Shamokin man jailed on burglary charges after home invasion
Jul. 5—SHAMOKIN — A Shamokin man is jailed on $40,000 cash bail and faces multiple felony charges after city police said he was involved in a burglary on Monday on West Chestnut Street.
Jaheim Throckmorton, 19, of North Pearl Street, faces felony burglary, criminal conspiracy, and receiving stolen property charges. Shamokin Police Chief Ray Siko said he was dispatched to the 400 block of West Chestnut Street in the city for a reported burglary.
Throckmorton appeared before Shamokin District Judge John Gembic Tuesday. Gembic sent Throckmorton to Northumberland County Jail in lieu of $40,000 cash bail.
Police said officers were dispatched to the report of a burglary around 10 p.m. Monday.
When they arrived, they spoke to an individual who said he heard noises coming from the office area down the hallway from his location around 10 p.m., police said.
The man told the officer he investigated the noises and located a man inside the office wearing a white tank top, black pants, red sneakers and a red hat, police said. The man told the person he spotted, who was later determined to be Throckmorton, to leave and, at the same time, a second man appeared, police said.
The two men left the property, police said.
The property owner said the two men did not have permission to be inside the structure and he had no idea who they were, police said.
Images were then captured from the scene and were sent to police showing the two individuals inside the building.
Images also show Throckmorton leaving the building carrying a box containing multiple items — two of which were long guns — and, in another image, the man is shown leaving the building with a garbage bag with what appears to be a rifle inside, police said.
Police later on patrol observed a man matching Throckmorton's description and carrying a black garbage bag as shown in the video provided to police, according to court documents.
The officer watched the man walk between two homes in the 400 block of North Rock Street. Police approached the man and told him he was being detained, according to police.
The officer walked behind the homes where Throckmorton was walking and discovered the black garbage bag and a rifle, police said.
Throckmorton was detained and allegedly told officers another man was blaming him for the items that were taken, police said.
Throckmorton told police the man told him to go into the building and retrieve the items and if Throckmorton didn't do it, the man would hurt a mutual friend of theirs, police said.
Throckmorton said he encountered a man inside the building so he left, police said.
Throckmorton told police he was inside with another man and then told police told officers where they would find the other alleged stolen items, police said.
Throckmorton was put inside a police car and took officers to a wooded area where a vehicle and the stolen items were located, police said.
Police then called for a search dog to attempt to retrieve the other alleged stolen weapons but the dog was unsuccessful, police said.
Later, police received a second call stating the dog had located the weapons and two men took off on foot, police said.
Police said they found multiple rifles, ammunition, bows and arrows.
