag with him that he must have been left in the car when she dropped him off, and she later found out it was the bag that contained the pills; she added that Williams must have left the cigarettes in the car, the affidavits state.
Police said Williams then reported that the last time he saw Barr was on Oct. 9.
Blake and Barr have yet to be formally arraigned on the charges.
In a separate and unrelated case, a warrant was issued by state police on Feb. 6 for Roger Matthew Eddy, 30, of Carmichaels on a felony charge of theft following an incident that allegedly occurred at the Auto Zone store in Franklin Township in December.
Police said between Dec. 21 and Jan. 21, Eddy allegedly made 13 unauthorized purchases with the account information at the store totaling $613.57, and said security footage from the store shows Eddy inside the store making the purchases.
According to the affidavit of probable cause filed in the office of Magistrate District Judge Glenn Bates, police interviewed Anthony Howard, the owner of City Motors Inc. in Washington, on Jan 29. Howard told police he has an account with Auto Zone, and he had received a phone call from the Waynesburg store advising him that his account was overdue, at which time he told the Waynesburg store that he had made no purchases there, and he would not have made purchases there since his business is located in Washington, the affidavit states.
Howard said his account was password protected and any purchases made by him would have his password on the invoices, and when he checked with the store he learned that the purchases were made with another password and they were signed by someone named “Roger” or Stephen”; he then said he thought of Roger Eddy, and after sending a photo of Eddy to the store they identified Eddy as the person who made the purchases, the affidavit states.
Police said Howard then related that Eddy had worked for his business in the past but he had never given Eddy permission to make any purchases at the Waynesburg store.
Police said they then interviewed a commercial sales manager and assistant manager at the Waynesburg store on Jan. 30, who related that Eddy had been purchasing items from the store since November, and that Eddy told them he was using the account often because City Motors was opening a lot in Carmichaels.
On Jan. 31, police showed the assistant manager and another witness a photo lineup, and both men identified Eddy as the suspect, the affidavit states.
Later that same day, Roberta Howard told police that Eddy was never on the City Motors payroll but did do “odd jobs” for the business; she then reported that she she did confront Eddy previously about the purchases, and he told her that he would pay them back after he received his income tax refund, the affidavit states.
Eddy has yet to be formally arraigned on the charge.