Burglary suspect charged
CONNELLSVILLE – A Connellsville man remains jailed after he allegedly broke into a Vanderbilt Road discount store and removed a safe. Jamie Greenawalt, 26, of 408 E. Gibson Ave. is charged with single felony counts each of burglary and criminal trespass and single misdemeanor counts each of receiving stolen property, theft by unlawful taking and criminal mischief in connection to the May 28 incident.
According to the criminal complaint filed by Connellsville police Patrolman John W. James, Greenawalt allegedly drove a Chevrolet Beretta into a rear door of The Discount Party Store, located in the Widewaters Commons strip mall, and then entered the business and removed a safe containing $1,100.
Police said that Greenawalt was identified after investigators viewed a surveillance video from the store.
James estimated the damage to the rear door at $1,000.
Greenawalt was arraigned on the charges before Magisterial District Judge Ronald Haggerty and lodged in Fayette County Prison in lieu of a $15,000 straight cash bond.
He faces a July 3 preliminary hearing before Haggerty.