Cove man charged for swiping neighbor’s spotlights
COVE VILLAGE – A 59-year-old man is accused of swiping his 60-year-old neighbor’s outdoor spotlights in this North Union Township community.
State Police at Frackville said they were called to a home on Hay Stack Drive around 7:30am Sept. 25.
Troopers said that 59-year-old Francis Szeliga came onto his neighbor’s back deck and took two outdoor flood lights, valued at $20.
Szeliga is now facing misdemeanor theft by unlawful taking, misdemeanor loitering and prowling at nighttime, and summary criminal trespass charges.
A preliminary hearing is set for Oct. 25 in Magisterial District Judge Edward Tarantelli’s Frackville courtroom.
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