INDIANA COUNTY, Pa. — A suspect in a commercial burglary was arrested Tuesday after Pennsylvania State Police tracked his footprints in the snow.
According to a news release, state troopers responded to a reported burglary in progress at 9:29 a.m. at a coal tipple facility along Cornell Road.
Once on scene, troopers learned that the suspect was attempting to steal copper wiring from the facility and fled the scene on foot.
At 9:52 a.m., troopers found the suspect, Gage Eaglehouse, 27, of Loyalhanna, in a nearby wooded area. He was taken into custody without incident.
Troopers followed the suspect’s footprints in the snow to train tracks and into a wooded area.
Eaglehouse is charged with felony counts of burglary and criminal trespass and misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief.
His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Feb. 8 at 11:15 a.m.
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