Markleysburg men charged with burglary
Two Markleysburg men are facing multiple charges after they allegedly committed burglaries in Henry Clay Township recently, state police said. Trooper Kiprian S. Yarosh said James Lee Savage, 20, of 409 Braddock Road was charged with three counts of burglary and theft, as well as two counts each of criminal conspiracy to commit burglary and receiving stolen property and a single count of institutional vandalism.
Additionally, Yarosh said Jason Robert Delara, 36, of Markleysburg was charged with two counts each of burglary, theft, criminal conspiracy to commit burglary and receiving stolen property as well as a single count of institutional vandalism.
Yarosh said the charges were filed following several burglaries reported in Henry Clay Township in May and June.
Yarosh said the first burglary occurred sometime in May when Savage and Delara broke into the Family of Faith Outreach Church on Route 40.
Yarosh said the men stole a flat-screen television and other electronics before fleeing the scene.
Yarosh said a second burglary was reported sometime between May 24 and June 8 when Savage, acting without an accomplice, broke into a garage owned by Christopher Peta of Irwin on Taylor Road.
Savage stole a lawn tractor from the garage, Yarosh said.
He noted that police later recovered the tractor and returned it to Peta.
Yarosh said a third burglary occurred between 2 and 2:30 a.m. June 2 at a garage owned by James Burnworth of Confluence on Tub Run Road. He said that Savage and Delara broke into the garage and stole a lawn tractor, a chain saw and a weed trimmer.
All items were again recovered and returned, Yarosh said.
The charges come less than two weeks after Savage was placed in the Fayette County prison for an unrelated burglary charge. Police said he and Shawn Michael Riggle, 19, of 179 Bruceton Road, Markleysburg, each were charged June 16 with burglary, receiving stolen property and two counts of theft by unlawful taking.
Police said that Savage and Riggle broke into the home of Harvey Early Maust Jr., 76, of 417 Braddock Road in Markleysburg between September and October.
Police said the men stole a 16-gauge shotgun and a 20-gauge shotgun from Maust’s home, and then sold them.
Savage and Riggle remain in the Fayette County Prison on $25,000 straight cash bond, while Delara was released on $75,000 unsecured bond.
Preliminary hearings will be held at later dates for the men before Magisterial District Judge Wendy D. Dennis.