Tyrone Borough police have made an arrest in a burglary case which dates back to November of last year.
An arrest warrant was obtained earlier this month for 22-year-old Jason Lynn Woomer of 704 W. 16th Street regarding the November 3, 2004 burglary and theft of cash at a residence located at 426 W. 16th Street.
The victim at that address told police someone had entered her home in the overnight hours and took between $300 and $350 in cash from a purse which was in the dining room area of the house.
According to a release from Tyrone’s police chief Joseph Beachem, several burglaries had occurred near the victim’s home in November and December.
The police department came up with a suspect through their investigation and on Feb. 14 the department interviewed Woomer.
He had come into the police station to file a complaint on an unrelated matter and was questioned about the burglaries.
During the interview, Woomer said during the time period of the robberies in question, he woke up on several mornings to find he had money in his pockets he could not explain.
When asked if he had committed the Nov. 3 burglary or been involved in the other incidents, he said he could not deny doing it but he could not remember being involved either. The man left the station and was not arrested at that time.
Police continued their investigation and contacted an acquaintance of the man.
The person provided a written statement which implicated Woomer in the Nov. 3 burglary.
An arrest warrant was obtained and Woomer was taken into custody on the evening of March 16.
He was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Fred Miller and placed in the Blair County Prison in lieu of $15,000, 10 percent bail.
On Tuesday, a preliminary hearing was held before Judge Miller and Woomer’s case was bound over to the Blair County Court of Common Pleas.
Woomer was charged with burglary, criminal trespass, theft, receiving stolen property and loitering and prowling at night.
Yesterday in his release, Chief Beachem said evidence was recovered at another burglary scene and is being processed at the Pennsylvania State Police Crime Laboratory in Greensburg to determine if Woomer was involved other burglaries or if it was someone else.
