SAINT CLAIR PA Dec 20 2012 - A Shenandoah man was jailed late Tuesday charged with pulling a knife on a security guard outside a store at the Schuylkill Mall, Frackville.
Jerry Adery, 42, of 216 Oak St., was arrested by New Castle Township Patrolman Kyle Krause and charged with one count each of simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.
On-call Magisterial District Judge James K. Reiley, Pottsville, arraigned Adery on Tuesday and ordered him committed to Schuylkill County Prison after he was unable to post 10 percent of $25,000 bail.
Police said the incident unfolded about 3:40 p.m., when Adery and two others were seen trying to break into a candy machine inside the mall.
Security confronted the three, at which time Adery and one other person fled with the third person taken immediately into custody.
Adery fled into the parking lot followed by a security guard and when he reached his vehicle, he pulled a knife out at the guard, got into his car and then drove off, police said.
The other person who fled was taken into custody by Saint Clair and Palo Alto police in an area along Altamont Boulevard in West Mahanoy Township a short distance away.
Police said they were provided with a license plate and were able to identify Adery as the person responsible for the knife incident.
After a bulletin was broadcast by the Schuylkill County Communications Center, a vehicle fitting the description was spotted in Mahanoy City.
Borough officers, working with New Castle Township and the Schuylkill County Drug Task Force agents, learned that Adery was at a home at 635 W. Centre St.
Officers from Mahanoy City, Shenandoah, Mahanoy Township, state police from Frackville and the county sheriff and district attorney's drug task force converged on the home.
Mahanoy City police Patrolman Christopher Zubris took Adery into custody inside the home without incident.
Zubris said he went to the rear of the home and saw Adery in the kitchen, where he was apprehended.
"I saw him in the kitchen, when he looked at me I told him to open the door," Zubris said. "He unlocked the door and I took him into custody."
No injuries were reported and police said their investigation into the incident is continuing.
Source:RepublicanHerald
Jerry Adery, 42, of 216 Oak St., was arrested by New Castle Township Patrolman Kyle Krause and charged with one count each of simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.
On-call Magisterial District Judge James K. Reiley, Pottsville, arraigned Adery on Tuesday and ordered him committed to Schuylkill County Prison after he was unable to post 10 percent of $25,000 bail.
Police said the incident unfolded about 3:40 p.m., when Adery and two others were seen trying to break into a candy machine inside the mall.
Security confronted the three, at which time Adery and one other person fled with the third person taken immediately into custody.
Adery fled into the parking lot followed by a security guard and when he reached his vehicle, he pulled a knife out at the guard, got into his car and then drove off, police said.
The other person who fled was taken into custody by Saint Clair and Palo Alto police in an area along Altamont Boulevard in West Mahanoy Township a short distance away.
Police said they were provided with a license plate and were able to identify Adery as the person responsible for the knife incident.
After a bulletin was broadcast by the Schuylkill County Communications Center, a vehicle fitting the description was spotted in Mahanoy City.
Borough officers, working with New Castle Township and the Schuylkill County Drug Task Force agents, learned that Adery was at a home at 635 W. Centre St.
Officers from Mahanoy City, Shenandoah, Mahanoy Township, state police from Frackville and the county sheriff and district attorney's drug task force converged on the home.
Mahanoy City police Patrolman Christopher Zubris took Adery into custody inside the home without incident.
Zubris said he went to the rear of the home and saw Adery in the kitchen, where he was apprehended.
"I saw him in the kitchen, when he looked at me I told him to open the door," Zubris said. "He unlocked the door and I took him into custody."
No injuries were reported and police said their investigation into the incident is continuing.
Source:RepublicanHerald
